MIRROR LAKE
By Steven Dietz
Directed by Caroline Cearley
OCT 16 - NOV 2, 2025
at TRINITY STREET PLAYHOUSE
​WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE?
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From the mind of acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz, MIRROR LAKE is a dark, intimate relationship thriller about one couple's inner-most secrets and fears, the demons in their past, and their decidedly different love language.
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MIRROR LAKE Marks the Austin directorial debut of Caroline Cearley, who served as Assistant Director on last season’s hit Dial M for Murder. The cast features two dynamic performers making their Jarrott Productions stage debuts: Juliet Robb joining us fresh off her acclaimed performance in Hyde Park Theatre's Betrayal and Bryan Bradford jumping on stage after directing JP's Prodigal Son and Seminar.
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Performances run October 16 – November 2, at Trinity Street Playhouse.
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SPECIAL DATES:
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Champagne Opening: Friday, October 17
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Halloween Performance: Friday, October 31
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​Closing Matinee: Sunday, November 2
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FEATURED IN:
CAST
Juliet Robb
as Dinah
Juliet Robb is an Austin-based actor and film producer. Most recently she played the role of Emma in Hyde Park Theatre's production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal. One reviewer said of that performance, “Robb’s face, gestures, eyes and demeanor…are a private world of emotion trapped by logic and circumstance.”
This is Juliet’s first collaboration with Jarrott Productions and she says she looks forward to making storytelling magic with the creative team behind Mirror Lake.
Bryan Bradford
as Phillip
Bryan Bradford returns to Jarrott Productions where he previously directed Prodigal Son and Seminar.
He was last seen onstage in ZACH Theater’s 2007 production of The Rocky Horror Show as Brad. Bryan spent many years as a stage manager on the Broadway productions Newsies, Rock of Ages and Kinky Boots. But most will remember him as a chauffeur in a 2002 episode of General Hospital where he delivered his iconic line, “Shall I park the car Ms. Quartermaine?”
PRODUCTION TEAM
DIRECTOR
Caroline Cearley​
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PRODUCTION MANAGER
Jennifer A. Anderson​​
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PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Astrid A. Rangel​
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LIGHTING DESIGNER
MacKenzie Mulligan
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PROPS DESIGNER
Kaitlyn Hartnagel
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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Daniel A. Hernandez
​SOUND DESIGNER
Craig M. Brock​
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ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER & AUDIO ENGINEER
Brooke Sauerwein
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PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Janelle Buchanan​
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SCENIC & COSTUME DESIGN
EnHaus Design​​​
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BOX OFFICE MANAGER
Laura DiCristofano
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GRAPHICS
Nick Capelle
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Steven Dietz’s forty-plus plays have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres, as well as Off-Broadway and in twenty-five countries internationally. For the ’24-’25 season, Dietz was once again named one of the “Twenty Most Produced Playwrights in America” by American Theatre Magazine. With Kirk Lynn, he adapted his Austin-premiered play, SHOOTING STAR, into the movie, “What Happens Later” – starring and directed by Meg Ryan. Recent and upcoming premieres include a new adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s GASLIGHT; several comic mystery romps from Agatha Christie; and a new thriller, VINELAND PLACE.
Dietz is delighted to have his work at Jarrott Productions for the first time. Since arriving in Austin in 2006, Dietz has had multiple plays at ZACH (BECKY’S NEW CAR, SHOOTING STAR, MAD BEAT HIP & GONE, FICTION, DRACULA: MINA’S QUEST); at Austin Playhouse (BLOOMSDAY, THIS RANDOM WORLD, MURDER ON THE LINKS, the upcoming PERIL IN THE ALPS); on campus at UT (STILL LIFE WITH IRIS, AMERICAN LA RONDE), in addition to productions at Different Stages (YANKEE TAVERN); and Gobotrick Productions (THE NINA VARIATIONS).
Awards include the Steinberg New Play Citation, the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, the PEN USA-West Award in Drama, the Yomiuri Shimbun Award (the Japanese “Tony”), and an Edgar® Award from the Mystery Writers of America.​
Other widely produced plays include LAST OF THE BOYS, LONELY PLANET, ON CLOVER ROAD, PRIVATE EYES, SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE, INVENTING VAN GOGH, RANCHO MIRAGE, and GOD’S COUNTRY.
Dietz taught in the MFA Playwriting and Directing program at UT for twelve years, and continues to conduct master classes around the country in playwriting, story-making, revision, and collaboration. He is the creator and curator of the Texas Avenue Story Shop TASS) – a local incubator of new stories for the stage.
A native of Denver, Dietz and his wife, playwright Allison Gregory, divide their time between Austin and Seattle.