Paul Melendy* (Nicodemus Underwood, Lady Enid Hillcrest, Alcazar, et al.) is simply too excited to be returning to CST’s stage since 2020’s Vanity Fair, also directed by David Gammons. Recent area collaborations include Wait Until Dark and Featherbaby also with the wonderful Gabe Graetz (Greater Boston Stage Company, 2026 Elliot Norton Winner, Outstanding Lead Performance), A Sherlock Carol (Lyric Stage Company), and The Garbologists (Gloucester Stage Company, 2026 Elliot Norton nominee, Outstanding Lead Performance). In 2023, Paul earned the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for his one man turn in John Minigan’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Greater Boston Stage Company). Paul has also performed with The Huntington, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Shear Madness at The Charles Playhouse, Wheelock Family Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Centastage, W.H.A.T., and The Barnstormers Theater, among others. He can next be seen on the Boston Common as Bottom in CSC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Paul has also been known to haunt local TV screens in ads for Plymouth Rock Assurance, VistaPrint, and Manchester Airport, among others. TV/Film: Julia, At the Sea, Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, Father of the Year, Unfinished Business, The Makeover, and The Pink Panther Deux. To learn about Paul visit his website or sign up for his newsletter at paulmelendy.com
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David Wilson (Sound Design) returns to the Central Square Theater having previously designed Emilé La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight. He has designed lighting or sound for over 350 productions of opera, theater, concert and dance. He served on the faculty of Brandeis University for over 25 years teaching lighting and sound design; and developed and led the graduate program in sound design. He has designed and taught at Boston College, Boston Conservatory of Music, Bowdoin, Emerson, Harvard, New England Conservatory, Tufts, Suffolk and UMASS-Lowell. Regional credits include Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Boston Playwrights, Central City Opera, Company One, Deborah Abel Dance, Dibble Dance, Gloucester Stage, Lyric Stage, Merrimack Rep, Moonbox, New Rep, Nora, North Shore Music Theater, Reagle Music Theater, Speakeasy, Stoneham, Shakespeare and Co, WHAT and Wheelock Family Theater. He has received multiple nominations and awards for his work, most recently the Elliot Norton Award for ASP’s Edward II. DW-Design.com
October 2018.
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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.
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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.
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