Stephanie Grady, Education Manager, came aboard in 2014 and in a whirlwind of romance, departed swiftly two years later, Masters in hand, braving into that jungle of teachers and teaching artists, prepared for her next adventure down south. She’ll miss Cambridge and all of the wonderful people that came with working at CST, and hopes to return to the East someday. Until then, thanks for the memories…
Ekta Sagar has no formal training in theatre, but is very passionate about the performing arts, and especially dance. She has performed as an actor and dancer with the Stage Ensemble Theater Unit (SETU), performed in various dance performances at the New York University, and has participated in two Bollywood Flash Mobs in Boston.
Ryan Meyer cines from St. Louis, Mo. He studied percussion and composition at Berklee College of Music, where he began his Table studies with Jerry Leake. He has performed with the Kronos Quartet, Maya Beiser, Sandeep Das (of the Silk Road Ensemble), Terry Riley, and Evan Ziporyn. As a neducator, he has given lectures on African and Indonesian music at MIT, Harvard, and Berklee.
David Reiffel is pleased to make his URT debut with A Disappearing Number. His music and sound designs are widely heard on Boston stages including Stoneham, New Rep, ASP, Speakeasy, Apollinaire, The Boston Conservatory, Brandeis, Zeitgeist, Titanic, and Company One, and further afield at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Chicago’s Court Theatre. His musical The Rag Doll (book by Silvia Graziano) premiered at Blue Spruce (IRNE Nominee, Best New Play), and he wrote lyrics for Cupcake (book: Bradley Seeman, music: Michael Wartofsky), produced in 2012 at Club Café. His musical Glory is presently in development at the NOMTI Advanced Writers Lab. He wrote scores and designed sound for five years on the road as a founding member and resident composer with the nationally-acclaimed Cornerstone Theater Company.
Aparna Sindhoor is director of Navarasa Dance Theater, where she creates unique dance-theater and tours around the world. She is a leading exponent of the Mysore style of Bharatanatyam, trained for fifteen years with legendary palace dancerVenkatalakshamma. She has a PhD in dance from Boston University. Sindhoor received Creation Award from NPN and was nominated for Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Choreography. She teaches dance, yoga, Kalarippayattu martial arts, and theater. She has performed at the Lincoln Center and is an RDDI artist (NEFA) and was an artist in residence at the Bates Dance Festival, East West Players, Asian Art Museum, and Brandeis University. She has choreographed for films and for Cirque du Soliel fame Franco Dragone’s circus in Germany.