Chelsea Kerl (Costume Designer) is very pleased to be back at Central Square Theatre, having previously designed Photograph 51, The Women Who Mapped the Stars, The Midvale High School 50th Reunion, Intimate Exchanges, and Emilie: The Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight.  Chelsea is a Boston-based freelance artist and educator; she received her MFA in Costume Design from Boston University and two BAs from the University of Maryland. Chelsea is the costume shop manager and costume design professor at Wellesley College; she also teaches at Bridgewater State University and Brandeis University. Select recent credits include: The Huntington: Witch (Elliot Norton Award Winner, Outstanding Design, Large Theatre); SpeakEasy Stage Company: Primary Trust; Wheelock Family Theatre: Willy Wonka. More of her work can be seen at chelseakerl.com.

Roopa joined Central Square Theater in May 2014 and handles financial accounting, reporting, budget management, human resources, and several administrative tasks. She is delighted to apply her master’s degree in finance in the context of a nonprofit arts organization.

Benjamin Emerson (Sound Designer) For the last 20 years Ben Emerson has been the Sound Supervisor at the Huntington Theatre. During that time, Ben also developed a Sound Design program for Boston University’s School of Theatre, teaching and advising undergraduate and Graduate Sound Design students. Ben has designed over a dozen productions at the Huntington, as well as many shows in Boston’s small theatre community and New England regional theatres. In 2009, Ben was awarded an IRNE for Sound Design for Speakeasy Stage’s production of The Seafarer, and in 2010 he was awarded an IRNE for Sound Design for the Huntington’s production of Fences. In 2015 Ben was awarded an Elliot Norton Award for Sound Design for the Huntington’s production of The Second Girl.