What’s Your Story? Andrew Freeburg, Assistant Set and Prop Designer

Name Andrew Freeburg Where are you originally from: Trumbull, CT Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Assistant set and prop designer: I helped make everything look all pretty.   How did you end

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What’s Your Story? Andrew Freeburg, Assistant Set and Prop Designer

Name Andrew Freeburg Where are you originally from: Trumbull, CT Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Assistant set and prop designer: I helped make everything look all pretty.   How did you end

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What’s Your Story? Solomon Weisbard, Lighting Designer

Name Solomon Weisbard Where are you originally from? Portland, Oregon Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! As lighting designer, I focus the energy and support the voices, the music, the scenery. I respond

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What’s Your Story? Solomon Weisbard, Lighting Designer

Name Solomon Weisbard Where are you originally from? Portland, Oregon Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! As lighting designer, I focus the energy and support the voices, the music, the scenery. I respond

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What’s Your Story? Adam Rigg, Director and Set Designer; and Margot Bordelon, Director

Name Adam Rigg. Where are you originally from: San Juan Capistrano, California. Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Set designer-director person (directing Of Ogres Retold) How did you end up working in theatre? My parents are

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What’s Your Story? Adam Rigg, Director and Set Designer; and Margot Bordelon, Director

Name Adam Rigg. Where are you originally from: San Juan Capistrano, California. Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Set designer-director person (directing Of Ogres Retold) How did you end up working in theatre? My parents are

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Kiss(es) of Death

K of D. K of D. Charlotte’s got the K of D. Kiss her down by dead-man’s curve, You’ll get just what you deserve… In a recent rehearsal for The K of D, discussion turned (naturally) to the eponymous “kiss

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Kiss(es) of Death

K of D. K of D. Charlotte’s got the K of D. Kiss her down by dead-man’s curve, You’ll get just what you deserve… In a recent rehearsal for The K of D, discussion turned (naturally) to the eponymous “kiss

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What’s Your Story? Alyssa K. Howard, Production Stage Manager and Rob Chikar, Stage Manager

Name Alyssa K. Howard Once upon a time, far across the sea and far across the land, there was soon-to-be-fat baby with totally wild hair. This baby was not named Alyssa K. Howard. But when the soon-to-be-fat baby became a

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What’s Your Story? Alyssa K. Howard, Production Stage Manager and Rob Chikar, Stage Manager

Name Alyssa K. Howard Once upon a time, far across the sea and far across the land, there was soon-to-be-fat baby with totally wild hair. This baby was not named Alyssa K. Howard. But when the soon-to-be-fat baby became a

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A Thousand and One Types

Wicked stepmothers, heroes and heroines, humans that can turn into beasts…despite being separated by geography and generations, it’s possible to trace the appearance of recognizably similar characteristics in stories from different societies and eras. Since the study of folklore began

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A Thousand and One Types

Wicked stepmothers, heroes and heroines, humans that can turn into beasts…despite being separated by geography and generations, it’s possible to trace the appearance of recognizably similar characteristics in stories from different societies and eras. Since the study of folklore began

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What’s Your Story? Eric Gershman and Shane Hudson, Associate Producers

Name Eric Gershman Where are you originally from: Mahopac, NY Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Associate Producer – All the Business, Admin, Kitchen, jim jam. How did you end up working in

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What’s Your Story? Eric Gershman and Shane Hudson, Associate Producers

Name Eric Gershman Where are you originally from: Mahopac, NY Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Associate Producer – All the Business, Admin, Kitchen, jim jam. How did you end up working in

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Seeking Urban Legends

  “they’re called urban legends. those things that get started when a bunch of people put their heads together and talk real low and real fast…here’s how a legend begins.” – Girl, The K of D by Laura Schellhardt.   In preparation

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Seeking Urban Legends

  “they’re called urban legends. those things that get started when a bunch of people put their heads together and talk real low and real fast…here’s how a legend begins.” – Girl, The K of D by Laura Schellhardt.   In preparation

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What’s Your Story? Dana Tanner-Kennedy, Associate Artistic Director and Resident Dramaturg

Name Dana Tanner-Kennedy, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, MFA 2012 Where are you originally from: Houston, Texas. Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! I am the Associate Artistic Director and Dramaturg! As dramaturg I

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What’s Your Story? Dana Tanner-Kennedy, Associate Artistic Director and Resident Dramaturg

Name Dana Tanner-Kennedy, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, MFA 2012 Where are you originally from: Houston, Texas. Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! I am the Associate Artistic Director and Dramaturg! As dramaturg I

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Stories: The Journey from Page to Stage

by Dana Tanner-Kennedy 50 Nights: A Festival of Stories is a summer-long celebration of different modes of storytelling. Though our three shows this season are all based on fairytales, folk tales, and legends, the source materials from which they stem

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Stories: The Journey from Page to Stage

by Dana Tanner-Kennedy 50 Nights: A Festival of Stories is a summer-long celebration of different modes of storytelling. Though our three shows this season are all based on fairytales, folk tales, and legends, the source materials from which they stem

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What’s Your Story? Tanya Dean, Artistic Director; and Reynaldi Lolong, Producer

Name Tanya Dean, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, MFA 2011, DFA 2014. Where are you originally from: Dublin, Ireland. Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! I think being Artistic Director is akin to being

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What’s Your Story? Tanya Dean, Artistic Director; and Reynaldi Lolong, Producer

Name Tanya Dean, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, MFA 2011, DFA 2014. Where are you originally from: Dublin, Ireland. Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! I think being Artistic Director is akin to being

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What’s Your Story? Monique Barbee, Ensemble Member

Name: Monique Bernadette Barbee. It was going to be Bernadette Monique Barbee, but my father worried people would call me “Bernie.” – good call, Dad. Where are you originally from: I am originally from Grants Pass, Oregon. About two hours

What’s Your Story? Monique Barbee, Ensemble Member

Name: Monique Bernadette Barbee. It was going to be Bernadette Monique Barbee, but my father worried people would call me “Bernie.” – good call, Dad. Where are you originally from: I am originally from Grants Pass, Oregon. About two hours

A World of Sound

In The K of D by Laura Schellhardt, sound is a fundamental force in creating the world of the play and often serves as a vital “scene partner” to actress Monique Barbee. We decided to ask sound designer Matt Otto

A World of Sound

In The K of D by Laura Schellhardt, sound is a fundamental force in creating the world of the play and often serves as a vital “scene partner” to actress Monique Barbee. We decided to ask sound designer Matt Otto

What’s Your Story? Matt Otto, Sound Designer

Name: Matt Otto Where are you originally from: Haddonfield, New Jersey   Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Original Music/Sound Designer How did you end up working in theater? I first worked in high school theater,

What’s Your Story? Matt Otto, Sound Designer

Name: Matt Otto Where are you originally from: Haddonfield, New Jersey   Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Original Music/Sound Designer How did you end up working in theater? I first worked in high school theater,

What’s Your Story? Rocky Bostick, Production Assistant

Name Rocky Bostick. Where are you originally from I was actually born in Evanston, IL even though I usually tell people I was born in Chicago. If I tell you I was born in Chicago, please call me out; I

What’s Your Story? Rocky Bostick, Production Assistant

Name Rocky Bostick. Where are you originally from I was actually born in Evanston, IL even though I usually tell people I was born in Chicago. If I tell you I was born in Chicago, please call me out; I

What’s Your Story? Jacqueline Deniz Young, Production Manager / Technical Director

Name Jacqueline Deniz Young (Deniz, it’s Turkish.  It means ‘sea.’  It’s pronounced “Den – is”.) Where are you originally from: Montclair, New Jersey Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Production Manager / Technical

What’s Your Story? Jacqueline Deniz Young, Production Manager / Technical Director

Name Jacqueline Deniz Young (Deniz, it’s Turkish.  It means ‘sea.’  It’s pronounced “Den – is”.) Where are you originally from: Montclair, New Jersey Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Production Manager / Technical

What’s Your Story? Alex Trow, Ensemble Member

Name Alex Trow Where are you originally from: Highlands Ranch, Colorado     Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Actor in The Secret in the Wings and Of Ogres Retold. How did you

What’s Your Story? Alex Trow, Ensemble Member

Name Alex Trow Where are you originally from: Highlands Ranch, Colorado     Position in Summer Cabaret – Title, and the specific magic that you do! Actor in The Secret in the Wings and Of Ogres Retold. How did you