THE COMPANY

SARTJE PICKETT | COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER

Sartje works as a composer, sound designer, and performer for theatre, film, and interactive storytelling. Some credits include Love’s Labours Lost, Cyrano, Mary’s Wedding, Les Liaisons Dangereuses at American Players Theater; Twelfth Night, The Great Leap at the Guthrie; Hamlet, Death of a Salesman at Yale Repertory Theater; Much Ado about Nothing, Richard III at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; DODO, Welcome to Here at Bricolage Production Company; The Names Project, Chatterton, Far Away at Quantum Theatre. Sartje is a founding member of the sound design collective District 5 Sound, specializing in sound design for immersive and interactive storytelling environments. Performance has been a lifelong passion, and Sartje continues to incorporate live elements in her design and composition work.

RICHARD J ROBERTS | DRAMATURG

This is Richard’s 33rd season with the IRT, and his 25th as resident dramaturg. He has also been a dramaturg for the New Harmony Project, Write Now, and the Hotchner Playwriting Festival. He has directed IRT productions of A Christmas Carol (four times), Bridge&Tunnel,TheNight Watcher,Neat,PrettyFire,TheCay,TheGiver,ThePowerofOne, and TwelfthNight. Other directing credits include Actors Theatre of Indiana (where he recently directed Violet), the Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Edyvean Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis Civic Theatre, Butler University, University of Indianapolis, Marion University, and Anderson University. Richard studied music at DePauw University and theatre at Indiana University and has been awarded a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Indianapolis Arts Council.

ERIN JOY SWANK | STAGE MANAGER

Erin makes her IRT debut with this production and is excited to be back in the Midwest near family. She enjoys working in a variety of genres; recent credits include Florentine Opera, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, and The Nutcracker in Las Vegas. Five Christmases of yore were spent touring the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, featuring the Rockettes and three adorable camels. Erin recently became a published author, collaborating on Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Work, Life, and Career (Routledge); she writes a popular blog geeking out about stage management. During the summer months, she splits her time between theatre and paddling any river possible. erinjoyswank.com

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