Aria Pegg (Scenic Design Associate) (she/her) Originally from Rhode Island, Aria Pegg currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. She is working on her final semester towards her BFA in Scene Design with a minor in Cinema and Media Studies at Boston University. In her scenic designs and other artwork, Aria focuses on interactive and immersive experiences for all audiences while making a positive impact. During her time at Boston University, Aria was a designer for Passage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Murder Ballad. She is honored to be collaborating with the Ain’t Misbehavin’ team! ariapegg.com.
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Melissa Smith
Melissa Smith, (Assistant Stage Manager) (they/them) is thrilled to be back at Central Square. They are a graduate of UMass Amherst where they studied theater and received a certificate in multicultural theater. Central Square Theater: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Assistant Stage Manager), Alma (Stage Manager, Fight Captain), The Hound of the Baskervilles (Assistant Stage Manager, Wardrobe). Greater Boston Stage Company: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Assitant Stage Manager), The Play That Goes Wrong (Production Assistant). Hub Theater Company of Boston: Burn This (Assistant Stage Manager, Makeup Designer). Wheelock Family Theater: Matilda the Musical (Wardrobe, Electrics), Wizard of Oz (Wardrobe, Electrics), Bud Not Buddy (Electrics), Make Way for Ducklings (Electrics). UMASS Amherst: Mr. Burns: a post electric play (Stage Manager), The Bacchae of Euripides (Associate Stage Manager, Makeup Designer), The Lily’s Revenge (Makeup Designer/ Supervisor). They would like to thank their family and friends for their unwavering love and support.
Dan Rodriguez
Dan Rodriguez (Co-Music Director) (he/him) Dan is happy to join Central Square Theater and the Front Porch Arts Collective to celebrate the music of Fats Waller in Ain’t Misbehavin’! Dan’s recent area credits include work with the Lyric Stage Company (The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors), Huntington Theatre Company (Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music), Reagle Music Theater (La Cage aux Folles, Sound of Music, Mame), Wheelock Family Theatre (Make Way for Ducklings, In the Heights), American Repertory Theatre (The Lily’s Revenge, The Blue Flower), New Repertory Theater (Hair), Moonbox Productions (Caroline or Change, Cabaret) and many other theaters as well as work at the Boston Conservatory, Emerson, Brandeis, and other schools. His work has earned him five IRNE Awards for Best Music Direction.
Donovan Holt
Donovan Holt (Understudy/Assistant Director) (he/him) is thrilled to be making his Central Square Theatre debut in Ain’t Misbehavin’. From Chicago, Illinois, Donovan is a third year at Northeastern University studying Theatre and Human Movement Science. Donovan would like to thank Maurice, the Front Porch Arts Collective and the rest of the Ain’t Misbehavin’ team.
Vanessa C. Hart*
Vanessa C. Hart* (Stage Manager) (They/She) is a stage manager and new resident of Massachusetts. They have stage managed every season at the Peterborogh Players since 2017. In New York, they recently stage managed the acclaimed production of Mad Forest at the Fisher Center at Bard College and Theatre for A New Audience, The Attendants 2020 by the NerveTank presented by Arts Brookfield NY, and pssst…The Boot with Beth Morrison Projects, as well as being the resident stage manager for the Fisher Center at Bard College in Spring 2021. Previously, they stage managed Cleveland Playhouse’s Light It Up! (World Premiere), Rebel and Misfits Productions’ of Uncle Vanya, Sex with Strangers, and Hamlet: See What I See in St. Louis, MO. The People’s Shakespeare Project of Lancaster’s The Tempest, and Wee Keep Company’s Three Sisters and A Wolf in Lancaster, PA.
* Member of Actor’s Equity Association