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Playwright

Eryn Elyse McVay

MFA, Playwriting, Third Year. Western Washington University what the Gods gave me, Ohio University what the Gods gave me, 28th Annual Seabury Quinn Jr. PlayFest The Long Memoriam, 27th Annual Seabury Quinn Jr. PlayFest what the Gods gave me, Bellingham TheatreWorks How Sweet the Sound.

Director

Molly H. Donahue

MFA, Directing, Second Year. Ohio University Productions: Fall 2023 The Shining Girls (Director/Creator), what the Gods gave me (Director), Concord Floral (Director), The Door (Director/Creator). Chicago Productions: The Barrens Theatre Co. Bloody Bathory (Director/Dramaturg), The Bloody Bathory Project (Director/Dramaturg), Out of Time: a 24hr immersive fest (Producer). (re)discover theatre, Fifty Shades of Shakespeare (Director), The Guest (Director/Dramaturg).

Scenic Designer

Princess Ibeh

MFA, Production Design and Technology, First Year. Ohio University: Assistant Scenic Designer, Scenic Artist: Hotel Berry. Scenic Artist: Julius Caesar, what the Gods gave me, Carrie the Musical, Yerma. Spring 2023: We Are Proud to Present…. (Scenic Designer).

Costume Designer

Emma Ledford-Adkins

BFA, Production Design & Technology focusing in Costume Design/Construction, Fourth Year. Ohio University’s Putnam Players Costume Designer: Ride the Cyclone. Ohio University Assistant Costume Designer: The Brutal Fucking Death of the Drunkard, the Immigrant, the Durable, the Juggernaut; “Iron” Mike Malloy (Lead Designer for “The Cabby”), Macbeth. Ohio University Costume Shop: Carrie, Julius Caesar. Ohio University Crafts Shop: Absentia, Men on Boats. Lost Flamingo Theater Company Property Master: The Children’s Hour, Reefer Madness, Hand to God. Ohio University Props Shop: Silent Sky, Rhinoceros, She Kills Monsters.

Lighting Designer

Quentin Kurtz

BFA, PD&T and Stage Management, Fourth Year. Ohio University: New Cabaret 22' and 23' (Lighting Designer). Master Electrician credits: Carrie, Berry Hotel, What the Gods Gave Me, Dr. Voynich and Her Children, Iron Mike Malloy, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Everybody. Programmer credits: Absentia, Summer & Smoke, Men on Boats. Other: People’s Bank Theater: Kiss Me Kate (Programmer). Centerville High School: Tuck Everlasting (Programmer).

Sound Designer

Sid McCarty

MFA, Sound Design, Second Year. Ohio University: What The Gods Gave Me (Sound Designer), Everybody (Assistant Sound Designer). Other Sound Designer: Everybody, University of Evansville; The Three Musketeers, University of Evansville; Colony Collapse, University of Evansville; Mother Courage and her Children University of Evansville. All’s Well that Ends Well (Assistant Sound Designer) Great River Shakespeare Festival

Stage Manager

Beatrice Feldbush

[she/her] BFA, Stage Management, Fourth Year. Ohio University: Little Women (SM), Ride the Cyclone (SM), Julius Caesar (SM), Hansel and Gretel (SM), Zoo Story (SM), Summer and Smoke (ASM), Blood at the Root (ASM), Perfect Arrangement (ASM). Tantrum Theater: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (DSM), This is Not What I Expected When I Imagined a Republic (ASM), Spring Awakening (PA), Rhinoceros (PA). The Actors’ Theatre of Columbus: Queen Margaret (SM), The Secret Garden (ASM).

Technical Director

Nick Wilson

MFA, Technical Direction Program, First Year. He built this show.

Props Designer

Alex Pio

MFA, Scenic Design, Third Year. Ohio University: Scenic Designer: Carrie, The Thanksgiving Play, Everybody, Blood at the Root; Props Artisan: Julius Caesar, Doctor Voynich and Her Children, what the Gods gave me, Hotel Berry; Absentia (Assoc. Scenic Designer), People, Places, and Things (Assistant Scenic Designer). Other: Mamma Mia! (Props Master) UW-Stevens Point Theatre, The Spitfire Grill (Scenic Designer) UW-Stevens Point Theatre, (Props Crafts Apprentice) Santa Fe Opera

Associate Production Manager

Jules Simons

MAA, Theater and Production Management, First Year. Ohio University: Karma, Adulting, and Forgiveness (Playwright/Producer).

Associate Production Manager

Donald "Avi" Stewart

[he/him/his] MA, Art Administration in Theater and Production Management, First Year. Ohio University: Hotel Berry (Andrew), Absentia (Clayton Harris). California State University Northridge: Blood Wedding (Ensemble), Fabulation, or the re-education of Undine (Guy/Doctor), In The Heights (Benny), Merry Wives of Windsor (Ensemble), Other: June 20tt (CSUN Student Film), Hometown Spirit (OU MFA Thesis), Squeezed (OU MFA Thesis), The Old One (OU MFA Thesis).

Production Staff

Production Manager: Roberto Di Donato

Charge Scenic Artists: Princess Ibeh, Zach Snow

Scene Shop Manager: Nicole Hankins

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Electrics Shop Manager: Madeleine Hebert

Sound Shop Manager: Daniela Chaparro

Lead Carpenter: Nicole Hankins

Lead Electrician: Lillie Wright

Assistant Director: Ella Manning

Assistant Lighting Designer: Kharla Landrau

Assistant Stage Manager: Robby Yoho

Production Assistant: Kat Puig

Assistant Properties Designer: Izzy Bawn

Assistant Lead Electrician: Quentin Kurtz

Light Board Programmer: Gabriel Hrin

SCENE SHOP

Carpenters: Lydia Ball, Rosemary Burmester, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Cameron Hess, Lauren Key, Katie Mangan, Luke May, Simon McFawn, Eli Nisly, Charley Peck, Anna Proctor, Grace Roderick, Jude Shreffler, Jacob Simmons, Nick Sklenar, Lucy Walter

Fly: Ella Decker

PAINT SHOP

Scenic Artists: Hannah Carey, Princess Ibeh, Zach Snow

Paint Crew: Megan Collina, Kay Collins, Cassie Cope, Ella Decker, Artemis Dexheimer, Nicole Downing, Julia Germer, Carly Huff, Addison James, Madison Keally, Callie Lippencott, Bella Martin, Gabe Marusic, Katarina Puig, Leilani Stillwagon, Sylvia Witt, Sebastian Yobé-Bowen, Isabella Zallo

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Bear Alvarez, Izzy Bawn, Billy Elias, Sam Erwin, Grace Easterday, Macy Fletcher, Conrad Gothard, Annaka Guerrero, Keely Heyl, Ruth Kennedy, Aidan Kelly, Alex Pio, Addy Plessinger, Eliza Russo, Anna Scott, Kaycee Scott, Maggie Wisday, James Walkowski

COSTUME SHOP

Draper: Emma Ledford-Adkins

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Crew: Robin Clement, Syd Zimcosky

ELECTRICS SHOP

Light Board Operator: Rylee Lee

Lighting Crew: Hannah Barton, Hope Barton, Sydney Campbell, Katie Carpenter, Addie Collard, Cassidy Disantis, Beatrice Feldbush, Destry Gunther, Madeleine Hebert, Gabriel Hrin, Amanda Johnson, Quentin Kurtz, Kharla Landrau, Alexandra Marusich, Simon McFawn, Timothy Oh, Alejandro Ridolfi, Chloe Robinson, Nick Swope, Tobby Tao, Aidan Timko, Bob Walters, Lillie Wright

SOUND SHOP

Sound Board Operator: Tyler Murray

Sound Crew: Erin Abney, Chris Burns, Lily Franks, Abe Haprian, Kekoa Huihui-Andrew, Ayana Johnson, Simon Marland, Sid McCarty, Isabella Scanlan, Carla Spearman

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Ben Griffithe, Braven Jones, Grace Larger, Nick Latham, Katie Maccabee, Alex Mackeown, Freddie Masselli, Emily Royse, Victoria Skok, Miriam Snavely, Vivian Waye

RUN CREW

Erin Stone, Ruth Kennedy

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Molly Donahue

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Directors, School of Theater: Dan Denhart, David Haugen

School of Theater Faculty and Staff

SHAPe Clinic