Fran Martone(director) has an MFA in acting from DePaul University. Her directorial debut, Museum by Tina Howe, was selected as best comedy of the year by the Ann Arbor News. She directed numerous plays for Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe, including Two Sisters and a Piano, Water by the Spoonful, Manhattan Glass, and Parted Waters. In the Toledo Area, Fran directed Seascape, The Revolutionists, Bullshot Crummond and Doubt: A Parable for The Village Players. Alabaster, American Hero and Eleemosynary for ACT. Wait Until Dark for The Toledo Rep, and The Moors for BSP. Fran has served as a dramaturg for many playwrights in developing new works. Oh, and Fran has done a little bit of acting along the way.

Surprise!! She’s back one last time! Kylie Schmehl is very excited to take on her first Assistant Directing role with the Black Swamp Players. Kylie is a fourth year at Bowling Green State University studying Adolescent to Young Adults: Integrated Language Arts, she graduates May 3rd. Kylie has previously been seen on the Black Swamp Players stage in August: Osage County (Jean Fordham), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Christopher Boone - week 1), Puffs (Leanne), and Be Here Now (Luanne).

Luna G. Cherry is a BSW student at the University of Toledo and a stage manager and teaching artist at the Children's Theatre Workshop. This is her first show with Black Swamp and she's thrilled to be here. Most recently, she stage managed and designed sound and projections for Vietnam 101 at CTW. She also recently stage managed Medusa Undone at The Village Players and Mean Girls: High School Edition at CTW and was recently seen onstage as Fabian in the CTW Collective's production of Twelfth Night. She has previously designed and built sets for CTW's productions of The Tempest, The Yellow Boat, and 21 Chump Street and for Wayne State University's Dance Workshop's show Soil Bodies.