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
2011 Company (in progress)
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PAUL MOSER (Producing Artistic Director, Director/Scenic Designer - Hamlet). After graduating 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, with theater legends such as Earle Hyman and Jerome Kilty. 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 collaborated with Tony-Award winning designer, Derek McLane, to create 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: The Tempest, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, Part 1 and Twelfth Night. 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. Mr. Moser would like to thank his wife Karen Nelson-Moser, and daughter Madeleine for their continued support.
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 | JUSTIN EMEKA (Director - A Raisin in the Sun) is a director, actor, writer, and teacher. Most recently, he directed a multi-racial re-casting of Macbeth set during Reconstruction after the Civil War. In 2008, he produced and directed a unique production of Death of a Salesman, featuring Avery Brooks as Willy Loman, for Oberlin College. Other professional directing projects include Living History at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle; Julius X at the Karamu House in Cleveland, OH; Sankofa Theater at Seattle Theatre Group, and A Raisin in the Sun at Artswest. At the Yale Repertory Theatre, he served as movement coordinator and played the role of Edgar in King Lear. In Seattle, he served for three years as the Artistic Director at the University of Washington's Ethnic Cultural Theater, where he directed The Glass Menagerie, Dutchman, and produced numerous plays for the campus community. He is the recipient of the Seattle Arts Commission Literary Fellowship in playwriting, and the Washington State Film Commission Screenwriting Award. As an actor, Mr. Emeka is a member of Actors Equity Association and has performed with Yale Repertory Theatre, ACT, the Intiman Theater, Seattle Children's Theater, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, and the Seattle Group Theater. He is an Oberlin alum '94 and received his MFA in Directing from the University of Washington School of Drama. Mr. Emeka is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at Oberlin College where he teaches directing, acting, and Capoeira Angola. |
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ALEXIS MACNAB (Director - The Little Prince) is thrilled to be back after adapting and directing A Wrinkle in Time last summer for OSTF. Currently studying for her Master's in Directing at the California Institute for the Arts, Alexis makes new works of theater. Her original work has been produced in New York and Chicago. infinitecoast.org.
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PETE FERRY* (Claudius) is a 1972 graduate of Oberlin College, where he majored in Theater Arts. Pete was an original member of The Oberlin Group ensemble, under the direction of Herbert Blau in the Inter-Arts Program at Oberlin from 1972 until the group relocated to Baltimore, MD in 1974. Productions included The Orestia and The Donner Party, its crossing, which toured Minneapolis, Chicago and Philadelphia, and finally concluded at Richard Schechner's Performing Garage in New York. In Baltimore, the group reformed as Kraken, with Pete as a member, and produced Crooked Eclipses and Elsinore at The New Theater
Festival of Baltimore, which Blau and the members of Kraken helped to create in 1976, '77 and '78. Pete left the group in 1978, becoming a member of the Young People's Theater of Center Stage Associates in Baltimore. Pete appeared as Odysseus in The Oddyssey (designed by Julie Taymor '73) and as Merlin in The Once and Future King. Returning to the Cleveland area in 1982, Pete appeared in productions of Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, and Showboat for The Cleveland Opera; as "Pop" Nunzio in the much acclaimed Playhouse Square production of Tony 'n Tina's Wedding at The Hannah Theater; and recently with Ensemble Theater as Alvaro Mangiacavallo in The Rose Tattoo, as Alberto Barcos in The Magic Fire, and as Reed Hooker in Beth Henley's The Lucky Spot; all performed at the Brooks Theater at The Cleveland Playhouse. Pete is very glad to be appearing in his first season at OSTF, and to return to Oberlin during its most beautiful time of year. Pete makes his living as a narrator, announcer and spokesman in the industrial/education video industry in Cleveland, Columbus and Pittsburgh. |
| FELICIA V. LOUD (Ruth Younger) is honored to be spending this summer in Oberlin, Ohio. Honestly, you are all some of the most pleasant people she has come into contact with thus far in her travels. To her brother for life Justin S. Emeka, "I love you bro!" Thank you for sharing Farah, King, and Jabir. This cast is amazing! Her past credits include Native Son, Crowns, Addy (premier tour), and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. She is currently with Black Stax - google us at BlackStax.com or go to Black Stax "I love my life" video on youtube. Last but not least, the gift from God that she gifts to the world, her daughter, Adillia E. L. L. Scott. "The goal in life is not to achieve the goal, it is to aspire to achieve the goal." Enjoy. | |
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KAREN NELSON MOSER* (Gertrude) played the role of Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie in OSTF's opening season. She has been a member of Actors' Equity since 1981. Over the years, she has performed in San Francisco, North Carolina, New York, New Hampshire, New Harmony, Indiana and six seasons as a company member with the Indiana Repertory Theater in Indianapolis, where she met her husband Paul. Representative roles include: Wendla in Spring Awakening, Constance in She Stoops to Conquer, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bianca in Othello, Sarah in Children of a Lesser God, Diane in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Lucy in Dracula, Agnes in School for Wives, Gladys in The Skin of Our Teeth, Lauren in Torch Song Trilogy, Lee in Marvin's Room, Vee in Orpheus Descending, Alice in You Can't Take It with You, Natasha in Three Sisters, Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday, Margot in Dial M for Murder, Lenny in Crimes of the Heart, Ellie May in Tobacco Road, and Elmire in Tartuffe. Ms. Moser holds an MFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill. Paul and Karen are the proud parents of Madeleine who is a recent graduate of Earlham College. |
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MATTHEW WRIGHT* (Aviator, Polonius) 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) and Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island (A Christmas Carol, Julius Caesar, On The Town). 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. Northeast Ohio audiences have seen Matthew in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Twelfth Night at Great Lakes Theater Company; Reefer Madness, Equus, A Man of No Importance, Urinetown and The Imaginary Invalid at The Beck Center for The Arts; I Love A Piano at Actors' Summit; and Das Barbecu with Cleveland Opera. 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. Here at Oberlin College he's directed Three Sisters, Dancing At Lughnasa, A Bright Room Called Day, Reefer Madness, The English Channel, and Beautiful Thing. Matthew currently serves as Associate Director of Theater and Dance. He's been a proud member of Actors' Equity Association since 1988. |
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DAVID BUGHER (Karl Lindner, Marcellus, Player King, Ambassador) is enjoying his third year with OSTF. Previous shows with OSTF are The Glass Menagerie, Our Town and Much Ado about Nothing. This past year he played the role of Father in the Oberlin College Theater production of Eurydice. Area credits include Holy Ghosts and The Imaginary Invalid at The Beck Center for the Arts. While in Miami, FL he was a company member of The New Theatre, where he was in numerous shows including Hamlet, Around the World in 80 Days, The Waverly Gallery, and two seasons of their new plays festival. Other regional credits are Jeffrey, Romeo and Juliet, Safe Sex, and two seasons of Miami's Summer Shorts. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University and serves as the Assistant Technical Director for the Oberlin College Theater and Dance Program. |
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ALEX HUNTSBERGER '09 (Guildenstern, Ensemble - The Little Prince) is an actor and playwright currently based in Chicago where he is currently a Network Playwright and volunteer staff member at Chicago Dramatists. His original full-length play Dark Matters was first produced by Oberlin Theater & Dance and has received readings in both Chicago and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut. While at Oberlin he appeared in Major Barbara (Bill Walker), Measure for Measure (Lucio), Bug (Jerry Goss), and English Channel (Kit Marlowe) among others. Alex is a returning member from OSTF's inaugural season. |
 | DARRYLE W. JOHNSON JR. '07 (Walter Lee Younger, Fortinbras) is an aspiring actor from Ithaca, New York. Darryle received a B.A. in African American studies from Oberlin College, where his acting credits included August Wilson's The Piano Lesson (Boy Willie), Stop Kiss (Detective Cole), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Levi), and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (Happy). He is currently a student/performer with the Actor's Workshop of Ithaca, being trained in the Meisner technique. A Toledo, Ohio native, Darryle would like to dedicate this performance to all of his family and loved ones back home with special regard to his great-grandmother Homer Lee "Suga Pie" Hamer. |
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JOHN L. MERCER (Ensemble - Hamlet) is pleased to be returning to the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival this season. Theatrically, John has directed many student productions and worked in college, regional, and community theaters, including the British Embassy Players in Washington, DC. Professionally, he is a teacher at Olmsted Falls High School, and a member of the Ohio High School Speech League's Coaches Hall of Fame. Personally, he is the fortunate husband of Ruth, and father of two brilliant young men - Jake and Sam. |
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COURTNEY MERRELL (Rose/Snake/Fox, Ophelia) is thrilled to be back in town for the Oberlin Summer Theatre Festival. 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 the 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. |
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AARON MUCCIOLO (Rosencrantz/First Gravedigger) was seen last summer at OSTF as Dogberry in Much Ado and was not seen pushing giant wheeled towers about in A Wrinkle in Time. Other area credits include Ralph in To Forgive, Divine at Workshop Players in Amherst, the premiere of Gaming (Bob), and the regional premiere of Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know (Ensemble). He is a founding member of OSTF and improvises regularly at Big Dog Theater in Coventry. |
 | ANTHONY AKOTO OSEI JR. (Bobo) is originally from Ghana, West Africa and currently living in Amherst, OH. He graduated from Oberlin College in May 2009, majoring in both Biochemistry and Economics. Anthony is currently a medical graduate student at Case Western Reserve University. He has worked with Justin Emeka in his last play Black and Blues. |
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JOEY RIZZOLO '98-ish (Hamlet) hasn't worked with Paul Moser since Prince Hal & Falstaff in 2000. Since then, he's been living in New Jersey, from whence he commutes to New York to produce new work with the New York Neo-Futurists, much of it in their weekly East Village staple Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (now in its eighth year). Joey just finished a New York run of his first full-length play, Locker #4173b, which was very well-reviewed by everyone except the New Yorker, who called it "pretentious." (Read that again: an effete man with a monocle and a top-hat called his work "pretentious.") Joey just finished editing a book, 225 Plays, which you should purchase as soon as possible (you could check it out of the library, but money really must change hands in order for the wisdom of this tome to manifest). Joey has a wonderful family. |
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Oberlin native DEBRA ROSE (Lena Younger) has been entertaining audiences in Northeast Ohio for over three decades in every genre from Bach to rock. A dynamic singer and actor, she was seen last season as Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town, and Mrs. Whatzit in A Wrinkle in Time. Other local productions include 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. 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, has performed several seasons with Cleveland Opera Chorus and has toured the US, Europe and Asia. |
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NICHOLAS SWEENEY (Horatio, Asagai) is delighted to return to the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival. Last summer, his roles included: George in Our Town, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, and Mr. Murry in A Wrinkle in Time. Nicholas recently completed a production of Rent at the Nashville Dinner Theater, where he played the role of Tom Collins. Other favorite roles include: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Azazello in The Master and Margarita. Nicholas received his M.F.A. in acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. |
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CORNELIUS GRAVES IV (Moving Man, Assistant Director - A Raisin in the Sun) is a Chicagoland native, currently a junior in the college. He is excited to be assistant directing A Raisin in the Sun. His performance credits include Akoowa/John in Slave Ship, Ezekiel in "Know Your Bones," a choir member in A Few Days of Trouble, and a dancer in The Word and the Beat. |
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RALPH JOHNSON (George, Ensemble - The Little Prince, Hamlet) is currently a third-year Theater major at Oberlin College. Born in Bronx, New York, he's spent most of his life in the small town of Auburn, Alabama. He has performed in past Oberlin College shows including Intimate Apparel, Macbeth, Slave Ship, Jerusalem of Gold, A Broken and Contrite Heart, and countless others. He hopes to continue doing theater as long as he may live. Please have a wonderful time and enjoy the show!
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 | TIP SCARRY (Laertes) is a newly graduated Oberlin alum from Lexington, MA. Oberlin College credits include Dennis (This Is Our Youth), Macbeth (Macbeth), Dorn (The Seagull), Jack/Jesus (Reefer Madness), Buff (subUrbia), and Irvin (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom). This is his OSTF debut. |
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MARINA SHAY (The Little Prince) is a rising senior at Oberlin College where she is currently pursuing a double major in English and Theater (and an honors project that will hopefully combine both). At Oberlin, past productions include The Illusion (Melibea/Isabella/Hippolyta), Dark Matters (Jac), Equus (Jill), and The Seagull (Nina). She spent the past semester training at the British American Drama Academy in London, where she played Leonato in an all-female Much Ado About Nothing. She was a member of OSTF 2010 and is happy to be back for another glorious summer. |
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KARYN TODD (Beneatha Younger) is a rising junior Theater major from Chicago, IL. Some of her previous Oberlin acting credits include A Few Days of Trouble (Jacqueline Goodman), an original work by Oberlin graduate Heather Harvey; Macbeth (Lady Macduff); Black and Blues (Rosie), and several other showcase appearances. Recently, she also had the privilege of taking part in a performance piece called The Word and The Beat. Karyn is thrilled to be a member of the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival company. She sincerely hopes that you enjoy the shows as much as she has enjoyed helping to create them! |
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 | KING EMEKA (Travis Younger) has previously acted in Macbeth (Fleance, 2010). He likes to skateboard. He'd like you to know that this show is very depressing and funny at some times, but it turns out all right. |
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 | PAUL ANDERSON '14 (Ensemble - Hamlet, Musical Director - Cabaret, Publicity Office Assistant) makes his OSTF debut this summer. He has previously worked on several Oberlin Musical Theater Association productions this year, including [title of show] (Commencement 2011); You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Spring 2011); Through Children's Eyes (Holocaust Remembrance Day 2011); Songs for a New World (Late Winter 2011); tick, tick... BOOM! (Fall 2010); and selections from OMTA's Fall Showcase (2010). He has acted in several musicals previously, including Narnia ("Aslan"; Summer 2010), Children of Eden ("Noah", "Snake"; Summer 2009), and Into the Woods ("Baker"; Summer 2008). He has thoroughly enjoyed his time here getting to know everyone! Enjoy the show! |
| JEREMY BENJAMIN (Head Lighting Designer) is a professional lighting designer and theatre educator. 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. Oberlin College lighting design credits include the plays Major Barbara, Measure for Measure, SubUrbia, Intimate Apparel, Beautiful Thing, and the operas L'Elisir de Amore, Little Women, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Coronation of Poppea, Cendrillion, The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte, Candide, The Bartered Bride, La Clemenza Di Tito, and Flora, the Red Menace. | |
 | HEATHER ANDERSON BOLL (OSTF's Shakespeare Day Camp) is a professional actor in NY and the Regional U.S. She has originated roles in World Premieres of: Strike-Slip, by Naomi Iizuka (Rachel Morse; dir. Chay Yew) at Humana Festival / Actors Theatre of Louisville; Between Us (Grace, performing u/s for Daphne Ruben-Vega / dir. Christopher Ashley) at Manhattan Theatre Club; A Kingdom, a Country, or a Wasteland in the Snow (Mother / dir. Yana Ross) at PS-122/NY; Writer's Block (Junior's Mother / dir. Jackson Gay) at Manhattan Class Company; Harvest at La Mama ETC/NY; Medea Unharnessed (Medea) at Drilling Company/NY (Innovative Theatre Award Nomination: Best Actress in a Lead Role); The Aperture at Cleveland Public Theatre and NY International Fringe Festival (dir. Craig J. George); and most recently My Barking Dog, by Eric Coble (Melinda) for Cleveland Public Theatre. Regional Work includes Naomi Iizuka's 36 Views (dir. Evan Yionoulis) at The Huntington Theatre Company/Boston; Henry IV, Part I (Lady Percy / dir. Stephen Fried) at Milwaukee Shakespeare; Miss Julie (Julie / dir. Will MacAdams) at Columbia U. and Two River Theatre Co/NJ; Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 days/365 plays at Humana/ATL (dir. Sean Daniels); Colder Than Here (Jenna) at Dobama Theatre; and Bill W and Dr. Bob (Henrietta, Ruthie, Hen / dir. Seth Gordon) at the Cleveland Play House. Heather has an MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama (Oliver Thorndike Acting Award, 2003), where she played Shakespeare's Desdemona, Cleopatra, Cornelia, Gloucester, and Titania. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater at Oberlin College. |
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JOE NATT (Technical Director) is happy to be back for his third summer with the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival. He was Technical Director for OSTF last summer for Our Town, A Wrinkle In Time, and Much Ado About Nothing. He was also the TD for The Glass Menagerie and The Tempest in the 2009 Summer Festival. Joe started at Oberlin College in September of 2005 and has worked on shows like the opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, Assassins, Death of a Salesman, Reefer Madness, The Seagull, Candide, and Flora, the Red Menace. 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; he 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.
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EBONY BURTON (Lighting Designer - A Raisin in the Sun,Master Electrician) is a recent Oberlin College graduate from Oakland, CA. She received a BA in Theater and Psychology and graduated with Theater Honors for lighting and costume design. This is Ebony's second year with OSTF as master electrician, and her first year as a designer. Design credits include Never Let Go (lighting and costumes, Oberlin College), Word 'N' the Beat (lighting, Oberlin College), Fat Pig (lighting, Oberlin College), Black and Blues (costumes, Oberlin College), Slave Ship (lighting and costumes, Oberlin College), Jerusalem of Gold (lighting, Thread Collective), and Dust (lighting, Thread Collective).
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| JENNY GAENG (Associate Producer) is a recent graduate of Oberlin College, where she served as manager of the Theater & Dance Publicity Office. She was awarded High Honors in Theater (Directing) for After Ashley, which played in the Little Theater this past April. If you liked that play, this play, or just this website, please give her a job. | |
| MARY HEATWOLE (Stage Manager - The Little Prince) is a rising senior Politics and Theater major. She has stage-managed The Hothouse and The Flattering Word and assistant stage-managed The Goat or Who is Sylvia? at Oberlin. She has also stage-managed Macbeth and Love's Labour's Lost at New York University. She has light designed several Oberlin productions, including Love's Labour's Lost, Little Women, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, All in The Timing, And Then There Were None, This Is Our Youth and this year's Directing Class One Acts. Mary directed Christopher Durang's 'dentity Crisis for the Directing Class One Acts and assistant-directed The Hothouse. Thank you to Meg and everyone in OSTF for being amazing colleagues and mentors! A special thanks to Mooch for being Louis Gossett Jr. to her Richard Gere. | |
| SARAH JICK (Stage Manager - A Raisin in the Sun) is a rising junior studying at Oberlin College with a double major in Theatre and English. She is from Lexington, MA. Previously at Oberlin she has worked on productions of Love's Labor's Lost, Mr. Marmalade, This is Our Youth, and Flora, the Red Menace. | |
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ANYA KAZIMIERSKI (Head Scenic Painter, Scenic Design - The Little Prince) is a fresh-off-the-press graduate of Oberlin College, a returning member of the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival's inaugural 2009 company, and an aspiring theater artist. While at Oberlin pursuing a degree in Studio Art, Acting, and French Literature, she designed sets for opera, theater, and original works. Some design credits include: The Turn of the Screw, Slave Ship, Glengarry Glen Ross, a co-design of Flora, the Red Menace, and design/direction/collaboration of John (an original piece). Also as an actor at Oberlin, she performed in a new collaborative translation of Ionesco's The Chairs (Olde), Sucking Dublin (Amanda), Porcelain (Rose the Soldier), Aunt Dan and Lemon (Lemon), and Anton in Show Business (Joby). After the Summer Theater Festival, Anya will be the Scenic Painting Fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theater in California. |
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RYAN LESTER (Sound Designer) is a recent graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he received a B.M. in Composition. He spent a semester in London studying with composition professors from the Royal College of Music and his music has been performed throughout the United States. In addition to his concert music career, Ryan is also a successful commercial composer, having scored several television commercials for such companies as Bank of America, Gillete, and AT&T. He also composed the current celebrity walk-on music for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart that airs every night during the third act. This is Ryan's first time working as a composer and sound designer for theater and he is excited to be a part of OSTF for the summer. |
| MEG LINDSEY '09 (Production Stage Manager) is happy to be returning to Oberlin this summer! She has spent her time since graduation and the first summer of OSTF working at The Public Theater, Trinity Repertory Company, A Red Orchid Theatre, and many storefronts in Chicago. Meg will be returning to Chicago in the fall to continue stage and production managing throughout the city. Many thanks to all the wonderful, supportive people of OSTF! | |
| JULIA PEREZ (Puppets/Wardrobe/Assistant Stage Manager) is a rising sophomore from Hanover, NH. She hopes to double major in Math and, of course, Theatre. This year, Julia worked on several shows including Fat Pig (Stage Manager), Fall Forward (Asst. Stage Manager), The Hothouse (Asst. Stage Manager), and Flora, the Red Menace (Asst. Stage Manager). She is delighted to be working with all of the fabulous people in OSTF! | |
| APRIL ROCK (Costume Designer - A Raisin in the Sun) 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 Brigadoon and Grease. This is her first summer with the OSTF and she is very excited to be working with such a talented cast and crew. A Raisin in the Sun is her first full-show costume design. | |
 | BEN SANDBERG (Shop Foreman, Guard - Hamlet) has been involved in scenic production at Oberlin College since 2007. He was shop foreman for last year's OSTF run and has enjoyed returning in the same capacity this year. He begins an internship next fall at Berkeley Repertory Theater, where he will build a Death Star. |
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ATTY SIEGEL (Assistant Technical Director, Ensemble - Hamlet) is a rising senior at Oberlin pursuing a Theater major in acting and scenic tech as well as an English minor. She is happy to be back and even more involved in OSTF this summer. After being in an acting program in London for a semester, she finds it refreshing to delve into tech this season. Next year she will be designing four shows at Oberlin and directing FIGHT! by David Minton. Past roles she has played in Hall Auditorium include Bee Bee in SubUrbia, Mrs. Van Buren in Intimate Apparel, and Margret in Much Ado About Nothing. |
| LISA WILSON (Costume Designer - The Little Prince, Hamlet) is currently a senior at Kent State University in the BFA program for Costume Design. She has been involved with several productions at Kent, including designing costumes for Brigadoon, the Grand Opening of the Kent State University Black Box Theatre, and her upcoming production of The Crucible this fall. She is very excited to be involved in OSTF for the first time this year. | |