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Playwright
MJ Kaufman
MJ Kaufman is a playwright and television writer from Portland, OR. Their plays include: Whisper’s Gone (Theatre Exile), Double Atlas (workshop at Playwrights Realm), Masculinity Max (Public Theater Studio production, Pride Plays ’20 reading), Sensitive Guys ( InterAct Theater and numerous theaters and schools around the country) and A Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile (Clubbed Thumb). Their work has also been produced and developed at WP Theater, Huntington Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, the New Museum, NAATCO, Playwrights Realm, Colt Coeur, Yale School of Drama, and the Lark Play Development Center, as well as in Russian in Moscow and in Australia. MJ received the 2017 Helen Merrill Emerging Writers Award, 2013 ASCAP Cole Porter Prize in Playwriting, the 2013 Global Age Project Prize, and the 2010 Jane Chambers Prize in Feminist Theatre. MJ has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony and SPACE on Ryder Farm and is currently a resident playwright at New Dramatists.
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Director
Vicki L. Hoskins
Vicki Hoskins is a theatre scholar, practitioner, and teacher. Her practical experience includes directing, dramaturgy, literary management, and acting. She is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at The College of Saint Rose and teaches a variety of performance, history, and critical theory courses. Recent credits include: Trifles, In the Time of the Butterflies, She Kills Monsters, and Gruesome Playground Injuries. Vicki received her PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and her MA in Theatre History and Criticism at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Vicki’s articles appear in journals such as Studies in Musical Theatre and Coup de Théâtre. She is excited to be working with such a talented cast and crew!
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Asst. Director/Sound Design/Marketing
Alma Gonzalez
Alma Gonzalez is a senior at The College of Saint Rose and is majoring in Music Industry with a minor in Musical Theatre. She is thrilled to be a part of this production to observe and interact from the director's perspective. After college, Alma looks forward to working within the theatre and music industries and is most excited to support the careers of actors, musicians, and other artists.
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Concept Art
Divah Johnson
Divah Johnson is currently a senior at the College of Saint Rose. She is an English major studying to pursue a career in teaching. After Saint Rose, Divah looks forward to receiving a Masters in Education at Merrimack College. In her free time, Divah enjoys cooking, baking, working out and writing poetry. Some of the most influential people in her life include her mother, Michelle Obama, AOC, and any Professor at Saint Rose that’s been super kind to her.
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Credits Music
Layne Sullivan
Layne Sullivan is a first year Music Education Major. Having experience being in the pit orchestra for high school musicals, he understands the importance of music and sounds in a show to drive the plot and allow the empty space to be filled. His primary instrument is trumpet, but he is self taught in piano, guitar and bass guitar. He had a fantastic experience working on this show, and appreciates all who will see it!
Stage Management
Amelia Carelli
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Stage Management/Boom Operator
Ryka Sweeney
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How to Live on Earth by MJ Kaufman originally premiered at Colt Coeur at HERE Arts Center in New York, NY. Saint Rose's virtual production is the Capital Region premiere and digital premiere. How to Live on Earth is presented with permission from MJ Kaufman's APA representative.