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Demian Gael Chavez (Sound Designer) is a second-year B.A. in Latino Studies major also pursuing a B.A. in Theatre and Dance with an emphasis in playwriting and directing at The University of Texas at Austin. He has an extensive background in both design and directing. Recent work includes design and direction for La Ruta and La Cocina de Frida at Teatro Quetzal in El Paso, Texas. Forthcoming work includes music direction for Evil Dead The Musical with the University Theatre Guild.
Jackson Cobb (Projection Designer) is a third-year M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated me dia for live performance) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent design credits include Jinkies! or The Dog Play (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2022), Sonnets for an Old Century (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021) and the Song Reimagined series (Butler Opera Center, 2021). Recent assistant design credits include Spittin’ Seeds (Penumbra Theatre, 2022) and Thoughts of a Colored Man (Broadway, 2021). jacksoncobb.design
Rodrigo Esquivel Herrera (Stage Manager) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance student with an emphasis in stage management originally from Mexico. This production marks his third project at The University of Texas at Austin, with past credits including Meek (director’s studio project, 2021) and Love and Information (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022). Regional credits include In the Heights (STAGES St. Louis). He holds a B.S. in In dustrial Engineering from Tecnológico de Monter rey and is a proud Equity Membership Candidate.
Keith Galloway (Composer) is a B.S. in Arts and Entertainment Technologies major at The Univer sity of Texas at Austin. Galloway has a substantial background in jazz piano and composition and works frequently as a musician and producer within and around the Austin music community.
Trinity Gordon (Associate Director) is a fourthyear UTeach Theatre major also pursuing a minor in arts management and administra tion at The University of Texas at Austin. She's
worked in theatre spaces on and of stage and partnered with Texas non-profits includ ing Leap of Joy, Visions for Change and North Texas Theater Anti-Racist Trust Initiative.
Andy Grapko (Intimacy Director) is a lecturer and resident intimacy director for the Depart ment of Theatre and Dance. Her training includes Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Theatrical Intimacy Education and Intimacy for Stage and Screen. A Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Associate and Association of Theatre Movement Educators member, her recent credits include Anna in the Tropics (Ground Floor Theatre), Venus in Fur (Way Of Broadway Community Players), Murky as Hell (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2022), The Tasters (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021) and the upcoming film Clock andygrapko.com
Renita James (Dramaturg and Community Engagement) is a multi-hyphenated artist and a second-year M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in drama and theatre for youth and communities at The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to attending graduate school, they served as Director of Education at Aurora Theatre in Georgia and as the Teaching Artist Fellow for Metro Theater Company. James has taught, programmed and implemented a variety of programing for people of all ages.
JuCoby Johnson (Playwright) has been seen onstage at the Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Jungle Theater, Theater Latté Da, Theater Mu, Ten Thousand Things Theatre and many more. His plays include How It's Gon Be (Underdog Theatre, 2019); ...but you could've held my hand (2020 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Summer Season; CATCO, 2023); 5 (Jungle Theater 2023; 2022 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Summer Season; Seven Devils Finalist); I'll Be Seeing You Again (Jungle Serial Audio Series, 2021) and Revelations (Playing On Air, 2021). He was a 2021-2022 McKnight Fellow in Playwriting and is currently an Artistic Associate at Jungle Theater.
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Yvonne L. Miranda (Costume Designer, she/ hers) is a guest artist for …but you could’ve held my hand. A United States Marine Corps veteran, she traded in her combat boots for a career in theatre artistry afer returning to her hometown of Dallas, Texas. Her passion for visual storytelling has led to a diverse array of work in film/television and opera. She cur rently resides in the Chicago, Illinois area. yvonnemirandadesigns.com
Love Muwwakkil (Choreographer) is pursuing her M.F.A. in Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. Some highlights of her career include serving as rehearsal director and company mem ber for Urban Bush Women, Hairspray with Royal Caribbean, projects with the aerial dance com pany AERA Dance and The PULSE Project, per forming with Gesel Mason Performance Projects and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. She continues to freelance as a performer, teacher and choreographer and recently was movement director for A Recipe For Action
Leila Rabah (Assistant Stage Manager) is a first year B.A. in Theatre and Dance ma jor with an emphasis in stage management at The University of Texas at Austin.
Braxton Rae (Director) is an artist whose creative work and scholarship is focused on blackness, queerness, womanism and mar ginalized identities more broadly. Addition ally, Braxton is passionate about the craf of intimacy work and staging intimate moments while prioritizing care and safety. Braxton’s artistic goals are to foster an arts community that focuses on diversity, equity and inclu sion. Recently Braxton directed Always…Patsy Cline at Great River Shakespeare Festival. braxtonrae.com
Alex Rockey (Scenic Designer) is a M.F.A. in The atre (scenic design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent design credits include Ariadne auf Naxos (Santa Fe Opera, scenery apprentice), The Wolves (Pace University) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Quisisana Resort). He recently completed a scenery apprenticeship at the Santa Fe Opera, where he also served as automation specialist for The Barber of Seville. Assistant design credits include The Tasters (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021) and The Inheritance (ZACH Theatre). alexrockeydesign.com
David Tolin (Technical Director) was born and raised in Casper, Wyoming. He received his B.A. in Theatre with a concentration in design/ technology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his M.F.A. in Theatre from The University of Texas at Austin before teaching at Westlake High School for seven years. Tolin works at Texas Performing Arts’ Fabrication Studios as the Project Manager and as faculty in the UT Live Design and Production area.
Amber Whatley (Lighting Designer) was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. She com pleted her B.F.A. at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her M.F.A. graduate studies in lighting at The University of Texas at Austin led her to the creation of Blackout, a series of workshops and videos in which her objective is to bring lighting design awareness to Black youth. As a post-M.F.A. fellow at The Ohio State University, Whatley enjoys teaching, freelance designing and furthering the development of Blackout.
Kobe Williams
Yusef Dixon
Faith Anderson
Se'An Boatner
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Kobe Williams (Max) is a B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin also pursuing a minor in African and African Diaspora Studies. He has an extensive background in acting, filmmaking and dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Sonnets for an Old Century (2021) and A Fistful of Trespassing (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020), in addition to several short films within and outside of the university.
Yusef Dixon (Eddie) was born and raised in Houston, Texas and is a transfer third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include the role of "King Henry" in Henry IV, Part I (University of Evansville), assistant director of The Tasters (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021) and a starring role in Red Bike (director’s studio project, 2021).
Faith Anderson (Charlotte/Charlie) is an intuitive performing artist born and raised in Austin, Texas. Afer studying acting at Howard University, Anderson returned home with a dedication to building equitable art spaces for historically excluded communities. As a member of New Manifest Theatre Company, Anderson holds recent credits as a director and featured performer in BLKS by Aziza Barnes. Additional credits include Covenant (Manifest Minifest) and Good Friday (The VORTEX), both written by Kristiana Rae Colón, as well as an appearance in the educational film Door Three.
Se’An Boatner (Marigold) is a B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. Now in her fourth year, this will be her third and final performance with Texas Theatre and Dance.
CAST
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ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER
RACHEL GREEN
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER
DONNA YANCEY
ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGNER
HEEKYUNG KIM
ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNER
HAZEL KENT
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO
J.E. JOHNSON
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO KAREN MANESS
TPA* SENIOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR SCOTT BUSSEY
PROJECT MANAGER, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO
DAVID TOLIN
OPERATIONS MANAGER, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO
JASON LEE HUERTA
PROPERTIES MANAGER, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO CAROLYN HARDIN
LEAD FABRICATOR, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO HANK SCHWEMMER
PROJECT SPECIALIST, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY
GRADUATE PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
DANIEL BUSTO
TERE GUERRERO CARDOSO
INJI HA
TENZING ORTEGA ALEXANDER ROCKEY
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
KATHRYN CLARK MORGAN RANDALL
PRODUCTION LEADS ZOE BIHAN SYDNY DEMEYER DANIEL GELD ISABELLA HOLLIS
FABRICATION PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
FEDOR AGLYAMOV LEAH AUSTIN BENJAMIN CERVANTES BRIDGETTE CLIFFORD RODRIGO ESQUIVEL HERRERA
GRACE FEATHERSTON DAVID HERNANDEZ
VICTORIA ELLYS JEFFERSON BRITTNEY KOOPMANN ROXOLANA KRYWONOS AUSTIN LUCHAK JONAH MAUGHAN HANNAH NELSON NELSON NWACHUKWU NATALIA RODENZO HANNAH SHEPARD JULIA ANN WEBB MICHAEL WILLIAMS JULIA YELVINGTON
PROP STOCK MANAGER EZRA-ROSE BOLENDER
SCENERY/PROPS CREW JEREMY BENAVIDES VICTORIA MONTEMAYOR
COSTUME PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
NANETTE ACOSTA
COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES SAMANTHA GASHETTE
COSTUME PROJECT MANAGER DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES
DRAPERS
SARAH BARBOUR POUA YANG
FIRST HANDS LUCIA CALLENDER MARISA LAWRENCE KATIE MILLER CALIFORNIA THORSON
STITCHERS JACOB BENAIM RACHEL GREEN JULIE WEBB
COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN TANYA OLALDE
COSTUME CRAFTS ASSISTANT LEAH HUMMEL
COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO ASSISTANT KATHERINE COCANNON
WIG, HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST MIA WILSON
COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO CREW SUPERVISOR ARIES LIMON
COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO CREW JEREMY CANALES STEPHANIE KELLER RIGOBERTO MUNGUIA RAYCE RISCH ELIJAH RODRIGUEZ JULIA SALAZAR KOLBY TATE
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR DESIREE TOWNES
WARDROBE CREW CHIEF VERONICA GOTWAY KATIE MILLER
WARDROBE CREW DANIELA ALBERT IVYCAMILLE SAMPSON HANNAH SHEPARD JAYCIE VOLLER
COSTUME STOCK SUPERVISOR DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES
COSTUME STOCK ASSISTANTS MEAGAN BEATTIE LAYLA ISSAC
324P LIGHTING FACULTY SUPERVISOR SEB BOONE
TPA* LIGHTING SUPERVISOR SARAH CANTU
TPA* ASSOCIATE LIGHTING SUPERVISOR MICHAEL SHANKS
SENIOR LIGHTING TECHNICIANS SARAH "SELLIOTT" ELLIOTT ARI JAMIESON GAVIN STRAWN ZACH YOUNG
TEXAS THEATRE AND DANCE LIGHTING CREW MADY CRISS ELIZA MOLDAWER AVA NIELSEN FATIMAH QURAISHI ANDREW SOLIS EMILY TORRANCE VICTORIA VARGAS
TPA* LIGHTING CREW CARLA GARCIA GILBERT MARTINEZ ZACKARY READ MATTHEW E. SMITH SHELLY UPHAM JACOB ZAMARRIPA
LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR COBY HUGHES
TPA* AUDIO SUPERVISOR ANDREW MILLAY
TPA* AUDIO CREW ISABELLE GILMORE LUCY KULZICK ELIAS MERLO BRYCE RIGGLE
AUDIO BOARD OPERATOR YASMYNNE KNOX
INTEGRATED MEDIA SHOP SUPERVISOR EARNEST MAZIQUE
MEDIA GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
JACKSON COBB ALFRED HURTADO HEEKYUNG KIM SYDNEY SOUSA
MEDIA SHOP INTERN AMBER HUCHTON
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