Ulrika Brand, she/her (Assistant Director) is a director and playwright.  Her play, Yours, Isabella, tells the story of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s drive to collect art and build her Boston museum.  It was performed last year at Wistariahurst Museum, supported by the Mass Cultural Council. As a member of the cooperative Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble, in Venice, CA, Ulrika directed Molière’s The Misanthrope, Strindberg’s Crimes and Crimes, and Lee Blessing’s Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music. In New York City she joined Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab and translated and directed Strindberg’s Playing with Fire for LCT’s American Living Room series (her translation was later produced by the Negro Ensemble Company). She co-directed a production of The Vagina Monologues at Columbia’s Miller Theatre and was co-organizer of the Boston Strindberg Centennial Festival and the affiliated symposium at Harvard University, where she presented and directed her translation/adaptation of Strindberg’s Crimes and Crimes.  She is delighted to be working at Central Square Theatre for the first time!

Justin LaHue (Projection Designer) is a Boston based theatre artist and filmmaker. Previous collaborations include work with the Westport Country Playhouse, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Harbor Stage Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Speakeasy Stage, Harvard University, Boston Conservatory, Company One, Northeastern University, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, and the Tank (NYC) . He is the recipient of a 2022 BroadwayWorld Boston award (Best Professional Scenic Design | Straight White Men), 2022 Cannes Film Award and regional Emmy nomination (Art Direction | Not on This Night) as well as a 2025 Elliot Norton Award nomination (Outstanding Scenic Design | Tartuffe). BA in Theatre from Suffolk University and a proud member of USA-829. For more information on his work, please visit www.justinlahue.com.

Aubrey Dube (Sound Designer)

Sydney Hovasse (Costume Designer) is a Boston-based costume designer and technician. Previous costume design credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr (Greater Boston Stage Company), Emilia, Entry or you think you know me, La Clemenza di Tito, Alice Tierney (Boston University), and Mother May I (Boston Center for the Arts). Sydney has also worked as a stitcher at theater companies around the Boston area such as The American Repertory Theatre, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and The North Shore Music Theatre. Sydney is very excited to be designing her first show at CST and would like to thank everyone for welcoming her to the team!

Deb Sullivan (Lighting Designer) is a Boston-based lighting designer. This is Deb’s first work with Central Square.  Recent works include: Speakeasy Stage: Lizard Boy, Lyric Stage: Our Town, Urinetown, Gloucester Stage Company: Ms.Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt2B. Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Emma, Romeo and Juliet. Regional: Trinity Rep, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre, The Public Theater, Shakespeare and Company, Dorset Theatre, Locally, Deb has worked with Northeastern University, BOCO@Berklee, Brandeis University, several high schools and is the lighting designer at a radio station. Upcoming projects: Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Little Women. dlsullivanld.com