“When the director offered me the role of Jess, an F16 pilot I was both thrilled and terrified, as this will be my first ever 90 min solo performance. However even if I felt nervous to accept the role, the theme of George Brants play is simply so important that I felt compelled to put all fears aside and just go for it. It saddens me deeply that the world is still affected by wars today, when all focus should be on protecting the population, providing education for all children, eliminating inequality, poverty and hunger. And finally in my opinion the only ‘battle’ that ought to take place today is one against climate change. The ultimate morale of the play very much resonates with my personal beliefs and it is an absolute honour to participate in this important production.“ – Dina Rosenmeier

Biography:

Danish actress Dina Rosenmeier studied at the Sa Nau Teatro School in Spain, The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York, Larry Moss Studio and Stella Adler in Los Angeles. She is a also a volunteer children’s rights activist and produced the award winning documentary A Journey in my Mothers Footsteps to create awareness on the dire need for education of children worldwide. Dina lived more than a decade in the US, working in Film, TV and Theatre. Since her return to Europe, living between Paris, Copenhagen and Palma d’ Mallorca, she has been dedicating her time to leading lady stage roles in international theatre productions.  

Some of her her credits include Criminal Minds (television), The Writer, Fuel, Reality Check The Marionette, Jensen Report. (film) Miss Julie, Bateau Lavoir de Picasso, Hedda Gabler, The Stronger, No Exit -Reloaded, Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike, Harold Pinter’s Old Times and The Money Shot by Neil LaBute. (theatre). She most recently portrayed Queen Gertrude in Juliets Birthday bash a Shakespeare production based on Romeo and Juliet at Hamletscenen, Kronborg. (Theatre)

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“I wanted to explore the psychological effects of modern warfare, particularly on someone who’s isolated from the battlefield but still intimately connected to it through a screen….It felt natural to make the pilot a woman because I wanted to highlight not just the military transformation but also the personal one—how she balances being a mother, a wife, and a soldier.” – George Brant

Biography:

George received his MFA in Writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.  He is published by Samuel French, Oberon Books, Fisher Verlage and Smith & Kraus.

George Brant’s plays and operas include Grounded, Marie and Rosetta, Into the Breeches!, Elephant’s Graveyard, The Prince of Providence, Tender Age, The Land of Oz, Dark Room, Grizzly Mama, Good on Paper, The Mourners’ Bench, Salvage, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, Any Other Name, Defiant, Miracle: A Tragedy,  Ashes, NOK, The Lonesome Hoboes, All Talk, One Hand Clapping, The Royal Historian of Oz, Lovely Letters, Three Men in a Boat, Borglum! The Mount Rushmore Musical, Tights on a Wire and Night of the Mime.

Brant’s work has been produced internationally by such companies as the Public Theater, The Atlantic Theater Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Cleveland Play House, The Alley Theatre, Studio Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory, City Theatre, Gate Theatre of London, Page 73, Traverse Theatre, Dobama Theatre, and the Disney Channel, among others.

His writing has been generously developed by the Metropolitan Opera, The Playwrights’ Center, Asolo Rep, McCarter Theatre Center, New Harmony Project, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Word BRIDGE Playwright’s Lab, InterAct Theatre, Theatre @ Boston Court, Playwright and Director Center of Moscow, Florida Studio Theatre, Contemporary Drama Festival of Hungary, the Hangar Theatre, and Equity Library Theatre, among others.

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