Lauren Murphy Yeoman (Vocal & Dialect Coach) is an Assistant Professor of Theater at Wesleyan University. She is a designated Linklater Voice Teacher, and certified Colaianni Speech teacher. She has taught at the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts, the Rossier School of Education, USC’s Summer Conservatory, Stella Adler, Theatricum Botanicum, the Summer Institute for International Actors, the EdVentures Program, STAR Education, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and Columbia University’s Senior Executive Program. Vocal coaching credits include the University of Southern California, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the Mark Taper Forum, the Kirk Douglas Theater, A Noise Within, Theatricum Botanicum, and Classic Stage Company. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Tufts University. laurenmurphyyeoman
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Jake Tolentino
Jake Tolentino (Assistant Director) is a director and theatre artist who leads from the heart, passionate about love and the barriers that prevent us from loving one another. Originally from New Jersey, Jake graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Theatre, concentrating in directing and minoring in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Directing credits while at Emerson include queer adaptations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! and Antony & Cleopatra!, as well as walkOver for Frigid New York’s Queerly Festival. Jake is also a member of Company One’s Co-Lab for the 2024-2025 season.
Valencia Proctor
Valencia Proctor (Bessie Coleman, Irene Leverton) she/her, is a multifaceted artist based in the Twin Cities, MN. She was most recently seen in The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Mixed Blood Theatre). Her other credits include, productions such as Passage (Pillsbury House x Exposed Brick), You Can’t Take it with You (Lyric Arts), Misery (Yellow Tree Theatre), Passing Strange (Yellow Tree Theatre) Girl Shakes Loose (Penumbra Theater), and more. When she is not on stage she can be found doing camera and voiceover work. She is so excited to be joining the S P A C E cast to tell this amazing story. Enjoy! IG: @val_proctor
Anne G. Morgan
Anne G. Morgan (Dramaturgy Consultant) she/her/hers, is an award-winning dramaturg and arts leader. She works regularly as a dramaturg with the Playwrights Realm, the Playwright’s Lab at Hollins University, the Kennedy Center, and more, as well as collaborating with playwrights individually. Anne received the 2019 Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy for her innovative design and stewardship of Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries, the American Shakespeare Center’s new play program. With ASC, Anne dramaturged new plays by L M Feldman, Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, Anchuli Felicia King, Emma Whipday, and Amy E. Witting. From 2012 – 2017, Anne ran the Literary Department at the O’Neill where she worked with David Auburn, Bekah Brunstetter, A. Rey Pamatmat and many others. Anne is currently Programs Director for the National New Play Network and serves as Board Co-Chair for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.She lives with her family in Vermont. annegmorgan.com
Rebecca Straniere
Rebecca Straniere (Assistant Stage Manager & Wardrobe Supervisor) she/her, is delighted to work with Central Square Theater. During her time at The State University of New York At Oneonta she has assisted in costuming multiple productions, including: The Wolves, Gruesome Playground Injuries, and Disgraced. She has also Stage Managed A Doll’s House Part II (Franklin Stage Company) and Assistant Stage Managed A Christmas Story (Surflight Theatre) Most recently, she works as a Freelance Costumer and Makeup Artist.