Greg Maraio*

Greg Maraio* (Martin) returns to Central Square Theater after appearing as Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. A Boston native, he originated the role of Art Cudahy in the world premiere of Pru Payne at The Arizona Theater Company and also played the role in the Boston production with SpeakEasy Stage. His other SpeakEasy credits include The Inheritance, Significant Other (IRNE nomination), Casa Valentina (IRNE and Elliot Norton nominations), and John Kuntz’s Necessary Monsters; Other regional credits include What You Are Now (Merrimack Rep); Grand Horizons (Gloucester Stage Company); The Arboretum Experience (The American Repertory Theater); Finish Line (Citi Performing Arts); The Book Club Play, Brawler (IRNE nomination), and Faithless(Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Les Liaisons Dangereuses(Nora Theatre Company); Wolf Play, Colossal, Splendor, The Good Negro, Mr. Marmalade, The Gibson Girl, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Company One Theatre); and Noises Off (Dash nomination, The Footlight Club). Maraio’s mentor was the late Thomas Derrah, and he received a BFA from Lesley University where he studied with Anne Pluto.

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Jules Talbot*

Jules Talbot* (Rayne): CST debut. Regional: John Proctor is the Villain (The Huntington); Romeo and JulietCoriolanus (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Founding F***ersThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Greater Boston Stage Company); Lyric Back Stage (Lyric Stage Company of Boston); Alice, Pippi Longstocking, The Miracle Worker (Wheelock Family Theatre); Wild Swimming (Apollinaire). Elliot Norton nominee. Offstage, Jules is a graphic designer and illustrator specializing in design for theatre. BA: NYU Gallatin. @jules_talbotjulestalbot.com.

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PJ Strachman

PJ Strachman (Lighting Designer) has recently designed Bad Habit’s The Real Inspector Hound, How Soft the Lining, A Man of No Importance, Speech and Debate, Six Degrees of Separation, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia, Orlando, Translations, and Top Girls, Flat Earth’s Silent Sky, Gloucester Stage Company’s Every Christmas Story Ever Told and Dueling Divas,Unreliable Narrator’s Ultimate Things, Wax Wings’ The Man from Willow’s Brook, Kevin Cirone’s Creative License, Whistler in the Dark’s After-Dinner Joke, Our Country’s Good, Vinegar Tom, Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid, and Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth (Hubby Award, Best Design), F.U.D.G.E.’s Merrily We Roll Along, City of Angels, Jack the Ripper, Assassins, and Spring Awakening (IRNE nomination, Best Lighting), Blue Spruce’s Faerie Tales, Once on This Island (BroadwayWorld.com winner, Best Lighting Design) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, imaginary beasts’ Macbett, and many other area shows. She is the regular designer for Gann Academy and Stonehill College, including two ACTF regional selections.  Photos of her work can be seen at www.pjelex.com.



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Rebecca Lehrhoff

Rebecca Lehrhoff (Ruffles Featherbottom, Scenic Design & Props) is a LAB company member based in Somerville, MA whose work ranges from acting, theater devising and dance to set design, art installation and mural painting. Rebecca first appeared in a LAB production dancing Butoh in the company’s co-LAB, Interference. She’s also been a part of LAB’s production of Who Would Be King, taking the show from ART’s Oberon to the Philly Fringe and most recently to Ars Nova’s Theater 511. Last spring she appeared at the BCA Gala performing in LAB’s two-person silent mask piece, built for the occasion. Rebecca holds a MFA in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University and a B.S. inTheater from Skidmore College. Previous acting credits include: The Princess & The Pea, (Imaginary Beasts), Beowulf, (Poets’ Theatre), Sacred Spaces Redux(Exchange Artists), Enigma Variations, (Flat Earth Theater), The Good Woman of Setzuan, (Fort Point Theater Channel), King Arthur, (Poets’ Theater), Beck: Song Reader(Chimera Lab Dance Theater). Select scenic design credits include: How Soft the Lining (Bad Habit Productions), From the Sea to Somewhere Else (Flotsam Productions), The Farnsworth Invention (Flat Earth Theater- IRNE Award- Best Fringe Show), Polish Joke(Titanic Theater Company), and Chalk (Fresh Ink Theater).



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Kendra Bell

Kendra Bell (Costume Designer) spends her daytime making beautiful things at Costume Works in Somerville. Before settling at Costume Works, she has worked for Huntington Theater Company, Stonehill College, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Glimmerglass Opera, and Hubbard Street Dance. Some of her design work includes Song of Songs (LAB), The Fantasticks (Prometheus), Cosi Fan Tutte (Millikin University), and Peter (Braintree Films). She holds a BFA in Studio Art from Millikin University and a MFA in Theatrical Design from Rutgers University.

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