Deb Sivigny, she/her (Scenic Designer) is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in Washington, D.C. Her recent designs include: scenic designs for One Jewish Boy at Theater J, Sense & Sensibility at Everyman Theatre, Huckleberry Finn’s Big River and Head Over Heels at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma; costumes and scenery for The Nightsong of Orpheus at INSeries and production design and direction for New Kid at Planet Word with Imagination Stage; costumes for A New Brain at Barrington Stage Co., and Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 at Hangar Theatre. With the playwright’s collective The Welders, she wrote and set designed “Hello, My Name Is…,” an immersive event about Korean adoptees which was exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial 2019. She is the winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Scenic Design and a five-time nominee. She is an Asst. Professor of Scenic and Costume Design at George Mason University.
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Helen Hy-Yuen Swanson
Helen Hy-Yuen Swanson, she/her (The Angel) is excited to be back at CST with Bedlam for Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika after last spring’s Millennium Approaches. Select credits include: Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Company One/American Repertory Theatre); Dance Nation (theatre KAPOW); Hindsight 2020 (Those Women Productions); Yellow Face (O.W.I. Bureau of Theatre); The Draft (Hibernian Hall; ArtsImpulse Award Best Ensemble Winner); As You Like (Shakespeare’s Globe/Royal Conservatoire); The Witch of Edmonton, Three Sisters, and Blackout (Royal Conservatoire). Helen is an actor and violinist with an MA in Acting from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, a Shakespeare’s Globe Residency, and training at the Michael Chekhov Actors Studio Boston. AEA-EMC/SAG-AFTRA-E. @thehelenswanson. HelenSwanson.com
Zach Fike Hodges*
Zach Fike Hodges*, he/they (Louis Ironson) Zach returns to CST after opening Part One: Millennium Approaches last spring. This summer, he was featured in the world premiere of Jonathan Larson’s RENT in Concert alongside the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. International: The Censor (Hannah Khalil/London); non tutti i ladri vengono per nuocere (Dario Fo/Rome); Three Sisters (devised, Moscow) Off Broadway: Public Enemy (Pearl Theatre Co.); Paradiso: Chapter 1 Regional:Riddle of the Trilobites (CollaborationTown/
Kari Buckley*
Kari Buckley* (Harper Pitt) is delighted to return to Central Square after making her CST/Bedlam debut in Part 1 of this astonishing play. Most recently, Kari played Mimi in the New England premiere of Is Edward Snowden Single? with Bardo Theatre Company at The Players’ Ring. Other favorite roles include Callie in Stop Kiss, Nora in A Doll’s House, and Mandy in Time Stands Still. Kari is also in a Lifetime movie if you’re into that sort of thing! A million thanks to Eric for including her on this journey, the sweeties and her mom for the never ending support. Proud graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse. IG: @misskaribuckley
Zowie Rico
Zowie Rico, they/them/theirs/she/her/hers (Community Connectivity Dramaturg) is a Senior at Boston University studying Classical Civilizations with a minor in English. She is a Latine artist who primarily works with the theater group they are the president of at BU. Through this theater group, called Wandering Minds, Zowie has directed three plays and has acted in eight. She is currently cast in her ninth production with Wandering Minds. The shows they have directed include: Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, and Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl. She has also just finished directing the staged-reading of The Re-Education of Fernando Morales with Teatro Chelsea as a part of their third A-Tipico theater festival. Zowie has recently accepted her spot at the University of East London for their MFA Theater Directing program, and is excited to start there in the fall.