SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal, he/him,his (Projection Designer) is a father, husband, educator, and storyteller who has traveled across the country designing lighting and digital media for Theatre, Opera, Dance, Concerts, and Live Events for the past 18 years. His career has taken him across the country and has allowed him to design for Theatre, Opera, Dance, Musical Concerts, and Events. He has had the privilege to work on projects with many companies including Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program (Providence, RI), Portland Stage Company (Portland, ME), Umbrella Stage Company (Concord, MA), Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, ME), Maine State Music Theatre (Brunswick, ME), Remote Theatre Project (Brooklyn, NY), Opera Maine (Portland, ME), Opera Colorado (Denver, CO), Palm Beach Opera (Palm Beach, FL), Tulsa Opera (Tulsa, OK), Boston Conservatory @ Berklee (Boston, MA), Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO), Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, IN), and Theatre at Monmouth (Monmouth, ME). He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Design from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a focus on Lighting and Projection Design and is the Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Interim Chair for the Department of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine where he brings his knowledge and experience to help shape the next generation of theatre professionals, focusing on developing complete storytelling and creating a more equitable industry. In the classroom, Seif has a particular interest in creating a more accessible and hopeful classroom. www.seif.design
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Amanda Fallon
Amanda E. Fallon they/she (Lighting Designer) is a freelance lighting designer, educator, visual artist, and director. Amanda has worked throughout New England for professional and educational institutions and also holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Boston University. Most recently, they designed Midsummer, Kinda? with Suffolk University, Taming of the Shrew and As You Like it with Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Tall Tales from Blackburn Tavern with Gloucester Stage Company, and Romeo and Juliet with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. (they/she)
Sugandha Gopal
Sugandha Gopal (Anita) is a theater actor with SETU and Bravo Arts, a New York licensed attorney and a pageant coach and mentor. She has earned titles such as Mrs. BharatUSA 2017, Mrs. India Earth 2018, and Mrs. Earth International Air 2019. She believes that art and culture are powerful mediums to bridge the cultural gap and celebrate diversity.
Jorge Alberto Rubio
Jorge Alberto Rubio (Gabriel) is an actor and theater professor from Los Angeles and Mexico who has worked mostly in New York and Regional Theaters in the U.S., Peru and Russia. He collaborates with artists from many backgrounds and disciplines in the exploration of social equity, diversity and culture through the performing arts.
As an actor, he has had the privilege of working with some of the world´s most celebrated theater practitioners such as Karin Coonrod, Jay Scheib, Octavio Solis and Aya Ogawa from the U.S., Peter Brook, Niel Bartlett, Mark Wing-Davie from England, Dominique Serrand from France, Rodrigo Benza from Peru, Janos Saez from Hungary and Adolf Shapiro from Russia.
He forms part of the international theater group Compagnia de Colombari based in New York dedicated to cultural, social and artistic diversity and the decolonization of classical texts. Recent projects include More or Less I Am Remote with Compagnia de Colombari, El Colaborador at MicroTeatro Lima, a play that reveals political corruption in Peru. Jorge has also created performances for El Día de los Muertos at Museo del Barrio New York and performed at The Public Theater, La Mama, INTAR, Target Margin Theater, Here Arts Center, P.S 122, The Lark, American Repertory Theater, BFA Boston, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Teatro de la Esperanza, San Jose Stage Company and Mixed Blood Theater.
Jorge has worked as Assistant Professor and Theatre Program Coordinator at Bunker Hill Community College, He has been an instructor at City University of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, UPC, Universidad Científica del Sur and La Universidad de San Ignacio de Loyola in Peru. He also is a teacher and co-founder of the theater school in Peru, Talleres de Teatro con Jorge y Monilú–acting workshops for children, youth and adults. He is of Mexican heritage and loves spending time with his brilliant actor and producer wife and his two amazing daughters. He enjoys cooking in the evenings, running, surfing very early in the mornings and swimming in lakes with the familia.
Armando Rivera*
Armando Rivera* (he/him) (Jorge) is a Boston based director, actor, historian, and serves as Artistic Director of Teatro Chelsea, a bilingual Latine theater company in Chelsea, MA. His current focus lies in uplifting new Latine narratives that highlight the bilingual experience and resonate with diverse communities. Select directing credits include: Fade(Kitchen Theatre Company), Revitalized, El Camino de Cuentos Oscuros, Sonia se Fue (Teatro Chelsea). Latin American Folktales, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Apollinaire Play Lab). www.TeatroChelsea.com