Pittsburgh Premiere, August 2025
Produced by Big Storm Performance Company

An adventurer appears, offering a quest. Adopting the eager Nat, and the reluctant Jo, as “squires”, the adventurer leads the two best friends on an unexpected journey through their seemingly dull town. The call to battle is answered. A parakeet must be avenged. And it starts to become clear: the adventurer is hiding something.

Directed by Shannon Knapp
​Playwright, Fight Director,
​José Pérez IV
Fight Captain, Marketing Director, Costume Coordinator, Dara Jade Tiller
Sound Designer, Matt w/2 t's
Lighting Designer, Rianne Lindsey
​Assistant Director & Prop Painting, August Carter
Board Operator, E Forney
​Rehearsal Assistant, Phoenix Gilmore

The Cast
JO - José Pérez IV
SQUALL - Tonya Lynn
NAT - Andy Hickly
JESS - Rachel Smith
PAT/LIBRARIAN - Darrin Mosley
RANDY/LIBRARIAN - Mason Dowd
BLITZ - Ryan Rattley
SHOOTER/CONVENTIONER -  Carolyn Jerz
ACE/CONVENTIONER - Dara Jade Tiller
CONVENTIONERS - Anne Rematt, Kalee George, Joanna Getting, August Carter, Michael McBurney, Justin Mohr, Jalina McClarin

Funding for To Battle: a fight play was provided by The Exposure Artist Program of The Pittsburgh Foundation.
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Major Donors
Ellie Durham-Britton & Matt Britton-Durham
5801 Video Lounge & Café
Square Cafe
Title 9 PGH
Allies for Health + Wellbeing
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Fight Choreography contributions: Shannon Donovan, Tonya Lynn, Callee Miles, José Pérez IV. With primary assistance from Rachel Smith, Gina Stevensen, Dara Jade Tiller, and Andy Hickly. Additional assistance and contributions from the PPT 2023 Ensemble and the cast of this production.
​Photos by Kitoko Chargois

World Premiere, April 2024
Produced by Louisville Hivemind Artist Collective

Directed by Jess De La Rosa
​Playwright, Fight & Intimacy Director,
​José Pérez IV
Stage Manager, Katherine Krutsick
Assistant Stage Manager, Caroline Cox
Producers, Dara Jade Tiller, Jess De La Rosa
Fight Assistant, Dara Jade Tiller
​Lighting Design, Lindsay Krupski
Sound Design, Alex Biscardi
Media Design, Jake Allen Miller
Set Construction, Winston Blake
Costume Construction, Annie Mayer 
Set Painting, Phoenix Gilmore

The Cast
JO - Adama Abramson
SQUALL - Vic Leon
NAT - Dara Jade Tiller
JESS - Hannah Pruitt
PAT - Winston Blake
RANDY - Zac Campbell-Hoogendyk
BLITZ - Justin Jackson
SHOOTER - Gracie Taylor
ACE - José Pérez IV
STICKS - Riley Anna
STICKS - Amber L. Hurst
LIBRARIAN- Annie Meyer
LIBRARIAN - Darrin Mosley Jr.
LIBRARIAN - Daniel Jordan Barret
CONVENTIONER - Sydney H. Lofton

Fight Choreography contributions: Shannon Donovan, Tonya Lynn, Callee Miles, José Pérez IV,
​with primary assistance from Rachel Smith and Gina Stevensen, additional assistance from the PPT 2023 Ensemble.
Photos by J. Tyler Franklin, 2024

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First Workshop Performance
Hosted & Supported by Pittsburgh Public Theater's Resident Artist Program, July 2023​

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Written & Directed by José Pérez IV
Stage Manager & Sound Design, Drea Brown
Fight Choreography: Shannon Donovan, Tonya Lynn, Callee Miles, José Pérez IV,
​with primary assistance from Rachel Smith, additional assistance from the Ensemble.

The Cast
JO - José Pérez IV
SQUALL - Tonya Lynn
NAT - Shannon Donovan
JESS/BLITZ - Rachel Smith
PAT/SHOOTER/LIBRARIAN - Mason Dowd
RANDY/ACE - Callee Miles
LIBRARIAN/CONVENTIONER - Andy Hickly
CONVENTIONER - Annie Batista
CONVENTIONER - Drea Brown

Script Editor, Taylor Couch
Developed by Big Storm Performance Company
Pittsburgh Public Theater ​Residency Coordinators: Marya Sea Kaminski, Brian Pope, Meleana Felton
​Video by E Forney