| Director |
Todd C. Huse |
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| Producer |
Richard Klare |
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| Musical Direction |
Samantha Whitesides |
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| Choreography |
Forest Rawls, III |
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| Technical Director |
Richard Klare |
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| Stage Managers |
Leslie Peterson
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Angie Anderson
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(Leslie Peterson, not pictured)
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| Assisted by |
Jessica Armstrong |
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| Set Design |
Shawn Paul Evans |
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| Set Construction |
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| Master Carpenter |
Marty Sullivan |
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| Assisted by |
Angie Anderson, Jessica L. Armstrong, Shawn Paul Evans,
Hilary DuGan, Todd C. Huse, James Johnson, Daniel Kavulak, Rich Kiare,
Danny Loughnane, Mike Loughnane, Christopher Robin, Cap Peckinpaugh, Dee
Schools, Jason Schools, Chris Smith, Judy Whelihan, Jon Wyatt |
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| Costume Design & Construction |
Judy Whelihan |
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| Assisted by |
Joan Lada and Amber Shirley |
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| Light Design |
Les Zidel |
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| Master Electrician |
Christopher Smith |
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| Assisted by |
James Johnson, Rosie Kendall, Cap Peckinpaugh, Judy
Peckinpaugh, Chris Smith, Bea Trickett |
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| Set Painting Design |
Shawn Paul Evans |
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| Set Painting by |
Pat McIntyre, Mary Rose Vasko, Angie Anderson |
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| Set Decoration/Set Dressing |
Shawn Paul Evans |
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| Properties |
Mary Joan Loughnane |
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| Sound Design |
Lynda Tilton |
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| Assisted by |
Marty Rosenfeld |
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| Special Effects Design |
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| Video Production |
Steve Johns, Patricia Bayly Smith, Todd C. Huse |
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| Rigging |
Shawn Paul Evans |
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| Makeup/Hair Design |
Sheila Hyman |
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| Assisted by |
Sherry Santana, Craig Braquet and the cast |
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| Wigs |
Janet Bordeaux |
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| Running Crew |
Janet Bordeaux, James Johnson, Jake Kamins, Robert Knight,
Vanessa Knight, Cap Peckinpaugh, Christopher Robin |
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| Elden Street Summer Intern |
Cap Peckinpaugh |
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| Rehearsal/Audition Pianist |
Todd Snead |
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| House Management |
Richard Downer |
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| Box Office Management |
Claudia Weintraub |
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| Publicity & Playbill Manager |
Richard Klare |
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| Photography |
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| Head Shots |
Dick Slease |
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| Publicity |
Steve Haness |
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| Graphic Art |
Todd Huse |
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| Assisted by |
Steve Haness |
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| New Season Brochure |
Richard Downer and Cap Peckinpaugh |
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| Production Mascot |
Bella |
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Production Team Biographies
Angie Anderson (co-stage manager) is the president of the Board of
Directors for the Vienna Theatre Company and has predominantly worked with that
group. She welcomes the opportunity to work for the first time with Elden Street
and thanks Rich and Todd for the experience. Most recently, Angie directed Wait
Until Dark for VTC. Other credits include producing To Kill A Mockingbird and
co-producing Snoopy!!! with VTC, and producing Love Letters with TAP She has
stage-managed VTC's South Pacific and Lend Me a Tenor and has directed Rumors,
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday and several one-acts for VTC.
Todd C. Huse (Director) is, since 1988, from Prairie Village, KS and
has a BA in Theatre from Knox College. He has performed in twenty-two shows,
directed seven shows, and worked backstage on most of those (plus five others)
at ten Washington area community theaters. Among his credits he directed To
Gillian on her 37th Birthday, Burke Centre Players, and The Who's Tommy and Hair
(co-director) at ESP all were recognized for outstanding achievement by the Ruby
Griffith awards. Last season, he directed ESP's production of The Lady's Not for
Burning which garnered four nominations and one award from the WATCH program,
including a nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Direction of a
Play" He has served on the boards of Port City Playhouse and Elden Street
Players and currently serves as ESP's webmaster, NVTA representative and WATCH
representative. By day, Todd is a TRW Systems Analyst working for the SEC on the
modernization of the EDGAR online filing system.
Shiela Hyman (Make-up/Hair Design) is working with ESP for the first
time coming all the way from St. Mary's County MD to do so! Her facial illusions
have been seen in Sweeney Todd (RMT), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum Port Tobacco Players and Frankenstein Hard Bargain Players. She is
extremely grateful for the assistance of her friend and colleague Sherry
Santana. And would like to thank her husband, Brian, for his continuing support.
She is looking forward to the arrival of their "bear cub."
Richard Kiare (Producer/Technical Director) has produced the last five
big musical hits for Elden Street Players including Pippin, La Cage Aux Folles,
Gypsy, The Who's Tommy, and Hair As comfortable on stage as well as backstage,
he has appeared in over thirty plays and musicals at ESP and area theater
companies over the past 12 years. In addition to producing plays he has also
served as technical director and/or master carpenter for over eleven plays at
ESP He has been on the board of directors at ESP since 1991. He is currently
president of ESP and has served in that capacity for six of the past seven
years.
Leslie DuGan Peterson (Stage Manager) has been working in theater
since she first "caught the bug" in 1976 in Seoul, Korea. She has
worked in a variety of technical capacities as well as appeared on stage from
time to time. Recent efforts include co-stage manager for The Last Night of
Ballyhoo (LTA) stage manager for Mass Appeal for (DS), co-stage manager for The
Runner Stumbles for the (ESP) and stage manager for the award-winning Kiss of
the Spider Woman - the musical for (TAP). As always, thanks and love to Alan and
Caroline.
Lynda Tilton (Sound) is excited to be working with ESP for the first
time. Usually working with RCP she is always in search of the next thrill so has
constructed and painted sets, run crew run the light board, been a master
electrician, stage-managed, designed lighting and now sound. Enjoy!
Judy Whelihan (Costume Design) is making her debut with ESP In the
past she has worked with the Reston Community Players designing Twelve Angry
Men, Communicating Doors, and Extremities. She has worked on many other RCP
shows. In her other life, she is the office manager for an orthopedic surgeon in
Vienna and lives with 2 spoiled cats in Great Falls.
Samantha Whitesides (Musical Director) is making her debut in musical
theater with The Rocky Horror Show and is pleased to have the opportunity to
direct here at Industrial Strength Theatre. As a member of the five-piece
variety band, Conspiracy Theory, she adds vocal talent and plays keyboard. In
1999 she filled various singing and dancing roles in a Fairfax musical benefit
for AIDS victims. Her other musical experiences include founding and directing
her church's first handbell choir, playing in the demanding Trinity Episcopal
Church handbell choir and singing in a local choral production of John Rutter's
'Requiem'. Interests include animal welfare, education and rescue, viticulture,
gardening, cooking and entertaining. A long-time lover of music, she hopes to
someday write her own musical production...
Les Zidel (Light Design) is in his 14th year at ESP and is currently
ESP's technical director. In 1987 he designed the IST as one of the few
municipal "black box" theaters in the nation. Recently he has designed
lighting for Veronica's Room (ESP), Twilight of the Golds (PCP), and To Kill A
Mockingbird (VTC). He is currently serving on the citizen's committee for the
Hem don Cultural Arts Center and is writing a documentary about the W & OD
Trail to be produced by HCTV. He wants to thank and recognize the lighting
team, especially Cap Peckinpaugh and the multi-talented Chris Smith for their
ideas, hard work and collaboration on the lighting of Rocky.