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WRITER AND PERFORMER

Regional acting credits include Twelfth Night, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson– Apt 2B, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Frida...A Self Portrait (2020 Kilroys List), Sex with Strangers, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, August: Osage County, Cabaret, Roof of the World, Lot’s Wife, A Christmas Story: The Musical and A Christmas Carol (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); Desdemona, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Death and the Maiden, Blithe Spirit, Taking Sides and Hamlet (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Dance Nation, The Revolutionists, Venus in Fur, Men on Boats, Motherfucker with the Hat and The Clean House (Unicorn Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); The Miracle Worker (The Coterie Theatre); Annapurna, Black Birdand Burn This (The Living Room Theatre); Black Pearl Sings! and West Side Story (Spinning Tree Theatre). Vanessa is the recipient of the 11th Round of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships 2017. She is certified in Suzuki Method and Viewpoints under the instruction of Ellen Lauren of the SITI company. AEA Member. Visit VanessaSevero.com.

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DIRECTOR

Joanie serves as Associate Artistic Director for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Prior to Cincinnati, she was a freelance director based in Chicago. Joanie has directed at theatres across the country, including Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Studio Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Studio Theatre in Washington DC, Cleveland Play House, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Philadelphia Theatre Company. Joanie previously served as Artistic Director of WaterTower Theatre in Texas and before that, as Associate Artistic Producer at Victory Gardens Theater, as part of the Leadership U One-on-One Fellowship funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation administered through the Theatre Communications Group. She was also a Drama League Fellow, a Goodman Theatre Michael Maggio Director Fellow, an SDSF Denham Fellow and a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab. Joanie holds a MFA from Northwestern University and a BA from Columbia College Chicago in directing. Visit joanieschultz.com.

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SCENIC DESIGNER

Jacqueline’s award-winning design work has been seen in Chicago and regionally. Some favorite productions include Around the World in Eighty Days for Lookingglass Theatre Company; Eclipsed for Pegasus Theatre; The Book of Will and Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley for Northlight Theatre; Richard III for The Gift Theater, produced at Steppenwolf Theatre; Stick Fly for Windy City Playhouse; Welcome Home Jenny Sutter for Next Theatre Company; Pygmalion and Love and Information for Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. Upcoming designs include Zorro: The Musical for Music Theatre Works and Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley for Northlight Theatre. Jackie spent her pandemic carving and creating puppets. She is a member of United Scenic Artists local 829. She teaches set design at Columbia College Chicago. Visit penroddesign.com.

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LIGHTING DESIGNER

Rachael’s designs have been seen all over the country. Her works at Kansas City Repertory Theatre include Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt 2B; Frankenstein; Frida...A Self Portrait; Of Mice and Men; Brother Toad; Man in Love; Evita; Sunday in the Park with George; Sticky Traps; A Christmas Carol (2010-2018, 2021); When I Come to Die; The Glass Menagerie; Circle Mirror Transformation; Sticky Traps and Incognito. Additional works include Frida...A Self Portrait (Portland Center Stage); Oklahoma! (Theatreworks); The Underpants, A Perfect Wedding, Shake Rattle and Roll and Smokey Joe’s Café (Florida Studio Theatre); Fellowship! (New York Musical Festival); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Theatre League); and Love, Janis (Zach Theatre). Her other Kansas City credits include The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Tally’s Folly, Tally and Son, 5th of July and The Cripple of Inishman at the Kansas City Actors Theatre. As the resident designer for the Unicorn Theatre (1995-2010), Rachael designed over 50 shows from 1995to 2010.

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COSTUME DESIGNER

Recent designs include Sonnets for an Old Century (School of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University), Dracula: A Song of Love and Death (University of Missouri-Kansas City and Kansas City Actors Theatre), Brother Toad (Origin K.C. New Works Festival), Men on Boats (Unicorn Theatre), Rodelinda (University of Missouri-Kansas City Opera) and more. When not designing, Katherine has been delving into the world of puppetry with Simple Mischief Studios and working on opening her own costume shop. Visit katherinedavis.org.

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SOUND DESIGNER

A Chicago-based theatre artist, Thomas is an ensemble member at Steep Theatre Company. His work has been seen in Chicago and nationally at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and many more. Thomas teaches at DePaul University and Columbia College Chicago and is a member of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association. Visit thomasdixonsound.com.