Meet the HVSF Team

DAVIS MCCALLUM Artistic Director Davis is in his fifth season as HVSF’s Artistic Director, and is honored to lead the company alongside Managing Director Kate Liberman. Under their leadership, HVSF established HVStories, a multi-year programming initiative to tell the stories of the Hudson River Valley; and FULL CIRCLE, a year-round community engagement program inspired by 2016’s citizen-driven production of Our Town. His extensive background with Shakespeare and the classics includes productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Guthrie, The Old Globe, The Pearl, the American Shakespeare Center, and The Acting Company. A graduate of Princeton, he studied Shakespeare at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and trained as a director at LAMDA. He has taught acting and directing at Princeton and The New School for Drama. He is the father of two sons, Thomas and Angus.

KATE LIBERMAN Managing Director Kate joined HVSF as Managing Director in 2015. She is honored to lead HVSF in partnership with Davis McCallum. Previously, she served as General Manager at The Laguna Playhouse, where she worked on strategic planning, a fiscal turnaround, and capital improvements. Prior to The Playhouse, she served as Associate Managing Director at Yale Repertory Theatre, Managing Director of Yale Summer Cabaret, and Managing Director Fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Kate was Associate Manager of Development at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC where she executed a successful $10M campaign for the 2008 festival, Arabesque: Arts of The Arab World. She holds an MFA in theater management from Yale School of Drama and an MBA from Yale School of Management, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude. At Yale, she was the recipient of the Morris J. Kaplan Prize for recognition in theater management. She is a recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship and served as President of the Truman Scholars Association. In 2017, Kate received the Business Council of Westchester’s 40 Under 40 Rising Star Award. She proudly serves as the immediate past president of the Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce. Originally from the Boston area, Kate lives in Peekskill with her wonderful husband, Eric, and her son, Toby.

TERRENCE O’BRIEN Founding Artistic Director Terrence O’Brien co-founded HVSF with actress Melissa Stern in 1987, and for 27 years, O’Brien was HVSF’s artistic leader. During that time, he directed more than 30 of HVSF’s productions, garnered significant critical acclaim in major press nationally, and built a very loyal audience who enthusiastically returned to our tent theater year after year. He co-authored, with Stern, HVSF’s original Statement of Purpose, he developed and evolved HVSF’s signature performance style, and he remains deeply dedicated to the idea that Shakespeare’s plays can be made accessible without sacrificing any of their depth and integrity. O’Brien was instrumental in developing the design of the HVSF tent theater and in integrating HVSF’s acting style with the theater space. Over several years he developed an informal company of actors and artists, many of whom have developed lasting friendships, marriages, and in some cases, have had children. He performed his original one-man play, Popular Mechanics, for Bedlam in New York City, in Garrison, and in Gainesville, GA. Last May, he directed a cast of prisoners in his own adaptation of On The Waterfront at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He is currently adapting Investigating Sex into a theatre piece, and he’ll be doing studio work on that project at the Baryshnikov Arts Center this summer. O’Brien is the director of the New World Shakespeare Lab in New York City, a group that seeks to evolve a more spontaneous style of acting Shakespeare. He and his wife, Jane Praeger, live in Manhattan with their daughter, Jenne, and son, Leo.

(In alphabetical order)

SCOTTY ARNOLD Box Office Manager Scotty joined HVSF in 2018 after opening the box office of the Women’s Project in their new home, the McGinn/ Cazale Theatre. He has spent three summers as the resident composer at the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, and his musical When We’re Gone recently received its world premiere at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. scottyarnold.com

KATE ASHWORTH Company Manager Kate is excited to join HVSF this summer, after spending five seasons in Company Management at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She was previously the Company and Production Manager of Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle, Washington, and Technical Director for Spectrum’s DanceMotion USA tour to Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

VALÉRIE THÉRÈSE BART Costume Designer (MUCH) Selected credits: Little Women (Primary Stages), Poor Yella Rednecks (South Coast Rep / MTC), Doll’s House Part 2 (Actors Theatre Louisville), Listen, Wilhelmina! (costumes/sets, Wolf Trap), Rigoletto (Minnesota Opera), The Great Leap (Denver Center / Seattle Rep), Too Heavy for Your Pocket (Roundabout), Vanity Fair (Pearl Theatre), The Servant of Two Masters (TFANA, Seattle Rep, Guthrie, Shakespeare Theatre Co, Yale Rep), Pop! (sets, Yale Rep). M.F.A. Yale School of Drama. valeriebart.com

JULIA BATES Assistant Stage Manager (CYRANO, WOODS) Julia is a current MFA candidate at the Yale School of Drama where her credits include The Seagull, Passion, and Slave Play. Other credits include Good Faith (Yale Repertory Theatre); Godspell and All Shook Up (New London Barn Playhouse); and Thaddeus & Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure (Lookingglass Theatre). Julia was previously the stage management intern at South Coast Repertory Theatre.

TRACY BERSLEY Choreographer (CYMBELINE, MUCH) Tracy Bersley has choreographed at HVSF, Lincoln Center, The Public, BAM, Lortel, Primary Stages, McCarter, Williamstown, The Civilians, and Red Bull. She is also a guest artist/faculty at Yale, NYU, Purchase College, Columbia, Princeton, and Juilliard. Tracy received her MFA in Directing (Syracuse), currently serves as head of movement for the MFA program at UNC/Playmakers Rep, is a member of SDC, and is a Drama League Fellow.

ALEXIS BLACK Movement and Fight Director (CAESAR) Alexis Black is thrilled to join the HVSC team for Julius Caesar. She has choreographed fights, movement, and/or intimacy for over 40 productions in regional theaters, NYC, Europe, and Asia, including assisting on 2015’s Fool for Love on Broadway. In NYC she has choreographed for Titan Theatre Company, Brick Theatre, NYCFringe and more. Regional favorites include The Three Musketeers (Birmingham Children’s Theatre) and Equivocation (Virginia Repertory Theatre). She is an Assistant Professor of Acting-Movement at Michigan State University.

RAYMOND BOKHOUR Composer (CYMBELINE) Raymond composed for HVSF’s Rip Van Winkle (2018), Twelfth Night (2008) and A Winter’s Tale (1998). He’s been recorded by the London Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic and Moravian Philharmonic. He’s co-author of The Glorious Death of Comrade What’s-His-Name, performed at Barrington Stage directed by John Rando. He currently plays Amos in Chicago on Broadway.

REGINA BOSCIA Business Manager Regina joined us mid-season 2012 as our Business Manager. After enjoying many HVSF shows over the years, she’s delighted to be a part of our mission. She came to us with more than 25 years’ experience in business, including 15 years in the non-profit industry. A resident of Cold Spring for 25 years, she and her husband have raised four children.

HANNA BRANDOW Associate Company Manager Hanna is a freelance stage and production manager based in NYC. Works include: Be More Chill (Broadway), Freestyle Love Supreme (Ars Nova), The Renovation of the Historic Greenwich House (ArsNova), The University of Central Florida Celebrates the Arts 2019 Festival (SenovvA, Inc.), A Letter to Harvey Milk (LDK Productions). SUNY New Paltz Class of 2017. This is Hanna’s third summer under the tent and she is delighted to return to her home in the scenic Hudson Valley.

ANDJA BUDINCICH Associate Costume Designer (MUCH) Andja is a freelance costume designer and assistant based in New York City. Most recently, she was the costume coordinator for “Madam Secretary” (S5). design credits include: The In[heir]itance Project: The Genesis Plays (NYC), And So We Walked (Portland Center Stage, OR), Lost & Found (Peppercorn Theatre, NC), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Palace Theatre, WI). mfa: Costume Design at UNC School of the Arts. andjabudincich.com

RYAN BURGDORF Audio Supervisor This is Ryan’s first season with HVSF and he is thrilled to be a part of the production team! Ryan has spent the past three summers working as audio technician at Bard College’s Summerscape Festival and is happy to be returning to the Hudson Valley again this summer. He hopes you enjoy the show!

ELEANOR BURHOLT Assistant Costume Designer (CYMBELINE) Eleanor is delighted to be returning to HVSF, having worked last year with Costume and Wardrobe for Richard II and Rip Van Winkle, among others. Previously, she was the wardrobe intern with Hudson Stage Company for Switzerland. Eleanor is a sophomore at FIT, majoring in Fashion Design.

JANELLE CASO Stage Manager (CYRANO, WOODS) the public: The Tempest, Wild Goose Dreams, Mlima’s Tale, Under the Radar Festival, Oedipus El Rey, Star Crossed. broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Noises Off. national tour: Evil Dead. regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, Frost/Nixon, RFK, Hurlyburly, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, Philadelphia Orchestra Valentine’s Day Concert. mfa: Columbia University.

CHARLES COES Sound Designer (CYMBELINE, MUCH) recent highlights: The Good Book (Berkeley Rep), Fun Home (Baltimore Center Stage), Natural Shocks (WP), and The Way the Mountain Moved (OSF). Charles has also collaborated on installations with artists Ann Hamilton, Abelardo Morel, and Luis Roldan. Faculty, Yale School of Drama.

EMMA COREY Director of Marketing and Communications Emma looks forward to sharing HVSF with over 40,000 new and returning audience members in her fourth season under the tent. She previously worked in marketing for Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (Katonah, NY), ArtistTrust (Seattle, WA), View Arts (Old Forge, NY), and as a freelance designer. Emma received a BS in Visual Arts from SUNY New Paltz and completed a summer intensive in Urban Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She lives in Newburgh with her fiance, Ricardo.

COLE CROZIER Concessions Manager Cole is excited to be back for his third season with HVSF. As a lifelong resident of Putnam County, he grew up attending HVSF productions and is overjoyed to be a part of the front of house team for another year. Enjoy the show, enjoy the view… and don’t forget to stop by the concessions tent for ice cream!

OONA CURLEY Lighting Designer (CYMBELINE, MUCH) Oona Curley is a lighting and scenic designer. Select work at BAM, ArsNova, The Atlantic, The Vineyard, The Guthrie, LongWharf, Trinity Rep, La MaMa, Joe’s Pub, Curtis Opera, The Arden. mfa: NYU/Tisch. Oona is Associate Artist with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret and Lightning Rod Special (creators of Underground Railroad Game). oonacurley.com

MARIE D’APICE Education Programs Manager Marie joined HVSF as the Education and Outreach Intern in 2015 and she stayed with the Festival as a Teaching Artist and Program Coordinator while receiving her Master’s Degree in English Literature (at SUNY New Paltz). She is thrilled to have this opportunity that connects community, empowerment, and of course… the limitless magic of Shakespeare.

CHRISTOPHER DENVER Stage Manager (CAESAR) upcoming: Spring Awakening with The Gallery Players, then Rusalka, Frida, and Hansel & Gretel with Opera Steamboat. selected: Appointment with Death; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Bohème; Broadway Bares; A Chorus Line; Dick Pix; Don Giovanni; Falstaff; Fiddler On the Roof; Die Fledermaus; Hamlet; Little Shop of Horrors; Les Mamelles de Tirésias; The Merry Widow; The Mikado; The Music Man; Le nozze di Figaro; Romeo & Juliet; Rumpelstiltskin; The Sound of Music; South Pacific; Die Zauberflöte. christopherdenver.com

DIGGLE Set Designer (CAESAR) off-broadway: So Long Boulder City, Across The Park; Red Emma & The Mad Monk (also ANT Fest); Molly Murphy & Neil DeGrasse Tyson On Our Last Day On Earth (ANT Fest); regional/international: Electra, Fade (Dallas Theater Center); 10 Out Of 12 (Undermain Theatre); Why Do You Stand There In The Rain? (Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland Tour); Martyr, The Necessities (Second Thought Theatre); current projects: Drama League’s Director Fest, Galveston (collaboration with Molly Beach Murphy & Drama League); Associate Designer for Clint Ramos (various productions at The Public Theatre, The Alley, MCC, NYTW, Berkeley Rep) & David Korins (The Low Road, The Public Theatre); education: MFA Stage Design (SMU); BA Theatre Arts (Pepperdine University).

DANIEL FRANKHUIZEN Cello (WOODS) Daniel Frankhuizen has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and in several pop groups. He has performed in a variety of venues from Alice Tully Hall to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Storm King Art Center. He is an avid composer and electronic musician whose work has been shown at SXSW and Toronto Film Festival.

ZO GALARNEAU Stitcher Zo Galarneau is happy to be working as a stitcher with HVSF this season. As a rising sophomore at SUNY New Paltz, their interests lie with making anything they can get their hands on, and as of now they are focusing on carpentry, stitching, and costume crafts.

RAZ GOLDEN Directing Fellow Recent directing credits include East of the Sun, In the Same Space (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Assistant directing credits include Long Lost (dir. Daniel Sullivan), Dangerous House (dir. Saheem Ali), and Crowns (dir. Regina Taylor). He is the Drama League Classical Directing Fellow, a 2018 Williamstown Directing Corps member, and a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow.

AIDAN GRIFFITHS Assistant Costume Designer (WOODS) Aidan Griffiths is a NYC based costume designer and assistant. past credits: LoveSick: A Rock Opera (National Sawdust), The Hound, the Hare and the Hallway (NYTF). UNC School of the Arts, ‘15 (BFA) Yale University, ‘22 (MFA)

RHETT GUTER Choreographer, Company Member (WOODS) Other choreography credits include West Side Story (Jeff nominationed) and Peter and the Starcatcher at Drury Lane Oakbrook; A Christmas Story at the Paramount Theatre; The Music Man, Anything Goes and Peter and the Starcatcher at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Other credits include Annie, How to Succeed... Trying, The Wizard of Oz, Chicago, and Portrait of a Plumber. Rhett received his BFA in Musical Theatre and a BS in Dance from Southern Utah University. Thanks to Jenn Thompson and Hudson Valley for this wonderful collaboration. rhettguter.com

PALMER HEFFERAN Sound Designer (CYRANO) On Broadway, Palmer designed this season’s The Lifespan of a Fact at Studio 54. Her designs have been heard Off-Broadway at MTC, Signature, Soho Rep, MCC, Roundabout, Second Stage, Primary Stages, and Rattlestick. She received a Drama Desk nomination and a Henry Hewes award for her work on Today Is My Birthday.

LINDSAY HIGGINS Audience Services Manager Lindsay is thrilled to be back with HVSF for her fourth season. Originally from Iowa, Lindsay has worked in theaters and dance programs on the East Coast in a wide variety of capacities. Her work with Musical Theatre Kids! in North Salem and High Definition Dance in New Windsor keeps her busy throughout the school year. Welcome to the tent and enjoy the show!

SHANNON JOHNSTON Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Shannon is a recent graduate of SUNY New Paltz (English/Theater Arts). Theater has always been a big part of her life, and has shown her the lifelong bonds that can be made by working in such a collaborative environment. She can’t wait to see what this summer has in store for us here at HVSF!

ROXANA KHAN Production Stage Manager (CYMBELINE, MUCH) hudson valley shakespeare festival: Richard II, The Taming of the Shrew, Pride and Prejudice, The General From America. off-broadway: The Dance of Death, Mies Julie (Classic Stage); Kings (The Public); Pride and Prejudice (Primary Stages). selected regional: Thousand Pines (Westport Country Playhouse); Shakespeare in Love, The Siegel, All the Way (South Coast Repertory); Head Over Heels, The Count of Monte Cristo, Guys and Dolls, The Cocoanuts, Into the Woods, King Lear, The Tenth Muse, Romeo and Juliet, Animal Crackers, Henry IV, Part II (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pasadena Playhouse, Wallis Annenberg Center, Laguna Playhouse, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Boston Court Pasadena.

ROD KINTER Fight Director (CYMBELINE, MUCH) hvsf: As You Like It, Measure for Measure, Arabian Nights. first national tour: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Off-Broadway credits include productions at The Lynne Redgrave, Lucille Lortel, Minetta Lane, The Mint, East 13th Street Playhouse, Pearl Theatre (Resident Fight Director ‘09-’16), New York City Opera (RFD ‘95-’10). regional: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Repertory Theatre, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Barter Theatre, Shakespeare on the Sound. Rod is on faculty at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. rodkinter.com

STEPHANIE KLAPPER Casting Director Stephanie is euphoric to return to Paradise at HVSF and continue the magic with Davis, Katie, Sean, and team. Her work is often seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally. She continues her long collaborations with numerous companies such as Primary Stages, Mint Theatre, New York Classical Theatre, Masterworks, Resonance Ensemble, The Philadelphia Orchestra, FIAF, Capital Rep, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, American Players Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, amongst many others. She is a member of Casting Society of America.

BRYNN KNICKLE Fight Assistant (CYMBELINE, MUCH) Brynn graduated from AMDA (Studio), is a certified Advanced Actor Combatant (FDC) and has passed multiple weapons certifications with the SAFD. Currently a substitute faculty member of AMDA (stage combat), she has been blessed to be an Assistant Fight Director for Rod Kinter on multiple off and off-off Broadway productions.

ALLISON MARINO House Manager Allison Marino is thrilled to be back for her fifth summer under the tent with the Front of House team. She is currently studying Civil Engineering at Catholic University and has been a House Manger at Folger Theatre for the past two years, as well as Box Office Manager at the Hartke Theatre.

DANICA MARTINO Assistant Costume Designer (CYRANO) assistant credits include: Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Phantom of the Opera (Manila, East Asia tour), Public Works’ Twelfth Night (The Public Theater), La Traviata (Jazz at Lincoln Center), Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth (Playwrights Realm), The Low Road (The Public Theater).

NELLIE MCKAY Composer (MUCH) Nellie McKay has released seven albums, won a Theatre World Award for her Broadway portrayal of Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, co-created/ starred in Old Hats, and written musical biographies of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, criminal underdog Barbara Graham, Joan Rivers, and Billy Tipton (A Girl Named Bill, named one of the Times’ Best Concerts of the Year), among others. A recipient of PETA’s Humanitarian Award, Nellie is an annoyingly vocal critic of endless war, capitalism and the two-party system that sustains it.

BRIAN MCMANAMON Associate Director (MUCH) Brian is an actor, director, acting instructor, and coach in NYC. He teaches acting at the Syracuse University Tepper Semester in New York City. From 2015-2018, Brian was Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Academy at Stratford. He has taught and/or directed at Juilliard, NYU, NTI, Columbia, Manhattanville College, and Vassar. mfa: Yale School of Drama.

SEAN MCNALL Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education; Company Member Before joining HVSF’s administrative staff in 2014, Sean spent 13 years as a member of The Pearl Theatre Resident Acting Company in New York City, where he appeared in over forty productions, receiving an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance and a Drama Desk Award. His recent productions include Terrence McNally’s And Away We Go, Shaw’s You Never Can Tell, and Henry IV, Part One, directed by Davis McCallum. He and his wife, Abigail, have a wonderful son named Declan. Sean is a member of the Haldane School Board.

AMANDA MORTON Music Director, Piano-Conductor (WOODS) Amanda Morton has collaborated with The Wilma Theater (2018 Barrymore Award in Music Direction for Passing Strange), Theatre Horizon (2015 Barrymore Award in Music Direction for Into the Woods), Philadephia Theatre Company, Ars Nova, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, and Merry Go Round Playhouse, among others. She has a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Ithaca College. Starting this Fall, she will go on the first national tour of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. TTBB234.

DAN MULLINS Master Electrician, Production Electrician, Season Rep Plot Designer Dan is very pleased to be continuing his involvement with HVSF, returning for his eigth season under the tent. It has been a great pleasure to see this festival grow and develop over the years. Dan would like to extend his thanks to everyone who works so hard to bring these performances to the tent, as well as his wife, Katy, and kids, Lucy and Oliver, for all the support and laughs.

JASON O’CONNELL Co-Playwright (CYRANO) Jason’s first play, The Dork Knight, has enjoyed multiple NYC and regional productions, and his second solo show, Fat and Scant of Breath (or Stabbing at Hamlet), has been performed at TADA and The Wild Project in NYC. He is currently working on a third solo piece for the 2020 election season, as well as several other full-length plays. Jason directed the world premiere of Cyrano at Amphibian Stage (Dallas Critics Awards — Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Direction). Other directing credits include two productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for HVSF (under the tent and on tour), and Pride and Prejudice at Syracuse Stage.

MAEVE O’NEILL Production Coordinator Maeve is thrilled to be back for her second year under the tent after serving as one of the production management interns last summer. She has previously worked with Historic Hudson Valley, House of Mirth, Inc., Bedford Community Theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre, and Axial Theater Company.

CHARLOTTE PALMER-LANE Costume Designer (CYMBELINE) hvsf: Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Three Musketeers, Othello, The Winter’s Tale, An Iliad, As You Like It, Our Town, The General from America, Richard II. other credits include: Blithe Spirit (Pennsylvania Shakespeare), Rutherford & Son (Mint), Switzerland, You Will Remember Me (Hudson Stage Co.), Camping with Henry & Tom (Barrington Stage), Heisenberg, HIR (Shakespeare & Co.), As You Like It (Folger Shakespeare), Peter Pan, Pygmalion (Bedlam), Pride & Prejudice {Syracuse Stage). film and tv: “Dr. Who,” Miss Marple” (BBC), “Quiz Show,” “Sneaky Pete.” charlottepalmerlane.squarespace.com

LINDA PATTERSON Director of Finance Linda has been working in the entertainment industry for more than 29 years in all areas of finance management. Before joining HVSF in 2009, she worked as a Finance Manager and Coordinating Producer on dozens of critically-acclaimed, nationally-broadcast documentaries. Linda graduated from the University of Delaware with a BA in English Literature, and holds an MBA in Accounting from the Fordham Graduate School of Business. She lives in Nelsonville with her two children, Alii & Mason.

ANTHONY PAUL-CAVARETTA Costume Designer (CAESAR) Design credits include An Inspector Calls, Steel Magnolias (Peterborough Players); The Tempest (Titan Theatre Company); Hydrogen Jukebox (Chautauqua Opera); Mesquite, NV, Composure (Workshop Theater); Discover Opera Rapunzel, & The Magic Flute (Manhattan School of Music), Lake, The Iceman Cometh (Hudson Guild Theatre Company); Brundibar (Sarasota Youth Opera); Carmen, Rigoletto (Long Island Opera); Electricidad, Hamlet (Lehman College); Trojan Barbie, As You Like It, Othello, Big Love (Post Theatre Company). Film design credits include Camp Wedding (2018) and C.I.T. (short, 2016). M.F.A. Theatre (Purdue University). anthonypaulcavaretta.com

ALITHEA PHILLIPS Voice and Speech Coach recent credits at hvsf: Richard II, The Taming of the Shrew, The Heart of Robin Hood, Rip Van Winkle. other coaching credits include: Troilus and Cressida, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost (The Public); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TFANA). She is the Head of Voice and Text at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

SUSANA MONTOYA QUINCHIA Fight Assistant (CYMBELINE, MUCH, CAESAR) Susana Montoya Quinchia studied at the American Music and Dramatics Academy where she gained experience in unarmed, single sword, rapier/ dagger, broadsword, and quarterstaff techniques. She has fight directed a production of Romeo and Juliet in Cold Spring, NY and has worked consistently as a fight assistant on regional and off-Broadway productions such as The Lightning Thief Musical, Macbeth, and Red Roses Green Gold (The Grateful Dead Musical). She is also a member of the all-female fight troupe, The Vixens En Garde. She is certified in unarmed and single sword techniques under the Society of American Fight Directors.

DEREK RAINEY Assistant Stage Manager (CYMBELINE, MUCH) Derek is pleased to return for a second season under the tent! hvsf: The Taming of the Shrew, Richard II. ny: Then She Fell, One More Time With Malice, Arden/ Everywhere: The As You Like It Project, Seeing You, Queen of the Night, Legacy Falls (NYMF). regional: Thousand Pines (Westport Country Playhouse). national tour: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. education: BA (Theatre Arts) University of Puget Sound ‘13.

MATT RICHARDS Lighting Designer (WOODS) hvsf: Twelfth Night, The General From America. broadway: Ann. opera: Macbeth at L.A. Opera. off-broadway: Is God Is at Soho Rep; Absolute Brightness… and The Curvy Widow at Westside Arts; The Killer, Tamburlaine, and Measure For Measure at Theatre For a New Audience; The Atlantic; MCC; Playwrights Horizons; Primary Stages; Rattlestick. regional: Theater Under The Stars, Cleveland Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Westport Country Playhouse.

NATHAN ROBERTS Sound Designer (CYMBELINE, MUCH) Nathan A. Roberts is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, instrument-maker, and sound designer who specializes in creating original music and soundscapes for plays. For HVSF, he designed the sound sculptures and composed the original score for An Iliad. He worked really hard on it. He has lots of composition and sound design credits, off-broadway, and at really cool theaters across the country.

KRISTEN ROBINSON Set Designer (CYRANO) Kristen Robinson is a New York City-based set designer. Her work ranges from site-specific installations to outdoor Shakespeare. A Princess Grace Fellow, she holds her M.F.A. from Yale University. USA 829. Assistant Professor of Scenic Design at Purchase College, SUNY. kristenrobinsondesign.com

GRACE SGAMBETTERA Stitcher Grace Sgambettera is a stitcher and costume design student at SUNY New Paltz (‘20). Previous credits include Pride and Prejudice (Syracuse Stage), The Servant of Two Masters (New Paltz), and For Colored Girls… (SUNY New Paltz). She’s honored to help “make magic happen,” and she hopes you enjoy the show.

JESSICA WEGENER SHAY Costume Designer (CYRANO) hvsf: The Sea-Maid’s Music, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. selected new york: Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick), The Performers (Broadway), A Kid Like Jake, All-American (LCT3), Outside People (Vineyard), Suicide, Inc., The Dream of the Burning Boy (Roundabout Underground), OohRah! (Atlantic), Next Fall, Armed & Naked in America, The Mistakes Madeline Made (Naked Angels). Resident Designer (Vampire Cowboys). Costume Supervisor (Fordham University LC).

KATYA STANISLAVSKAYA Piano-Conductor (WOODS) Katya recent music director and/or pianist credits include productions at Prospect Theatre, ACT of CT, Connecticut Repertory Theater, and NYMF. She is an award-winning composer/lyricist (Resident Alien, Going South, Women on Love) and Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at SUNY-New Paltz. pitlight31.wixsite. com/mysite

CLAUDIA STEFANY Wardrobe Supervisor Claudia is returning for her 2nd season with HVSF. A freelance Costume Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor, Claudia has just returned from Belgium where she served as Associate Artistic Director at the SHAPE Performing Arts Centre located on a NATO base just outside of Brussels. An alumnus of the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and Baldwin-Wallace University in Cleveland, Ohio, Claudia is honored to be part of this remarkably creative and magically singular theatre company.

ANNA STRASSER SDCF Observer (MUCH, CYMBELINE), Director (HVSF 2 : Hook’s Tale) Anna Strasser is a director who has developed work with The Shelter, Fringe Festival, Fringe Encores, Pipeline Theater Company, Exquisite Corpse, Dutch Kills and others. Highlights include Jacob Marx Rice’s The Suicidal Comedies, Leni & Joseph and April Ranger’s Must Wash Hands. mfa: Directing, Brooklyn College. ba: Oberlin College.

CATHERINE TAYLOR-WILLIAMS Director of Development Catherine joined HVSF in 2015. Formerly, she was the Director of Individual Giving at St. Ann’s Warehouse where she increased individual giving by 60% during a $31M capital campaign to build St. Ann’s home in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Catherine is a veteran of four Shakespeare festivals: Shakespeare & Company, Bard on the Beach, The Stratford Festival, and Shakespeare by the Sea. She previously held positions at the Atlantic Theater Company, was a Fellow at The John F. Kennedy Center and part of the Women’s Project Producers Lab.

PAUL TOBEN Lighting Designer (CYRANO) The Story of My Life (Broadway); Electra in a One Piece, The Realm (Wild Project); Cry it Out (Northlight); The Mystery of Love and Sex, Witch (Writers); The Wolves (Studio); Noises Off (Guthrie); Angels in America, Evocation to Visible Appearance, Airness, The Roommate (Actors Theatre); NSFW (Round House). paultoben.com

TITUS TOMPKINS Composer/Sound Designer (CAESAR) Recent acting credits include The Merchant of Venice (Yale’s Arts and Ideas Festival, and Peak Performances at Montclair, NJ); Off-Broadway performances in The Winter’s Tale (TFANA), and Peer Gynt and the Norwegian Hapa Band (MaYi); off-off: The Goree All-Girl String Band (NYMF at The Acorn Theater), Waterman (ANT Fest at Ars Nova), R&J: Star-Cross’d Death Match (Three Day Hangover). tv: TV Land’s “Younger.” Help him complete his mission in Red Dead Redemption 2!

SARA JEAN TOSETTI Costume Designer (WOODS) The Heart of Robin Hood, Richard III (HVSF); Salome (LA Opera); Xerxes, Cato in Utica (Glimmerglass Festival), As One (BAM Premiere), Radamisto (Julliard), Carmen, Orpheus in the Underworld, Rinaldo, Cendrillon (Central City Opera); A Flea In Her Ear (Westport Country Playhouse), Manuscript, The Exonerated (Daryl Roth Theatre); The Maids, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Duke); West Side Story, Company, Much Ado About Nothing (Barrington Stage Company), Phoenix Rising (Complexions Inc), Sediment (Jacob’s Pillow). Princess Grace Award in Design, Bel Geddes Design Award. mfa: NYU. sarajeantosetti.com

JOSH TOTORA Percussion (WOODS) Josh Totora is an award-winning actor, musician, and composer based out of the Philadephia region. He was most recently seen in Once at the Arden Theatre Company and has performed at the Walnut Street, Wilma, People’s Light, and Pig Iron (among others). His TYA musical The Invisible Boy is premiering November 2019 at the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. joshtotora.com

JOSHUA YOCOM Props Designer/Props Master Joshua Yocom is pleased to return to Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival after previously propping Pride and Prejudice. Some of his memorable New York premiers include The Humans (Roundabout and Broadway), Lazarus (NYTW), Secret Life of Bees, Guards at the Taj, The Mother, This Ain’t No Disco, Fireflies, Blue Ridge (Atlantic Theater Co.), Collective Rage (MCC), Do You Feel Anger (Vineyard), The Pain of My Belligerence (Playwright’s Horizons), and Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play. He is eternally grateful for the continued love and support of his husband Roberto.

CASSANDRA E. ZEUGIN Lighting Supervisor, Season Rep Plot Designer Cassandra is excited to return for a 4th season at HVSF! She is a production electrician and lighting designer based in New Jersey. In the last year Cassandra served as the lighting and sound assistant at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. In previous years Cassandra worked on numerous Off-Broadway shows as an assistant lighting designer or electrician. BFA, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

CASSIE TRAINA Development Assistant Cassie joined the administrative staff in 2016 following her work in Front-of-House beginning in 2015. As Development Assistant she works closely with the Director of Development as well as the many interrelated departments of HVSF. She previously worked with The Philipstown Depot Theater in costume design and assistant-directing. She is a creative writing student at Sarah Lawrence college and a long time resident of Cold Spring. She is thrilled to be returning for another wonderful summer under the tent.

KEN TRAVIS Sound Designer (WOODS) broadway: In Transit, Aladdin (UK, DE, JP, AU, US), Jekyll and Hyde, A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The ThreePenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Steel Magnolias. Numerous regional theaters across North America and festivals world wide.

MIKE VANDERCOOK Production Manager Mike has served as the Director of Operations for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; Technical Director for Dorset Playhouse, Elm Shakespeare Company, and Yale Repertory Theatre; Producer / Production Manager for the MFA program at Towson University, Baltimore Theatre Project; Technical Consultant for Eliza Jane Schneider and Lee Breuer. Mike was Producing Executive Director for Generous Company, Managing Director for WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory, and Producing Director for Raue Center for the Arts.

BRENDA WITHERS Co-Playwright (CYRANO) Brenda Withers is a writer, actor, and co-founder of the Harbor Stage Company. Her plays have been presented at Amphibian Stage Productions, Northern Stage, Performance Space NY, and Portland Stage, where she was awarded the Clauder Prize. She’s a playwriting fellow at the Huntington and a graduate of Dartmouth College.

TWO RIVER THEATER Co-Producer (CYRANO) Two River Theater, now celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season, annually produces 8+ productions (including classics, world premieres, musicals, and theater for families) and 40+ events that reflect its diverse community of Red Bank, New Jersey. The theater has commissioned and premiered original works including Hurricane Diane by Playwright-in-Residence Madeleine George and Be More Chill by Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz. Each year, we serve thousands of students and community members through arts and humanities programs at the theater, in schools, and throughout our region. Two River Theater is under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst. tworivertheater.org

This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League Of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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