Design and Production
Christopher Heilman (Scenic Design) is an MFA candidate in Scenic Design at CalArts. Recent design credits include The Fairy Queen (CalArts), Reid Farrington’s Gin & “It” (3LD, Under the Radar Festival, Wexner Center, PS 122), Whale Song (NYC Fringe), The Death of Evie Avery (NYC Fringe), Labapalooza! (St. Ann’s Warehouse), A Dream Play (J.A.R. Productions at St. Ann’s Warehouse), As You Like It, and Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare on the Cape, The Guthrie Theater). Associate Design credits include Stop The Virgens (St. Ann's Warehouse), Amerika; or the Disappearance, Maria de Buenos Aries, Ubu for President and Figaro (Theatre de la Jeune Lune).
David Moyer (Costume Design) is an MFA candidate in Costume Design at CalArts. Off Broadway: Forbidden Broadway: Goes to Rehab, Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars. Off Off Broadway: Carrie (PS 122), The Living (Richmond Shepard), Valparaiso (Actor's Theatre Workshop), She Who Burns (Concrete Temple). Festivals: Orpheus Descending (Provincetown Tennessee Williams), Ghost Dancers (Midtown International), Stock Home (NY Fringe). Associate Designer (Off Broadway): Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening and Roast of Utopia (Designer: The Legendary Alvin Colt), Flamingo Court (New World Stages) with Jamie Farr and Anita
Gilette (Designer: Carol Sherry). Guest Artist: Sarah Lawrence College Theater Department: Cabaret (Director: Allen Lang), Vendetta Chrome (Director: Lear Debessonet), Sarah Lawrence College Dance Department: Spring/MFA Thesis Concerts.
Zach Moore (Lighting Design) CalArts: In the Jungle of Cities, Into the Fog, June & Jean, Romeo & Juliet, Silken Veils (CalArts and Festival Tour), Dancing Behind My Eyelids (CalArts and tour), Fear of Short Men, MOTH: An Opera. As part of CalArts’ Festival Theater Zach has designed six shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has worked in various smaller theaters in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Zach has also lit concerts for Dar Williams and Wale, designed and built a 4-acre corn maze, built a space station for a children's television show, and is an associate producer for the nationally syndicated radio show Says You!
Charles Cohen (Sound Design) currently studies Music Technology at CalArts under Ajay Kapur and John Baffa and is a main live sound and concert production teaching assistant. He recently performed monitor mixing for Mike Keneally's The Universe Will Provide (REDCAT) and has mixed house and monitors for the past three annual World Music Festivals (CalArts).
Lyle Henning (Technical Director) is an MFA candidate in Technical Direction at CalArts. His recent works include The Fairy Queen (CalArts, Assistant Technical Director) & The Firebugs (CalArts, Assistant to the Technical Director). Other credits include Corktown (The Purple Rose Theatre Company, Assistant Scenic Designer). He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Aquinas College.
Amanda Jane Shank (Dramaturg) is a writer currently based in Los Angeles. As dramaturg, she has worked with American Repertory Theatre and Boston’s SpeakEasy Stage Company, as well on the CalArts productions of In the Jungle of Cities (dir. Bart DeLorenzo) and The Portrait of a Lady (dir. Alexis Macnab). As a writer, her plays have developed in conjunction with the National New Play Network and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (dir. Simon Levy), The Unicorn Theater (dir. Cynthia Levin), The Blank Theatre Company (dir. Ashley Teague) and at CalArts (dir. Whit MacLaughlin), where she is currently an MFA candidate in the Writing for Performance program. Prior to coming to LA, Amanda worked with Pomegranate Arts on such projects as Lucinda Childs’ Dance, Laurie Anderson’s Delusion and the 2012 remounting of Einstein on the Beach. http://amandajaneshank.com
Jennifer Wilson (Stage Management) is currently an MFA candidate in Stage and Production Management at CalArts. She recently stage managed the CalArts Center for New Performance and University of Guadalajara co-production of Timboctou at REDCAT. Other recent credits include South Street (Pasadena Playhouse, Production Assistant), Extraordinary Chambers (Geffen Playhouse, Production Assistant), Fairy Queen (CalArts, Asst. Production Manager), Phaedra’s Love (CalArts, Production Manager), Fantomas (CalArts Center for New Performance, Stage Manager), Camino Real (CalArts co-production with The Theatre at Boston Court, Assistant
Stage Manager). BFA: Theatrical Design & BA: Spanish — University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
Andrew M. Lia (Production Management) is currently working on Naked Before God (ASM) to be performed at (Inside) The Ford Theatre in Hollywood. His recent CalArts credits include On the Frontier (PM). The Firebugs (ASM), Poetry in Pasties (SM/Lighting Designer), Phaedra’s Love (SM), Wounded (APM), Ruins (SM) and Devi: The Untold Story (SM). Other recent credits include Cloud Nine (SM), A Soldier’s Tale (ASM), and All’s Well That Ends Well (ASM) at the Cleveland Play House. BA: Augustana College.
Kathleen M. Reinbold (Producer) is a double MFA Candidate in Producing and Production Management at CalArts, and the founder of the Midwest theatre company One Bench Players. Her past producing work includes the LA Weekly Best Revival Production of the Year-nominated Camino Real with The Theatre @ Boston Court, and the 2011 CalArts Actors Showcase. Kat recently production managed The House of Bernarda Alba at CalArts, and is currently producing CalArts' collaboration P.o.L.A.A.T. with LA-based collaborative group My Barbarian, which will perform at REDCAT in April. BA, MA: South Dakota State University.
David Moyer (Costume Design) is an MFA candidate in Costume Design at CalArts. Off Broadway: Forbidden Broadway: Goes to Rehab, Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars. Off Off Broadway: Carrie (PS 122), The Living (Richmond Shepard), Valparaiso (Actor's Theatre Workshop), She Who Burns (Concrete Temple). Festivals: Orpheus Descending (Provincetown Tennessee Williams), Ghost Dancers (Midtown International), Stock Home (NY Fringe). Associate Designer (Off Broadway): Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening and Roast of Utopia (Designer: The Legendary Alvin Colt), Flamingo Court (New World Stages) with Jamie Farr and Anita
Gilette (Designer: Carol Sherry). Guest Artist: Sarah Lawrence College Theater Department: Cabaret (Director: Allen Lang), Vendetta Chrome (Director: Lear Debessonet), Sarah Lawrence College Dance Department: Spring/MFA Thesis Concerts.
Zach Moore (Lighting Design) CalArts: In the Jungle of Cities, Into the Fog, June & Jean, Romeo & Juliet, Silken Veils (CalArts and Festival Tour), Dancing Behind My Eyelids (CalArts and tour), Fear of Short Men, MOTH: An Opera. As part of CalArts’ Festival Theater Zach has designed six shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has worked in various smaller theaters in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Zach has also lit concerts for Dar Williams and Wale, designed and built a 4-acre corn maze, built a space station for a children's television show, and is an associate producer for the nationally syndicated radio show Says You!
Charles Cohen (Sound Design) currently studies Music Technology at CalArts under Ajay Kapur and John Baffa and is a main live sound and concert production teaching assistant. He recently performed monitor mixing for Mike Keneally's The Universe Will Provide (REDCAT) and has mixed house and monitors for the past three annual World Music Festivals (CalArts).
Lyle Henning (Technical Director) is an MFA candidate in Technical Direction at CalArts. His recent works include The Fairy Queen (CalArts, Assistant Technical Director) & The Firebugs (CalArts, Assistant to the Technical Director). Other credits include Corktown (The Purple Rose Theatre Company, Assistant Scenic Designer). He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Aquinas College.
Amanda Jane Shank (Dramaturg) is a writer currently based in Los Angeles. As dramaturg, she has worked with American Repertory Theatre and Boston’s SpeakEasy Stage Company, as well on the CalArts productions of In the Jungle of Cities (dir. Bart DeLorenzo) and The Portrait of a Lady (dir. Alexis Macnab). As a writer, her plays have developed in conjunction with the National New Play Network and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (dir. Simon Levy), The Unicorn Theater (dir. Cynthia Levin), The Blank Theatre Company (dir. Ashley Teague) and at CalArts (dir. Whit MacLaughlin), where she is currently an MFA candidate in the Writing for Performance program. Prior to coming to LA, Amanda worked with Pomegranate Arts on such projects as Lucinda Childs’ Dance, Laurie Anderson’s Delusion and the 2012 remounting of Einstein on the Beach. http://amandajaneshank.com
Jennifer Wilson (Stage Management) is currently an MFA candidate in Stage and Production Management at CalArts. She recently stage managed the CalArts Center for New Performance and University of Guadalajara co-production of Timboctou at REDCAT. Other recent credits include South Street (Pasadena Playhouse, Production Assistant), Extraordinary Chambers (Geffen Playhouse, Production Assistant), Fairy Queen (CalArts, Asst. Production Manager), Phaedra’s Love (CalArts, Production Manager), Fantomas (CalArts Center for New Performance, Stage Manager), Camino Real (CalArts co-production with The Theatre at Boston Court, Assistant
Stage Manager). BFA: Theatrical Design & BA: Spanish — University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
Andrew M. Lia (Production Management) is currently working on Naked Before God (ASM) to be performed at (Inside) The Ford Theatre in Hollywood. His recent CalArts credits include On the Frontier (PM). The Firebugs (ASM), Poetry in Pasties (SM/Lighting Designer), Phaedra’s Love (SM), Wounded (APM), Ruins (SM) and Devi: The Untold Story (SM). Other recent credits include Cloud Nine (SM), A Soldier’s Tale (ASM), and All’s Well That Ends Well (ASM) at the Cleveland Play House. BA: Augustana College.
Kathleen M. Reinbold (Producer) is a double MFA Candidate in Producing and Production Management at CalArts, and the founder of the Midwest theatre company One Bench Players. Her past producing work includes the LA Weekly Best Revival Production of the Year-nominated Camino Real with The Theatre @ Boston Court, and the 2011 CalArts Actors Showcase. Kat recently production managed The House of Bernarda Alba at CalArts, and is currently producing CalArts' collaboration P.o.L.A.A.T. with LA-based collaborative group My Barbarian, which will perform at REDCAT in April. BA, MA: South Dakota State University.