Creative
BO BURNHAM
Director
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Bo Burnham is a director and comedian whose most recent special was Inside. He wrote and directed the film Eighth Grade, and directed Jerrod Carmichael’s Rothaniel last year.
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Scenic Design
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dots is a multi-disciplinary collective designing environment for theater, film, commercials, and immersive experiences. Hailing from Colombia, South Africa, and Japan, we are Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk, and Kimie Nishikawa. As collaborators, we believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts. Recent: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (Broadway, Brooklyn Academy of Music), Appropriate (Broadway, Second Stage Theater) Infinite Life (Atlantic Theater Company, The National Theatre UK) Dark Disabled Stories (The Public Theater), Public Obscenities (Soho Repertory Theater, NAATCO, Henry Hewes Award, Drama Desk Award nomination), KATE (Connelly Theater), You Will Get Sick (Roundabout Theatre Company, Lucille Lortel Award nomination). designbydots.com
AMITH CHANDRASHAKER
Lighting Design
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Amith is an internationally renowned lighting designer for opera, theater, and dance. His work has been seen on Broadway, off-Broadway, at New York City Center Encores!, The Glimmerglass Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Staatstheater Nuremberg, and The Lyon Opera Ballet. He is the recipient of Drama Desk and Henry Hewes awards; Union Trustee for United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE; MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and faculty at The University of Maryland’s School for Theatre Dance and Performance Studies.
PALMER HEFFERAN
Sound Design
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Palmer is a Tony Award nominated sound designer and composer for theater, opera, and podcasts. She has designed over 75 productions on stages in New York and across the country. Select credits include Broadway: Just For Us (Hudson Theatre); Skin of Our Teeth (Lincoln Center), Grand Horizons (Second Stage); The Lifespan of a Fact (Studio 54). Off-Broadway: Waiting for Godot (starring Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks), Fefu and Her Friends (TFANA); KATE (Connelly Theater), The Comeuppance, Fabulation, The Death of the Last Black Man... (Signature Theatre); Merry Wives, shadow/land, Wild Goose Dreams (The Public); Flex, Becky Nurse of Salem, Marys Seacole (Lincoln Center); Nollywood Dreams, BLKS, Collective Rage, School Girls (MCC). Awards: 2019 Obie Award (Sustained Excellence in Sound Design).
LINDSAY JONES
Stage Manager
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Lindsay is a New York-based stage manager. This is her fourth production of KATE after joining the show for its initial New York and London runs. Selected credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Stage 42), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Manhattan Concert Productions, Lincoln Center Theater), Is Anyone Alive Out There? (Audible Original at Minetta Lane), and The Comedian's Tragedy (The Access Theater.) Lindsay is also a commercial producer, having worked on promotional campaigns for Sony LinkBuds S x Olivia Rodrigo, The Last of Us (Sony Pictures Television), and Gran Turismo (Sony Pictures.)
DAVID S. FRANKLIN
Assistant Stage Manager
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Past Productions at Pasadena Playhouse include Inherit The Wind, The Sound Inside (assistant stage manager), The Father (assistant stage manager), Stoneface, Defiance, Showtune (The Music of Jerry Herman) and Sisterella to name a few. Over at Center Theatre Group Highlights include An Enemy of the People, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Curtains, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, God of Carnage, Red, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bent, Zoot Suit, Archduke, Linda Vista, King James, The Old Man and the Pool, The Secret Garden, and A Transparent Musical. Other Los Angeles credits include Los Angeles Theatre Center in its heyday from 1985–1990 and Geffen Playhouse. Regional: Seattle Rep and Intiman Theatre. New York: The Public Theater. Tours: Europe – Quotations from a Ruined City, Law of Remains (with Reza Abdoh’s Dar a Luz company).
KATE PRODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager | Lindsay Jones
Assistant Stage Manager | David S. Franklin
Associate Lighting Design | Omar Madkour
Associate Lighting Design | Paul Vaillancourt
Associate Sound Design | Belle Alatorre
Deck Chief | Matt Petosa
Head Electrician | Vsev Krawczeniuk
Assistant Head Electrician | Fiona Jessup
Lead Audio | Corey Charness
A2 | Marcos Friedman
LX Programmer | Keannak Parvaz
Wardrobe Supervisor | Liz Rose
Lobby Installation | Omar Avedanke & Matt Iannantuoni
Props Head | Douglas Puskas
Lead Scenic Painter | Johnny LeBlanc
Head Carpenter | Anthony Arevalo
Carpenters | Kenny Arrincon, Nicolas Chamberlin, Alexis Garduno, Jacob Nava, Dwight Ortiz, John Povilaitis
Electricians | Keanu Ross-Cabrera, Evan Drane, Charles Millican, Matt Petosa, John Povilaitis
Riggers | Nicolas Chamberlin, Dwight Ortiz
This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The technical employees of the Pasadena Playhouse are represented by the INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, MOVING PICTURE TECHNICIANS, ARTISTS AND ALLIED CRAFTS, OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND CANADA, AFL-CIO, CLC: Local 33 Stagehands, Local 706 Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Local 768 Theatrical Wardrobe Local 800 Art Director’s Guild. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
Scenic materials provided by A&G Lumber. Lighting Rentals furnished by Kinetic Lighting. Sound Rentals furnished by DNB Sound.
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.