We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 Creative

Director

Caitlin Lopez

MFA, Directing, Second Year. Ohio University Director: The Knight of the Burning Pestle, The Secretaries. Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival Director: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ophelia’s Jump Productions: The Winter’s Tale (Director), Twelfth Night (Director), Short People (Writer/ Director), Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Director), As You Like It (Director), The Compleat Wrks of Wilm Shkspr (Abridged) (Director), 33 Variations (Director), Paranormal High (Director/Developer). STAGEStheatre: The Awkward Party (Developer/Dramaturg). Caitlin has her BA in Theatre from California State University San Bernardino.

Scenic Designer

Princess Ibeh

MFA, Production Design and Technology, Second Year, Ohio University. Scenic Designer: Imaginary Audiences, Medea. Assitant Scenic Designer, Scenic Artist: Hotel Berry. Scenic Artist: Julius Caesar, what the Gods gave me, Carrie the Musical, Yerma. Fall 2024: Pride and Prejudice (Scenic Designer). She has a BS in Architecture from University of Nigeria.

Costume Designer

Madeline Hammons

MA, Costume Design, First Year. Ohio University: Squeakers (Costume Designer), Julius Caesar (Costume Designer). Vibrancy Theater: Men are Trash and I’m A Raccoon (Costume Designer). Tantrum Theater: Hotel Berry (Wardrobe Assistant), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Wardrobe Assistant). Film: 1000 Paper Cranes (Costume Designer), Bingo Bango Swordfish Tango (Costume Designer).

Lighting Designer

Madeleine Hebert

MFA, Lighting Design, Third Year. Ohio University Theater/Music Lighting Designer: Cendrillon/Trouble in Tahiti, Hansel & Gretel, Hotel Berry. Assistant Lighting Designer: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Twelfth Night, Medea, Summer and Smoke. New York: Lighting Designer: How We Love/F*ck, Worth St. Part 1: Before the Flood. Other: Lighting Designer: Chester Theater Company; Passover, Hollins University; Chrysalis, The Picture of Dorian Gray, To the Mountains, Westfield; Lighting Designer: The Tempest, Parasite Drag.

Sound Designer

Daniela Chaparro

[they/them] Contemporary Theater of Ohio: …but you could’ve held my hand (Sound Designer). UC Berkeley: Daughters of Leda (Sound Designer). Cleveland Public Theater: Chicharrón: A communion with the triple A’s (Sound Designer). Ohio University: Dr. Voynich and Her Children (Sound Designer). They have a double BA from UC San Diego.

Stage Manager

Eleanor Rauschenberg

BFA, Stage Management, Third Year. Ohio University: Squeakers (Stage Manager), what the Gods gave me (Asst. Stage Manager), Everybody (Production Assistant), Actors’ Theater Columbus: Love’s Labor’s Lost, Queen Margaret, The African Company Presents Richard III (Asst. Stage Manager).

Producer/Dramaturg

Clarissa Rai

MFA, Acting, Third Year. Ohio University: Hotel Berry (Ada Woodson) Tantrum Theater, Yerma (Girl 2/ Yerma u/s perf.) Vibrancy Theater, Absentia (Diana) Vibrancy Theater, Everybody (Usher/God/Understanding). Acting Other: Skeleton Crew (Shanita) The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio.

Technical Director

Jaxon Meadows

Assistant Technical Director at Ohio University's school of Fine Arts. MA, Theater Management. BFA, Production Design & Technology. Recent works: Men on Boats (Assistant Technical Director), Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Assistant Technical Director), Julius Caesar (Technical Director), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Technical Director), Hotel Berry (Assistant Technical Director) Yerma (Assistant Technical Director), Little Shop of Horrors (Technical Director) , Twelfth Night (Technical Director), 9 to 5 (Assistant Technical Director) & We are Proud to Present (Technical Director).He has collaborated with River City Players, Ohio Valley Summer Theater, and Stuart’s Opera House.

Prop Manager

Conrad Gothard

BFA, PD&T & Stage Management, Third Year. Ohio University: Director: Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]. Prop Manager: Proud to Present, Medea, The Secretaries. Assistant Prop Manager: Carrie, Julius Caesar. Assistant Stage Manager: Knight of the Burning Pestle, Squeakers, Hotel Berry, Natasia, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Other: Props Artisan: Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again], Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing (American Shakespeare Center). SM Fellow: Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing (American Shakespeare Center). Stage Manager: Men Are Trash And I’m A Raccoon (Vibrancy Theater).

Assistant Director

Kayamarie Roll

BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University: Shinning Girls (Rhiannon/Mom), Secretaries (Peaches), Julius Caesar (Casca). Other; Ohio University Undergraduate Playwright Festival: Em’s Story (Em). Cincinnati Actor’s Studio and Academy: [Title of Show] (Director), Cabaret (Fraulein Kost), Young Frankenstein (Inga).

PRODUCTION STAFF

Fight Choreographer: Molly Donahue

Charge Scenic Artist: Nicole Downing

Intimacy Coordinator: Devin Ty Franklin

Production Manager: Beatrice Feldbush

Scene Shop Manager: Nicole Hankins

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Electrics Shop Manager: Quentin Kurtz

Sound Shop Manager: Kerrie Lane

Prop Shop Managers: Bear Alvarez, Grace Easterday

Master Carpenter: Nicole Hankins

Lead Electrician 1: Lillie Wright

Lead Electrician 2: Katie Mangan

Associate Lighting Designer: Kharla Landrau

Assistant Sound Designer: Sid McCarty

Assistant Stage Manager: Bob Walters

Assistant Technical Director: Princess Ibeh

Assistant Production Manager: Beatrice Feldbush

Assistant Props Manager: Eliza Russo

Assistant Lead Electrician: Amanda Johnson

Lighting Draftsperson: Madeleine Hebert

Light Board Programmer: Quentin Kurtz

Production Assistant: Kayla Shy

SCENE SHOP

Welders: Jaxon Meadows, Princess Ibeh

Carpenters: Kyle Bosscher, Rosemary Burmester, Harrison Buxton, Sydney Campbell, Scarlett Fried, Cameron Hess, Seth Langenkamp, Harshwardhan Lnu, Tyler Murray, Eli Nisly, Charley Peck, Christopher Reinhardt, Grayce Roderick, Kyler Rogers, Isabella Scanlon, Jude Shreffler, Nick Sklenar, Nora Spudich, Sarah Stepleman, Talitha Thomas, Elon Wilson, Elliott Wortley, Ro Zabik

PAINT SHOP

Lead Scenic Artist: Hannah Carey

Scenic Artists: Princess Ibeh, Zachery Snow

Paint Crew: Oakley Aughtman, Katie Carpenter, Dora Gehrum, Julia Germer, Ella Langiotti, Abbi Lindsey, Sofia Maggard, Paige Marshall, Molly McHugh, Elisabeth O'Neill, Katy Price, Madison Russell, Noella Senra, Nick Swope, Lucy Walter, Violet Weida, Isabella Zallo

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Ryan Ball, Grace Easterday, Andrew Falkowsky, Juniper George, Conrad Gothard, Elizabeth Nease, Eliza Russo, Erin Stone, Katherine Telkamp, Chris Williams, Semaj Wilson

COSTUME SHOP

First Hands: Georgia Fried, Madeline Hammons, Emersen Miller, Jackie Sokel, Esther Yali-Williams

Stitchers: Lil Christian, Britney Cox, Abby Golden, Katie Hall, Abbie Hancock, Amanda Johnson, Jeandaniel Kaba, Em Lamantia, Georgia Nelson, Anna Richcreek, Allyn Simon, Via Snyder, Hayleigh Wilhite, Vincent Worley

CRAFT SHOP

Crafts Artisan: Carissa Knitowski

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Crew: Billy Elias, Madison Keally, Ben Griffithe, Annaka Guerrero, Victoria Skok, Leilani Stillwagon

ELECTRICS SHOP

Undergrad Shop Manager: Lillie Wright

Light Board Operator: Cade Tate

Lighting Crew: Emma Archer, Ella Decker, Kasey Dingee, Cassidy Disantis, Natalie Doocy, Tiara Farquharson, Gwyn Gaunt, Lee Gilbert, Tiegue Hardestry, Charlie Herrmann, Maddie James, Lauren Key, Chance Lane, Simon McFawn, Elle Mitsch, Sergio Morales-Blazquez, Joey Negrete, Molly Nixon, Jayden Sanford, Tobby Tao, Aidan Timko

SOUND SHOP

Sound Board Operator: Grace Deliberato

Sound Crew: Chris Burns, Daniela Chaparro, Nicholas Foster, Lily Franks, Kekoa Huihui-Andrew, Ayana Johnson, Alexandra Marusich, Henry Price, Kyler Rogers, Dan Rozin, Kaitlyn Smart, Charlie Waye

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Addie Collard, Abby Covalin, Grace Larger, Alexander Olsen, Amy Pilgrim, Katherine Soltis, Aiden Travis, James Walkowski, Vivian Waye

BACKSTAGE RUN CREW

Crew: CElena Fahmi, Eliza Harbaugh, Lucian Loyvé, Morgan Sprouse

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Clarissa Rai

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Director, School of Theater: Rachel Cornish

School of Theater Faculty and Staff

Vibrancy Theater Executive Leadership & Founders

Arts For Ohio

The SHAPe Clinic