Director
Aimee TodoroffBoomerang debut; Indie Theater productions include the Brecht in the Park series, Echoes in the Garden, Trifles, and The People with American Bard, and the Award Winning A Transcriber's Tale and American Gun Show, both presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, among many others. Other Regional/International credits include Hedda Gabler (Gilbert Theater, NC) and Pussycat in Memory of Darkness (ProEnglish Theater, Kyiv Ukraine). Off-Broadway, Assistant Director at Classic Stage Company. Multiple credits as producer of short films. Website: Aimeetodoroff.org
Assistant Director
Penelope DeenBoomerang Debut! Penny is an Award Winning Producer, acclaimed Choreographer/Movement Director & a BroadwayWorld Nominated Actor. She is an international theatre artist who has worked in Ahmedabad, India (Darpana Academy/Natarani), Bogotá, Colombia & in Edinburgh at Edfringe. Currently, she is the Associate Program Manager at New Perspectives Theatre Company. She is a special recognition graduate of Hunter College with a degree in Women & Gender Studies/Theatre Double Major, Dance minor and is known for her role in Oceanborn and for her activism work spearheading the Women Stage the World March for the League of Professional Theatre Women. Special thanks to Aimee & everyone who worked so hard to make this magic happen! To join her theatrical journey: @deen_penelope
Production Stage Manager
Rachel McPhersonSelect credits include previous Boomerang productions: Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves..., The Karpovsky Variations (ASM) and Rock N' Roles (Stage Manager); Broadway Workshop: Head Over Heels (Production Stage Manager); Invulnerable Nothings - All the Mournful Voices (Stage Manager). Rachel has previously worked with the International American Ballet, the Houston Ballet, the Atlantic Theater, and New York Stage and Film. Special thanks to the R2 SM Team, Josh, Mini, my family, and my friends! Education: UNCSA - BFA
Assistant Stage Manager
Abigail Kastenbergthrilled to be making her Boomerang debut! Off-Off Broadway: Agamemnon, Fools in the Forest. Regional: King Lear, Cry Baby, Merry Wives of Windsor, Camp Siegfried, All That Fall, A Seance for Mae West, But Not Uncle Vanya, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Acute Exposure, Ragtime, Tiny Beautiful Things, and The Snow Queen. Many thanks to friends, family, and the incredible Boomerang team!
Stage Management Associate
Elena GenaoBoomerang debut! Elena recently graduated from Brown University with a BA in Literary Arts and Modern Culture & Media. Prior stage management credits include Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches and Is Cry You Cry’n at Brown.
Costume Designer
Stefanie GendaBoomerang: Romeo & Juliet, 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.
Props Coordinator
Deb GaouetteRecent credits include: Americano at New World Stages, Romeo and Juliet, Karpovsky Variations and Loveless Texas for Boomerang; Smokey Joe's Cafe at Stage 42, Desperate Measures at both New World Stages and The York, Turtle on a Fencepost at Theater 555, The Other Josh Cohen at Westside Theater, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever for Irish Rep, She Persisted, The Big Ten-O, and Last Stop on Market Street for Atlantic Kids Theater, several production for Atlantic Theater Acting School, and as Props Coordinator at Fordham University, too many main stage production to list.
Music Director
Dylan KaufmanBoomerang debut! Comden and Green (AMD/Copyist, Carlyle Cafe), Madea: A Musical Comedy (Sub for MD/Corey, Actors Temple), Glory Days (Copyist, Keen Company); NYU Musical Theater (NSB); Writer/Actor/MD/Photographer; @dylkaufman
Production Manager
Em Walteris a New York City-based director, producer, and storyteller. This is Em’s Boomerang debut! Em recently graduated with a BA in Theater and Sustainability Studies from Muhlenberg College. During her senior year, she directed and produced Love In Idleness, her immersive adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, going on to found BergImmersive, an immersive theater ensemble, and then produce their inaugural production of 12 Ophelias. He currently serves as the Managing Director of UP Theater Company and directs various small projects around the city. IG @_emwalter.
Original Artwork
Stefano ImbertBorn 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.
Press Representitive
Katie Rosin / Kampfire PRA full service Marketing and Public Relations agency founded in 2001 by Katie Rosin, offering exceptional and custom campaigns for each client’s unique needs and projects. Rosin was instrumental in the launch of the Broadway musical Brooklyn and the National Tour of Mother Load. She worked on the publicity team for the comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, and his movie Comedian, and has represented companies of all levels, genres and aesthetics in the Arts. Zachary Hobbs joined the team in 2023. Some of Kampfire past and present clients include: The Actor's Temple, ArtsRock, Astoria Performing Arts Center, Black Watch Theatre, Boomerang Theatre Company, The Bossy Frog Band, Braata Productions, the cell theatre, Chain Theatre, Clutch Productions, The Directors Company, Tony Award Winning Double Play Connections, Empty Quarter Studios, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Krymov, The Lark, The League of Professional Theater Women, New Place Platers, New York Innovative Theatre Awards, New York Neo-Futurists, Nicu's Spoon, Off The Wall Productions, PasticheNYC, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, Queens Theatre, R.Evolución Latina, Seeing Place Theater, Singers Forum, TADA! Youth Theater TheatreRoo, Theater Three Collaborative, Thinkery and Verse, and terraNOVA Collective.
Producer
Tim ErricksonTim 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 University and MFA from Point Park University.
Associate Producer
Amy Lau CroyleBoomerang: Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves, Romeo and Juliet. Public Theater: Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, Richard III, Suffs, Ma-Yi Theater Company’s The Chinese Lady, NAATCO’s Out of Time, cullud wattah, Merry Wives, 600 Highwaymen’s A Thousand Ways (Part II): An Encounter, Mobile Unit's Measure for Measure, Public Works' Hercules, #BARS Workshop Volume 5.
(AEA)
Actors Equity AssociationActors' 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 the NYC Parks Department; Kirk Gostkowski, Christina Perry and the staff at The Chain Theater; The staff at Playwrights Horizons Downtown and at ART/NY 520 Studios; Katie Rosin and Kampfire PR 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, Ingrid Adamsons, Hakim Ben Aissa, Susan Assefi, Jazmyn Arroyo, Jay Aubrey, Timothy Babcock, David Arthur Bachrach, Ezra Barnes, Purva Bedi, Kari Bentley‑Quinn, Eliza Bent, Michole Biancosino, Pete Boisvert, Rose Bonzcek, Raquel Bronfeld, Jen Browne, Melissa Browne, Richard Brundage, Meredith Burns, Christine Bowers, Zack Calhoon, Adrienne Campbell‑Holt, Jon Caren, Brandy Carie‑Marrah, David Ceci, Jessica Chayes, Bonnie Beth Chernin, Alice Eve Cohen
Darcy Savit Croatto
Richard Crisci
Bernardo Cubria
Dominic D’Andrea
John Daugherty
Vivienne Davis
David Davila
Julie Dechen
Erin DeGrand
Avery Deutsch
Hal Diamond
Joel Diamond
Paul Driscoll
Dipti Bramhandkar
James Dunn
Tyler Dwiggins
Vivia Font
Elinor Famutimi
Victoria Feather
Gina Femia
Mary Fitch
Michael Folie
Jennifer Fuentes
Lawrence Furman
Vince Gatton
Dana Gitlin
Charlee Goforth
Megan Good
Mel Gonzalez
Andrea Gorzell
Sarah Graham
Catherine E. Graham
Victoria Gruenberg
Greg Guarnaccia
Alyssa Haddad
Patricia Hallstein
Casey Hartman
Patti Healy
David Hilder
Meredith Higgins
David N. Herskovits
Layla Holveck
Jason Howard
Cindee Howard
Samantha Ives
Dana Jacks
Michael Jarmark
Mandeep Manku
Matt Lyberg
Kate Kenney
Tara Kenavan
Victoria Keenan‑Zelt
Susan Kirby
Kristine Kirwin
Sarah Klopfer
Milan Khosla
Susan Kulla
Jill Kurtz
Alice Lacey
Deepak Lall
Meron Langsner
Robert Lehrman
Marie Leithauser
Kate Levin
Ying Ying Li
Padraic Lillis
Beth Lincks
Peggy and Don Lents
Stacie Lents
Mark Lowenstern
Phil Luongo
Wendie Malick
Erin Mallon
Vincent Marano, Dan Marshall, Sevrin Anne Mason, Michelle McCullough, Sue McLaughlin, Colleen Meenan, Jason Milligan, Melissa Moschitto, Dawson Moore, Lora Moysard, Ann Mary Mullane, Linda S. Nelson, Nandita Shenoy, Neela Vaswani, Neil Zauber, Gerald Polner, Duncan Pflaster, Laura Petit, Ariel Pellman, Sally Pera, Andrew Pedvis, Ralph Petrarca, Isaac Rathbone, Alex Riad, Jennifer Renner, Richard Robinson, Gerardo Rodriguez, Heather Lee Rogers, Kia Rogers, Greg Romero, Jessica Rojakovick, Erica Saleh, Madhuri Shekar, Paula Sheynerman, Aaron Simms, Ken Simon, Marc Sinoway, Akia Squitieri, Cynthia Spierer, Marguerite Stimpson, Shannon Stowe, Lisa Stoler, Teresa Stephenson, Mark Souza, Stephanie Swirsky, Yzette Swavy‑Lipton, Adam Szymkowicz, Erin Teufel, Alex Tobey, Victor Trevino, Carl Untamo, Samuel Williams, Bonnie Wilson, Lauren Wolff, Steven Wishman, Walter A. Webster, Stefania Zaccari, Reva Zenruffinen and Alan Zucker.
