Rachel Padula-Shufelt (Costume Designer) (she/her) is a graduate of Emerson College. Central Square Theater: Frankenstein. Recent costume design credits include Be Here Now, Thanksgiving Play at Lyric Stage, 39 Steps at Greater Boston Stage Company, The Children, Choir Boy, Once, Shakespeare in Love, Men on Boats at Speakeasy Stage, Oliver, 1776 at New Rep Theatre, Macbeth, Edward II (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Design) at Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Charlotte’s Web at American Repertory Theatre, S.I.N.S.OF.U.S., The Owll Answers at Harvard TDM, Rosenbergs, Lost Tempo, The River Was Whiskey, Mortal Terror, Legally Dead, Abscence, Windowmen (nominated Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Design), at Boston Playwrights Theatre. Barefoot in the Park, Trad and Crimes of the Heart at Gloucester Stage Company.
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Cristina Todesco+
Cristina Todesco+ (Scenic Design) (She/her/hers) previously designed Frankenstein with Central Square Theater. Theater companies include Actors’ Shakespeare Project, ART Institute, Boston Conservatory, Company One, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Culture Project, Gloucester Stage Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theater, New England Conservatory, New Repertory Theatre, Olney Theater Center, Orfeo Group, Poet’s Theater, Shakespeare and Company, Speakeasy Stage Company, Harbor Stage, Summer Play Festival, Trinity Repertory Company, Wheelock Family Theatre, Williamstown Theater Festival among many more. She has designed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in Boston and at Tanglewood. For Outstanding Design, she is the recipient of four Elliot Norton Awards and an IRNE Award. She earned a BFA in painting from Boston University’s School of Visual Arts, and an MFA in scenic design from BU’s School of Theatre Arts, where she currently teaches.
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Ashley Risteen
Ashley Risteen (Creature, Agatha, Female Creature, Elizabeth) is excited to be working with Central Square Theater. She has previously appeared in Beckett in Brief (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.), Man in Snow (Gloucester Stage Co.), appropriate (Speakeasy Stage), Faceless, Cakewalk, The Big Meal, Neighbourhood Watch (Zeitgeist Stage Co.), Penny Penniworth (Titanic Theatre Co.), 6 Hotels (Hub Theatre Co.), Love/Sick, The 39 Steps, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Firehouse Center for the Arts), Speed-the-Plow, and Picnic (Actor’s Studio of Newburyport) among others in the Boston and North Shore.
October 2018
Omar Robinson
Omar Robinson* (Creature, Client, Felix, Servant, Ewan) Previous credits include Much Ado About Nothing, The School for Scandal, The Comedy of Errors, Henry VIII, Romeo & Juliet, Pericles, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet in the title role (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Superior Donuts, Death of a Salesman, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning (Lyric Stage Co. of Boston), Tartuffe (Huntington Theatre Co.), Pride & Prejudice (Dorset Theatre Festival), Shakespeare in Love (SpeakEasy Stage Co.), Lost Tempo (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), The Hunchback of Seville (Trinity Repertory Co.), Dog Paddle (Bridge Repertory Theater). He is a member of Theatre Espresso, an educational theatre company that performs throughout New England, and a Resident Acting Company member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project. He received a BA in Acting and Television/Video Production from Emerson College.
October 2018
Rebecca Bradshaw
Rebecca Bradshaw is a theatre director and producer in the Boston area. Directing credits include: Rebecca Gilman’s LUNA GALE (Stoneham Theatre), Joshua Harmon’s BAD JEWS (SpeakEasy Stage), Charles Mee’s BIG LOVE (Brandeis University), Stephen Karam’s SPEECH AND DEBATE (Bad Habit Productions), David Mamet’s OLEANNA and John Logan’s RED (The Umbrella), William Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST and Mary Zimmerman’s THE SECRET IN THE WINGS (Weston Drama Workshop), Obehi Janice’s FUFU & OREOS and MJ Halberstadt’s NOT JENNY (Bridge Rep), Timberlake Wertenbaker’s THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE (Hub Theatre of Boston), MJ Halberstadt’s THE DA VINCI COMMISSION (Can’t Wait Productions), Patrick Gabridge’s FIRE ON EARTH (Fresh Ink Theatre), and Mark Mazzenga’s A FEEBLE MIND (Brown Box Theatre Project). She has directed for other local institutions, including Huntington Theatre Company, Gloucester Stage, New Repertory Theatre, Boston University, New England Conservatory, Emerson College, and Harvard University. Ms. Bradshaw holds a BA from Emerson College in Theatre Studies. rebeccalynnbradshaw.com