OUR TEAM
Writer & performer
ALI KENNEDY SCOTT is an Australian actor, writer and theatre-maker based in NYC. She is the writer/performer of multi-award winning solo work, THE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK (Called "Enthralling" by the New York Times). Other favorite credits include Prince of Darkness in CALDERON’S TWO DREAMS (La MaMa), Gertrude Stein in A SERIOUS BANQUET (NYTW), Blanche in THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND (Darlinghurst Theatre), "DREAM PLAYS – IT ENDED", working alongside David Greig (Traverse Edinburgh), and AUSSIES FOR HILLARY (published by the Huffington Post). Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School & SITI Company Conservatory www.alikennedyscott.com
Director
SARA HOLDREN is a director, teacher, and Artistic Director/co-founder of the theater company Tiltyard, as well as Theater Critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com. She likes to tell big stories, specializing in re-imagined classics and epic, spectacular tales - new and old. Recent projects include MIDSUMMER (which she co-adapted from the plays of Shakespeare) with Tiltyard. She served as Artistic Director of the 2015 Yale Summer Cabaret and is a 2016 Drama League Fellow. Coming soon: A COMEDY OF ERRORS with the A Little Shakes program at Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. (BA, Yale University. MFA, Yale School of Drama.) www.saraholdren.com
Magic Consultant
BRETT SCHNEIDER is an actor, magician, and illusion designer for theatre, TV, and film. His magic has appeared on ABC, USA, and FOX, and onstage at Roundabout Theatre Company, The Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Brett is a regular performer at the Chicago Magic Lounge and the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. brettschneidermagic.com.
Lighting Design
CAITLIN SMITH RAPOPORT is a NY-based lighting designer for theater, dance, opera, and installation. Recent projects include work at REDCAT, Yale Repertory Theatre, Theater Squared, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Ars Nova, The Wild Project, Stonybrook Opera, and on tour with Wakka Wakka Theater’s MADE IN CHINA. (BA University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MFA Yale School of Drama.) caitlinsmithrapoport.com
Sound Design
PORNCHANOK KANCHANABANCA [NOK] is a sound designer composer whose recent projects include composed original music and sound design for CYMBELINE (Yale Rep) and RED DEMON (Tokyo Metropolitan). She received her MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama. www.wishnok-music.com
Projection Designer
MICHAEL COMMENDATORE is a projection designer from Rhode Island, and a recent graduate of Yale School of Drama. Before attending graduate school, Michael blended his love for film and theater by projection designing for The Gamm Theatre and The Wilbury Group. Since graduating in May, Michael has worked with Wichita Music Theatre and on the New York City premiere of PIPELINE (dir. Lileana Blain-Cruz) at The Lincoln Center Theater. Michael currently resides in Chicago. Michaelcommendatore.com
Dramaturg
MARTHA WADE STEKETEE is a NYC dramaturg, critic, researcher, and current Drama Desk nominator. She works with playwrights, reviews scripts, researchers projects in development, and serves on the boards of American Theatre Critics Association, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, and League of Professional Theatre Women. Her site UrbanExcavations.com focuses on live performance and film.
Graphic Design (poster)
TODD E CLARK
Media Contact:
Gwen Kallio, Sisu Productions
604-215-2345 | 778-245-4936
JUST NOT THAT WOMAN
The Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver ~ 280 E Cordova St, Vancouver, BC
September 8, 6:45pm | September 9, 3:00pm | September 11, 10:00pm
September 13, 8:15pm | September 15, 6:45pm | September 16, 1:45pm