Cassie Chapados she/her/hers (Associate Artistic Director) is thrilled to be back at CST for another show this season! Most recently at CST, Cassie served as the Associate Artistic Director for Silent Sky. Cassie was the Director of Production at CST until September 2023, and now works as the Technical Supervisor for Harvard’s Theater, Dance, and Media program. Since joining the CST family, she also served as the Associate Artistic Director for The Half Life of Marie Curie and the Nora’s That’s What She Said Program, in addition to directing the world premiere of Laura Maria Censabella’s Beyond Words, several staging readings, and the current tour of Betsy Bard’s Inventing Samanta with Youth Underground.
As an artist and educator, she is passionate about the stories of young people, particularly young, queer, women and femmes, and has focused largely on this work as a director. Some favorite local directing projects outside of CST include: Holy Chicken Sandwich and honeyhole (Moonbox New Works Festival); Sweeney Todd, Something Rotten!, and She Kills Monsters (Watertown Children’s Theater); Idawalley (Fresh Ink Theatre); and Meet Me in the Bathroom (Boston Conservatory).
In addition to her directing work, she has served as a technical director, scenic designer and painter, fight choreographer, and intimacy director with a variety of local companies and educational institutions including Babson College, Wellesley College, Flat Earth Theatre, Hub Theatre Company of Boston, Boston College, Lesley University, Tufts University, Arlington Catholic High School, Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Off the Grid Theatre Company, Central Square BID, and Open Theatre Project.
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Lisette van den Boogaard, she/they (Assistant Stage Manager) Lisette is a freelance Stage Manager around the Boston area and is very excited about working at Central Square Theatre for the first time! Recent credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SM, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), How I Learned to Drive (ASM, Actor Shakespeare Project), Taming of the Shrew (SM, Actor Shakespeare Project), Romeo and Juliet (SM, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company) Metamorphoses (PSM, Suffolk University), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus and Marry Me A Little (ASM PA, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre).
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Katherine Scott, she/her (Wardrobe Supervisor) is a wardrobe technician based in the Boston area, and is delighted to be working with Central Square Theatre for the first time. A Gettysburg College graduate, Katherine received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts in 2021 and has been working with theaters across NY and Boston. Katherine most recently worked as wardrobe supervisor at the Lyric Stage on their production of The Game’s Afoot; she has also worked as a dresser for Commonwealth Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and as costume/wardrobe tech for various productions at Playhouse Stage Company including, Ain’t Misbehavin’, A Year with Frog and Toad, Honk!, and Bright Star. When not backstage Katherine works as a bridal seamstress at Bremelia.
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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 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)
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