Playbill | remain calm.
Before a networking event, Morgan is given one simple mission: don’t be weird. But anxiety doesn’t follow the rules—a short comedy about friendship, performance, and surviving small talk when your brain is screaming RUN.
KAITLAN C. FARRIOR
Playwright
Kaitlan is an author, playwright, essayist, and director whose work lives at the intersection of storytelling, self-expression, and social consciousness. With a passion for amplifying unheard voices, Kaitlan crafts narratives that challenge imposter syndrome, celebrate identity, and inspire mindful decision-making. Whether she’s writing for the stage, screen, or page, her work is rooted in truth-telling and transformation.
UNNATI BUKHARIYA
Director
Unnati is a computer science student at North Carolina State University, is eagerly anticipating her directorial debut with QuickSCRIPTS. Having previously excelled in the role of Amina Mubarak in What We Grew Up With, she now embraces the challenge of directing. Unnati is grateful for the support from her family and friends, and she looks forward to bringing her creative vision to the stage. She sincerely hopes you enjoy the upcoming production!
EMILY CHIOLA
Morgan
Emily Chiola, (she/her), is a Raleigh-based actress and writer. She is thrilled to be a part of Quick Scripts and take on the challenge of performing with only 24-hours to prepare! She has recently been seen in Enemy of the People (Justice Theater Project), The Odd Couple (Forest Moon Theater), and Death by Design (Cary Players); as well as in several radio plays, short films, and staged readings. When not on stage, Emily enjoys traveling with her handsome husband, sipping cocktails and reading Vogue.
JONATHAN MAXWELL
Gary
Jonathan moved to Raleigh in 2018 and started acting the following year thanks to Gus Allen and Daryl Ray Carliles at Back-to-One Acting Studio. He owes them a lot for helping him be where he is today – which is here to perform for all of you! (Well, technically he is at home while this is being written) So if he does a poor job, you know who to blame! When he isn’t acting, he’s working… but, when he isn’t doing that, he is making episodes for his show about science and space! (What the what show).
RACHEL KASTEN
August
Rachel is an NC State employee who last performed with University Theatre as a student in the early 2000s. Most recently, she served as a producer for several productions with the National Women’s Theatre Festival, based here in Raleigh. She co-founded Cutler Bay Community Theater, which this year is celebrating a decade of bringing free improv workshops to the South Dade community and received the Colin Mochrie scholarship to train in improv comedy at Vancouver TheatreSports.
STEPHANIE TURNER
Remi
Stephanie has worked onstage and off for almost 20 years. When she isn’t acting in original plays, she’s helping showcase and produce them as a board member of The Cary Playwrights’ Forum. She’s excited to produce her first show, 7 Tales from 7 Voices: A Cary Playwrights’ Forum Retrospective.