A Christmas Carol
A Holiday Tale
by Charles Dickens
adapted by Preston Lane
directed by Bryan Conger
November 25 – December 24, 2011
Tonight changes everything.
Ebenezer Scrooge’s last chance is one night and three spirits. It’s a life-changing ride through past, present and future as he learns what it means to be human. In a reprise of last season’s highly acclaimed production, Triad Stage brings Dickens’ classic story to life in a dazzling production brimming with bold acting, daring design and spine-tingling special effects. The return of our newest holiday tradition for the Triad is a ghostly tale of Yule-tide cheer, gracious redemption and heart-warming hope for the whole family.
Running time: 90 minutes, with no intermission.
Make it a gift for the whole family. Children's tickets are just $14 at all performances!
"A Christmas Carol is back...and with it comes all the wonderful effects, wacky characters, seasonal sentiment, and spectacular staging, all tied up in a sparkling – and spooky – package."
–Lynn Jessup, Classical Voice of North Carolina
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A Christmas Carol is presented as a special event and is not included in the Season Pass package. 2011-2012 single ticket prices apply. Passholders can purchase Flex Tickets at the special rate of $25 each if purchased in conjunction with a new or renewed 2011-2012 Season Pass.
CastEbenezer Scrooge
The Beggar Woman
Mrs. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas
Present/Ensemble Bob Cratchit/Ensemble
Mr. Fezziwig/Old Joe/Ensemble
Jacob Marley/3rd Businessman/
Ensemble Ghost of Christmas Past/Hortence/
Charwoman/Ensemble Charity Woman/Belle/Edwina/
Young Wife Topper/Dick Wilkins/Undertaker/
1st Businessman/Ensemble Charity Man/Young Husband/
Ensemble Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble
Fred/Young Scrooge/2nd
Businessman/Ensemble Tiny Tim/Ghost of Christmas Future/
Ensemble Child Scrooger/Peter Cratchit/
Ensemble Martha Cratchit/Ensemble
Belinda Cratchit/Want/Ensemble
Boy on the Street/
Ensemble Fan/Ensemble
Youngest Scrooge/Edward
Cratchit/Ignorance/Ensemble |
Creative TeamAdapter
Director
Composer & Sound Designer
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Projection Designer
Dramaturg
Resident Vocal Coach
Choreographer
Casting Director
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
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Biographies
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Gordon Joseph Weiss* (Ebenezer Scrooge) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2010), Tartuffe (Tartuffe), Tobacco Road (Jeeter Lester). Broadway: Sly Fox, The Life, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Visit, Ghetto (NY Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominee), Raggedy Ann, King of Hearts, Goodtime Charley, Jumpers. Off-Broadway: The Undertakers, God in Bed, Tourists of the Mindfield, Walk on the Wild Side, Ragtime Blues. Regional: Principal roles at Baltimore’s Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Virginia Stage Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Film: Awakenings, Reversal of Fortune, All the Vermeers in New York, Lustre, The Undeserved. TV: Law & Order, Third Watch, Spin City, Law & Order: SVU, NYPD Blue. |
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Cassandra Lowe Williams* (The Beggar Woman) Triad Stage: The America Play, A Christmas Carol (2010), Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow, From the Mississippi Delta, North Star, A Lesson Before Dying (understudy to Ms. Irma P. Hall). Regional/Local: Blue, Crowns (Actors’ Theatre of Charlotte); Mahalia, Queen of Gospel, Black Nativity (NC Black Repertory); The Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer (Touring Theatre of North Carolina); A Raisin in the Sun (UNCG). Guest artist: NC A&TSU, Bennett College. Film/TV: February 1: Greensboro Sit-Ins. Education: BA, UNCG. Fellowship, Northwestern University. Other: Retired theatre teacher, minister. |
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Rosie McGuire* (Mrs. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present/Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2010), Tartuffe (Dorine), The Night of the Iguana (Maxine Faulk), Tobacco Road (Sister Bessie). Broadway: Cyrano (Mother Superior), Cats (Jennyanydots). Off-Broadway: A Home Without (Lincoln Center Theater); Up in the Air (Theater for the New City); Radiant Baby (The Public Theater); Troilus and Cressida, King Lear (Riverside Theatre); The Enchanted Cottage (Primary Stages); Sheba (Playhouse 91). Regional/Local: King of Hearts, The Chocolate Soldier (Goodspeed Opera House); Joyful Noise (Seven Angels); Candide (The Huntington); Man of La Mancha (Barter); Sylvia and Color Me Neurotic (Heritage); Lizzie Borden (American Stage), Breathe and Dr. Sex (Raw Space). Film/TV: The Undeserved (Cathy Hunler); Happy Birthday (Mother), featured in over 40 international film festivals; Bittersweet (Susan); The Immaculate Misconception (Anne); Frank the Bastard (Brenda). |
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Josh Foldy* (Bob Cratchit/Ensemble) Triad Stage: Dial "M" for Murder, Billy Bishop Goes to War, A Christmas Carol (2010), Doubt. Off-Broadway: Nature of Mutation (Urban Stages) and Security (The Drilling Company). Regional: Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Phoenix Theatre, Players Theatre Columbus, Idaho Repertory, Playwrights Center, Alaskan Shakespeare Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, New Theatre. Television: As the World Turns. Josh teaches acting and directing at UNCG. Education: Northern Kentucky University, Yale School of Drama. |
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Michael Tourek* (Mr. Fezziwig/Old Joe/Ensemble) Triad Stage: The Mystery of Irma Vep (2011), A Christmas Carol (2011), Around the World in 80 Days, Bloody Blackbeard, Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star (2006–2009). New York: Romeo’s Dream (One Arm Red), Calthropia (West End), On The Open Road (Boulevard Arts). Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Lincoln Amphitheatre, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), Over the River and Through the Woods (Cumberland County Playhouse), Christmas Carol (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mill Mountain Theater). Film/TV: Citizen Ruth, The Producers, John Adams, One Tree Hill, numerous award-winning short films with MonkeyWhale Productions. www.michaeltourek.com |
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Junious Leak (Jacob Marley/3rd Businessman/Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2010), Beautiful Star (2006–2009), The Matchmaker, “Master Harold”…and the boys, North Star. Regional/Local: Paul Robeson (National Black Theatre Festival); Tuesdays with Morrie, The Fantasticks (Open Space Café Theater); Fences, Zooman and the Sign (Kennedy Center); The Piano Lesson (Troy State University); And Still I Rise (Maya Angelou Productions); Poetry Alive! (Iambic Productions National Touring Co.); You Can’t Take It with You (UNCG, guest artist) The Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer, Piece Work, The Soloist (Touring Theater of North Carolina); Frederick Douglass (International Civil Rights Museum and Center); The Emperor Jones (John Amos Productions). Film/TV: The Color Purple, The Patron Saint of Liars (CBS), Shift (PBS), Animation voiceover for Morehead Planetarium and Educational Video for Figure Eight Films/TV. Education: BA, NC A&T State University. |
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Izzy Goff (Ghost of Christmas Past/Hortence/ Charwoman/Ensemble) is a third-year MFA Acting student at UNCG with a Bachelor of Music degree from William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS. UNCG Theatre credits include The Threepenny Opera (Polly Peachum), The Waiting Room (Wanda) and Orpheus Descending (Vee). Izzy appeared in Theatre 232’s production of The Actor’s Nightmare and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You and Triad Stage’s world premiere of Providence Gap (Charity). WCU credits include The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel) and Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah). Other credits include her work with the Southern Opera/ Musical Theatre Company in their productions of Company (Amy) and Guys & Dolls (Sarah Brown). |
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Kendra Woodfolk (Charity Woman/Belle/Edwina/Young Wife) Triad Stage debut. Regional: Into the Woods, A Raisin in the Sun (New Bern Civic Theatre). Educational: The Waiting Room; Pericles; Self Defense, or the Death of Some Salesman (UNCG). BFA Theatre Performance candidate at UNCG. |
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John Dillon (Topper/Dick Wilkins/Undertaker/ 1st Businessman/Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional/Local: The Threepenny Opera, Orpheus Descending, Alice!, Bus Stop (UNCG); The Complete History of America: Abridged (Final Word Theatre). Film: A Beary Scary Movie (KOTK Productions); The Watch, Black Canvas (UNCSA). Education: Junior BFA Candidate in Acting (UNCG). |
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Ramon Perez (Charity Man/Young Husband/Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional/Local: The Threepenny Opera; Pericles; Balm in Gilead; Alice; The Revenger’s Tragedy; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Lysistrata (UNCG); Wiley and the Harryman (NCTYP). Education: Senior BFA acting student at UNCG. |
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Catherine Delaney (Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble) is an MFA Acting candidate at UNCG with a BA in Theatre Performance from Appalachian State University. Triad Stage credits include: A Christmas Carol (2010), Providence Gap and Theatre 232. Regional credits include: Peter Pan the Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, High School Musical 2 and 8-Track: The Sounds of the 70s (The Blowing Rock Stage Company). Educational credits include: Pericles, The Waiting Room, Picasso at the Lapin Agile at UNCG; The Servant of Two Masters, Twelfth Night and An Ideal Husband at ASU. |
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Matthew Delaney (Fred/Young Scrooge/2nd Businessman/Ensemble) is an MFA Acting candidate at UNCG with a BA in Theatre Performance from Appalachian State University. Triad Stage credits include: A Christmas Carol (2010), Providence Gap and Theatre 232. Regional credits include: Peter Pan the Musical; Bye Bye Birdie; High School Musical 2; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! and Suite Surrender (NC Premiere) at the Blowing Rock Stage Company. Educational credits include: Threepenny Opera, Pericles, Oklahoma! (Curly), Angels in America (Prior Walter) and Balm in Gilead (Dopey) at UNCG; Blithe Spirit, A Shayna Maidel, An Ideal Husband and The Waiting Room at ASU. |
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Isaac Feldmann (Tiny Tim/Ghost of Christmas Future/Ensemble) is a home-schooled 6 year old and the youngest of four siblings. Recent stage credits include "Ivar" in A Doll House (Triad Stage), "Gavroche Gang Kid" in Les Misérables School Edition (Arts Alive), "Young Prince Phillip" in Sleeping Beauty (HPCT), "That Kid" in Ebenezer’s Trailer Park Christmas (OSCT), "Munchkin" and "Monkey" in The Wizard of Oz and "Killer" in 101 Dalmatians (CTG), "Baker’s Son" in Beauty and the Beast (Gallery Players). |
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Erik Feldmann (Child Scrooge/Peter Cratchit/Ensemble) is a 13 year-old home-schooled 8th grader. Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2010). Local: "Enjolras" in Les Misérables School Edition (Arts Alive), The Who’s Tommy (OSCT), "Chip" in Beauty and the Beast (Gallery Players), "Guard of Oz" in The Wizard of Oz and "Rooster" in Annie Jr. (CTG). |
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Allyson Feldmann (Martha Cratchit/Ensemble) is an 11 year-old home-schooled 6th grader. Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2010). Local: "Young Eponine" in Les Misérables School Edition (Arts Alive), "Merryweather" in Sleeping Beauty (HPCT), "General’s Daughter" in Pirates of Penzance (Alamance County Arts Council), "The Ottoman" in Beauty and the Beast (Gallery Players), "Guard of Oz" in The Wizard of Oz, "The Scarecrow" in Dorothy Meets Alice and "Star-To-Be" in Annie Jr. (CTG). |
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Amy Claire Feldmann (Belinda Cratchit/Want/Ensemble) is a home-schooled 8 year-old 3rd grader. Triad Stage: "Emmy" in A Doll House, "Belinda Cratchit" in A Christmas Carol (2010) and "Young Lucky" in Providence Gap. Local: "Young Tommy" in The Who’s Tommy (OSCT), "Gavroche Gang Kid" in Les Misérables School Edition (Arts Alive), "Frazzle the Goon" in Sleeping Beauty (HPCT), "Munchkin" and "Poppy" in The Wizard of Oz (CTG) and "Townsperson" in Beauty and the Beast (Gallery Players). |
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Justin Emmanuel Harrington (Boy on the Street/Ensemble) is an eighth grader at New Garden Friends School who is excited to once again join the Triad Stage family for the holidays. Previous work includes: Keep a Song in Your Soul: Black Roots of Vaudeville (Old Town School of Folk Music-Chicago), A Christmas Carol (Triad Stage, 2010), Beautiful Star (Triad Stage, 2007-2009), Alice in Wonderland (Greensboro Children’s Theatre) and Children of Eden (Twin City Stage and The Sanctuary). |
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Elizabeth Beasley (Fan/Ensemble) Triad Stage credits include Fan in A Christmas Carol (2010) and Myrtle in Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity (2009). Other recent roles include "Flora" in Sleeping Beauty (HPCT), "Worker’s Chorus" in Les Misérables (Arts Alive), "Lafou" in Beauty and the Beast Jr. (CTG), "Carmen" in Pirates of Penzance (Alamance Arts Alliance) and "Pepper" in Annie Jr. (CTG). |
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Michael Whittington (Youngest Scrooge/Edward Cratchit/Ignorance/Ensemble) is eight years old and a 2nd grader at Brooks Global Studies. A native of Greensboro, Michael likes Harry Potter, playing soccer, learning piano and playing with his brother, Ben. After his successful debut in last season’s production of A Christmas Carol, Michael is thrilled to return to the stage that his dad co-founded. |
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Preston Lane (Artistic Director/Co-Founder, Adapter) is in his 11th season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 30 productions. Preston is the recipient of the 2008 Betty Cone Medal of the Arts and is in his fourth year as the Artistic Partner for Theatre for An Appalachian Summer Festival. He was formerly Artistic Associate at the Dallas Theater Center, where his productions included the US premiere of Inexpressible Island (Dallas Observer Best of Dallas Awards: Best Director, Best Production) and The Night of the Iguana (Dallas Morning News: 2002 Top Ten Theatre List). As a playwright, his adaptations have been produced at Triad Stage, Dallas Theater Center and Sonoma Rep. His work with musician Laurelyn Dossett includes Brother Wolf (Triad Stage, An Appalachian Summer Festival, The Human Race Theatre Company and St. Olaf College), Beautiful Star (Triad Stage and WaterTower Theatre), Bloody Blackbeard and Providence Gap. Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star and Ghosts are published by Playscripts Inc. He has taught at UNCG, NC A&T, UNCSA, Greensboro College, SMU, and the Professional Actors Workshop at the Dallas Theater Center. He is an alumnus of the Drama League of New York’s Director’s Project. A native of Boone, NC, Preston received his BFA from NCSA and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. He blogs about theater on his blog: This Little World. |
| Bryan Conger (Director) is the Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. Triad Stage: The Mystery of Irma Vep, Billy Bishop Goes to War (Director); Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (Director, THTR 232); A Christmas Carol, Around the World in 80 Days and Ghosts (Assistant Director). UNCG: Oklahoma!, Balm in Gilead and Blind Date. Indiana University Northwest (IUN): Fashion; Or Life in New York. Other: Souvenir, Burial at Thebes, Kiss Me Kate, Little Shop of Horrors, Gypsy, Always…Patsy Cline. Education: MFA, UNCG. Bryan is currently on faculty at UNCG and Greensboro College. | |
| David E. Smith (Composer & Sound Designer) is director of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts theatre sound design program. David spent eight years with the Royal National Theatre in London, England. Triad Stage: A Doll House, Dial “M” for Murder, Masquerade, A Christmas Carol, The Glass Menagerie, Providence Gap, Picnic, Oleanna, Tartuffe, Ghosts, The Night of the Iguana, Bloody Blackbeard, The Little Foxes, Tobacco Road, Beautiful Star, The Diary of Anne Frank, A Streetcar Named Desire and Dracula. Regional: Arena Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre. Local: Paper Lantern Theatre Company and Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. | |
| Howard C. Jones (Scenic Designer) Triad Stage: New Music trilogy (upcoming), A Christmas Carol, Around the World in 80 Days, Ghosts, Picnic, The Night of the Iguana, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Tobacco Road, Hedda Gabler (recipient of a World Stage Design 2005 honor), August Snow, A Moon for the Misbegotten,The Matchmaker and A Streetcar Named Desire. Regional: Starlight Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Missouri Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, American Heartland Theatre and NC Shakespeare Festival. UNC School of the Arts faculty member since 1996. Prior to that, founder and owner of Cobalt Studios, an apprentice painting studio in upstate New York, working for Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatres across the country. | |
| Kelsey Hunt (Costume Designer) After 6 seasons as Triad Stage’s Resident Costume Designer, Kelsey is pursuing her MFA in Costume Design at the University of Maryland. Upcoming work includes Gather/Dance and Sandwalk (world premiere) at UMD, and assisting Helen Huang with The Taming of the Shrew at Folger Theatre. Favorite Triad Stage productions include: Ghosts, The Night of the Iguana, Tobacco Road, Brother Wolf and A Streetcar Named Desire. She has worked with UNCG Theatre, Peace College, Glimmerglass Opera, Firebrand Theory Theatre Co. and The Lortel Theatre. Kelsey is a founding member of Hand in The Fire Theater Company. | |
| John Wolf (Lighting Designer) Triad Stage: 32 productions including the world premieres of A Christmas Carol, Bloody Blackbeard, Brother Wolf, Debunked, Beautiful Star and Providence Gap. In New York designs at Lion Theatre, Center Stage, Soho Rep, Gene Frankel Theatre, Trinity Theatre, Symphony Space and Lincoln Center. Regional: North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Mill Mountain Theatre. University Theatre: UNCG, University of Florida, University of Tennessee, University of Nebraska Opera. John is a Professor of Theatre at UNCG. Education: MFA, University of Alabama; The Julliard School of Music. | |
| Nicholas Hussong (Projection Designer) After serving as Triad Stage's Artistic Associate of Design, Nicholas is currently pursuing his MFA in Projection Design at the Yale School of Drama. Triad Stage designs include: Masquerade, The Sunset Limited, A Christmas Carol, The Glass Menagerie, Providence Gap, Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow and Around the World in 80 Days on The MainStage, and An Evening of Southern DIScomfort, The Santaland Diaries (2008-2010) and Mad at Miles in The UpStage Cabaret. Chicago Regional: Production Manager for three Joseph Jefferson-nominated productions at American Theatre Company: The People’s Temple, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, and Speech and Debate. | |
| Drew Barker (Dramaturg) served as Triad Stage’s Artistic Associate and Resident Dramaturg for three seasons and is a former Theater and Advanced Placement English teacher. Regional: Assistant to the Director of five shows at Triad Stage, Assistant Director of Oleanna at An Appalachian Summer Festival, Director of One Flea Spare, the first play by the Hand in Fire Theater Company produced in collaboration with Elsewhere Collaborative. Education: UNC Greensboro, BFA Theater Education & English, Study Abroad at the University of Hull, England and an Undergraduate Research Assistantship in Greensboro Theater History. | |
| Christine Morris (Resident Vocal Coach) Triad Stage coaching includes Steel Magnolias, A Christmas Carol, Educating Rita, The Glass Menagerie, Around the World in 80 Days, Picnic, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Doubt, Tobacco Road, The Night of the Iguana, The Little Foxes; elsewhere: A Thousand Clowns (starring Tom Selleck) and Kudzu (musical based on Doug Marlette’s comic strip, with The Red Clay Ramblers) and, most recently, was Voice & Text coach for American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin. She is on the performance faculty at UNCG and also an actor, appearing in 2010 as "Cordie Grindstaff" in Providence Gap. Her professional memberships include Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actors’ Guild, and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA). | |
| Donna Baldwin-Bradby (Choreographer) is Adjunct Professor and Director of Marketing and Publicity for the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at North Carolina A&T State University. Donna earned a BFA in Professional Theatre from NC A&T and an MFA in Arts Management from Virginia Tech. She has directed, choreographed and performed for professional, community and educational theatres locally and regionally. Donna appeared in Crowns at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, directed Eubie! at NC A&T. For Triad Stage, she was the director for The America Play, Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow, From the Mississippi Delta and The Old Settler, choreographer for Das Barbecü, ballroom dancing coach for ‘MASTER HAROLD’…and the boys, and movement coach for The Matchmaker and The Diary of Anne Frank. Most recently she directed productions of Mad at Miles: A Black Woman’s Guide to Truth in Triad Stage’s Upstage Cabaret, at The National Black Theatre Festival, at NC A&T and most recently in Atlanta at Seven Stages. | |
| Cindi Rush, C.S.A. (Casting Director) New York: Silence! The Musical, My Mother’s Jewish Lesbian Wiccan Wedding (NYMF Winner 2010), Jay Alan Zimmerman’s Incredibly Deaf Musical, Bonnie and Clyde, Rooms, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons, The Thing About Men, Urinetown, The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival.Regional: Penguin Rep, Triad Stage, Act II Playhouse, Arena Stage, Goodman, Humanafest. Film: Ghoul, The Woman (Top 9 Sundance 2011), In the Family, Offspring,Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door, Headspace.Tours: “Barney”, “Curious George”, “Kidz Bop”.Consultant for National Alliance for Musical Theatre (2004-2008), Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing. | |
| Bree Sherry* (Stage Manager) Triad Stage: A Doll House, Dial “M” for Murder, Masquerade, Steel Magnolias, The Sunset Limited. New York: Fringe Festival 2010; American Gypsy (Kraine Theatre with Magic Mouth Theatre); My Sweet Charlie (Abingdon Theatre with LXP Productions); Hollow (Dixon Place). Regional: The Cocoanuts, Smokey Joe’s Café, Chicago, Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Musical (Seaside Music Theater); Cinderella, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hairspray (North Shore Music Theatre); The Servant of Two Masters, Rough Crossing (Yale Repertory Theatre). Education: BA in Technical Production and Design from Elon University, MFA in Stage Management from Yale University, School of Drama. | |
| Amy E. Jonas (Assistant Stage Manager) Triad Stage: A Doll House (ASM). Regional: Deck Carpenter for the 2008 Humana Festival at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, 2011 Carlotta Festival of New Plays at Yale School of Drama and A Piano Lesson at Yale Repertory Theatre. Education: BA, Theatre and Drama, Indiana University; two technical internship certificates from Yale School of Drama. |
*Member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
