Episode #4 – Firefighter

This episode features our essential worker, JohnPatrick (Paddy) Dunne. Paddy is a firefighter in the state of California.

Play: FOREST THROUGH THE TREES
by Amanda Keating

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Jason Cortez, Paramedic/Firefighter (1978-2020).

Essential Workers Episode #4
Host \| MELISA JUSUFOVIC Melisa Jusufovic is a second-year nursing major here at the University of Iowa. She is from West Des Moines, IA, and fell in love with acting at a young age. Melisa has performed in productions of Legally Blonde, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 26 Pebbles, and The Laramie Project, however, she is most excited to make her college acting debut with the university's theatre department in Essential Workers: A Portrait.
Portrait Artist \| BRADY WULF
Playwright \| AMANDA KEATING Plays include With Fellowshop (EST/Sloan), Teach/Teach (Playwrights Realm Finalist, Leah Ryan Honorable Mention), Retreat (EST), Of Solitude (Martha's Vineyard Playhouse), adaptations of Tartuffe and Miss Julie (Two Headed Rep), and others. Amanda Keating is a former member of EST/Youngblood and a current EST/Sloan Commission recipient. She attended Williams College and the National Theatre Institute and is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. She is the Literary Manager of Two Headed Rep. www.amandackeating.com
Actor \| DEREK DONNELLAN Derek Donnellan is a second-year theatre arts and film major at the University of Iowa. He is from Boise, ID, and this is first production here at Iowa. Derek wants to thank his friends and family for supporting him in everything he does and for allowing him to come out here to pursue a higher education.

Essential Workers Episode #4

Host | MELISA JUSUFOVIC

Melisa Jusufovic is a second-year nursing major here at the University of Iowa. She is from West Des Moines, IA, and fell in love with acting at a young age. Melisa has performed in productions of Legally Blonde, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 26 Pebbles, and The Laramie Project, however, she is most excited to make her college acting debut with the university's theatre department in Essential Workers: A Portrait.

Portrait Artist | BRADY WULF

Playwright | AMANDA KEATING

Plays include With Fellowshop (EST/Sloan), Teach/Teach (Playwrights Realm Finalist, Leah Ryan Honorable Mention), Retreat (EST), Of Solitude (Martha's Vineyard Playhouse), adaptations of Tartuffe and Miss Julie (Two Headed Rep), and others. Amanda Keating is a former member of EST/Youngblood and a current EST/Sloan Commission recipient. She attended Williams College and the National Theatre Institute and is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. She is the Literary Manager of Two Headed Rep. www.amandackeating.com

Actor | DEREK DONNELLAN

Derek Donnellan is a second-year theatre arts and film major at the University of Iowa. He is from Boise, ID, and this is first production here at Iowa. Derek wants to thank his friends and family for supporting him in everything he does and for allowing him to come out here to pursue a higher education.

Meet the Essential Workers Creative Team