DIFFERENT STAGES` REPERTORY Begun as Small Potatoes

DIFFERENT STAGES’ REPERTORY
Begun as Small Potatoes Theatrical Company
1981: August Strindberg’s Creditors and The Stronger. 1982: William Shakespeare’s The
Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 1983: George Bernard Shaw’s Candida; Anton
Chekhov’s The Brute, Swan Song, and Celebration. 1984: Luigi Pirandello’s Right You Are
(If You Think You Are); Jane Martin’s Talking With… 1985: Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9;
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It; Carl Sternheim’s The Underpants; Michael Weller’s
Moonchildren. 1986: Amlin Gray’s How I Got That Story; William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale; Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon. 1987: Michael Weller’s Loose Ends; Aristophanes’ The Wasps; Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart; Arthur Schnitzler’s Anatol. 1988:
Wallace Shawn’s Aunt Dan and Lemon; Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood; Moss Hart’s
Light Up the Sky; Jean Racine’s Phaedra; Jean-Baptiste Molière’s The Misanthrope. 1989:
Caryl Churchill’s Fen; Charles Ludlam’s The Artificial Jungle; William Shakespeare’s The
Merchant of Venice. 1990: Eric Overmeyer’s On the Verge; Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s
Journey Into Night; Milan Kundera’s Jacques and His Master; Tom White’s The Trouble
with Tofu; William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. 1991: George Kelly’s The Show-Off;
George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Keith Reddin’s Life and Limb; Mozart/
Lorenzo da Ponte’s Così fan Tutte; Jean-Baptiste Molière’s The Learnèd Ladies. 1992:
Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind; Carlo Gozzi’s The Raven; Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild
Duck; Charles MacArthur’s Johnny on a Spot; George Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer.
1993: Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good; Charles Ludlam’s The Secret Lives
of the Sexists; Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending. 1994: Constance Congdon’s Tales
of the Lost Formicans; William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline; George M. Cohan’s The Tavern;
Marlayne Meyer’s Etta Jenks. 1995: Pierre Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love; Tom Stoppard’s Travesties; Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me; Alexander Ostrovsky’s The Diary of
a Scoundrel. 1996: Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest; Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee; William
Congreve’s The Way of the World. 1997: Terrence McNally’s A Perfect Ganesh; Dorothy
Parker’s Here We Are; Alan Ayckbourn’s Drinking Companion; Terrence McNally’s Noon;
George M. Cohan’s Seven Keys to Baldpate; Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock. 1998:
Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia; Aeschylus’ Agamemnon; Giles Havergal’s Travels with my Aunt;
Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. 1999: Edit Villareal’s My Visits with MGM; Jean-Baptiste
Molière’s The Hypochondriac (tr. Martin Sorrel); Edward Percy and Reginald Denham’s
Ladies in Retirement; Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. 2000: Peter Parnell’s The Rise and
Rise of Daniel Rocket; Ann Ciccolella’s Fruits and Vegetables; George S. Kaufman and Marc
Connelly’s Merton of the Movies; Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan. 2001:
Milcha Sanchez-Scott’s Roosters; George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple; J. B. Priestly’s Dangerous Corner; Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke. 2002: Ann Ciccolella’s
Madame X; David Linsay-Abaire’s Fuddy Meers; Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest;
Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba. 2003: Christopher Durang’s Betty’s
Summer Vacation; Horton Foote’s The Traveling Lady, William Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona; Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband; Moliere’s The Miser. 2004: John Patrick’s
The Hasty Heart; Tom White’s The Misses Overbeck; Brian Friel’s Molly Sweeney, George
Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man. 2005:William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre;
Edit Villareal’s Marriage is Forever; Agatha Christie’s Appointment with Death; John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World. 2006: Two into War (The Gifts of War
and The Retreating World); Amy Freed’s The Beard of Avon; Agatha Christie’s The Hollow;
Christopher Durang’s Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge. 2007: Edward Albee’s
The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, Peter Shaffer’s Lettice and Lovage, W. Sommerset Maugham’s
The Constant Wife; Moliere’s The Miser. 2008: Tennessee Williams’ Garden District: Something Unspoken & Suddenly Last Summer, Diana Son’s Stop Kiss; Tom White’s What I Want
Right Now; George Bernard Shaw’s Getting Married. 2009: Christopher Durang’s Miss
Witherspoon; Caryl Churchill’s A Number; J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls; Thornton
Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. 2010: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice; Horton Foote’s The Carpetbagger’s Children; Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web; Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven. 2011:
Charlotte Jones’ Humble Boy; Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana; W. Somerset
Maugham’s Too Many Husbands; Lisa Kron’s Well. 2012: Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s
Hour; Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile; Lennox Robinson’s Is Life Worth Living?;
George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart’s You Can’t Take it With You. 2013: Doug Wright’s
Quills; David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People; Emlyn Williams’ Night Must Fall; Joseph Ketterling’s Arsenic and Old Lace; Julia Cho’s The Language Archive; Preston Jones’ The Last
Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia
Different Stages presents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SPECIAL THANKS
Pygmalion
Douglas Kelly, Paula Gilbert, Katherine Schroeder,
Jean Budney, Ann Blumensaadt. Jim Cartwright, Imortal Performances
by George Bernard Shaw
Director..............................................................................................Norman Blumensaadt
Assistant Director................................................................................................ Carol Ginn
Stage Manager..................................................................................................Jonathan Urso
Set Design...............................................................................................Ann Marie Gordon
Light Design................................................................................................Jennifer Rodgers
Sound Design.........................................................................................................Jeff Miller
Costume Wrangler..................................................................................................Ann Ford
Dressers...................................................................................Julie Mech and Paula Gilbert
CAST
Clara Eynsford-Hill........................................................................................... Sarah Danko
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill........................................................................................Phoebe Greene
A Bystander......................................................................................................Grayson Little
Freddy Eynsford-Hill.....................................................................................Curtis Allmon
Eliza Doolittle....................................................................................................... Amy Lewis
Colonel Pickering...............................................................................................Craig Kanne
Henry Higgins.......................................................................................... Tom Chamberlain
Sarcastic Bystander.....................................................................................Sebastian Garcia
Mrs. Pearce............................................................................................Katherine Schroeder
Alfred Doolittle..................................................................................................Andy Brown
Mrs. Higgins..................................................................................................... Bobbie Oliver
Parlormaid.......................................................................................................Kate Trammell
SCENE I
Portico at St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 11:15 p.m.
SCENE II
Higgins’ laboratory in Wimpole Street, the next day 11:00 a.m.
SCENE III
Mrs. Higgins’ house in Chelsea between 4:00 and 5:00 in the afternoon
~ ~ INTERMISSION ~ ~
SCENE IV
The Wimpole Street laboratory, midnight.
SCENE V
Mrs. Higgin’s drawing room, the next morning.
The text used is the 1916 edition of Pygmalion published in London by Constable
and Company
FUNDING AND DONATIONS
Director Level $5000+
The City of Austin
Actor Level $1000 - $5000
Karen Jambon & Jennifer Underwood, Bobbie & Larry Oliver,
Jack Grimes, Ameriprise Financial
Stage Manager Level $500-$999
AMD Foundation, Ann Bower, Craig Kanne,
Connie McMillan
Designer Level $250-$499
Irene Dubberly, Emily & Kent Erington, Royce Gehrels,
Harvey Guion, Bruce McCann, Sarah & David Seaton
Stage Hand Level $100-$249
Pamela Bates, Marla Boye, Andy & Renee Brown, Bonnie & Frank Cahill, Melanie &
Travis Dean, Diane Herrera, Roy & Leona Kaskin, Bill Kemp, Steven Kinslow, The
Pfizer Foundation, Annette Sherman, David Smith, Keith Yawn, Tom White, Betty
Wood, Brian Graham-Moore, Anonymous
Audience Level $20-$99
Patricia Bennett, Cecilia Berg, Charles Ramirez Berg, Mary Alice Carnes, Paula
Gilbert, Reba Gillman, Dianne & Donna Le Roy, Cade & Al Minder, Gerald Moore,
Rebecca Robinson, Miriam & Larry Rubin, Kelly Slupek, Brian Graham-Moore
In-Kind Donations
Karen Jambon, Bill Peeler
This project is funded and
supported in part by the
City of Austin through
the Cultural Arts Division
believing an investment
in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future.
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PRODUCTION STAFF
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Set Crew............................ Ann Marie Gordon, Elaine Jacobs, Gary Hernandez
Light & Sound Technician................................................................Jonathan Urso
Properties.............................................................................. Norman Blumensaadt
Webmaster...................................................................................Martina Ohlhauser
Photography..................................................................................... Bret Brookshire
Graphic Artist.......................................................................................Dean Schultz
Program Design...............................................................................Emily Erington
Publicity........................................................... Carol Ginn, Norman Blumensaadt
George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856-November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his
first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he
wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. He was also an essayist, novelist and
short story writer. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems,
but with a vein of comedy, which makes their stark themes more palatable.
Issues which engaged Shaw’s attention included education, marriage, religion,
government, health care, and class privilege.
ABOUT DIFFERENT STAGES
He was most angered by what he perceived as the exploitation of the working
class. An ardent socialist, Shaw wrote many brochures and speeches for the
Fabian Society. He became an accomplished orator in the furtherance of its
causes, which included gaining equal rights for men and women, alleviating
abuses of the working class, rescinding private ownership of productive land,
and promoting healthy lifestyles. For a short time he was active in local politics,
serving on the London County Council.
Different Stages, Inc. has been a community-based organization since its inception in 1981 and incorporation in 1984. It produces works by playwrights
who we believe to be defining forces in theatre. We seek to entertain with performances that reveal life in all its comedy, tragedy and intensity; and we hope
to educate by choosing plays that provide exceptional insight into the human
condition. By challenging ourselves as artists, and our audiences as participants,
we endeavor to provide the community with vigorous and exciting live theatre.
Producing Artistic Director
Norman Blumensaadt
Board of Directors
Karen Jambon, T.J. Moreno, Norman Blumensaadt
Operating Board
Norman Blumensaadt, Sarah Seaton, Royce Gehrels, Paula Ruth Gilbert
In 1898, Shaw married Charlotte Payne-Townshend, a fellow Fabian, whom he
survived. They settled in Ayot St Lawrence in a house now called Shaw’s Corner. Shaw died there, aged 94, from chronic problems exacerbated by injuries
he incurred by falling from a ladder.
He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature
(1925) and an Oscar (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work
on the film Pygmalion (adaptation of his play of the same name), respectively.
Shaw wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize outright because he had no desire for
public honors, but accepted it at his wife’s behest: she considered it a tribute
to Ireland. He did reject the monetary award, requesting it be used to finance
translation of fellow playwright August Strindberg’s works from Swedish to
English.
~Wikipedia
This is the sixth Shaw play Different Stages has produced:
Candida
Mrs. Warren’ Profession
The Devil’s Disciple
Arms and the Man
Getting Married
Pygmalion
CAST BIOGRAPHIES
CURTIS ALLMON (Freddy Eynsford-Hill) is pleased to make his first appearance with
Different Stages. Curtis graduated this year from St. Edward’s University with B.F.A. in Theatre. He has appeared previously on the Mary Moody Northen Theater stage, most recently
in the Austin Critics’ Table nominated ensemble of Merrily We Roll Along. Other MMNT roles
include the Officer in Tartuffe, Boy #2 in Blood Wedding, Will Willard in Museum, Lane in The
Importance of Being Earnest, Lucio in Measure for Measure, and Willard in The Crucible. He extends
thanks to the constant support of his family and his friends, and thanks to the rest of the
company of Pygmalion.
ANDY BROWN (Alfred Doolittle) is pleased to be appearing in another Different Stages
production. He has appeared previously in Arsenic and Old Lace, Is Life Worth Living? and You
Can’t Take It With You. Selected roles include Mark Styler in MindGame, Hugo Taney in God’s
Man in Texas, and Lenny in Of Mice and Men. Andy would like the thank the cast and crew for
another fun production.
TOM CHAMBERLAIN (Henry Higgins) is happy to be home at Different Stages with
this talented cast and crew. You may remember him from his first Different Stages role as
Frank Hyland in the 1991 production of The Showoff or his B. Iden Payne award-winning performance as Martin Gray in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia in 2007. But he was also Frank Sweeney
in 2004’s Molly Sweeney, Dr. Bill Windsor in 1992’s Woman in Mind, Lt. Ralph Clark in 1993’s Our
Country’s Good, George Tessman in Hedda Gabler, Ariste in The Learned Ladies, Booter Kusick in
Johnny On a Spot, Buddy Husband in Secret Lives of the Sexists, Tom Allen in The Tavern, Elief in
Mother Courage and Her Children, Arthur in Checkmate, Burt/Sherman/Alex in Etta Jenks, Henry
Carr in Travesties, the defrocked Rev. Shannon in Night of the Iguana, Dr. Mike Dillon in Good
People, and most recently as the checker-playing, philosophizing angel in the Frontera Fest
Long Fringe piece The Cowboy from Corona. See him as Mic in the horror-thriller Crawl or Die
hitting US cinemas this August (we’re huge in Japan!). You can also see him online as Detective
Richard Panceliss in his ongoing noir comedy web serial, The Pantsless Detective at www.pantslessdetective.com, and he will be a panelist at the Austin Webseries Festival June 28.
SARAH DANKO (Clara Eynsford Hill) was last seen as Elaine Harper in Different Stages’s
production of Arsenic and Old Lace. She is an actress, having studied with Austin Shakespeare
and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and a classically trained singer. She moved to
Austin in 2011. Since then, she
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SEBASTIAN GARCIA (Sarcastic Bystander) ) is very
happy to be doing another play
with Different Stages. He is
also thrilled to be back at the
Vortex. Sebastian has been act-
with The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin; and The Suicide with Paper Chairs.
JEFF MILLER (Sound Design) is pleased to be working again with Different Stages. Jeff
has over 35 years of experience and has served as Sound Engineer on Broadway and National
Tours of A Chorus Line, South Pacific, Zorba, Singin’ in the Rain and The Mystery Of Edwin Drood,
as well as shows at Radio City Music Hall, numerous films, videos, and commercials. His
regional credits include Sound Design for over 150 productions at Zachary Scott Theatre,
Capitol City Playhouse, Austin Theatre for Youth, Second Youth Theatre, Different Stages,
Summer Stock Austin, Abby Productions, Trinity Episcopal School, St. Andrews Episcopal
School, Leander High School, Theatre At The J, AJRT and Aguddas Arts.
ing in Austin’s film and theatre scenes since his
early teens. He has played Heywood Broun in
Vitriol and Violets: Tales of the Algonquin Round Table, Albert Einstein in Eggheads, and Arthur Rimbaud’s Id in A Season in Hell. He also provided the
voice for Professor Argyle in the live action/puppet film Monster Mountain. Sebastian would like to
thank Norman Blumensaadt for including him in
this production. He would also like to thank his
teachers, Marco Perella, Paula Russel and Marci
Lynne Solomon.
PHOEBE GREENE (Mrs. Eynsford-Hill)
is delighted to back ON the stage after working
backstage for so many shows for Texas Performing Arts. Favorite roles include Penny in Different Stages’ You Can’t Take It with You and Commander Love in Violet Crown Radio Players’
serial Molly McCoy: W.A.S.P. Previous productions include King Kong by the Violet Crown Ratio
Players, for which she garnered a B. Iden Payne
award nomination for Sound Design, and Different Stages Night of the Iguana, Is Life Worth Living?,
Well, Too Many Husbands and Quills as an Actor or
Assistant Director or both. In her spare time she
works as a voice actress and audio engineer. And in her spare spare time she gets as much Dirt
Therapy™ in her garden as time will possibly allow. The only two things that money can’t buy,
and that’s true love and home grown tomatoes! I DO love my onstage children, though they
can be trying.
CRAIG KANNE (Colonel Pickering) has been working on Austin stages for over 30 years.
He came to Austin to attend St. Edward’s University where he graduated with a B.A. in theatre. While working for the Austin Water Department, he presented the Dowser Dan show
on water conservation to elementary school children for many years. Some of his most recent
appearances were in Much Ado About Nothing (Present Company), And Then There Were None
(Austin Playhouse), and Quills (Different Stages).
AMY LEWIS (Eliza Doolittle) is a graduate of McMurry University with a BFA in Theatre.
She is very active in the Austin theatre community as both an actor and a lighting designer.
Amy’s Austin area acting credits include Sordid Lives, Human Sketches, Picasso at the Lapin Agile,
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare in Hollywood, Dracula at the Bastrop Opera House, The Laramie Project at City Theatre, Bitten!: A Zombie Rock Odyssey, The Automat, Bride of Slapdash, Slapdash Cinco de
Flimflam, Slapdash Live Six Show and The Brothers Merlin with Loaded Gun Theory, of which she
is also a member and resident lighting designer. Past productions with Different Stages include
The Skin of Our Teeth, An Inspector Calls, What I Want Right Now, Mrs. Bob Crachit’s Wild Christmas
Binge, The Hollow, Playboy of the Western World, and Too Many Husbands.
GRAYSON LITTLE (A Bystander) is proud to return to Different Stages after appearing
as Milo Crawford in The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, and as Klein in Arsenic
and Old Lace. He is an aspiring voice actor and podcasts in his spare time.
KATHERINE SCHROEDER (Mrs. Pearce) is delighted to return to Different Stages,
having played the Language Instructor in The Language Archive (practically the title role, if you
think about it). You also may have caught her at this year’s Slapdash 11, where she depicted a
psycho kitty - many thanks to Bitsy, the big fat mean black cat with whom she lives. Thanks,
Norman! I LOVE Shaw!
KATE TRAMMELL (Parlormaid) is extremely thrilled to be working with Different Stages
for the first time alongside this marvelous cast! Starting with community theatre performances
at age 9, Kate went on to receive her B.F.A. in Theatre from Sam Houston State University, in
addition to studying abroad at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. She has appeared in
various theatre and film productions, including: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Condition, Alice in
Wonderland, Emma, The Vagina Monologues, A Piece of My Heart, The Pajama Game (just to name a
few). She would like to thank her parents for their love and understanding. Extra special thanks
to Ben, Rachel, and her beloved Ya-Yas for all of their support.
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DIRECTION AND DESIGN BIOGRAPHIES
NORMAN BLUMENSAADT (Director) is the Producing Artistic Director for Different Stages. As an actor, he has worked in Shakespeare festivals in Odessa; Dallas, Texas; and
Madison, New Jersey. For Different Stages, he has recently appeared in You Can’t Take It With
You, Eurydice, Humble Boy and A Number. He won a B. Iden Payne Award for Best Supporting
Actor in a Comedy for The Triumph of Love. Among the numerous shows that he has directed,
a selection includes Arsenic and Old Lace, Quills, Is Life Worth Living?, The Carpetbagger’s Children,
Well, The Beard of Avon, An Ideal Husband, and The Constant Wife. In celebration of his long and
outstanding work in the Austin theater scene, the Austin Circle of Theaters bestowed upon
Norman the 1998 Deacon Crain/John Bustin Award. His productions of The Normal Heart
and The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? won B. Iden Payne Awards for Best Production of a Drama. His
production of Arcadia, the first of at least five productions in Austin, won the Austin Critics
Circle Award for Best Comedy.
CAROL GINN (Assistant Director) has enjoyed assisting Norman in fifteen Different
Stages productions -- Terrance McNally’s A Perfect Ganesh, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, Giles
Havergal’s Travels with My Aunt, Moliere’s The Hypochondriac, Amy Freed’s The Beard of Avon,
Agatha Christie’s The Hollow, W. Sommerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife, Tom White’s What
I Want Right Now, J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth,
Horton Foote’s The Carpetbagger’s Children, Charlotte Jones’ Humble Boy, Tennessee Williams’
The Night of the Iguana, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile, and Emlyn William’s Night Must
Fall. She has appeared on stage in Different Stages productions of George Bernard Shaw’s
Getting Married, Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, Moss Hart’s Light Up the Sky, and Moliere’s
The Miser.
JONATHAN URSO (Stage Manager) is pleased to be working with Different Stages once
again. Earlier Different Stages acting credits include Olin Potts in The Last Meeting of the Knights
of the White Magnolia, Hubert Laurie in Night Must Fall, Tom Mooney in Is Life Worth Living?, and Homer in Morning’s at Seven. He also
directed Humble Boy and has stage managed
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BOBBIE OLIVER (Mrs. Higgins) appeared in her first Different Stages production in
1992, playing Muriel in Woman in Mind. This is her ninth D.S. show and she is very pleased to
be a part of it. Bobbie has studied acting in New York City and London and has been active in
Austin area theatre for over twenty five years. In 2005 she received a B. Iden Payne Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama award for her portrayal of Bessie in Marvin’s Room. Some of her
favorite roles have been Lettice in Lettice and Loveage, Penny in You Can’t Take It With You, and
Sylvia in Sylvia, where she fell in love with her wonderful actor-husband Larry.
ANN MARIE GORDON (Set Design) is pleased to be working again with Different Stages. Her recent work with Different Stages includes The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White,
Magnolia, Good People, Is Life Worth Living?, The Children’s Hour and A Number, which was nominated for a Critics Table Award. She is a member of the VORTEX Repertory Company where
she designed the sets for Oceana, The Inbetweeners and The Dragonfly Queen, all premiere works
recently presented by the VORTEX.
ANN FORD (Costume Design) is pleased to be working with Different Stages again. Her
previous work with Different Stages was on Quills. Ann worked as costume manager for
Austin Lyric Opera for 7 years, where her costume designs for A Streetcar Named Desire were
nominated for a Critics Table award. She also worked for 10 years as a stylist and costumer for
TV commercials and photography in London.
JENNIFER ROGERS (Light Design) designed her first show in Austin for Different
Stages and she’s delighted to be working with the company again. Jen studied stage management at the University of Kansas with a design focus in lighting. She is a partner in the design
firm Light Bastard Amber (LBA) and has worked all over Austin with companies including
Teatro Vivo, The Vortex, The Rude Mechanicals, Fusebox Festival, Austin Summer Stock, and
many others. Some of her favorite designs include: Sweeney Todd with Summer Stock Austin;
the B. Iden Payne nominated The North Project with Refraction Arts; Io: A Myth About You with
Shrewd Productions; The Mariachi Girl with Teatro Vivo; most recently, Patience and Princess Ida