Cast & Crew
Bios
Nicole Virginia Accuardi is thrilled to be working on her first show at Milagro. She recently returned to Portland after receiving her BFA in acting from Point Park University in Pittsburgh. She is also a graduate of PCPA in Santa Maria, CA. Since her return she has appeared in Trojan Women at CGTO. She would like to thank her friends and family for their support. (10/09)
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Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first 10 years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political rebellion forced her family to flee the country. Alvarez rose to prominence with the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), and ¡Yo! (1997). Her publications as a poet include The Housekeeping Book (1984) and The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004), and as an essayist the autobiographical compilation Something to Declare (1998). Many commentators regard her to be one of the most significant Latina writers, and she has achieved critical and commercial success on an international scale. Many of Alvarez's works are influenced by her own personal experience as a Dominican in United States, and focus heavily on issues of assimilation and identity. Her diverse cultural upbringing as both a Dominican and an American is evident in the combination of personal and political tone in her writing. She is known for works that examine cultural expectations of women both in the Dominican Republic and the USA, and for rigorous investigations of cultural stereotypes. In recent years, Alvarez has expanded her subject matter with works such as In the Name of Salome (2000), a novel with Cuban rather than solely Dominican characters and fictionalized versions of real historical figures. In addition to her successful writing career, Alvarez is the current writer-in-residence at Middlebury College. |
Enrique
E. Andrade ha participado en varias producciones en el Milagro, entre ellas, Canta y no llores y Te llevo en la sangre. También participó en Astor Piazzolla’ s Maria de Buenos Aires en el Festival de Música de Aspen en el 2005 y 2007, así como en 3rd Angle Music Ensemble y ha sido parte de varios proyectos de cine, televisión y video. Enrique es muy conocido por ser la voz española del MAX, además esta certificado para trabajar como interprete judicial para el estado de Oregon y es miembro de la junta directiva del MCC Portland. (2/2010)
Enrique E. Andrade has performed at Miracle numerous times, most recently, he was part of the casts of Canta y no llores and Te llevo en la sangre. He performed in Astor Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires at the Aspen Festival of Music in 2005 and 2007 as well as with 3rd Angle Music Ensemble and various film, television and video projects. Enrique is well known for being the Spanish voice of the MAX. Enrique is an Oregon Court Certified Spanish Interpreter and board member of MCC Portland. (2/2010) |
John Armour es artista teatral y director de lucha. Disfruta el desafío y la satisfacción que representa el construir escenarios crear objetos de utilería y diseñar efectos especiales para realzar la violencia en el escenario. Ésta es la primera obra en la que trabaja como encargado de utilería para el Milagro. Anteriormente, fue coreógrafo de escenas violentas y armamento teatral para las producciónes Tino does Time y Blood Wedding del Miracle Theatre. (2/2010)
John Armour is an award-winning fight director and all around theater artist. He enjoys the challenge and satisfaction of building sets, crafting props or designing some special effect to enhance a bit of violence on stage. This is his first show doing props for Milagro. He has choreographed violence and supplied theatrical weaponry for Milagro productions such as Tino Does Time, Blood Wedding and others. (2/2010) |
Lauren Bair is thrilled to make her Milagro debut with La Carpa del Maestro! She was last seen as Sabine in The Three Musketeers (Lakewood Theatre). Other Portland credits include Eunice Hubbell in A Streetcar Named Desire, Joan Plowright in Orson’s Shadow, Ensemble in Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, Aphrodite understudy in Metamorphoses (Artists Repertory Theatre), Sylvia in Tales of Ordinary Madness (CoHo Productions), Candy Starr in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Brundog/Integrity), Chorus in Valparaiso (Theatre Vertigo), and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lakewood). Lauren graduated from Portland Actors Conservatory where she played Dana Fielding in The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, Maria Fenwick in An Experiment With An Airpump, Teacher in Defying Gravity and Millie Owens in Picnic. Originally from Pennsylvania, Lauren earned her BFA in illustration from Ringling Art School and works days at LAIKA/Entertainment as a digital painter. (10/2008) |
Sabina Berman es la dramaturga más aclamada y con más éxito comercial proveniente de México. Ha ganado el Premio Nacional de Teatro de México cuatro veces, un hecho sin precedente. Berman ha escrito libretos para películas, poesía, prosa y periodismo sumado a su trabajo para los escenarios. Su colección de entrevistas con mujeres Mexicanas en posiciones de poder, Mujeres y poder, ganó el Premio Nacional de Periodismo en el año 2000. Recientemente escribió el libreto para la nueva película del director Jorge Fons, acerca de los asesinatos en la frontera de Juárez, y escribió la adaptación de “La Historia de Amor” para el director Alfonzo Cuarón.
Sabina Berman is Mexico's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed playwright. She has won the Mexican National Theatre Prize an unprecedented four times and has written film scripts, poetry, prose and journalism in addition to her work for the stage. Her collection of interviews with Mexican women in positions of power, Mujeres y poder, won the 2000 National Journalism Award. She recently wrote director Jorge Fons' new movie about the murders on the border of Juarez, and the adaptation of "The History of Love" for director Alfonso Cuarón. |
Angela
Bolaños-Osorio nació en la Ceiba, Honduras. Se mudó a Miami en 1994. Su amor por el teatro comenzó en su juventud cuando trabajó con el grupo Prometeo, un grupo de teatro auspiciado por el Miami Dade College. Angela admite que está más interesada en el proceso de desarrollar un personaje que en cualquier otro aspecto de la actuación y del teatro mismo. Participó en Rosalba y los Llaveros (Chole) y está muy agradecida de poder trabajar con el director Daniel Jáquez de nuevo. Angela quiere dedicar esta presentación a su mamá, Isabel Osorio, “Mami, sin ti mis sueños no podrían ser realizados.” Un agradecimiento especial a mis amigas Susana Brunner y Gina LoVecchio, porque son las diosas de luz que uno necesita para encontrar el camino. “El artista no es nada sin el don, pero el don no es nada sin el trabajo.” —Emile Zola (1/09)
Angela Bolaños-Osorio was born in La Ceiba, Honduras. She moved to Miami in 1994. Angela fell in love with theater in her late teens when she joined Prometeo, a theater group sponsored by Miami Dade College. Admittedly, she is more interested in the process of developing a character than any other aspect of acting and theater itself. She participated in Rosalba y Los Llaveros (Chole) and is very grateful to be able to work with director Daniel Jáquez again. Angela would like to dedicate her performance on this play to her mother, Isabel Osorio, “Mami, without you, my dreams wouldn’t be.” Special thanks to my friends Susana Brunner and Gina LoVecchio, because you are the goddesses of light one needs to find the way. “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the work.” —Emile Zola (1/09) |
Katelan Braymer started working with Hand2Mouth in June, running the soundboard for From a Dream to a Dream. She received a B.A. in International Affairs with a minor in Theatre from Lewis & Clark College in 2007. Upon completion, she decided to pursue theatre and is two terms away from a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Portland State University concentrating on Lighting Design. Past designs include: Alice in Wonderland, After You, Oklahoma, The Wizard of Oz, Lewis and Clark’s Spring One-Act Festival. (08/09) |
DeMara Cabrera received her B.A. from Stanford University in Drama, specializing in theatrical design. During her undergraduate career, she was involved in over 40 productions, for which she earned the department award for excellence in design. DeMara also served as Artistic Director of the Stanford Shakespeare Society. DeMara taught costume design at Linfield College in 2007 and designed costumes for its recent productions The Waiting Room and Women in Congress, for which she received an ACTF award. Some recent costume design ventures in Portland include The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mt. Hood Community College), Robin Hood (Blue Monkey) and Craft/Craeft/Kraft (Fuse Theater Ensemble). (April 2009) |
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Calderón originarió de la Ciudad de México donde estudió guitarra clásica en la Escuela Superior de Música. De allí surguio su interés por la Música Folklórica Latinoamericana. Ha colaborado con ensambles folklóricos en México, Canadá, New England y el Noroeste de USA. Actualmente Gerardo es el director musical del Grupo Cóndor. Entre sus trabajos más recientes en el Miracle se encuentra The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. (2/2010)
Gerardo Calderón is a musician from Mexico and studied classical guitar at the Escuela Superior de Música in Mexico City. From there he went on to pursue his interest in South American folk music by performing with folk ensembles in Mexico, Canada, New England and the Pacific Northwest. Gerardo is the music director of Grupo Condor. His recent work at the Miracle includes The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. (2/2010) |
Alejandro Ceballos cree que su arte es un lenguaje moderno el cual transmite imágenes, sentimientos e ideas. La vida y ocurrencias cotidianas son la inspiración detrás de su trabajo, también pinta en lo que llama “forma primitiva” la cual nace de un momento espontáneo. Su educación en diseño gráfico es evidente en el uso de colores planos y formas definidas. Sin embargo, mantiene el misterio de la superficie pintada a mano. Ha exhibido trabajos desde 1991 en México y los EE.UU. (2/2010)
Alejandro Ceballos believes that his art is a modern language transmitting images, feelings and ideas. His work is inspired by everyday life and occurrences, but he paints in what he calls “primitive form” that is born of a spontaneous and spur-of-the-moment feeling. His graphic design training shows in the use of flat colors and defined shapes, but he maintains the mystery of the handpainted surface. He has been exhibiting since 1991 in Mexico and the U.S. (2/2010) |
CarlosAlexis Cruz has performed professionally across the country and internationally. Recently, he directed Miracle’s El Último and staged his own show, A Suicide Note from a Cockroach… at Imago (watch for a full-length version of this show later this season). CarlosAlexis holds an MFA from California’s Dell’Arte International School and a BA degree in film studies from University of Puerto Rico. He has also trained in circus arts at the San Francisco Circus Center. He thanks his wife, Mayra, for all the support. (10/09) |
Alyssa Essman recientemente, obtuvo un titulo en Teatro con honores de UNC-Asheville. Está emocionada de poder trabajar en la carrera para la cual estudió. En Portland, ha sido regidora de escena para Theatre Vertigo y Oregon Repertory Theatre. Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda es su primera obra en el Milagro. (2/2010)
Alyssa Essman recently graduated with honors in theatre from UNC-Asheville. She’s excited to be actually putting her degree to work. In Portland she’s stage managed for Theatre Vertigo and Oregon Repertory Theatre. Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda is her first show with Miracle. (2/2010) |
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Flaumenbaum is proud to endeavor on her fifth production with Miracle! Previous shows include Ardiente Paciencia, Rosalba y los Llaveros, Bodas de sangre, and last year's Dia de los Muertos. Alisha has been living in (and loving!) Portland since 2005, and is enjoying a fifth season in her position as Props Artisan at Portland Center Stage. (10/09) |
Rosa
Floyd is a teacher of dual language kindergarten at Nellie Muir Elementary in Woodburn. She uses folkloric dance to instruct and inspire students, teachers as well as the entire community. She has been dancing since the age of six and performed with the Ballet Folklórico de la Universidad de Guadalajara professionally for many years before moving to Portland. She currently performs with Cosecha Mestiza around the Northwest. One of the founding members of Milagro Bailadores, this is her 12th season at Miracle. (10/09) |
Sherman
Floyd teaches Spanish and ELL at Parkrose High School, where he enjoys using music to get students excited about language and culture. He has studied and traveled in Mexico, Spain, Central America and Cuba, where he sang with Silvio Rodríguez. He has played with bands such as Caña Son and Omo Iré. Currently he performs with Cosecha Mestiza, which combines folkloric dance and live music. He has performed with Miracle since 1997 and is happy to be a part of Portland´s Día de Muertos tradition once again. (10/09) |
Jeff Forbes is a Portland-based lighting designer and nine-time winner of Willie and Drammy awards for theatre, for such companies as Artists Repertory Theatre, Imago Theatre, the Musical Theatre Company, Storefront Theatre and Tygres Heart Shakespeare Co. He has also designed for American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass), the New Rose Theatre, Portland Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Portland Actors Conservatory, and many others. He tours with Imago’s production of Frogz as lighting designer and stage manager, and as technical director/lighting designer for the Deborah Hay Dance Company. He is a co-founder, with Linda Austin, of Performance Works NW, for which he also serves as technical director. At Miracle, he has designed lighting for Sonia Flew and our 2006 Day of the Dead show, La Carpa Calavera. (10/2008) |
| Drew Foster is a Portland designer and freelance artist. Drew has collaborated with Salem Repertory Theatre, Chemeketa Community College, Miracle Theatre Group, Portland Actor’s Conservatory, Hand2Mouth Theatre, Profile Theatre, Theatre Vertigo, Bag & Baggage Productions, Artists Repertory Theatre and Michael Curry Design, among others. A graduate of Willamette University with a BA in Theatre Performance, Drew also studied modernism and avant-garde theatre at Roehampton University London. (10/09) |
Analee Fuentes was born in San Diego, California and raised within a family of artists. Her early years were spent in Barrio Logan, an impoverished neighborhood in south San Diego and after living in several western states, she finally settled in Oregon. Fuentes has been making art for the last four decades and graduated in 1996 from the University of Arizona with a Masters degree in Painting. She has a personal affinity for the celebration and artwork associated “Dia de los Muertos” and has been a featured artist in early exhibitions as well as upcoming regional “Dia” exhibitions - from Hood River, Oregon to the California border. See more of her paintings this month at “Onda” Gallery on Alberta street, at “Maude Kerns” gallery in Eugene, and on her website at analeefuentes.com. (10/09) |
Osvaldo “Ozzie” González has rediscovered his love for theatre in this, his debut with Miracle. After a 10-year hiatus during which he became married, had two children, and obtained degrees in both Environmental Science and Architecture, Ozzie is glad to be back. A self-professed theater geek, his acting credits include Bottom the Weaverin A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Caterpillar in Alice through the Looking Glass, and Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Ozzie has also performed as a vocalist with Mariachi de Humboldt and Zumba! (10/09) |
Vicente
Guzman-Orozco vuelve una vez más a la compañía que lo vio hacer su debut profesional (20 años y centenares de funciones después). En la temporada 2008-2009 del Miracle Theatre, fue parte de The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, interpretando a la cabeza de Pancho Villa. Otras actuaciones memorables en el Milagro incluyen Heroes and Saints, Corazón Gitano y Te llevo en la sangre. Otras de sus producciones predilectas son Cupid and Psyche (Stark Raving Theatre), ¡Entusiasmo! (Do Jump!) y Take Me Out (Artists Repertory Theatre). (2/2010)
Vicente Guzmán-Orozco returns once again to the company of his professional debut (almost 20 years and hundreds of performances later). He was last seen in Miracle’s The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Other memorable shows from Vicente’s many years at Miracle include Heroes and Saints, Corazón Gitano and Te llevo en la sangre. Other favorite productions include Cupid and Psyche (Stark Raving Theatre), ¡Entusiasmo! (Do Jump!) and Take Me Out (Artists Repertory Theatre). (2/2010) |
Matt Haynes has worked in Portland theatre for three years. Favorite roles include The Creature in Frankenstein (Northwest Children's Theatre), Rolander in The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Northwest Classical Theatre Company), the Boy in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Oregon Children's Theatre) and a Big Black Woman in The Liar’s Club (Brooklyn Bay). A proud product of the east coast and an extremely content west coast resident, Matt works as an actor, acting teacher, youth director and serves on the board of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA). Matt studied at Skidmore College and is a graduate of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. (1/09)
Matt Haynes ha trabajado en los taetros de portland en los últimos tres años, entre sus roles favoritos están: The Creature en Frankenstein (Northwest Children's Theatre), Rolander en The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Northwest Classical Theatre Company), the Boy en If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Oregon Children's Theatre) y a Big Black Woman in The Liar’s Club (Brooklyn Bay). Orgullosa materia prima de la costa este y extremedamente feliz residente de la costa oeste, Matt trabaja como actor, profesor de actuación, joven director y es parte de la Junta Directiva del Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA). Matt estudió en Skidmore College y es egresado de Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. (1/09) |
Nurys
Herrera es originaria de Lima, Perú. Se graduó del Centro de Actuación para Televisión de la Universidad Católica de Lima. En Portland, trabajó en un programa de televisión infantil llamado “Hola Hola” por 7 años. A Nurys se le puede ver en various anuncios de TV, en cámara y también haciendo voice-over. Actualmente, ¡Nurys se encuentra preparando su propio CD de canciones infantiles! Ésta es su décima octava obra en el Milagro, siendo su participación anterior en la obra Te llevo en la sangre. Nurys quiere dedicar su trabajo a su adorada familia y a Bapeba. (2/2010)
Nurys Herrera is originally from Lima, Peru. She graduated from Centro de Actuacion para Television de la Universidad Catolica de Lima. In Portland, she worked on a kids’ TV show called “Hola Hola” for 7 years. You can see Nurys in a several local TV commercials, as on-camera and voiceover talent, and now Nurys is preparing a CD with her own children’s songs! This is her 18th play at Miracle; she was last seen in Te llevo en la sangre. She wants to dedicate her work to her lovely family and Bapeba! (2/2010) |
Elise Kim is thrilled to be back at Milagro again, previously working on Dos Pueblos and El Último. Theatre companies she has worked with previously (and some currently) include Stumptown Stages, Fuse Theatre Ensemble, Hand2Mouth, La Comedia Humana (of Mexico City), Mt Hood Rep, Integrity Productions, Northwest Childrens Theatre, Willamette Radio Workshop, and JANE, where she also serves as treasurer of its board of directors. (5/09) |
Mina Kinukawa está muy contenta de poder trabajar con el Milagro. Algunos de sus créditos de diseño escénico incluyen: Voices from Okinawa y Stew Rice (East West Players); The Love of the Nightingale, Anon, y Thursday (Echo Theatre); Innocent When You Dream (Timescape Arts); The Mikado Project y Trojan Women (Lodestone Theatre); Young Man from Atlanta (Profile Theatre). (2/2010)
Mina Kinukawa is excited to be working with Miracle. Select design credits: Voices from Okinawa and Stew Rice (East West Players); The Love of the Nightingale, Anon, and Thursday (Echo Theatre); Innocent when You Dream (Timescape Arts);The Mikado Project and Trojan Women (Lodestone Theatre); Young Man from Atlanta (Profile Theatre). (2/2010) |
Christopher Kuhl is a lighting and scenic designer based out of Portland and Los Angeles. Currently he is one of the resident assistant designers at Center Theatre Group and was also the resident lighting designer at Redcat for the 2005-2007 seasons. He has also assisted regionally at Hartford Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Portland Center Stage, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, South Coast Rep, and the Geffen Playhouse. His recent work includes lighting design for A Guide to an Exhibitionist, Laundromatinee, Longing in Hong Kong, My Beowulf, C’Opera receiving a Horton Award nomination (Collage Dance Theatre); Model Behavior, Monster of Happiness receiving an Ovation Award Nomination (Theatre Movement Bazaar); Project X at the Bumbershoot Festival (Hand2Mouth Theatre); and others. Chris is originally from New Mexico and a graduate of Calarts. (9/08) |
Rebecca Lewis es tramoyista y carpintera escénica proveniente de New Haven, CT. Tiene experiencia en teatro educaciónal de la Foote School, donde fue carpintera técnica del director principal. Ella también ha disfrutado de trabajar con teatros regionales y comunitarios. Ha visitado Oaxaca, México, y esta muy emocionada de comenzar su carrera aquí en Portland con el Milagro. (2/2010)
Rebecca Lewis is a stagehand and scenic carpenter from New Haven, CT, with a background in educational theater at the Foote School, where she served as technical director and master carpenter. She has also enjoyed working with regional and community theaters as a stagehand and carpenter. She has spent time in Oaxaca, México, and is very excited to begin her career here in Portland with Milagro. (2/2010) |
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Logan is a composer, sound designer and professor of Music Technology at University of Portland. He has been involved in the Portland theater scene for about 10 years, and has worked with most of the professional theaters in town. He previous work for Miracle includes composing music for La carpa del ausente, La carpa del maestro, Te llevo de sangre, Rosalba y los Llaveros and Fuente Ovejuna. Thanks to Olga and Jose for another great experience at Milagro. (10/09) |
Joaquin Lopez holds a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University, studied vocal performance at the Los Angeles Music Academy and has training in classical music through his work with Diane Harris. He has written and performed for DanceGatherer Dance Company, The Haven Project, Viva La Cultura, and Artists Repertory Theatre. As an actor, he has performed in Oregon Children’s Theatre's production of Ferdinand the Bull as El Duque Dodo; Sowelu Theater Ensemble's popular holiday show, An Evening of Flamenco and Ballads, as Balladeer; and in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of Blood Wedding. In 2008, he founded Portland Folk Project, which creates and records the folk songs of Portland area students. (1/10) |
Dañel
Malán co-founded the Miracle Theatre with her husband, Jose Eduardo Gonzalez and in 1989 she created the bilingual-touring program, Teatro Milagro, which also includes the BEAT and Puentes programs. Under her Artistic Direction, Ms. Malan has created and produced over twenty original bilingual plays which have toured throughout the States, Mexico and Canada. As a playwright her recent works include ZAPATISTA (2008) the story of SubComandante Marcos, FRIDA, un retablo (2007), a surrealist vision of one of Mexico’s greatest artist, Mi Vida Gitana (2006) a romance story of Spanish Gypsies, Cuéntame Coyote (2005) a border crossing tale, mipueblo.biz (2004) the story of a Peruvian storyteller and PROFECÍA (2001) a Mayan tale of the end of the world. (1/10) |
Sylvia
Malán-González is currently performing in Milagro’s touring production of El Ultimo, a bilingual ecodrama, and sharing her environmental knowledge with ESL students in schools throughout Oregon. Ms. Malan began performing at the Miracle Theatre when she was just five years old in Miracle’s Latino folkloric dance company, the Milagro Bailadores. Over the years, she appeared in many of Miracle’s annual El Dia de los Muertos festivals and also in Teatro Milagro’s Cuban musical, Recuerdos de Cuba, writtenby Vicente Guzman-Orozco and Fortuna de la Vida, a Spanish language breast cancer awareness play by Rebecca Martinez. In addition to working with Miracle, Sylvia has worked as both an outdoor school counselor and a teacher for the Oregon Zoo’s ZAP Program. (1/10) |
Rebecca Martinez works professionally as an actor, director, singer, dancer, choreographer and instructor. Recently, she directed Sonia Flew and the Spanish-language production of Ardiente Paciencia for Miracle, and wrote and directed the production of OYÁ: Call the Storm. She is an ensemble member of Sojourn Theatre, and in 2003 she was awarded a Drammy Award for choreography for 7 Great Loves and in 2006 for Best Acting Ensemble for The War Project: 9 Acts of Determination. Former director of Milagro’s Milagro Bailadores, she went of to found Viva la Cultura!; an ensemble of artists that performs dances, music and stories of the Americas. She has instructed numerous bilingual residencies in theatre and Latin American dance, regionally, nationally and internationally, including MacKay, Queensland, Australia for the Pacific Edge Arts Conference, and in Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Nicaragua. (1/10) |
Marychris Mass ha diseñando vestuario para teatro y cine desde… Digamos que comenzó hace mucho tiempo. Entre las obras para las cuales a diseñado vestuario se encuentran Te llevo en la sangre (Miracle Theatre Group), y recientemente, trabajó en una producción de Thriller (Michael Jackson) para un evento de ejecutivos. (2/2010)
Marychris Mass has been designing for theater and film since ... let’s just say slightly before the dawn of recorded time. Credits include Miracle’s Te llevo en la sangre last season and most recently a remaking of Michael Jackson’s Thriller for an office product company’s sales meeting. (2/2010) |
Rebecca Frost Mayer holds a BFA in Theatre Studies from Boston University's College of Fine Arts, where notable credits included Company, Training Wisteria at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Yerma, La Bete, The Threepenny Opera and Cleansed. In Portland, she has worked with Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon, Original Practice Shakespeare Festival, Portland Gallery Playwrights' Group, and Action/Adventure Theatre, creating the role of Camille in Fall of the House. Her new full-length play, O'Flannery's Pub, will receive a staged reading at 2010's Fertile Ground Festival (10/09) |
Melanie Meijer is a born-and-raised Portlander who graduated from Cleveland High School. She has been involved with theater since she was 11 and will never quit; she’s a lifey. This is her first time working with the good folks at Miracle. She is thrilled to laugh, dance, sing and discover new things with them. (10/09) |
Christina Lydy Mills se graduó de Western Oregon University en el 2009 con un B.A. en Artes Teatrales con énfasis en dirección y dramaturgia. Está encantada de participar en un nuevo proyecto con el teatro Milagro. (2/2010)
Christina Lydy Mills (Literary Intern) is a 2009 graduate of Western Oregon University with a B.A. in Theatre Arts with a focus in directing and dramaturgy. She is thrilled to be interning with Miracle and hopes that her next projects here will be just as fun as this one. (2/2010) |
Danny
Moreno has performed with the Miracle for over four years, appearing annually in Miracle’s El Dia de los Muertos festivals, which includes La Carpa Calavera (2006), La Carpa del Ausente (2007) and La Carpa del Maestro (2008). Most recently he appeared as Mingo in Miracle’s production of The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Danny has been involved in the performing arts for many years. In his spare time, he also enjoys flagging and Poi, forms of fire dancing and he has also done choreography with flag poi. A proud member of the Latino gay community, he also performs annually in the Gay Pride Parade with his flag ensemble. (1/10) |
Nana Nash vivió y estudió en Morelia, Michoacan, México y alrededor del mundo antes de obtener su M.A. de Portland State. Ha traducido guiones de película para Turner Entertainment en Los Ángeles y ha enseñado ESL en Edúcate Ya. Actualmente, Nana enseña español y portugués en Common Ground Wellness Center en Portland. (2/2010)
Nana Nash has lived and studied in Morelia, Michoacan, México and around the world before earning her M.A. from Portland State. She translated movie scripts for Turner Entertainment in Los Angeles and has taught ESL at Edúcate Ya, Inc. Currently, Nana teaches Spanish and Portuguese at Common Ground Wellness Center in Portland. (2/2010) |
Veronika
Núñez is a graduate of Portland Actors Conservatory. Born in Texas and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Verónika moved to Portland in 2000. She’s thrilled to be participating in Canta y no llores, her fifth production with Miracle. She has also appeared in La barca sin pescador, Fuente Ovejuna, Rosalba y los Llaveros and Bodas de Sangre. This year she also appeared in PAC’s productions of Living Out and The Blue Room; and traveled to Seattle with Fuse Ensemble to present Craft/Craeft/Kraft at the Bumbershoot Festival. She would like to thank her family and friends for their unconditional support. (10/09) |
Rodolfo Ortega received his Bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Arizona and his Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music where he studied piano and composition. He has composed music and designed sound for the recent productions of Artist Repertory Theatre’s Eurydice, Seafarer and Metamorphoses. He has composed for many of the productions at Miracle including Mariela in the Desert, Ardiente Paciencia and Lorca in a Green Dress. For Profile Theatre, his credits include designing the music for Biloxi Blues and Jake’s Women. Additionally he has composed the music for Northwest Children’s Theatre’s Frankenstein, for which he received a Drammy Award in 2006, Swiss Family Robinson, for which he received a Drammy Award in 2007 and for whom he most recently wrote the musical Hansel and Gretel. For the 2000-2001 season, Rodolfo was awarded a Drammy award in Sound Design and Composition for a season of outstanding work, and in 2001-2002 season he was again awarded the Drammy for his compositions for Tuck Everlasting for Oregon Children’s Theatre. In 2004 year he received the Drammy award in composition for Lorca in a Green Dress. (April 2009) |
Stephen Pick holds his bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Spanish from George Fox University. Though a director at heart, Stephen also works as an actor, designer and (currently) a stage manager as well! By day, he is a medical interpreter, and by night, his love for theatre and for culture draws him to projects such as these. He is delighted to finally work with Milagro, and looks forward to collaborating with this great company in the future. (10/09) |
Yolanda Porter califica la actuación como su pasión. Disfrutaba actuar cuando era niña, pero nunca lo consideró una carrera sino hasta que tuvo la oportunidad de trabajar como extra en un programa de T.V. Asombrada por su experiencia detrás de las cámaras, decidió tomar clases de actuación y concentrarse en mejorar sus habilidades. Yolanda ha tenido la oportunidad de trabajar en la T.V., el cine y el teatro. Recientemente dirigió una obra de teatro corta. Esta es la primera producción del Milagro en la que participa y considera que ha sido una experiencia emocionante. (2/2010)
Yolanda Porter says acting is her passion. She really enjoyed acting ever since she was a child, but never pursued it as a career until she had the opportunity to work as an extra on a T.V show. Amazed by the behind the scenes experience, she decided to take acting classes and concentrate on improving her skills. She has had the opportunity to work on T.V, film and theatre, and she has recently directed a short play. This is her first production with Miracle and she considers it a thrilling experience. (2/2010) |
Darrin J. Pufall currently teaches Costume Design at Reed College and holds an MFA in Costume Design/Technology from The University of Florida. Recent and favorite productions include: All My Sons (Artists Rep) A Little Night Music (Mock’s Crest Productions) The Double Inconstancy (Reed); Our Town, The Man of Mode, Waiting for Godot, Hello, Dolly!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (University of Florida). Darrin was recently recognized with PAMTA award for his work on the Mock’s Crest production of Pirates of Penzance. (10/09) |
Nelda Reyes es originaria de México D.F. Egresada de la maestría en teatro de Portland State y cuenta con estudios en la Universidad de Harvard, Casa de Teatro y Teatro Línea de Sombra en México. Sus más recientes créditos en Pórtland incluyen: Memory Water (Shaking the Tree), Trojan Women (Lunacy), y en el Milagro La carpa del maestro y Te llevo en la sangre. (2/2010)
Nelda Reyes is originally from Mexico City. She’s studied at Portland State University and Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University and with Luis de Tavira, Teatro Línea de Sombra in Mexico City. Recent Portland credits: Memory Water (Shaking the Tree), Trojan Women (Lunacy) and La carpa del maestro and Te llevo en la sangre at Miracle. (2/2010) |
| Rhiannon
Rodriguez is a recent graduate of Occidental College
with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts. She has designed
locally at the
Clinton St. Theater, Center Ring, Back Door Theater, and
Firehouse Theater. She also works full time as a lighting
technician at Hollywood Lights, and
part time as house Lighting Designer at the Roseland Theater.
(4/06)
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Alberto Romero tuvo anhelos de estar en un escenario y participar en obras desde chico, y está muy agradecido por esta oportunidad. Dice que es un reto, pero le encanta hacer reír a la gente al igual que transmitir mensajes por medio de la actuación. Espera que todos los que tengan sueños los cumplan como él está cumpliendo el suyo. (2/2010)
Alberto Romero has longed to be onstage and act in plays from a young age, and is grateful for this opportunity. He says it’s a challenge to play this role, but he loves to make people laugh as much as to share the action of the story. He hopes everyone follows their dream as he has. (2/2010) |
Eva
Rotter was
last seen in Miracle Theatre's production of Una Noche Eterna.
Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Eva is thrilled to be a part
of this production and the telling of this painful episode in Cuba's
history. Given Venezuela's current political situation, she feels
a strong emotional connection to her role in Sonia Flew.
Through the years, Eva has enjoyed working with many different
companies in town. Some of her favorite plays are: Mothers
of Heroes, Stark Raving Theatre, Bodyhold, CoHo Productions, Un
Christmas Cuento, Latinaand My Visits with MGM, Miracle
Theatre Group, and The Snow Queen, Heartland Productions.
(2/07) |
Olga
Sanchez is the Artistic Director of Miracle MainStage and Bellas Artes. Last season she directed The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa and served as dramaturge for El Último, Dañel Malán’s bilingual eco-drama that toured the country in 2009. Favorite directorial projects for Miracle Theatre Group include: García Lorca's Bodas de sangre (in the original Spanish), Nilo Cruz’s Lorca in a Green Dress (Drammy Award for outstanding direction), Dañel Malan’s Frida, un retablo, the premieres of Joann Farías’ The Road To Xibalbá, Rubén Sierra’s When the Blues Chase Up a Rabbit and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ The Adventures of Barrio Grrrl!. She is a founding member of Los Porteños writers group, and her work was most recently published in the Rio Grande Review. Olga is the creator of Posada Milagro, a community-based holiday program; Milagro at SEIS, an intensive arts residency at the Spanish English International School; and Cuentos y Teatro, Miracle’s Spanish-language children’s acting camp. She holds a BA in Theatre from Hunter College, CUNY, and a Masters in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College NW, with specialization in Bicultural Development. (10/09)
Olga Sanchez es la directora artística de Miracle MainStage y Bellas Artes. En la temporada pasada dirigió The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa y trabajó como dramaturgo para El Último, un eco-drama bilingüe escrita por Dañel Malán que recorrió en todo el país en 2009. Entre sus proyectos favoritos que ha dirigido para el Miracle Theatre Group son: Bodas de sangre por García Lorca (en español); Lorca in a Green Dress de Nilo Cruz, por la cual recibió un Drammy for dirección sobresaliente; Frida, un retablo de Dañel Malán; The Road to Xibalbá de Joann Farías, Clean de Edwin Sanchez; Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue y The Adventures of Barrio Grrrl! de Quiara Alegría Hudes. Olga es la creadora de la Posada Milagro, un programa comunitario navideño, del Milagro; Milagro en SEIS, una residencia intensiva de las artes en el Spanish English International School; Cuentos y Teatro, un campamento teatral en español para niños. Olga posee una licenciatura en Teatro del Hunter College, CUNY, y una Maestría en Desarrollo Humano del Pacific Oaks College NW, con especialización en Desarrollo Bicultural. (10/09) |
Ann Singer esta feliz de unirse al equipo del Teatro Milagro nuevamente. Otras producciones en las que ha trabajado con el Milagro incluyen Te llevo en la sangre y The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Ann también es miembro de la Lunacy Stageworks donde trabajo detrás de bastidores y en diferentes posiciones para la obras Jack and Jill, Sight Unseen, and Women of Troy. (2/2010)
Ann Singer is happy to join Miracle Theatre once again. Past productions she has worked on at Miracle are Te llevo en la sangre and The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Ann is a member of Lunacy Stageworks where she has worked behind the scenes and front of house for productions of Jack and Jill, Sight Unseen and Women of Troy. (2/2010) |
Antonio
Sonera has been working professionally in the Portland theatre community for 22 years. He has been an actor, stage manager, production manager, director, educator, artistic director and theatre advocate. El Grito del Bronx marks the 13th production he has directed for Miracle Theatre Group and the 27th he has worked on at the Miracle. His other directing credits include: Un Christmas Cuento, Cuentos, Voces de Christmas, Cafe con Leche, Burning Patience, El Paso Blue, The American Sueño, Life is a Dream, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, The True History of Coca-Cola in Mexico, and Mariela in the Desert for the Miracle Theatre Group, Sticks and Bones for Paula Productions, Death and the Maiden for Theatre Vertigo, Concrete Symphony and Northbound Train for 24 Hour Plays, Handler for Portland Actors Conservatory, the world premiere of Jingle Spree (winner of the Drammy Award for outstanding original script) and, more recently, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune for CoHo Productions, the world premiere of Goa for Tabuki Theatre and Topdog/Underdog for Artists Repertory Theatre. He directed two national educational touring productions for CLIMB Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Antonio is the recipient of the Theatre Communications Group, Next Generation: Future Leaders in American Theatre grant, and is working at Miracle Theatre Group as the Associate Director. (April 2009) |
Portland Story Theater [www.portlandstorytheater.com] was formed in 2003 to bring high-quality narrative performance to an adult audience in Portland. Co-founders Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard create and perform their own original material, teach workshops, and also produce an annual festival of solo performance called Singlehandedly. They are delighted to be working with Miracle on the muertos show as story consultants. (10/09) |
Sophya
Vidal es una diseñadora local para los teatros de Portland. Ha creado diseños para una creciente lista donde constan Miracle Theatre Group, Integrity Productions y Northwest Children’s Theatre Company. Este es su segundo show con el Miracle (realizó el diseño para La Carpa del Ausente en 2007) y está muy orgullosa de ser parte de tan magnífico equipo. (1/09) |
Juan Carlos Vives es actor, dramaturgo y director nacido en la Ciudad de México. Es egresado del Centro Universitario de Teatro. Ha actuado en más de 65 puestas en escena de reconocidos directores mexicanos. Ha sido autor y director de sus propias obras de teatro: Un Alacrán (por las que van de arena), Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, En la Quincena, Julio César...; Autocensura, Dicen… y Gallina Vieja. Ha dirigido también El Hombre sin Adjetivos de Mario Cantú Toscano; y Monogamia de Marco Antonio de la Parra. Ha actuado en más de 15 películas profesionales y amateurs. Ha co-dirigido y actuado en diversos espectáculos de improvisación y de stand-up comedy. Ha sido docente en el Centro Universitario de Teatro y en Artes Escénicas Argos. Ha participado con los grupos Utopía Danza-Teatro, Compañía Nacional de Teatro, Teatro de Arena, Grupo Bochinche, Compañía Los Endebles AC, Teatro El Milagro, Colectivo Teatral Seres Comunes, Teatro del Farfullero (co-fundador), Pastegé Stand up Comedy a la Mexicana (co-fundador), Liga Mexicana de Improvisación LIMI (co-fundador), y Búho Grande Teatro (co-fundador y actual Director Artístico). Obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Joven “Gerardo Mancebo del Castillo” 2002, convocado por el Centro Cultural Helénico, por su obra Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, publicada por Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro. Para más información: www.juancarlosvives.wordpress.com. (2/2010)
Juan Carlos Vives is an actor, playwright and director from México City. He graduated from Centro Universitario de Teatro de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1991. Since then, he has distinguished himself by his very intense and versatile activity onstage and backstage in Mexico and abroad. He has acted in more than 65 plays. He has written and directed Un Alacrán (por las que van de arena), Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, En la Quincena, Julio César...; Autocensura, Gallina Vieja and Dicen.... He has directed Mario Cantú Toscano’s El Hombre sin Adjetivos, and Marco Antonio de la Parra’s Monogamia. He has acted in more than 15 experimental and professional films. He has also co-directed and acted in several improv and stand-up comedy shows. He has taught Improv Techniques at the Centro Universitario de Teatro and at Artes Escénicas Argos. He has participated with Utopía Danza-Teatro, Compañía Nacional de Teatro, Teatro de Arena, Grupo Bochinche, Compañía Los Endebles AC, Teatro El Milagro, Colectivo Teatral Seres Comunes, Teatro del Farfullero (co-founder), Pastegé Stand up Comedy a la Mexicana (co-founder), Liga Mexicana de Improvisación (co-founder), and Búho Grande Teatro (co-founder and present artistic director). He has been awarded the Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Joven “Gerardo Mancebo del Castillo” 2002, convened by the Centro Cultural Helénico, for his play Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, published by the Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro. For more information: www.juancarlosvives.wordpress.com. (2/2010) |
| Ruth
Waddy holds a degree in Costume Design from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. At Miracle, she has worked on Sonia Flew, Ardiente Paciencia, Mariela in the Desert and El jardín de sueños, among others. (10/09) |
Peter
West is Miracle Theatre’s resident lighting designer. He designed seven seasons of lighting for the groundbreaking modern dance company Cirque/Portland Dance Theatre. He designed eight seasons for The Jefferson Dancers and numerous productions for both the Oregon Ballet Theatre and Portland Opera. He has designed and produced corporate events, trade shows and architectural projects in the U.S., Asia and Europe. His architectural projects include exhibit lighting for The Museum at Warm Springs, The UC-Berkeley Anthropological Museum, and Niketown Atlanta. He designed lighting for Oregon Children’s Theatre productions of The Velveteen Rabbit, Ramona Quimby, The Giver and Gossamer. Recent work includes Miracle Theatre’s Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, The Road to Xibalbá and Bodas de sangre; The Coaster Theatre’s A Glass Menagerie and Charlotte: Life or Theatre for the Jewish Theatre Collaborative. He won Drammy Awards for Outstanding Lighting for Miracle Theatre’s Barrio Hollywood, Lorca in a Green Dress and Men on the Verge 2. He is adjunct instructor in theatre at Portland Community College and Lewis & Clark College. (April 2009) |
Jeff Woods ha diseñando en Portland por casi 15 años, y trabajado con algunos de los mejores artistas de la ciudad. Entre sus producciónes favoritas se encuentran: The Blue Room y Hedwig and the Angry Inch en Triangle Productions, Canta y no llores en el Miracle, The Vespiary at Stark Raving Theatre y Freakshow en el Theatre Vertigo. Jeff vive en el NE de Portland con sus dos perros, tres gatos y Annalise, su prometida. (2/2010)
Jeff Woods has been designing in Portland for almost 15 years, and has worked with some of Portland’s best and brightest. Favorite productions include The Blue Room and Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Triangle Productions, Canta y no llores at Miracle, at Stark Raving Theatre and Freakshow at Theatre Vertigo. Jeff lives in NE Portland with two dogs, three cats, and his fiancée Annalise. (2/2010) |
Karen Zacarías recently saw three world premieres of her work: The Book Club Play at Round House Theater (also selected for the 2007 Eugene O'Neill conference and developed with PWC), An American Home at the Kennedy Center, and Looking for Roberto Clemente at Imagination Stage (with music by Debbie Wicks La Puma). Her work was last seen at the Miracle Theatre when it produced Mariela in the Desert in 2007, a play that won the 2006 Francesca Primus Award, the 2005 TCG/AT&T First Stages Award, the 2004 National Latino Playwrights’ Competition, finalist for the 2004 Susan Smith Blackburn prize, and short listed for 2005 Kesselring Prize. Her play, The Sins of Sor Juana won Outstanding New Play at the 2000 Helen Hayes Awards and has been produced throughout the country. Her musical plays for young people have enjoyed productions at The Goodman Theater, The Coterie, Chicago PlayWorks, The Alliance Theatre, Imagination Stage, Arden Theater, Cleveland Playhouse, and St. Louis Rep. The plays include Einstein is a Dummy (world Premiere at the Alliance Theatre), a flamenco version of Ferdinand: The Bull, the mariachi-inspired The Magical Pioata and salsa/hip-hop Cinerdella East Rice and Beans: A Salsa Musical. Karen Zacarías is the founding artistic director of Young Playwrights’ Theater, an award-winning non-profit dedicated to enhancing literacy, arts empowerment and conflict resolution through playwriting in Washington, DC area schools. |
Samuel M. Zackheim es aspirante a maestro y entrenador de fútbol. Su educación bilingüe y experiencias multiculturales le han inspirado a expandirse como interprete voluntario (español/ingles) para el Wallace Medical Concern, y también trabaja con el Oregon Child Development Coalition enseñando a niños a aprender a leer y escribir. (2/2010)
Samuel M. Zackheim is an aspiring teacher and soccer coach. Sam’s bilingual education and cross-cultural experience has inspired him to branch out as a volunteer interpreter for the Wallace Medical Concern and as an after-school literacy counselor for Latino children with the Oregon Child Development Coalition. (2/2010) |
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HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS
a play by Karen Zacarías
based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
CAST
Lauren Bair … Yolanda
Lara Kobrin … Sandra
Verónika Nuñez … Carla
Nicole Accuardi … Sofía
Eva Rotter … Mami
Anthony Francis Green … Papi
Melik Malkasian … The Other
PRODUCTION TEAM
Antonio Sonera … Director
Bronwyn Rice … Stage Manager
DeMara Cabrera … Scenic Designer
Chris Kuhl … Lighting Designer
Ruth Waddy … Costume Designer
Hal Logan … Sound Designer
Drew Foster … Prop Master
Angela Bolaños-Osorio … Artcard Artist
Sarah Hinds and Sylvia Malán … House Managers
ENTRE VILLA Y UNA MUJER DESNUDA
by Sabina Berman
CAST
Nurys Herrera … Gina
Enrique E. Andrade … Adrián
Nelda Reyes … Andrea
Alberto Romero … Ismael
Vicente Guzmán-Orozco … Pancho Villa
Yolanda Porter … Mama de Villa
PRODUCTION TEAM
Juan Carlos Vives … Guest Director
Mina Kinukawa … Scenic Designer
Jeff Woods … Lighting Designer
Gerardo Calderón … Sound Designer
Marychris Mass … Costume Designer
John Armour … Prop Master
Rebecca Lewis … Master Carpenter
Alyssa Essman … Stage Manager
Nana Nash … Project Assistant
Christina Lydy Mills … Literary Intern
Sam Zackheim … Projectionist
Ann Singer … Sound Technician
Sylvia Malán and Sarah Hinds … House Managers
Alejandro Ceballos … Artcard Artist
American Sueño
by Dañel Malán and Rebecca Martínez
CAST
Joaquín López…Augustín
Sylvia Malán-González…Monica
Daniel Moreno…Mimi
Dañel Malán … Cruz
PRODUCTION TEAM
Rebecca Martínez … Director
Joaquín López … Composer
Rhiannon Rodríguez … Lighting Designer
Sophya Vidal … Mural Artist
Melissa Wekhorst … Costume Designer
Dañel Malán … Prop Master
Melissa Weckhorst … Stage Manager
Sarah Hinds … House Manager
El ÚLTIMO
by Dañel Malán &
CarlosAlexis Cruz
Matt Haynes … Kalani
Sylvia Malán-González … Solen
Daniel Moreno … Longko Marcelino
Dañel Malán … Machi Hortensia
CarlosAlexis Cruz...Director
Tomas Rivero...Scenic Artist
Rhiannon Rodriguez...Lighting Design
Elise Kim...Lighting Technician
Maya Malán-González...Production Assistant
Canta y no llores
El Día de los Muertos
Nicole Virginia Accuardi … Dorotea la Difunta
Enrique E. Andrade … Raul
CarlosAlexis Cruz … Eduardo
Rosa Floyd … Felicia
Sherman Floyd … Severino
Rebecca Frost Mayer … Mae Catrina
Osvaldo “Ozzie” Gonzalez … Miguel
Melanie Meijer … Mary
Verónika Nuñez … Consuelo
PRODUCTION TEAM
Olga Sanchez … Director
Hal Logan … Musical Director
Jeff Woods … Lighting Designer
Drew Foster … Scenic Designer
Darrin J. Pufall … Costume Designer
Alisha Flaumenbaum … Prop Master
Sherman Floyd … Folkloric Music Arranger
Rosa Floyd … Folkloric Choreographer
Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard of Portland Story Theatre … Script Consultants
Christina Lydy Mills … Dramaturge
Stephen Pick … Stage Manager
Rebecca Lewis … Master Carpenter
Elise Kim … Sound Technician
Ruth Waddy … Wardrobe
Sylvia Malán and Sarah Hinds … House Managers
Analee Fuentes … Artcard Artist
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