Bluebird Theatre Company is pleased to announce the 2026 run of Significant Contacts, written by Amanda Stamm and directed by Sean Szak Prasso. The production will play a limited engagement July 13–16, 2026 at The Makers’ Space, located at 281 N. 7th Street in Brooklyn. Performances begin at 7:30 PM. The cast of Significant Contacts will feature Amanda Stamm as Diana Winters and Dustin Pazar as Larkin.

In the wake of mass loss — of life, sustenance, and water — the world order has collapsed. Governments have crumbled, leaving only civilians and the military locked in yet another war. The United States has become a barren wasteland.

Diana Winters lives in solitude on the fringes of this fractured world, preserving what beauty she can inside an underground shelter filled with paintings, dried flowers, memory, and survival rituals. When a soldier collapses in what was once her driveway, Diana brings him into her shelter and tends to his wounds. But with him comes uncertainty. Is he a threat, a lifeline, or something else entirely?

Darkly funny, intimate, and emotionally sharp, Significant Contacts explores trust, autonomy, care, and survival at the end of the world. As Diana navigates her first significant contact in years, an act of rescue becomes a dangerous negotiation over power, memory, and what it means to remain human when every system has failed.

The creative team includes Sean Szak Prasso as Director, Charlotte Wiltshire as Sound Designer, Meg Dowling as Stage Manager, Gracie Rittenberg as Producer, and Milena Mass for Design & Marketing.

A Quote from Bluebird Theatre Company’s Artistic Director:

“This run of Significant Contacts at the new Makers’ Space in Williamsburg is a true reflection of our values. We believe in nurturing a piece of art, and finding the best partnerships to bring it to its fullest potential. After multiple festival runs and developmental readings, we are delighted to premiere Amanda Stamm’s excellent dystopian speculative play in Brooklyn. As an all female company, we are so excited to support new work by female artists and foster those relationships. ”

— Gracie Rittenberg

Significant Contacts was previously presented at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2022 and in New York City at The Tank’s LimeFest in 2025. This 2026 production marks the play’s next life with Bluebird Theatre Company.

BIOGRAPHIES

AMANDA STAMM (Playwright / Diana)

Amanda Stamm is an actor and writer living in New York City. She is an alumnus of Atlantic Acting School and a founding member of Bluebird Theatre Company, as well as the Director of Finance. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Outside of performing, Amanda was a competitive Ice Skater for over 15 years and is a United States Figure Skating Gold Medalist. Her plays have been performed at The Tank, Vancouver Fringe Festival, The Riverside Theatre, and with Bluebird Theatre Company. She was a playwright fellow at the Calliope Creative Foundation. Recent Theater Credits: Significant Contacts (The Tank), The Creditors (ATA), A Little Less Than Kind (Bluebird), Electra (ATA), History of Now (Soho Playhouse),

Slow Dancing on the Killing Ground (Riverside Theatre), La Sainte Courtisane (ATA), Blue & Gold* (NTF, Nominated for Best Actress ‘22). Film: Camp Joy (Dir. Daylight Supreme). Amanda is a member of SAG-AFTRA. https://amandamaestamm.com/

DUSTIN PAZAR (Larkin)

Dustin Pazar is a NYC based actor and playwright. He just finished runs of Richard Vetere’s Poet on a String (James Agee) and Obscene

Desires (Greg). Seen prior in the last run of Significant Contacts (Larkin, Bluebird Theatre Co.), Angel In the Heat (Chase Collins, ATA),

and Creditors (Adolf, ATA). Favorite roles include Cassius in Julius Caesar (Jean Dalrymple Award for Best Shakespearean Actor, 2023), John Merrick in The Elephant Man, and Henry IV in Henry IV, Part 1 (directed by Tina Packer). BA in Theatre, Boston College.

SEAN SZAK PRASSO (Director)

Sean Szak Prasso is a NYC based artist. Theatre: Oscar Wilde’s La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy (ATA) August Strindberg’s The Stronger, Playing with Fire, and Creditors (Jean Dalrymple Award for Best Director) (ATA), Sophocles’ Electra (ATA) and his original works Angel in the Heat and Obscene Desire, both of which received critical acclaim (ATA). Additional credits include New York Yoga (PTF), Seventh Avenue South (NYTF), Pañuelos (NYTF, ATA) and Significant Contacts (Tank Theatre). He extends his gratitude to his family, friends and collaborators. sean.prasso@gmail.com

MEG DOWLING (Stage Manager)

Meg Dowling is a NYC-based stage manager, theater maker, and arts & crafts enthusiast originally from Philadelphia. With over 15 years of experience, her work spans traditional theater, award shows, site-specific work, outdoor performances, immersive Shakespeare (sometimes with a drink in hand), and a long-running theatrical experience aboard a talking tour bus winding through the streets of New York City. Most recently she was the Production Stage Manager for Boomerang Theater Company’s Taming of Shrew in Central Park. She is passionate about creative problem solving and the collaborative process that helps create the conditions for artists to do their best work. All her love to her family and friends, whose support never misses a cue. And of course: Go Birds.

CHARLOTTE WILTSHIRE (Sound Design)

Charlotte is a passionate theatre maker from Sydney, Australia. She works in all different areas including lighting, sound design and stage management across Sydney’s theatres including the Sydney Opera House, Carraigeworks and the Australian Theatre for Young People. Charlotte is also an audio describer, getting to share her love of theatre with people who often wouldn’t get the chance to access shows.

Charlotte has been involved with Bluebird Theatre since 2020 during Covid, starting off by organising the streaming and tech, staying up until all hours for rehearsals and meetings. More recently as theatres have gone back to a new normal, she has sent over her sound designs from Australia.

GRACIE RITTENBERG (Producer)

Gracie Rittenberg (she/her) is a playwright, director, filmmaker, actress, and producer. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from Reed College, and serves as Artistic Director of Bluebird Theatre Company. Her genderbent adaptation of Hamlet, A LITTLE LESS THAN KIND, won the Sellout Award at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2024. Her work has been staged by Clementine Players and at the Paper Kraine, and she hosts the regular play reading series Bluebird Salon at Young Ethel’s Bar. She loves visiting independent bookstores and seeing old movies on the big screen.

MILENA MASS (Producer / Design & Marketing)

Milena Mass is a Jersey City-based arts entrepreneur. She is a founding member and Managing Director of Bluebird Theatre Company, where she has supported new play development, production, marketing, and design since 2019. Milena is the founder of ode, an iOS logging & review app for theatre audiences and theatre-makers: https://joinode.art/

ABOUT BLUEBIRD THEATRE COMPANY

Bluebird Theatre Company is an artist-led theatre company dedicated to developing, producing, and sharing theatrical work by emerging and early-career artists. Founded in 2019, Bluebird creates space for new plays, reimagined classics, staged readings, workshop productions, and community-centered performance events. Bluebird Theatre Company is a sponsored artist with Performance Zone Inc. (dba The Field), a not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization serving the performing arts community. bluebirdtheatre.org