Against My Will

Michael Quadrozzi

Writer / Actor / Producer
Excited and terrified to be producing and performing his own show in the MN Fringe Festival for the first time, Michael is an actor and storyteller based in the Twin Cities. He strives to make creative work that feels vulnerable, authentic, and collaborative, while centering the inspirational power of live performance to reveal universal truths through individual experience. A New Englander from western Massachusetts, he has performed on Minnesota stages since 2014 with theaters including Six Points, Yellow Tree, Pillsbury House, Zephyr Theatre, Lyric Arts, Wonderlust Productions, Minnetonka Theatre, Wayward, BARd Shakes, Theatre Pro Rata, National Theatre for Children, New Arab American Theater Works, Fortune's Fool, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, and the Lazy Susan Dinner Theater. A full-time freelance performer, he also acts in film and commercials and works with several companies training first responders in mental health crisis response and de-escalation. You can see him next in "The Barstool Murders," a series of murder mystery dinner shows produced by Frosted Glass Creative in Chisago, Minnesota, this fall. Instagram: @michaelquadrozzi

Rich Remedios

Director
Rich Remedios is a Minneapolis-based director, actor, and teacher. His directing credits include The Pillowman (Theatre Coup d’Etat), Trust (Black Box Theater and The Lab Theater), and The Living (Augsburg University). He served as associate director for Today Is My Birthday (Theater Mu) and assistant director for Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery by Lloyd Suh (Guthrie Theater, Theater Mu co-production). As an actor, his credits include Broadway productions of An Inspector Calls and Love! Valour! Compassion!, as well as regional work with Full Circle Theater Company (Core Artist Leader), Theater Mu (Associate Artist), History Theater, Park Square Theater, Jungle Theater, Theater in the Square, Theatrical Outfit and Milwaukee Rep. He has appeared on television in Drop Dead Diva, All My Children, and As the World Turns. Rich is a certified teacher of the Meisner and Michael Chekhov techniques and has taught at Augsburg University, Macalester College, and the University of South Carolina. He is the founder of Twin Cities Actor Training - Remedios Creative LLC, where he offers private classes in acting technique.

snem desellier

Lighting Designer / Consultant

Alex Rumsey

Photographer / Creative Consultant