A Midsummer Night's Dream Creative

Director

Sarah E. Curtis

MFA, Directing, Third Year. Ohio University. Credits include John Proctor is the Villain (Director), The Trojan Women (Director), The Prom (Assistant Director), Unfamilliar Moon* (Director), Much Ado About Nothing (Director) Other credits include Godspell (Director), Jaybird (Director), Love Song (Director), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Director), Grease (Director), Romeo and Juliet (AD/Intimacy Choreographer), Cenicienta: a Bilingual Cinderella Story (AD/DP), Head Over Heels (AD/Intimacy Choreographer), Fun Home (AD/Intimacy Choreographer), Steel Magnolias (Associate Director), Alebrijes (Associate Director/Dramaturg). Kennedy Center Directing Fellow. SDC Associate Member. www.sarahecurtis.com

Scenic Designer

Endurance Osabohien

Costume Designer

Esther Yali-Williams

MFA, Costume Design and Technology, Third Year. Costume Designer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spring 2026: Wicked Bitter Beast, Hurricane Diane, Tipping the Velvet, John Proctor is the Villain, Medea (Costume Design Assistant). Other: Costume Design Assistant - (Music Theatre Wichita) Waitress, Crazy for you, Disney Newsies, Something rotten. Wolf Trap Opera (stitcher/wardrobe crew). Film, Costume Designer: Apples and Oranges, Ogun, Last Ride, Ashabi. Television Credits: Devil is a Liar (Costume Design Assistant) Netflix, A Weekend to Forget (Costume Supervisor) Amazon Prime, Palava (Wardrobe Crew) Amazon Prime, Love in a Pandemic (Costume Supervisor) Amazon Prime, Sebla (Wardrobe Supervisor) Africa Magic. Styling Assistant -The Voice Africa and The Voice Nigeria, Sosa fruit drink, Chief malt.

Lighting Designer

Amanda Johnson

BFA, Lighting Design and Technology, Fourth Year. Ohio University: Wayfinding (Lighting Design, Production Electrician), Hurricane Diane (Assistant Lighting Design), The Real Inspector Hound (Lighting Design, Production Electrician), Tipping The Velvet (Assistant Lighting Design, Spotlight Manager), Trojan Women (Programming), Knight Of The Burning Pestle (Assistant Production Electrician). Spring 2025, Hair (Production Electrician).

Sound Designer

Jaime S. Lupercio

Stage Manager

Morgan Humbert

[she/her] BFA Stage Management, Third Year. Ohio University: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Production Assistant), An Inside Job (Production Assistant), Tipping the Velvet (Assistant Stage Manager), Hurricane Diane (Stage Manager). Other: The Happy Elf (Assistant Stage Manager) Columbus Children’s Theater, Everybody (Assistant Stage Manager) Available Light Theater. Weathervane Playhouse: Man of La Mancha, (Assistant Stage Manager), SpongeBob the Musical, (Assistant Stage Manager), The Addams Family (Assistant Stage Manager), The Fall of the House of Usher (Assistant Stage Manager), Grease (Assistant Stage Manager), Jesus Christ Superstar (Assistant Stage Manager), Pride and Prejudice (Stage Manager).

Co-Props Manager

Alliance Akins

MFA, Prop Artisan, Second Year. Ohio University (Props Artisan): Tipping the Velvet, Trojan Women, A Little Night Music. Other: Santa Fe Opera 2025 Season (Staff Prop Carpenter): Die Walküre, The Turn of the Screw, Rigoletto, The Marriage of Figaro, La bohème. Tantrum Theatre (Props Artisan): The Prom, Pride and Prejudice. Vibrancy Theater (Prop Artisan): Bootycandy.

Co-Props Manager

Maisie Whitaker

MFA, Prop Technology, Second Year. Ohio University: Bootycandy, Tipping The Velvet, Trojan Women (Artisan). Tantrum Theater: The Prom, Pride & Prejudice (Artisan). Michigan Technological University: Other: Playhouse of White Lake, Michigan Technological University. She has a BS from Michigan Technological University.

Assistant Director

Paige Weir

BFA, Musical Theater, Third Year. Other: Ohio University Fringe Week, 20024: What Grieving Will Look Like in the Future (Assistant Director), Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, King Lear (Production Assistant), Tantrum Theater, The Marriage of Figaro (Lighting Designer), Chagrin Falls High School, Mean Girls (Assistant Projection Designer), Academy for the Performing Arts, Antigone (Assistant Director).

Production Staff

Production Manager: Crystal Dahm

Technical Director: Dan Denhart

Fight Choreographer: Molly Donahue

Dance Choreographer: Anthony Alterio

Charge Scenic Artist: Hannah Hartman

Text Coach: David Haugen

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Scene Shop Manager: Jaxon Meadows

Sound Shop Manager: Jaime S. Lupercio

Craft Shop Manager: Sarah Beth

Production Electrician: Katie Mangan

Assistant Lighting Designer: Adan Rivas-Casarrubias

Assistant Stage Managers: Alex Smith, Emily Tomasch, Audrey Voccio

Assistant Technical Director: Mark Schobert

Assistant Charge Artist: Adrien Legarth

Assistant Production Electrician: James Taylor

Production Assistant: Kierstyn McCardle

Light Board Programmer & Associate Draftsman: Dylan Dahlberg

SCENE SHOP

Shop Foreperson: Dan Denhart

Carpenters: Naiyah Anderson, Rosemary Burmester, Kenneth Dominguez, Lilly Gerend, Riley Husain, Charlie Laviolette, Harsh Lnu, Emma Lyons, Bryce Meyer, Walter Oestreich, Elisabeth O'Neill, Ally Sims, Susie Spanjers, Robby Steiner

Fly Crew: Lucia Puerto, Ta'Kaurah Cloud, Nik Franklin

Deck Crew: Gio Mason

PAINT SHOP

Lead Scenic Artist: Adrien Legarth

Scenic Artists : Samuel Addai, Virginia Dickens, Sara Ehbrahimi, Sofia Maggard

Paint Crew: Kamryn Afflolter, Oakley Aughtman, Ahleea Durham, Rachel Farage, Bridget Faulhaber, Maggie Gavin, Paige Ivan, Sidney Kramer, Seth Langenkamp, Paige Marshall, Molly McHugh, Natalie Newbill, Katy Price, Mellohi Reibar, Elena Schwartz, Noella Senra, Morgan Sprouse, Ava Torok, Alaina Wahl, Semaj Wilson

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Kiera Anderson, Ryan Ball, Audrey Ballard, Vance Cook, Connor Dael, Grace Deliberato, Andrew Falkosky, Kayla Folden, Ellie Lee, Dori McCoy, Elizabeth Nease, Georgia Nelson, Lucia Puerto, Elliebelle Rohweder, Mason Schaffer, Erin Stone, Lauren Switzer, Katherine Telkamp, Aiden Travis

COSTUME SHOP

Drapers: Abby Alvarez, Jackie Sokel, Esther Yali-Williams

First Hands: Jackie Sokel, Esther Yali-Williams

Stitchers: Jackie Sokel, Esther Yale-Williams, Erica Ahmed, Kasey Dingee, Lilli Hoel, Mae Miller, Maddie Niederkohr, Auggie Nieves Bucey, Shae Trauthwein, Zoe Woods

CRAFT SHOP

Crafts Supervisor: Baylor Hawks

Costume Crafts Artisan: Baylor Hawks

Hair & Makeup Supervisor: Lauren Damico

Hair & Makeup Artist: Vincent Worley

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Supervisor: Mae Miller

Wardrobe Crew: Mikee Castillo, Hugh Davis, Lily Dinwiddie, Morgan Beck

ELECTRICS SHOP

Light Board Operator: Nik Haider

Follow Spot Operators & Deck Electricians: Joshua Bony, Ari Gallaway Hicks

Core Lighting MFA Students: Katie Rotondi, James Taylor

Core Lighting BFA Students: Dylan Dahlberg, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Amanda Johnson, Everett Lamantia, Katie Mangan, Simon McFawn, Adan Rivas-Casarrubias, Patrick Reardon

Lighting Crew: Emma Archer, Abby Cox, Dylan Dahlberg, Carmen Foster, Nick Frownfelter, Malachi Hampsch, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Chadwick Holmes, Amanda Johnson, Everett Lamantia, Katie Mangan, Max Marmash, Emma Mayes, Simon McFawn, Jack Miller, Bella Perkins, Patrick Reardon, Lucy Reinke, Adan Rivas-Casarrubias, Lily Sellars, Nora Spudich, Gabriel Stark, Joniya Wiggins, Sylvia Witt, Andrew Zambito

SOUND SHOP

Sound Board Operator: Carlie Brooks

Sound Crew: Britney Cox, Mia Geise, Ella Langiotti, Alex Olsen, Madeline Powell, Cole Reynolds, James Walkowski, Paige Weir, Christopher Williams

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Taylor Arnstein, Laila Christian, Jackson Coleman, Addie Collard, Abby Covalin, Alex Day, Vanessa Foreman, Sloan Fullen, Katie Hall, Eliza Harbaugh, Sarah Johnson, Stella Peters, Breanna Rowan, Alyssa Sherman, Katherine Soltis, Violet Weida, Isabella Gallo

BACKSTAGE RUN CREW

Swing: Riley Fox

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Sara Ebrahimi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Director, School of Theater: Rachel Cornish

School of Theater Faculty and Staff

David Haugen

Shelley Delaney

The SHAPe Clinic

The Athens City Police Department