Written and Directed by Ryan Sellers
Best for children ages 3 - 6 and their families
The magic of books can transport us to new worlds. Music, illustrations, and entire adventures can lift right off the page. When an imaginative young child falls asleep after reading a book, the stories come to life in their dreams. Using dance and music, this world premiere production will unfold around the audience. Watch a new world come to life right before your eyes!
Best for children ages 3 - 6 and their families
The magic of books can transport us to new worlds. Music, illustrations, and entire adventures can lift right off the page. When an imaginative young child falls asleep after reading a book, the stories come to life in their dreams. Using dance and music, this world premiere production will unfold around the audience. Watch a new world come to life right before your eyes!
Off the Page is supported in part by
the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Nora Roberts Foundation, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts
the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Nora Roberts Foundation, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts
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Postponed due to the Pandemic
Artistic Team
Ryan Sellers (Playwright and Director) has been a teaching artist, actor, and director in the DC area since 2008. He wrote and directed Adventures with Mr. Bear (Arts on the Horizon). He adapted and directed The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and directed Snow Queen (Synetic Theater). Directed productions for youth include Shrek Jr. (Alice Deal Middle School), Peter Pan, Oliver, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mary Poppins, Matilda (MVCCT), Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Honk Jr. (Creative Cauldron), Teen Midsummer, Teen Romeo and Juliet, and Lord of the Flies (Synetic Teen Company), Lion King Jr., Seussical Jr., and Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Aquinas Montessori). He has performed with several companies around the DC area and continues to do so. These companies include: Synetic Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Constellation Theatre, Signature Theatre, Arts on the Horizon, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre, Studio Theatre, Longarce Lea, and Creative Cauldron.
Emily Lotz (Set and Props Designer) is a freelance designer based in Washington D.C. and a Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Scenic Design for Princess & the Pauper - A Bollywood Tale at Imagination Stage. Recent credits include Little Shop of Horrors and The Wiz at ArtsCentric, The War Boys at Ally Theatre Company, Matilda at NextStop Theatre Company, The Diary of Anne Frank and Dracula at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Elephant and Piggie's "We Are In a Play!" at First Stage, and Always...Patsy Cline at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Recent assistant credits include How to Catch a Star and She a Gem at The Kennedy Center. For more information on Lotz's work, please visit her website at www.emilylotzdesign.com.
Alexa Duimstra (Costume Designer) is a D.C. area costume designer. Previous work includes Snow Queen at Synetic Theater and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Candide at Gallaudet University. You can check out her other work at alexaduimstra.com.
Stephanie Lash Kilpatrick (Dramaturg) loves reading, imagining, exploring, and Arts on the Horizon. Therefore, she's thrilled to be working on Off the Page. She previously has served the company as dramaturg for Point A to Point B and Beep Beep and also as a study guide writer. She currently works as the implementation manager for Turnaround Arts and as a mom to Ian and Celia.
Paula Fritz (Stage Manager) is a graduate of UMKC's Master's Program in Stage Management. She has most recently worked as the production stage manager for Lees-McRae Summer Theatre in Banner Elk, NC. Her regional credits include: production assistant at Arena Stage on their production of Jubilee, production assistant on KCRep's stage management team on Indecent, Last Days of Summer, and Between the Lines.
Emily Lotz (Set and Props Designer) is a freelance designer based in Washington D.C. and a Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Scenic Design for Princess & the Pauper - A Bollywood Tale at Imagination Stage. Recent credits include Little Shop of Horrors and The Wiz at ArtsCentric, The War Boys at Ally Theatre Company, Matilda at NextStop Theatre Company, The Diary of Anne Frank and Dracula at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Elephant and Piggie's "We Are In a Play!" at First Stage, and Always...Patsy Cline at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Recent assistant credits include How to Catch a Star and She a Gem at The Kennedy Center. For more information on Lotz's work, please visit her website at www.emilylotzdesign.com.
Alexa Duimstra (Costume Designer) is a D.C. area costume designer. Previous work includes Snow Queen at Synetic Theater and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Candide at Gallaudet University. You can check out her other work at alexaduimstra.com.
Stephanie Lash Kilpatrick (Dramaturg) loves reading, imagining, exploring, and Arts on the Horizon. Therefore, she's thrilled to be working on Off the Page. She previously has served the company as dramaturg for Point A to Point B and Beep Beep and also as a study guide writer. She currently works as the implementation manager for Turnaround Arts and as a mom to Ian and Celia.
Paula Fritz (Stage Manager) is a graduate of UMKC's Master's Program in Stage Management. She has most recently worked as the production stage manager for Lees-McRae Summer Theatre in Banner Elk, NC. Her regional credits include: production assistant at Arena Stage on their production of Jubilee, production assistant on KCRep's stage management team on Indecent, Last Days of Summer, and Between the Lines.
Cast
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Bianca Lipford is a Washington D.C. Native and a proud graduate of American University with a B.A. in Musical Theatre. Previous shows include: Mosaic Theater Company: Queens girl in Africa (U/S Jackie), The Till Trilogy - That Summer in Sumner (Mamie Till Bradley and others); Keegan Theatre: As You Like It (Phoebe); Capital Fringe; She Sings Light (Meira); Avant Bard: By Sea (Priscilla); Flying V Theatre: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Ensemble); Tenth Muse Productions: Sioux Falls (Mermaid/Dr. Beaugard/Sr. Teresa).
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Maria Simpkins is excited to join her first Arts on the Horizon Production! D.C. credits: Into the Great Unknown at Discovery Theatre, The Snow Queen at Synetic Theater, The Winter's Tale at The Wheel, Sue Aside and Never Been Touched at Charlevoix Gallery Theatre, In the Blood at Yong Fenix Fellowship, Embodied: Séance with The Inheritance Project, Speak Up Speak Out with Detroit Actors Theater Company. Upcoming: Julius Cesar; Avant Bard.
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