Romeo & Juliet, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, closes 3/16/2024. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. JACK DeCESARE (BFA, Acting, ’16) is in the cast. DIEGO LONGORIA (BFA, Acting, ’23) and BRADFORD STEVENS (MFA, Acting, ’02) are understudies. DANNY FENDER (BFA, State Management, ’19) is the stage manager, ETHAN KORVNE (BFA, Sound Design, ’24) is the composer and sound designer, and ALYSSA MOHN (BFA, Scene Design, ’19) is the scenic designer.
Congratulations to The Theatre School community members who received 2023 Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominations. All in all, TTS alumni, faculty, staff, and students received 14 nominations!
The 2023 Non-Equity Jeff Awards will be presented Monday, March 25, 2024 at Park West in Chicago.
The full list of TTS-affiliated nominees are:
MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) – Director, Play, Tambo & Bones at Refracted Theatre Company
ELLIE FEY (BFA, Lighting Design, ’23) – Lighting Design, Witch at The Artistic Home
SHAWNA FRANKS (BFA, Acting, ’90) – Performer in a Supporting Role, Play, Right Now at Facility Theatre
SHAWNA FRANKS (BFA, Acting, ’90) – Ensemble, Play, Right Now at Facility Theatre
MAGGIE FULLILOVE-NUGENT (Faculty) – Lighting Design, The Threepenny Opera at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
JESSIE GOWENS (Staff) – Costume Design, The Crucible at Invictus Theatre Company
KEVIN HAGAN (MFA, Scene Design, ’96) – Scenic Design, Dying For It at The Artistic Home
JULIAN HESTER (BFA, Acting, ’12) – Performer in a Principal Role, Play, Witch at The Artistic Home
EVAN M. JACKSON (MFA, Directing, ’03) – New Work, The Last Queen of Camelot at Idle Muse Theatre Company
ETHAN KORVNE (BFA, Sound Design, ’24) – Sound Design, Tambo & Bones at Refracted Theatre Company
ETHAN KORVNE (BFA, Sound Design, ’24) – Original Music in a Play, Tambo & Bones at Refracted Theatre Company
JOCELYN MAHER (MFA, Acting, ’23) – Ensemble, Play, Cat’s Cradle at Lifeline Theatre.
TYRONE PHILLIPS (Faculty) – Director, Play, Fairview at Definition Theatre
SEBBY WOLDT (BFA, Sound Design, ’16) – Sound Design, Indoor Cats at Red Theater
Notes from the Field, TimeLine Theatre, closes 3/24/2024. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. ASHLI RENE FUNCHES (BFA, Acting, ’22) is an understudy. LUCY ELKIN (BFA, Costume Design, ’21) is the costume supervisor, ANDRES FIZ (BFA, Projection Design, ’23) is the associate projection designer, DELANEY GOSSE (BFA, Costume Technology, ’23) is on wardrobe run crew, SAMMI GRANT (Faculty) is the dialect coach, PALOMA LOCSIN (BFA, Scene Design, ’19) is the assistant properties designer, PARKER MOLACEK (BFA, Projection Design, ’23) is the projections supervisor, AVERI PAULSON (BFA, Sound Design, ’21) is the audio supervisor, CAMILLE ROSE PUGLIESE (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’24) is the assistant dramaturg, DESTIN LORDE TEAMER (BFA, Acting, ’21) is the assistant dialect coach, and JESSICA KUEHNAU WARDELL (Faculty) is the scenic charge artist.
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Remy Bumppo Theatre at Theater Wit, closes 10/15/2023. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. EDGAR SANCHEZ (BFA, Acting, ’07) is in the cast and TAE SANTOS (MFA, Acting, ’23) is an understudy. EMILY ALTMAN (Staff) is the scenic charge artist, JEAN E. COMPTON (BFA, Stage Management, ’14) is the stage manager, MARTINE KEI GREEN-ROGERS (Dean) is the dramaturg, SAM LANCASTER (BFA, Theatre Technology, ’23) is the assistant props designer, LAUREN NICHOLS (Faculty) is the scenic designer, MANUEL ORTIZ (BFA, Acting, ’12) is the technical director, SHADANA PATTERSON (MFA, Acting, ’15) is the dialect and vocal designer, and CAMILLE PUGLIESE (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’24) is the assistant dramaturg.
Sugar in our Wounds, First floor Theatre at The Den Theatre, closes 11/23/2019. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. GRAINNE ORTLIEB (BFA, Acting, ’19) is in the cast. MADELINE ROSE BYRNE (BFA, Costume Design, ’19) is our costume designer. CATHERINE MILLER (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’14) is the casting director.
The Storefront Project, Prop Thtr and The Museum of Contemporary Art, closes 9/22/2019. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18), APRIL CLEVELAND (MFA, Directing, ’19), and COYA PAZ (Faculty) all direct pieces included in the project.
In April Cleveland’s piece, GRACE GRINDELL (BFA, Theatre Arts, ’19) assistant directs. KYA BRICKHOUSE (BFA, Acting, ’19), GREGORY J. FIELDS (BFA, Acting, ’19), and NICK WREN (BFA, Acting, ’20) are all in the cast.
MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) is announced a new artistic associate of About Face Theatre after his work as a director on This Bitter Earth.
Source: The Hawk Chicago
#NEWSLAVES, at Victory Gardens Theater’s Ignition Festival, one night only 8/2/2019 at 7:30PM. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. McKENZIE CHINN (MFA, Acting, ’11), JALEN GILBERT (BFA, Acting, ’16), CASEY MORRIS (MFA, Acting, ’15), and EDGAR SANCHEZ (BFA, Acting, ’07) is in the cast.
They Could Give No Name, at Victory Gardens Theater’s Ignition Festival, one reading only 8/3/2019 at 11:00AM. KRYSTAL ORTIZ (BFA, Acting, ’16) and COLIN SPHAR (BFA, Acting, ’11) are in the cast.
The Gradient, at Victory Gardens Theater’s Ignition Festival, one reading only 8/4/2019 at 3:00PM. KROYDELL GALIMA (BFA, Acting, ’09), ELENI PAPPAGEORGE (Acting, ’04-’05), and DEMETRIOS TROY (BA, Acting, ’04) are in the cast.
This Bitter Earth, About Face Theatre, closes 12/8/2018. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs.
Hooded or Being Black for Dummies, First Floor Theatre, closes 11/17/2018. MIKAEL BURKE (MFA, Directing, ’18) directs. JALEN GILBERT (BFA, Acting, ’16), CAROLINE HENDRICKS (BFA, acting, ’18), JAYSON LEE (BFA, Acting, ’19), LAUREN PIZZI MONTGOMERY (MFA, Acting, ’11), CASEY MORRIS (MFA, Acting, ’15) are in the cast. MATTHEW LOLAR-JOHNSON (BFA, Acting, ’18) and GRACIE MEIER (BFA, Theatre Management, ’17) are understudies. OWÉ PREYE ENGOBOR (BFA, Costume Design, ’18) is the costume designer, CATHERINE MILLER (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’14) is the casting director, and JENNIFER WERNAU (BFA, Scene Design, ’18) is the properties designer.
First Floor Theater is a Chicago storefront theater in residence at The Den Theatre in Wicker Park.