Tipping The Velvet Creative Team

Director

Caitlin Lopez

MFA, Directing, Third Year. Vibrancy Theater Director: We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia Formerly Known as Southwest Africa From the German Südwestafrika Between the Years of 1884-1915. Ohio University Director: The Knight of the Burning Pestle, The Secretaries. Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival Director: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ophelia’s Jump Productions Director: The Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Short People (Writer/Director), Pericles, Prince of Tyre, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, The Compleat Wrks of Wilm Shkspr (Abridged), 33 Variations. Spectacles Improv Engine: Paranormal High (Director/Developer), Sense and Prejudice (Director/Developer). STAGEStheatre: The Awkward Party (Developer/Dramaturg). Caitlin has her BA in Theatre from California State University San Bernardino.

Music Director

Sebastian Yobé-Bowen

[he/him] BFA, Musical Theater, Fourth Year. Ohio University: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Actor/Musician and Andrey/Bolkonsky U/S), Alchemist the Musical (Music Director/Arranger), Carrie (Mr Stephens/Reverend Bliss), Medea (King Creon), 9 to 5 The Musical (Ensemble and Joe U/S), See Rock City and Other Destinations (Piano).

Choreographer/Intimacy Choreographer

Devin Ty Franklin

MFA, Directing, Third Year. Ohio University Intimacy Choreopher: 9 to 5: The Musical, We Are Proud to Present..., David’s Dead (and other less important stories), Shining Girls, Yerma, Hotel Berry. They have a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. -to-Be (Lighting Designer), Count of Wulong Mountain (Lighting Designer).

Scenic Designer

Zachery Snow

MFA, Scenic Design, Third Year, Ohio University. Theatrical Work: (Scenic designer) Tipping the Velvet, The Prom, 9 to 5 the Musical, Squeakers. (Charge artist) Pride & Prejudice, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Squeakers, (Scenic artist) We are Proud to Present…, Medea, Yerma, Hotel Berry, What the Gods Gave Me, Doctor Voynich and her Children, Julius Caesar. Other work: Santa Fe Opera, 2023 Apprentice Scenic Artist, Tosca, The Flying Dutchman, Pelléas et Mélisande, Rusalka, & Orfeo.

Costume Designer

Esther Yali-Williams

MFA, Costume Design and Technology, Second Year. Costume Designer: Tipping the Velvet, John Proctor is the Villain, Medea (Costume Design Assistant). Other: Wolf Trap Opera (stitcher/wardrobe) Film, Costume Designer: Apples and Oranges, Ogun, Last Ride, Ashabi. Wardrobe Supervisor: A weekend to forget, Love in a Pandemic, Palava, Sebla. Television Credits: The Voice Africa and The Voice Nigeria, Sosa fruit drink, Chief malt.

Lighting Designer

Tobby Tao

 MFA, Production Design & Technology, Lighting Design, Third Year. Peoples Bank Theater: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lighting Designer). Ohio University: 9 to 5 (Lighting Designer), Twelfth Night (Production Electrician), The Secretaries (Lighting Designer). Goldsmith, University of London: Miracle (Lighting Designer). Communication University of China, Nanjing: Millions Of Bold Warriors (Lighting Designer), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lighting Designer). Mahua FunAge: Love, Oh Humans! (Lighting Designer), Queen Of Proposing (Lighting Designer), The Groom.

Sound Designer

Arshan Gailus, Guest Artist

Sound design and original music for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Shakespeare & Company, ArtsEmerson, The Old Globe, California Shakespeare Theater, The Huntington Theatre Company, Capital Repertory Theatre, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Actors' Shakespeare Project, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Company One, and more. MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, BS in Music from MIT. www.arshangailus.com

Stage Manager

Lily Welsh

BFA, Stage Management, Fourth Year. Ohio University Stage Manager: The Knight of the Burning Pestle, The Secretaries, Ghost Light. Ohio University Assistant Stage Manager: Julius Caesar, Zoo Story. Ohio University Production Assistant: Summer and Smoke. Tantrum Theater Assistant Stage Manager: 9 to 5, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. January 2025: Anonymous Lover (Assistant Stage Manager) Opera Philadelphia, March 2025: Don Giovanni (Assistant Stage Manager) Opera Philadelphia.

Dramaturg

Claire Waldrop

BA, English, Fourth Year. She is a 2024 New Voices of Appalachia Playwright and a recipient of the 365 Women A Year NextGen Playwright Award.

Properties Master

Katherine Telkamp

[She/He/They] - MFA, Prop Technology, Second Year. Ohio University: Tipping the Velvet (Props Master), Twelfth Night (Artisan), 9-5 (Artisan). Other: Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre, Prairie Repertory Theatre.

Dialect Coach

Sam Nelson

 PhD, Interdisciplinary Arts, Fourth Year. Ohio University: The Brutal Fucking Death of the Drunkard, the Immigrant, the Durable, the Juggernaut; “Iron” Mike Malloy (Director), Squeakers (Director), Julius Caesar (Asst. Director), John Proctor is the Villain (Mr. Smith). Other: Twelfth Night (Dramaturg, Asst. Director) Tantrum Theater. www.Sam-Nelson.net

PRODUCTION STAFF

Technical Director: Dan Denhart

Production Manager: Crystal Dahm

Charge Scenic Artist: Hannah Carey

Scene Shop Manager: Jaxon Meadows

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Electrics Shop Manager: Amber Hood

Sound Shop Manager: Sid McCarty

Lead Carpenters: Riley Bale, Princess Ibeh

Production Electrician: Katie Mangan

Assistant Choreographer: Lucian Loyvé

Assistant Scenic Designer: Endurance Osabohien

Assistant Costume Designer: Ashlynn Swauger

Assistant Lighting Designer: Amanda Johnson

Assistant Stage Managers: Eleanor Rauschenberg, Morgan Humbert

Assistant Dialect Coach: Will Fletcher

Production Assistants: Alex Smith, Timber Warner

Assistant Production Electrician: Adrian Coté

Light Board Programmer: Teigue Hardesty

Sound Mixer/Engineer: Sid McCarty

SCENE SHOP

Shop Foreperson: Chelsea Clark-Besic

Carpenters: Raniya Allen, Naiyah Anderson, Rosemary Burmester, Sydney Campbell, Kirstie Fontanez, Carmen Foster, Scarlett Fried, Juniper George, Lilly Gevend, Cameron Hess, Sofia Laviolette, Harshwardhan Lnu, Max Marmash, Bricen McGres, Tyler Murray, Eli Nisly, Molly Nixon, Alex Olsen, Elisabeth O'Neill, Katy Price, Christopher Reinhardt, Grayce Roderick, Mark Schobert, Alyssa Sherman, Nick Sklenar, Robby Steiner, Chris Williams

PAINT SHOP

Scenic Artists: Sara Ehbrahimi, Endurance Osabohien, Zach Snow

Paint Crew: Kamryn Affolter, Taylor Arnstein, Oakley Aughtman, Katie Carpenter, Sammie Cottrill, Christian English, Mia Geise, Julia Germer, Dora Gehrum, Katie Hall, Paige Ivan, Seth Langenkamp, Ella Langiotti, Adrien Legarth, Abbi Lindsey, Katie Maccabee, Sofia Maggard, Paige Marshall, Gabe Marusic, Emma Mayes, Bricen McGrew, Auggie Nieves Bucey, Maddie Powell, Madison Russell, Paige Salisbury, Morgan Sprouse, Nick Swope, Caden Tate, Lucy Walter, Violet Weida, Jo Wiggins, Isabella Zallo

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Alliance Akins, Elizabeth Nease, Sam Wardisiani, Shawn Webb, Maisie Whitaker

Props Crew: Bridget Faulhaber

COSTUME SHOP

First Hands: Jaimon Lovins, Jackie Sokel, Ashlynn Swauger, Kaden Woodward

Stitchers: Elizabeth Amstutz, Liz Andes, Britney Cox, Elena Fahmi, Abbie Hancock, Everett LaMantia, Nora Spudich

CRAFTS SHOP

Crafts Head: Sarah Beth

Crafts Supervisor: Baylor Hawks

Crafts Artisan: Carissa Knitowski

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Supervison: Anna Martin

Wardrobe Crew: Erica Ahmed, El Holritz, Elena Schwartz, Zoe Woods

ELECTRICS SHOP

Light Board Operator: Emma Boring

Follow Spot Operator 1: Laila Christian

Follow Spot Operator 2: Zolton Eadie

Core Lighting MFA Students: Riley Bale, Adrian Coté, Tobby Tao

Core Lighting BFA Students: Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Amanda Johnson, Katie Mangan, Simon McFawn, Lillie Wright

Lighting Crew: Emma Archer, Riley bale, Heidi Blowers, Adan Rivas-Casarrubias, Adrian Coté, Abby Cox, Dylan Dahlberg, Ella Decker, Kasey Dingee, Tiegue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Reed Hickerson, Rylee Horowitz, James Hughes, Maddie James, Amanda Johnson, Cameron Kizlik, Everett Lamantia, Katie Maccabee, Katie Mangan, Simon McFawn, Elle Mitsch, Joey Negrete, Georgia Nelson, Nora Spudich, Tobby Tao, Talitha Thomas

SOUND SHOP

Sound Board Operator: Audrey Ballard

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Liz Caron, Abby Covalin, Logan Deluca, Gwyn Gaunt, Eliza Harbaugh, Campbell Hogue, Braven Jones, Grace Larger, Bella Martin, Molly McHugh, Amy Pilgrim, Breanna Rowan, Noella Senra, Victoria Skok, Semaj Wilson, Vivian Waye

RUN CREW

Fly Rail Operators: Sarah Johnson, Bryce Meyer

Stage Crew: Konstantinos Kellis, Madison Sheard

Curtain: Alex Day

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Caitlin Lopez

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Director, School of Theater: Rachel Cornish

School of Theater Faculty and Staff

Arts For Ohio

The SHAPe Clinic