THE FLICK

STUDIO 400 - MATURE THEMES

Directed by KG Uslan // August 29 - September 7, 2025

Step into the quiet chaos of a fading movie theater in The Flick, Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. As three employees sweep up popcorn and share their dreams between reels, unexpected bonds form in the flickering shadows. Subtle, heartfelt, and bitingly funny, The Flick is a poignant love letter to cinema and the people who live just outside the spotlight.

The Flick contains mature themes and language, which may not be suitable for all audience members.

NO VIDEO OR PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED DURING THE PERFORMANCE.

crew

DIRECTOR - KG USLAN
ASSIST. DIRECTORS - PHILLIP POSEY & ELEANORE ARMANI
STAGE MANAGER - MICAIAH PARSON
ASSIST. STAGE MANAGER - HAILEY CLARK
SOUND DESIGN - PHILIP POSEY
LIGHTING DESIGN - KAYLA STEPHENSEN
SET DESIGN - KG USLAN
INTIMACY COORDINATOR - MAUREEN MCNEILL
COSTUME DESIGNER- DANIELLE WILLIAMS
PROPS - STEPHANIE HEWLETT & HAILEY CLARK
SET CONSTRUCTION - BARRY BOYD, TYLER DUNNING, HAILEY CLARK
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR - CRISTINA FENGER
STUDIO 400 CHAIR - BARBARA JACOBS
PLT MARKETING DIRECTOR - ASHLEY SIMMONS
SHOP SUPERVISOR - BRYAN CHAPMAN
PLT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - KAYLA STEPHENSON
PLT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - KATHY HOLSWORTH

Cast

SHANNON ZINIEWICZ AS ROSE
Shannon is excited to be in her first production. She is currently a student at Pensacola State College and has loved acting since she was seven years old

DIRK HANSON AS SAM
Dirk is honored to play Sam in The Flick, his second PLT performance after portraying King Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons. He hopes audiences enjoy this story as much as the cast and crew have loved creating it. Dirk dedicates this performance to his best friend and wife, Heather, whose unwavering support gives him the courage to bring Sam to life.

ANTOINE STRIBLING AS AVERY
The Flick is Antoine’s second time on stage following A Man for All Seasons last fall. He’s written for 24 Hour Theatreand worked on costumes on POTUS, Short Attention Span Theatre, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Up next, he will be on the costume crew for Jekyll & Hyde and Junie B. Jones The Musical. Outside of the theater, he cannot be found because he is watching a Real Housewives marathon.

Benji Rich as Skylar/Dreaming Man
Benji has an Associate of Arts degree in Theatre from Pensacola State College, where he was seen in Crimes of the Heart, Death of a Salesman, and Company. He has also received training as a theatre technician under the guidance of Lance Brannon. Some of his favorite works as a technician at PSC include The Crucible, Green Day’s American Idiot, and Escape to Margaritaville.

KURT FINKENSTAEDT AS DREAMING MAN/SKYLAR UNDERTSUDY/ENSEMBLE
Hailing from Falls Church, VA, this is their first theater role outside of small parts at their alma mater, James Madison University.

JACOB PETERSEN AS AVERY UNDERSTUDY/ENSEMBLE
Jacob currently studies creative writing and theatre at the University of West Florida. During his time at UWF, he interned at the Pensacola Little Theatre, where he wrote three shows: The Day the Sun Went Missing, Fairytale Support Group, and Chatter, for various purposes. Jacob also trained under Sandi Palag at Labelle Performing Arts and has played many roles, most notably Mr. Beaver in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Shrek in Shrek, and The Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland. This would be Jacob's first role at PLT.

ANJELA HELLER AS ROSE UNDERSTUDY/ENSEMBLE
Anjela is ecstatic to finally do a show with Pensacola Little Theatre! Especially with a masterful playwright like Annie Baker. She plans to pursue musical theatre in college and hopes to return to this theatre once she's older. She was last seen as Sarah in Santa Rosa Community Theatres' production of Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell.

FROM THE DIRECTOR

The Flick takes place during a time where 75% of all movie theatres in the United States were converting to digital. This transition from the organic quality of film to the more definite quality of digital serves as a metaphor for how the characters yearn to see each other versus what usually ends up happening. “Digital movies are just millions of tiny dots” similar to the multitude of tiny boxes and stereotypes we put each other in. “These dots cannot express the variation in color and texture that film can” and neither can the assumptions that we make about other people. It is much harder, but more magical, when we choose to see the full breadth of our humanity in all its lights and darks.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

KG Uslan is a graduate of Florida Southern College with a BA in English: Writing and Theatre Arts. Their previous credits at PLT include Assistant Director/Stage Manager for POTUS, Assistant Director for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Intimacy Coordinator/Lighting Designer for 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, and directing and writing for Short Attention Span Theatre. Other credits include Director/Playwright/Producer for the original production of Mushy (Orlando International Fringe Festival), Director for the stage reading of Pride Play (American Stage), and Dramaturg for Head Over Heels (Village Theatre KIDSTAGE).