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il sogno

New York City Premiere
by Kristin Hevner

8:00 PM
September 25th, 26th, 27th
@ Medicine Show Theatre
52nd Street & 11th Ave, NY, NY

Follow characters of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as their stories entangle in an enchanted city.

Featuring:

Ippolita - Karla Faggard
Karla Faggard studied Music at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, where she appeared as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, Magda Sorell in The Consul, as well as several concert and recital appearances. She has previously sung with Metropolis Opera Project in The Black Swan Theory.
Teseo - Brian Long
Brian Long is a recent addition to the New York City performing scene. Hailing from Alaska, he received his BM in Vocal Performance from Ithaca College. Since in NY he has performed in a production of Così fan tutte at Symphony Space, Rag, Fur, Blood, Bone: The Epic of Gilgamesh at the Tribeca PAC as well as a Cabaret produced by Underworld Productions. Other performing credits include Fyedka (Fiddler on the Roof), Jester (Once Upon A Mattress), King Kaspar (Amahl and the Night Visitors), and is currently working on the new musical Topsy Turvy Loves as Cheviot Hill going up at the Wings Theater.
Ermia - Megan Nelson

Megan Nelson attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music from 2001-2005, where she received her bachelors of music in vocal performance.

During Ms. Nelson’s residence at UMKC she performed in La Rondine, Witch II in Dido and Aeneas, Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible, and Sister Jeanne in Dialougues of the Carmelites. In 2004 Ms. Nelson attended The Bay View Music Festival, where she performed the role of Prince Orlofsky in their production of Die Fledermaus.

Ms. Nelson received her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance at The University of Tennessee where she was a member of the Knoxville Opera Studio.

Credits at UT include Fiordigligi in Cosi fan tutte, Meg in Little Women, and Petra in A Little Night Music. Credits with Knoxville Opera include Frasquita in Carmen, La Cugina in Madama Butterfly, and Soprano Soloist in the Mozart Requiem.

In 2006 Ms. Nelson attended The American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria where she was a Semi Finalist in the Meistersinger competition.

Other competition credits include: University of Tennessee Concerto Competition Winner 2007, The Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition Winner of the East/Middle Tennessee District 2007, and 2nd place in the Boston NATS Finals 2008.

Most recently Ms. Nelson performed in the chorus of Die Fledermaus with Opera Providence and will perform Barbarina in Enterprise Opera’s production of Le nozze di Figaro in 2009. Ms. Nelson was born and raised in Waukesha Wisconsin and currently lives in Providence Rhode Island.

Lisandro - Martin Sola

Martín Solá is a versatile artist who has gained notoriety in a wide array of idioms, including opera, musical theatre, concerts and film. 

In 2007, Martín joined the prestigious New York film, theater, and television agency of Hartig Hilepo Ltd. headed by Paul Hilepo.

Professional engagements for the 2008 season included: Tenor Soloist for the Bernstein Festival at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops and Che in Evita at The Theater by the Sea. Last season Martín performed in: Coram Boy on Broadway; the New York City Opera productions of Margaret Garner and Cendrillon; his debut with the Queens Symphony in the world premiere of Carlos Franzetti's childrens opera Gauchito and the Pony and the Opera Orchestra of New York production of Verdi's I Due Foscari in Carnegie Hall. Martín also participated in the reading of the new musicalLizan by Bil Wright and Alden Terry.

In 2004, Martín appeared as Lun Tha in the National Tour of The King & I starring Sandy Duncan and Stefanie Powers. The tour was met with glowing reviews and ran through November of 2005 playing in over 40 major cities throughout the U.S.

Previously Martín appeared on Broadway in Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème, a show which the New York Times called “…a cascade of fireworks…ravishing…and a quintessential romantic dazzler…” Martín is no stranger to Broadway, having made his debut as Lun Tha in the 1996 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I, a production which won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.

Martín also appeared as Escamillo in Peter Brook’s Le Tragedie de Carmen, an adaptation of the Bizet opera, Carmen, with the Two River Theater Company. The New York Times stated that “ …Solá sings with Latin Fervor.”

Martín also performed in 90 North at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., a production overseen by Academy Award winning songwriter and composer Stephen Schwartz.  Sponsored by The Disney Musical Theater Workshop, 90 North was awarded the 1997 ASCAP Musical Theater Award. 

Martín’s impressive and numerous stage credits extend beyond musical theater to include various opera companies and festivals, such as New York City Opera, The Spoleto Festival (Italy), and The Bregenz Festival (Austria).  

Martín sang the role of Jake in Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess with the Living Arts World Tour; which included performances in conjunction with the Tel Aviv Opera, The Mann Center in Philadelphia, and many other stages in the UK, Singapore, China, Mexico, and throughout the United States.  With theNew York City Opera, Martín performed Porgy & Bess in a “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast: an acclaimed production that continues to enjoy repeat performances on cable television.

In addition to performances on the lyric stage, Martín has been involved in a variety of exciting projects which demonstrate his unique versatility.  He starred in the independent film short Sabado Morning, written and directed by the young Puerto Rican film maker Ramon Ricard and based on a work by the renowned writer and Spanish Harlem poet Piri Thomas.  Sabado Morning has won First Prize for Story Telling within a Short Film at the2003 Latin USA Festival which was presented at Madison Square Garden, NYC. It has also been inducted into The New Filmmakers Anthology and appeared in the 2002 New York Independent International Film and Video Film Festival.

Another unique channel of Martín's talent and energy is his continuing commitment to perform songs from the Spanish and Latino repertoire.  His first album, Amor y Desengaño (Love and Betrayal), is a collaboration with guitarist Oren Fader and is a tribute to the late Gilberto Monroig, one of the most cherished singers of Puerto Rico. The recording, created and produced by Martín, consists of a group of songs popularized by Monroig in the fifties and sixties, brought together in a modern adaptation to tell an impassioned story of love and betrayal.

Elena - Jessica Kimple
Jessica Kimple a native of Iowa, received her MM degree in voice from The Manhattan School of Music. She has studied voice in Russia and Italy and recently traveled to Hungary where she covered the role of Elisabeth Proctor in The Crucible. She was a resident artist with Dicapo Opera Theatre for three years, and last Fall, she sang in Verdi’s Requiem at The Metropolitan Opera. Her roles include Estrella - La Perichole, Second Lady - The Magic Flute, Mum - Albert Herring, Mrs. Ott – Susannah, Zita - Gianni Schicchi, Wowkle -La Fanciulla del West, Siebel - Faust, Prince Orlofsky - Die Fledermaus, Sally - A Hand of Bridge, and Mrs. Nolan -The Medium. She’s looking forward to working with The Metropolis Opera Project as Elena in Kristin Hevner’s Il Sogno and Mary in Cesar Cui’s Feast in Time of Plague.
Demetrio- Paul Richardson
Paul Richardson is a baritone with a master’s degree from the University of Maryland.  There, he sang the roles of Johann (Werther), Bartley (Riders to the Sea), Liberto/2nd Soldier (The Coronation of Poppea) & premiered the role of Ferdinand in Robert Convery’s Clara. Demetrio (Il Sogno) is his first role with Metropolis Opera Project and will also be performing with MOP as Civilian (Bully Pulpit) in January. Other upcoming projects include Harlekin/Haushofmeister/Perukenmacher (Ariadne Auf Naxos) and Dancairo (Carmen) with New York Opera Forum.
Puck - Jendi Tarde
JENDI TARDE artistic pursuits have led to performances as an instrumentalist, conductor, singer, actor and even belly dancer!  As Cunegonde in theUS premiere of the 1999 Royal Theater version of Candide, critics hailed her “skillfully sung Cunegonde” as a performance that “transforms a legacy of coloratura jewel arias into a parodic gem”.  Her interpretation of “Glitter and be gay” also won her the audience favorite award and top prizes at the Harold Haugh Light Opera Competition. 
 
Jendi made her New York stage debut singing Josephine in a liberal adaptation of HMS Pinafore, a performance earning the show a Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Musical.  Other New York performances include the recent Dave Clemmons cast production of Animal Tales, a fable opera written by George Plimpton and Kitty Brazelton, playing The Hamster.  She portrayed yet another rodent, the March Hare, in various festival productions of composer William Wade’s Alice, a musical directed by Jamibeth Margolis.  Jendi is also a cast member of the Broadway bound musical drama, Warsaw, another Wade-Margolis collaboration.  Her involvement with the production began at the 2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival, followed by performances at The Museum of Jewish Heritage, a Kristallnacht remembrance concert in New York City, private performances in Tampa,FL, and this past spring at the Stockton Performing Arts Center. 
 
Regionally, Jendi has performed with some of the country’s the top opera companies.  She made her debut with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in a wildly energetic performance as Jenny Hildebrand in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, garnering her praise in the national press.  She was discovered at the 2005 Lotte Lenya Competition by the late Richard Pearlman, former director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Center for American Artists (currently theRyan Opera Center).  A winner of that competition, judges William Bolcom and Harold Prince praised her outlandish and hilarious interpretation of "The Girl in 14G."  For over a year, Mr. Pearlman mentored her and brought her in to work with the staff at Lyric Opera of Chicago.  While there, she toured regionally singing the role of Adina in their abridged production of L'Elisir d'amore. 
 
Early in her career, Jendi sang at the Aspen Music Festival, where she was featured in performances of Les Noces and Street Scene, conducted by Metropolitan Opera conductor Maestro Julius Rudel.  She later delighted audiences as the adorable Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the AIMS Festival in Graz, Austria.  Also an avid early musician, Jendi has performed with such famed ensembles as the Boston Philharmonic, Harvard Baroque, Ars Musica Chicago, and with King’s Singers founder, Simon Carrington.  
 
Upcoming projects include a recording of Seymour Barab’s Gods of Mischief and more performances as the Hamster in Animal Tales for several music festivals in the Northeast. 
Titania - Alicia Williams
Alicia Williams is a Graduate student in Vocal Performance at CUNY Brooklyn College, where she studies with Monica Harte. This past summer she participated in Remarkable Theater Brigade's Emerging Artist Program which included operatic, musical theater and electroacoustic performances. She also recently performed in Remarkable Theater Brigade's No Shirts, No Skirts, No Service,a series of ten minute one act operas, and the International Electroacoustic Music Festival at Brooklyn College.
Oberon- Zachary James
Metropolis Opera Project Founding Director, Zachary James, studied music and theatre at Florida State University, The University of Tennessee and Ithaca College. He has appeared on Broadway in Coram Boy, the Tony Award winning revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center, and will appear as Lurch in the new Broadway musical, The Addams Family in 2010. A winner of the 2009 Lotte Lenya Competition, he has sung with Ash Lawn Opera (The Bonze in Madame Butterfly, Buffalo Bill in Annie Get Your Gun), Knoxville Opera (Il Bonzo in Madama Butterfly, Gideon March in Little Women, Joe in The Most Happy Fella), Central City Opera (Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Jacob in The Ballad of Baby Doe, Il Tribuni in L'incoronazione di Poppea), the role of Oberon in the world premiere of Kristin Hevner's Il Sogno in Citta della Pieve, Umbria and in concert as Colline in La Bohème, Buff in The Impresario, Leporello in Don Giovanni as well as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana. In the theatre world he has performed with The Bucks County Playhouse (Abner in Lil Abner), The Pocono Playhouse (Squash in Victor, Victoria), The York Theatre (Petr in The Toymaker), Theatre By The Sea (Miles Gloriosus in Forum), The Kitchen Theatre (Major General in The Pirates of Penzance), Westport Country Playhouse and The Public Theatre. TV/Film: Carl on 30 Rock. Ballion in The Gift
Fatata -Stephanie Booth
Stephanie Booth has been dancing and creating art for her entire life. She received her formal dance training from San Francisco Ballet School, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, and a degree in dance from the University of Washington. Currently she is a member or Headless Horse Dance under Robin Rapoport, as well as dancing for Niles Ford with Urban Dance Collective. She has appeared in works by Michael Helland, Mark Haim, Peter Kyle, Rob Kitsos, and the Chamber Dance Company, and is currently in the process of making some work herself.
Fatata - Jessica Parks
Jessica Parks is thrilled to be joining the cast of Metropolis Opera Project's production of Il Sogno. She began her early dance training in Detroit, Michigan under the direction and supervision of Mary Helen Stewart. Jessica continued her dance education at the University of Arizona where she earned her B.F.A. and performed in works by Mia Michaels, Lars Lubovitch, Susan Quinn, James Clouser, Amy Ernst, and Samuel Watson. In addition to creating and presenting her own work, Jessica currently dances with Headless Horse Dance Companyand Niles Ford's Urban Dance Collective. She has also worked with Eva Dean Dance, Kelly Donovan; Dancers and Jeff Shade’s “House of the Roses.” In her off time Jessica teaches dance and is working to establish herself as a costume designer. She thanks her parents, her true love, Nick, and the universe for treating her kindly through the years.  
Albero - Christopher Hollowell

Christopher Hollowell is excited about being back in NYC after living in Senegal, West Africa for the past year and a half. A graduate of the Ithaca College BFA program he has spent the last three years cycling around the world volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and The Peace Corps, learning French and Wolof (an African language specific to Senegal), and performing theatre in the most remote of places.

Albero - Steven LaChiona
Who is Steven LaChioma? He is a lover of life, a lover of people, and a lover of love. Steven is a professional thespian and Shuttlecock player. He has appeared in a plethora of webisodes, theatre productions, TV pilots, and Chuck Norris' "Total Gym" infomercials. All joking aside, Steven is extremely grateful to work on another project with these incredibly talented people and looks forward to many more. You can see him currently on "Beerquest", a travel show pilot ready to take off. All my love to my Mom, Dad, sister, Grandparents, family, my Chary, my friends and most importantly my Lord.
Albero - Patrick Prudent
Patrick Prudent, a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at Ithaca College, has appeared as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello in Othello, Burton in Burn This, Clyde in Etta Jenks, Lt. Faddy in Our Country’s Good, Rocky in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, Tyrone Jackson in FAME, The Man/Major in The Overwhelming and more at theatres including The Hangar Theatre, Orlando Theatre, Lake Mary Theatre, Lake Brantley Players, The Underground and MITF-NYC, and in the films A Tender Situation, The Front and Embodiment. "I'm more than happy to be part of this project and work with this cast and production team. I'd also like to thank my  family and friends, I'm a rich man because of their support."
Patrick Prudent, a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at Ithaca College, has appeared as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello in Othello, Burton in Burn This, Clyde in Etta Jenks, Lt. Faddy in Our Country’s Good, Rocky in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, Tyrone Jackson in FAME, The Man/Major in The Overwhelming and more at theatres including The Hangar Theatre, Orlando Theatre, Lake Mary Theatre, Lake Brantley Players, The Underground and MITF-NYC, and in the films A Tender Situation, The Front and Embodiment. "I'm more than happy to be part of this project and work with this cast and production team. I'd also like to thank my  family and friends, I'm a rich man because of their support."

Orchestra:

Violin - Kiersten Cunningham
Originally from New York, violinist Kiersten Cunningham has performed with various ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America. Her studies have included Ithaca College (B.M.), Mannes College of Music and NYU (M.A.) and she has performed at such venues as Lincoln Center, the Blue Note, Highline Ballroom, and the Kennedy Center. She’s involved in every genre from Classical/Opera to Jazz/Rock and has recorded for television, radio, and various artist’s albums. Kiersten currently performs with Anthology Strings, Group Therapy, and Skybetter & Associates. She is thrilled to be a part of the Metropolis Opera Project!!
Violin - Antonia Nelson
Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Antonia Nelson followed her life long dream and moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue a Masters of music from New York University. Prior to her move, she performed with groups such as the New World Symphony in Miami Florida and The Charleston Symphony Orchestra. She has played under baton of conductors such as John Williams, Michael Tilson Thomas and Robert Shaw. Antonia dream is to collaborate with many different musicians in a variety of performances. As a founding member of the Anthology Strings string quartet & ensemble, her goal of collaboration has enabled the group to be heard on commercial TV spots, independent film scores, children’s schools and they have played with a variety of groups in performance at venues such as the Highline Ballroom and the Blue Note Club.

Viola - David Fallo
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Cello - Allison Seidner
Born and raised in New York City, Allison Seidner has enjoyed exploring the rest of the country while on tour for most the last decade. Since returning home, she has performed at venues from Joe's Pub and Birdland to Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Recent performances include: Wicked (Broadway), South Pacific (LCT), The Light in the Piazza (Weston Playhouse), and concerts with Justin Bond, Clay Aiken, Kanye West, and Stephanie J. Block. Allison can also be heard on Ms. Block's debut solo album, "This Place I Know". National/International Tours: The King and I, Jekyll and Hyde, The Music Man, Miss Saigon, Aida.
Flute - Laura Patterson
Laura Patterson has a diverse musical background.  She has performed music of various genres in Rotterdam, Holland at the ICAF festival, Lima, Peru at the Lima International Jazz Festival, and Los Angeles, California where she earned her B.M. from the University of Southern California.  Laura has recently returned to New York where she performs with orchestras, theater productions, and has her own teaching studio.  In addition to performing on a modern silver flute, Laura has also studied and performed on wooden and ethnic flutes of all shapes and sizes.

Production Team:

Composer: Kristin Hevner

Kristin Hevner's compositions have been performed nationally and internationally and span the musical genres of classical opera to atonal rock. She has also composed music for national commercials and is presently scoring two short independent films, The Emperor of Ice Cream, and Divine Sparks. Kristin’s piece for guitar, 14*3*1, for guitarist Oren Fader, is available on his CD, First Flight as well as iTunes.

A graduate of the Ester Boyer School of Music at Temple University and a doctoral candidate at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Kristin has also recently completed the program in studio recording and post-production at SAE in New York City.  Kristin has studied with composers  Bruce Saylor, Matthew Greenbaum, Alba Potes and David Olan and enjoyed the privilege of a master class with George Crumb.

Kristin is a member of the board of directors of The Look and Listen Festival, an annual event dedicated to the performance of contemporary music in art galleries. She also sits on the board of The League of Composers/ISCM.

Most recently, Kristin has helped found the new NYC-based
opera company, Metropolis Opera Project  
http://www.metropolisoperaproject.org/ with co-founders Zachary James and Megan Nelson. The Metropolis Opera Project, of which Kristin is Resident Conductor, will present Kristin's Il Sogno this fall, an Italian chamber opera based on characters from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as  the world premiere of Kristin's Bully Pulpit in January.

Conductor: Douglas Martin
Douglas Martin Conductor  of Opera and musical theater, 100 performances of Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme on Broadway - San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles; Ashlawn Opera (Charlottesville, Virginia) - 16 Operatic and Musical productions; Virginia Opera On Tour; Florida State University, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, Di Capo Opera Theater Professional Associations with Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera de Bellas Artes (Mexico National Theater), Wexford Festival (Ireland), Stadttheater Pforzheim (Germany), the Juilliard School, Opera Orchestra of New York, Voice restoration and Coach for 25 years in NYC see www.DougMartinMusic.com
Director: Jessica Lazar
Jessica Lazar arrived on the NYC theatre scene in 2006, and has enjoyed a diverse directing career in stage and film. She most recently directed Metropolis Opera Project's Black Swan Theory. Stage works include The Medium, A Hand of Bridge, Cosima and Gigi, A Christmas Carol, Pulp, Violet, Fool for Love, Four Dogs and a Bone, Salome, The Waiting Room, Oztier's Magic Spectacle, and The Crucible, and films including Money Matters and The Loyal Impostors. Jessica is a native of Amarillo, Texas.
Choreographer: Audrey Ellis
Audrey Ellis is excited to be working with the cast and crew of Metropolis Opera Project for the first time.  She began her performance career with the Avila/Weeks Company in Alfred, NY in 2000.  While earning a B.A. in both Dance and Philosophy from Goucher College in 2006, she worked with D.C. choreographers Ed Tyler and Adrienne Clancy, and also presented her own evening length work at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD.  Her choreography was selected for the gala performance at ACDFA in 2006 and has presented works at Dixon Place and Trisklion Arts Festival in the past year.  Currently she is entering her third year with Headless Horse Dance, and has performed with Kelley Donovan and Dancers and Tara Burns Dance.  Having finished her masters degree in Philosophy and Art in August of 2009, Audrey has formed the dance company a+s works with collaborator Sarah Capua in order to create and present original choreography in the New York area.  Audrey thanks MOP for this opportunity as well as Jessica and Stephanie for their generous dancing.
Production Design: Solomon Weisbard
Originally from Portland, Oregon, Solomon Weisbard now lives in Manhattan where  he rides his bicycle as much as possible. New York collaborations with  Alethea Adsitt, Arch Dance, Barnard College, Julian Barnett Project,  Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance (for which he is the associate set designer), Brooklyn Mecca, Cardium Mechanicum, danscores by Ofelia  Loret de Mola, Ryan J. Davis, Ditch, Evolve, Fresh Ice, House Dance  International, Lane Gifford, Leimay Acts Lab, Lincoln Center  Director’s Lab, Frank London, The Nerve Tank (of which he is a core  member and resident designer), One Arm Red, Small Pond, Soho Rep, T.  Lang, UTC #61, WaxFactory, and White Wave Dance. Regionally: The  Herson Group, Kitchen Theatre Company, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse,  Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Tri-Cities Opera. Solomon holds a  BFA in Theatrical Design from Ithaca College.
Costume Design: Tamara Kopko
Tamara Kopko, Metropolis Opera Project Resident Costume Designer, has designed for the New York Fringe Festival, New George’s Manfest, and Palm Beach Community College. She has appeared on Broadway as a Star Dresser in South Pacific, Pajama Game, Rent, After The Fall, The Man Who Had All The Luck, and Gershwin Alone. She has also work on Broadway in Twentieth Century, Nine, Boys From Syracuse, Tartuffe, The Women, Major Barbara, and at The Metropolitan Opera in Carmen, Aida and War and Peace, as well as staying active in the TV and Film world. Tammy has also created her own line of custom design crocheted couture, Krosha. www.OnlyKrosha.com
Hair Design Pat Marcus
Hair stylist and Designer, Pat Marcus, has worked on Broadway in The  Farnsworth Invention, The Little Mermaid and currently in the Tony  Award-winning Revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center. She has  designed for Connecticut's acclaimed Goodspeed Musicals for seven years, in addition to Off-Broadway and Film credits.  "I have been  blessed to have worked with a lot of wonderful and interesting people  and am so excited to be a part of this project."
Make-up Design: DOTTY
Make-Up Artist, DOTTY, joins Metropolis Opera Project from Miami, Florida where she works as a make-up artist for Lancome, as well as a free-lance artist for private clients and the theatre. Most recently she designed for the Springstead Theatre production of Sweeney Todd. DOTTY will be open for business in NYC in October. 
Stage Manager: Aaron Heflich Shapiro
Aaron is a New York-based freelance Stage Manager. Recent work includes: Make Me (Atlantic Theater); Something You Did (Primary Stages); Mosheh (HERE Arts Center); Refractions (FringeNYC 2009); The New Hopeville Comics (Commander Squish Productions); Jamal Jackson Dance Company; This is Way Beyond My Remote Control (Great Scott Films); Does Anyone Know Sarah Paisner? (Intravenous Theatre); Look What a Wonder Jesus Has Done (NYMF 2007); The Front Page & Crimes of the Heart (Williamstown); The Sunset Limited (Steppenwolf); The Turn of the Screw & Cosí fan Tutte (Seattle Opera). Aaron is a graduate of Webster University and wishes to thank his family for all their love and support!