Kira Gandolfo (Assistant Dramaturg) (she/her) is so thankful to have been a part of this process for The Chinese Lady! She is currently a junior at Boston University’s School of Theatre studying Theatre Arts Performance and minoring in dance. Aside from theater, Kira enjoys reading, going on long walks and romanticizing her little Boston life. Thanks for coming and enjoy the show! 

Jingwen Zhang (Assistant Director) (she/her/hers) Graduated from Emerson College, Theater BFA. A bilingual artist working internationally. Currently residing in Boston as a director, playwright, and stage and production manager. Directed The Orphan of Zhao: A Modern Adaption in Chuang Lab, Love, and Everything Related (virtual productions). Worked as the stage manager in A Deal, Ghost of Keelung, with Chuang Stage, and The Flight of a Legless Bird in Beijing Prism Theater Festival. Also served as assistant stage manager in The Colored Museum, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy with The Umbrella Stage Co. and worked as the production assistant for Much Ado About Nothing in Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.

Maegan A. Conroy*, she/her/hers (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to Central Square Theater! Selected previous credits include: The Chinese Lady, Guards at the Taj (Central Square Theater), The Legend of Georgia McBride (Greater Boston Stage Co.), The Effect, A Measure of Normalcy (Gloucester Stage Co.), Much Ado about Nothing, Creditors, Ugly Lies the Bone, Private Lives, Julius Caesar (Shakespeare & Co.), Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge, Wild Horses, Until the Flood, Nina Simone: Four Women, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Tiny Beautiful Things, Cry It Out, The Heath, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Native Gardens and The Royale (Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Maegan received her BFA in Stage Management from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. She and her husband live with their dog in Lowell, MA. Maegan is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Kai Bohlman (Sound Engineer) (they/them/theirs) Boston-based, Queer Audio Baddie, is just a human with an affinity for sound and sound adjacent things. You can find them bustling all around town as a sound designer and engineer.

Kat C. Zhou (Lighting Designer) (she/her/hers) is a lighting designer for theatre, dance, and opera with a passion for new/contemporary work. She is currently based in NYC, and previously lived in the Boston area for many years. She is delighted to be making her Central Square Theater debut. Recent credits in the Boston-area: Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets (Gloucester Stage), X: the Life and Times of Malcolm X (BMOP/Odyssey Opera), BLKS (Speakeasy Stage, Elliot Norton Award for Best Design), and Wolf Play (Company ONE). Other credits: The Threepenny Opera (Muhlenberg College), The Butcher Boy (Irish Repertory Theatre), and KIN (WP Pipeline Festival). She holds an MFA in lighting design from Boston University and an AB in mathematics from Harvard College. More info: KatZhouDesign.com