OCTAVIO HERNANDEZ (Director) is a senior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Directing. Octavio transferred from the College of Lake County, where his credits include Evil Dead: the Musical (Assistant Director), The Story Club (Charlie), Eurydice (Big Stone), I Have a Story to Tell (self), Gruesome Playground Injuries (Doug), Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Father), School House Rock Live! (Tom), Lions in Illyria (Asst. Director), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged] (Asst. Director), and The Squirrels (Director). Recent UW-Parkside credits include The Altruists (Ronald), Meteor Shower (U/S Norman) and The Laramie Project (Assistant Director).

RAVEN ENDERS (Stage Manager) is a junior double-major in Theatre Arts and Business Management who transferred to UW-Parkside this year from Cardinal Stritch University. Previous credits include Frankenstein (Wing Manager), Normal Conversation (Classmate/Student #1), James and the Giant Peach (Betsy Botane/Reporter, Prop Master), Hellcab (Stoned Girl/Father-to-be, Intense Man, Obnoxious Guy #1), No Exit (Sound Technician), and Z-Day (Producer, Director) at Cardinal Stritch where they also frequently worked in costume crafts and carpentry.

KENNEDY FRICK (Costume 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 Peter and the Starcatcher (Asst. Costume Designer), The Laramie Project (Wardrobe Supervisor) and Meteor Shower (Asst. Costume Designer).

BRIAN J. GILL (Fight Choreographer) 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 is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and an Advanced Actor-Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.

TAYLOR IRELAND (Lighting Designer) is a senior Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Stage Management. Recent UW-Parkside credits include Peter & the Starcatcher (Stage Manager), The Altruists (Lighting Designer), When We Dead Awaken (Assistant Director), Meteor Shower (Head Electrician), The Laramie Project Stage Manager), Spring Awakening (Spotlight Operator), The Aliens (Stage Manager), As You Like It (Assistant Stage Manager) and The Wolves (Assistant Stage Manager). Taylor was also the Stage Manager for The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fair(l)y (Stoopid) Tales at Cyclopedic Ensemble, The Diviners, James and the Giant Peach, and Oedipus at State Fair Community College. Additionally, Taylor has been the Assistant Stage Manager for two seasons at Door Shakespeare, for their productions of The Old Man and The Old Moon, As You Like It, Emma, and Romeo and Juliet.