Students from the Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts performing the play "2 Dudes, A Couple of Brews and a Rusty Canoe"
Repertory Season Playbill

two dudes, a couple of brews, and a rusty canoe

Week 3: April 17–20

By Jake Mierva
Directed by Rabiah Rowther

It's the Fourth of July on a lake in Minnesota, and two cousins, Tyler and Chase Lundgren, are preparing their annual firework show. While Chase has been looking forward to this event all year, Tyler has been dreading it. Tyler's always felt like he's needed to hide his feelings in order for his cousin to have fun, but this year's different. Tyler's going to air everything out, and tell his aggressive cousin that he wants this tradition to end.

Cast

  • Cameron Eastland
  • Justin Schulsohn

Actors

  • Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts student Cameron Eastland.

    Cameron Eastland (he/him) is happy to be performing in the ASDS Repertory Season with the dedicated artists that have inspired him over the past three years. Select theater credits include his one-man show Love Shakespeare (ASDS), Rent (Resurgence), and The Crucible (USU). Select film credits include How Do You Know Frederico? and The Edge of Tonight. Cameron would not be here without the love and support of his family, with a special thanks to his parents and to Larry and Lisa. He graduated Pacific Conservatory Theatre in 2017 and Utah State University in 2020. You can follow Cameron on Instagram.

  • Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts student Justin Schulson.

    Justin Schulsohn (he/him) is thrilled to be a part of the 2024 Actors Studio Drama School’s Repertory Season. A native New York City actor and singer, he is a graduate of the University of Southern California having received a BA in Acting and is an alum of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Recent credits include Daddy Long Legs (ASDS), Art (ASDS), The Cohens in Covid (New York Theater Festival), Trouble in Mind (USC), Secret Garden (USC), and Avenue Q (USC). He is extremely grateful to his friends and family for supporting his dream of passion.

Director

  • Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts director Rabiah Rowther.

    Rabiah Rowther is a screenwriter, director, and producer based in New York City. She has served on the Screening Committee for the Hamptons International Film Festival since 2022, and her recent directing credits include: An Offer You Can’t Refuse (Teatro Latea), Hillsdale (Sovereign House), Platonic (Loading Dock Theatre), and Flaccid (The Tank). After receiving her BS in Film and Television from Boston University, Rabiah went on to receive an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, completing a thesis in film and receiving the department’s award for “TV Writing by a Graduate Student.” Rabiah is currently an MFA Theatre Directing candidate at the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University, with two upcoming projects to be produced this spring as part of the Actors Studio Drama School 2024 Repertory Season: two dudes, a couple of brews, and a rusty canoe by Jake Mierva (April 17-20), and Five Times in One Night by Chiara Atik (May 1-4). Follow Rabiah on Instagram and her website.

Playwright

  • Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts Jake Mierva

    Jake Mierva's a theatre artist, filmmaker, and improviser from Minneapolis. He's the Artistic Director for the award-winning company, An Alleged Theatre Company, based in the Twin Cities. A self-described "silly little dude", Jake's work sometimes explores the absurd, and sometimes explores the Midwestern lifestyle, always through a comedic voice. His work has been seen at The Tank in NYC, various venues in Minneapolis, and his most recent piece, A Swimming Lesson in a Theatre Without a Lifeguard won Spirit of the Fringe at the 2023 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Stage Managers

  • Production Stage Manager: Eitan Markowitz*
  • Assistant Stage Manager: Sarah Adams

*Denotes member of Actors Equity Association