Sawyer Grabow (Lighting Designer) is a recent graduate of Emerson College’s Theatre BFA program, where they studied directing, lighting design, playwriting, and arts management. Some of their lighting design experience at Emerson includes Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio Troupe), Chicago (Emerson Musical Theatre Society), Hair (Musical Theatre Against the Grain), The Effect (Mercutio Troupe), and OverBridge High (BlueJay Theatre Collective), as well as assisting for both Emerson Stage and The 44th EVVY Awards. During their time at Emerson, Sawyer was the Artistic Director of emShakes Theatre Co, as well as a four-time EVVY nominated lighting designer, having won the award for Outstanding Lighting Design for the Stage this past May. They would like to thank Alex Lonati for this incredible opportunity, and they hope you enjoy the show!
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Alex Lonati
Alex Lonati (Director) is a Boston-based director, producer, and arts administrator. She directs throughout the city, including at SpeakEasy Stage Company (The Antiquities; Cost of Living), Greater Boston Stage Company (Webster’s Bitch – upcoming), Umbrella Arts (The Counter), and Brown Box Theatre Project (The Hotel Nepenthe; Don’t Feed the Bear), as well as at local colleges and universities. Professionally, she serves as SpeakEasy Stage’s Director of Artistic & Community Programs, is the President of the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund (TCBF), and serves on the Leadership Committee of the Boston Area Theatre Auditions (BATA). She is also an Adjunct Professor of Arts Management and Design Collaboration: Directing at Emerson College. Alex holds an MS in Arts Administration from Boston University and a BA in Theatre Studies Directing from Emerson College, where she hosted Standing Room Only on 88.9 WERS.
Elijah Botkin
Elijah Botkin (Musical Director)
Melanie Litwin
Melanie Litwin (Sub Assistant Stage Manger)
Emma J. Hunt
Emma J. Hunt (Production Assistant & Backstage Wardrobe Runner) Emma is so excited to be joining the team for The Mystery of Irma Vep! Stage management credits include: The Hills of California, Sojourners, Clyde’s (Huntington Theater), Sense and Sensibility (Brandeis University), A Sherlock Carol, Thirst, Preludes, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Lyric Stage Boston) Busing the Buffer Zone, Nüwa in Fairyland, The Fortune Teller (Chuang Stage), A Light Under the Dome (Plays in Place), and Everyday Life and Other Odds and Ends (Sleeping Weazel/ArtsEmerson). Emma also works in the historic Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts and is a graduate of Northeastern University.