Company

OSTF is a professional, not-for-profit summer theater company, operating under the auspices of Oberlin College but administered independently of the Theater & Dance Program. The Festival’s Acting Company consists of a combination of professional Equity actors, local non-equity players, and interns (recent alumni and current Oberlin students). We are building a core intergenerational acting ensemble, composed mostly of Oberlin grads who will return to Oberlin as their summer artistic home to do meaningful work with a supportive community of like-minded professional artists. The company works as a collaborative ensemble to create accessible and bold productions.

2009 Inaugural Company

2012 Company

	PAUL MOSER (Producing Artistic Director, Scenic Designer, and Director - A Midsummer Night's Dream and Bus Stop) After earning his BA in Theater Arts and Dramatic Literature from Brown University, Mr. Moser began his professional career as an Equity Stage Manager in NYC, working at theaters such as Soho Rep and the Roundabout. He went on to earn his MFA in Directing from the Yale School of Drama: studying with Lloyd Richards, Ming Cho Lee, and Jennifer Tipton. Mr. Moser then served as Associate Artistic Director of the Indiana Repertory Theater, directing close to two dozen shows, including critically acclaimed productions of The Crucible, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tobacco Road, Torch Song Trilogy, 'night Mother, and Virginia. For the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Yuletide Celebration, he and collaborator, Derek McLane, created a bigger-than-life puppet adaptation of A Christmas Carol, which was revived annually for over a decade. Other regional directing credits include productions at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Theatre Virginia, Portland Stage (where his production of A Walk in the Woods received a "Best of Maine" award), Phoenix Theater, Spectrum Stage and New Harmony Theater. Mr. Moser began teaching Acting and Directing at Oberlin in 1990, where he served as Director of the Theater & Dance Program from 2000 - 2009. At last count, he has directed over two dozen plays at the College, including works by Shakespeare, Moliere, Chekhov, Shaw, Wedekind, Ibsen, Pinter, Blitzstein, Hart, Shepard, Shawn, and Bogosian. In 1992, he formed The Black River Theater Company which developed two of his own original political plays, The Trouble with Dinosaurs and Sanctuary (later presented at The Apple Tree in Chicago); From 1997 - 2001, BRTC produced free family Shakespeare productions. In 2007, he collaborated with former students in Fourth Meal Productions' NY premiere of Sarah Violet Bliss's Dorm Stories. In 2009, with the help of colleagues and former students, Mr. Moser launched the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival, directing its inaugural productions of The Glass Menagerie and The Tempest, and subsequently, Much Ado About Nothing, Our Town, and Hamlet. Mr. Moser would like to thank his wife Karen Nelson-Moser, and daughter Madeleine for their continued support.
	JOEY RIZZOLO (Director - The Cradle Will Rock, Fight Choreographer - Bus Stop) is a director, writer, & performer for the 2012 Drama Desk nominated New York Neo-Futurists, producing plays for the weekly East Village staple Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (now in its 9th year). In 2011 his original play Locker #4173b won the New York Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Performance Art Production. He was a 2005 Kennedy Center Playwright-in-Residence for his work on Union Square and he is writing a new (as-of-yet untitled) play to be premiered this fall about the temporal inconsistencies of quantum physics (or, if you please, he will have already written it). Joey appeared last year in OSTF's Hamlet (as Hamlet), and in other projects with OSTF producer Paul Moser too numerous to mention here. He is a dad.
Cast
	**COLSTON (SKIP) CORRIS (Carl - Bus Stop) is pleased to be in Oberlin where several years ago he played Touchstone in Black River Theatre Company's As You Like It under Paul Moser's direction. More recently, Skip appeared in Waiting for Lefty at Ensemble Theatre in the nationwide Project1Voice production of Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind. At Karamu Theatre, he appeared as Cap'n Dan in The Great White Hope. Skip was a founding member of NYC's Apple Corps Theatre Company. For ten years, Skip appeared as Drosselmeyer and Stahlbaum in Ohio Dance Theatre's annual production of The Nutcracker, in addition to adapting Shakespeare's script and playing Peter Quince in ODT's ballet, A Midsummer Night's Dream. He toured with ODT's Journey throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Skip is in his final year as a teacher for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, where he also served as a certified Hostage Negotiator.
	**PETE FERRY OC '72 (Will - Bus Stop) returns for his second season at OSTF where he appeared last summer as Claudius in Hamlet, This past year included appearances in the film Take Shelter, in which he played the role of Melvin, and as the Colonel in the Cleveland Playhouse production of EGBDF.
	**DANA HART (Harry the Druggist - The Cradle Will Rock) received critical honors this year for his solo performance in Conor McPhearson's St. Nicholas which he will reprise next fall with Ensemble Theatre. This past season he also performed with Cesear's Forum in Arthur Miller's Elegy for a Lady, with TruNorth Cultural Arts in both Billy Bishop Goes to War and Big River, with Actors' Summit in Woody Guthrie's American Song, with Cleveland Public Theatre in Antebellum and in the staged reading of Michael Bloom's new play The Fagin Effect at the Cleveland PlayHouse where he apprenticed more than 30 years ago. Mr. Hart appeared Off-Broadway in Holy Ghosts, Twelfth Night, The Mousetrap, and Molly Bloom and with regional theatres from Alaska to Zimbabwe including Milwaukee Repertory Theater; Alaska Repertory Theatre; San Diego Repertory Theatre and Center Stage in Baltimore. He will appear as Col. Mustard in Clue: The Musical in August for the Aids Taskforce and later this season as Hickey in O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh for Ensemble Theatre.
	**DARRYL LEWIS (Reverend Salvation - The Cradle Will Rock) is an American trained Bass-Baritone who is thrilled to be performing again in this beautiful theater and campus. He recently played Coalhouse Walker, Jr, in Kent State University's performance of Ragtime. This fall he can be seen at the Solon Center for the Arts in a production of La Traviata, which will be directed by Oberlin Professor Jonathon Field. Last year Mr. Lewis played Uncle Bonze in the opera Madama Butterfly, Jim in Big River, Marty the Manager in Dreamgirls, and Montel/Jesus in Jerry Springer: the Opera. Other recent roles include The Young Man in the chamber opera Hello Out There by Jack Beeson, Dr. Gibbs in the OSTF production of Our Town. Prior credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Grey Gardens, Caroline or Change, The Wiz, My Favorite Year, To Kill a Mockingbird, Holy Ghosts, Jekyll and Hyde, Violet, Passion, Porgy & Bess, and The Exonerated. A graduate of the D'Angelo School of Music in Erie, Pennsylvania, he has also performed at the following opera companies: Cleveland Opera, Chautaqua Opera, Toledo Opera, Michigan Opera and the Rome, Italy, Opera Festival. Mr. Lewis is a teaching assistant at Kent State University in both the music and theater departments. He is the music director at the Cleveland School of the Arts and he teaches private lessons at a studio he owns in Euclid OH. Mr. Lewis is a proud member of the Actors' Equity Association.
	**MARC MORITZ (Mr. Mister - The Cradle Will Rock) Marc is thrilled to have this opportunity to work for the first time at Oberlin Summer Theatre. Marc originated the role of Talk Show Host in the Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim / Hal Prince musical, Merrily We Roll Along. He most recently appeared as Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees and Al Lewis in The Sunshine Boys, both at Porthouse Theatre. Other regional acting work includes Great Lakes Theatre Festival -Idaho Shakespeare Festival Co-Production of Into the Woods. Favorite Roles: Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Tateh - Ragtime, Cat In The Hat - Seussical, Chico - Cocoanuts, Malvolio - Twelfth Night, Ezekial Cheever - The Crucible, Emperor Joseph - Amadeus, and Claudius in Hamlet. Theatres: GLTF, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Riverside Shakespeare, Cleveland Playhouse, Porthouse Theatre, Long Wharf, Goodman, New Harmony, & Dobama. Marc was the Founder/Artistic Director of Cleveland's popular GIANT PORTIONS IMPROV CO. and has taught and performed with ImprovOlympic and Second City in Chicago and NYC. Directing credits include: Hellcab, The Walworth Farce, and Gutenberg! The Musical! He most recently directed a production of Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down at Weathervane Playhouse as well as A Raisin in the Sun at True North Theatre. Other directing credits include ART and The Christmas Schooner at True North Theatre. This year will find him directing Frankenstein at Geauga Lyric Guild, A Broadway Christmas at Clague Playhouse, and The 39 STEPS at Weathervane Playhouse. Marc was in the Returning Professional Acting program at Kent State University and - better late than never! - received his MFA.
	**MATTHEW WRIGHT (Dr. Lyman - Bus Stop, Editor Daily - The Cradle Will Rock) is an actor, director and theatre educator whose work has taken him across the United States. As an actor he has appeared at such nationally acclaimed regional theatres as The La Jolla Playhouse (The Matchmaker, 80 Days), The McCarter Theatre (The Dawns Are Quiet Here), The Clarence Brown Company (Hamlet, As You Like It), The Studio Arena Theatre of Buffalo (The Boyfriend), Trinity Repertory Theatre (A Christmas Carol, Julius Caesar, On The Town) The New Theater (Angels in America, Love!Valor!Compassion!, How I Learned To Drive, Around The World in Eighty Days, House of The Seven Gables) Actors' Playhouse (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Jesus Christ Super Star) and Florida Stage (Exact Center of The Universe). He has worked with many wonderful theatre artists including directors Des MacAnuff, Tina Landau, Anne Bogart, and Oskar Eustis and a roster of internationally acclaimed actors. Since moving to the Cleveland area ten years ago, Matthew has appeared at Cleveland Play House (EGBDF); Great Lakes Theater Company (The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Twelfth Night); The Beck Center for The Arts (Jerry Springer: The Opera, Equus, Urinetown: The Musical, A Man of No Importance, The Fix, Reefer Madness, and The Imaginary Invalid); in the Cleveland Jewish Community Center/ Tri-C collaboration of Ragtime; Cleveland Opera (Das Barbecu); in the title role of King Lear at College of Wooster; and in Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Illusion and Assassins at Oberlin College. This summer marks Matthew fourth year as a company member of OSTF where he has appeared as Prospero in The Tempest, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, The Aviator in The Little Prince and Polonius in Hamlet. Matthew has served on the faculties of The Ohio State University, Wright State University, and Florida Atlantic University where he headed the graduate actor training program for ten years. He is currently the Program Director and Associate Professor of Theatre at Oberlin College where he's directed Three Sisters, Dancing At Lughnasa, A Bright Room Called Day, Vieux Carre, Reefer Madness, English Channel Beautiful Thing, Flora The Red Menace, and the OC,/Cleveland Public Theater co-production of Iphigenia 2.0. Matthew has been a proud member of Actors' Equity Association since 1988.
	**This actor appears courtesy of The Actors' Equity Association.
	DERRICK BEAN (Oberon/Theseus - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bo Decker - Bus Stop, Dr. Specialist - The Cradle Will Rock) has always felt a little different from the crowd. Born in Michigan, raised in Japan, his life has been full of travels to distant lands with a variety of cultures. His interest in acting had always been a hobby until he attended Oberlin College, where it became his passion. Derrick's credits at Oberlin included Measure for Measure, SubUrbia, Vieux Carre, and Equus. After graduating in 2009, he moved Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. Derrick has found success, starring in several short films that were in the international festival circuit. Besides acting, Derrick has a deep interest in archaeology, which was his major at Oberlin. He aspires someday to have an opportunity to combine both his academic and artistic passions. He is also an avid SCUBA diver and beach bum. Derrick would like to thank Paul, his talented cast, and hardworking crew for providing such a wonderful environment to perform. For more information on Derrick visit www.derrickbean.com.
	DAVID BUGHER (Nick Bottom/Egeus - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Virgil Blessing - Bus Stop, Cop - The Cradle Will Rock) This is David's fourth season with OSTF. With OSTF he has appeared in the following shows; The Glass Menagerie (The Gentleman Caller), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Our Town (Joe Stoddard), Hamlet (Marcellus/Player King) and A Raisin in the Sun (Karl Lindner). With the Oberlin College Department of Theatre he has appeared in Romeo and Juliet (Prince), Vieux Carre (Ensemble), Eurydice (Father) and The Compromise (Colonel Lang). With The Beck Center in Cleveland, David has appeared in The Imaginary Invalid (Bonnefoy) and Holy Ghosts (Carl Spector). David is the Assistant Technical Director for the Department of Theatre and Dance here at Oberlin College. Originally from Indianapolis, IN, he is a graduate of The Ohio State University.
	ERIN BUNTING (Grace - Bus Stop) studied theater at Case Western Reserve University and has performed at Cleveland area theaters including the Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theatre, The Beck Center for the Arts, Lakeland Community Theater, and Clague Playhouse. She lives in Huron.
	DAVE COTTON (Quince - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dick/Professor Mamie/Ensemble - The Cradle Will Rock) was last seen at OSTF as Editor Webb in Our Town. Recent work includes directing The Trojan Women for LCCC and The Cover of Life for Workshop Players in Amherst. He spends most of his time directing and tech directing shows, so it is nice to be on stage again. Dave holds a MA from Northwestern and BA from Trinity U. He is a retired high school teacher.
	KATHERINE DEBOER (Mrs. Mister - The Cradle Will Rock) has performed across the country and at numerous local venues including The Hanna Theatre, The Cleveland Playhouse, Carousel Dinner Theater, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Karamu, Dobama and Porthouse Theatre. She most recently appeared as Fay Apple in Anyone Can Whistle at Lakeland Civic Theatre. Other favorite credits include: the national tour of The Will Rogers Follies (Betty Blake); A Little Night Music (Charlotte); Caroline Or Change (Rose Stopnick); Into the Woods (Baker's Wife); City of Angels (Gabby/ Bobbi); and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator). She has studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and holds a BA from Baldwin Wallace College.
	COURTNEY MERRELL (Titania/Hippolyta - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cherie - Bus Stop, Moll - The Cradle Will Rock) is thrilled to be back in town for her second season with the Oberlin Summer Theatre Festival. Previous roles include Ophelia in Hamlet and the Rose/Snake/Fox in The Little Prince. Her professional credits include Viola in Twelfth Night, at St. Louis Shakespeare, Athena in The Odyssey at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, and scenes from Design for Living at the Producer's Club in New York City. She has also had the pleasure of collaborating with musical theater composers and lyricists including Adam Gwon, Sam Carner, Derek Gregor, Matt Van Brink, and Tim Rosser to promote new work in concerts all over New York City. She attended Broadway Theatre Project and worked with Fosse choreographer, Deb McWaters, as well as participating in workshops with Ben Vereen and Frank Wildhorn. She was also accepted into the American Theatre Wing's summer intensive where she had Master Classes with Kathleen Marshall, Leigh Silverman, and John Ruocco. She earned a BMus and a BA from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.
	AARON MUCCIOLO (Flute - A Midsummer Night's Dream, President Prexy - The Cradle Will Rock) enters his fourth season with OSTF ready for another round of wearing ridiculous clothes and being oblivious to his characters' limitations. He has been seen in previous seasons as Rosencrantz and 1st Gravedigger in Hamlet, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, and Stephano/King Alonso in The Tempest. Area credits include Mr. Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth at LCCC and Ralph in To Forgive, Divine at Workshop Players. Offstage, Mooch designs websites, improvises in Cleveland, and is a member of Oberlin's City Council.
	DEBRA ROSE (Ella Hammer/Ensemble - The Cradle Will Rock) Oberlin native Debra Rose has been entertaining audiences in Northeast Ohio for over three decades in every genre from Bach to rock. A dynamic singer and actor, she has been seen as Miss Hannigan in Annie, Vera Charles in Mame, Sarah's Friend in Ragtime, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Fastrada in Pippin, Woman #1 in And the World Goes Round, and Sister Mary Hubert in Nunsense. Her straight theater roles include Mrs. Washington in The Compromise, Mama in A Raisin in the Sun, Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town, Berniece in The Piano Lesson, and Mrs. Whatzit in A Wrinkle in Time. In her original show, Legendary Ladies, she portrays such musical legends as Marion Anderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson. She has also created presentations of women in history with local significance during Oberlin's annual Juneteenth celebration. Her love of musical theater has led her to develop a business, Healing Melodies, where she ministers to seniors using music as therapy to stimulate memory and coordination through motivation, movement and storytelling. She believes that music is a gift from God and uses her talent to entertain, touch and transform. Debra holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance and has toured the US, Europe and Asia.
	DONNIE SHELDON (Lysander - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Larry Foreman/Ensemble - The Cradle Will Rock) is a proud alumnus of Oberlin College, having graduated with a theater degree in 2010. He currently lives in Chicago.
	ALEXANDER BIANCHI (Philostrate/Puck - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dauber - The Cradle Will Rock) is a Junior Religion major at Oberlin College. This is his first time doing the Oberlin Summer Theatre Festival. Over the past two years, Bianchi has played parts in various Little Theatre productions, including Ronald in The Altruists and Perry in Midnight Cowboy. Most recently, he was part of the Oberlin student ensemble in Iphigenia 2.0 at the Cleveland Public Theatre. When he isn't studying at Oberlin, Bianchi spends his time cruising through the hills around his home in Western Massachusetts or bopping around some other part of the U.S. or world. He gives his many thanks to everyone who gave support in any way to the festival.
	MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM (Snout - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Gent/Gus/Professor Scoot/Ensemble - The Cradle Will Rock/Shop) is a sophomore Theater major at Oberlin College from New York City. Michael frequently works as a director, lighting designer, and technician. Recent Oberlin direction credits include Hypnosis For Salesmen: The Lessons of Penny Glass and Vessel: A New Musical for the Oberlin Theater Department in Little Theater, as well as musicals, plays, and concerts for multiple producers. Recent lighting design credits include Spring Awakening (scenic and lighting, Oberlin Musical Theater Association), The Dickening (Midtown International Theater Festival), Scholar, Monk, Snake (Oberlin Conservatory), The Oberlin Student Dance Showcase (Oberlin Dance Umbrella), And What?!'s Spring Concert and pieces in Spring Back Dance Concert (Oberlin Dance Department). Michael has worked as a technical assistant in Hall Auditorium since being on campus, and has ventured off campus to work professionally as Technical Director, Lighting Designer and Technical Adviser to the Marymount School in New York City. He is excited to be back on campus this summer with this great company! In his free time Michael likes to watch YouTube videos of cute animals. Enjoy the show!
	BILLY FERRER (Snug - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jr. Mister/Bugs - The Cradle Will Rock) is a recent Oberlin College graduate from New York City. Previous acting credits include The Dickening (2011 Midtown International Theater Festival, dir. Ben Ferber), King Lear (Ovalhouse Theater, dir. Ian Wooldrige) and Intimate Apparel (Oberlin Mainstage, dir. Caroline Jackson Smith). He would like to thank the cast and crew of OSTF for an incredible educational experience.
	WILLIAM HOFMANN (Demetrius - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Yasha - The Cradle Will Rock) is a student at Oberlin College, who will be a senior in the fall. This is his first time with Oberlin Summer Theater Festival, and he's very excited to do so. He wants to thank Paul Moser for his support, instruction, and direction. He hopes you enjoy the show!
	LLEWIE NUÑEZ (Fairy - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sister Mister/Professor Trixie/Stevie/Ensemble - The Cradle Will Rock) is a rising senior at Oberlin College studying Creative Writing and Comparative American Studies. This is her first summer with OSTF and she is thrilled to be part of such a marvelous festival! Llewie has appeared previously in Cleveland Public Theater's production of Iphigenia 2.0, and in Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, Two Rooms, and Fat Pig at Oberlin. In addition to her more traditional theatrical pursuits, Llewie is also the proud director of Oberlin's long form improv troupe, The Sunshine Scouts. In her downtime she likes reading fantasy novels and taking baths. Enjoy the show!
	ELLIE PHILIPS (Helena - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sadie/Ensemble - The Cradle Will Rock) recently graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Theater and Psychology. Favorite acting credits include Iphigenia 2.0 at Cleveland Public Theatre, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, Twelfth Night, Two Rooms, Love's Labour's Lost, and Reefer Madness. While at Oberlin, Ellie also costumed nine productions and managed the Theater and Dance publicity office her senior year. Many thanks to the entire company of OSTF for all of their incredible talent and hard work.
	MARINA SHAY (Hermia - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Elma - Bus Stop) is happy to be returning to OSTF for her third season. You may recognize her from OSTF's 2011 production of The Little Prince. Marina recently graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Theater and English. Favorite Oberlin productions include Iphigenia 2.0, Play It Again Sam, Equus, and The Seagull.
	MARI REDDEN (Changeling)
	JESSICA HARTLEY (Fairy)
	MARIANA THOMAS (Fairy)
	WESLEY CALL (Goblin)
	JASON MOLEK (Goblin)
	JULIA MOLEK (Goblin)
	MAGGIE NATT (Goblin)
Crew
	JOSEPH P. NATT (Technical Director) Mr. Natt is happy to be back for his fourth summer with the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival. He was Technical Director for OSTF last summer for The Little Prince, A Raisin In The Sun, and Hamlet. He was also the TD for Our Town, A Wrinkle In Time, Much Ado About Nothing, The Glass Menagerie and The Tempest in the past Summer Festivals. Joe started at Oberlin College in September of 2005 and has worked on shows like the opera of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Assassins, Death of a Salesman, Reefer Madness, Flora the Red Menace, and Where has Tommy Flowers Gone. Joe received his BFA in Theater Set Design and Technology in 1997 from Kent State University. While he was there he worked on several productions such as Vinegar Tom, Hair, Romeo and Juliet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Little Shop of Horrors. Joe has worked on over 80 productions. He has worked on shows such as Heartbreak House, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Vinegar Tom at Cleveland State University; Joe has worked professionally on Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, Pirates of Penzance and Das Barbecu as Technical Director for Lyric Opera Cleveland. He also worked for five seasons at The Cleveland Play House on a variety of shows such as Wonderful Life, The Invisible Man, Eliot Ness in Cleveland, Small Family Business, Touch the Names, and Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede. He also survived 72 performances of The Sound of Music as Crew Chief at the Carousel Dinner Theater in Akron, Ohio.
	JEREMY BENJAMIN (Lighting Designer) is a professional lighting designer and theatre educator who has taught Lighting Design and designed lighting for numerous OC productions for the previous five years. As a lighting designer his work has been seen at the Beck Center for the Performing Arts, Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Department, Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre, Cleveland Municipal School District, Cleveland's Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland's Dancing Wheels, Great Lakes Theater Festival, King's Productions, Lyric Opera Cleveland, The Musical Theatre Project, Ohio Dance Theatre, Opera Cleveland, Paramount Productions, Pointe of Departure Dance, and the Village Playhouse. Jeremy also serves as Interim Director of Theater and Production Manager/Technical Director/Designer at Lorain County Community College and is happy to be returning for his second season as lighting designer for OSTF.
	BENJAMIN SANDBERG (Assistant Technical Director/Shop Foreman, Starveling - A Midsummer Night's Dream) Way back when, Benjamin Sandberg in the midst of absent minded ruminations on the oneness of being, invented time. A man who some have called "Generally and genuinely a bit off" (The Congressman Steven Pelkey), he is known to others as "the second coming of Hammurabi" (Perry Mason, Fictional T.V. Lawyer) and "Better than basketball" (Meadowlark Lemon, Globetrotters). In addition to being the personal spiritual adviser to The Most Interesting Man in the World, Dr. Sandberg re-mixed Heart of Darkness into a modern day, two person hip-hopera starring Jennifer Aniston and MF Doom. He coaxed Mickey Rourke out from the depths of depression, and then portrayed him in a mocku-docku-drama entitled "Scent of a Man." In his free time, the eminent scholar enjoys battling gravity, commanding the powers of the ocean (he spent six "it's complicated" months with Poseidon), and rescuing cats who have gotten their heads stuck in small, but adorable containers. His favorite book is Where's Waldo and he loves fresh baked bread.
	HOLLY HANDMAN-LOPEZ (Choreographer) is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Theater and Dance Program of Oberlin College where she has choreographed both straight and musical theater pieces, operas, and numerous concert works; most recently, Iphigenia 2.0, and Flora the Red Menace (director Matthew Wright) and L'enfant et les Sortilèges (director Jonathon Field). In her creative process, she has had the privilege of collaborating with poets, composers, actors, directors, architects, scholars and videographers. She has been awarded numerous guest-artist residencies at such prestigious institutions as New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, and The New School. As a dancer, she has worked with many prominent choreographers, including David Dorfman, Nicholas Leichter, and Lisa Race; and she has performed extensively in New York City venues, such as the Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, Miller Theater, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
	HEATHER ANDERSON-BOLL (Educational) earned her MFA at the Yale School of Drama (Oliver Thorndike Acting Award, 2003). She has performed in NYC at Manhattan Theatre Club, Performance Space 122, Drilling Company, La MaMA ETC, Manhattan Class Company, and New York International Fringe Festival, as well as at the 2007 Humana Festival of New American Plays (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Huntington Theatre Company (Boston), Two River Theatre Company (NJ), and The Cleveland Play House. Recent local appearances include Cleveland Public Theatre (Iphigenia 2.0, My Barking Dog, and The Aperture) and Dobama Theatre (Grizzly Mama and Colder Than Here). Heather is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Oberlin College, and a member of Actors' Equity Association.
	SARAH JICK (Production Stage Manager) is a rising senior at Oberlin College from Lexington, MA. She is glad to be returning to OSTF for her second summer. Past credits include A Raisin in the Sun (OSTF 2011), Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (Oberlin Mainstage), and This is Our Youth (Little Theater). So many thanks to the wonderful cast and crew, especially the amazing stage management team!
	JULIA PEREZ (Stage Manager - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bus Stop) is a rising junior at Oberlin College studying theater and mathematics. She has stage managed several shows at Oberlin, including Oberlin Dance Company 2012, The Compromise, Unexpected Journeys, Twelfth Night, and Hypnosis for Salesmen. She spends her free time adventuring into other areas of technical theatre, from electrics to properties to wardrobe to puppet-making. She is thrilled to be back for a second summer with OSTF.
	ALYSSA CIVIAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is an Oberlin rising Junior majoring in Math and Musical Studies. Her previous stage management credits include You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown! (dir. Rachel Graf Evans), Fall Forward, The Bald Soprano (dir. Eva Sachs), Spring Back, and the OCircus! Spring Show 2012. This is her first project in Hall Auditorium and her first OSTF season, and she's excited to work with such a talented and diverse team.
	EMMA SCHNEIDERMAN (Associate Producer) is a recent Oberlin College graduate from South Pasadena, CA. She received her BA in May in International and Comparative Politics. This is Emma's first summer with OSTF and she is very glad to be among such wonderful people and performers. She'd like to especially thank Barb and Deb for their guidance.
	SAM COREY (Master Electrician) has just recently finished his 3rd year at Oberlin College. As a Theater and Environmental Studies double major, he works tirelessly to design lighting for theater, dance, performance art, and music concerts directed and produced by student artists. With credits including over two dozen student works, he was fortunate to further his career in the theater by becoming a technical intern for the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival. As a newly minted Master Electrician, he has learned valuable skills from Jeremy Benjamin and Paul Moser that have helped him grow as an artist in preparation for several projects including his own senior design project lined up for his final year at Oberlin.
	SAM FISHER (Sound Designer - A Midsummer Night's Dream and Bus Stop and Video Designer - The Cradle Will Rock) is a junior in the TIMARA department at Oberlin Conservatory. He is a frequent collaborator in theater productions at Oberlin. His most recent projects include FIGHT!, Midnight Cowboy, and The Situation Factory. When he's not making sound for theater, Sam is exploring new forms of human-computer interaction and generative sound creation.
	CARTER SLIGH (Music Director - The Cradle Will Rock) is a rising fourth-year Theater major from Leesburg, FL. He has been playing piano most of his life, and plans on continuing to do so whether or not he can make money at it. Nevertheless, he intends to go on in musical direction and accompaniment professionally. Previous Oberlin credits include Little Women, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Spring Awakening, and Twelfth Night. He will be directing a production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale next February. Carter enjoys the color green, the works of Shakespeare, dogs, and anything to do with the 1960's. Enjoy the show(s)!
	RACHEL GRAF EVANS (Shop/Wardrobe) is a recently graduated Theater/Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies double major. For her GSFS Honors Project she researched, wrote, and composed an original musical entitled Vessel, which was produced in Little Theater this past March. She is the proud recipient of the 2012 James S. McLaughlin Theater Award. Rachel has worn a number of hats whilst working in the theatre; this summer has included carpenter cap, wardrobe wig, and fairy fedora and it has been and continues to be a pleasure!
	SUZY CAMPBELL (Costume Designer - Bus Stop, The Cradle Will Rock) is the Resident Costume Designer and an Associate Professor of Theatre Design and Technology at Kent State University in the School of Theatre and Dance for the past 22 years. She was the Resident Costume Designer for their Kent's Summer Theatre, Porthouse, for 19 years, during which she was awarded several Design Excellence Awards by USITT . She is considered the guru of corporate mascots in North East Ohio, where she is responsible for the design and execution of "Slider," the Cleveland Indians Mascot. Ms. Campbell is only designer ever allowed to redesign the set and costumes for Martha Graham's iconic Appalachian Spring. The piece was produced by Verb Ballet, funded by the Ohio Arts Council and received critical acclaim in "Dance Magazine." She has illustrated six children's books for the Picture Me Books Publishers in Akron Ohio which were distributed and sold in stores world wide including Target, Kmart and Walmart and has appeared as "Cute As Can Bee-Picture Me" as one of the "Top 5 in Paid Book Apps on iPhone - Feb 2012." This Is Suzy's fourth season with OSTF.
	APRIL ROCK (Costume Designer - A Midsummer Night's Dream) is currently pursuing her BFA in Costume Design at Kent State University where she has been an Assistant Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor for KSU's productions of Ragtime, Brigadoon, and Grease. This is her second summer with the OSTF and she is very excited to help bring free theatre to the Cleveland area with such a wonderful company. A Midsummer Night's Dream is her second full-show costume design.
	ROBERT KATKOWSKY (Assistant to the Costume Designer) I have been a freelance scenic designer from 1972. During that time I have designed, propped, painted, welded, and sculpted over four hundred theatrical designs. These include four years with Jonathan Field at Lyric Opera Cleveland and five years with Michael Grube here at Oberlin. Since 1995, my wife (The incredibly talented and love of my life Suzy Campbell) and I have been building and designing "Slider" for The Cleveland Indians. This is the first time I have been a stitcher for Suzy (or anybody else).
	KEVIN ARSENIJEVIC (Apprentice)
	SEAN KNOWLES (Apprentice)