Production Assistant for the sixth production of Two River Theater's 2016-2017 season.
THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO
music by Mike Reid
lyrics by Sarah Schlesinger
book by Sarah Schlesinger, Mike Reid, and John Dias
directed by John Dias
WORLD PREMIERE
CAST
Sara Stewart Ellis: Jane Bruce*
Cole Burden*
Brian Flores*
Tin Man Wong: Daniel K. Isaac*
Jordan Ellis: Eric William Morris*
Caroline Williams: Leenya Rideout*
Thomas Harrison/Ethan McClellan: Christopher Russo*
Horner Burns/Ernie Stratton: Perry Sherman*
Kate Monaghan/Jeannie Kelly: Kristin Stokes*
Lee Gibbs/Daniel Leary: Ian Michael Stuart*
Marian Cummings/Cora Reilly: Barbara Tirrell*
Josephine Monaghan/Jo Monaghan: Teal Wicks*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Choreographer: Marc Kimelman
Music Director/Conductor: John O'Neill
Music Supervisor/Vocal Arrangements: Patrick Vaccariello
Orchestrations: Danny Larsen
Scenic Design: Michael Carnahan
Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton
Sound Design: Drew Levy
Costume Design: Jess Goldstein
Wig Design: Leah J. Loukas
Fight Director: Thomas Schall
Production Stage Manager: Amanda Michaels*
Assistant Stage Manager: Denise Cardarelli*
Production Assistants: Jean E. Compton, Nicole Richards
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by T. Charles Erickson.
Production Assistant for the fifth production of Two River Theater's 2016-2017 season.
THE WOMEN OF PADILLA
by Tony Meneses
directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
WORLD PREMIERE
CAST
Blanca: Karina Arroyave*
Lucha: Helen Cespedes*
Mari: Jacqueline Correa*
Fidela: Daniella De Jesús*
Alejandra: Paloma Guzmán*
Marta: Keren Lugo*
Cristina: Elizabeth Ramos*
Carmen: Jeanine Serralles*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Arnulfo Maldonado
Lighting Design: Yuki Nakase
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Costume Design: Oana Botez
Puppet Designer: James Ortiz
Puppet Director: Will Gallacher
Stage Manager: Alison Hassman*
Production Assistants: Jean E. Compton, Nicole Richards
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by T. Charles Erickson.
Production Assistant for the fourth production of Two River Theater's 2016-2017 season.
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
by William Shakespeare
adapted and directed by Eric Tucker
CAST
Actor: Nicole Lewis*
Actor: Jason O'Connell*
Actor: Zuzanna Szadkowski*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Lee Savage
Lighting Design: Eric Southern
Sound Design: Karin Graybash
Costume Design: Jessica Pabst
Stage Manager: Brett Anders*
Production Assistants: Jean E. Compton, Nicole Richards
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by T. Charles Erickson.
Production Assistant for the third production of Two River Theater's 2016-2017 season.
HURRICANE DIANE
by Madeleine George
directed by Leigh Silverman
WORLD PREMIERE
CAST
Sandy Fleischer: Mia Barron*
Diane: Becca Blackwell
Renee Shapiro-Epps: Nikiya Mathis*
Pam Annunziatti: Danielle Skraastad*
Beth Wann: Kate Wetherhead*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Original Music: The Bengsons
Music Director: Matthew Dean Marsh
Scenic Design: Rachel Hauck
Lighting Design: Jen Schriever
Sound Design: Bray Poor
Costume Design: Kay Voyce
Stage Manager: Melanie J. Lisby*
Production Assistants: Jean E. Compton, Nicole Richards
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by T. Charles Erickson.
Production Assistant for the second production of Two River Theater's 2016-2017 season.
THE LION IN WINTER
by James Goldman
directed by Tyne Rafaeli
CAST
John: Noah Averbach-Katz*
Henry II: Michael Cumpsty*
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Dee Hoty*
Richard: KeiLyn Durrel Jones*
Philip: Ronald Peet*
Geoffrey: Hubert Point Du-Jour
Alais: Madeleine Rogers*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Kristen Robinson
Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton
Sound Design: Josh Schmidt
Costume Design: Andrea Hood
Hair & Makeup Design: David Bova
Fight Director: J. Steven White
Stage Manager: Jenny Kennedy*
Production Assistants: Jean E. Compton, Janel Villatoro
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by T. Charles Erickson.
Production Assistant for the first production of Two River Theater's 2016-2017 season.
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
by August Wilson
directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
CAST
Dussie Mae: Chanté Adams*
Slow Drag: Harvy Blanks*
Toledo: Brian D. Coats*
Irvin: Michael Cumpsty*
Levee: Brandon J. Dirden*
Policeman: Bob Mackasek
Sylvester: Marcel Spears*
Sturdyvant: Peter Van Wagner*
Ma Rainey: Arnetia Walker*
Cutler: James A. Williams*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Charlie Corcoran
Lighting Design: Burke Brown
Sound Design: Rob Kaplowitz
Costume Design: Karen Perry
Wig Design: Erin Hicks
Original Music & Music Direction: Bill Sims, Jr., Kenny Rampton
Fight Director: Thomas Schall
Stage Manager: Laura Wilson*
Production Assistants: Jean E. Compton, Janel Villatoro
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by T. Charles Erickson.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant).
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Robert Harling
directed by Laura Kepley
produced in partnership with Playhouse Square as part of the 2015-2016 KeyBank Broadway Series.
CAST
Clairee: Charlotte Booker*
Annelle: Devon Caraway*
Shelby: Allison Layman*
M'Lynn: Erika Rolfsrud*
Truvy: Elizabeth Meadows Rouse*
Ouiser: Mary Stout*
Singer/Musician: Emily Casey*
Singer/Musician: Maggie Lakis*
Singer/Musician: Therese Anderberg*
Understudies: Catherine L. Albers, Tricia Bestic, Megan King
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Vicki Smith
Lighting Design: Jennifer Schriever
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Costume Design: Jennifer Caprio
Wig Design: Wigs & Whiskers
Dialect Coach: Thom Jones
Music Director: Nathan Motta
Stage Manager: Jennifer Matheson Collins*
Assistant Stage Manager: Tom Humes*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant) for a play for actors and orchestra in collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra as part of Cleveland Play House's New Ground Theatre Festival and centennial season.
THE GOOD PEACHES
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
directed by Laura Kepley
conducted by Brett Mitchell
WORLD PREMIERE
CAST
Elder: Lizan Mitchell*
Mother: Irene Bedard*
Aurora: Yumi Ndhlovu
Ensemble: Lavour Addison, Paul Bugallo, Mariah Burks, Kyle Cherry, Sarah Cuneo, Randy Dierkes, Peter Hargrave, Megan Medley
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic/Costume Design: Philip Witcomb
Lighting Design: Michael Boll
Sound Design: James C. Swonger
Stage Manager: Jennifer Matheson Collins*
Assistant Stage Manager: Maryann Morris*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant) for the seventh production of Cleveland Play House's centennial season.
MR. WOLF
by Rajiv Joseph
directed by Giovanna Sardelli
REGIONAL PREMIERE
CAST
Theresa: Juliet Brett*
Julie: Rebecca Brooksher*
Michael: Todd Cerveris*
Mr. Wolf: John de Lancie*
Hana: Jessica Dickey*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Tim Mackabee
Lighting Design: Gina Scherr
Sound Design: Dan Kluger
Costume Design: Amy Clark
Wig Design: Wigs & Whiskers
Stage Manager: John Godbout*
Production Assistant: Hannah Montgomery
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant) for the sixth production of Cleveland Play House's centennial season.
LUNA GALE
by Rebecca Gilman
directed by Austin Pendleton
REGIONAL PREMIERE
CAST
Pastor Jay: Donald Carrier*
Peter: Jeremiah Clapp*
Lourdes: Athena Colon*
Karlie: Megan King*
Cliff: Kenneth Lee*
Cindy: Angela Pierce*
Caroline: Lee Roy Rogers*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Michael Schweikardt
Lighting Design: Keith Parham
Sound Design: Joshua Schmidt
Costume Design: Alexis Forte
Wig Design: Wigs & Whiskers
Stage Manager: Jennifer Matheson Collins*
Assistant Stage Manager: Jessica Lucas*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant) for the final production of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program's Class of 2016 in the Cleveland Play House centennial season.
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
by William Shakespeare
directed by Paul Mullins
CAST
Speed/Thurio: Nick Barbato*
Duke/Antonio/Eglamour: Jeremiah Clapp*
Proteus: Alec Hynes*
Lucetta/Outlaw: Megan King*
Valentine: Jay Ben Markson*
Launce/Host: Rickie McDowell*
Silvia/Panthino/Outlaw: Kathryn Metzger*
Julia/Outlaw: Katie O. Solomon*
and introducing Queenie as Launce's dog Crab.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Laura Carlson Tarantowski
Lighting Design: Michael Boll
Sound Design: Richard Ingraham
Costume Design: Esther M. Haberlen
Fight Choreographer: Ron Wilson
Stage Manager: Kaitlin LaVella Kelly
Production Assistant: Emily Wright
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant) for the third production of Cleveland Play House's centennial season.
A CHRISTMAS STORY
adapted by Philip Grecian
based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, c Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Brothers, written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark, and based on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.
directed by John McCluggage
CAST
Ralph: Jeff Talbott*
Flick: Willie Rose
Schwartz: Howard "Howey" Nock
Mother: Madeleine Maby*
Ralphie: Carter Sindelar
The Old Man: Christopher Gerson*
Randy: Miles Pierce
Scut Farkas: Henry Harte
Helen: Sun-Hee Smith
Miss Shields: Laura Perrotta*
Esther Jane: Maela Mazzone
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Robert Mark Morgan
Lighting Design: Michael Boll
Sound Design: James C. Swonger
Costume Design: David Kay Mickelsen
Stage Manager: John Godbout, Maryann Morris*
Assistant Stage Manager: Tom Humes*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant) for the second production of Cleveland Play House's centennial season.
THE CRUCIBLE
by Arthur Miller
directed by Laura Kepley
CAST
Tituba: Socorro Santiago*
Reverend Parris: Donald Carrier*
Abigail Williams: Katie O. Solomon*
Susanna Walcott: Lauryn Hobbs/Mia Knight
Ann Putnam: Tracee Patterson*
Thomas Putnam: Fabio Polanco*
Mercy Lewis: Megan King
Mary Warren: Mahira Kakkar*
Betty Parris: Yumi Ndhlovu/Elise Pakiela
John Proctor: Esau Pritchett*
Rebecca Nurse: Dorothy Silver
Giles Corey: Ray Shell*
Reverend John Hale: Ben Mehl*
Elizabeth Proctor: Rachel Leslie*
Francis Nurse: Chuck Richie*
Ezekiel Cheever: Jay Ben Markson*
Marshal Herrick: Rickie McDowell*
Judge Hathorne: Alec Hynes*
Deputy Governor Danforth: John Herrerra*
Sarah Good: Kathryn Metzger*
Hopkins: Nick Barbato*
Guard: Jeremiah Clapp
Young Girl: Lauren Cole/Kayleigh Hahn
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Scott Bradley
Lighting Design: Mary Louise Geiger
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Costume Design: Lex Liang
Dialect Coach: Thom Jones
Choreographer: Jude Sandy
Fight Choreographer: Ron Wilson
Wig Design: Wigs & Whiskers
Stage Manager: Bruno Ingram*
Assistant Stage Manager: Kristin Pfeifer*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Stage Management Apprentice (Production Assistant) for the first production of Cleveland Play House's centennial season.
A COMEDY OF TENORS
by Ken Ludwig
directed by Stephen Wadsworth
WORLD PREMIERE
Co-Production with McCarter Theatre
CAST
Saunders: Ron Orbach*
Max: Rob McClure*
Maria: Antoinette LaVecchia*
Tito: Bradley Dean*
Carlo: Bobby Conte Thornton*
Mimi: Kristen Martin*
Tatiana Racón: Lisa Brescia*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Scenic Design: Charlie Corcoran
Lighting Design: David Lander
Sound Design: Joshua Horvath
Costume Design: William Ivey Long
Fight Director: Shad Ramsey
Vocal Coach: John Simmons
Stage Manager: Jennifer Matheson Collins*
Assistant Stage Manager: Tom Humes*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Roger Mastroianni.
Production Assistant for the final production of Northlight Theatre in Skokie, Illinois' 40th season.
SHINING LIVES: A MUSICAL
book & lyrics by Jessica Thebus
music by Andre Pluess & Amanda Dehnert
directed by Jessica Thebus
based on the play These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich
WORLD PREMIERE
CAST
Catherine: Johanna McKenzie Miller*
Charlotte: Bri Sudia
Pearl: Tiffany Topol*
Frances: Jess Godwin*
Tom/Ensemble: Alex Goodrich*
Mr. Reed/Leonard Grossman/Ensemble: Matt Mueller*
Dr. Rowntree/Dr. Dalitsch/Ensemble: Erik Hellman*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Music Director: Chuck Larkin
Scenic Design: Scott Davis
Lighting Design: JR Lederle
Sound Design: Ray Nardelli
Costume Design: Linda Roethke
Projection Design: Stephan Mazurek
Choreographer: Vanessa Stalling
Stage Manager: Rita Vreeland*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
All photos by Michael Brosilow.
Assistant Stage Manager for the second production of Rep Stage in Columbia, Maryland's 2014-2015 season.
THE WHALE by Samuel D. Hunter
directed by Kasi Campbell
CAST
Charlie: Michael Russotto*
Liz: Megan Anderson*
Mary: Susan Rome*
Ellie: Jenna Rossman
Elder Thomas: Wood Van Meter
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Kasi Campbell
Scenic Design: James Fouchard**
Lighting Design: Jay Herzog**
Sound Design: Neil McFadden
Costume Design: Jessica Welch
Properties Design: Dre Moore
Stage Manager: Julie Debakey Smith*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
** Member of United Scenic Artists, IATSE
All photos by Katie Simmons-Barth.
Assistant Stage Manager for the opening production of Rep Stage in Columbia, Maryland's 2014-2015 season.
Helen Hayes Recommended.
VENUS IN FUR by David Ives
directed by Joseph Ritsch
CAST
Thomas: Elan Zafir*
Vanda: Kathryn Tkel*
ARTISTIC TEAM
Set Design: Daniel Ettinger**
Lighting Design: Joseph Walls
Sound Design: William D'Eugenio
Costume Design: David Burdick
Properties Design: Mollie Singer
Stage Manager: Keri Schultz*
* Members Actor’s Equity Association
** Member of United Scenic Artists, IATSE
All photos by Katie Simmons-Barth.
Diagram: This show is all about what Vanda pulls out of her bags next. Here's how I kept them organized for each performance.
