Bobbie Olsen Series on the Waxlax Stage Presents:
Mauritius

By Theresa Rebeck
February 3 – 22, 2026

When her mother dies, tentative but tenacious Jackie is left with a mound of debt. One glimmer of hope comes by way of a stamp collection, which was willed to her by her mother. An arrogant stamp dealer won’t assess the collection’s worth without Jackie paying his lofty consultation fee, but a charming gentleman, Dennis, is only too willing to help. Discovering two possible Mauritius “Post Office” stamps, the “crown jewel of philately”, Dennis is overjoyed and assumes that Jackie will be easy to scam. However, Jackie’s older half sister claims the collection belongs to her. Is the collection worthless or is it a life-changing treasure? Theresa Rebeck’s Mauritius is a comedic thriller with twists, turns and double crosses that will have audiences laughing one minute and gasping the next. 

ROD BROGAN (Dennis) Riverside Theatre: The Fox On The Fairway. Theatre: Broadway: Mauritius. National Tour: Doubt. Off-Broadway: Beyond The Horizon; The Burial At Thebes (Irish Rep); Mary Broome (Mint Theater); Treasure Island (Irondale Center). Select Regional: The Lehman Trilogy, Network, American Son (Florida Studio Theatre); The Cocktail Hour (Guthrie); The Night Alive, Ironbound (City Theatre); Engaging Shaw (Old Globe); Other Desert Cities, Outside Mullingar (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley); Scott and Hem (Contemporary American Theater Festival); Film: The Winning Season; Television: “Major Dad” (series regular), “Unforgettable,” “Oz,” “Third Watch,” “One Life To Live,” “Law & Order”; Video Game: Grand Theft Auto V; Training: MFA, The Old Globe/University of San Diego. 

LIAM CRAIG (Philip) Broadway: Boeing Boeing (u/s, appeared). Off-Broadway: Crooked Cross (Mint Theater Company), Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, The Killer (Theater For a New Audience), Later Life (Keen Company), The Internationalist (Vineyard Theater), Aunt Dan and Lemon (The New Group). Regional: Dial M for Murder (Gulfshore Playhouse), Conscience, Saint Dad (Portland Stage Company), Henry V (Hartford Stage), The Book of Will (World Premiere, Denver Center), Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Uncle Vanya (Weston Theater Company), Servant of Two Masters (Yale Rep). TV: “Ripley,” “Blue Bloods,” “Madam Secretary,” “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” Film: A Complete Unknown, The Royal Tenenbaums. MFA: NYU. 

WYNN HARMON (Sterling) Riverside: 1776, Moon Over Buffalo, Anything Goes, Scotland Road, Murderers, Carousel. Broadway: Porgy and Bess (broadcast "Live from Lincoln Center" on PBS). International: Candide, The Music Man, West Side Story (France, Sardinia, Oman). Off-Broadway: The Light and the Dark (Primary Stages), The Lucky One (Mint). Regional: Billie Jean (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Choice (McCarter); Love All (La Jolla); Possessing Harriet, (Syracuse Stage); The Constant Wife, plus ten Shakespeares (Old Globe); Candide, Show Boat, Lost in the Stars (Kennedy Center); Love's Labour's Lost, The Alchemist (Shakespeare Theatre Company); A Moon for the Misbegotten (Long Wharf/Hartford Stage/Alley); The Habit of Art (Studio Theatre); The Heidi Chronicles (Arena Stage); The Music Man, Lost in the Stars, Carousel, Camelot, Ariadne in Naxos (Glimmerglass); Pure Poe, The True, (Capital Rep)TV: "Law & Order SVU", "Madam Secretary", "The Knick". Awards: The Edwin E. Stein Award for Excellence in the Arts.

KATHARINE MCLEOD (Mary) is delighted to make her Riverside debut! She recently appeared in Don’t Dress for Dinner at Florida Studio Theatre. Other regional credits include: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Triad), Pride and Prejudice (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Secret Hour and Last Gas (Maine Public), Miracle on South Division St (Geva), God of Carnage (STC) and Inge Snapshots (Outstanding Performance Award, Toronto Fringe.) TV/film: “Law and Order,” Cancel Me, Morning Smoke. Katharine is currently Chair of Acting at Circle in the Square Theatre School. Proud UC Berkeley and University of Washington PATP Alum.

DAYNA PALYA (Jackie) is pumped to make her Riverside Theatre debut. Originally from the Chicagoland area, she now resides in NYC with her loving and supportive partner. She graduated with her BFA in Musical Theatre from Western Michigan University and her MFA in Acting from Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory. Past favorite roles: Louise in Dear Jack, Dear Louise (Chenango River Theatre), Jo March in Little Women: The Musical (SSMT), and Jess in Grand Horizons (Asolo Rep). She thanks her partner, Alex, and her parents for always believing in and encouraging her to pursue her dreams. www.daynapalya.com @daynapalya