Reza Behjat (Lighting Designer) began his career in Iran – where he was born and raised – working with some of the prominent directors on various productions for several years. In 2014, he moved to the US to pursue his MFA degree in Lighting Design at New York University. Reza was nominated for 2017 Henry Hewes Design Award for Hamlet. Off-Broadway: Hamlet (Waterwell). Off-Off Broadway: This Is The Color Described By The Time (New Georges), Fillx7 (The Flea Theater),Tear A Root from the Earth (New Ohio Theater), Alkestis (Connelly Theater), Fall River (Penguin Rep.), The Winter’s Tale (NYU), I Wasn’t Going to… (NYU), The Little Black Fish (Down Art Center). MFA: Lighting Design, NYU; MA: Theater Directing at Art University of Tehran, Iran.

Grace Laubacher (Scenic Designer) is excited to collaborate for the first time with Underground Railway Theater. Grace is a set designer originally from Cambridge, now based in New York. Her work has recently been seen at Bard Music Festival (Halka), Pacific Symphony (Aida), Juilliard (La Finta Giardiniera and The Magic Flute), Boston Baroque (Giulio Cesare), and the University of Scranton (The Glass Menagerie and The Birds, dir. Gabriel Vega Weissman). In the past year she has also designed sets for Disney Creative Entertainment, the Peabody-Essex Museum, and has worked as an associate designer on Broadway (Marvin’s Room, Roundabout), regionally (Merrily We Roll Along, Huntington), and internationally (Hans Zimmer Live European tour). Grace was named a “Young Designer to Watch” by Live Design Magazine in 2015, and was a winner in Opera America’s 2015 Robert L.B. Tobin Director Designer Showcase. She holds a master’s degree from Central Saint Martins in London and a BA from Harvard. GraceLaubacher.com.

Michaila Cowie (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be working on her first production with the Nora Theatre Company. She began her journey in theatre at the age of ten. She is currently a senior studying Theatre Arts at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. She is looking forward to graduating in May to pursue a career as a professional production stage manager. Previous Boston credits include Julius Caesar with Actors’ Shakespeare Project as the stage management intern. Other stage management credits include Dog Sees God with the Off-Broadway Players at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Dancing at Lughnasa with the Theatre Arts Department at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Also involved in a non profit stage and film organization working previously as the stage manager and 1st assistant director.

Sam Layco* (Production Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to the Nora Theatre Company. Her most recent credits include Julius Caesar with Actors’ Shakespeare Project and Men On Boats  with Speakeasy Stage Company. She has also worked with Bridge Repertory Theater, Company One, Boston Public Works, and The Huntington Theatre Company (Production Assistant). She studied theatre management at the University of Portland.

Annabeth Kelly (Properties Coordinator) is a former Nora Theatre Company intern and semi-recent graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she studied Theater. While her main passions are dramaturgy, writing, and sound design, she made her debut in properties coordination last season with The Nora’s production of The Midvale High School Fiftieth Reunion and is happy to be back at CST doing similar work. At UMass, Annabeth served as assistant dramaturg for the Theater Department’s productions of Marie Antoinette and Collidescope 2.0: Adventures in Pre- and Post-Racial America. She also provided dramaturgical support on The Nora’s production of Intimate Exchanges last season. She is excited to be back working with Central Square Theater in 2018!