"Absolute Legends" Program

CAST & CREW

Alan Linic as Yuri Gagarin

Alan Linic (he/him) is an Emmy-nominated writer, award-winning clown, and critically acclaimed improviser based in Los Angeles. He's written for Saturday Night Live, Chicago's The Second City, and toured the country with the show Unelectable You. He performs comedy regularly throughout LA and co-authored the humor book "Our Perfect Marriage."

Will Thomas McFadden as Heracles

Will Thomas McFadden (he/him) is an award-winning actor, writer and director born and raised in Los Angeles. For over ten years, Will was a member of The Actors' Gang Theater Company where he performed in dozens of productions including a world tour of A Midsummer Night's Dream and 1984, alongside Oscar winner Tim Robbins. If you're chronically online, you may recognize Will's popular animal voice over account @RufusGoodboy, which currently has nearly 3 million followers across all platforms.

Sidney Edwards | Performer/Co-Writer

Sidney Edwards (she/her)  is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California, working as an actress (AEA), singer, dancer, improv artist, and director. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from William Peace University and an MFA in Acting from the University of Louisville, where she also earned a graduate certificate in African American Theatre.

Sidney is the director and co-writer of TYT 5, an award winning one-man show starring Byron Coolie that premiered at the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

One of Sidney's most celebrated achievements is receiving the Distinguished Actor Award at the 2018 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. She was also honored to perform at the 2017 National Black Theatre Festival. During her graduate studies, she was awarded the prestigious Warren Oates Award in recognition of her outstanding talent and promise as an MFA student.

Her favorite stage roles include Amneris in Aida (Karamu House, 2019), Sally Bowles in Cabaret (NC), and Squeak in The Color Purple (NC).

A passionate advocate for arts education, Sidney has served as a teaching artist with the Geffen Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, and the legendary Karamu House Theater. She has also held faculty positions at Baldwin Wallace University and the University of Louisville, where she served as Director of the African American Theater Program.

Insta: @ms.sidneyedwards

https://www.sidneyedwards.com/

Scott Leggett | Producer

Scott Leggett (he/him) is a Fringe veteran, having directed This Show Is Surrounded By True Events in 2024 while at the same time Producing the shows TYT 5 and The Planet Earth Farewell Concert. He won Best Two-Person Play, along with Nedra Gallegos, for Ronnie Larsen's If I'm Good in 2023. He performed multiple characters in Burglars of Hamm's critically acclaimed production of Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk, which won Top of Fringe in 2017. He was Monster in Cookie and the Monster at the HFF '15, which won Best Ensemble. He earned praise playing Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle opposite French Stewart in the critically acclaimed Pasadena Playhouse production of Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton. At Sacred Fools, he played the titular character in Watson: The Last Great Tale of the Legendary Sherlock Holmes as well as its sequel. He studied theater at Penn State University and has appeared in several films, commercials and TV shows. Scott is also an accomplished director, having staged the hugely successful adaptation of Forbidden Zone at Sacred Fools. He also directed The Poe Show, which won Best Comedy at the HFF '15, and Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel to "Hamlet." He currently serves as the Co-Artistic Director for Sacred Fools.