AMY BATES (Director) is a junior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Directing. Prior Directing Credits include Carrie: the Musical (Assistant Director) at UW-Parkside, Twelfth Night: A New Musical Journey and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Malthouse Theatre in Burlington, WI (Broadway World Milwaukee Award Winner) and Double Trouble a Musical Tour de Farce, Little Women: the Musical, and The Drowsy Chaperone at Stage Productions in Orlando, FL. Previous acting credits include Always a Bridesmaid (Charlie) at the Waukesha Civic Theatre, The Roommate (Sharon) at Millbrook Playhouse, Spring Awakening (The Adult Woman) and The Cripple of Inishmaan (Aunt Kate) at Valencia Theatre, and Hand to God (Margery) at UW-Parkside.

HADLEY RUETTEN (Stage Manager) is a sophomore Theater Major with concentrations in Musical Theatre and Stage Management. Previous credits at UW-Parkside include Carrie: the Musical (Asst. Stage Manager), Peter & the Starcatcher (Asst. Stage Manager), When We Dead Awaken (Sister of Mercy), The Laramie Project (Deck Crew) and Burn: The Musical (U/S Natasha). She has also performed and worked backstage in numerous productions in the Oshkosh area.

JULIANA CAMPOS-TAYLOR (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Musical Theatre. Previous roles include Hand to God (Jessica / Jolene), Carrie: the Musical (Assistant Stage Manager), Peter & the Starcatcher (Ensemble, U/S Grempkin/Fighting Prawn/Mack/Sanchez/Bill Slank/Hawking Clam), and The Laramie Project (Ensemble) at UW-Parkside and Seussical Jr. (Stage Manager), and Moana Jr. (Assistant Director) at the Truckee Community Theatre.

APRIL SERSEN (Assistant Stage Manager) is a first year Theatre Arts major with concentrations in Design & Technology and Stage Management. This is her first production at UW-Parkside.

QUINCY WILSON (Scenic & Props Designer) is a junior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Acting. Recently he was a scenic carpenter at American Players Theatre. He is a scene shop assistant at UW-Parkside, and holds an AAS in Welding-Manufacturing Technology. Previous credits include Carrie: the Musical (Asst. Scenic Designer), Peter and the Starcatcher (Asst. Scenic Designer), When We Dead Awaken (Rubek / Lead Carpenter), Meteor Shower (Lead Carpenter), The Laramie Project (Ensemble, Lead Carpenter) at UW-Parkside, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed The Rock Experience (Grandpa Mole Rat) and The Stinky Cheese Man (Foxy Loxy) with the Cyclopedic Ensemble; Check Please/ Check Please Take 2 (Guy) with the Blue Springs Community Theatre; Puffs (Wayne Hopkins), Heathers (Kurt Kelly) and The Tempest (Gonzalo) at State Fair Community College.

KENNEDY FRICK (Costume Designer / Hair & Makeup Designer) is a junior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Design & Technology. Kennedy transferred here from Allen Hancock College in CA, where her credits include Costume Designer for No Exit and Calabasas Street. Additional professional credits include Stitcher for Wolf at the Door and The Virgin Queen Entertains her Fool at American Players Theatre, Costume Designer for The Music Man and Evita at Saint Joseph High School, and Emma (Asst. Costume Design), The Sound of Music, Into the Woods, Cinderella, River Bride, and Bright Star (Stitcher), and Native Gardens (Wardrobe Crew) at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Kennedy is a costume shop assistant and her credits at UW-Parkside include Carrie: the Musical (Asst. Costume Designer), True West (Costume Designer), Peter and the Starcatcher (Asst. Costume Designer), The Laramie Project (Wardrobe Supervisor) and Meteor Shower (Asst. Costume Designer).

SAVANA ANDERSHOCK (Lighting Designer) is a senior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Design and Technology. Last summer, Savana worked as an Electrician at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Previous credits at UW-Parkside include Carrie: the Musical (Lighting Designer), Peter & the Starcatcher (Asst. Lighting Designer), The Altruists (Stage Manager), When We Dead Awaken (Head Electrician), Meteor Shower (Lighting Designer), The Aliens (Light Board Operator), As You Like It (Assistant Stage Manager), The Wolves (Master Electrician), She Kills Monsters (Assistant Stage Manager), Indecent (Assistant Master Electrician), and The Penelopiad (Deck Crew). Recent acting credits include She Kills Monsters (Narrator) and The Thanksgiving Play (Logan). In the summer of 2023, Savana was a Production Assistant at American Players Theater in Spring Green, WI. www.savanaandershock.com

JAMES HYDE III (Composer) is a junior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Design & Technology who came to us from State Fair Community College. Previous credits include Hand to God (Assistant Sound Designer), and True West (Sound Designer / Composer, U/S Lee & Austin) at UW-Parkside, and The Tempest (composer), The Rose Garden (Sound Designer / Composer), and The Devil’s Due (Composter / Dr. Bedroux) at State Fair Community College.

SAM CARLSON (Sound Designer) is a senior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Musical Theatre. Previous credits include Hand to God (Jason / Tyrone), Peter & the Starcatcher (Lord Aster, U/S Boy/Peter), When We Dead Awaken (Assistant Sound Designer), The Aliens (Evan), Spring Awakening (Asst. Stage Manager) and The Laramie Project (Ensemble) at UW-Parkside, and Lions in Illyria (Andrew/Sebastian), Into the Woods (Jack), and As You Like It (Silvius), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged] (Sound Board Operator) and Play On! (Sound Board Operator) at the College of Lake County.

J LOFTY (Scenic Charge Artist) is a senior Theatre Arts major with a minor in International Studies. Previous credits at UW-Parkside include Hand to God (Props & Puppet Designer), True West (U/S Mom), Hir (U/S Isaac), Collective Rage (Betty 5), Peter & the Starcatcher (Props Lead), The Altruists (Dramaturg), Meteor Shower (Props Lead), The Laramie Project (Dramaturg), As You Like It (Assistant Props Lead) and She Kills Monsters (Assistant Props Lead).

J. COLE LEBRECHT (Production Electrician) is a sophomore Theatre Arts major with concentrations in Acting and Directing. Prior credits include Carrie: the Musical (Billy), Lettie (River) at Harper College, and When We Dead Awaken (Maître D’, U/S Rubek) at UW-Parkside.

DELAINA KUZELKA (Intimacy Director) is an Intimacy Director from Southeast Wisconsin and is proud to return to her alma mater on this production. She dedicates her craft to cultivating environments that allow equity and art to coexist. Her recent credits in theatrical intimacy direction include The 39 Steps, The Spitfire Grill, The Last Five Years, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and A Moon for the Misbegotten.

REBECCA FINKBEINER (Fight Captain / Intimacy Follow) is a second-year Theatre Arts minor. Prior credits include Hand to God (Assistant Stage Manager), Peter & the Starcatcher (Assistant Stage Manager), When We Dead Awaken (Maja) and The Laramie Project (Ensemble) at UW-Parkside, Annie (Miss Hannigan) at the National Youth Theatre, Les Miserables (Ensemble), and Peter Pan (Pirate) at Christian Youth Theatre.

BRIAN J. GILL (Fight Choreographer, Directing Advisor) is an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside. He has been a professional stage actor for over 30 years, appearing at such theaters as Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Renaissance Theaterworks, First Stage Children’s Theatre, and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Chicago credits include Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Victory Gardens, Drury Lane Oakbrook, and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company; Regionally Brian has performed at Theatre at the Center, the Illinois and Texas Shakespeare Festivals, and the historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. International credits include the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London where he trained as a member of the first International Artistic Fellowship. Brian has staged violence for Parkside, College of Lake County, Harper College, Elgin College and the Southwest Shakespeare Company where he is a core company member. He a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and an Advanced Actor-Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.

JODY SEKAS (Co-Props Designer / Technical Director, Scenic Advisor) is a production designer for theatre & film, whose recent designs include the Off-Broadway debut of Boswell, and the feature film What Happened to Dorothy Bell. In 2021 he won the KCACTF National Scene Design award for his UW-Parkside design of Stupid F##king Bird. He has worked for such venues as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Door Shakespeare, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Dell’Arte International, Rochester Civic Theatre, Omaha Theatre Company for Young People, The Western Stage, and on the feature films The Music Inside, Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes, FLEA, and The Wine of Summer. He taught Scenography for Theatre, Film, & Dance at Humboldt State University in northern California; Scenic/Lighting Design & Technology at UW-Eau Claire and was the resident scenic & lighting designer for the Sioux Falls Playhouse in South Dakota. He is now in his twelfth year at UW-Parkside as Associate Professor of Scenic Design & Technology. See examples of his work at www.d4production.com.

KEVIN GRAY (Sound Design / Composition Advisor) is UW-Parkside’s Sound Manager and Instructor, working with both the Theatre Arts and Music departments to produce art and events on campus. Kevin received a BA in Sound Design with a minor in Music Composition from Michigan Technological University. UW-Parkside Design credits include When We Dead Awaken, The Laramie Project, The Aliens, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Cinderella, and Stupid F##king Bird, for which he received a KCACTF National Award for Excellence in Sound Design.

LESLIE VAGLICA (Costume Shop Supervisor, Costume / Hair & Makeup Advisor) is a costumer whose foundation in fashion and art has enriched her focus in theatrical costuming. She has worked as a costume technician for Off-Broadway productions of Trevor, The Musical and Boswell, as well as for professional companies, including American Players Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, the Florentine Opera Company, Skylight Music Theatre, and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. Professional regional design credits include The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Sugar Creek Opera, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Florentine Opera Company, Luminous Theatre, UW-Milwaukee Dance and Musical Theatre, Peter Stathas Dance, and Renaissance Theaterworks. She has also served as Costume Shop Manager at Hope Summer Repertory Theater in Holland, MI. Leslie is a graduate of UW-Eau Claire and holds a certificate in Apparel Product Design and Development from Mt. Mary University. Most recently at UW-Parkside, Leslie was the Costume Designer for Hand to God.

JEFF BRAIN (Scene Shop Supervisor / Assistant Technical Director) is a graduate of UW-Parkside (2020) with focuses on performance, carpentry, and props design. At Parkside, his performance credits included Romeo and Juliet (Friar Lawrence), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Longaville), and War of the Worlds (Announcer #2). He also designed props for Silent Sky and served as Lead Carpenter for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Jeff has also worked as a carpenter and props artisan for theatres including The Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), American Players Theatre (Spring Green, WI), and Fireside Dinner Theatre (Fort Atkinson, WI). He is an ensemble member of Redtwist Theatre in Chicago, where he continues to expand his portfolio of performance, carpentry, and props design.

JESSICA BAKER (Production Manager / Rita Tech Supervisor) has been designing lights for Parkside since 2018, most recently for our Spring 2024 production of Peter & the Starcatcher. Recently she was the lighting associate for the Fireside Dinner Theatre’s performance of Titanic the Musical. In the summer of 2023, she worked at First Stage Children’s Theatre as the assistant teacher for playwriting/design class and was the lighting designer for the company class. In the summer of 2022, she worked at The Santa Fe Opera as a lighting apprentice working on the operas Carmen, The Barber of Seville, Tristan und Isolde, and Falstaff. She has twice received the KCACTF Region III award for excellence in Lighting Design, advancing to the National KCACTF Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.