Patrice Jean-Baptiste*

Patrice Jean-Baptiste*, (Abasiama Ufot) she/her, is thrilled to be returning to Central Square Theater in “Her Portmanteau” after appearing in CST 2017’s “Building the Wall”. Her recent and previous credits include: Huntington Theatre’s “The Grove” (2nd Ufot Cycle Play); Actors Shakespeare Project’s “King Hedley”, “Taming of the Shrew”, “Coriolanus” and “Hamlet”; Lyric Stage’s “Trouble in Mind” and “Brokeology”; Commonwealth Shakespeare’s “Henry V”; Centastage’s “BoyXMan”; Coyote Theater’s “The Monogamist”. Patrice attended Boston University and Trinity Rep Conservatory. Next up: Plays in Place’s “A New Era”. She was previously a performing arts teacher/ speech and debate coach at Milton Academy and is now a teaching artist with Company One.

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William K. Stewart

Kem Stewart (Sound Engineer) (he/him) got his start at WYES-TV in New Orleans in the late 1970s, where he was lucky enough to be on production teams that filmed and recorded the likes of Pete Fountain, Doctor John, Professor Longhair, and The Meters for PBS specials. Recent musical theater credits include Avenue Q at TCAN and Robin B Goode at Chelsea Theater Works. Central Square Theater credits include Bedlam’s Pygmalion and A Christmas Carol. Kem does freelance sound engineering and theater electrical work in the Boston area.

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Jack Douglas Riter

Jack Douglas Riter (Assistant Stage Manager & Wardrobe Supervisor) is a writer and theatre practitioner in the Greater Boston area. Selected Credits: Gatsby (American Repertory Theater), Real Women Have Curves (American Repertory Theater), Library Lion (Adam Theater). Education: BA Ohio Wesleyan University, MFA Emerson College. He would like to express his gratitude towards his colleagues, those who encouraged him to transplant to Boston, those who persist in the creation of art, and Mander, his dog.

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Talya Kingston

Talya Kingston (Production Dramaturg) is a playwright, dramaturg and educator who is inspired by the live interactions between artists and audiences and how these can be a catalyst for social change. Selected WAM Theatre Credits: dramaturgy (What the Constitution Means to Me, Roe, Lady Randy), direction (Me & the Sky, The Thanksgiving Play, Paradise, Swallow), playwright (Port of Entry, Campus Unrest). Selected Dramaturgy Credits Elsewhere: Hartford Stage (Necessary Targets), New York Fringe Festival (Helmet), Ko Festival (Seriously.. What Did You Call Me? Written and performed by Onawumi Jean Moss), UMass, Amherst (Gum, Christmas Carol, Bovver Boys, The Last Five Years, Life is a Dream, Late Style) Playwriting: Port of Entry, Circling Suspicion (Plays In Place at Historic Northampton), Campus Unrest (finalist in the 2019 Bechtel Test Fest), Wave Goodbye (2020 PLAYground TYA Festival at NorthWestern University, semi- finalist for Provincetown Playhouse’s New Plays for Young Audiences), Sheryl Addresses the PGO (The New England Monologues Project), Wishing on Satellites, Anxiety Overdrive. Publications: Journal of American Drama and Theater, Scene Magazine, Theater Journal, The Moving Voice, European Stages, Howlround and The Valley Advocate. Selected training: MFA in dramaturgy, University of Massachusetts. Memberships/affiliations: proud member of the Northampton Playwrights Lab, the Play Incubation Collective, the Dramatists Guild and the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

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Masatora Goya

Masatora Goya (Sound Designer) is a composer, born in Malaysia and raised in Japan, finding a shape and flow in intangible emotions. WAM Theatre: fragments of Outside. Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: OUTSIDE (Culture Lab LIC), Echo and Narcissus (Shortened Attention Span Musical Festival), Dog Life (Smithfield Little Theatre) Selected training: DMA in Composition – Five Towns College, ASCAP/Columbia Film Scoring Workshop, BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Awards/proudest achievements: 2022 American Prize in Instrumental Chamber Music Final word: Inspiration comes from what can be felt but is intangible. Connect: www.masatoragoya.com

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