
Methods of Escape
Penn State BA Theatre Studies
January 2025

A New Play written by Sylvie Vanstory
“A student goes on a weekend homework bender. Accompanied by the imagined
characters from her half-finished novel, she parses through her history and
contemplates her future via her journals and a series of lyrical monologues.
Methods of Escape is a new play about the relationship between self-sabotage
and self-healing, detailing the innermost workings of the mind of a creative
spirit.”
Dan, Melanie, and Audrey
Company
Eli and Summer
Dan and Melanie
Summer
Summer, Audrey, and Eli
Summer and Eli
Audrey

Cast & Production ●
Cast & Production ●
CAST
Audrey………………………………………………………….……EmmaKate Angelo
Summer……………………………………………………………….……Amber Abela
Eli…………………………………………………………………….Jackson Madajeski
Melanie……………………………………………………………………Julia Carestia
Dan…………………………………………………………………...……Aedan Shevlin
PRODUCTION
Director/Stage Manager…………………………………………..……..Will Adams
Assistant Directors………………………………………………..…Summer Evans
Edwin Snitker
Choreography…………………………………………………...……………Jasz Ward
Lighting Design………………………………………………………..Sophie Sejarto
Marketing……………………………………………………….……Braxton DeLauro