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Music Director

Andrew Smithson, Guest Artist

is a New York City based music director, conductor, and pianist. He has conducted at such venues as The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., The Pantages in Hollywood, and Tokyo’s Theatre Orb. BROADWAY TOURS: A Christmas Story: The Musical, Joseph…Dreamcoat (starring Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young), Gypsy, Aida, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar. OFF-BROADWAY: The Wonderful Wizard of Song, Flanagan’s Wake. REGIONAL: A Christmas Story: The Musical (Ahmanson Theatre and Goodspeed), A Chorus Line (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Sweeney Todd and La Cage aux Folles (Trinity Rep), Once on This Island (Actors Theatre of Louisville), White Christmas (West Chester Broadway), The Full Monty and The Producers (Theatre By The Sea). Music Director and Orchestrator for A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep). Previous adjunct instructor at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, vocal coach at PACE University in New York City, and Vocal Director at Celebrity Cruises Entertainment.

Scenic Designer

Jason Ardizzone-West*, Guest Artist

is an Emmy Award-winning set and production designer whose work spans live theater, television/film, concerts, dance, architecture, and more. With Tantrum: Caroline, or Change, Next to Normal. Recent and notable projects include: Lady Gaga, Mayhem Ball (festivals & global tour), Redwood (Broadway), Jesus Christ Superstar (Hollywood Bowl & NBCLive-Emmy award, ADG nomination), Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Riverside Studios, UK), Jon Batiste, Big Money Tour, Haim, I Quit Tour, Blood/Love (Theatre 555), House of McQueen (The Mansion at Hudson Yards), The Swamp Dwellers, Wedding Band (Theatre For A New Audience -Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Audelco nominations), Dua Lipa, Radical Optimism (global tour), The Grove, Sojourners, & The Bluest Eye (The Huntington Theater, Elliot Norton nominations), Monsoon Wedding (St Ann’s Warehouse), shadow/land (The Public Theater -Lucille Lortel nomination), Blue Man Group (national tour), Usher, Rendezvous à Paris (concert film), Phish, Gamehendge (Madison Square Garden), Florence + The Machine, Dance Fever (global tour), and Hikaru Utada’s Science Fiction Tour (Amazon Prime). @jasonardizzonewest www.jawstudiony.com. *Member of United Scenic Artists (USA) Union Local 829.

Associate Scenic Designer

Emma Antenen, Guest Artist

[she/her] is a scenic designer currently based in Brooklyn, NY who works as an associate on a wide array of projects including Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, touring, and international productions. Recent associate/assistant designs at Hollywood Bowl, Majestic Theatre, Palace Theatre, Belasco Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Public Theater, The Guthrie, Arena Stage, 5th Avenue Theatre, McCarter Theater, Alley Theatre, and others. Emma is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, local 829 and received her BFA in theatre design and technology from Syracuse University.

Costume Designer

Annie J. Le*, Guest Artist

is a NYC based costume Designer, and excited to return to Tantrum Theater for her second production. Costume design credits include but are not limited to, The Importance of Being Earnest (Westport Country Playhouse); Theater People (Nantucket Performing Arts Center); Anastasia, The Musical (Cape Playhouse); A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical (Broadway; Broadhurst Theatre). Some associate costume design credits include, The Notebook, The Musical (Broadway; Schoenfeld Theatre), Clyde’s (Helen Hayes Theatre), Wild Goose Dreams (The Public Theatre); Squirrels (La Jolla Playhouse); Annie LIVE! (NBC). She just opened a variety show at The Mayfair Supper Club (Bellagio Casino). She is the resident costume designer at Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre. She has also designed for celebrities, specialty events, and companies such as Amazon and Bloomingdales. She loves everything pink. *Member of United Scenic Artists (USA) Union Local 829.

Lighting Designer

Amber Hood

Head of Lighting Design and Technology: Ohio University School of Theatre. Amber is a lighting designer, lighting director, technical production manager, and educator with more than seventeen years of professional international experience in the entertainment industry. Many thanks to Tantrum Theater for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute to this powerful and increasingly timely production, and an immense amount of gratitude to my students for their dedication and hard work in bringing it to life. Previous designs at Ohio University include Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel (Memorial Auditorium), Elegies: A Song Cycle (Kantner Hall), and Bootycandy (E.E.Baker Theatre). Previous designs & technical production management for companies including: Mirvish Productions (Toronto, ON), The Stratford Festival (Stratford, ON), The Shaw Festival (Niagara on the Lake, ON), The Village Theatre (Issaquah, WA), The Moore Theatre (Seattle, WA), Arts West Playhouse (West Seattle, WA), Celebrity Cruise Lines (International), Cirque Du Soleil (Arena Tour), and The Just for Laughs Comedy Festival (Montreal, QC). To learn more about Amber, and to view a selection of her previous works, please visit www.AmberHoodLD.com.

Fight & Intimacy Director, Cultural Competency Consultant

José Pérez IV*, Guest Artist

is an actor, playwright, and the Resident Fight & Intimacy Director of Pittsburgh Public Theater. Select fight & intimacy credits at Pittsburgh Public: Noises Off, The Hobbit, The Coffin Maker, A Midsummer Night’s Dream In Harlem, Robin Hood. Regional fight & intimacy credits: POTUS at City Theatre, Enron and A Moon for the Misbegotten at Quantum Theatre, Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at Cleveland Play House, Breakfalls at Vermont Stages. Recent acting credits: Birthday Candles at City Theatre, To Battle: a fight play at Big Storm Performance Co., Himbos at The New Hazlett, Enron at Quantum Theatre, The Hobbit at Pittsburgh Public. Society of American Fight Directors member since 2008. NYU BFA in Drama, Experimental Theatre Wing. MFA in performance pedagogy University of Pittsburgh. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. JosePerezIV.com @jose.perez.iv.

Hair and Makeup Designer

Abigail Carter

PhD candidate interdisciplinary individual program, Ohio University Fringe Festival 2024, (makeup designer /artist) Fringe Festival 2025 (hair designer) Film: Makeup Designer/Artist: Reverie, A Shattered Soul, A Misfired Affair, Seeds.

Stage Manager

Alex Murphy*, Guest Artist

Regional Credits: School of Rock (Starlight Theatre), A Christmas Carol, Emma, Broke-ology, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (Kansas City Repertory Theatre) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the Musical, Justice at War (Coterie Theatre), Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story, Still Ready (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Gem of the Ocean, The Scarlet Letter, Two Sisters and a Piano, Wine in the Wilderness, The Unwritten Law (Two River Theater), American Prophet, (Arena Stage). An Iliad, How I Learned What I Learned (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). Off-Broadway: The Harder They Come, (The Public Theater), Romeo and Bernadette (Amas Musical Theatre), Two’s A Crowd, (Ritmar Productions) Touring: The Prom - First National Tour (NetWorks). *Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Dramaturg

Matt Cornish

is Associate Professor of Theater History at Ohio University. Tantrum: Caroline, or Change. Other dramaturgy credits include The Last Days of Mary Stuart (Son of Semele, L.A.), Lydia (Yale Repertory Theatre), and The Rover and The Penelopiad (Ohio University). Books: Performing Unification: History and Nation in German Theater after 1989, Postdramatic Theatre and Form, and Everything and Other Performance Texts from Germany.

Assistant Director

Devin Ty Franklin, Guest Artist

Ohio University (Director): BootyCandy, Medea, macbitches. MFA in directing from Ohio University.

Deck Stage Manager

Beatrice Feldbush, Guest Artist

Ohio University alumna, 2024 MAA theater and production management; 2023 BFA stage management. Tantrum Theater: Inherit the Wind; The Prom; Pride & Prejudice; 9 to 5 The Musical; 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. Shakespeare in the Woods: Love's Labour's Lost. Opera Steamboat: All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Welcome to the Madness. The Actors’ Theatre of Columbus: Sense & Sensibility, Queen Margaret, The Secret Garden.

Casting Director

Stephanie Klapper

Stephanie Klapper'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

Artistic Director, Tantrum Theater

Ellie Clark

Ellie is an actress, producer, and teaching artist and has performed on stages throughout the United States and across the pond at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Notable theater credits include 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). Her most recent Film/TV credits include 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 currently 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 is the Movement Specialist and Chair of the Drama program at Kentucky’s Governor’s School for the Arts and Co-Founded Voices Amplified, which generates brave and equitable spaces for voices historically underrepresented in theater. Other notable endeavors include co-founding Project SEE Theatre, a fellowship of artists dedicated to exploring the human condition through visceral and provocative storytelling. Ellie obtained her MFA from Ohio University and has trained extensively with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. www.ellieclark.org

Interim Producing Director, Tantrum Theater

Rachel Cornish

Rachel is an arts administrator, educator, and executive coach with over two decades of leadership in theater and higher education. She serves as Associate Director for the School of Theater where she also teaches in the Master of Arts Administration program. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon and Yale, Cornish previously held management roles at Yale Repertory Theatre, Yale School of Drama, and co-founded Epiphany Theater Company in New York. In addition to her producing and academic work, she consults nationally, specializing in leadership development and organizational strategy for arts professionals and institutions.

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/

Assistant Technical Director, Tantrum Theater

Jaxon Meadows

Jaxon is a Production Design Technologist from Southeastern Ohio. He began his career at Ohio University as Assistant Technical Director in 2021. He aims to bring diversity and engagement to Southeastern Ohio Theater companies by promoting community arts in the Appalachian Region. MAA, Theater Management. BFA, Production Design & Technology. Recent works with Tantrum Theater: The Prom (Technical Director), Pride & Prejudice (Technical Director), 9 to 5 (Assistant Technical Director), Twelfth Night (Technical Director, Men On Boats (Assistant Technical Director), Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Assistant Technical Director. Stuart’s Opera House (Technical Director): Sweeny Todd, Wizard of Oz, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Ohio University (Technical Director): We are Proud to Present, Julius Caesar, Shrek the Musical, Rent, Young Frankenstein. Yerma (Assistant Technical Director). He has collaborated with River City Players, Ohio Valley Summer Theater and Stuart’s Opera House.

Company Manger, 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

Is a theater technician specializing in technical direction and production management. While she has dabbled in most areas of technical theater, 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 and Crew Lists

Casting Assistants: Gracie Guichard, Claire Stancey, Joe Piserchino

Properties Manager: Grace Easterday

Charge Scenic Artist: Hannah Hartman

Associate Technical Director: Mark Shobert

Scene Shop Manager: Jaxon Meadows

Costume Shop Manager: Sofia Perez

Crafts Shop Manager: Sarah Beth

Electrics Shop Manager: Amber Hood

Sound Shop Manager: Jaime Lupercio

Lead Production Electrician: Adrian Coté

Production Electrician: Amanda Johnson

Production Assistant: Kierstyn McCardle

Associate Costume Designer: Esther Yale-Williams

Assistant Scenic Designer: Samuel Addai

Assistant Lighting Designer: Katie Mangan

Assistant Dramaturg: Carmen Foster

Assistant Charge Artist: Adrien Legarth

Assistant Properties Manager: Katherine Telkamp

Assistant Production Electrician: Dylan Dahlberg

Student Assistant Stage Managers: Alex Smith, Yuki Laffin

Light Board Programmer: Charlie Herrmann

Mixer/Reinforcement/Sound Engineer: Sid McCarty

SCENE SHOP

Carpenters: Samuel Addai, Rosemary Burmester, Sammie Cottrill, Kenneth Dominguez, Ella Frantz, Lillian Gerend, Cameron Hess, Sofia Laviolette, Bryce Meyer, Kierstyn McCardle, Atlas Nielsen, Eli Nisly, Elisabeth O’Neill, Walter Oestreich, Ryan Perry, Mark Schobert, Robby Steiner, Lexi Spears, Endurance Osabohien, Alaina Wahl

PAINT SHOP

Scenic Artists: Samuel Addai, Sara Ebrahimi, Sofia Maggard

Paint Crew: Kamryn Affolter, Oakley Aughtman, Carlie Brooks, Sydney Ciencin, Alex Day, Ari Gallaway-Hicks, Katie Hall, Malachi Hampsch, Sarah Harris, Paige Josephine Ivan, Lina Keys, Emma Mayes, Molly McHugh, Elle Mitsch, Bella Perkins, Malia Saar, Katie Spence, Morgan Sprouse, Joniya Wiggins, Chris Williams, Semaj Wilson

PROP SHOP

Prop Artisans: Alliance Adkins, Ryan Ball, Vance Cook, Andrew Falkosky, Dori McCoy, Elizabeth Nease, Georgia Nelson, Maddie Niederkohr, Elliebelle Roh, Eliza Russo, Erin Stone, Maisie Whitaker

COSTUME SHOP

Draper: Jackie Sokel

Junior Draper: Jaimon Lovins

First Hands: Erica Ahmed, Claire Bradley, Zoltan Eadie, Bridget Faulhaber, Lilli Hoel, Sidney Kramer, Ryan Neal, Shae Trauthwein, Zoe Woods

CRAFT SHOP

Crafts Supervisor: Baylor Hawks

Crafts Artisan: Mae Miller

Hair & Make-Up Supervisor: Lauren Damico

ELECTRICS SHOP

Core Lighting MFA Student: Katie Rotondi

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

Lighting Crew: Emma Archer, Abby Cox, Dylan Dahlberg, Kasey Dingee, Maggie Galvin, Lee Gilbert, Teigue Hardesty, Charlie Herrmann, Will Jenkins, Amanda Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Everett LaMantia, Katie Mangan, Simon McFawn, Max Marmash, Patrick Reardon, Mimi Sheard, Nox Smith, Susie Spanjers, Nora Spudich, Gabe Stark, Talitha Thomas, Sylvia Witt

SOUND SHOP

Sound Crew: Audrey Ballard, August Nieves Bucey, Connor Dael, Grace Deliberato, Lina Keys, Ella Langiotti, Cole Reynolds, Kyler Rogers, Nox Smith, Paige Weir

PUBLICITY/FRONT OF HOUSE

Crew: Taylor Arnstein, Jackson Coleman, Logan Deluca, Rachel Farage, Vanessa Foreman, Sloan Fullen, Gwyneth Gaunt, Mia Geise, Eliza Harbaugh, Stella Peters, Katy Price, Breanna Rowan, Alyssa Sherman, Violet Weida

BACKSTAGE RUN CREW

Fly Rail Operators: Audrey Ballard, Madaline Powell, Ahleea Durnham

Follow Spot Operators: Emma Chapman, Cipher Nabb

Light Board Operator: Ava Torok

Sound – A2/Deck Electrician: Eli Meismer

Sound Board Operator: Grace Sheppard

Swing Crew: Kira Anderson, Angelina Milanov

Wardrobe: Maitê Fernandes, Mari Alspaugh, Ally Sims

ARTWORK

Graphic Designer: Jonathan Olivares

Program Designer: Sarah Schlosser

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Ohio University President: Dr. Lori Gonzalez

Provost: Dr. Don Leo

Dean of Chaddock + Morrow College of Finer Arts: Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Director, School of Theater: Merri Biechler

Assistant Director, School of Theater: Rachel Cornish

School of Theater Faculty & Staff

The SHAPe Clinic

The Athens City Police Department

Ohio University Emergency Management

Jeff Russell

Ohio University School of Music

Matt Talbeert

José Roche

Sean Parsons

Debbie McAdoo

Wendy Blackwood

Moegi Yamaguchi

Justin McCrary

Cost Cleaning and Restoration

Adam Good