Let The Right One In | Boston University CFA School of Theatre Program Book

A NOTE FROM THE DEAN

Iam thrilled to welcome you to Let The Right One In, an exciting, professional collaboration between Actors’ Shakespeare Project and CFA School of Theatre.

There is something compelling about gothic tales, the stories of vampires and the living dead. Their popular emergence occurred in the 19th century amidst the collision of “old” and “new” ways of living. The character of the sinister foreigner eager to corrupt “pure” lines served as a metaphor reflecting the anxieties certain folks had about living in an increasingly diverse, integrated society. Dr. Frankenstein’s creation symbolized the worry that humankind might use technology to play God and create life where it should not exist (which is also the story line of Jurassic Park).

There is a compelling psychological dimension within these tales and beneath the blood and gore. It is for this reason that gothic themes continue to inform contemporary storytelling, especially young adult dystopian novels. The character types have proven wonderfully pliable. In one story, the ‘monster’ is the misunderstood outsider. In another, the evil waiting outside one’s door. Sometimes both.

We learn a bit more about ourselves by attending to these stories and having an audience with a vampire.

- Harvey Young Dean, College of Fine Arts

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

JOAN & EDGAR BOOTH THEATRE

Let The Right One In by JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST Adapted for the stage by JACK THORNE

Produced by

SHAKESPEARE PROJECT in collaboration with

OF FINE ARTS SCHOOL OF THEATRE

Presented in special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

This production is made possible in part by support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Please be aware that this production is intended for mature audiences and has depictions of: blood, bullying, partial nudity, death, physical violence, and explicit language. Recommended for audiences aged 15 and older.

A NOTE FROM THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE DIRECTOR

What is the live theatre experience today? After two years of uncertainty and fear we start to enter again into the collaboration about how we tell our stories on stage.

This particular play has a very contemporary journey, starting as a film, then winding its way to the theatre. When I first encountered the story, I found it haunting. This arresting story about loneliness and longing resonates in a way that will motivate conversations and linger in your memory.

Live theatre is experienced on many different sensory levels. We have the play we hear, the one we see, and the one that makes us feel. Theatre is an overall experience of a shared gasp, or a discovered sigh, that keeps us coming back through the doors to refresh our creative souls. An entire audience of people with silenced and tucked-away devices is one of the most radical and transgressive acts of today’s society.

Thank you for joining this revolution of live and devoted art-making.

Susan E. Mickey Director, School of Theatre

PRODUCTION TEAM

DIRECTOR

DIRECTING ASSISTANT ASP PRODUCTION MANAGER BU PRODUCTION MANAGER

ACTORS’ EQUITY PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

FIGHT & INTIMACY DIRECTOR ASSISTANT TO THE MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

Christopher V. Edwards

Jennifer Platt

Steve Vieira Hannah Eckert

Brian Robillard *

Jolie Frazer-Madge *

Paige D’Ambrosio

Alexandra Beller **

Jessica Scout Malone Emma Weller

Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

DESIGN & TECHNICAL TEAM

SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNER

SPECIAL EFFECTS ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNER

ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNER

SCENIC CHARGE ARTIST

ASSISTANT TO THE SCENIC CHARGE ARTIST

COSTUME DESIGNER

ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER PROPS COORDINATOR

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER

ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER

SOUND ENGINEER / A1

ASP TECHNICAL DIRECTOR BU TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN

CONVENTIONAL/MOVING LIGHT PROGRAMMER

COSTUME CRAFTS LEAD COSTUME CRAFTS ASSISTANTS PAINTERS

Steve Tolin/TolinFX Jesse Kodama Peyton Tavares Margaret Shivers Brenda Dziadzio Evan Johnson Nia Safarr Banks Daniel Vigil Kevin Fulton Margaret Garrity Lily Bitner Mackenzie Adamick Angela He

Irene Wang Ben Lieberson Becca Karlin Rachel Schladenhauffen Celeste Delgadillo Grant Powicki Lena Broach Klara Ballay

Quinn Nayenezgani-Barnes

Ava Lumen Esther O’Shea Guthrie Morgan Danielle Ibrahim Danielle DeLafuente Sam Mastrati

ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT TEAM

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MANAGING DIRECTOR

MANAGER

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

OPERATIONS MANAGER

PATRON SERVICES ASSISTANT

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

Christopher V. Edwards

Mara Sidmore Steve Vieira Lindsay Williams Lyndsay Allyn Cox Julia Luisa Lee Jules Talbot Victoria Omoregie

ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jean Cummings (President) David Sandberg (Treasurer) John Affleck (Clerk) Joel Bresler Carolina Cardillo

Bruce Herrmann Jean Dany Joachim Omar Robinson Luke Salisbury

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

Jennifer Rohn Dr. Kristin Leahey Susan Mickey Michael Swartz

Joshua Noble Mara Sidmore Christine Woodberry Kirsten Greenidge

CAST

HAKAN

DAD/MR. AVILA HALMBERG MUM KURT/ JOCKE OSKAR ELI JOHNNY MICKE TORKEL/JIMMY NILS JANNE STEFAN

COVER: MUM

COVER: HALMBERG

COVER: JOHNNY

COVER: MICKE

COVER: STEPHAN

COVER: NILS

COVER: JIMMY

COVER: KURT/JOCKE

COVER: JANNE

COVER: OSKAR

COVER: TORKEL

COVER: MR. AVILA/DAD

Richard Snee* Dennis Trainor Jr.* Sarah Newhouse* Deb Martin* Gabriel Graetz* Mishka Yarovoy Leah Hohauser Francis Otis Jojo Lachlan Boyle Michaela Lazarou Acsa “AJ” Welker

Alan Kuang Arabella Benjamin Annika Bolton Jack Essner Zachary Kautter Aaron Lamm Ava Laroche Zachary Mallgrave Kaden Mayes Macy McGrail Jason Roblero Jack Greenberg Kamran Bina

PRODUCTION

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR

WARDROBE HEAD

WARDROBE ASSISTANTS

RUN CREW

PHOTOGRAPHER

FRONT OF HOUSE

Cortnie Beatty Ivy Comey Zoe Jellison Claire Mitchelle Janie Mcrae Rachel Kanter Natalia Martinez Chloe McFarlane Julia Lynch Guinevere Keith Nile Scott Hawver Blair Campbell Jamie Aznive

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

…Ah...let the right one slip in Slip in Slip in

And when at last it does I’d say you were within your rights to bite The right one and say, “what kept you so long?” “What kept you so long? ” Oh… - Morrissey lyrics from “Let The Right One Slip In”

John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel Let The Right One In, inspired by Morrissey’s song above, has been adapted into several versions: two films, an upcoming television series, a comic book, and a play.

The legacy of the novel has excited horror lovers throughout the world, and Jack Thorne’s stage adaptation holds true to the promise of unnerving eerieness.

I read the play several years ago, and was moved by this simple yet harrowing vampire tale. Amidst the play introducing us to moments of heinousness on stage, we are given a glimpse into the life of a young boy, Oskar, trying to navigate ignorance and brutality. Yet, the brutality he fears is not just what audiences have grown accustomed to in the usual vampire tales - an undead dark figure that comes at night to drain our protagonist of their blood - but the otherizing, bullying, and neglect that he receives from his community - children, teachers and parents. Our vampire, Eli, is an uplifting and dark presence in Oskar’s life. So at its heart, this play is a coming-of-age story about two lonely souls on the fringes who find each other, and realize they can create a life together, though one is 12 years old, and one is 200 years old trapped in the body of a 12-year-old. What a lovely and creepy premise, giving us a taste of the monstrosity of humans and the humanity of monsters.

Oh, and did I mention there is quite a bit of blood?

I hope you will be unnerved and enjoy the show.

Christopher V. Edwards Director

ABOUT THE TEAM

Richard Snee* (Hakan) he/him, Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Comedy of Errors, Antony & Cleopatra, Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, Exit the King, Cherry Orchard, School for Scandal. Regional: Uncle Vanya, Boy Gets Girl, Something in the Air (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Sisters Rosensweig, Present Laughter (Huntington Theatre); Jackie: An American Life! (Wilbur Theatre); The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, The Baltimore Waltz, Lend Me A Tenor, November, Light Up the Sky (Lyric Stage); Body Awareness, Choirboy (Speakeasy Stage); Othello (American Repertory Theatre). Film: Godmothered; Don’t Look Up; Gone, Baby, Gone; The Company Men; Never Met Picasso. TV: Julia, Oliver Kitteridge, Spenser for Hire. Animated: Dr. Katz, Home Movies, Science Court, and the FX series, The Dick and Paula Celebrity Special, in which he and his wife, Paula Plum played the title characters. She was “Paula.” He was “The Dick.”

Dennis Trainor Jr* (Dad/Mr. Avila) he/his, Actors’ Shakespeare Project: The Merchant of Venice Regional: The Inheritance and In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Straight White Men and Picasso at the Lapin Agile (New Repertory Theatre); The Goat (Glouster Stage); The Pain and the Itch (Company One Theatre); The Rainmaker (Foothills Theater); Macbeth (North Shore Music Theatre).

Directing: Plug and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rude Mechanicals); The Trojan Women: A Love Story (Stonehill College). Playwriting: Plug and I Coulda Been a Kennedy (Rude Mechanicals); Manifest Destiny’s Child (Dixon Place). Education: MFA in Acting from American

Conservatory Theater. Other: Director and Writer of the documentaries “American Autumn” and “Legalize Democracy. Served as founding coArtistic Director of the NYC-based Rude Mechanicals Theater Company.

Sarah Newhouse* (Halmberg) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Medea, Twelfth Night, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Measure for Measure, Taming of the Shrew, The School for Scandal, Comedy of Errors, Exit the King. Regional: Macbeth, The King Stag, Six Characters in Search of an Author (American Repertory Theater); Those the River Keep (Boston Playwrights); The Women Who Mapped the Stars (Central Square Theater); We All Fall Down (Huntington Theatre); The Book of Will, Legacy of Light, Red Herring, The Miracle Worker (The Lyric Stage Company); Mr Fullerton, The Norman Conquests, Fighting Over Beverly (Gloucester Stage); Dollhouse (New Repertory Theatre); La Salonnieres, The Apple Family Plays, Miracle on 34th Street, Picnic (Greater Boston Stage Co). Film: ‘I Feel Pretty’, ‘Bleed For This’, ‘Beneath Contempt’, ‘The Legend of Lucy Keyes’, ‘Dischord’, ‘ ‘Feathers’, ‘Chain of Desire’. TV: MTV, Saturday Night Live, As the World Turns. BAHampshire College, MA - Institute for Advanced Theatre Training @ A.R.T./ Harvard. Actors’ Shakespeare Project founding company member.

Deb Martin* (Mum) she/her, Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Debut. Previous Roles: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Admissions, The Night of the Iguana, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arcadia (The Gamm Theatre); Richard III, King Lear (Commonwealth Shakespeare

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Company); Barbecue (Lyric Stage); Mud Blue Sky (IRNE Award, Best Supp. Actress) Gidion’s Knot (Bridge Rep); Casa Valentina, Next Fall (SpeakEasy Stage). Favorite roles include Victoria in the 2nd National Tour of Victor/Victoria, Anna in Ivanov, Irma in The Balcony, Helena in Midsummer, and Kristin in Miss Julie; Workshops: The Huntington Theatre, ArtsEmerson, New Repertory, & German Stage. Film: Spartan with Val Kilmer and William H. Macy. Training: BFA/Theater, Emerson College, and studied with offBroadway’s Atlantic Theater Company.

Gabriel Graetz* (Kurt/Jocke) he/him, Actors’ Shakespeare Project: The School For Scandal, The Cherry Orchard, Macbeth, and Twelfth Night. Regional: Assassins, Gloria (The Gamm Theatre); Cascade (Streetsigns Center); Fiddler On The Roof (New Repertory Theatre); It’s A Wonderful Life (Greater Boston Stage Company); A Measure Of Normalcy (Gloucester Stage); The Importance Of Being Earnest (Moonbox Productions); Waiting For Waiting For Godot (Hub Theatre Company); Translations And Gross Indecency (Bad Habit Productions); I Am My Own Wife (Theatre on Fire). Props design: Once on this Island, People, Places, and Things and The Sound Inside (SpeakEasy Stage). Education: BFA in Acting from Emerson College. Mishka Yarovoy (Oskar) Mishka Yarovoy (CFA’23) is thrilled to be working with ASP. Originally from Moscow, Russia, previous credits include: The Inheritance (Speakeasy Stage); Sanctuary City (Interlochen Festival); Romeo and Juliet (Apollinaire Theatre); She Eats Apples (Boston Artist’s Theatre); Stupid F **king Bird (Parallel 45). Member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Mishkayarovoy.com

Francis Otis (Johnny) he/him, Boston University: Antigone Or And Still She Must Rise Up, Everybody, Colossal; Chronicle Theatre: King Lear. Hillcrest Drama: A Chorus Line, Richard 2, Copperfield Film: SmackMan Resurrected (Emerson. Film), Overheard On 23rd, Kerry and Deb (Boston University). Education: third year in BFA program in Boston University. School of Theatre with a minor in Political Science. @frankieotis7

Leah Del Rosario (Eli) is a third-year Acting major in the BU School of Theatre. Most recently seen in BU’s Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. and Morgana, some other favorite credits include Mum (A Monster Calls), Martha (Spring Awakening), and Megan Jones (Puffs). Leah is also a proud TPAP graduate (Companies 8 and 9). She hopes you are equally spooked and touched by this show.

Jojo (Micke) Jojo is a third-year Theatre Arts student here at the School of Theatre. You may have seen him in different BU productions such as Patterns of Wind, Mercury, and Roots. He is overjoyed to be a part of this project.

Lachlan Boyle (Torkel/Jimmy) Lachlan is a senior acting major at Boston University School of Theatre. He has previously appeared in A Dream Play, Sometime When Everything Has Changed, and Colossal. Lachlan is immensely proud to be a part of this amazing group of artists and can’t wait for audiences to experience this amazing production!

Michaela Lazarou (Nils) she/her, Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Let the Right One In. Regional: Deadman’s Cell Phone (Boston University), Antigone or And Still She Must Rise Up (Boston University) Film: Kara’s Song (directed by Myles

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Lazarou) Education: Acting major at Boston University.

Acsa Welker (Janne) Acsa Welker is a senior currently working towards her BFA in Acting at Boston University School of Theatre. Previous BU credits include Amy in Dry Land and Gertrude in Hamlet. Much love to mom, dad, and Ben for their constant support.

Alan Kuang (Stefan), King of the Dance Floor, RAP GOD, soon to be HOUSEHOLD name, GAME changer, Legacy Maker, member of the legendary Floor Lords Crew, president of Boston University’s Bulletproof Funk, Colossal (Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre), Shakespeare in Love (Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre), Midnight Sun (Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre), Tybalt (Chelsea Theatre Works), Wizard of Oz (Apollinaire Theatre Company), Bomb-itty of Errors (Actors’ Shakespeare Theatre)

Arabella Benjamin (Cover: Mum)

Arabella Benjamin is a sophomore working towards her BFA in Acting at Boston University School of Theatre. She is thrilled to be apart of the cast of Let the Right One In, as her first show at BU!

Annika Bolton (Cover: Halmberg)

Annika Bolton is a sophomore at Boston University School of Theatre and is working towards her BFA in Acting. She is excited to be involved in her first production at BU, Let the Right One In Jack Essner (Cover: Johnny) Jack Essner is a second-year student pursuing a BFA in Acting at Boston University School of Theatre. He is from Los Angeles, California and has appeared in the Showtime series Shameless (2011). Jack would like to thank Chris Edwards, as well as the incredibly talented cast and crew for allowing him to be a part of the rehearsal process.

Aaron Lamm (Cover: Stephan) he/him, makes his Actors’ Shakespeare Project debut. He is currently a sophomore Acting major at the Boston University School of Theatre. His theatre credits from his hometown of Chicago include Pillars of the Community (Strawdog Theatre), Love’s Labor’s Lost (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre), The Play About My Dad, Beast on the Moon (Raven Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird (Oak Park Festival Theatre), The Cryptogram (Profiles Theatre), Medea (Theatre Y). Television credits include Fargo, Shameless, Joe Pera Talks With You, Chicago Fire.

Jason Manuel Roblero (Cover: Oskar) he/him/his, Jason Manuel Roblero is a sophomore at the Boston University School of Theatre working towards a BFA in Acting. Working with Chris Edwards has been an experience he is very thankful for, and one which he will take with him moving forward in his collegiate experience.

Kamran Bina (Cover: Dad/Mr. Avila)

Kamran Bina is currently working towards a BFA in Acting at the Boston University School of Theatre. Kamran is so excited to be a part of this process and would like to thank all the actors and designers for creating such a welcoming environment!

Christopher V. Edwards (Director)

Chris has worked as a freelance director, actor, fight choreographer and educator for the past twenty-five years and is currently the Artistic Director of the award winning Actors’ Shakespeare Project in Boston and a Senior Lecturer at the BU School of Theatre. Professional acting and directing credits include work: Off Broadway, London’s West End, internationally and in regional theaters throughout the nation. Some of Chris’s favorite plays he has directed

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include: Fences, Othello, Hamlet, ART, Equivocation, The Three Musketeers, Water by the Spoonful, The Bomb itty of Errors, How to Break, and Venus in Fur. Some of Chris’s favorite roles he has played on stage include: Richard in Richard III, Caliban in The Tempest, Posthumus in Cymbeline, Macduff in Macbeth, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Leontes in A Winter’s Tale, Morris in The Blood Knot, Derek in A Mouthful of Birds, Simon in Snatch and Luciana in The Bombitty of Errors, amongst others.

Hannah Eckert (Production Manager) Hannah Eckert is a second-year Production Management graduate in student in the School of Theatre. She is originally from Ellenville, NY, an has her BFA in Technical Direction from Purchase College SUNY. This is her seventh production here at Boston

University, and she is thrilled to have this amazing opportunity to work with Actors’ Shakespeare Project. She would like to not only thank her family for always supporting her, but also the whole production team for making this an unforgettable process.

Brian M. Robillard* (Production Stage Manager) he/him/his, returns to Actors’ Shakespeare Project after stage managing the first run of The Bomb-tty of Errors and returns to his alma mater Boston University since stage managing Parade. National Tour: Menopause The Musical! Regional credits include The 39 Steps (Merrimack Rep); The Cher Show, Young Frankenstein, Jersey Boys, and Smokey Joe’s Café (Ogunquit Playhouse); Pippin, West Side Story (Reagle Music Theatre); Hair, Oliver, We Will Not Be Silent, Lonely Planet, and Brecht on Brecht

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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(New Repertory Theatre); Cymbeline, Romeo & Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); The Half Life of Marie Curie, The Crucible (The Nora/ Bedlam); Bedlam’s Pygmalion (Central Square Theatre). Brian received his BFA in Stage Management from Boston University and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

Jolie Frazer-Madge* (Assistant Stage Manager) she/her, is excited to make her ASP debut! Previous Boston credits include can i touch it? (Company One), Once on This Island (SpeakEasy Stage), I Give You My Home (Guerilla Opera), Romeo and Juliet (Teatro Chelsea/ Apollinaire Theatre Company). Jolie is a proud graduate of Boston University Class of 2020 with a BFA in Stage Management.

Alexandra Beller** (Movement Director) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Pride and Prejudice (Dorset Theater Festival, Boston). Off Broadway: Sense and Sensibility (Sheen Center, Judson Gym, Folger Shakespeare Library, American Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage), (Helen Hayes Award, Lortel Nomination, IRNE Best Choreography); The Mad Ones (59E59); Bedlam’s Peter Pan (Duke Theater); How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (Lincoln Center Theater). Regional: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); As You Like It (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Folger Shakespeare Library); Antonio’s Song (CATF, Milwaukee Rep, The Goodman); Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (La MaMa/La Jolla Playhouse); Make Thick My Blood (Theater Row,

Director); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library). Education: BFA/Dance from University of Michigan, MFA/Dance from University of WI at Milwaukee, CMA (Certified Movement Analyst) in Laban Movement Analysis/ Bartenieff Fundamentals from The Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies. Other: Faculty member, Princeton University, Rutgers University, and The Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies.

Jessica Scout Malone (Fight & Intimacy Director) she/her, Regional: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Downtown Crossing, Wolf Play, Vietgone (Company One); Dead House, Winter People, The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood (Boston Playwright’s Theatre); She Kills Monsters (Brown/Trinity Rep), Sweeney Todd (Lowell House Opera); Oliver!, Cardboard Piano, We Will Not Be Silent (New Repertory Theatre); Extremities, In the Forest She Grew Fangs (Also Known As Theatre). Education: BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University. Member of the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD). jessicascoutmalone.com.

Emma Weller (Assistant to the Movement Director) Emma Weller (she/her) is a third-year Theatre Arts Performance major with concentrations in Directing and Movement Direction. Originally from Cambridge, MA, Emma is thrilled to be facilitating movement for this spectacular spooky show. Thanks to my roomies for helping me find my key! @em.sophia

Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Choreographer is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

Steve Tolin (Special Effects Designer) Steve Tolin is an awardwinning make-up effects artist with over 20+ years professional experience. Steve and his Pittsburgh-based companies, TOLIN FX and SQUIB FX, have worked extensively on feature films, TV, stage plays, live events and product prototyping. Always remember: If it splatters, it matters!

Peyton Tavarez (Scenic Designer)

Peyton Tavares is a second-year MFA Theatre Design candidate in Scenic Design. She achieved her Undergraduate degree from Marymount Manhattan College with a dual concentration in Scenic Design and Directing. She is thrilled to have worked on this show and feels very lucky to be a part of this process. Her recent credits include:

REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. (Boston University) Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Boston University) and Antigone. Or and Still She Must Rise Up (Boston University) upcoming credits are OTP (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre) and Uncle Vanya (Boston University) Website: Peytontavares.com, Instagram: @ Peyton5656

Brenda Dziadzio (Scenic Charge Artist) Brenda is a Scenic Painter and Graphic Designer currently freelancing in the Boston area.

Nia Safarr Banks (Costume Designer) Richmond Triangle Players (Richmond Theatre Critic Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design in a Musical ’22, A Christmas Kaddish). TheatreLAB (Richmond Theatre Critic Circle

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Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design in a Play ’19, An October). Virginia Repertory Theatre (Pipeline), American Shakespeare Center (Passover), Virginia Repertory Theatre, (Fences), Gloucester Stage Company (Paradise Blue), The Santa Fe Opera (The Barber of Seville), Broadway: The Piano Lesson. Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (BFA’19), Boston University (MFA’23).

Lily Bitner (Props Coordinator) Lily Bitner is a second-year undergraduate Scenic Design student at Boston University School of Theatre. She is thankful for all the hard work of the production team.

Angela He (Assistant Sound Designer) Angela He is a junior studying Sound Design at Boston University School of Theatre. She is the Assistant Sound Designer for Let the Right One In, and was really glad to work on this production.

Irene Wang (Sound Engineer/A1)

Irene Wang is a sophomore at Boston University School of Theatre studying Sound Design. She has most recently designed Appetite for Glory with Chelsea Theatre Works. Next up she will be the audio engineer for Once at Boston University School of Theatre.

Becca Karlin (Technical Director)

Becca Karlin is in her junior-year at Boston University studying Technical Production. She is very thankful for the opportunity to work with so many amazing people and especially grateful to the BU scene shop team and her ATD Rachel for all the love and support.

Rachel Schladenhauffen (Assistant Technical Director) Rachel Schladenhauffen is a second-year at Boston University working toward a BFA in Technical Production. She is so grateful for the entire production team,

especially Becca and Ben who have both been wonderful mentors.

Celeste Delgadillo (Production Electrician) Celeste Delgadillo is a third-year Lighting Design major. Don’t let her title for this production fool you, later this year she will be the assistant lighting designer for Little Women and co-designing Art House in the spring. She is very thankful to everyone who has helped put this amazing show together!

Grant Powicki (Assistant Production Electrician) he/him/his, is a sophomore Lighting Design major. His most recent work includes, Lighting Director (Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood); Shakespeare’s R+J (Head Electrician). He is so grateful for his amazing team and all his collaborators! Instagram: @gpowicki

Lena Broach (Assistant Production Electrician) she/her, is a second-year Lighting Design major and creature of the night from North Aurora, IL. She has worked at the Opera Festival of Chicago, the Fly Honey Show, and the Court Theatre. She wishes the cast and crew a good run! •

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