E2E: Funny Guy

Producing Company

Patrick Nash Theatrical

Patrick Nash (Playwright) is an artist, writer, musician, and neon guy living in New York. He studied Film and Media with Tony Conrad at SUNY Buffalo, graduating in 1982. He began making kinetic and electric sculpture in the New York’s East Village in the 1980s for performance art and music concerts. In addition to Funny Guy, he has written and produced four musicals: Hellfire Club, Oh No! My Leg!, Burisma Affair, and Beulah Land. His most recent interactive performance On and On was presented CC122 art space in New York’s Lower East Side in July of 2023, along with an immersive neon installation called “Vomitorium.”  More information is available at www.patricknashtheatrical.com 

Jesse R. Tendler (Director/Actor) Spanning 4 decades, Jesse’s credits include: Theater - 2-Faces (EdFringe 2023), Hamlet, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party. TV/Film: The Ellen Burstyn Show (series regular), The Thorns (series regular), The Secret (Youth in Film Awards nomination: Best Child Actor), Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Law & Order, Leaving Circadia, The Unborn, Frankie, etc. 100+ national network TV commercials (Clio Award Winner: Best Child Actor), radio spots, and video games (Bully, Grand Theft Auto, etc.). As creative director and co-founder of Intimation Productions, Jesse directs and produces a diverse range of projects, including short & feature length narrative fiction films, theater, episodic projects, music videos, commercials, documentaries, and educational content. Past films have won awards at a multitude of film festivals, including being selected for consideration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the 2016 Oscars. Jesse is programming director for the Climate Film Festival, director of episodic programming for the Lighthouse Int’l Film Festival, a TV pilot screener for SXSW (since 2018), a freelance script doctor, an acting coach, a professional photographer & videographer, and an avid ping pong player.

C. Francesca (Actor) An alumnus of Anne Bogart’s SITI Company’s Inaugural Conservatory, Clara’s work ranges from traditional acting to poetic immersive avant-garde. Theatrical works include: The Brick Theater (Macbeth, Three Sisters), Medicine Show Theater (Uncle Vanya), Nyack Live Arts The Phoenix Theatre (Skin of Our Teeth, Wind In The Willows), Theatre For The New City (Freedom Summer), NYC’s Hayden Planetarium (MarsBand), La Mama (The Well), Malthouse (Tunnel Rat), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Manifesting Mrs Marx), and Firenze Cinema la Compagnia (Speaking Dante: The Divine Comedy in 24 hours). Clara's selected television credits include: FBI (CBS) opposite Jeremy Sisto, and New Amsterdam (NBC) opposite Ryan Eggold. Film credits include supporting roles playing Lance Henriksen’s daughter in Reklaw, as well as co-starring in award-winning Johnny Ghost. www.clarafrancesca.com

Brian Farrell (Actor) is a New York-based actor, artist, and musician. In addition to his theater work, he maintains a vibrant studio practice. He has appeared in stage productions with The Heights Players and The Gallery Players in Brooklyn NY. This is his third time working with Patrick Nash, having appeared in Hellfire Club, and produced the music for Oh No! My Leg!