My world is different after seeing this finely-crafted beautifully acted play."– Cathy Madden, Alexander Technique Trainer
who's who:
DESDEMONA CHIANG (Director)*
Desdemona Chiang is a stage director based in San Francisco/Seattle and the recipient of the 2011 Drama League Directing Fellowship.
Recent directing credits include Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Crowded Fire Theatre Company); Disassembly, MilkMilkLemonade,Ching Chong Chinaman, Money & Run Episode 4: Go Straight, No Chaser and Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) at Impact Theatre; Red Light Winter (Azeotrope); Ching Chong Chinaman (SIS Productions); Hunter Gatherers (Washington Ensemble Theatre); Keith Hitchcock’s Muffin Face (Unicycle Collective & Balagan Theatre); Big Love and Gibraltar (UW School of Drama); Summertime, The Thugs and Women of Trachis (Cornish College of the Arts). She is Associate Artistic Director of Impact Theatre and Co-Founder/Associate Artist of Azeotrope, a Seattle-based artist consortium.
She has worked on new play development with Playwright’s Foundation, Freehold Theatre, SIS Productions, San Francisco Young Playwright’s Festival, Ross Valley Alternative Works, and the Asian American Theater Company New Works Incubator. Additional credits include Intiman Theatre (Director, Living History), California Shakespeare Theater (Teaching Artist), Mark Taper Forum (Literary Assistant, New Works Festival), among others. Assistant Directing: Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Playmakers Repertory Company, ACT Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Ms. Chiang is an Associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and an alumna of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and Directors Lab West.
BA, Integrative Biology and Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies: University of California at Berkeley.
MFA Directing: University of Washington School of Drama.
*Director for the FringeNYC production at the Players Theatre
Desdemona Chiang is a stage director based in San Francisco/Seattle and the recipient of the 2011 Drama League Directing Fellowship.
Recent directing credits include Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Crowded Fire Theatre Company); Disassembly, MilkMilkLemonade,Ching Chong Chinaman, Money & Run Episode 4: Go Straight, No Chaser and Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) at Impact Theatre; Red Light Winter (Azeotrope); Ching Chong Chinaman (SIS Productions); Hunter Gatherers (Washington Ensemble Theatre); Keith Hitchcock’s Muffin Face (Unicycle Collective & Balagan Theatre); Big Love and Gibraltar (UW School of Drama); Summertime, The Thugs and Women of Trachis (Cornish College of the Arts). She is Associate Artistic Director of Impact Theatre and Co-Founder/Associate Artist of Azeotrope, a Seattle-based artist consortium.
She has worked on new play development with Playwright’s Foundation, Freehold Theatre, SIS Productions, San Francisco Young Playwright’s Festival, Ross Valley Alternative Works, and the Asian American Theater Company New Works Incubator. Additional credits include Intiman Theatre (Director, Living History), California Shakespeare Theater (Teaching Artist), Mark Taper Forum (Literary Assistant, New Works Festival), among others. Assistant Directing: Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Playmakers Repertory Company, ACT Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Ms. Chiang is an Associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and an alumna of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and Directors Lab West.
BA, Integrative Biology and Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies: University of California at Berkeley.
MFA Directing: University of Washington School of Drama.
*Director for the FringeNYC production at the Players Theatre
MARISSA LICHWICK (Performer, Writer)
is a working actress currently residing in Chicago. She was last seen on Chicago Fire serving decaf green tea. She is an MFA Acting graduate from the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has worked in several US cities, as well as abroad in South Korea. Selected credits: Water By the Spoonful (Court Theatre), The World of Extreme Happiness, The White Snake, Rooster Room*, Water By the Spoonful* (Goodman Theatre), Tempo* (Steppenwolf Theatre) The Most Deserving* (The Denver Center Theatre Company) Macondo, (Guthrie Theatre), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Connecticut Free Shakespeare), multiple new works at LaMama etc....(University of Washington: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Two Orphans, Loves Labours Lost, At the Inland Sea, Cementville (dir: Jon Jory) ) and many more. Marissa is a member of Actors Equity.
marissalichwick.com
* staged reading and/or workshop production
STEVE BRUSH (SOUND DESIGN)
Steve is an award winning composer and sound designer for film, theater, video games and other media. He received the Best Orchestration award at the Garden State Film Festival for his score to the animated film "Wally and Zip". He is the composer and sound designer for the MMO game "Empire and State" and the Lead Composer and Audio Engineer for the indie video game company Arctic Arcade. Steve is an MFA candidate in Sound Design at Yale University School of Drama (graduation date: 2014).
GINA PISASALE (DRAMATURG)
is the Resident Dramaturg at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA. As a freelance dramaturg and has worked with companies such as the Arden Theatre Company, 1812 Productions, Hedgerow Theatre, Media Theatre, A&E Biographies, and the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival. In 2006 and 2010, she was granted a Fellowship and Residency, respectively, in Dramaturgy at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where she worked on 7 productions including the world premiere of Ping Chong's adaptation of Throne of Blood. She is currently a PhD candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her areas of research include contemporary Asian American theater, performances of culture, and dramaturgy.
is a working actress currently residing in Chicago. She was last seen on Chicago Fire serving decaf green tea. She is an MFA Acting graduate from the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has worked in several US cities, as well as abroad in South Korea. Selected credits: Water By the Spoonful (Court Theatre), The World of Extreme Happiness, The White Snake, Rooster Room*, Water By the Spoonful* (Goodman Theatre), Tempo* (Steppenwolf Theatre) The Most Deserving* (The Denver Center Theatre Company) Macondo, (Guthrie Theatre), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Connecticut Free Shakespeare), multiple new works at LaMama etc....(University of Washington: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Two Orphans, Loves Labours Lost, At the Inland Sea, Cementville (dir: Jon Jory) ) and many more. Marissa is a member of Actors Equity.
marissalichwick.com
* staged reading and/or workshop production
STEVE BRUSH (SOUND DESIGN)
Steve is an award winning composer and sound designer for film, theater, video games and other media. He received the Best Orchestration award at the Garden State Film Festival for his score to the animated film "Wally and Zip". He is the composer and sound designer for the MMO game "Empire and State" and the Lead Composer and Audio Engineer for the indie video game company Arctic Arcade. Steve is an MFA candidate in Sound Design at Yale University School of Drama (graduation date: 2014).
GINA PISASALE (DRAMATURG)
is the Resident Dramaturg at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern, PA. As a freelance dramaturg and has worked with companies such as the Arden Theatre Company, 1812 Productions, Hedgerow Theatre, Media Theatre, A&E Biographies, and the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival. In 2006 and 2010, she was granted a Fellowship and Residency, respectively, in Dramaturgy at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where she worked on 7 productions including the world premiere of Ping Chong's adaptation of Throne of Blood. She is currently a PhD candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her areas of research include contemporary Asian American theater, performances of culture, and dramaturgy.
