Ellen Berman Ms. Berman’s career spans the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. She served as President of the Consumer Energy Council of America, one of the nation’s leading public policy organizations, from its founding in 1973 until 2007. Along with producers Jeffrey Richards and Richard Gross, Ms. Berman produced the Tony Award-nominated play by Matthew Barber Enchanted April, The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Compleat Wrks of Shkspr (Abridged), and David Ives’ Mere Mortals. A graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University, Ms. Berman is an active member of the Council for the Arts at MIT and the MIT McDermott Award Committee. She is a trustee of the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Sarasota, Florida. She has chaired the Sarasota International Design Summit and the John Ringling Towers Fund Grants Panels of the Sarasota County Arts Council. She is highly involved in the Washington, DC arts community.  She has shepherded the development of Operation Epsilon through New York readings and a workshop at The Asolo Rep in Sarasota, and she is pleased to be a part of this world premiere by The Nora Theatre Company.

Charles Linshaw (Voice & Text Director) has worked with CST previously on Photograph 51, Operation Epsilon, and A Christmas Carol. As a dialect coach, he’s worked with many local companies including: Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company, Moonbox Productions, and Greater Boston Stage Company. Charles is also an actor and educator. He holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University and currently teaches at UMASS Boston. Long-time member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and VASTA.  www.charleslinshaw.com

John R. Malinowski, he/him/his (Lighting Designer) has designed lighting for over 40 productions at CST.  In 2024, John received his second Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Lighting for Angels in America, Parts 1 and 2 produced here at CST w/ Bedlam Theatre.   He served as the  Resident Designer at The Nora where he designed Journey to the West, Intimate Exchanges, Arcadia, Saving Kitty, Emilie, and Operation Epsilon. Other CST credits include The Crucible (w/ Bedlam Theatre);  Homebody, Matchless and The Happy Prince, Bedlam’s Saint Joan, Hysteria, Silver Spoon, The Cherry Orchard, Not Enough Air, The Caretaker, and Photograph 51 and A Christmas Carol. Elsewhere, he has designed Simon Says (Redgrave Theatre, NYC); Mercury (HERE, NYC); Oceanside (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Rent, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Pillowman, Bakersfield Mist (New Repertory Theatre); Working, City of Angels, The Chosen, Animal Crackers, The Play That Goes Wrong(Lyric Stage Co. of Boston); Hamlet, Cherry Orchard, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Actor’s Shakespeare Project). He is the resident lighting designer at Harbor Stage Co. Awards and recognitions include Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Lighting (1996), NEA/TCG Fellowship (2000), three IRNE Awards for Lighting, and a Tennessean Award for Lighting Cyrano. John has taught lighting design at Brandeis, Suffolk, and Northeastern Universities.

Charles Schoonmaker is happy to be at The Nora Theatre Company for the first time. He is the recipient of four Daytime Emmy Awards for his work in television. Charles designed costumes for Harriet Jacobs and Fever Chart at Underground Railway Theater. Other area credits include God of Carnage and A Long and Winding Road (The Huntington Theatre Company); Tarzan (North Shore Music Theatre); The Light in the Piazza, Nine and Other Desert Cities (SpeakEasy Stage Company);  Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Race, and The Clean House (New Repertory Theatre); Grey Gardens, The Legacy of Light and 33 Variations (Lyric Stage Company of Boston). Credits in the Berkshires include the Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Chester Theatre Company and seven seasons as the resident costume designer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Other credits in dance include The Richmond Ballet, The Atlanta Ballet, The Nashville Ballet, The Limon Company, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Television credits include Another World, All My Children, and As the World Turns. He teaches costume design at Bennington College.