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2025 Summer Season ∙ June 24—July 20, 2025

Deceived

A new adaptation of the classic psychological thriller Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton.

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This crackling new adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s Gaslight, streamlined to a cast of just four actors, reframes the story to strengthen and empower the central character of Bella. In this version of the classic suspense thriller, the audience wonders, “Can Bella find the strength to save herself?”

Performance Details

Adapted From: Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton

Playwright

Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson

Director

Sheryl Kaller

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Featured Cast

Mary Bacon

Elizabeth

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BRIANA CARLSON-GOODMAN

Nancy

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OLIVIA CYGAN

Bella

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Sam Gravitte

Jack

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REBECCA SALZHAUER

Understudy for Elizabeth, Nancy, Bella

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Dayne Rasmussen

Understudy for Jack

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Artistic Team

Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson

Playwrights

Sheryl Kaller

Director

RICK SORDELET

Fight & Intimacy Director)

JASON ARDIZZONE-WEST

Scenic Designer

DEVARIO D. SIMMONS

Costume Designer

REZA BEHJAT

Lighting Designer

Jane Shaw

Sound Designer and Original Music

MATT ARMENTROUT

Hair and Make-up Designer

NOAM LAUTMAN

Stage Manager

Hannah Marks

Assistant Stage Manager

THE TRC COMPANY

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Critics Reviews

Opening Night: ‘Deceived’ Continues Bay Street’s Mainstage Season

Opening Night: ‘Deceived’ Continues Bay Street’s Mainstage Season

James Lane Post

” … this production maintains relevance in 2025, creating a cognitive dissonance that adds to the psychological thriller aspect of the show. … The performances by leading actors Olivia Cygan (Bella) and Sam Gravitte (Jack) are magnetic and compelling.”

“The production, boldly directed by Sheryl Kaller, is vivid and highly stylized. … The scenic design, by Jason Ardizzone-West, is appropriately unsettling.”

https://www.27east.com/arts/review-deceived-at-bay-street-tells-an-old-tale-with-a-new-spin-on-modern-themes-2372462/

Hope Hamilton in 27 East

REVIEW: “Deceived,” Spellbinding Drama at Its Best

T.J. Clemente in Hamptons.com
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The run time of Deceived is 95 minutes with no intermission.

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  • Mary Bacon

    Elizabeth

    Mary Bacon: Drama Desk for Patti in The Public’s Coal Country, and her NYC career. Reprised Coal Country with Public and Audible. Recent premieres: Dirty Laundry at WP, Theresa Rebeck’s DIG at Primary Stages. On Broadway: Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll and Arcadia. Select Off-Broadway: Harrison, TX with Hallie Foote and Jayne Houdyshell, The Roads To Home with Hallie Foote and Harriet Harris, Charles Busch’s The Tribute Artist, Kate Hammill’s Little Women, and Lucinda Coxon’s Happy Now? Primary Stages; Giant, The Public; Drama Desk and Lortel nominated Women Without Men, The Mint; Alma in Eccentricities of a Nightingale, TACT. Regional includes Hartford Stage, Dorset Theatre Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Williamstown, Westport Playhouse, The McCarter, Yale Rep, Seattle Rep, Long Wharf, and others. TV/Film: The Easy Kind, Lost Girls, GASBAG the series, Bluebloods, Blacklist, The Mist, Boardwalk Empire, all the Law and Orders. Carnegie Mellon BFA, Actors Center member. For beloved late husband Andrew Leynse, artistic director of Primary Stages for 21 seasons, and their son Abadi. More at marybacon.net

    BRIANA CARLSON-GOODMAN

    Nancy

    BRIANA CARLSON-GOODMAN most recently seen in the critically acclaimed New York City Center Gala production of Ragtime. Broadway: Les Misérables, Hair, and Doctor Zhivago, from which she can be heard singing “Somewhere My Love” (Lara’s Theme) on the original cast album. Tour: Éponine in the 25th Anniversary tour of Les Misérables. Regional: Petra in Public Enemy: Flint (a reimagining of Ibsen’s An Enemy Of the People), North Shore Music Theatre, Pioneer Theater Company, The MUNY, Olney Theatre Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company. TV: “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order: rganized Crime.” Folk band: The New Students (iTunes and Spotify). www.brianacarlsongoodman.com

    OLIVIA CYGAN

    Bella

    OLIVIA CYGAN is a recent graduate of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. NYC credits include DOUBT (Broadway u/s) and readings and workshops with New York Stage and Film, Playwrights Realm, Roundabout Theatre Company, and New York Theatre Workshop. A native of Chicago, Olivia has originated leading roles at Steppenwolf Theatre and Goodman Theatre, and most recently at Arena Stage in DC. Film: WORLDBUILDING (upcoming). TV: GOTHAM. BS: Northwestern University. Carol Finch Dye Award, Yale Drama.

    Sam Gravitte

    Jack

    SAM GRAVITTE is an actor and playwright. Broadway: Wicked (Fiyero) Off Broadway: White Rose, Lyrics and Lyricists. Select National Tour/Regional: Wicked, Joseph... Dreamcoat (Sacramento Music Circus), Sweeney Todd (TUTS), Almost Famous (Old Globe), Beautiful (Cape Playhouse). Sam’s plays include Hurricane (2024 O’Neill Semifinalist), The Death Lectures (developed at Monson Arts), and Ventriloquists (developed with Life Jacket Theatre). He has other work published with Broadway Licensing and has been commissioned by The Licensing House. Proud member of Life Jacket Theatre Co’s Writers Room. Producer with Pride Plays. As a vocalist, Sam has headlined shows at the 92nd Street Y, the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, Birdland Jazz Club, Provincetown, Westport Country Playhouse, and more. AB in Anthropology from Princeton, where he was also a Division 1 Athlete. Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio. @samgravitte

    REBECCA SALZHAUER

    Understudy for Elizabeth, Nancy, Bella

    Rebecca Salzhauer is an actor, writer, and lifelong New Yorker. A graduate of Yale University, her favorite credits include Nina in The Seagull, #2 in The Wolves, Puffs (Cape Fear), Titus Andronicus (LaMaMa), and world premieres of Leave if No Response (The Tank) and In Absentia (St. Lydia’s). She co-wrote and starred in the web series i’m so happy for you!!!!!! which is streaming on YouTube. Proud alum of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. Many thanks to BST and the whole Deceived team!

    Dayne Rasmussen

    Understudy for Jack

    Dayne Rasmussen recently appeared as Juror #7 in 12 Angry Men at The Suffolk and Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men at Studio 74 Suffolk YJCC. His other stage credits include: Now and Then (Hampton Theater Company), Strictly Murder (Hampton Theater Company), Cyrano de Bergerac (SCCC), Romeo & Juliet (Long Island Shakespeare Festival), and the title role in Dracula (Patchogue Performing Arts Center). Film credits include Again (Dan), Trust Me Bro (Declan), A Day in the City (Dane). Dayne studied with Ron Peretti at the Barrow Group, and Anne Bogart (Suzuki & Viewpoints) at The Siti Company.

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