Pride and Prejudice Creative Team

Director/Co-Sound Designer

Sullivan Canaday White, Guest Artist

is a director, producer and teaching artist whose directing credits include productions in New York, South Carolina, Chicago, Kentucky, The Women’s Voices Theatre Festival in Washington, DC, and at the prestigious Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville. As a teaching artist, Sully produced and directed productions with the Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, and has taught and directed plays at Wofford College and Transylvania University.

Scenic Designer

Princess Ibeh

MFA, Scenic Design, Third Year. Ohio University: 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, Spring 2025: Bootycandy (Technical Director). 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.

Costume Designer

E.L. Hohn, Guest Artist

E.L. is a designer, dramaturg and textile artist based in Buffalo, NY, specializing in new works and creative storytelling. Credits include costumes for The Winter’s Tale with Shakespeare in Delaware Park, What the Constitution Means to Me with The Kavinoky Theatre, and Leap and the Net Will Appear with New Georges; props for Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors with Irish Classical Theatre Company; and dramaturgy for the solo show Your Best Odd Girl Out by Adrian Collins and for The Price and “Master Harold”...and the Boys with Irish Classical Theatre Company. They hold an MFA in Costume Design from The University of Texas at Austin and were an Exhibited Designer in the USITT Emerging Artists Pavilion at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial, and have worked with companies in Chicago, Austin, New York City and the East Coast over the past 16 years. They are a member of Wingspace Theatrical Design and of the Buffalo Institute of Contemporary Art School.

Lighting Designer

Michael Lincoln*, Guest Artist

Michael’s professional design career spans 40+ years working in theatre, opera and dance on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally. Highlights: the Broadway productions of Copenhagen and David Hare’s Skylight, the Tantrum Theater productions of Next to Normal and Caroline or Change. His multiple Broadway Associate Designer credits include hit revivals of Guys and Dolls and Anything Goes and original productions of City of Angels, Six Degrees of Separation and Lend Me a Tenor. Michael was a School of Theater faculty member from 2003 to 2020, served as Director of the school from 2012 to 2020, when he became Professor Emeritus. He was a driving force in the creation of Tantrum Theater and served as Artistic Director from 2018 through 2023. *Member of United Scenic Artists (USA) union Local 829.

Co-Sound Designer, guest artist

Andrew Krag, Guest Artist

BA, Columbia College Chicago: Cabaret (Olga/banjo), The Wiz (guitar), Hair (guitar), Working (guitar). Other: Carrie (guitar) Tantrum Theater, School of Rock (guitar) Stewart’s Opera House, Twelfth Night (Sound Engineer) Tantrum Theater. Andrew is currently teaching recording and music industry classes at Hocking College. He was also involved in the recording of the latest album by the Black Crowes, Happiness Bastards, which is being released on March 15th.

Resident Stage Manager

Shay Trusty*, Guest Artist

[they/them] Select stage management credits include Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales Together, Together Again, Little Women, The Tempest, How I Learned What I Learned, As You Like It, Tiny Beautiful Things, A Doll's House Part 2, In the Heights Seattle Rep; Sense and Sensibility, Little Shop of Horrors, Mamma Mia!, The Book Club Play Village Theatre; Dina Martina’s Christmas Show, A Christmas Carol, Beware The Terror of Gaylord Manor ACT Theatre. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Resident Assistant Stage Manager

Beatrice Feldbush, Guest Artist

Ohio University Alum, 2024 MAA Theater and Production Management; 2023 BFA Stage Management. Tantrum Theater: 9 to 5, Twelfth Night, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, This is Not What I Expected When I Imagined a Republic, Spring Awakening, Rhinoceros. Ohio University: Imaginary Audiences, Julius Caesar, Summer and Smoke, Blood at the Root, Perfect Arrangement. Opera Steamboat: Welcome to the Madness. The Actors’ Theatre of Columbus: Sense & Sensibility , Queen Margaret, The Secret Garden.

Technical Director

Jaxon Meadows

Assistant Technical Director at Ohio University's School of Theater. MA, Theater Management. BFA, Production Design & Technology. Recent works: Tantrum Theater: Men on Boats (Assistant Technical Director), Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Assistant Technical Director). Ohio University: Julius Caesar (Technical Director), Shrek the Musical (Technical Director) & The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Technical Director), Yerma (Assistant Technical Director). He has collaborated with River City Players, Ohio Valley Summer Theater, and Stuart’s Opera House.

Casting Director

Stephanie Klapper, CSA

Stephanie’s award-winning work is frequently seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, on concert stages, film, and streaming media. Select recent credits include Sump’n Like Wings (Mint Theater); Our Class/Merchant of Venice (add’l casting – Arlekin Players); Dig (Primary Stages); The Night of the Iguana (Off-Broadway); Ahrens and Flaherty’s Knoxville (Clarence Brown); La Egotista (PTC); Cape Playhouse Season; Henry IV (NYCT), Seared! (Capital Rep); Shane (world – premiere Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park/The Guthrie); Elf Quest, audio movie, Ranked, the musical/HBO Documentary. SKC is known for their limitless imagination and creativity, and for connecting creative, caring people to each other to make extraordinary things happen. SKC is committed to expanding diversity, education, equity, and inclusion in the business. www.klappercasting.com

Choreographer

Anthony Alterio

Anthony Alterio is on faculty at Ohio University. He works in the School of Dance and the School of Theatre as Assistant Professor of Instruction, Musical Theatre and Dance. His research explores how representations of identities in the LGBTQIA+ community in pop culture reflect in academic settings as part of a larger interest in how dancers present themselves. Anthony is a native of Pittsburgh, and he began his professional dance training at The University of Colorado-Boulder, where he received a BA double-majoring in Dance and Psychology and went on to attain an MFA in Dance from the University of Michigan. Upon graduation, he has won multiple choreography awards including the Maggie Allesee Choreography award and since has been showing work across the US. Alterio is a member of the Boulder Jazz Dance Company, (formerly Interweave Dance Theatre), the resident company of the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop.

Properties Designer

Grace Easterday, Guest Artist

Ohio University Alumni, MFA, Props Technology: Pride and Prejudice (Props Manager), 12th Night (Props Manager), 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, Vibrancy Theater, Stuarts Opera House. She has a BS in theater from Frostburg State University.

Dramaturg Note Author

Sarah Dykhuizen

BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University Lab Shows: Little Women (Director), History of The Waltz (Dramaturg). Ohio University Mainstage: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Host), The Secretaries (Ashley). Other: Spring Awakening (Dramaturg) and Heathers (Dramaturg) at Cincinnati Actors Studio and Academy.

Artistic Director, Tantrum Theater

Ellie Clark [she/her]

Ellie is an actress, producer, and creative collaborator and has performed on stages throughout the United States and across the pond at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Selected theatre credits: Antony & Cleopatra (Cleopatra), Pride & Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet), A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella), Marie Antoinette (Marie), Dancing at Lughnasa (Agnes), Crimes of the Heart (Meg), and A Chorus Line (Sheila). Film/TV credits: The Wonder Years (ABC), First Wives Club (BET), a recurring role on Seasons 5, 6 & 7 of Tyler Perry’s Sistas (BET), Johnson (Bounce), as well as several Independent Feature Films. Ellie has been an educator for 20+ years and is the Artistic Director for Arvold Warner Studio, a training ground for Atlanta/Southeast artists pursuing film and TV, founded by Emmy-nominated casting director Erica Arvold. She was the Movement Specialist and Chair of the Drama Program at Kentucky’s Governor’s School for the Arts from 2020-2024 and Co-Founded the arts initiative Voices Amplified, which generates brave and equitable spaces for voices historically underrepresented in theater. Ellie obtained her MFA from Ohio University and has trained extensively with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. www.ellieclark.org

Producing Director, Tantrum Theater

Roberto Di Donato [he/they]

Roberto is a Venezuelan-Italian artist from the territories that were originally home for the Tawakoni and Wichita nations near Dallas, Texas. Roberto is a 2024 Cohort Member for the Beth Morrison Projects Producer Academy. 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". Prior to Tantrum, Roberto was the Managing Director of the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab in NYC and the Associate Artistic Director of Frank Wo/Men Collective in Austin, TX. Roberto is the Collaborative Producer for Shakespeare in the Woods, a Vermont and NYC based theater. They have translated three plays written by the Nobel Prize Laureate, Luigi Pirandello, which have been seen Off-Broadway and signed for a revival. Roberto is the creator of "Chicharrón: A communion with the Triple A's" a solo performance piece that has toured Cleveland, Austin, and NYC. He has received an MFA and MAA from Ohio University School of Theater. Roberto also serves on the board of Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin, Texas. Instagram: @roberto_di_donato | www.robertodidonato.net

Director of Education, Tantrum Theater

Rebecca VerNooy

Rebecca VerNooy is a movement theater artist, actor, and writer. Her original work has been performed at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Dance Theatre workshop, Joyce Soho, Dixon Place and PS 122. Both Sides of Crazy, her short memoir was published in 2022. She is the Head of Acting at Ohio University’s School of Theater and the Director of Education for Tantrum Theater. https://www.rebeccavernooy.com/

Company Manager, Tantrum Theater

Evan Bergman

A recent transplant from Atlanta, Evan is excited to join Tantrum as Company Manager. His background in theatre encompasses acting, teaching, and directing. Acting credits range from new work development in New York, performing in regional theatres, spots in blockbuster and indie films, and principal roles in a variety of commercials, including Epson Printers, opposite Shaquille O’Neal. As an educator he’s taught acting on the collegiate level, most recently serving as Visiting Professor of Theatre at Wofford College in South Carolina. He is currently co-Artistic Director of Arvold Warner Studio, founded by Emmy nominated casting director, Erica Arvold. Evan is a proud graduate of the two-year Meisner conservatory at the Maggie Flanigan Studio in NYC and he holds an MFA in Acting from University of Virginia.

Production Manager, Tantrum Theater

Crystal Dahm [she/her]

Crystal Dahm is a theatre technician specializing in technical direction and production management. While she has dabbled in most areas of technical theatre, her true passion lies in helping other artists coordinate and produce a cohesive theatrical experience. Recent professional experience includes work as a carpenter and scene shop office administrator for the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, NM (including The Flying Dutchman, Tosca, Pelléas et Mélisande, Rusalka, and Orfeo) and as technical director at Millbrook Playhouse in Lock Haven, PA (including Newsies, Sexy Laundry, Fox on the Fairway, and Every Brilliant Thing). In addition, Crystal interned at Chai du Terral, a performing arts center in Montpellier, France, and lead several educational drama programs at the Lyccée Claude Gellée high school in Épinal, France.

PRODUCTION STAFF

Choreography: Anthony Alterio

Charge Scenic Artist: Zach Snow

Intimacy Coordinator: Ellie Clark

Dialect Coach: Brian Evans

Scene Shop Manager: Jaxon Meadows

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Sound Shop Manager: Sid McCarty

Lead Carpenter: Princess Ibeh

Production Electrician: Teigue Hardestry

Assistant Lighting Designer: Simon McFawn

Assistant Stage Managers: Beatrice Feldbush, Maggie Wisda

Production Assistant: Maria Halaby

Assistant Production Electrician: Adrian Coté

Light Board Programmer: Katie Mangan

SCENE SHOP

Shop Foreperson: Chelsea Clark-Bersic

Automation Operator: Adria Krauss

Carpenters: Raniya Allen, Naiyah Anderson, Rosemary Burmester, Sydney Campbell, Kirstie Fontanez, Carmen Foster, Scarlett Fried, Juniper George, Lily Gevend, Cameron Hess, Sofia Laviolette, Harshwardhan Lnu, Max Marmash, Bricen McGrew, Tyler Murray, Eli Nisly, Molly Nixon, Alex Olsen, Elisabeth O'Neill, Katy Price, Chris Reinhardt, Grayse Roderick, Mark Schobert, Alyssa Sherman, Nick Sklenar, Robby Steiner, Chris Williams

PAINT SHOP

Paint Shop Supervisor: Hannah Carey

Scenic Artists: Hannah Carey, Sara Ebhrahimi, Endurance Osabohien

Paint Crew: Kamryn Affolter, Taylor Arnstein, Katie Carpenter, Sammie Cottrill, Christian English, Dora Gehrum, Mia Geise, Julia Germer, Katie Hall, Paige Ivan, Seth Langenkamp, Ella Langiotti, Adrien Legarth, Abbi Lindsey, Katie Maccabee, Sofia Maggard, Paige Marshall, Gabe Marusic, Emma Mayes, Bricen McGrew, Auggie Nieves Bucey, Maddie Powell, Madison Russell, Paige Salisbury, Morgan Sprouse, Nick Swope, Caden Tate, Lucy Walter, violet Weida, Jo Wiggins, Isabella Zallo

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Kamryn Affolter, Alliance Akins, Ryan Ball, Iz Bawn, Connor Dael, Grace Deliberato, Lillian Gerend, George Jewell, Sawyer Lozier, Dori McCoy, Natalie Newbill, Stella Peters, Olivia Salyer, Dino Scott, Erin Stone, Katherine Telkamp, Emily Tomasch, Sam Wardisiani, Shawn Webb, Maisie Whitaker

Run Crew: Finley Mcdonald

COSTUME SHOP

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Tailor: Jenna Damberger

Draper: Jackie Sokel

First Hands: Jaimon Lovins, Ashkynn Swauger, Kaden Woodward, Esther Yali-Williams

Stitchers: Elizabeth Amstutz, Liz Andes, Britney Cox, Elena Fahmi, Abbie Hancock, Everett LaMantia, Allyn Simon, Liv Speck, Nora Spudich

CRAFT SHOP

Costume Crafts Head: Sarah Beth

Costume Crafts Artisans: Baylor Hawks, Carissa Knitowski

WARDROBE

Wardrobe Supervisor: Kailyn Shalosky

Wardrobe Crew: Esther Brown, Alexander Olsen, Elon Wilson

ELECTRICS SHOP

Light Board Operator: Vinh Nguyen

Deck Electrician: Walter Oestreich

Core Lighting MFA Students: Riley Bale, Adrian Coté, Tobby Tao

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

Lighting Crew: Emma Archer, Riley bale, Heidi Blowers, Adan Rivas-Casarrubias, Adrian Coté, Abby Cox, Dylan Dahlberg, Ella Decker, Kasey Dingee, Tiegue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Reed Hickerson, Rylee Horowitz, James Hughes, Maddie James, Amanda Johnson, Cameron Kizlik, Everett Lamantia, Katie Maccabee, Katie Mangan, Simon McFawn, Elle Mitsch, Joey Negrete, Georgia Nelson, Nora Spudich, Tobby Tao, Talitha Thomas

SOUND SHOP

Sound Shop Supervisor: Sid McCarty

Sound Board Operator: Connor Egloff

A2: Atlas Nielson

Sound Crew: David Baka, Chris Burns, Nicholas Foster, Lucian Loyvé, Michael Mylen, Lucy Reinke, Page Weir

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Liz Caron, Abby Covalin, Logan Deluca, Gwyn Gaunt, Eliza Harbaugh, Campbell Hogue, Braven Jones, Grace Larger, Bella Martin, Molly McHugh, Amy Pilgrim, Breanna Rowan, Noella Senra, Victoria Skok, Semaj Wilson, Vivian Waye

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Clinton Reno

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