Meet the HVSF Team

HVSF Administration

Artistic Director ........................................................Davis McCallum

Managing Director ......................................................Katie Liberman General Manager ............................................. Alma Malabanan-McGrath Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education ...........................Sean McNall

Controller ............................................................. Linda Patterson

Director of Development ................................................... Semra Ercin Director of Marketing and Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Casey Production Manager .................................................. Nora McNally-Reif Finance Associate ..................................................... Yolanda Medina

Development Assistant .....................................................Samir Patel Executive Assistant ........................................................Lana Russell

Media & Marketing Intern ...............................................Stephanie Mallen

Directors/Creative

Directors

Davis McCallum Gaye Taylor Upchurch Mei Ann Teo

Composers/Music Directors/Copyist

Heather Christian Ben Moss Saul Nache Erik Schilke

Choreographers

Kimiye Corwin Orlando Pabotoy

Voice and Speech Coach

Alithea Phillips

Designers

Scenic Designers

Peiyi Wong

Costume Designers

Asa Benally Enver Chakartash Kathleen Doyle

Lighting Designers

Hao Bai Stacey Derosier

Season Rep Lighting Plot Design

Dan Mullins Cassandra E. Zeugin

Sound Designers

Darron West Erik Schilke

Props Designer

Samantha Shoffner

Associate Props Designer

Anna Kendall Assistant Costume Designer

Ashlie Morrison

Production

Facilities Manager

Josh Foreman

Stage Managers

Julia Bates Janelle Caso Grace Chariya Elisabeth Schapmann

First Production Assistant

Daniel Vaughn

Second Production Assistant

Desiree Ruiloba

Company Manager

Tanesha Warren

Assistant Company Manager

Company Management Assistant

Kevin Qian

COVID Safety Manager(s)

Quinlan Hanrahan Javier Padilla

Production Carpenter

Rachel Behrman

Assistant Production Manager

Lindsay Brashier

Operations Assistant

Tyler Mell

Costume Shop Manager

Charlotte Palmer-Lane

Wardrobe Supervisor

Claudia Stefany-Ruck

Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor

Summer Glodstein

Hair Styling

Kinky Rootz Salon

Headpiece Construction

Jennie Marino

Lighting Director

Dan Mullins

Touring Lighting/ Technical Director

Megan Coffel

Lighting Supervisor

Cassandra E. Zeugin

Lighting Assistant

Junah Kim

Programmer

Daniel Mackle

Audio Director

Andrew Rovner Leo Suppa Connor Copeland

Trucking Services:

Big Ben’s Trucking

Scenery provided by:

Kai Brothers

Lead Facilitator

Kirya Traber

Co-Facilitators

Troy Anthony Donnay Edmund

Audio and Lighting Equipment provided by:

Production Resource Group

Stitchers:

Kaitlyn Kociela Taylor Ashlie Morrison Harper Lee Andrews

Front-of-House

Audience Services Manager

Lindsay Higgins

Box Office Manager

Anna Giacalone

Load-In Crew:

Krista Arena Benjamin Arstnault Zoe Barash Emily Darone Jesse Dewane Connor Gibbons Dan Gibbons Dale Gibbons Michael Grogan Jenny Houghtaling Raymond LeGrand James Merrit Nikeen DeLeon Marquise Parham Michael Roche Adam Willams Olivia Grasso Brandon Redmond Emma Sheehan Miranda Tremblay Nikeem DeLeon Jack Bebinger Daniel Mackle John Millard Joseph Lutsky

Associate Box Office Manager for Database & Ticketing Systems

Earline Stephen

And a big thank you to our Front-of-House Support Staff!

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Meet the Hudson Valley Team

Davis McCallum

Artistic Director

Now in his eighth season as HVSF’s Artistic Director, Davis is a passionate advocate for the power of the arts to bring people together and create more interconnected and resilient communities. Under his leadership, HVSF established HVStories, a multi-year exploration of the people, history, and culture of the Hudson Valley; and Full Circle, a community engagement program inspired by 2016’s citizen-driven production of OUR TOWN. For HVSF, he has directed productions of Cymbeline, Richard II, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, and the rolling world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will. Notable productions in New York include Greater Clements (LCT), Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick – Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Harvest (LCT3); Stupid Fucking Bird (Pearl), Fashions for Men and London Wall (Mint – Drama Desk and Lortel nomination for Best Revival); The Whale (Lortel Award for Best Play, and Calloway nomination for Best Director) and Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons); Water by the Spoonful (Second Stage – Pulitzer Prize for Drama); and February House (The Public). Other NYC credits include Signature Theatre, The Acting Company, 13P, Clubbed Thumb, Play Company, Page 73, and the New Victory. Regional credits include the Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, Old Globe, Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the O’Neill, American Shakespeare Center, Williamstown, Humana Festival, others. 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 lives in Cold Spring, and is the father of two sons, Thomas and Angus.

Kate Liberman

Managing Director Kate is honored to lead HVSF for her eighth season, in partnership with Davis McCallum. In her time at HVSF, Kate has supported the expansion of artistic programming to include HVSF’s first world premieres, co-productions, and off-Broadway transfers. She oversaw the company’s emergence from the COVID pandemic, as one of the first theaters to reopen in New York State, and she has been incredibly lucky to be able to steward HVSF to our new, first-ever permanent home. 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. 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 and has been recognized for her work in the local community by the Putnam County Business Council and the Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce, where she previously served as president. Originally from the Boston area, Kate lives in Cortlandt Manor 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 direct-ed 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 adap-tation 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.

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Troy Anthony, he/him/his Harm Reduction Consultant — Co-Facilitator

Hao Bai she/her/hers Production Designer (BELONG) Hao is a multidisciplinary designer in lighting, sound, video projection, and world-building (environment) for live and virtual performances. Hao works with groundbreaking and innovative artists including Charlotte Braithwaite, Abigail DeVille, Mei Ann Teo, Ping Chong, Kaneza Schaal, The Talking Band, Mabou Mines, The Wooster Group, The Builders Association, The Hawtplates (Justin Hicks), and Loco7, etc. Hao’s work has been seen internationally at Asia Culture Center (South Korea), WuZhen Festival (China), in the states at Woolly Mammoth Theater (DC), TheatreWorks Hartford (CT), BCS (MD), Harvard (MA), CAC (Cincinnati), Stanford, Jone Hall (Houston), and in New York at The Public Theatre, NYU Skirball, NYU Tisch, Bushwick Starr, La MaMa, JACK, The Flea, HERE, Performance Space New York, New Stage Theatre, 59E59, A.R.T/ New York Theatres, 14 Street Y, BAAD!, Stella Adler, The Performing Garage, The Gallery Players, The Tank, etc. Virtual: Final Boarding Call (Ma-Yi Theater+WP Theater); Nocturne in 1200s (Ping Chong). Lighting: Waterboy and the Mighty World (Bushwick Starr & The Public Theatre). Projection: Electronic City (NYIT Awards). Sound: Walden (TheatreWorks). Lighting & Sound: 7Mins (HERE). Lighting/Sound/Projection: Arden (The Flea). Production Design: and the grass grows (Harvard University). Upcoming: The Gift Project (Diana Oh). Lazarus (Ping Chong). haobaidesign.com

Julia Bates* she/her/hers Stage Manager (BURNS) Julia is excited to be back for a second season at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival! Regional credits include: Queen of the Night (Dorset Theatre Festival), Manahatta (Yale Repertory Theatre), Once Upon A One More Time (Shakespeare Theatre Company) Tiny Shakes: Romeo & Juliet (Two River Theatre) Into the Woods, Cyrano (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival). Film/TV: 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend, MTV Unplugged: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, and the 2021 Golden Globes. Rachel Behrman, she/her/hers Production Carpenter Rachel is thrilled to be back at HVSF for her second season. As a NYC based freelance carpenter, she has worked at multiple venues in different capacities. BFA Technical Direction from California Institute of the Arts.

Asa Benally he/him Costume Designer (BELONG) Citizen of the Navajo and Cherokee Nations. The Rez Sisters, 1939 (Stratford Festival); Seven Minutes (Waterwell); Where We Belong (Woolly Mammoth Theater, Baltimore Center Stage); Mrs. Warren’s Profession (The Gingold Group); Blues for an Alabama Sky (Keen Company, Drama Desk Nomination); Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage); Too Heavy For Your Pocket (George Street Playhouse); Skeleton Crew (Westport Country Playhouse); Father Comes Home… (Juilliard); Measure for Measure (The Public Theater Mobile Unit); Cymbeline (Yale Repertory Theater); The Brobot Johnson Experience (The Bushwick Starr); Tricks the Devil Taught Me (Minetta Lane Theater); Coriolanus, The Seagull (Yale School of Drama); Whale Song (Perseverance Theater); Roberto Zucco (Yale Cabaret); The Winter’s Tale (HERE Arts Center). Training: M.F.A Yale School of Drama. B.F.A. Parsons School of Design. Online: www.asabenally.com, Instagram: @Asa_Benally_Design.

Ryan Bogner he/him Executive Producer (BELONG) Bogner is a producer and entertainment entrepreneur and is currently the Co-President of Content for Broadway & Beyond Theatricals (BBT), a full service production company and theatrical booking agency which he founded with partners Victoria Lang and Tracey McFarland. Bogner has produced shows and events on and off Broadway, and with such organizations as The Public Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Ohio Theater, The Zipper Factory, Dixon Place, The New York Musical Festival and The New York International Fringe Festival as well as countless developmental workshops, readings and concerts in both the live and digital spaces. Notable past productions include: The Woodsman, Here Lies Love, The Orion Experience, Yeast Nation, Doctor Zhivago, Top Hat, Big Fish, The Cher Show and Cheers: Live On Stage among others. Upcoming: The Kite

Runner, Cambodian Rock Band. Prior to the founding of BBT, Ryan served as an executive at such production companies as RKO Stage and Stageworks Media, worked in licensing at Theatrical Rights Worldwide and was a founder of booking agency, Off Broadway Touring. Ryan holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theater and Directing from The Boston Conservatory, and an M.F.A. in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University. friends in her first season under the tent. She previously worked as the Director of Marketing at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (site of the 1969 Woodstock festival). Emily thinks ideas and snacks should always be shared and there really is nothing better than a handwritten note. Emily lives in Beacon and has a hobby of having hobbies (reading, gardening, making crafts, and running at the top of her list).

Lindsay Brashier, she/her/hers Assistant Production Manager Past credits include: Steel Pier, Heathers, and Cloud 9 at San Diego State University (Stage Manager), and Resident Production Manager with Skull & Dagger Dramatic Society. BA Interdisciplinary Studies in Theatre, Journalism, and Psychology, San Diego State University.

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Casting Glad to be back for their Second season with HVSF! Broadway credits the recent For Colored Girls..., Thoughts of a Colored Man, Burn This, Fool for Love, Venus in Fur, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, The Elephant Man, Of Mice and Men, Hughie, The Visit, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Living on Love, Chicago, James Joyce’s The Dead, and the upcoming The Piano Lesson and Topdog/Underdog revivals. TV credits include: Queens, Love Life, Dickinson, The Path, Lipstick Jungle, Army Wives, Monk, Hope & Faith, Ed, and When They See Us.

Emily Casey, she/her/hers Director of Marketing Emily looks forward to sharing this beautiful, new location with returning guests and new

Janelle Caso*

Production Stage Manager (R&J) HVSF: The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, Into the Woods, Cyrano, The Public Theatre: Cullud Wattah, The Line, Shipwreck, Romeo y Julieta, Coal Country, Wild Goose Dreams, Mobile Unit’s The Tempest, Mlima’s Tale, Under the Radar Festival, Oedipus El Rey, Star-Crossed (Los Desdichados). 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, American Sligo, Hurlyburly, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, Philadelphia Orchestra Valentine’s Day concert. Columbia University MFA in Stage Management.

Enver Chakartash, they/them Costume Designer (R&J)

Grace Chariya she/her Stage Manager (BELONG) Grace Chariya, Stage Manager (she/her) is originally from Urbana, Illinois. She has previously worked at Baltimore Center Stage as the Interim Executive Coordinator for part of the 2021–2022 season, served as the Production Assistant on their co-production of Fires in the Mirror with Long Wharf Theatre,

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and was a Production Assistant and Production Management Apprentice for their 2020–2021 season. Grace has also worked at New York Stage and Film during their summer season as the Production Manager (2022), the Assistant Production Manager (2021), and as a Stage Management Intern (2019). She holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Favorite highlights: A Play for the Living in the Time of Extinction; The Garden; The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks, and Curls (Baltimore Center Stage), Sanctuary City; Annie Salem: An American Tale; Goddess; The Notebook (New York Stage and Film), Jessica Lang Dance’s us/we (Krannert Center for the Performing Arts), eurydice; gorge, idling gorge, just idling, just; An American Daughter; Studio Dance II; Don Giovanni; In The Next Room, or the vibrator play (University of Illinois).

Heather Christian, she/her/hers Composer (R&J) Heather is a Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Obie Award winning composer/performer making music centered shows and rituals. She is a 2021 Richard Rodgers Award winner and Sundance Institude Time Warner Fellow. Recent composing/performing credits include her own work Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Animal Wisdom ( The Bushwick Starr, now a motion picture made in collaboration with Woolly Mammoth in DC and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco) I am Sending You the Sacred Face (Theater In Quarantine/ YouTube— Named Vultures #5 Theater Experience of 2020), Prime: A Practical Breviary (Playwrights Horizons Soundstage— named IndieWire’s #1 Podcast Episode of 2020) in addition to being a lead artist on devised works Mission Drift Nat’l Theater London, The World Is Round BAM). She has released 11 records, teaches vocal-based music composition at NYU, owns and operates her own recording studio in Beacon, NY, and can be seen regularly in concert halls and dive bars as Heather Christian & the Arbornauts.

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Megan J Coffel they/them Touring Lighting/Technical Director, (BELONG) Coffell is proud to work for Where We Belong and looks forward to traveling with the team to share the story with people across the country. They are a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with an MFA in

lighting design and technology. There, they enjoyed being a head electrician (The Marriage of Figaro, Cabaret, Crazy for You), designing lights (Fun Home, Hit the Wall, Adventures of Little Sharpears), and exploring many classes in the scenic technology department. They have worked previously at Utah Festival Opera and Theatre Company, the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, and Strayer-Wood Theatre. Outside of theatre, they enjoy freehand drawing, playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends, and watching “Star Trek” (“Deep Space Nine” is their favorite series thus far.)

Connor Copeland he/him/his Sound Technician

Kimiye Corwin, she/her/hers Choreographer, Fight Choreographer (R&J); “Chart Hits” Choreography (BURNS) Kimiye Corwin is an actor/dancer/ choreographer/teacher living in Roxbury, Connecticut. After dancing professionally for five years with the Jose Limon Dance Company, Kimiye ventured into theater. NYC performing credits: Red Bull Theater, La MaMa, Ars Nova, Ripe Time, National Asian American Theatre Company, NYTW Next Door, Ma-Yi. Regional credits: Syracuse Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Studio Theatre in D.C., Hartford Stage,TheatreWorks Palo Alto, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Guthrie, McCarter, Two River Theater. Film and tv credits: “New Amsterdam,” “One Life to Live,” “Blacklist,” “The Family”, “The Michael J. Fox Show,” and Five Dances (feature length film directed by Alan Brown). She has done movement consulting and choreography for productions at the Dallas Theater Center, the Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the National Asian American Theatre Company. She is on the movement faculty at Stella Adler Studio/NYU and a member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers. Training: Actors Center 9 Month Conservatory, Juilliard (BFA in Dance), Brown/Trinity (MFA in Acting).

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Stacey Derosier, she/her/hers Lighting Designer (R&J, BURNS) Fat Ham (Public Theater & National Black Theater), Wedding Band (Theatre for a New Audience), sandblasted (Vineyard Theatre/ WP Theater), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (The Shed), Head Over Heels (Pasadena Playhouse), The Last of the Love Letters (Atlantic Theater Company), The Great Filter (Wild Project), All the Natalie Portmans (MCC Theater), Stew (Page 73), for all the women who thought they were Mad (Soho Rep), Playing Hot! (Pipeline Theater Company), Mies Julie & Dance of Death (Classic Stage Company), Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater) & 2018 Lilly Award Daryl Roth Prize recipient.

Kathleen Doyle, she/her/hers Costume Designer (BURNS) Kathleen Doyle is a visual story teller - a designer working in theater, opera, dance and animation. Her ebullient designs have been seen all over the city - including New York City Center, La MaMa, Here Art Center, The Joyce Theater and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Her work has been seen across the country - from Walt Disney World, Florida, to The Santa Fe Opera, from Arizona Opera to Opera Alaska. Projects abroad include a solo show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and an award-winning puppet musical in Daegu, South Korea. Recent projects funded by Honolulu Theatre For Youth, The New Victory Theater/42nd St. Studios, The American Museum of Natural History and The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. Doyle also can be found ambling around beaches and bodegas, inside a giant polar bear puppet, ‘Qanuk Nanuk’, seeking a healthier Arctic climate. M.F.A. in Theater Design, NYU. M.A. in Dramaturgy, Villanova. Goodwill Ambassador to Peru. Fulbright Scholar to Japan. Fulbright Scholar to China and Hong Kong. Artist in Residence, Thang Long National Water Puppetry Theatre, Hanoi, Vietnam. Member of USA-Local 829

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Donnay Edmund, they/she Harm Reduction Consultant — Co-Facilitator

Semra Ercin, she/her/hers Director of Development Semra Ercin joined HVSF in 2021, moving to the Hudson Valley after over 20 years in New York City. As the Director of Development, she is responsible for planning and executing HVSF’s individual, institutional, corporate, and government fundraising initiatives, as well as

cultivation events and strategic partnerships. She brings over 15 years of experience in non-profit arts and cultural fundraising, administration, and event planning from organizations such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Music School, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Princeton Club of New York, among others.

Anna Giacalone

Box Office Manager Anna is thrilled to join HVSF for their 2022 season! Anna most recently served as the box office manager for Hudson Stage Company’s production of Off Peak. Previously, Anna held numerous positions at Hudson Stage Company, where she worked for three seasons, and Arc Stages. She recently graduated from Pace University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Communications.

Summer Glodstein, she/they Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Summer is thrilled to be joining HVSF for her second season as Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor. Previously, Summer worked as Wardrobe Supervisor for Sunday in the Park with George with the Vassar Drama Department and as a Hair and Makeup Intern with The Glimmerglass Festival. As a recent graduate of the SUNY New Paltz Theatre Arts and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies programs, Summer is excited to take her love of costumes and her passion for social justice into the professional world. Quinlan Hanrahan, she/her/hers COVID Safety Manager Broadway: Freestyle Love Supreme. OffBroadway: Coal Country (The Public Theater / Audible Theater). Quin is ecstatic to be at HVSF for her first season! Education: Texas State University (BFA), Regents University London, University of Idaho. Love to Mom, Dad, Papa Don, Grandma Sandi, Klay, & Rhy.

Lindsay Higgins, she/her/hers Audience Services Manager In her sixth season of house management with HVSF, Lindsay is excited to welcome the 2022 audience to our new surroundings. During the rest of the year, Lindsay directs, teaches, and choreographs dance and musical theater projects at High Definition Dance in New Windsor. Welcome and enjoy the show! Anna Kendall, she/her/hers Props Assistant (R&J, BURNS)

Junah Kim, she/her/hers Lighting Assistant Junah is from South Korea who is now pursuing a career in lighting for performing arts field and more.

Victoria Lang she/her Executive Producer (BELONG) Lang has enjoyed an award-winning producing career in theatre, television, film, concerts and podcasting. On the cutting edge of the best of Off Broadway theatre she has produced such hits as Found: A New Musical, Silence! The Musical (Best Musical: Off Broadway Alliance Award, Top 5 Musicals: Time Magazine), Shout! The Mod Musical, Johnny Guitar (Best Off-Broadway Musical: Outer Critics Circle Award), Matt & Ben (Top 5 Plays: Time Magazine), and David Friedman’s Listen To My Heart (Drama Desk Award). Recent Broadway productions include Tootsie (Tony nomination), The Cher Show, The Lightning Thief, Sylvia, 1984, and Escape To Margaritaville. West End productions include Funny Girl (Olivier Award), Bat Boy and Shout! Upcoming Broadway: Paradise Square, Funny Girl, The Kite Runner, A Face In The Crowd, The Nanny, Loch Ness, The Cottage. Television: “Live with Regis & Kathie Lee” (3 Emmy nominations), Music Specials for PBS and A&E. Film: Macbeth in Manhattan (Showtime), Dark Tides & more. Podcast: “Found” on the Wondery network. Victoria is a Founder and Co-President of Content of Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, a Founder and Co-President of Plus Media & Plus Entertainment and President of Lang Entertainment Group. Victoria attended Emerson College and graduated with a BFA in Theatre Arts Summa Cum Laude from Long Island University. She is a member of the Broadway and Off-Broadway Leagues, the Off Broadway Alliance, BAFTA and the Black Theatre Coalition.

Alma Malabanan-McGrath,

she/her/hers General Manager Alma is proudly from the Hudson Valley, where she grew up in Cornwall, NY. She joined HVSF in late 2021 after formerly serving as the

General Manager for nearly four years at Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ. While there, during and outside of pandemic lockdown, she worked on the producing team that commissioned nine plays, three radio plays, and produced four world premieres. Prior to her time at Two River, Alma spent 14 years at the New 42nd Street as the Director of Operations, where she oversaw the operations and capital improvements of the company’s 84,000 square foot premier performing arts facility in the heart of Times Square. At one time, she made a living as a professional pastry chef. She does it all for her husband Dave and their daughter Ailish.

Stephanie Mallen, she/her/hers Media & Marketing Intern Stephanie is a rising senior at SUNY Oneonta, pursuing her BFA in Animation & Illustration. Steph is very excited to be joining HVSF this summer as the Media & Marketing Intern, and looks forward to a great season!

Kristen Martin she/her/hers Assistant Company Manager Kristen is thrilled to be joining HVSF for the first time! She most recently had the honor of Stage Managing Nebraska Shakespeare’s educational tour. Pre-covid she was the Office Manager for the Arts Center of the Ozarks. Some of her favorite shows include I do! I do! (Asst Dir/ Stage Mgr), Crimes of the Heart (Asst Dir), The Lion in Winter (Stage Mgr/ Costumes), and Anything Goes (Virtue). She is a graduate of Arkansas Tech University.

Sean McNall, he/him/his Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education Before joining HVSF’s administrative staff in 2014, Sean spent 12 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.

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Nora McNally-Reif, she/her/hers Director of Production Nora lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and son. Before joining the team at HVSF, Nora worked as a production manager in New York City. Nora is a graduate of Fordham University and has previously worked at Atlantic Theater Company, Roundabout Underground, Play Company, and most recently as the Associate Production Manager at Second Stage Theater. Nora is a member of Less Than Rent Theater and is passionate about exploring sustainable producing practices. Yolanda Medina, she/her/hers Finance Associate Yolanda is originally from the island of Puerto Rico. After coming stateside she grew up in the Bronx and attended Lehman College and Hostos Community College. She has held positions as a Staff Accountant at HH Brown Shoe Company, Accounting Manager at Structural Contracting Services Inc and Assistant Controller at Atlantic Westchester Inc. After being involved in finance for commerce and construction she is thrilled to be able to chase an opportunity applying her financial background in the not for profit sector. She has always been fascinated with the arts, dance, music and culture. She enjoys working on her own crochet art work. She has a daughter Sophia, who is heavily involved in dance and ballet.

Tyler Mell

Operations Assistant Tyler has been working for the festival for the last 10 years! From ushering to concessions to PA to assistant stage manager, he’s seen a lot of what goes on around the tent. Favorite productions include 39 steps, Richard II, Pride and Prejudice, and Our Town. Enjoy!

Ashlie Morrison, she/her/hers Assistant Costume Designer (BURNS) Ashlie is a senior at SUNY New Paltz studying technical theatre. She is currently the Assistant Costume Shop Manager there as well as a Student Assistant in the sound shop. Recent costuming credits include: Something Rotten (Jewish Community Center), Stop Kiss (SUNY New Paltz), Eat and You Belong to Us (SUNY New Paltz), and Cybeline (SUNY New Paltz). Ashlie also interns with The Hudson Valley Performing Arts Laboratory to help develop new work in the Hudson Valley.

Ben Moss, he/him Copyist Ben most recently music directed and performed in Heather Christian’s acclaimed Oratorio for Living Things at Ars Nova, for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award. Broadway: Head Over Heels, Amélie, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. Other credits include Heather Christian’s PRIME, (Playwright’s Horizons “Soundstage”), The Hello Girls (Prospect Theater), Arlington (Vineyard Theatre), After Anatevka (with Alexandra Silber, Audible), America is Hard to See (Life Jacket), Spring Awakening (1st National Tour). On all platforms @benkmoss

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Dan Mullins, he/him/his Lighting Director Dan is pleased to be returning for another season under the tent, and excited to be a part of creating live theatre once again. Dan stays busy the rest of the year as a Production Electrician in the Off-Broadway community, and with his wife and children, Katy, Lucy, and Oliver. Dan would like to acknowledge the hard work and excellent personality of Bob Morf, a longtime HVSF lighting crew member who will be genuinely missed here, and among all who knew him.

Saul M. Nache he/him Music Director (R&J, BURNS) Saul is a music director, vocal director, voice teacher, performer, unapologetically gay and BIPOC, and lover of all musical styles! Saul seeks to lead rehearsals with joy, fun, energy, creativity, and all while getting the work done to an impeccable level! Decolonizing the spaces he works in is also very important to the understanding of our existence on stolen, indigenous lands. He also aims to recognize that everyone doesn’t learn in the same way, and to connect the rehearsal to the indigenous spirit of play. After teaching music theater voice and music directing for 11 years at several collegiate institutions and regional theaters, Saul is able to construct the best sound for multiple different genres and styles of music with relative ease. Regional: Big River, Pippin, Avenue Q, Dames at Sea, Our Town (world

premiere, new music composed by Craig Woerz), and Telo (by Julián Mesri). He also loves fitness, knitting, and all things furry!

Jen Olivares,

Movement Consultant (BELONG) Jen is a member of the Acjachemen Nation, a Southern California tribe who’s unceded land is also known as Orange County, CA. Jen is a director, actor, dancer/choreographer and commissioned playwright with Celebration Theater in Los Angeles. Favorite Movement/ Choreography Credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, SHIFT Dance Company (NYC). Favorite acting credits: OffBroadway: The Pirate La Dee Da (Atlantic Theatre Company) Regional: Between Two Knees, Manahatta (Yale Repertory Theatre), Oklahoma!, The Way The Mountain Moved, Off The Rails (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) National Tours: Rock of Ages TV: Bull (CBS), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon

Prime Video). www.jenolivares.com

Orlando Pabotoy, he/him/his Weapons Choreography (R&J); Choreographer/Fight Choreographer (BURNS) Is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist. Upcoming work: Untitled Animation Short, Recent projects: Co-conceiving and Directing Breathe (a musical) at the New Studio in Tisch Drama, Directing and Text for the dance-theater piece: Confianza ( for Lamama’s 60th year anniversary). His solo show Sesar premiered in 2018 for Ma-Yi Theater company and was directed by Richard Feldman. Highlights in Movement Direction/ Design: Henry VI, parts 1 and 2 at NAATCO. Cherry Orchard at CSC directed by the late Andrei Belgrader. Marisol at Trinity Rep and for the Acting Company’s 2017/2018 season. Film consultation in movement and character development, Alan Tudyk (K2sO, Starwars: Rogue One), Untitled Wes Anderson Film project. Highlights in Devising and Direction: That Beautiful Laugh (Lamama’s 50th year), The Prophet part 1. A Virtual-Musical adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet using animation and spatial audio. The World In the Moon (Adapted from Goldoni’s Il Mundo della Luna.) and The Invention of X by Erik Ehn (Graduate Acting NYU). Everybody by Brandon Jacob-Jenkins (Playmakers Rep, NC). He has taught for the Juilliard School, the Graduate Programs at Tisch NYU, UCSD, Cal Arts, the University of Texas in Austin, Bard College, The Old Globe. Internationally in ITW-Amsterdam (Netherlands), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Italy, and the cultural center of the Philippines. Orlando is also a co-founder of The Clown School in Los Angeles, CA. He is the founder and former head of the Physical Acting Intensive for the New Studio On Broadway (NYU). As a performer in the following venues: The Met Opera House, The Public Theater, NYTW, CTG Kirk Douglas, Old Globe, The Guthrie Theater, TFANA, and Yale Rep.He is a recipient of the 1997 John Houseman Award. 1998 and 2013 Fox Fellow, 2003 OBIE Award. A Proud Member: AEA, SAG/AFTRA, (SDC) Society of Directors and Choreographers. IN MEMORY OF FELIX IVANOV, ANDREI BELGRADER and CHAD LYNCH

Charlotte Palmer-Lane, she/her/hers Costume Shop Manager

Samir Patel, he/him Development Associate Samir joined HVSF in March 2021 after a decade-long career in the NYC non-for-profit sector. One of his proudest accomplishments came in the wake of the 2016 presidential

election, where a community of artistic supporters came together to develop an unique take on the standard arts fundraiser. Geared towards feminist protest art, over 700 women around the country donated their art to raise critical funds for reproductive rights. Through a spectacular weekend event, the show sold out! Currently, a Hudson Valley iteration is in the works.

Linda Patterson, she/her/hers Controller Linda has been working in the entertainment industry for over 30 years in all areas of finance management. Before joining HVSF in 2009, she worked as a Finance Manager and Coordinating Producer on dozens of criticallyacclaimed, 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 Gabelli School of Business.

Alithea Philips, she/her/hers Voice and Speech Coach Recent credits at HVSF: The Tempest, Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, R2, Taming Of The Shrew, The Heart Of Robin Hood, Rip Van Winkle. Other coaching credits include: The Public Theater, The Delacorte: Troilus and Cressida, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost. TFANA: Midsummer Night’s Dream. She is the Head of Voice and Text at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting where she has taught since 1997.

Kevin Qian, he/they Company Management Assistant Kevin is an actor and theater educator from Briarcliff Manor, NY. Previously, he has worked with NYU’s Leadership Accelerator and Verbatim Performance Lab, Luna Stage in NJ, and Spokehouse Productions in NYC. They are also passionate about voice/accent/dialect coaching, and are set to attend Royal Central for a postgraduate degree in said field this fall.

Andrew Rovner, he/him/his Audio Director Andrew is a sound designer, composer, and audio engineer for live performance. His work has been heard at Audible Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Jackalope Theatre Company, First Floor Theater, Walkabout Theater Company,

Desiree Ruiloba

Production Assistant (R&J, BURNS) Desiree is excited to spend her first summer at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Desiree is a recent University of Houston Graduate, earning her BFA in Theatre with a specialization in Stage Management. Based in Houston, TX, her recent credits include Stage Managing for Sin Muros Play Festival with Stages, El Huracan with Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company, and the 2022 Texas Latinx Contemporary Dance Festival. She has also recently debuted in film with After the Fall (2021) as an Assistant Director to Brett Cullens. She plans to continue working with theatres that focus on accessibility and community building.

Lana Russell, she/her/hers Executive Assistant Lana Russell is a producer, director and arts administrator focusing on artistic programming, new play development and advocacy. She is committed to producing theater that is artist/ community driven and empowering in practice, process and performance. She has directed, produced and/or developed plays with The Fifth Avenue Theatre, The Civilians, The Lark, Primary Stages, Cal Shakes, Woolly Mammoth, The Public Theater of San Antonio, All For One, Naked Angels, Gettysburg College, Bedlam, New York Stage and Film and Boradway and Beyond Theatricals. Lana is also the creator and Director of OP Forward at The Orchard Project which focuses on actionable futures for artists and works to reimagine and reframe arts resources in order to form new collaborations between industries, expanding the potential for further growth of new work in theatre, audio and TV storytelling. Member, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. MFA Directing, The New School.

Elisabeth Schapmann she/her Stage Manager (BELONG) Elisabeth is originally from Skokie, Illinois. Previously, she has worked for Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and Montana Shakespeare in the Park. This past year, Elisabeth has served as a Production Assistant and Assistant Stage Manager at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. She received her BFA in Stage Management

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from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. Favorite credits include As You Like It; Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski; All’s Well That Ends Well (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); She Loves Me; West Side Story (Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater); Noises Off (Connecticut Repertory Theater); Hit The Wall; Cabaret; An American Daughter; Hansel and Gretel; Romeo and Juliet (University of Illinois).

Erik Schilke he/him Composer and Sound Designer (BELONG) Schilke is an ambient electronic artist and music producer. His work draws from the narrative patterns in the natural world around us to both engage with the soundscape of our existence and escape from it at the same time. His debut album Synthesis was recently released on the German label Hymen Records. He has previously scored film projects for acclaimed directors including Fernando Lazzari and Madeline Sayet. Schilke is honored to be working on Where We Belong. @erikschilkemusic

Samantha Shoffner, she/her/hers Props Designer (R&J, BURNS) HVSF: As You Like It, MacBeth (2016). Broadway: Trouble in Mind, Slave Play (2019, remount, & August Wilson Lobby redesign). Associate Broadway: Children of a Lesser God, The Price, Noises Off, Falsettos, China Doll, Living on Love. Select OffBroadway: Twelfth Night (CTH), A Case... God, Confederates (Signature), To My Girls, Nollywood Dreams, Seize the King, A Strange Loop (Pulitzer Prize for Drama), BLKS, Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), Is God Is. Regional: May We All (TPAC), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Corporate: Google, Samsung, Grammys, Emmys, H&M, Macy’s. Production Design: IBM, NBCUniversal, BMW, Disney, Marvel. Asst. Props: As They Made Us (AppleTV+). Professor at Citytech; Props & Paint. Freelance Interior Designer and artist.

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áwé uháan. Shaan Seetx xat kuwdiztee. Dgheyaytnux’ kuxaa.óo. Vera Starbard, T’set Kwei, is a Tlingit and Dena’ina writer and editor. Her mother is of the Teeyeineidi clan and her father is T’akdeintaan. Vera is Playwright-inResidence at Perseverance Theatre through the Andrew W. Mellon National Playwright Residency Program and Editor of First Alaskans Magazine. Vera is also a writer for the PBS Kids animated children’s program “Molly of Denali,” which won a Peabody Award in 2020. Vera currently lives with her husband Joe Bedard (Inupiaq/Yup’ik/Cree) on the Dena’ina land around Dgheyaytnu — colonially called Anchorage, Alaska. www.verastarbard.com

Claudia Stefany, she/her/hers Wardrobe Supervisor Claudia Stefany is a freelance Costume Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor in the greater NY/NJ/CT area. She previously served as the Associate Artistic Director at the SHAPE Performing Arts Centre outside of Brussels, Belgium and is the Wardrobe Supervisor/Costume Designer for ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) of Connecticut in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Earline Stephen, she/her/they/theirs Associate Box Office Manager for Database & Ticketing Systems Earline is a Brooklyn based artist and festival nomad who is always in their head planning their next project. They have had the amazing opportunity to work at New York Fringe Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival just to name a few. In their few moments of spare time you can find them at a jam session for the music group they travel, The Label Noir, grooving behind a camera.

Leo Suppa

Sound Technician Leo is enjoying his first season with HVSF! He would like to thank the cast and crew for a fantastic season.

Vera Starbard she/her Dramaturg (BELONG) T’set Kwei yóo xat duwasáakw. Vera Starbard áyá ax saayí. Dleit káa x’éináx Vera Marlene Bedard yóo xat duwasáakw. Teeyneidi naax xat sitee. T’akdeintaan yádi. Wooshkeetaan dachxán. Dena’ina dachxán. Takjik’ kwáan

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Kirya Traber, she/her/hers Harm Reduction Consultant — Lead Facilitator

Daniel Vaughn

1st Production Assistant (R&J, BURNS) Off Broadway: Coal Country (Audible Theater / The Public Theater), Cullud Wattah (The Public Theater), Superhero (Second Stage). Regional: The Tempest (HVSF), Treasure Island Reimagined (Dallas Children’s Theatre), Caught Dreaming (NYTF), The Last Word (NYMF). MFA: Columbia University. Love to Mom, Dad, and Seth.

Tanesha Warren she/her/hers Company Manager Nesha spent the last few years appearing in the shows “Dr. Death” on Peacock, “Bull” on CBS, “Betty” on HBO, and in Sistas: The Musical Off-Broadway. After also managing a popular boutique hotel and other venues in the city, she is thrilled to combine her love for arts and management to use here at HVSF!

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Darron L West, he/him/his Sound Designer (R&J, BURNS) Darron L West is a TONY and OBIE awardwinning sound designer whose 30-year career spans theater and dance, Broadway and Off Broadway. His work has been heard in over 600 productions all over the United States and internationally in 14 countries. Additional honors include the Drama Desk, Lortel, Audelco and Princess Grace Foundation Statue awards, among others. His soundscapes for Photograph 51, Paradise Blue and Coal Country can be heard on

audible.com.

Peiyi Wong, she/her/they Scenic Designer (BURNS) Peiyi Wong is a scenographer and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She designs sets, installations, and costumes for live performance and film. Select offBroadway and downtown credits include scenic/costume design: The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Transport Group), A Hunger Artist (Sinking Ship|The Tank), MukhAgni (The Public), The Seventh Voyage and All the Different Ways…(Theater in Quarantine); scenic design: Look Out Sh!^head and You Are Under Our Space Control (Object Collection|La Mama), Songs About Trains (Radical Evolution|Working Theater), The Vicksburg Project (Mabou Mines), Memoirs of a…Unicorn (NYLA, 2018 Bessie Award Outstanding Design), Charleses (The Tank, Hewes nomination), Now is the Time (Little Lord), The Tower (HERE Arts); costume design for Namour (ARRAY feature film, on Netflix). Faculty at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, NYU Tisch. MFA, CalArts. peiyiameliawong.com

Cassandra Zeugin

Lighting Supervisor Cassandra is excited to return for a 7th season at HVSF! She is a production electrician and lighting designer based in New Jersey. Cassandra has worked on numerous OffBroadway shows as an assistant lighting designer or electrician, including Is God Is (Soho Rep), Pride & Prejudice (Primary Stages and Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Father Comes Home from the Wars (Juilliard). Cassandra is currently pursuing an MBA at the Rutgers Business School. BFA, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. Cassandra would like to thank electrician Bob Morf (1953–2021) for always doing the “Bob jobs.” His contribution to the festival was immeasurable, and he will be missed dearly.

Broadway & Beyond Theatricals (BBT)

Exclusive Tour Direction (BELONG) Broadway & Beyond Theatricals is a theatrical producer and booking agency led by founders Victoria Lang, Ryan Bogner and Tracey McFarland. Broadway: The Kite Runner, Paradise Square. Upcoming: The Cottage. Tours as agent: The Kite Runner, Paradise Square, The Cher Show, Legally Blonde, Million Dollar Quartet Christmas, Madagascar, An American in Paris and more.

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