Squeakers Creative

Playwright

Steven Strafford

is an actor and playwright. He played Prince Herbert in Spamalot (Original Vegas Cast) and appeared in the national and international tours of Peter Pan, Cinderella, and Grease! In Chicago, he has appeared at Goodman, About Face Theatre, Windy City Playhouse, Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, and First Folio. He has played men, women, rivers, giraffes, and aliens. He is the author and performer of the award-winning solo show, Methtacular! His plays, Small Jokes About Monsters, Greater Illinois, The Match Game, Mona Quimby: Age 38, and The Model Congressman have been produced and workshopped around the country. Small Jokes About Monsters will be published and licensed by Broadway Licensing. He has two upcoming world premieres, and he is the proud husband of Wade and proud dad of Seeley.

Director

Sam Nelson

PhD, Interdisciplinary Arts, Second Year. Ohio University: The Brutal Fucking Death of the Drunkard, the Immigrant, the Durable, the Juggernaut; “Iron” Mike Malloy. Assistant Director: Julius Caesar. www.sam-nelson.net

Scenic Designer

Zachery Snow

MFA, Scenic Design, First Year, Ohio University. Theatrical Work: (Scenic designer/ Charge Artist) Squeakers, (Scenic Designer Spring 2024) 9 to 5 The Musical Tantrum Theater, (Scenic Artist) Yerma, Hotel Berry, What the Gods Gave Me, Doctor Voynich and her Children, Julius Caesar. Other work: 3D artist, and ceramist.

Costume Designer

Madeline Hammons

BFA, Costume Design, Fourth Year. Costume Designer: Julius Caesar (Ohio University), Men are Trash and I’m A Raccoon (Vibrancy Theater), Bingo Bango Swordfish Tango. Tantrum Theater Wardrobe Assistant: Hotel Berry, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Lighting Designer

Quentin Kurtz

BFA, PD&T and Stage Management, Fourth Year. Ohio University: New Cabaret 22' and 23' (Lighting Designer). Master Electrician credits: Carrie, Berry Hotel, What the Gods Gave Me, Dr. Voynich and Her Children, Iron Mike Malloy, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Everybody. Programmer credits: Absentia, Summer & Smoke, Men on Boats. Other: People’s Bank Theater: Kiss Me Kate (Programmer). Centerville High School: Tuck Everlasting (Programmer).

Sound Designer

Sid McCarty

MFA, Sound Design, Second Year. Ohio University: What The Gods Gave Me (Sound Designer), Everybody (Assistant Sound Designer). Other Sound Designer: Everybody, University of Evansville; The Three Musketeers, University of Evansville; Colony Collapse, University of Evansville; Mother Courage and her Children University of Evansville. All’s Well that Ends Well (Assistant Sound Designer) Great River Shakespeare Festival

Stage Manager

Eleanor Rauschenberg

BFA, Stage Management, Second Year. Ohio University: what the Gods gave me (Assistant Stage Manager), Everybody (Production Assistant) Other: Actors’ Theater of Columbus

Dramaturg

Brenna Daugherty

BA, Theater, Fourth Year. Ohio University Lab: Karma Adulting & Forgiveness (Director), History of the Waltz (Director), Mountain Girl (Playwright/Director). OVST: July 2023: Rent (Director)

Technical Director

Nick Wilson

MFA, Technical Direction Program, First Year. He built this show.

Props Designer

Alex Pio

MFA, Scenic Design, Third Year. Ohio University: Scenic Designer: Carrie, The Thanksgiving Play, Everybody, Blood at the Root; Props Artisan: Julius Caesar, Doctor Voynich and Her Children, what the Gods gave me, Hotel Berry; Absentia (Assoc. Scenic Designer), People, Places, and Things (Assistant Scenic Designer). Other: Mamma Mia! (Props Master) UW-Stevens Point Theatre, The Spitfire Grill (Scenic Designer) UW-Stevens Point Theatre, (Props Crafts Apprentice) Santa Fe Opera

Associate Production Manager

Jules Simons

MAA, Theater and Production Management, First Year. Ohio University: Karma, Adulting, and Forgiveness (Playwright/Producer).

Associate Production Manager

Donald “Avi” Stewart

[he/him/his] MA, Art Administration in Theater and Production Management, First Year. Ohio University: Hotel Berry (Andrew), Absentia (Clayton Harris). California State University Northridge: Blood Wedding (Ensemble), Fabulation, or the re-education of Undine (Guy/Doctor), In The Heights (Benny), Merry Wives of Windsor (Ensemble), Other: June 20tt (CSUN Student Film), Hometown Spirit (OU MFA Thesis), Squeezed (OU MFA Thesis), The Old One (OU MFA Thesis).

Production Staff

Production Manager: Roberto Di Donato

Charge Scenic Artists: Princess Ibeh, Zach Snow

Scene Shop Manager: Nicole Hankins

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Electrics Shop Manager: Madeleine Hebert

Sound Shop Manager: Daniela Chaparro

Lead Carpenter: Nicole Hankins

Lead Electrician: Lillie Wright

Assistant Director: Ella Manning

Assistant Lighting Designer: Kharla Landrau

Assistant Stage Manager: Conrad Gothard

Production Assistant: Scarlett Fried

Assistant Properties Designer: Izzy Bawn

Assistant Lead Electrician: Quentin Kurtz

Light Board Programmer: Gabriel Hrin

SCENE SHOP

Carpenters: Lydia Ball, Rosemary Burmester, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Cameron Hess, Lauren Key, Katie Mangan, Luke May, Simon McFawn, Eli Nisly, Charley Peck, Anna Proctor, Grace Roderick, Jude Shreffler, Jacob Simmons, Nick Sklenar, Lucy Walter

Fly: Gabriel Marusic, Michael Mylen, Eliza Russo, Ryan Zomak

PAINT SHOP

Scenic Artists: Hannah Carey, Princess Ibeh, Zach Snow

Paint Crew: Megan Collina, Kay Collins, Cassie Cope, Ella Decker, Artemis Dexheimer, Nicole Downing, Julia Germer, Carly Huff, Addison James, Madison Keally, Callie Lippencott, Bella Martin, Gabe Marusic, Katarina Puig, Leilani Stillwagon, Sylvia Witt, Sebastian Yobé-Bowen, Isabella Zallo

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Bear Alvarez, Izzy Bawn, Billy Elias, Sam Erwin, Grace Easterday, Macy Fletcher, Conrad Gothard, Annaka Guerrero, Keely Heyl, Ruth Kennedy, Aidan Kelly, Alex Pio, Addy Plessinger, Eliza Russo, Anna Scott, Kaycee Scott, Maggie Wisday, James Walkowski

COSTUME SHOP

Draper: Madeline Hammons

Firsthand: Sofia Perez

CRAFT SHOP

Crafts Head: Sarah Beth

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Crew: Audrey Phipps, Syd Zimcosky

ELECTRICS SHOP

Light Board Operator: Rylee Lee

Lighting Crew: Hannah Barton, Hope Barton, Sydney Campbell, Katie Carpenter, Addie Collard, Cassidy Disantis, Beatrice Feldbush, Destry Gunther, Madeleine Hebert, Gabriel Hrin, Amanda Johnson, Quentin Kurtz, Kharla Landrau, Alexandra Marusich, Simon McFawn, Timothy Oh, Alejandro Ridolfi, Chloe Robinson, Nick Swope, Tobby Tao, Aidan Timko, Bob Walters, Lillie Wright

SOUND SHOP

Sound Board Operator: Tyler Murray

Sound Crew: Erin Abney, Chris Burns, Lily Franks, Abe Haprian, Kekoa Huihui-Andrew, Ayana Johnson, Simon Marland, Sid McCarty, Isabella Scanlan, Carla Spearman

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Ben Griffithe, Braven Jones, Grace Larger, Nick Latham, Katie Maccabee, Alex Mackeown, Freddie Masselli, Emily Royse, Victoria Skok, Miriam Snavely, Vivian Waye

RUN CREW

Erin Stone, Ruth Kennedy

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Molly Donahue

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Directors, School of Theater: Dan Denhart, David Haugen

School of Theater Faculty and Staff

SHAPe Clinic