Kami Rushell Smith was previously on CST’s stage in the title role in Harriet Jacobs (IRNE nomination – Best Actress) and as co-founder/writer/performer in The Cabaret Series. Other local credits include: Xanadu and Nine (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Big River (Lyric Stage Company); Hairspray (Reagle Music Theatre); Passing Strange, New Rep’s Darling Divas Deck the Holidays, and Dessa Rose (New Repertory Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); The Phantom Tollbooth and The Little Mermaid (Wheelock Family Theatre); Ragtime in Concert (Marblehead Little Theatre); Macbeth (Shakespeare Now!); South Pacific, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, and Songs for a New World (Weathervane Playhouse); and The Life (Boston Conservatory). Upcoming: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at Lyric Stage Company. BA in English from Carnegie Mellon, Masters in Musical Theater from Boston Conservatory. “So thankful to collaborate with Megan and Maurice on this beautiful project. For Daddy.” KamiRushellSmith.com.
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Maurice Emmanuel Parent, he/him Central Square Theater: Acting – Angels in America Parts 1 & 2, The Mountaintop, The Convert, Dangerous Liaisons, Director – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (2023 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Musical) Other credits (select): Acting – Actors’ Shakespeare Project (resident company member), Barrington Stage Co., Boston Theatre Works, Cape Playhouse, Commonwealth Shakespeare Co., Fulton Opera House, Greater Boston Stage Co., The Huntington, Music Theatre of Wichita, New Repertory Theatre, Northern Stage, Off the Grid Theatre Co., SpeakEasy Stage Co., Wheelock Family Theatre. Television: Castle Rock, Kevin Can F*** Himself. Directing – Choir Boy (SpeakEasy Stage Co.) Breath and Imagination (Lyric Stage Co. of Boston). Winner of three Elliot Norton Awards (most recently the 2023 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director, Midsize Theatre for Seven Guitars for Actors’ Shakespeare Project), and three Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards. Currently he is a Professor of the Practice in the Tufts University Department of Theatre Dance and Performance Studies and the Co-Founder/ Co-Producing Artistic Director of The Front Porch Arts Collective, a Black theater company committed to advancing racial equity through art. First incubated at Central Square Theater, “The Porch” is currently the theatre in residence at The Huntington. His one man show Mr. Parent, co-written with Melinda Lopez and conceived with Megan Sandberg-Zakian will be part of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s 2024-2025 season.
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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.
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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
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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.
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