Yerma Creative

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Director
Ally Poole
Assistant Professor of Performance and Associate Artistic Director of Tantrum Theater. A multidisciplinary artist working between the US and the UK, Ally Poole's solo work is a blend of live art, theatre and installation while covering issues of race, politics, and pop culture through her perspective as a Black woman. Ally is a Texas native who received an MFA in Advance Theatre Practice from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She is also a co-collaborator of the female-led, experimental theatre collective, Hot Cousin. Ally received a BFA in Acting from Stephens College and enjoys her career as an actor across theatre, film, musical theatre, and opera. www.allypoole.com
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Scenic Designer
Hannah Carey
MFA, Production Design and Technology, Second Year, Ohio University. Scenic Designer, Props and Charge Artist: Shrek the Musical, Romeo and Juliet. Assistant Scenic Designer: Cats, A Christmas Story. Props Designer: Matilda the Musical, What A Glorious Feeling, Mamma Mia, The Full Monty, Beauty and the Beast, Scrooge. Summer 2023: School of Rock (Scenic Designer). Fall 2023: Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer). Paint Shop Supervisor 2022-23 school year.
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Costume Designer
Liz Haas
MFA, Costume Technology & Design, Third Year, Ohio University: (Draper) what the Gods gave me, Everybody, Absentia, Macbeth (Assistant Costume Designer). Other: Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre: (Draper) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Man of La Mancha. Kalamazoo Civic Theatre: (Costume Designer) tick, tick...Boom!, Elf, Psycho Beach Party, The Father. They have a BFA from Sam Houston State University.
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Lighting Designer
Bentley Heydt
[he/him/his] is a NYC based Korean American lighting designer. Select Credits: Off-Broadway/NYC Theatre: A Number (A.R.T./NY-Drama League); The Seventeenth Chapel (A.R.T./NY-Drama League); She Talks To Beethoven (A.R.T./NY-Drama League); Girlfriend the Musical (A.R.T./NY-Drama League); I Dream of Hornets (Boundless Theatre); Gen Z On Fire (Royal Family Productions); Cubic and Quartet (Born Dancing); The Weak and The Strong, Uzume, and Resistance (Planet Connections Theatre/14th Street Y). Resident Lighting Designer for Hollins University. Assist/Assoc*: Life of Pi (Broadway); Mr. Holland’s Opus* (Ogunquit Playhouse World Premier); Rent 25th Anniversary National Tour (Work Light Productions); A Christmas Carol (Indiana Rep 2022*, 2021, and 2017); Nutcracker Ballet (Connecticut Ballet 2021, 2019). MFA, Ohio University. www.bentleyheydt.com
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Sound Designer
Roberto Di Donato
Roberto is a Venezuelan-American artist from the colonized territories that were originally home for the Tawakoni and Wichita nations known as Dallas, Texas. His highly collaborative projects have been seen in New York and Austin. Roberto's work was called "An Experimental Masterstroke" by Austin Arts Watch and The Austin Chronicle states it "carries you to the boundaries of what you think you want to watch and tips you over it". Roberto is on the production team for Fusebox Festival and will be directing The Tempest at Shakespeare in the Woods this summer in Manchester, Vermont. MFA and MAA from Ohio University School of Theater. @roberto_di_donato | www.robertodidonato.net
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Music Director
Daniela Chaparro
CATCO: …but you could’ve held my hand (Sound Designer) Cleveland Public Theater: Chicharrón: A communion with the triple A’s (Sound Designer). Ohio University: Everybody (Co-Sound Designer). UC Berkeley: Spring 2023 Daughters of Leda (Sound Designer). They have a double BA from UC San Diego.
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Stage Manager
Aisha Mahon
[She/her] BFA, Stage Management, Fourth Year. Stage Manager: MotherFucker with the Hat (Ohio University) Stage Manager: Thanksgiving Play (Lab Show) Assistant Stage Manager: Hotel Berry (Tantrum Theater) Assistant Stage Manager: Absentia (Vibrancy Theater), Blood at the Root (Ohio University) People, Places, and Things (Ohio University) Production Assistant: Rhinoceros (Tantrum Theater)
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Technical Director
Luis Silva
MFA, Technical Direction, Second Year. Ohio University: Yerma, Hotel Berry, Natasha Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Absentia (Technical Director). Julius Caesar (Dramaturg). Other: Healthy Humor Inc, Florida International University, Milam’s Circus, Miami Dade College. Abroad: PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya, Akeké Circo Teatro, Asociación Cultural Skena.
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Grace Easterday
Properties Manager
MFA, Props Technology, Second Year. Ohio University: Yerma (Props Manager), what the Gods gave me (Props Manager), Berry Hotel (Assistant Props Manager), Artisan: Dr. Voynich and her Children, Julius Cesar, Everybody, Summer and Smoke, Men on Boats. Other: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Tantrum Theater. She has a BS in theater from Frostburg State university.

PRODUCTION STAFF

Dramaturg: Caitlin Lopez

Production Manager: Roberto Di Donato

Charge Scenic Artist: Georgia Fried

Intimacy Coordinator: Devin Ty Franklin

Movement Coordinators: Rhys Carr, Makayla Franklin, Kayla Parker

Fight Captain: Makayla Franklin

Scene Shop Manager: Nicole Hankins

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Electrics Shop Manager: Madeleine Hebert

Sound Shop Manager: Daniela Chaparro

Lead Carpenter: Jaxon Meadows

Lead Electrician: Gabriel Hrin

Lead Scenic Artist: Carly Huff

Assistant Director: Kay Collins

Assistant Lighting Designer: Alejandro Ridolfi

Assistant Sound Designer: Simon Marland

Assistant Stage Manager: Andy Veladota

Assistant Technical Director: Jaxon Meadows

Production Assistant: Yuki Laffin

Assistant Properties Designer: Bear Alvarez

Assistant Charge Scenic Artist: Carly Huff

Assistant Lead Electrician: Lillie Wright

Lighting Draftsperson: Bentley Heydt

Light Board Programmer: Tobby Tao

Sound Engineer: Simon Marland

SCENE SHOP

Carpenters: Lydia Ball, Rosemary Burmester, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Cameron Hess, Lauren Key, Callie Lippencott, 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, 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, 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

Drapers: Aurora Azbill, Liz Haaz

Junior Drapers: Madeline Hammons, Kayamarie Roll

Stitchers: Emma Adkins, Grace Auble, Grace Breslow, Georgia Fried, Sean McGlynn, Vincent Worley

CRAFT SHOP

Crafts Head: Sarah Beth

Stitchers: Emma Adkins, Grace Auble, Aurora Azbill, Grace Breslow, Liz Haaz, Madeline Hammons, Sean McGlynn, Kayamarie Roll, Vincent Worley

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Crew: Grace Brady, Sarah Dykhuizen, Anna Richcreek, Madison Russell

ELECTRICS SHOP

Light Board Operator: Jeandaniel Kaba

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: Kasey Dingee

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

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Bree Wilkins

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

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

School of Theater Faculty and Staff