Cast & Crew

Chris Caswell (Matt, co-Producer)

... is a Baltimore native newly based in Burlington, Vermont.  She received her BA in theatre and fine art from Fordham University.  In 1999, Chris co-wrote and acted in the comedy/satire Girls On Top for Found In New York Productions which toured the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit.  Since then, she founded Poison Pixie Productions to produce her second play Circus Reject Peep Show which toured the US and Canada in 2000 and 2001, as well as the collaborativeRed Hot Cabaret (Winnipeg Fringe 2001), and Escape (Thunder Bay Fringe 2004).  In the winter of 2005, Chris studied with avant-garde playwright Richard Caliban, and wrote MAUDLIN DEMENTIA Returns to the Stage,which she took across the Fringe Festival circuit this past summer beginning in Orlando, Florida and wrapping up in Vancouver, BC.  Today, she is writing a new work for the stage – a live, graphic novel about time-travel -- entitled 2112 .

Chris is also a member of The Tennessee Project, a collaborative, physical theatre company based in New York City with whom she continues to work, especially on the all-female super-hero series ASHIRA69.

Marianne DiMascio (Stage Manager)

... began her career “behind-the-scenes” at the age of eight when she designed and stitched an extensive, non-pink wardrobe for Barbie.  Her more recent work has been as a dresser and costume designer for various community theater productions.  Marianne can be seen this spring on stage, alongside Geeda, in Wild Geese written and directed by Vermont playwright Maura Campbell.  She is ecstatic to be spending time with the talented, funny, and caring Heat and Hot Water family.

Seth Jarvis (Director)

... is pleased to be a part of Heat & Hot Water Productions’ inaugural show.  A familiar actor on Burlington stages (All My Sons; The Cripple of Inishmaan), Seth has also directed several productions, including The Breakfast Club and his original play, The Once and Future Ubu.  He has been involved in a large handful of local films, both in front of and behind the camera.  For several years, Seth served as co-producer of both The Burlington Poetry Slams and the artsProject VT series.  A published poet – his latest chapbook, manipulate the world, was made available through Michigan’s Wordsmith Press – and popular slam artist, Jarvis received the 2004 Daisie Award for best poet in Vermont.

Geeda Searfoorce (Ben, co-Producer)

... has performed in many off-off-Broadway productions in New York City, including The Golden Apple for Messenger Theatre Company; Benita Canova for Todo con NADA’s Richard Foreman festival; and Wanda’s Visit, Heat, People in the Wind, and Last Chance Texaco for the Chelsea Repertory Lab. She was seen last spring at the Garden State Film Festival in Blue Collar Shirt Production’s Martini’s Shot and will appear in the upcoming indie Knights in Shining Armor. Geeda is honored to be working with the inspiring and talented people who have made MATT & BEN such an incredible experience in her new home state of Vermont.