Originally from Peoria, Jake is now a Chicago-based actor working in film, television, and theater. This is the third show he has directed. Jake last appeared onstage with cast member Emma Cox in the world premiere/extended production run of Jenny Magnus’s experimental musical piece Open Wide as part of the EATS festival. Jake recently made his television debut on Gillian Flynn’s Amazon Prime Series Utopia and this past summer became a father to his beautiful son Elio! He is excited to once again be working with Corn Stock Theatre and hopes you enjoy this defiantly strange show!

Brad Fraser is one of Canada's best known playwrights, in addition to being a director for stage and film, a talk show host and wearing many other hats. Born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1959, Brad won his first playwritings competition at the age of 17 and has been writing ever since. Brad's International hit play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects PlayRites festival in 1989. It has since been produced worldwide, with highly successful runs in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Milan, Sydney and London. It has been translated into multiple languages, and was most recently produced in: Athens, Greece; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Other produced plays include: Mutants, Wolfboy, Rude Noises, Chainsaw Love, Young Art, Return of the Bride, The Ugly Man, and Prom Night of the Living Dead.