Kiara Escalera, she/her/hers (Costume Designer) is excited to return back to Central Square Theatre! Overseeing visual and fashion merchandising for companies such as Aldo, Express and Target; Kiara expanded her expertise by providing her creative services to theatrical and film productions. She will be going into her sixth year of being a Fashion Stylist as well as a Costume Designer. Favorite previous works include: Thug Costume Production Assistant (Boat Yard Productions); America’s Test Kitchen: Next Generation Stylist Assistant (Amazon Prime); Blue Man Group Wardrobe Supervisor (Cirque du Soleil); Chicken and Biscuits Head of Wardrobe, Hair and Makeup (Front Porch Arts Collective); Alma Costume Designer (Central Square Theatre); Damnation of Faust Costume Designer (Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra).
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Erik D. Diaz
Erik D. Diaz+, he/him/El (Scenic Designer) is thrilled to be back working on this incredible production of Next to Normal with Pascale and the team at Central Square and Front Porch having previously designed Alma (Central Square) and Chicken & Biscuits (Front
Porch). He has had the pleasure of working at theatres across New England and his work has been seen nationally at Skylight Music Theatre, Kingsman Shakespeare, Omaha Playhouse, The Sharon Playhouse, Connecticut Rep, Playhouse on the Square, Penobscot Theatre, and Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Regional credits: Evita (Skylight), Doubt (OSTC), Heisenberg (TheatreWorks), Mary Poppins (CSFAC), All Is Calm (GBSC), Fairview (SpeakEasy), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (New London Barn Playhouse), and most recently Lizzie! (Umbrella Arts Center). TV: HGTV’s Designed to Sell, WBZ-TV. Erik lives in Dedham with his wife, Holly, and sons, Ezra and Zander, where he is the Director of Technical Theatre and Design at the Noble and Greenough School. Proud member United Scenic Artists Local 829.
www.DESIGNBYDIAZ.com (He/Him/El)
Ken Yotsukura
Ken Yotsukura he/him (Chorus) is a Japanese-American actor and professional photographer. Originally from the DC area, Ken moved to Boston to attend drama school where he started his own business at 18 years old. Since then, he has balanced two careers as an actor and photographer full-time, often running back and forth between auditions and shoots. You can check out his work below. Recent credits include New Repertory Theatre: The Normal Heart (Craig/Hiram), Central Square Theatre: The Chinese Lady (Atung, u/s), PURE (Chris), The Theatre Offensive: SWAN (Brad), Wheelock Family Theatre: Make Way for Ducklings (Lack/ens) – workshop. Nominated for BroadwayWorld’s Best Performer in a Streaming Musical (2022 Regional Awards). Education: Boston University: BFA in Theatre Arts, ActorsStudio at Pinewood Studios London: Screen Acting Diploma. www.kenyotsukura.com
Cindy Tsai
Cindy Tsai (understudy, Afong Moy) (she/her/hers)is a Taiwanese and Chinese-American artist from the 626 San Gabriel Valley. BFA Musical Theatre, Minor in Critical Race and Ethnicities. In her free time, you can find her going on foodie adventures and binging anime. Recent performing work: We Won’t Sleep workshop at Signature Theatre, NYCLU’s Sing Out for Freedom at NYC Town Hall. Recent producing work: Broadway for Racial Justice Sings: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 4/4 by Heesun Hwang, This is the Hour: Under Our Own Pen with ZAPI Artists. IG: @cindyctsai
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Winnie Chiang
Winnie Chiang (Assistant Stage Manager) (she/ her) is excited to be part the first production of The Chinese Lady in the Greater Boston area. Her recent work includes Do you feel Anger? (Assistant Stage Manager, Kitchen Theatre Company); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Our Daughter Like Pillars, The Bluest Eye, Witch (Production Assistant, Huntington Theatre Company); Much Ado About Nothing (Assistant Stage Manager, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Shrike (Assistant Stage Manager, Fresh Ink Theatre Company); King Lear, Pride and Prejudice (Stage Management Intern, Actors’ Shakespeare Project).