BOOTYCANDY Creative

Director

Devin Ty Franklin

MFA, Directing, Third Year. Directing: macbitches (Ohio University), Afro Tales (Birmingham Black Repertory Theatre Collective), Medea (Ohio University). Assistant Directing: Hotel Berry (Tantrum Theater), 9 to 5: The Musical (Tantrum Theater).

Scenic Designer

C. David Russell

Professor Russell’s varied career includes: scenic and costume design, costume and property crafts, puppetry, event design, project management, and fine art installation. He is currently Associate Professor of Scenic Design, and Head of the Production Design and Technology Program. He is the resident designer for the Enchantment Theatre Company in Philadelphia. National credits include: The Resident Ensemble Players, The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, The Santa Fe Opera. cdavidrusselldesign.com

Co-Costume Designer

Mariya Radeva-Nedyalkova

Assistant Professor of Instruction, SOT, OHU. Professional design credits include Carrie for Tantrum Theatre, Things I Know To Be True, The Elephant Man, The Beauty Queen of Lenane, When The Rain Stops Falling with A Public Fit Theatre, A Midsummer Night's Dream with IWU, Il Parnaso Confuso with Opera Seme, Arezzo, Italy, Don Giovanni, Pagliacci, Albert Herring with Opera in the Ozarks, Seussical, A Year with Frog and Toad, with The Rainbow Co Youth Theatre, and Peter Pan with Nevada Conservatory Theatre among others. Mariya holds MFA in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Co-Costume Designer

Jaimon Lovins

[He/They] BFA, IArts, Third Year. Ohio University Co-Costume Designer: The Secretaries. Ohio University Laboratory Productions: Into the Woods (Milky White), History of the Waltz (Costume Designer/Ensemble), For the Tenth Time (Costume Designer). Ohio University Fringe Fest: Camp Clawder (Costume Designer/Playwright). Other: Sweeney Todd (Tobias) Stuart’s Opera House, Hunchback of Notre Dame (Jehan) Rise Up Arts Alliance, The Gondoliers (Ensemble) Ohio University School of Music.

Lighting Designer

Amber Hood

is the Head of Lighting here at Ohio University. Selected past companies include: (Canada) The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival, Mirvish Productions; (International Tours) Cirque Du Soleil, Celebrity Cruise Lines; (United States) The Village Theatre, The Moore Theatre, ArtsWest Playhouse. To learn more about Amber please visit www.AmberHoodLD.com

Sound Designer

Derek A. Graham, Guest Artist

Other: Fat Ham, What the Constitution Means to Me (Cleveland Play House); Fat Ham (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company); I Shall Not Be Moved/Your Negro Tour Guide (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Fat Ham, They Do Not Know Harlem, Your Healing is Killing Me, Bewilderness (PlayMakers Repertory Company); What We Look Like, Kill Move Paradise, Skeleton Crew, Wakey, Wakey, An Octoroon (Dobama Theatre)

Projections Designer

Roberto Di Donato

is a Venezuelan-Italian theater-maker born in Texas. His highly collaborative work has been seen in Austin, NYC, and Cleveland. Roberto was a cohort member of Beth Morrison Projects 2024 Producer Academy which examined the needs of creative producing to properly generate touring opera or musical theater. Roberto is a UT Austin and Ohio University alumnus and will be attending Yale University's David Geffen School of Drama in the fall. Roberto is honored to be a part of Vibrancy's Bootycandy. He is a co-founder of Vibrancy Theater (2021) alongside Janai Lashon, Keshawn Mellon, Ri Moodie, Dani Chaparro, Rhys Car, Kaleb Jackson, Taylor Roberts, and Laurettia Weakly.

Stage Manager

Eleanor Rauschenberg

[She/Her/Hers] BFA, Stage Management, Fourth Year. Ohio University. Vibrancy theater: We are Proud to Present… (Stage Manager). Ohio University SOT: Tipping the Velvet (Assistant Stage Manager), Squeakers (Stage Manager), what the Gods gave me (Assistant Stage Manager), Everybody (Production Assistant). Actors’ Theatre Columbus: An Iliad ( Stage Manager), Love's Labour's Lost (Assistant Stage Manager), Queen Margaret (Assistant Stage Manager), The African Company Presents Richard III (Assistant Stage Manager).

Properties Manager

Eliza Russo

BFA, HTC Theater, Third Year. Ohio University Props Manager: John Proctor is the Villain. Assistant Props Manager: We Are Proud to Present a Presentation…, Medea. Artisan: The Prom, 9 to 5. Other Props Manager: Tiny Beautiful Things (Stuart’s Opera House). Spring 2025: Carved Out (Ohio University Fringe Festival, Artistic Director), Summer 2025: American Shakespeare Center (Asst. Props Manager and Artisan).

Technical Director

Princess Ibeh

MFA, Scenic Design, Third Year. Ohio University: Pride and Prejudice (Scenic Designer), We are Proud to Present (Scenic Designer, Assistant Technical Director), Medea (Scenic Designer), Imaginary Audiences (Scenic Designer), Scenic Technician: 9 to 5 the Musical, Twelfth Night, Yerma, Carrie the Musical. Other: Young Frankenstein (Scenic Designer) Ohio Valley Summer Theatre, Hotel Berry (Assitant Scenic Designer) Tantrum Theatre, Summer 2024: Virginia Theatre Festival (Scenic Technician). She has a BS in Architecture from University of Nigeria.

PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Manager: Crystal Dahm

Charge Scenic Artist: Sara Ebrahimi

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Scene Shop Manager: Jaxon Meadows

Sound Shop Manager: Sean Johnson

Craft Shop Manager: Sarah Beth

Prop Shop Manager: Eliza Russo

Production Electrician: Charlie Herrmann

Assistant Director: Joniya Wiggins

Assistant Scenic Designer: Adrien Legarth

Assistant Lighting Designer: Teigue Hardesty

Assistant Stage Manager: Maria Halaby

Assistant Production Electrician: Katie Mangan

Production Assistants: Cos Lingnofski, Alex Smith

Light Board Programmer: Simon McFawn

SCENE SHOP

Shop Foreperson: Dan Denhart

Carpenters: Rosemary Bunmester, Virginia Dickens, Dylan Dahlberg, Kenneth Dominguez, Zoltan Eadie, Kirstie Fontanez, Braven Jones, Seth Langenkamp, Atlas Nielsen, Molly Nixon, Walter Oestreich, Elisabeth O'Neill, Chris Reinhardt, Adan Rivas-Casarrubias, Madison, Sheard, Sarah Stepleman, Sophia Trefz

Fly Crew: Alaina Tennant, Meredith Lara

Deck Crew: Meredith Lara, Maddie Niederkohr

PAINT SHOP

Scenic Artist 1: Hannah Carey

Scenic Artist 2: Sofia Maggard

Scenic Artist 3: Zach Snow

Scenic Artist 4: Adrien Legarth

Scenic Artist 5: Endurance Osabohien

Paint Crew: Oakley Aughtman, Bailey Bell, Katie Carpenter, Jackson Coleman, Abby Cox, Alex Day, Christian English, Katie Hall, Paige Marshall, Elena Schwartz, Morgan Sprouse, Nick Swope, Alaina Wahl, Chris Williams, Semaj Wilson

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Alliance Akins, Lucian Loyve, Erin Stone, Katherine Telkamp, Sam Wardisiani, Maisie Whitaker

COSTUME SHOP

First Hands: Jackie Sokel, Ashlynn Swauger, Esther Yali-Williams

Stitchers: Elena Fahmi, Jaimon Lovins, Emersen Miller

CRAFT SHOP

Costume Crafts Artisan: Baylor Hawks, Elle Mitsch

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Crew: August Baldwin, Maitê Fernandes, Kyler Rogers, Ry Zornak

ELECTRICS SHOP

Graduate Shop Manager: Riley Bale

Undergrad Shop Manager: Katie Mangan

Light Board Operator: Naiyah Anderson

Projections Board Operator: Zoe Zoller

Core Lighting MFA Student: Riley Bale

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

Lighting Crew: Kamryn Affolter, Raniya Allen, Emma Archer, Riley Bale, Emma Boring, Laila Christian, Dylan Dahlberg, Ella Decker, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Cameron Hess, George Jewell, Amanda Johnson, Castor Kent, Sidney Kramer, Everett Lamantia, Chance Lane, Sofia Laviolette, Cos Lingnofski, Katie Mangan, Max Marmash, Emma Mayes, Simon McFawn, Elle Mitsch, Georgia Nelson, Ryan Perry, Stella Peters, Adan Rivas-Casarrubias, Lily Sellars, Nora Spudich, Gabriel Stark, Talitha Thomas, Joniya Wiggins, Sylvia Witt

SOUND SHOP

Sound Board Operator: Madaline Powell

Sound Crew: Ella Langiotti, Michael Mylen, Cole Reynolds, Kaitlyn Smart, James Walkowski, Page Weir

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Elizabeth Amstutz, Addie Collard, Abby Covalin, Sloan Fullen, Julia Germer, Eliza Harbaugh, Campbell Hogue, Bella Martin, Molly McHugh, Katy Price, Mellohi Reiber, Lucy Reinke, Breanna Rowan, Madison Russell, Noella Senra, Katherine Soltis, Aiden Travis, Violet Weida

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Morgan Sprouse

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Director, School of Theater: Rachel Cornish

School of Theater Faculty and Staff

The SHAPe Clinic

The Athens City Police Department

SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE DIRECTOR

My Black Repertory Theater Collective Family

The Living Legacy of George C. Wolfe

James “Jimmy” Baldwin

My Mother and my Great-Grandmother, Ruth “Dee” Stephens