Stef Tivnan (Properties) Stef Tivnan is a theatre artisan from the Worcester area. She is currently completing her degree in technical theatre at Fitchburg State University. She has worked as a props master for companies in the Boston area such as 4th Wall Stage Company and Fresh Ink Theatre Company, as well as on several Main Stage productions at Fitchburg State. Though props is her preferred niche, she has also worked in a variety of technical design disciplines, such as sound design, house management, and lobby design. She is very excited for the opportunity to work with such a wonderful production company as Central Square Theater!
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David Bryan Jackson
David Bryan Jackson (Sound Designer) is pleased to be returning to CST, having designed sound and composed music for Cloud 9 and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He has also designed sound and/or composed music for several productions in the Washington D.C. area, including Inherit The Windbag, It’s Only a Play, The Cocktail Party, Les Parents Terribles (all directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner), An Unbuilt Life, Bloomsday, Magic, The Apple Cart, Krapp’s Last Tape, The Supper, Deep Cut, and Henry V. He is also an actor and director, his most recent Boston area appearance being in Via Dolorosa at New Repertory Theatre (for which he received an IRNE nomination). On-screen credits include the independent films Dinner with the Alchemist and Her Tango, as well as episodes of AMC’s Turn: Washington’s Spies. His voice can be heard in two Star Trek video games, and he played the title role in the award-winning short film Unloved. His Song for the Earth can be heard on Zoe Ravenwood’s album The Problem Might be Me, and he wrote the title track on her forthcoming Welcome to the World.
Whitney Brady-Guzmán
Whitney Brady-Guzmán (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer and associate based in Boston. She is a recent graduate of Vassar College, and an incoming phD student in Theatre & Performance Studies at Tufts University. Selected design credits include: Machinal, A Little Night Music (The Experimental Theatre at Vassar College); Chicago (Massasoit Theatre Company); Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical, The Mayor of Baltimore (The Powerhouse Theatre). Recent associate credits include: The Importance of Being Earnest (Portland Stage); Hamlet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). Whitney currently serves as part of the production staff in the Theatre Department at Suffolk University.
Allison Olivia Choat
Allison Olivia Choat, she/ they; (Scenic Designer). Allison is thrilled to be rejoining Central Square after serving as Assistant Director, Dialect Coach, and Scenic Designer for the company’s Norton-award-winning production of Cloud Nine in 2019 and Assistant Director and Assistant Fight Captain for Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 2018. Allison is a theater artist, educator, and arts advocate whose work interweaves direction, design, and movement, and is Founding Partner and Associate Artistic Director of Boston-area company Moonbox Productions (moonbox.org). Recent credits with Moonbox: Torch Song (Director, Norton nom., Outstanding Production); the Boston New Works Festival ‘22 and ‘23 (Director, The Juke; Costume Design, The Prince and the Painter); Parade (Associate Director/ Dramaturg; Norton winner, Outstanding Musical), Caroline, or Change (Director; Norton nom., Outstanding Musical), and, yes…. The Rocky Horror Show (Dramaturg). Upcoming: The Lion in Winter (Director), Theatre UnCorked. Offstage, Allison is an academic administrator at Harvard University, a voice actor, a voice and movement coach for artists and athletes, and a budding plant parent.
Aislinn Brophy
Aislinn Brophy (Ellen/Ms. Saunders/Cathy) is an actress and arts administrator based in the Boston area. She is excited to be performing in her first show with The Nora Theatre Company at Central Square Theater. Aislinn graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Theater, Dance & Media, and is proud to have been a part of Theater, Dance & Media’s very first graduating class. Recent theater credits include A Story Beyond (Liars and Believers), Heritage Hill Naturals (Fresh Ink Theatre) and Red and the Wolf (Fresh Fruit Festival).