Creative Team
Alaina Kunin (book, lyrics) earned her Master’s in Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University in England (’07), where her dissertation focused on adolescent literature. She currently works for the Wolf Talent Group in New York City. Contact her at alainakunin@gmail.com.
Bradford Proctor (music, book, lyrics) holds a B.A. in Music from Dartmouth College (‘06) and has worked in the music departments of various TV shows, including Saturday Night Live, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Logo’s NewNowNext Music. He has written songs for “The Gay Ivy” and various cabarets in NYC. He was a featured composer/lyricist in the 2011 Johnny Mercer Songwriters’ Workshop at Northwestern University, and is currently working on a new show. His vocal arrangements have been featured on “Voices Only” and he has played piano for A Chorus Line (Broadway). You can contact him at bradford.proctor@gmail.com.
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Fringe 2010 Team
Seth Sikes (Director) Assistant Director of Sondheim: The Birthday Concert with the New York Philharmonic (Lonny Price, Director), Anyone Can Whistle at Encores! (Casey Nicholaw, Director), Fat Camp (workshop, directed by Casey Hushion), Dissonance at Bay Street Theatre (Lonny Price, Director), and Genius Famous at NYC Fringe. Young Frankenstein, Minsky’s (Production Assistant). Producing Assistant for Sing Out, Louise! Productions (Allegiance, American Idiot). Circle in the Square alum. Performing credits include Fame on 42nd Street Off-Broadway.
Benton Whitley (Casting Director) is the Associate Casting Director for both National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) and Southgate Productions. Working alongside Duncan Stewart, they cast the current Tony Award winning Broadway revival of La Cage Aux Folles (starring Kelsey Grammer), the Broadway, West End, and National touring companies of Chicago The Musical and all other projects for legendary producers Barry and Fran Weissler. Upcoming NAMCO projects include: Clueless (The Musical), Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (UK). For Southgate Productions, projects include: Songs for a New World in concert for BC/EFA, Camp Wanatachi (LaMama), Fingers and Toes (NYMF), and Trails (NYMF). Previous credits include Terrence McNally’s world premiere of Golden Age at The John F. Kennedy Center, and the 2009 Broadway revival of Ragtime. Benton is a proud graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre Department.
Mark Runion (Producer/General Manager) has been Company Manager for Hey, Love: The Songs of Mary Rodgers with Faith Prince and Donna Murphy, Golden Motors by Derek Bermel and Wendy S. Walters and the premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo’s Arjuna’s Dilemma, directed by Robin Guarino. He is a full-time staff member at Theatre Development Fund where, among other things, he has helped produce the annual Irene Sharaff Awards since 2001. Mark is originally from the Washington D.C. area where he worked as a performer, director, producer and teacher.
Paul DePoo (Scenic Designer) is a graduate of Boston University in Scenic Design. Recently Paul has designed Radium Girls at the Boston Center for the Arts, Thérèse Raquin with the Boston University Opera Institute & Huntington Theatre Co., Associate Designer for Gloria Estephan Las Vegas!; Phil Collins Going Back Tour ; assistant designer for Steven Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Concert featuring the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the world premiere of Opera Boston’s Madam White Snake which is scheduled to tour Asia this summer. Paul’s work can be viewed at PauldePoo.com.
Sasha Richter (Costume Designer) is a graduate of Boston University in Costume Design. Her most recent design work includes The Play of Daniel at the MET Cloisters, as well as Alcina with the Boston Opera Collaborative, La Boheme with the Huntington Theatre Company, The Weavers at the Boston Center for the Arts, Timor Mortis with Conflict of Interest Theatre Company, and Camino Real at NYU. Presently Sasha is the Milliner for the new HBO series Boardwalk Empire. Sasha Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY as a Costumer and Craftsperson.
Janie Bullard (Sound Designer) is happy to be designing for The Fringe Festival. Recent Designs: Twelfth Night (Sonnet Repertory Company), The Last Five Years (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow, Around the World in 80 Days (Triad Stage) Peter Pan, Candide, Broadway By The Year (Berkshire Theatre Festival) Flyin’ West (The Clarence Brown Theatre) Suddenly Last Summer (The Actor’s Express, Atlanta) The Santaland Diaries, Dracula (Upstage Cabaret at Triad Stage). Oliver! (Playmakers Repertory Company). Janie received her MFA in Sound Design from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Karen Evanouskas (Stage Manager) Broadway: Rock ‘n’ Roll, Come Fly Away. Encores!: The Wiz; Damn Yankees; Fanny; Anyone Can Whistle; No, No, Nanette; Juno; Applause. Off-Broadway: Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, Saturday Night, Communicating Doors, Visiting Mr. Green, Bunny Bunny, Queen Amarantha, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged), Das Barbecu, Yoko Ono’s New York Rock, Jeffrey.
Matt Taylor (Lighting Design) holds a MFA from the University of Florida in lighting design. His recent design credits include Fog (Here! Arts Center), Pippin (UF), Electronic City (UF), and George Washington’s Boy (UF). Recent assistant credits include Illuminights (Busch Gardens Williamsburg), Present Laughter (Roundabout Theatre Company), Nightingale (Manhattan Theatre Club), Orphans Home Cycle (Signature Theatre), and the upcoming production of Chicago! (Royal Caribbean). Selections of Matt’s work can be viewed at www.matttaylordesign.com
About Logo:
Logo is the world’s leading ad-supported cable, satellite, online, mobile and digital entertainment network from MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) for gays and lesbians, their families and friends. Launched in 2005, Logo’s cable channel is in more than 46 million homes across the United States and is complemented by a federation of online properties, including LogoTV.com, TripOutGayTravel.com, AfterEllen.com, AfterElton.com, 365Gay.com, DowneLink.com and NewNowNext.com. Logo’s content is distributed across all leading download-to-own, streaming and mobile services. The most influential brand for the most influential audience, Logo provides a mix of original and acquired entertainment as well as news, social networking and community building that are authentic, smart, fun, entertaining, and inclusive. Logo joins MTV Networks’ roster of popular and highly targeted brands which include MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Spike TV.
