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Assistant Stage Management Samantha Eberle Pillars of Undermain Technical Director Ken Bernstein Ben Bryant Anonymous (2) Master Electrician/Set Construction Bryant and Nancy Hanley Foundation Assistant Costume Design Amanda Capshaw Pat and Jed Rosenthal Carpentry Floyd Kearns-Simmons, Bob Steffey, Ray Wilson Benefactors Seamstress Rebekah Howard Anonymous Ashley Kisner Graphic Design Paul Semrad Barbara and Mark Ashworth Jonathan and Devon Wayne Family House Management Antonella Munoz Kathryn and Graham Greene Foundation Rusty and John Jaggers Parking & Box Office Assistance Maryam Baig, Spike Bennett, Stephen Foglia, Patrons Ida Jane and Doug Bailey Sandra Johnigan and Don Ellwood Helen Furton, Kristen Kelso, Dylan Key, Lamarvin Clare and George Burch Linda Patston Steele, Adrian Stecker & Chris Steffey Karen and René Cook Thespians Undermain Theatre thanks Anonymous Sarah Rose Leonard, Bruce and Cheryl Lescalleet, SMU Meadows Manchen and Robert Brown Monica and Richard Latin School of the Arts, and Ray Wilson for their contributions to We Are Stephanie and Stephen Chambers Diane Garrett and Frank Tucker, Dan Culver In Honor of Don Ellwood Proud to Present a Presentation.... Arlene and John Dayton Katherine Owens and Bruce DuBose Bess and Ted Enloe Barbara and Barry Wolfe JoLynne Jensen and Jack Turri Karen and Jim Wiley Coming up: Artists Melissa Auberty Joann and Lin Medlin UNDERMAIN READS AT Carole Braden and Vera LoCurto Deborah and Jim Nugent Peggy and Web Carr Cathy Ritchie THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART Veletta Forsythe-Lill and John Lill Stephen Seybold Shannon and Floyd Kearns-Simmons Norma and Don Stone Saturday. May 24, 2014 Sylvia Komatsu and George Stone Susan Thompson 2:00pm Supporters Horchow Auditorium Johnette Alter and Scott Meeker Geraldine and Wade Owens Joleen and Jim Chambers Ann and Gill Richards Martha Heimberg and Ron Sekerak Rebecca and John Sandifer Michelle and Don Hungerford Carolyn Sortor and Ben Britt Nell and Tim Langford Gayle Teague “Go Beneath the Surface”: Donovan Miller Laurie and Rob Tranchin Friends Undermain Theatre’s 30th Anniversary Pat Baker Jr. Marilyn Halpin Brenna and GeneTung Jean Bell-Scott and James Sarah Comerford and Robert Lynn Vogt Gala Scott Hammer Susan Teegardin and Bart Enjoy live music, and raise a glass with us as we celebrate thirty Jane and Lyndon Bittle Gloria and Sam Hocking Weiss Patti and Mack Castleberry Sarah Perkins Jane Wetzel years of producing new and experimental theater in Dallas. Ariana Cook Tim Redman Richard Wills Bainard and Chris Cowan Barbara Reynolds Kim and Bill Young April 28th, 2014, 6:30pm Amy Coxe Giva and T.A. Taylor Angus Wynne III Fred Curchack and Laura Marlene Tubbs, in honor of Temple Wynne, in honor of Life in Deep Ellum Jorgensen Mary Hestand and Alan Tubbs Angus Wynne III For more info call 214-747-1424 Biographies Undermain Board of Directors Kenneth Bernstein (Technical Director) Ken holds a BA in Technical Theatre from Johnette Alter Graham Greene Lin Medlin the University of Missouri Kansas City, where he served seven years as the stage Barbara Ashworth Susan Kandell Katherine Owens carpenter for Missouri Repertory Theatre. He also worked as the master carpenter Robert Brown Ashley Kisner Pat Rosenthal at Alaska Repertory Theatre and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, before moving Stephanie Chambers Tim Langford Linda Patston to Dallas in the mid-1980s as the Technical Director at the Dallas Theater Center. Don Ellwood Richard Latin Angus Wynne III After his work at Dallas Theater Center, Ken managed scene shops for two catalog photography studios, Omega and R&J Creative Images, and for Artistic Director Executive Producer Associate Producer Communilux Productions, a corporate theatre and display provider. Ken is happy to be working his third season with Undermain. Katherine Owens Bruce DuBose Suzanne Thomas

Ben Bryant (Master Electrician / Facilities Manager) This is Ben’s ninth season Operations Manager Development Technical Director with Undermain Theatre. He has designed and worked on crew for companies Samantha Eberle Consultant Ken Bernstein such as Dallas Children’s Theater, Theatre Quorum, Pocket Sandwich Theatre, Undermain Theatre Artistic Associate JoLynne Jensen, Facilities Manager Bootstraps Comedy Theatre, and The Ochre House. 3200 Main Street Dylan Key CFRE Ben Bryant Jake Buchanan (Actor 1 / White Man) This is Jake's first production at Undermain Dallas, Texas 75226 Literary Manager Development Company Manager Theatre and he is thrilled to be here. He has recently been seen as Joe Harper in The www.undermain.org Stephen Foglia Associate Ryan Lescalleet Adventures of Tom Sawyer at WaterTower Theatre, Efraim in the regional premiere Maryam Baig of Division Avenue at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, Cleomines in The Winter's Office: 214-747-1424 Tale at Shakespeare Dallas, Salvatore "Zappy" Zappala in Angels Fall at Fax: 214-757-1863 Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, understudy for Teddy in Black Tie at WaterTower Theatre, and Lucentio, et al (5 actors) in at Stage West. Undermain Theatre Company Jake graduated from the University of Oklahoma with his BFA in Acting. He has been John Arnone Bruce DuBose Katherine Owens Suzanne Thomas in Dallas a little over a year and has loved being a part of this thriving theatre Jonathan Brooks Blake Hackler Newton Pittman Kent Williams community! Rhonda Boutté Shannon Kearns-Simmons Anthony L. Ramirez Robert Winn Bruce DuBose (Executive Producer / Sound Design) Bruce is a founding Teddy Davey Stefanie Tovar Giva Taylor Steve Woods member and Executive Producer of Undermain Theatre. Some of his many In memoriam: Happy Yancey Undermain acting credits include Gersh in Profanity, The Poet in An Iliad, Goldberg in The Birthday Party, Ames in Ages Of The Moon, Lindquist in Easter, Undermain Theatre History Uncle Malvolio in The Dog Problem, Hamm in Endgame, Pesotsky in The Black Monk, Earl in Neil Young’s Greendale, John in Shining City, Jimmie Rodgers in Undermain Theatre was founded in 1984 by a group of artists who transformed a Waiting for a Train: The Life and Songs of Jimmie Rodgers, Salter in A Number, warehouse basement under Main Street in Dallas into a unique performance space and numerous roles in Margo Veil, the title role in The Late Henry Moss, Ethelred in began producing new and experimental plays. Silence, Robert Graves in Glamour, Trigorin in , the title role in Undermain has produced plays by , Conor McPherson, Lynn Alvarez, Young , and Tomtom in Goose and Tomtom. He has appeared onstage in New Jean Lee, Jeffrey M. Jones, John O’Keefe, Erik Ehn, Len Jenkin, Suzan Lori-Parks, Lenora York as Simon in The Inner Circle at the Luminous Group, in Undermain’s New Champagne, Howard Barker, Dario Fo, David Rabe, , , Caryl York production of Glamour at the Ohio Theatre, as Swami in Jeffrey M. Jones’ A Churchill, Goran Stefanovski, and Octavio Solis, among others. Collaboration during Man’s Best Friend at Walkerspace, and most recently as Earl in Neil Young’s rehearsal and production with the playwright is an integral and exciting part of the work. Greendale at the Ohio Theatre. He has composed the music for numerous In 1995, the company was invited to the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia to Undermain productions, most recently for Len Jenkin’s Abraham Zobell’s perform Goran Stefanovski’s Sarajevo in Skopje to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Movie: Final Reel..., Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s An Iliad, ’s The the United Nations. They also performed at the ancient Roman Theatre at Bittola, and at Birthday Party, Len Jenkin’s Time In Kafka, Sam Shepard’s Ages Of The Moon, the Orchid Theatre Festival. In 2001, the company was again invited to the Balkans, where ’s The Shipment, ’s Easter, David Rabe’s The they performed at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival. Dog Problem, Len Jenkin’s Port Twilight, David Rabe’s The Black Monk, Sarah Since 2000, the company has produced six plays in , including Lenora Ruhl’s Eurydice, and Lynne Alvarez’s The Snow Queen. Undermain directing Champagne’s Coaticook at SoHo Think Tank Ice Factory Festival, Erik Ehn’s Swedish credits include Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, Howard Barker’s The Castle, Austin Tales of Woe at HERE and Ohio Theater, John O’Keefe’s Glamour (also at the Ohio), and Pendleton’s Uncle Bob, Erik Ehn’s Gold in Mud (in Dallas and New York City at Jeffery M. Jones’ A Man’s Best Friend at Walkerspace. In 2008, they performed Neil The American Living Room Festival), Erik Ehn’s Swedish Tales of Woe (Dallas and Young’s Greendale at the Ohio Theater’s SoHo Think Tank Ice Factory Festival. the Ohio Theatre in New York City). He also toured Eastern Europe with Most recently, the company collaborated with David Rabe on his play, The Black Monk, Undermain in productions of Sarajevo and Judges 19 as well as the Canadian and on Port Twilight and Time in Kafka with author Len Jenkin. The production of The Fringe Festival in 70 Scenes of Halloween. He appeared at the A.S.K. Festival in Black Monk was published by Simon and Schuster and Port Twilight and Time in Kafka Los Angeles in Erik Ehn’s Erotic Curtsies. Other local appearances include roles in (continued) were published by Play Publishing Inc. television. Appearances include episodes of Dangerous Curves, Walker Texas I Would Like To Support Undermain Theatre! Ranger, Prison Break, The Deep End, and Friday Night Lights. He narrated the Emmy Award-Winning documentary, “The U.S.-Mexican War” for PBS as well as “The Marines” (also for PBS). Samantha Eberle (Assistant Stage Manager) Samantha first joined Undermain as ASM for The New Frontier: Landmark Speeches of John F. Kennedy and most recently was the ASM for Abraham Zobell’s Home Movie: Final Reel... She occasionally works as a Stage Manager for Shakespeare Dallas’ Staged Reading Series in conjunction with ATT Performing Arts Center. Prior to her work at Undermain, Samantha worked as ASM for Shakespeare Festival of Dallas’ The Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Samantha graduated from the University of Dallas with a BA degree in Drama, where she directed a production of ’s Someone from Assisi. She also served as Production Stage Manager for the University’s productions of , Arcadia, and Big Love and designed the set for Conquest of the South Pole. Samantha interned at Milwaukee Chamber Theater in 2011. When she is not in the theater, Samantha manages the website and sales apps for the locally based, handcrafted jewelry companies ChickeeBoom and MySweetChickadee. Blake Hackler (Actor 3 / Another White Man) An Undermain Company Member,

Blake has recently appeared in Time in Kafka (Kafka/Desk Clerk) and The Ghost

ce: 214-747-1424 Fax: 214-747-1863 Fax: 214-747-1424 ce: ffi O Sonata (Hummel). Blake has appeared in productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional theaters throughout the country as well as in TV and film. New to Dallas, Blake has appeared with the Dallas Theater Center, Trinity Shakespeare Festival, and Theatre Three. Blake has held faculty positions at , Roosevelt University, AMDA, and is currently on the faculty of SMU and is the co- director of the Yale University’s Summer conservatory. He is a member of the esteemed BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Program and is the recipient of the Harrington Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing as well as a Dramatist Guild Intensive grant. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. Millicent Johnnie (Choreographer) Millicent previously choreographed for Undermain’s production of The Shipment. Her work has been staged throughout the United States and abroad, and on award-winning stages including in New York City, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bam Harvey Theater in Brooklyn, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (South Africa), Kennedy Center and . Dance company credits include Urban Bush Women, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Dallas Black Dance Theater, among others. She has had the pleasure of working closely with acclaimed directors Robert Wilson, Peter Sellars, John O’Neal, Rhodessa Jones and award-winning composer Bernice Johnson Reagon. The recording industry has also proven to be an arena in which she has adapted her talents, working with Grammy Award-winning artists Usher Raymond, Chrisette Michele and Los Hombres Calientes, and record labels Def Jam, Columbia, Interscope, Arista Records and others. Recently Johnnie choreographed the feature film Scary Movie 5, directed by Malcolm D. Lee and produced by David Zucker, which opened at box offices worldwide in summer 2013. Shannon Kearns-Simmons (Actor 5 / Sarah) Shannon is an Undermain company member and was last seen as Vivian in Profanity. Additional Undermain credits include The Ghost Sonata, The Conference of the Birds, Time In Kafka, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Easter, The Dog Problem, Port Twilight, The Black Monk, Neil Youngʼs Greendale, The Snow Queen, Shining City, The Appeal, Waiting for a Train, Margo Veil: An Entertainment, and Blasted. Shannon has also worked with Core Performance Manufactory, Echo Theatre, Theatre Britain, Risk Theatre Initiative & The Modern Stage, Kitchen Dog Theater, WingSpan Theatre Company, Dallas Museum Artʼs Arts & Letters Live, and the Clarence Brown Theatre (Knoxville). She has worked under the direction of Henryk Baranowski, Liviu Ciulei, Peter Huszti, Kathryn Pogson, Laszlo Marton, and Fred Curchack, and has performed in festivals Uncle Bob by Austin Pendleton in Bratislava, Slovakia (Istropolitana) and Budapest, Hungary. She has performed The Seagull by with Mabou Mines and trained with members of Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Shakespeare by Erik Ehn* & Company, Moscow School of Dramatic Arts, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, by the Hungarian National Academy of Acting, DellʼArte International School of Physical Tattoo Girl by Naomi Iizuka (University of Texas, Dallas) Theatre, and . Shannon is the Chair of Theatre at Collin College. The Deatherians by John O’Keefe* The Puppets Delirious: Two Iphigenia Plays by Ellen McLaughlin Dylan Key (Director) Dylan is the Artistic Associate at Undermain Theatre. For All He Fears by Howard Barker Undermain he has directed Joyce’s and A Child’s Christmas in Wales for Camino Real by Undermain’s reading series at Dallas Museum of Art. Regional directing credits Sarajevo by Goran Stefanoski (ORCHID, Bitola, Skopje, Macedonia)* include Jailbait by Deirdre O’Connor at Dallas Actor’s Lab and Tindersticks by Beginner by Erik Ehn* Stephen Foglia in an Undermain Workshop. At Undermain he has helped Tiny Dimes by Peter Mattei produce Abraham Zobell’s Home Movie: Final Reel..., The Ghost The Fever by Wallace Shawn (Chimera Festival, Addison) Sonata, Penelope, The Birthday Party, Time in Kafka, Ages of the Moon, The The Hyacinth Macaw by Mac Wellman Shipment, and Easter. Dylan is an alumni of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Two Saints (DASHBOARD and LOCUS) by Erik Ehn* Lab and a faculty member of Cistercian Preparatory School. Dylan graduated from Love Trouble by Jeffrey M. Jones* the University of Dallas with BA degrees in Drama and English, where he directed Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill productions of J.M. Synge’s The Well of the Saints and Filippo Marinetti’s Feet. Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Castle by Howard Barker Ryan Lescalleet (Stage Manager) Ryan is the Company Manager at Undermain Imperceptible Mutabilities In the Third Kingdom by Suzan-Lori Parks Theatre and has stage-managed The Shipment, Ages Of The Moon, Time in Kafka, The Red Plays (Red Sheets and Moira McOc) by Erik Ehn* An Iliad, Burying Our Father, Penelope, The Ghost Sonata, and Profanity with Almost Asleep by Julie Herbert* Seagulls by Caryl Churchill (Chimera Festival, Addison) Undermain. He has also assistant stage-managed Easter, The Dog Problem, The Poet and the by Endgame, The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, and Port Twilight at Undermain. Before that, Laughter! by Peter Barnes he appeared in The Black Monk. Ryan also stage manages The Dallas Opera’s A Murder of Crows by Mac Wellman* Educational Program for Jack and the Beanstalk and Dr. Miracle. Ryan produced Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare and served as Production Manager on the workshop production of Tindersticks at The Possibilities by Howard Barker Undermain. The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine by Leah Chemick and Martha Ross Cabaret Epiphany developed by Undermain Theatre* Linda Noland (Properties Design) Linda is an artist and scenic artist specializing Harm’s Way by Mac Wellman in theatrical sets, murals and sculptures. Most recently she was scenic artist for Poor Folk’s Pleasure by Len Jenkin Abraham Zobell’s Home Movie: Final Reel..., Profanity, The Ghost Sonata, An Disgrace by John O’Keefe Iliad, and Penelope. She created the paintings for Undermain's production of Neil Night Coil by Jeffery M. Jones Young's Greendale and designed Beneath the Surface: 25 Years of Design at Cosmetic Surgery by Paul Rudnick (Deep Ellum Clubs) Undermain Theatre, which was exhibited at the Dallas Public Library. Linda also Goose and Tomtom by David Rabe (1989 & 1991) designed the sets for Undermain's productions of Lynne Alvarez's The Snow Two Small Bodies by Neil Bell Queen and Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice. Dallas area clients include Southern Methodist Request Concert by Franz Xavier Kroetz University, DS Arts, Neiman Marcus, Dallas Stage Scenery, Shakespeare Festival Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill Bloody Poetry by Howard Benton Dallas, and The Dallas Theater Center. She has worked on (and way off) by John O’Keefe Broadway, including Beauty and the Beast and Translations. Seventy Scenes of Halloween by Jeffery M. Jones (Dallas & Canada)* Ivuoma Okoro (Actor 6 / Another Sarah) Ivuoma is a recent graduate from the Blood on the Cat’s Neck and Bremen Coffee by Rainer Werner Fassbinder All Night Long by John O’Keefe* University of North Texas appearing for the first time in an Undermain production. Rough For Theatre 1 (Three One-Act Plays) by Samuel Beckett Her previous credits include Angel in UNT's production of Marisol and Mrs. Mueller Traps by Caryl Churchill in San Diego State University's production of Doubt. She is very excited and grateful Security Anxiety Developed by Undermain Theatre (Dallas Museum of Art)* for this opportunity! Criminal Minds by Robin Swicord Katherine Owens (Artistic Director) Katherine is a founder and Artistic Director of Fen by Caryl Churchill Undermain Theatre. For Undermain, she has directed the world premieres of Len Other Places: Three One Act Plays by Harold Pinter Jenkin’s Abraham Zobell’s Home Movie: Final Reel..., Time In Kafka, and Port Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay by Dario Fo Two Plays (Act Without Words & Imagination Dead Imagine) by Samuel Beckett Twilight, David Rabe’s The Black Monk, Lynne Alvarez’s The Snow Queen, Mac In Fireworks Lie Secret Codes by Wellman’s Two September, A Murder Of The Crows, and The Hyacinth Macaw, Excavations: Killer’s Head by Sam Shepard Jeffrey M. Jones’s A Man’s Best Friend, Lenora Champagne’s Coaticook, Sylvan Twirler by Jane Martin, Waking Up by Franca Rame Oswald’s Profanity, and Neil Young’s Greendale. Other Undermain credits include An Iliad, Ages Of The Moon, Easter, The Dog Problem, Shining City, The Appeal, Waiting For A Train, Margo Veil, A Number, Blasted, The Late Henry Moss, Silence, * indicates World Premiere production/translation Glamour, Cat’s Paw, Judges 19: Black Lung Exhaling, Quake, Pericles, Wallpaper Undermain Theatre Production History 2014-1984 Psalm, The Joy Of Going Somewhere Definite, The Seagull, All He Fears, Macbeth, Seventy Scenes Of Halloween, A Murder of Crows, Goose And Tomtom, Abraham Zobell’s Home Movie: Final Reel... by Len Jenkin* The New Frontier: Landmark Speeches of JFK by Ted Sorensen-Undermain Reads at the DMA Harm’s Way, Night Coil, Poor Folk’s Pleasure, Traps, Bremen Coffee/Blood On Profanity by Sylvan Oswald* The Cat’s Neck, Come And Go, Fen, Other Places, In Fireworks Lie Secret Codes, Sacrifice by Rabindrinath Tagore and Excavations. She has also appeared on stage in numerous Undermain The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg productions. In New York, Katherine has directed Neil Young’s Greendale at the The Conference of the Birds by Farid Ud-din Attar-Undermain Reads at the Dallas Museum Of Art Ohio Theatre, A Man’s Best Friend at WalkerSpace, Glamour at the Ohio Theatre Penelope by Enda Walsh and Coaticook at the SoHo’s Think Tank’s Ice Factory Festival. She also designed Burying Our Father: A Biblical Debacle by Fred Curchack the video for Erik Ehn’s Gold Into Mud (HERE American Living Room Festival) and An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare Swedish Tales of Woe (the Ohio Theatre). Katherine has served as a juror for the Joyce’s Ulysses by James Joyce-Undermain Reads at the Dallas Museum Of Art Asian Film Festival of Dallas, has been a panelist for the Alpert Awards, and was a The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter liaison to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts. Katherine Colorstruck by Zora Neale Hurston-Undermain Reads at the Dallas Museum Of Art Time In Kafka by Len Jenkin* also works as a voice-over artist and has narrated a number of programs for PBS, A Child’s Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas-Undermain Reads at the Dallas Museum Of Art Dallas’s KERA 90.1, and Mark Birnbaum’s documentary, Las Mujeres de Valle, for Ages Of The Moon by Sam Shepard CARE Ecuador. She is a recipient of the AAUW Texas Woman of Distinction Ilira by Thomas Riccio-Undermain Reads at the Dallas Museum Of Art Award, and award for Excellence in the Creative Arts from the Dallas Historical The Shipment written by Young Jean Lee Society, and in 2012 was nominated for Texan of the Year by The Dallas Morning Easter by August Strindberg translated by Michael Meyer* News. Two Noh Plays by Yukio Mishima-Undermain Reads at the Dallas Museum Of Art The Golem by H. Leivick-Undermain Reads at the Dallas Museum Of Art Christopher Dontrell Piper (Actor 2 / Black Man) Christopher has been a The Dog Problem by David Rabe formative presence in DFW theatre for many years. At Undermain he has acted in Endgame by Samuel Beckett The Shipment by Young Jean Lee and appeared in Undermain’s reading of Zora The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac written and performed by Taylor Mac Neale Hurston’s Colorstruck at the DMA. He’s been a part of AART since their Port Twilight by Len Jenkin* beginning, appearing in The Whipping Man, A Soldier’s Play, Free Man of Color, The Black Monk by David Rabe* Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, and many other productions. He has shared his Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl talents throughout the metroplex in productions including Superior Donuts (Theatre Monkey: The Quest To The West by Laura Jorgensen and Fred Curchack Too), Knock Me a Kiss (Jubilee), and most recently Bull Game (Dead White Neil Young’s Greendale adapted for the stage by Bruce DuBose* Zombies). A true thespian, Christopher always remains a student to the art of Noh: Angels, Demons & Dreams created & performed by Laura Jorgensen & Fred Curchack acting, and is grateful the home AART provides him to work and hone his craft. The Snow Queen by Lynn Alvarez* Shining City by Conor McPherson Bryan Pitts (Actor 4 / Another Black Man) Bryan is very proud to be working in his very first mainstage show with Undermain Theatre! Mr. Pitts is thankful to thank God The Appeal by Young Jean Lee for this opportunity, Mom & Dad, everyone from Baldwin & Washington. He has Waiting for a Train (expanded) by Bruce DuBose* studied at Northlake College and the University of North Texas. He is proud to have Waiting for a Train: The Life and Songs of Jimmy Rodgers by Bruce DuBose* Margo Veil by Len Jenkin worked with African American Repertory Theatre, Cara Mia Theatre, Dallas Theater A Number by Caryl Churchill Center, Ebony Emerald Theater, Jubilee Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theater, Lyric Stage, A Man’s Best Friend by Jeffery M. Jones (Dallas & Ohio Theatre, New York)* Second Thought Theatre, Stage West, Theater Fusion, Theatre Three, The Modern Blasted by Stage, Shakespeare Dallas, Trinity Shakespeare Festival and WaterTower Theatre. Two September by Mac Wellman Some of his favorite productions have been Henry IV playing The Douglas, A The Late Henry Moss by Sam Shepard Streetcar Named Desire playing Stanley Kowalski, Grease playing Vince Fontaine Silence by Moira Buffini and playing Reverend Hale. He is proudly represented by the Kim Glamour by John O’Keefe (Dallas & Ohio Theatre, New York)* Dawson Agency. Paw by Mac Wellman Claudia Stephens (Costume Design) Claudia is an Associate Professor of Judges 19: Black Lung Exhaling by Ruth Margaff (Belgrade, Dallas, Austin)* Costume Design at SMU’s Meadows School of the arts who moved to Dallas in St. Nicholas by Conor McPherson 1997 from her base in New York City, where she successfully designed for opera, Swedish Tales of Woe by Erik Ehn (Dallas & Ohio Theatre, New York)* theater and dance. For Undermain Claudia most recently designed costumes for Gold Into Mud by Erik Ehn (Dallas & New York)* Enda Walsh’s Penelope. During her 30 years as a costume designer, Ms. Stephens Coaticook by Lenora Champagne (ICE Factory Festival, New York & Dallas Video Festival)* has created costume designs for more than 140 productions in both the U.S. and Live Love Acts written and performed by Fred Curchack abroad. Her students are currently working in the costume industry in NYC, LA, Pericles: Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare Chicago, Texas, Florida, Idaho and Oklahoma. In New York City, her designs have Shiner by Erik Ehn and Octavio Solis* been seen at Lincoln Center, Juilliard, School of Music, Playwrights Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka Horizons, Dance Theatre Workshop, Primary Stages, , and Wallpaper Psalms by Ruth Margraff , to name a few. On Broadway (including tours), Ms. A Por Quinley Christmas by Quincy Long (1997 & 1998)* Stephens has worked with , Ann Hould-Ward and Cleo Laine, Therese Raquin by Emile Zola adapted by Neal Bell National Tour; , Ann Hould-Ward and Stephen Babbler by John O’Keefe Bogardus, ; Bernadette Peters, , and Santo The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite by Quincy Long Loquasto, The Goodbye Girl; Neil Simon, Alan Alda, Kate Burton and Santo Homework by Franz Xavier Kroetz Loquasto, Jake’s Women; Gene Saks, , Mercedes Ruhl and Santo Loquasto, ; William Ivey Long, Phillip Bosco and Victor Garber, Lend Me A Tenor. Elsewhere in the U.S., her opera and theatre designs have been seen at Portland Opera, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Center Theater, Merrimack Theater, Triad Theatre, etc. A member of Big Dance Theatre Dance Company since 1995, her costume designs for dance have leapt across stages in NYC, the United States and Europe. Recently, Ms. Stephens designed Before Night Falls for Ft. Worth Opera with director David Gately and scene designer Riccardo Hernandez (May 2010) and the 2008 southwest premiere of the opera , also directed by David Gately with the Fort Worth Opera; Comme Toujours Here I Stand with Big Dance Theatre, which premiered in Lyon, France, April 2009; A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the opening of the Charles & Dee Wyly Theater, fall, 2009; Dividing The Estate, also at the Wyly Theater, opening March 2011. Miss Stephens holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Texas at Austin and an MFA in Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon University. Robert Winn (Scenic Design) Robert’s first design for Undermain was John O’Keefe’s All Night Long in 1986. Shortly after, he was invited to be a company member and has been here ever since, designing in some capacity on dozens of productions. His design credits include Vinegar Tom, Ghosts, Mad Forest, Poor Folk’s Pleasure, Therese Raquin, The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine, Harm’s Way, Disgrace, Love Trouble, Shiner, Goose and Tom Tom, Moira McOc, Red Sheets, and the Dallas and New York productions of Coaticook, Swedish Tales of Woe, A Man’s Best Friend, and Neil Young’s Greendale. Robert has also designed for many other theatre companies in town, including Kitchen Dog, Echo, and Shakespeare Dallas. He has worked in the Art Department on many films and television series, and recently was the Production Designer on the film The Playroom, which received a NY Times critics choice at Film Festival in NYC. Steve Woods (Lighting Design) International work has taken him around the world with stops in , Moscow, London, , Taipei, Budapest, Amsterdam, Madrid, and beyond. His work has been seen at many of the world’s national theaters, the Olympics, and International Festivals including success at the Festival de L’Imaginaire and the Festival Blues Sur Scene in . New York City credits: Lincoln Center, Juilliard, Theatre for a New Audience ( Award), Riverside, , Ohio Theatre, Guggenheim Museum, Summer Stage, Masters of American Dance, and the Joyce Theatre. In dance, he is frequent designer for the Jose Limon Dance Company, having begun that relationship in 1988. Since then his work with the company has been seen at the New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles seasons. His designs include works by Alwin Nikolais, John Cranko, Garth Fagen, Donald McKayle, and Carlos Orta. Regionally his designs have been seen at The Shakespeare Theatre (DC), The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jacobs Pillow, Los Angeles Music Center, , Dallas Theatre Centre, Undermain Theatre, Kitchen Dog, Utah Festival Opera, and the Spoleto Festival. His television work includes PBS broadcast of Evangeline, Lewis and Clark-Passages, Rigoletto, Heartbeats: The Dances of Donald McKayle, Susannah, conducted by composer Carlisle Floyd, and Lucia de Lammermoor with Roberta Peters. Additional television credits include the BBC, ESPN, MTV, VH-1, Showtime, and NBC. He is Professor of Theatre and Head of the Stage Design Program at SMU.