Summer And Smoke Creative

Director

Sarah Elizabeth Yorke

MFA, Directing, Third Year. MAA, Theatre Production and Management. Ohio University: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Perfect Arrangement, Silent Sky (Assist. Director). Tantrum Theater: Spring Awakening (Assoc. Director), Objects in the Mirror (Assist. Director). Other: The Tall Girls, Little Women, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Fun Home, The Little Mermaid, Spring Awakening, Phantom of the Opera, Peter and the Starcatcher, Macbeth (Assist. Director), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Scenic Designer

Christopher Rees

MFA, Scenic Design, Third Year. Ohio University: Women of Lockerbie (Scenic Designer), Effective Magic (Scenic Designer), Silent Sky (Lead Scenic Artist) Other: Tantrum Theater: Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 (Scenic Designer), Men on Boats (Assistant Charge Artist), Spring Awakening (Scenic Designer). West Liberty University: The Secret in the Wings (Scenic Designer), 18 Victoria (Scenic Designer). Theater West Virginia: Willy Wonka Jr. (Technical Director) Rocket Boys the Musical (Technical Director).

Costume Designer

Jennifer Lothian

Third Year MFA Candidate in Costume Design, BA in Theatre Education from Saginaw Valley State University. Costume Designer: The Martha Mitchell Effect, People, Places and Things (Ohio University), I and You (Pit and Balcony Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show (Rebel Theatre Company), 9 to 5: The Musical, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Servant of Two Masters, The Trail to Oregon, She Kills Monsters, Assassins, The Cripple of Inishmaan, etc. (Saginaw Valley State University). Assistant Costume Designer: Spring Awakening, Rhinoceros (Tantrum Theatre).

Lighting Designer

Alejandro Ridolfi

MFA, Lighting Design, Second Year. Ohio University Lighting Designer: Be Head, Angels in America. Assistant Lighting Designer: Absentia. Master Electrician: Men on Boats. Ashland University Lighting Designer: Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Story. Summer and Smoke is Alejandro’s second realized design at Ohio University and his third show designing for director Sarah Elizabeth-Yorke.

Sound Designer

Simon Marland

MFA, Sound Design, Second Year. Simon is a composer and sound designer from Boone, NC. Recent design credits include Measure for Measure with Theater at Monmouth, The Tall Girls directed by Sarah Elizabeth Yorke, and Spring Awakening with Tantrum Theater. Visit simon-marland.squarespace.com to hear more.

Stage Manager

Socks Stewart

[She/They] BFA, Stage Management, Fourth Year. Ohio University Assistant Stage Manager: The Martha Mitchell Effect, The Women of Lockerbie, En Las Sombras, Pluto. Other: Alice in Slasherland (Student Produced Production), The Mousetrap, Dog Sees God (Stage Manager) Lost Flamingos Company.

Dramaturg

Adan Sanchez

He/Him/His. Freelance Production Assistant and Dramaturg based in New York City, specializing in new work development. Has worked for LDK Productions, 59E59 Theaters, The Public Theater and many more. Additional work in Theatre Administration in Development, Special Events, Company and General Management. BA in Theatre Arts from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.

Technical Director

Baz Wenger

Baz Wenger (Technical Director) MFA, Technical Director, Third Year. Ohio University: Spring Awakening (2020). Baz spent ten years working in the San Francisco Bay Area with notable companies such as: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the American Conservatory Theatre, the California Shakespeare Theatre. He also spent five years working as Technical Director at California State University: East Bay in Hayward, CA. He graduated with a BA from Kent State University in 2009.

Props Master

Gina Boccolucci

[she/her] MFA, Prop Technology, Third Year, Ohio University: People, Places, & Things (Props Master), Macbeth (Asst. Prop Master/Artisan), Rhinoceros (Asst. Prop Master/Artisan), She Kills Monsters (Artisan), Silent Sky (Artisan). Other: Syracuse Stage (Current, Props Assistant), The Santa Fe Opera (2018, 2020, 2021, Properties Painter Journeyperson and Properties Craft Journeyperson), STAGES St. Louis (2017, Props Artisan). BFA from The University at Buffalo (SUNY).

Charge Scenic Artist

Hannah Carey

MFA, Scenic Design and Props Artisan, First Year, Ohio University. Scenic Designer and Scenic Charge Artist: Romeo and Juliet. Assistant Scenic Designer: Cats, A Christmas Story. Props Manager: Matilda the Musical, What A Glorious Feeling, Mamma Mia, The Full Monty, Beauty and the Beast, Scrooge. She has a BA in Theater from Northern Michigan University.

Original Creative Team

Production Staff

Fight Choreographer: Brian Evans

Dance Choreographer: Alina Nichol

Dialect Coaches: Brian Evans, Stephanie Carrillo

Costume Shop Manager: Ashley Rutkowski

Master Electrician: Gabriel Hrin

Production Assistant: Lily Welsh

Assistant Director: Austin Vega

Assistant Scenic Designer: Avery McDonald

Assistant Costume Designer: Violet Clemmons

Associate Lighting Designer: Madeleine Hebert

Assistant Stage Managers: Natalie Burkett, Beatrice Feldbush

Assistant Dramaturg: Emmie Ferguson

Assistant Technical Director: Nicole Hankins

Assistant Props Master: Julia Lisowski

Assistant Costume Shop Manager: Sam Heilhecker

Assistant Master Electrician: Quentin Kurtz

Lighting Draftsperson: Madeleine Hebert

Light Board Programmer: Quentin Kurtz

Reinforcement Engineer: Simon Marland

Sound Engineer: Simon Marland

SCENE SHOP

Shop Supervisor: Baz Wenger

Lead Carpenter: Luis Silva

Fly: Sam Erwin

Automation Operator: Rebecca Shelley

Carpenters: Lydia Ball, Sarah Bodi, Natalie Burke Garcia, Campbell Hogue, Ruth Kennedy, Alexandra Mackeown, Avery McDonald, Charley Peck, Jude Shreffler, Bob Walters, Vivian Waye, Lillie Wright

Deck Run Crew: Nate Churchill, Nicole Downing, Sophia Hoffman

PAINT SHOP

Lead Scenic Artists: Brigitte Bechtel, Georgia Fried

Scenic Artists: Carly Huff, Alex Pio, Christopher Rees

Paint Crew: Chris Burns, Logan Clark, Kami Conway, Emilie Dexheimer, Wil Hoffman, Kekoa HuiHui-Andrew, Ayana, Johnson, Lexie Tillery, Victory Skok, Lily Welsh, Elliot Wortley

PROPS SHOP

Props Artisans: Nicolas Bartleson, Will Bierley, Duck Bracey, Grace Easterday, Connor Gothard, Lauren Harvey, Keely Heyl, Grace Larger, Callie Lippincott, Fiona Martin, Eleanor Rauschenberg, Kaycee Scott, Logan Thompson, Lexie Tillery

Run Crew: Alesha Davis

COSTUME SHOP

Drapers: Sam Heilhecker, Sarah Travis

First Hands: Aspen Curry, Amanda McClure

Stitchers: Grace Abule, Elizabeth Amstutz, Aurora Asbill, Grace Breslow, Ben Griffith, Maddie Hammons, J.C. Loncar, Melissa Levine, Katie Maccabee, Alexandra Marusich, Shelby Merchant, Joey Negrete, Kaya Roll, Alina Rosado

CRAFTS SHOP

Assistant Crafts Head: Jackson Berhow

Crafts Artisan: Chantel Booker

Stitchers: Emma Adkins, Jada Ashmeade, Nikki Bentz, Sarah Biernacki, Hannah Boyers, Aspen Currie, Baylor Hawks, Adam Isenhart, Ivy Posey, Aidan Thomas, Andy Veladota, Zoe Zoller

WARDROBE SHOP

Wardrobe Supervisor: Amanda McClure

Wardrobe Crew: Graham Beaumont, Maggie Kate Madziarczyk, Sean Mcglynn, Avery Smith, Syd Zimcosky

ELECTRICS SHOP

Electrics Shop Manager: Alejandro Ridolfi

Light Board Operator: Izzy Bawn

Lighting Crew: Hope Barton, Daniel Dygas, Chuck Gidden, Lee Gilbert, Destery Gunther, Forrest Haasl, Madeleine Hebert, Gabriel Hrin, Quentin Kurtz, Kharla Landrau, Brandon Lipsky, Timothy Oh, Alejandro Ridolfi, Olivia Roman, Andre Young

SOUND SHOP

Sound Shop Manager: Simon Marland

Sound Board Operator: Carla Spearman

A1: Harper Justus

A2: Lily Boulard

Sound Crew: Angela-Joy Baldasare, Morreah Beranek, Lily Boulard, Daniela Chaparro, Abigail Coppock, Lauren Janoschka, Harper Justus, Julia Kuzmich, Katie Leeds, Steven Leffue, Myranda Levins, Simon Marland, Sidney McCarty, Tommy Page, Taylor Pope, Oliver Runyon, Derek Smith, Maya Smith

STUDIO MUSICIANS

Percussion: Taylor Hope, James McDaid

Guitar: Angela-Joy Baldasare

Bass: Oliver Runyon

Piano: Avi Stewart

Tenor Sax: Graham Beaumont

Alto Sax: Simon Marland

PUBLICITY

Publicity Crew: Erin Abney, Rowan Behrens, Nina Blair, Kay Collins, cassie Cope, Christopher Duclos, Gia Frankito, Nathan Napoli, Austin Vega, Lindsay Wielonski

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Abbey Kostyal

PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

Summer and Smoke Production Photography By Ohio University Communications and Marketing Photographer: Laura Bilson

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Artistic Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

School of Theater Faculty and Staff

Arts for Ohio

The SHAPe Clinic

The Tennessee Williams Estate at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Limited

The Graduate Student Senate & Original Works Grant Selection Committee

Thomas Keith

Adan Sanchez

Stephanie Carrillo

E.B. Smith

Dennis Delaney

Shelley Delaney

Emily Penick

Alyssa Embry

Nancy Epling & The Passion Works Studios

Mr. Bill Digneit (NMU)

Dr. Chorong Oh

The Athens City Commission on Disabilities and Board of Developmental Disabilities

Santa Fe Opera: Caroline Chao Memorial Award

Ilia Isorelys Paulino

Anica Garcia-DeGraff

Roberto Di Donato

Andrew Rodriguez

Gregory Justice

Emily Green

The Entire Cast, Crew and Team for making this conceptual vision possible!