Monday, September 20, 2010

Meet the Creative Team

Paul Bedard (Director) is a theater artist obsessed with sex, death and insanity. He is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch with a focus in theater directing. Past directing work includes SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER and an adaptation WOYZECK. Past design work includes ALLIGATOR SUMMER in the 2010 NYC Fringe Festival.

Katie Palmer (Choreographer), originally from San Diego, California, graduated from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama. She began dancing at age three and never stopped, eventually supplementing her love of dance with theater training as an actor, singer/musician, director, designer, and ultimately a choreographer. Katie has begun to explore a hybrid of creation where she can combine her knowledge of dance and theatrical sensibilities to collaborate wherever movement is necessary. She has choreographed full-scale musicals, original musicals, original ballets, solo modern dance theater pieces, and concert dance pieces as well as consulted on movement-based theater projects. She also has performed as an actor and dancer in regional productions, musical and non, throughout the country. She is thrilled to be continuing this NIJISNKY journey and is so grateful for all the people it has brought into her life: the wonderful current company as well as the collaborators involved in the previous incarnation. Thank you to the dancers for your willingness and talent and the production team for your beautiful work, friendship, and sanity. Paul, love always for your inspiration, passion, and trust. To Mom, Dad, and Lizzy.

Randall Benichak (Orchestrator) is a Graduate student in the Film Scoring program at NYU Steinhardt. Having studied with Dr. Jerica Oblack and Dr. Marc Consoli in New York, and composer/producer Milan Slavicky in Prague, Randall completed his undergraduate degree in Music Theory and Composition at Steinhardt last spring. Now studying with David Spear, Randall's goal as a composer is to create and arrange music of all styles to accompany film, multimedia projects and theater

Kathryn Appleton (Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Columbia University. She would like to thank Paul, Katie, and Rick for inviting her to become part of such a fantastic show. She would also like to thank the extremely talented cast and crew for their hard work and dedication. Hidyho!

Andrew Balmer (Lighting Design) has been working on lighting design since early high school.
His most recent credits include student productions of "Company,"
"The Secret Garden," "Songs for a New World," and "A New Brain."

Rick Fudge (Producer) is a recent Columbia University graduate looking for employment at an architecture firm. He is thrilled that the economy is strong, everyone is building so much, and architects are in such high demand. He will probably be making millions of dollars by next month.

Meghan Kennedy (Set Designer) is a recent graduate from Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama and a Concentration in Directing and Creating Original Work. While in school she designed the sets for a few other original works including Hello From the Children of Planet Earth (Max Reuben), and Sometimes I Can Almost See (Mark Costello). Other design credits include lighting for The Duende (Celine Nogueira) at the Stella Adler Studios earlier this year and costumes for her own piece The Devil, Tallahassee, and Mae. Thanks to Paul for bringing me on to the project!

Ramsey Scott (Costume Design) Recent designs include Red Over Red (31 Down/The Incubator Arts Project), Next Door (Manhattan Rep), The Remarkable Rooming-House of Mme. LeMonde (Target Margin/The Bushwick Starr), Company (CMTS), 4.48 Psychosis (Barnard), XMAS (Nomads), and Elektra (CU Players). Recent assistant projects include The Merchant of Venice (The Public), Next Fall (Broadway), and Thunder Above, Deeps Below (Second Generation). B.A. in Visual Arts from Columbia University.

Stephanie Warren recently graduated from University of South Carolina with her masters in integrated communications. She works at New York Theatre Workshop as the Office Manger and Development Database Assistant. Previously she has worked with the South Carolina Arts Commission, Carolina Alumni Association, Department of Theatre and Dance (USC) and The Brandon Agency.