Romeo and Juliet Creative

Director
Christina Rose Ashby
Boomerang credits: Richard III (Directing Intern) and Their Great Magic (Director). Others: The Dog Show (Player’s Theater,) Petunia’s Playhouse Live! (New Ohio), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (IRT Theater). International: Are You Alice: A New Wonderland Tale (Edinburgh Fringe). MFA Actors Studio Drama School. www.christinaroseashby.com
Assistant Director
Sarah Connolly
Boomerang credits: The Karpovsky Variations (Assistant Director). Others: Running After Bobby (Ensemble Studio Theatre), The Glass Between Stars (The Tank), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (The Mandala Series), Landis and the Bear (Samuel French Short Play Festival), Mouse Trap (New York Theatre Festival). BA Wesleyan University. www.connollysarah.com
Production Stage Manager
Olivia Martin
Boomerang debut! Soho Playhouse: The Dating Show (Stage Manager); 54 Below: TRANScendent (Producer); Gallery Players: Matilda (Production Stage Manager); Open Jar Studios: First Ladies and the Big White Lie (Production Stage Manager). BFA in Drama NYU Tisch School of the Arts. @olivia.martin16
Assistant Stage Manager
Carly Baker
Boomerang debut! Carly is a rising senior at New York University Gallatin creating her own BA degree in theater marketing, arts administration, and stage management. Prior production stage management credits include Zombie Prom!, And So I Killed the Leviathan, and Tropopause at NYU. @ca.rlybker
Costume Designer
Stefanie Genda
Boomerang: The Karpovsky Variations, Twelfth Night, NYC Theatre: Don’t Do This to Us! (The Tank); Marrow (59E59); Complete Works of William Shakespeare…Abridged (Mile Square Theatre); Satellites, Linger [Best Costume Design Broadway World] (Premiere Stages). Regional Theater: 42nd Street, Lost in Yonkers (Riverside Theatre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Tuacahn Amphitheatre); Million Dollar Quartet, Cabaret, Twelve Angry Men (Florida Repertory Theatre); Crossing Swords, tick, tick… BOOM! (American Theatre Group); Othello (American Shakespeare Center). Broadway Assistant Costume Designer on Company First National Tour/Broadway and Ain’t No Mo’. Follow Stefanie on Instagram @stef_withan_f_no_ph and www.stefaniegenda.com.
Associate Costume Designer
Kim Griffin
Boomerang Credits: Comedy of Errors (Costume Designer). Regional Theater: Sesame Street Mardi Gras Parade (SeaWorld San Antonio), Time Stops: A New Musical (Kravis Arts Center), Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, West Side Story, Romeo & Juliet (Florida Repertory Theatre), Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden (Williamstown Theatre Festival). www.kimgriffin.net
Props Coordinator
Deb Gaouette
Previous Boomerang Credits: Loveless Texas, Karovposky Variations. Off-Broadway: Americano at New World Stages, Robin and Me and The Gentleman Caller for Abingdon Theater Company, Smokey Joe's Café at Stage 42, The Other Josh Cohen at Westside Theater; Desperate Measures at both York Theater and New World Stages, and too many Fordham Main Stage productions to list.
Fight Director
Vanessa Wendt
Boomerang debut! NY Renaissance Faire (Grace O’Malley/Universal Swing, Fight Captain), Wolf Tale (Woodsman, Fight Director), Willie & Me (Actress), Roaring Girl (Mistress Gallipot, Fight Director), La Maupin (Brigitte/Fight Captain), Pieces: The Musical (Dr. Carol), Julius Caesar (Brutus/Fight Captain), Taming of the Shrew (Katharina), Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio), How To Succeed…. (Bud Frump), “The Hunted: NYCSS” (Cassiopeia). www.vanessawendt.com
Dance Choreographer
Shanise O'Connor
is originally from San Diego, CA, where her love of dance began at the age of four when she started in tap class. She continued on dancing as she grew, adding classical jazz, ballet, modern, and contemporary styles to her list of classes. Her true love of creating performances and choreography began at age 16 when she asked her then dance teacher if she could choreograph the end of the year recital dance for her jazz and tap classes. Shanise then went on to get her BFA in Dance from the University of California, Riverside and after graduating, moved to San Francisco to perform with several different companies on a collaborative basis. Shanise then moved to New York City in 2017 and danced and choreographed with the company, Six Degrees Dance, as well as becoming a teaching artist for several school programs across New York.
Music Director/Composer
Thomas Burns Scully
is a British-born, Oman-raised, New York-based actor, writer, and musician. He has composed for shows such as A Girl Without Wings, Life is a Dream, and Are You Alice: A New Wonderland Tale, receiving plaudits from publications including The New York Times and popular figures such as Amanda Palmer. He was formerly the resident guitarist at the Hard Rock Cafe Times Square, and currently plays lead guitar in indie rock band Hurricane Holly. In addition, he is a long-standing devising member of the Drama Desk-nominated Live in Theater group, has appeared in such film and TV projects as Comedy Central's "Broad City," and, as a writer, he is a recipient of the WB Yeats Playwriting Award and the 1st Irish Festival Audience Favorite Award. In his off hours, he has designed escape rooms and interactive experiences for clients such as Fortune 500 Anheuser-Busch at SXSW and celebrity Neil Patrick Harris. @drthomasdbs @hurricanehollymusic thomasburnsscully.com
Intimacy Choreographer
Becca Canziani
Boomerang debut! Becca is interested in collaborative creative processes, community-building, and telling stories that queer the lens of how we view relationships. Recent credits include Spring Awakening (The Edge), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Eccentric Bear Theater Co), and Things Reaching Toward the Sun (Amaranth Films). @beccacanzi
Associate Producer
Amy Lau Croyle
Boomerang debut! Public Theater: Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, Ma-Yi Theater Company’s The Chinese Lady, NAATCO’s Out of Time, 600 Highwaymen’s A Thousand Ways (Part II), #BARS Workshop Volume 5 (Line Producer); Richard III, Suffs, cullud wattah, Merry Wives, Measure for Measure, Public Works' Hercules (Associate/Assistant Line Producer).
Production Manager/Associate Producer
Rachael Langton
is a New York-based theater director and production manager. She’s been working with Boomerang Theater since 2015, where she was the Production Assistant on A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Central Park. Since then, she’s been the Production Manager on The Great Divide and The Karpovsky Variations. Other companies she’s worked with include Abingdon Theater, Rising Sun Performance Company, Metropolitan Playhouse, and The International Human Rights Festival. Select directing credits include A Shot Rang Out by Michael Hagins at Theatre Row; East Side Stories, Actually, an evening of five original short plays at Metropolitan Playhouse; and Graduation by Eugene Grygo, performed in the International Human Rights Festival. Rachael is also the Associate Director of Marketing at The New Group. Education: BA Theatre Studies, Ithaca College. View her work at RachaelLangton.com. Follow @Rachael_Langton.
Original Artwork
Stefano Imbert
Born and raised in Rome, Italy, Stefano is a professional illustrator based in New York City for more than 15 years. He has provided poster design and illustration to theatres nationwide, and his book covers have been published internationally. Stefano’s fashion illustrations are a monthly feature on a London-based men’s fashion blog. Stefano volunteers with Ink Well Foundation, working with children facing illness and hardship. A graduate of School of Visual Arts, he teaches illustration at CUNY and serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Illustrators (New York) as International Chair.
Artistic Director
Tim Errickson
Tim founded Boomerang Theatre Company in 1999 with the mission of revolutionizing the theatre producing models of off-off-Broadway. In his 26 years leading the company, he has produced over 60 plays and musicals, as well as readings of over 100 works in development. Tim's focus now is on fundraising, audience development, marketing and artist support. In addition to Boomerang, Tim has been on staff at Lincoln Center Theater and New Dramatists. BA, New College at Hofstra Univ; MFA, Writing for Stage and Screen, Point Park University. @timerrickson
(AEA)
Actors Equity Association
Actors' Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

Acknowledgements:

Special Thanks: Meghan Mackowiak and the team at Actors Equity Association; Claudia Pepe and Special Events Permits desk at The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation; Kirk Gostkowski, Christina Perry and the staff at The Chain Theater; Orietta Crispino and the staff at TheaterLab; Katie Rosin and Kampfire PR; Lorenzo Scott; and Sara Thigpen 

Boomerang Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the individuals listed below for the support of our work.
Playmakers Monthly Donors
Liz Appel, Jean Dommermuth, Kevin R. Free, Amanda Jones, Timothy Nolan, Bob Ost, Ian Pfister, Paula Sheynerman and Natalie Wilson

Individual Support
Susan Abbott, Jazmyn Arroyo, Jay Aubrey, Timothy Babcock, David Arthur Bachrach, Ezra Barnes, Michole Biancosino, Pete Boisvert, Rose Bonzcek, Richard Brundage, Zack Calhoon, David Ceci, Richard Crisci, Dominic D'Andrea, Victoria Feather, Vince Gatton, Mel Gonzalez, Andrea Gorzell, Patricia Hallstein, David Hilder, Tara Kenavan, Kate Kenney, Susan Kirby, Susan Kulla, Alice Lacey, Mark Lowenstern, Vincent Marano, Dan Marshall, Sevrin Anne Mason, Sue McLaughlin, Melissa Moschitto, Lora Moysard, Linda S. Nelson, Ariel Pellman, Ralph Petrarca, Duncan Pflaster, Richard Robinson, Heather Lee Rogers, Aaron Simms, Marc Sinoway, Lory Skwerer, Shannon Stowe, Mark Souza, Akia Squitieri, Victor Trevino, Walter A. Webster, Alan Zucker.