THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM

ÉILIS CAHILL most recently originated the role of Emma in Jeffrey Sweet’s A Change of Position at New Jersey Repertory Company. Her regional theater credits include Eleanor in Make Believe, Cassidy and other roles in The Road to Jerusalem, Carmen in Safe Home, and Catherine in Proof. On screen, she stars in the feature film Mind-Set and the short film Albert’s Flower. Éilis is a graduate of Binghamton University.

JOE MORTON is an Emmy® Award winner and recipient of multiple NAACP Image Awards for his role as Rowan/Eli Pope in Shonda Rhimes’ critically acclaimed series SCANDAL. He was last seen in the FOX drama, OUR KIND OF PEOPLE, CBS’s feel-good, Sunday night series, GOD FRIENDED ME, and Netflix’s THE POLITICIAN. Morton recently expanded his TV presence as executive co-producer and co-host on INSIDE THE BLACK BOX, an interactive interview show, which explores the experiences of black artists within the world of entertainment. Currently, Morton can be seen as Bayard Diamond on the new CBS/Paramount + series Cupertino, premiering October 8th.

In film, Morton is widely known as the mute alien in the title role of John Sayle’s THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET, and as the ill-fated scientist, Miles Dyson, in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY. Other notable film credits include SPEED, OF MICE AND MEN, ALI, HBO’s star-studded special BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, and as Cyborg’s dad, Dr. Silas Stone, in BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN and Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE.

Morton debuted on Broadway in HAIR, and received a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for his portrayal of Walter Lee Younger in A RAISIN IN THE SUN. For his Off-Broadway portrayal of comedian/civil-rights activist, Dick Gregory, in TURN ME LOOSE, Morton received the Lucille Lortel Award, the Off-Broadway Alliance Award, and the AUDELCO for Outstanding Lead Actor in a play. Morton is also the recipient of an Audie, the Audible Award, for his reading of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ THE WATER DANCER.

Morton also directs for both stage and screen. Most currently, he directed a Zoom production of Cornelius Eady’s BRUTAL IMAGINATION for the Vineyard Theatre, a play about Susan Smith, the woman who drowned her children and accused a non-existent black man of kidnapping them. His TV directing credits include episodes of SCANDAL, GOD FRIENDED ME, BULL, and OUR KIND OF PEOPLE.

Additionally, Morton released WAKE UP AMERICA (https://smarturl.it/wakeupamerica) in 2020, a song and lyric video that promotes unity and hope in a time of deep political and racial tribalism.

JAY O. SANDERS was Falstaff (Drama Desk nom.) in TFANA’s Henry IV, Parts 1&2 last season, appeared on Broadway in Purlie Victorious and Girl From The North Country (both filmed for Great Performances), and received the Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance in the Roundabout Theater’s world premiere of 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner Primary Trust. He and his wife, actress Maryann Plunkett, were presented a 2024 Joint Lifetime Achievement Award from the NY Critics Circle. Together, they originated roles in Richard Nelson’s Rhinebeck Panorama; 12 new plays in 12 years at the Public Theater, including two international tours, and three groundbreaking Zoom plays at the advent of the Covid break. Sanders played the title roles in both Cyrano De Bergerac at the Guthrie Theater and Uncle Vanya (2018 Drama Desk Award, Best Actor) at New York’s Hunter Theater Project. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a regular presence at the Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park. His own play, Unexplored Interior, was the inaugural production of Washington D.C.’s Mosaic Theater Company. His extensive film & television work includes JFK, Day After Tomorrow, Angels in the Outfield, Tumbleweeds, Revolutionary Road, Edge Of Darkness, True Detective, Roseanne, and Sneaky Pete and most recently in His Three Daughters and M. Night Shyamalan’s Remain (due for a 2026 release). Sanders is also a prolific narrator of PBS documentaries including NOVA, Nature, Wide Angle, and Secrets of the Dead.

DAVID STRATHAIRN’s many theater credits are highlighted by the American premiere of Vaclav Havel’s, Leaving at the Wilma in Philadelphia, and Tom Stoppard’s and Andre Previn’s, Every Good Boy Does Fine at the Kimmel Center with the Philadelphia Orchestra; Scorched, The Tempest, and Underneath the Lintel, all directed by Carey Perloff at ACT/San Francisco; Strindberg’s Ghosts at Seattle Rep; Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, CSC/NY; Off by One at Peoples Light and Theater in Malvern, PA; and most recently, Waiting for Godot at The Guthrie. For ten years, beginning at Georgetown University in 2014, he toured, Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski throughout the US, to the UK, Spain, and finally Poland, with The Laboratory For Global Performance and Politics. Since its inception in 2009, Mr. Strathairn has also been an active member of the ensemble of Theater of War Productions. His work in film includes several films by John Sayles, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Limbo, and City of Hope among them; Good Night and Good Luck; Nomadland; Sneakers; Lincoln; Nightmare Alley; and A Little Prayer.