Kortney Adams (she/her), Director of Education and Community Initiatives is a native of St. Louis, MO, but has been working as an actor, director, and teaching artist in Boston since 2002. Before becoming a theater artist, Kortney was a practicing environmental engineer, and holds BS and MS degrees from Washington University and MIT. In addition to performing on professional stages throughout New England, Kortney has also appeared in numerous films, television and radio spots, and educational videos. In recent years, Kortney’s performed in CST’s Young Nerds of Color, Ada and the Engine, Harriet Jacobs, and From Orchids to Octopi. Kortney was formerly Artistic Director of Deana’s Educational Theater Company, Associate Director of Education for Wheelock Family Theatre, and Associate Director for City Stage Co. of Boston, where she co-directed the professional performances on KidStage at the Boston Children’s Museum. She is also the Managing Director of Theatre Espresso, which uses Theatre in Education to introduce young people to issues of social justice and the law.
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Quang Milligan (Assistant Stage Manager) returns after being the ASM for Arabian Nights last season. During the spring, he performed as an Youth Underground Ambassador. In the past he has participated in independent film at the 48 hour film festival and has appeared in the short Yeah Buddy and the features Get it Together, Bleed for This, Against the Jab, and Chasing Rainbows.
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Sarah Winters (Properties Coordinator) is a freelance artist based in Somerville, combining mediums of visual and performance arts. She designs costumes as well as props, working with fringe, mainstage and educational theater programs including Brimmer and May Middle School, Boston Ballet, Company One (Dry Land), Project: Project, Fresh Ink Theatre, The Young Company at Stoneham Theatre, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and Oxford Street Players: Shakespeare at Lesley University. Sarah also teaches K-12 dramatic and visual arts workshops, most recently at the Boston Patio Playhouse, Creative Arts for Kids (Reading, MA) and PS 3: The Charette School (NY, NY). Upcoming events and portfolio are at SarahMWinters.com.
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Arshan Gailus+ (Original Music & Sound Designer) they/them, Previous Central Square Theater Design: Marjorie Prime. Original Music and Sound Design for Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Shakespeare & Company, ArtsEmerson, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, California Shakespeare Theater, The Huntington Theatre Company, Capital Repertory Theatre, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Plays in Place, A.R.T Institute, The Lyric Stage Company, Company One, and many more. In addition to their theater design work, Arshan creates works combining performance art, storytelling, video, music, and written and spoken words, exploring and reimagining questions of identity, alienation, belonging, and culture. Arshan previously taught theatrical sound design for Emerson College. They hold a BS in Music from MIT and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. arshangailus.com
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Penney Pinette (Costume Design) grew up in the untamed woods of Maine where she spent hours studying the shapes and colors in nature. Creating clothes for leading ladies, starlets, ingénues, and dancers yielded an understanding of how to make flattering forms functional. As a Boston-based designer focusing in dance and theatre, she enjoyed employment as a draper for Huntington Theatre Company, and also supervised the costume shop at Tufts University. In addition to designing, she teaches at Mount Ida College and Boston University where she recently graduated with an MFA in Costume Design. Some of her work has been with local puppeteer Bonnie Duncan of They Gotta Be Secret Agents, theater companies like New Repertory Theatre, and others in the local dance community, including Prometheus Dance, Contrapose Dance, Cary McKinley, and Fort Point Theater Productions.
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