Wicked Bitter Beast(s) Creative

Playwright

Kira Rockwell

is an Atlanta-based playwright and educator, originally from the heart of Texas. Selected plays include OH TO BE PURE AGAIN (world premiere production: Actor’s Express); HOLY CHICKEN SANDWICH (workshop production: Boston New Works Festival); WICKED BITTER BEAST(S) (development: Alabama Shakespeare Festival); THE TRAGIC ECSTASY OF GIRLHOOD (workshop production: Boston Playwrights' Theatre). Her work has also been developed with The Kennedy Center, NNPN, Great Plains Theatre Commons, Working Title Playwrights, and more. Her writing awards include the Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, Second Place Recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Fellowship with the Mass Cultural Council, and Genre Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award, among others. She holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and an MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. Currently, she teaches Dramatic Writing for the Stage and Screen at Georgia State University. Website: www.kirarockwell.com

Director

Sarah Curtis

MFA candidate in directing, third year. Ohio University. Credits include John Proctor is the Villain (Director), The Trojan Women (Director), The Prom (Assistant Director), Unfamilliar Moon* (Director), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Director), Much Ado About Nothing (Director) Other credits include Godspell (Director), Jaybird *(Director), Love Song (Director), Grease (Director), Romeo and Juliet (AD/Intimacy Choreographer), Cenicienta: a Bilingual Cinderella Story (AD/DP), Head Over Heels (AD/Intimacy Choreographer), Fun Home (AD/Intimacy Choreographer), Steel Magnolias (Associate Director), Alebrijes (Associate Director/Dramaturg). Kennedy Center Directing Fellow. SDC Associate Member. www.sarahecurtis.com

Scenic Designer

Sara Ebrahimi

[she/her] MFA candidate in Production Design and Technology (Scenic Design), second year, Ohio University. Ohio University: Wicked Bitter Beast (Scenic Designer), Hurricane Diane (Scenic Designer); Inherit the Wind (Scenic Charge Artist), Bootycandy (Scenic Charge Artist). Scenic Artist: Hair, The Prom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tipping the Velvet, Pride and Prejudice, The Trojan Women. Film/Series: 360 Training Series, Reverie, Pin (Production Designer). Other: Finally 273 (Installation Art, Tehran). BA in Scenic Design, Tehran University of Art.

Costume Designer

Esther Yali-Williams

MFA candidate in costume design and technology, third year. Costume Designer: Wicked Bitter Beast, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hurricane Diane, Tipping the Velvet, John Proctor is the Villain, Medea (Costume Design Assistant). Other: Costume Design Assistant - (Music Theatre Wichita) Waitress, Crazy for you, Disney Newsies, Something rotten. Wolf Trap Opera (stitcher/wardrobe crew). Film, Costume Designer: Sasan, Happy Night, The Misfired Affair, Reverie, Apples and Oranges, Ogun, Last Ride, Ashabi. Television Credits: Devil is a Liar (Costume Design Assistant) Netflix, A Weekend to Forget (Costume Supervisor) Amazon, Palava (Wardrobe Crew) Amazon, Love in a Pandemic (Costume Supervisor) Amazon, Sebla (Wardrobe Supervisor) Africa Magic. Styling Assistant -The Voice Africa and The Voice Nigeria, Sosa fruit drink, Chief malt.

Co-Lighting Designer

Teigue Hardesty

[He/Him] BFA candidate in production design & technology, fourth year. Tantrum; Pride & Prejudice (Production Electrician), The Prom (Production Electrician), 9 to 5 The Musical (Assistant Production Electrician), Inherit the Wind (Assistant Lighting Designer) Ohio University, SOT; A Little Night Music (Production Electrician), Tipping the Velvet (Programmer), Bootycandy (Assistant Lighting Designer) Ohio University Lab Shows; The Trail to Oregon! (Projections Operator).

Co-Lighting Designer

Simon McFawn

BFA candidate in lighting design and tech, fourth year. Ohio University Lighting Designer: Hurricane Diane. Assistant Lighting Designer: Pride and Prejudice, Inspector Hound, Wayfinding. Programmer: Inherit the Wind, Booty candy, Little Night Music.

Sound Designer

Sid McCarty

Stage Manager

Addison James

BFA candidate in stage management, AAS Child Development, fourth year. Ohio University: PACE Stage Manager, Trojan Women (Stage Manager), John Proctor is the Villain (Stage Manager), ShiningGirls (Assistant Stage Manager), The Secretaries (Production Assistant), what the Gods gave me (Production Assistant). Other: Die Hard is a Christmas Movie (Assistant Stage Manager), Em’s Story (Stage Manager), When Fanny was Free (Calling Stage Manager), David’s Dead (and other less important stories) (Calling Stage Manager).

Prop Manager

Erin Stone

[She/Her] BFA candidate in props technology, fourth year. Ohio University: Wicked Bitter Beast(s) (Props Manager), Wayfinding (Props Manager), Trojan Women (Props Asst.), Knight of the Burning Pestle (Props Asst.).

PRODUCTION STAFF AND CREW LISTS

Technical Director: Rosemary Burmester (advised by Dan Denhart & Jaxon Meadows)

Fight Director: Brian Evans

Intimacy Director: Ellie Clark

Charge Scenic Artist: Sofia Maggard

Production Manager: Crystal Dahm

Scene Shop Manager: Jaxon Meadows

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Crafts Shop Manager: Sarah Beth

Electrics Shop Manager: Amber Hood

Sound Shop Manager: Jaime Lupercio

Co-Production Electricians: Katie Rotondi, Patrick Reardon

Assistant Director: Bella Martin

Assistant Lighting Designer: Dylan Dahlberg

Assistant Charge Artist: Samuel Addai

Assistant Production Managers: Morgan Humbert, Finley McDonald

Production Assistant: Lucia Puerto

Associate Production Electrician: Katie Mangan

Light Board Programmer: Patrick Reardon

SCENE SHOP

Carpenters: Samuel Addai, Naiyah Anderson, Sammie Cottrill, Kenneth Dominguez, Ella Frantz, Lillian Gerend, Cameron Hess, Sofia Laviolette, Bryce Meyer, Kierstyn McCardle, Atlas Nielsen, Eli Nisly, Elisabeth O’Neill, Walter Oestreich, Ryan Perry, Mark Schobert, Robby Steiner, Lexi Spears, Endurance Osabohien, Alaina Wahl

PAINT SHOP

Scenic Artists: Samuel Addai, Sara Ebrahimi, Hannah Hartman, Adrien Legarth, Sofia Maggard

Paint Crew: Kamryn Affolter, Oakley Aughtman, Carlie Brooks, Sydney Ciencin, Alex Day, Ari Gallaway-Hicks, Katie Hall, Malachi Hampsch, Sarah Harris, Paige Josephine Ivan, Lina Keys, Emma Mayes, Molly McHugh, Elle Mitsch, Bella Perkins, Malia Saar, Katie Spence, Morgan Sprouse, Joniya Wiggins, Chris Williams, Semaj Wilson

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Alliance Adkins, Ryan Ball, Vance Cook, Andrew Falkosky, Dori McCoy, Elizabeth Nease, Georgia Nelson, Maddie Niederkohr, Elliebelle Roh, Eliza Russo, Erin Stone, Maisie Whitaker

COSTUME SHOP

Draper: Jackie Sokel

First Hand: Jaimon Lovins

Stitchers: Erica Ahmed, Claire Bradley, Zoltan Eadie, Bridget Faulhaber, Lilli Hoel, Sidney Kramer, Ryan Neal, Shae Trauthwein, Zoe Woods

CRAFT SHOP

Crafts Supervisor: Baylor Hawks

Crafts Artisan: Emerson Miller

Hair & Make-Up Supervisor: Lauren Damico

ELECTRICS SHOP

Lead Shop Electrician: Adrian Coté

Core Lighting MFA Student: Katie Rotondi

Core Lighting BFA Students: Dylan Dahlberg, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Amanda Johnson, Everett Lamantia, Katie Mangan, Simon McFawn, Patrick Reardon

Lighting Crew: Emma Archer, Chris Burns, Abby Cox, Dylan Dahlberg, Kasey Dingee, Maggie Galvin, Lee Gilbert, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Chadwick Holmes, Will Jenkins, Amanda Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Everett LaMantia, Katie Mangan, Simon McFawn, Max Marmash, Patrick Reardon, Mimi Sheard, Nox Smith, Susie Spanjers, Nora Spudich, Gabe Stark, Talitha Thomas, Sylvia Witt

SOUND SHOP

Sound Crew: Audrey Ballard, August Nieves Bucey, Connor Dael, Grace Deliberato, Lina Keys, Ella Langiotti, Cole Reynolds, Kyler Rogers, Nox Smith, Paige Weir

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Taylor Arnstein, Jackson Coleman, Logan Deluca, Rachel Farage, Vanessa Foreman, Sloan Fullen, Gwyneth Gaunt, Mia Geise, Eliza Harbaugh, Stella Peters, Katy Price, Breanna Rowan, Alyssa Sherman, Violet Weida

BACKSTAGE RUN CREW

Deck Crew/Automation Operator: Natalie Newbill

Light Board Operator: Megan Meinhardt

Sound Mixer: Carlie Brooks

Sound – A2/Deck Electrician: Reagan Ahlstrom

Sound Board Operator: Connor Dael

Swing Crew: Emma Lyons

Wardrobe: Ronan McConville

Laundry: Autumn Parham

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Sara Ebrahimi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Ohio University President: Dr. Lori Gonzalez

Provost: Dr. Don Leo

Dean of Chaddock + Morrow College of Finer Arts: Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Director, School of Theater: Rachel Cornish

School of Theater Faculty & Staff

The SHAPe Clinic

Kira Rockwell

Jeanette Buck

Ellie Clark

Rachel Cornish

Steven Strafford-Elkins