The Music Man

Matthew August (Tommy Djilas/Others) is so excited to be performing with OLNEY THEATER CENTER. Previous REGIONAL credits include: ARTFactory’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (as Anthony Hope), Kensington Art Theater’s Oliver! (as Mr. Sowerberry). CLASSICAL BALLET credits include: Youth American Grand Prix [Awarded 1st Place in Denver Regional Competition]. Danced La Fille Mal Gardee solo at the Lincoln Center YAGP Finals. Boston Ballet 2015 Season performing Mahler’s Third Symphony, The Nutcracker, and Onegin. Pennsylvania Ballet 2016 Season performing Cinderella, The Nutcracker, and Le Corsaire. EDUCATION: Classical dance training at the Kirov Academy of Ballet. BM in Vocal Performance at the University of Maryland School of Music.

Florrie Bagel (Ethel Toffelmier/Others/Marian Cover) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Peter Pan, Godspell. BROADWAY: The Rose Tattoo. OFF BROADWAY: The New Group: Jerry Springer the Opera, Irish Repertory Theatre: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Encores!: Call Me Madam, Me and My Girl, Brigadoon, The Golden Apple. NATIONAL TOURS: Sister Act (Sister Mary Patrick), Kinky Boots (Pat). REGIONAL: The Muny: Footloose.  DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Nobody’s Perfect. Shakespeare Theatre: Two Gentlemen of Verona: a rock opera (Lucetta). Signature Theatre: Into the Woods. REP Stage: Speech and Debate (Diwata). TV: Orange is the New Black, Madam Secretary, Difficult People and HBO’s The Gilded Age.

Heather Marie Beck (Alma Hix/Others) is happy to be back at Olney Theatre Center. Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Ensemble). Regional: Morris A. Mechanic Broadway Theatre Season: Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding (Madeline/Celeste). DC Area: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: A Christmas Story (Mother) [2020 Helen nomination Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical, Outstanding Production in a Musical], Ragtime [2016 Helen nomination Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Musical], Spamalot (Laker Girl) [2015 Helen nomination Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical], Hairspray (Velma Vontussle) [2011 Helen nomination Outstanding Ensemble Resident Musical, Outstanding Resident Musical], Titanic (Cardeza) [2008 Helen nomination Outstanding Resident Musical]. EDUCATION: AAS Interpreter Preparation (1998-2022 Educational Interpreter.)

James Caverly (Harold Hill) is happy to be back at OLNEY THEATRE CENTER--this time as an actor, not a carpenter. BROADWAY: Children of a Lesser God. REGIONAL: JACK NY: Trash; Huntington Theatre Company: I Was Most Alive With You; Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Studio Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, & SpeakEasy Stage Company: Tribes [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Best Actor]. TV: Only Murders In The Building, Chicago Med. FILM: A Bennett Song Holiday. DIRECTING: Gallaudet University, Kent State University, New York Deaf Theatre, Mosaic Theatre Company; PLAYWRIGHT: Trash, A Better Place, Surprise Guest, See/Hear/Speak No Beast. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre Arts from Gallaudet University.

Sophia Early she/her (Swing) is excited to be making her debut at OLNEY THEATER CENTER. DC AREA: Theater Alliance: Poetry for the People: The June Jordan Experience; Round House Theatre: Sleep Deprivation Chamber; Anacostia Playhouse: A Snowy Nite at the Dew Drop Inn. VOICE ACTING: WithGoodCo Productions: Retribution: A Radio Play; The WeldersDC: Girl’s Night (With Spirits). EDUCATION: Howard University: Pippin (Ensemble), Lysistrata (Female Chorus Leader), Milk Like Sugar (Myrna). EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre from Howard University. British American Drama Academy 2019.

Jane G. Enabore (Swing) is a newcomer at Olney Theatre Center. This is her first time performing on the stage since Fall 2016 in A Midsummer’s Night Dream with Gallaudet University Theatre. DC AREA: Gallaudet University Theatre: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck #2); The Miser with the Faction of Fools (Simon, Old Dame, and Marnie); Snow White (Old Hag, Mysteria); Lysistrata (Old Woman #2); Selkie (Tam McCodrun) EDUCATION: BA in Theatre Arts from Gallaudet University. MA in Special Education Candidate from Grand Canyon University.

Jay Frisby (Charlie Cowell/Jacey Squires/Others) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits: Matilda (The Doctor/Sergei), The Royale (Wynton), Miss You Like Hell, South Pacific, Annie, Mary Poppins (Northbrook/Park Keeper). NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOURS: South Pacific; Hong Kong Disneyland: Festival of the Lion King (Simba); Click Clack Moo; The Whiffenpoofs of Yale. REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Café; Ogunquit Playhouse: South Pacific; Papermill Theatre: West Side Story, Seussical. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Grace; Imagination Stage: Cinderella (Prince Jason), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Signature Theatre: The Scottsboro Boys [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble]; Labor Heritage Foundation: Working; Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet ; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Buddy Holly Story, Miss Saigon. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre Studies from Yale University.

Amelia Hensley (Eulalie Mackeknie Shinn/Others) Broadway: Spring Awakening (Deaf West). Off Broadway: I Was Most Alive with You (Playwrights Horizons). NYC: Into the Woods (Lincoln Center), Sylvia (NYDT), Dancing Girl (She NYC Arts), Stepchild (IRT Theater), Rape of Lucretia (New Camerata Opera). Seattle: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (12th Ave Arts), Skin (Deaf Spotlight). LA: Fidelio (LA Phil), Spring Awakening (Deaf West), Our Town (Pasadena Playhouse) Romeo and Juliet (Sontag Greek Theatre). DC: The Lady Becomes Him, (Faction of Fools), Peepshow (Dog & Pony DC), Noises Off (Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival).

Gregor Lopes (Olin Britt/Others) is happy to be joined in OLNEY THEATRE CENTER. BROADWAY: Phantom of the Opera (Ensemble) HyperNovas Production Company, Marta/PJ (Actor), DeafBroadway OFF-BROADWAY: Fidelio, Jaquino (Actor), DeafWest Theatre, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, BroadwaySIGNS (Performer) Triad Theatre, I Dare You - Kelly Clarkson w DeafWest Theatre (Performer), The Shed Cultural Center (DASL) Body Language Productions, In Living Color (ASL performer), ASL Slam, Performer (ASL Slam) Nuyorican Poets Cafe FILM: Hell In Vineyard, Jacob (Actor), School of Film & Animation, Rochester Institute of Technology TV: Skittles QueeR Codes (Influencer) ICF Next Inc., LinkNYC Video Relay Service (LINK NYC User/Actor) ZVRS Purple Communications EDUCATION: AA in Psychology from LaGuardia Community College.

Adelina Mitchell (Marian Paroo) is excited to return to Olney Theatre Center! REGIONAL: Olney Theatre Center: A.D. 16; Signature Theatre: Rent, Gun & Powder; Round House Theatre: Quixote Nuevo; Constellation Theatre Company: The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors; Monumental Theatre Company: Head Over Heels. EDUCATION:  George Mason University. www.adelinamitchell.com | @adelinamitchell 

Andrew Morrill (Mayor Shinn/Others) is thrilled to make a debut with Olney Theatre Center. Previous NEW YORK credits include: SheNYCArts: Dancing Girls (Quasimodo), JACK NY: Trash (Tim), IRT Theatre: Please Untranslate Me (Researcher). REGIONAL: Phamaly Theatre: The Christians. DC AREA: Mosaic Theatre Company: Quid Pro Quo; dog & pony DC: Seven Stages. SHORT FILM: Angry Deaf People Productions: Hamburger Airplane, & How to Caption Your Movie. EDUCATION: MFA in Acting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Stephen Russell Murray (Swing) Stephen is thrilled to be making his Olney debut!  DC AREA: Folger Theatre: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Signature Theatre: Spin, Sunday in the Park with George; Keegan Theatre: Legally Blonde, Chicago, Spring Awakening, What We're Up Against, American Idiot; Constellation Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors;1st Stage: Never the Sinner; Arena Stage: For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls; 4615 Theatre: Separate Rooms; Pointless Theatre: Rhinoceros; Adventure Theatre: Winnie the Pooh. EDUCATION: MFA Classical Acting, Shakespeare Theatre Company. UPCOMING: Spooky Action Theater: Maple & Vine.

Anjel Piñero (Zaneeta Shinn/Others) is thrilled to be part of the OLNEY THEATER CENTER for the first time! Theater: INTO THE WOODS: LIVE AT LINCOLN CENTER (Little Red), LES MISERABLES from Deaf Broadway (Eponine), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Nurse Flinn) from Gallaudet University, HERE, ALL DWELL FREE from New York University . commercial/Internet: MERCARI (Mother) & Nickelodeon (signer). EDUCATION: BA in International studies & Spanish with theater art minor Gallaudet University 

Mervin Primeaux-OBryant (Maud Dunlap/Others) is thrilled to make his debut at Olney Theatre Center! He has traveled all over showcasing his work through dance and music at festivals, conferences, and local/main events. He also manages his company, MPO Foundation, and serves on the board as co-founder of Def Lens Media. SEVERAL CREDITS INCLUDE: Quest Visual Theatre (Assistant Director), Gladys Knight & The Pips’ Midnight Train to Georgia, featured in Times Square on electronic billboards (Lead). REGIONAL: Quest Visual Theatre (Assistant Director), VOCA: ISM (Ensemble). VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS: Deaf Austin Theatre: A Better Place (The Operator); Disconnected: The Musical (Andie/Ensemble) and Deaf Broadway: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Dr. Frank N Furter). FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: MPO Foundations & Def Lens Media: Hidden Gem (Lead) EDUCATION: AA in Dance Performance & Choreography from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. @mervinpobryant

Nicki Runge (Mrs. Paroo/Others) is excited to be part of OLNEY THEATRE CENTER for the first time. NATIONAL TOUR FOR RMDT (Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre): Shirley Valentine and Six Women Search For A Perfect Plays. REGIONAL: ImaginASL Performing Arts in Colorado: Signs Me A Story (Narrator); Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre in Colorado: Murder at the Howard Johnson (Arlene Miller); The Eight Reindeer Monologues (Vixen). DENVER, COLORADO AREA: Phamaly Theatre Company: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Coffee Lady and Ensemble). FILM: BENT. TV COMMERCIAL: VZP Digital Accessibility Starts Here. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre from University of Northern Colorado.

Sarah Anne Sillers (Amaryllis/Others) is delighted to be back at Olney! Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include Singin' in the Rain and Elf the Musical. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Rent, She Loves Me; Monumental Theatre Company: Songs for a New World (Woman 2), Urinetown (Little Becky Two-Shoes), Girl Versus Corinth; NextStop Theatre Company: Ordinary Days (Claire), First Date, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents, A Grand Night for Singing; WSC Avant Bard: Visible Language (Anne Sullivan) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical];  Adventure Theatre MTC: Big River, How I Became a Pirate; Imagination Stage: Beauty and the Beast (Babette); Constellation Theatre Company: Urinetown; Keegan Theatre: Dogfight, American Idiot. EDUCATION: Princeton University. www.sarahannesillers.com IG: @sarah.anne.sillers. she/her

Christopher Tester (Winthrop Paroo/Oliver Hix/Others) is thrilled to return to the stage after a 5-year hiatus to work with the fantastic team at the Olney Theatre. Christopher has performed the leading role of John Singer in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Arkansas Rep) and as Perchik in The Fiddler on the Roof (Lyric Theatre). His acting credits include being an ensemble member of the Twelfth night (Public Theatre NYC) and several leading roles with the New York Deaf Theatre productions (Captive Audience and Beyond Therapy). He works as a consultant and interpreter for different theatre companies when he's not acting. ASL consultant (Broadway’s Next to Normal, and NYDT’s Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde), British Sign Language consultant for the US premiere of Constellations with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson and as an American Sign Language interpreter (Off-Broadway’s Melissa Arctic, Ain’t Misbehavin’; Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Trying). 

Dylan Toms (Ewart Dunlop/Others) is thrilled to be making his OLNEY THEATRE CENTER debut! REGIONAL: Virginia Children's Theatre: The Addams Family (Lurch); Showtimers’ Theatre: Cabaret (Emcee). DC AREA: Signature Theatre: She Loves Me, Assassins; The Kennedy Center: She Sings Me Home; Free Range Humans: Jekyll & Hyde; Workhouse Arts Center: The Full Monty (Malcolm); Bethesda Summer Music Festival: The Sound of Music (Capt. Von Trapp). FILM: A Look in the Rear View. EDUCATION: B.M. Vocal Performance/Theater Minor from George Mason University. @dylan_toms. he/him

Vishal Vaidya (Marcellus Washburn) is grateful to be back at OLNEY THEATRE CENTER. Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: Godspell, Big River, Cinderella, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and last year’s Andrew Isen Cabaret Series. BROADWAY: Groundhog Day.  OFF-BROADWAY: New York City Center: Road Show, 1776; Prospect: Einstein’s Dreams. REGIONAL: Berkeley Rep: Swept Away; Arena Stage: DAVE; Kennedy Center: How to Succeed; Pennsylvania Shakes: Crazy For You; Cincinnati Playhouse and Shakespeare Theatre Company: The Secret Garden; Ford’s Theater: …Spelling Bee, A Christmas Carol; Adventure Theatre: A Year with Frog and Toad (Helen Hayes Nom.). EDUCATION: American University. IG: @vishgram

Michelle Banks (Director of ASL), a native of Washington, DC, is an award-winning actress, writer, director, and producer.  She is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA).  To name a few, Michelle’s professional acting career includes GIRLFRIENDS, SOUL FOOD Series, COMPENSATION (Independent Film), and THE C.A. LYONS PROJECT (Alliance Theatre).  Her directing credits include: TRASH, ISM (VOCA), WHACKED!, A RAISIN IN THE SUN (short film), A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Gallaudet University), LOOK THROUGH MY EYES, SILENT SCREAM, Z: A CHRISTMAS STORY, WHAT IT’S LIKE? (One Man Show) and IN SIGHT AND SOUND: DE(A)F POETRY I, II, & III.  Michelle recently made her Broadway debut as a DASL for FOR COLORED GIRLS.  Michelle is thrilled to be part of the OTC’s remarkably talented creative team for THE MUSIC MAN.

Michael Baron (Co Director) is the Producing Artistic Director of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. At Lyric he has directed Head Over Heels, Master Class, Grease, Frost/Nixon, Titanic, Singin’ in the Rain, Bright Star, When We’re Gone (World Premiere), Freaky Friday, Fun Home, Disney’s When You Wish, James and the Giant Peach, I Am My Own Wife, Assassins, Fiddler on the Roof, Dreamgirls, Mann…And Wife (World Premiere), Bernice Bobs Her Hair (World Premiere), Big Fish with David Elder and Tony-nominee Emily Skinner, Oklahoma!, An Inspector Calls, A Little Night  with Tony-nominee Dee Hoty, Les Misérables, Triangle, Big River, Tarzan, The Glass Menagerie, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Call Me Madam with Tony-winner Beth Leavel, Spring Awakening, Ragtime, Oliver!, Boeing Boeing, Always…Patsy Cline, December Divas, The Rocky Horror Show and the annual production of Lyric’s A Christmas Carol (also adapted). He has also directed over 95 productions at theaters across the country including the current production of A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre in D.C. Other regional directing highlights include – ZACH Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher, Spring Awakening; Signature Theatre: The Little Laughed, Songs for a New World starring Tony-winner Alice Ripley, Tony-nominee Brian D’Arcy James, Emmy-nominee Titus Burgess and direction by Jason Robert Brown; Adventure Theatre: Huck Finn’s Big River (World Premiere), James and the Giant Peach (2017 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Direction), Big Nate (World Premiere); Goodspeed Musicals: Meet John Doe; Trinity Repertory Company: The School for Scandal. La Mama: The Whore of Sheridan Square (wrote and directed, published in anthology Plays and Playwrights 2006). NEA: 2010-2022 Poetry Out Loud National Competition Finals with hosts: John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, and Anna Deavere Smith. Teaching: OCU, American, Brown, Holy Cross and Rhode Island. Michael has been a theatre grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Training: B.A. in Theatre Arts, Wake Forest; MFA in Directing, Trinity Repertory Conservatory. Michael served as the Associate Director of Signature Theatre in Virginia – winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre TONY Award. Michael received the 2012 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Resident Musical in D.C. for Adventure Theatre’s production of A Year with Frog and the Toad, 2016 Oklahoma Governor’s Arts Award, a special award from Mayor’s Committee on Disabilities Concerns and the Yad B’Yad, Hand in Hand Award from the Jewish Federation of OKC. He is an emeritus board member for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, member of Oklahoma City’s Rotary Club 29 and serves on the Oklahoma Arts Institute Theatre Advisory Panel and the Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day committee.

Jesse W. Belsky (Lighting Design) is delighted to be back at Olney Theater Center. Previous OTC credits include The Magic Play, Labour of Love and Invisible Hand. Regional credits include work at Actors Theater of Louisville, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Triad Stage and PlayMakers Repertory Company. Recent DC designs include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Ford’s Theatre, The Year of Magical Thinking and JQA at Arena Stage, The Mystery of Love & Sex at Signature Theatre, Henry 4 P1 and A Winter’s Tale at Folger Theatre,  John Proctor Is The Villian, Pipeline and The Remains at Studio Theatre, Oslo and The Book of Will at Round House Theatre and Compulsion, Occupant and Actually at Theater J. Mr. Belsky holds a BA from Duke University and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and has taught lighting design at Connecticut College and UNC Greensboro. Proud Member USA 829.  

Karma Camp (Choreographer) director/choreographer, has staged over 150 productions in theatre, film, TV, opera and special events. She is a multiple recipient and a ten time nominee of the Helen Hayes Award honoring theatrical excellence. She is an Artistic Associate at the Tony Award winning Signature Theatre, where she has staged 50 productions – 15 world premiere musicals and created the musical theatre training program - Overtures. Over the course of 25 years Ms. Camp’s work has been seen in some of the most prestigious regional theatres in the country. Her Broadway/tour and New York credits include The Graduate with Kathleen Turner, Broadway Showstoppers at Lincoln Center, A Night at the Rainbow Room, Ring of Fire, and Big. Opera credits include: Carmen (Lillas Pastia), The Counsel, The Magic Flute, Vanessa and Goya (associate) with the Washington National Opera; Street Scene at Wolf Trap Center for the Arts and also Virginia Opera Company. Ms. Camp was a frequent collaborator with the late Marvin Hamlisch, staging multiple events and productions with the NSO, the NSO Pops at the Kennedy Center, and the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall. Television specials include: The Kennedy Center Honors where she directed/choreographed the tribute to Justino Diaz, The National Christmas Tree Lighting at the White House, July 4th at the White House (both for the Hallmark Channel), two PBS specials with Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room, First You Dream, Goya, The Big Band Sounds of WWII and In Performance at the White House - The Motown Sound. She coached Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson in the filmI Wanna Know directed by James L. Brooks. And has choreographed 25 international commercials. Karma has enjoyed a collaborative relationship with Disney Creative Entertainment choreographing Snow White Disneyland, Twice Charmed, Villains Tonight and Aladdin for Disney Cruise Line. She has worked as a creative consultant and director/choreographer for Busch Gardens, Williamsburg from 2013 – present. Projects include: London Rocks, Killarney Kommotion, Night Beats and Deck the Halls. Special events have included: Kravis Center 25th Gala, Shakespeare Theatre Will Awards, Helen Hayes Awards, The Duke Classic with Jeff Foxworthy, Remember the Children with Kathie Lee Gifford, A Taste of Tennessee (Al Gore’s Inaugural Gala) at the Kennedy Center and Signature Theatre’s Sondheim Award Gala. She has taught at the Juilliard School, George Mason Univ., George Washington Univ. and Interlochen Arts Academy. She is also on staff with the WNO’s-Cafritz Young Artist Program. She is thrilled to be choreographing this newly created version of The Music Man

Sandra Mae Frank (Co-Director) is a trained stage and film actor. Ever since she made her mark in Deaf West's Spring Awakening on Broadway, she has done various projects, from music videos, theatre productions, films, and TV. She is also the Production Manager of Deaf Austin Theatre in Austin, Texas. She is now embracing the light of directing, creating a beautiful community the way she sees it. Welcome to the world of a community that communicates in their authentic language. Open your mind and your heart. You're in for a great ride. TELEVISION: NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Netflix's Daybreak, and Freeform’s Switched at Birth. FILM: Season of Love, Multiverse, Soul to Keep, and The Sound of Fear. BROADWAY: Deaf West's Spring Awakening. REGIONAL THEATRE: Ground Floor Theatre's Next to Normal and Fun Home; Lyric Theatre's Fun Home and Fiddler on the Roof; Deaf West's The Solid Life of Sugar Water, Our Town, At Home at the Zoo (as Assistant Director); NextStop Theatre Company's Richard III. MUSIC VIDEOS: Kelly Clarkson's I Dare You and American Authors' Pride. Sandra is represented by KMR & Associates. She is currently a series regular on NBC's New Amsterdam as Dr. Wilder, Season 5, is coming up this Fall on NBC!

Instagram: @sandramaefrank & Twitter: @sandy21mae

Rosemary Pardee (Costume Designer) Rosemary Pardee’s work in the American Theatre has spanned more than fifty years and over five hundred projects. This production marks her retirement from her work in her beloved artform. Ms. Pardee’s “love affair” with musical theatre began when she attended a summer stock production of Music Man in the summer of 1962.Now her career draws to a close almost sixty years to the day of her first encounter with this show that changed her life (she’s even married to a trombone player!!). With deepest gratitude to everyone who supported and inspired her along the way.

Sean Preston (Projection Design) is happy to be at Olney Theatre Center. Previous credits include DC AREA: Single Carrot Theatre: Is Edward Snowden Single, University of Maryland: Hookman, Subject to Change, Black Madonna & Miss America. Associate design credits: Baryshnikov Arts Center: The Orchard. Education MFA in Design from the University of Maryland.

Ethan Sinnott (Scenic Designer) makes his OLNEY THEATRE CENTER debut. NATIONAL TOUR: National Players Season 72 - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Raisin in the Sun.  REGIONAL: Mosaic Theatre Company: Native Son, Les Deux Noirs, Hooded or Being Black For Dummies; Theatre Alliance: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Word Becomes Flesh [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production of a Play); WSC Avant Bard: Visible Language, Love's Labor's Lost; The Welders: Not Enuf Lifetimes; Rorschach Theatre: She Kills Monsters; Faction of Fools: The Cherry Orchard, Our Town, Titus Andronicus, A Commedia Christmas Carol, Hamlecchino; Constellation Theatre Company: Gilgamesh; Imagination Stage: Cinderella: The Remix, P. Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical, Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, Mulan, Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip-Hop Creation Myth, The Jungle Book, Junebug and the Reverend, Hip-Hop Anansi, Huck Finn's Story; Signature Theatre: The Diaries; Geva Theatre: The Race of the Ark Tattoo; 25+ productions for Gallaudet University and NTID Performing Arts.  EDUCATION: MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University, BFA in Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology. #deafgain

Ben Walsh (Production Stage Manager) is sooo happy to be back! Previous OTC credits: Olney Outdoors 2021, A Christmas Carol (‘13, ‘15, ‘20), The Amateurs, Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors, Labour of Love, Every Brilliant Thing, Thurgood, Fickle: A Fancy French Farce, The Diary of Anne Frank, Forever Plaid, Cinderella, Spring Awakening, Little Shop of Horrors, The Submission, Over the Tavern. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Masterpieces…; Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy for Classical Acting (2 Seasons); Maryland Lyric Opera, Peabody Opera.  REGIONAL: Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival; Gateway Playhouse; Montana Shakespeare in the Parks; Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (Resident PSM, 2 Seasons); Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Christmas Town (3 Seasons); EDUCATION: University of KY, Howard CC, James W. Rouse Scholar. Ben is an alumnus of Olney Theatre Center’s Apprentice Training Program.