Brian Grey is thrilled to be involved with the 2nd Annual Garage Rep! Originally from California, Brian is currently in his final semester of the MFA acting program at CCPA/Roosevelt University. Notable past roles: the title role in Macbeth, Barry Champlain in Talk Radio, Canary Jim in Not About Nightingales, Kodaly in She Loves Me, Carl Magnus in A Little Night Music, Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet, and Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night (twice!), among others. Regional credits: California Music Circus, PCPA/Theatrefest, Texas Shakespeare Festival, the Great American Melodrama & Vaudeville, Playhouse Merced, and The Antaeus Company. In addition to appearing in several Industrials and short films, Brian was crucified for a television special on the History Channel – which airs every Easter! Mr. Grey’s hobbies include playing music and adoring puppies. Thanks to my family and friends for their boundless love and support.

Robert Koon was recently seen in People We Know at the side project. He is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists, where he serves as the company dramaturg. As an actor, he has appeared at Steppenwolf, Long Wharf, and New American Theatres, as well as with other companies in and around Chicago. His plays include Vintage Red and The Dust of the Road (Jeff Award Citation for New Work), Odin’s Horse (Jeff nomination), Menorca, and St. Colm’s Inch. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild and is an artistic associate at 16th Street Theatre.

Andy most recently he appeared as Stanley in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in an understudy performance. Some of his Chicago credits include: Lieutenant of Inishmore (Northlight Theatre), 9 Circles, The Gacy Play, Heddatron, and Theories of the Sun (Sideshow Theatre), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and The Hiding Place (Provision Theatre), As Fat as You Can (Next Theatre), Rhymes with Evil (Infusion Theatre), Comedy of Errors, Julius Caesar, Pericles, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, and Henry VII (Illinois Shakespeare Festival). He studied Meisner with The Acting Studio, Inc. in NYC and holds a BA in theatre performance from Western Michigan University and an MFA in acting from Illinois State University.

Jennifer is thrilled to work with Jonathan and the Sideshow gang again, having last appeared (as one of the humans) in Heddatron. Jen has previously worked around town with various theaters, including Steppenwolf, Polarity, Circle, Chicago Dramatists, Infamous Commonwealth, Will Act For Food, and Pride Film & Plays. She is a proud company member with Erasing the Distance, an arts organization that sheds light on mental health issues through theatre. Jen received her BA in theatre and drama from Indiana University and is represented by NV Talent and Big Mouth Talent. Daddy…this one’s for you.

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Nina's credits with Sideshow include Chalk, Stupid Fucking Bird, The Ugly One and Heddatron. Nina was most recently seen in The Other Place (Profiles Theatre). Other credits include: Golden Boy (Griffin Theatre Company-Jeff Nomination for Best Supporting Actress); Bedroom Farce, After the Fall, Candles to the Sun and Democracy (Eclipse Theatre Company); Our Town (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Sketchbook 7 - "It's About Time" (Collaboraction) and work with About Face Theatre, Timeline, and Steep Theatre. TV/Film credits include Chicago PD, The Secret Santa, and The Discovery Channel. Nina is a proud graduate of the School at Steppenwolf and Millikin University. She is represented by Stewart Talent and an artistic associate of Sideshow Theatre. Love to Dad, Mom, Patrick, Erin and Erik.

Jennifer is excited to make her Sideshow debut in Heddatron. A proud Marquette University graduate, Jennifer has performed with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Village Players Theatre and Handbag Productions. Credits include Main-Travelled Roads (Aggie), A Chorus Line (Val) and Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer (Clairice). Academic credits: The Cherry Orchard (Liubóv Adréyevena), She Loves Me (Amalia Balash), All My Sons (Kate Keller), and My Name is Rachel Corrie in the title role. Many thanks to the cast, crew, and the Sideshow team for this opportunity!

Catherine Stegemann is very excited to be a part of the Sideshow Theatre production of Heddatron. A home-schooled 10 year old, she has been involved with the theatre for many years through the Lookingglass Theatre Young Ensemble, Studio BE's productions of Jungle Book and Romeo & Juliet as well as various productions at other youth theatre companies. Catherine also loves dance and has been working on her modern, hip hop, tap, jazz and ballet at the Joffrey Ballet, All About Dance and the Hubbard Street dance studios. In her spare time, she is learning piano and has been playing the harp for several years at the Columbia University Sherwood School of Music. Catherine would like to thank her mom and dad for all their support and terrific chauffeuring skills!

Nate has worked in Chicago with Sideshow (Antigonick, Stupid Fucking Bird, Maria/Stuart, Idomeneus, Strangerland at Chicago Fringe Fest 2011, and Heddatron), the Goodman (Carlyle, New Stages Festival 2014), 16th Street Theatre (Pinoklandia), Jackalope Theatre Company (The Peacock), and The Ruckus (Common Hatred at RhinoFest). He has worked with Ensemble Studio Theatre (NYC) and in 2007 at the Hangar Theatre (Ithaca) as a member of the Lab Company. Nate graduated in 2008 from the University of Virginia with a degree in drama and a minor in Afro American studies. He graduated high school in Guatemala City and grew up in Latin America. He is proud to be an ensemble member with Sideshow where he treads the boards as Charlie No Pants for the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers and helms Sideshow's new play development program, The Freshness Initiative. Nate sends love to his family, the gutter, the dirt, the youth of America and to Elizabeth Anne.

Jonathan L. Green

director

Jonathan has been the artistic director of Sideshow Theatre since its founding in 2007. He has directed and assisted for Sideshow, Greenhouse Theater Center, Lookingglass, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Diversionary Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Theatre Seven of Chicago, Pavement Group and the Earl Hamner, Jr. Theatre. Recent projects include truth and reconciliation, The Happiest Place on Earth, Antigonick, Stupid Fucking Bird, Idomeneus (Jeff Award for ensemble), and others. Recent dramaturgy credits include Blind Date, Objects in the Mirror, Gloria, War Paint, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, and Disgraced, all at Goodman Theatre. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Virginia, currently serves on the board of directors of the League of Chicago Theatres, and is the literary manager for Goodman Theatre.

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Lisi Stoessel

scenic and robot designer

Lisi Stoessel is a scenic designer, visual artist, and puppeteer. She has studied painting, drawing, sculpture, and print making at the Maryland Institute, College of Art and at the University of Virginia's McIntire Department of Art. She also holds her MFA in scenic design from the University of Virginia. Lisi is currently based in Washington DC, designing locally and abroad. She has had the pleasure of working with many talented artists, including Pig Iron Theatre Company, Swim Pony Performing Arts, The Berserker Residents, Forum Theatre Company, Johnny Showcase, The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, and Inis Nua Theatre Company.

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David Hyman

costume, robot and puppet designer

David Hyman is a graduate of Northwestern University. He has designed for Soho Rep in NYC (Orange, Hat & Grace directed by Sarah Benson) and, in Chicago, Next Theatre Company (A Very Merry Unauthorized Scientology Pageant), Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company (Cherrywood directed by David Cromer), Pavement Group (punkplay for the Steppenwolf Garage Rep and Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century), Sideshow Theatre Company (Medea with Child, Theories of the Sun and Heddatron) and Northwestern University (How Can You Run With a Shell on Your Back? and many other productions). He has worked as an assistant costume designer for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Lookingglass, the Court, The Hypocrites, and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Upcoming projects include Pony with About Face Theatre, where he is an artistic associate.

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Bruce Phillips

robot designer and operator

Bruce is an actor and improviser in Chicago. He has a BA in drama and secondary education from The Catholic University of America in DC. He is an ensemble member of ComedySportz Chicago, and has performed with the Washington Shakespeare Company and a the Greenhouse Theater, The Annoyance, Donny's Skybox, iO, and in the Landmark Festival with Prologue Theater Company. Bruce made his Sideshow debut as Florizel in Everything Freezes: another winter's tale directed by Jonathan L. Green. He is also performed in and helped create The Boy Scout Musical: Knot Prepared directed by Mick Napier at The Annoyance Theater last year. He is a touring ensemble member of both Imagination Theater and GreatWorks Theatre Company, and works on staff as marketing manager for both Sideshow Theatre and ComedySportz Chicago. Bruce originated the role of Wilbur in the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray aboard the largest cruise ship in the world - The Oasis of the Seas, with Royal Caribbean International in 2010. He is a Jeff Award winner for artistic specialization for his work designing the robots in Heddatron for Sideshow at the Steppenwolf Garage in 2011. He can currently be seen performing with Hitch*Cocktails, the improvised Hitchcock thriller, directed by Stephanie Vlcek at the new Annoyance Theatre, and weekends at ComedySportz.

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Jordan Kardasz

lighting designer

Jordan is a proud artistic associate of Sideshow Theatre.  Around town, she has worked with Strawdog (where she is an ensemble member) Lifeline, Strange Tree, Factory, The Arc, and many more.  Her most recent designs were Tyrant with Sideshow and Hey Dancin! Hey Musical! with Factory Theatre, and you can see more of her work next season at Strawdog.  When not working in theatres around the city, Jordan works in the auditorium at Northeastern Illinois University. As always, love to the best two and four legged dudes in her life.

Christopher M. LaPorte

sound designer

Christopher's recent design and composition collaborations include Life Sucks, Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth (Lookingglass Theatre Company), and Roof of the World (Kansas City Repertory). Chris has collaborated on projects with many local Chicago companies such as Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, 17 productions with Sideshow Theatre Company, Timeline, Porchlight, InFusion, Raven, University Of Illinois Chicago, Interrobang, Emerald City. Regional collaborations include Kansas City Repertory, Dallas Theatre Center, The Old Globe (San Diego), Center Stage (Baltimore), Arena Stage (Washington D.C.), Arsht Theatre Center (Miami), Denver Center for the Performing Arts, NY United Solo Festival.

Michael Fernandez

video designer

Michael Fernandez is currently pursuing his MFA in film at DePaul University. Originally a theater major from the Northern Virginia/DC area, he came to Chicago and shifted into film, animation and visual effects, most likely due to his insatiable lust for technology. He has recently been busy shooting music videos, producing shorts and web series, directing a play, as well as working at a video production house, and he is very proud to add this endeavor to that list. He would like to thank Jonathan and all of Sideshow for the chance to work on this amazing play with these awesome people. All in all, Michael is jazzed about being able to fuse his new love for film with his first love, theater, all amidst his ever growing affair with technology.

Angela M. Campos

properties designer

Angela is elated to join the talented production team and cast for her first production with Sideshow. Since graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with bachelors in English literature and cinema studies, Angela has designed for a number of Chicago theatre companies including Eclipse (Autumn Garden) and Grippo Productions (Sex Marks the Spot). Upcoming productions include Long Day's Journey Into Night with Polarity Ensemble Theater and Lovers with City Lit. Along with working in the theatre, Angela is currently working towards a BA in interior design with a concentration in kitchen and bath design. She would like to thank her family, friends, roommate, and Filter and all coffee shops in the Chicagoland area for their support.

Jeffrey Gardner

dramaturg

Jeffrey Gardner is a freelance director and dramaturg based in Chicago, and the co-creator and director of Our Fair City, an audio-drama web series (ourfaircity.com). Sideshow dramaturgical credits include Maria/Stuart, The Gacy Play, Heddatron and Medea with Child. Other recent dramaturgical and directing credits include Arcadia (New Leaf Theatre), One Flea Spare (Eclipse Theatre), and G.I.F.T. (Collaboraction). In addition, Jeffrey is an operations manager for the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago.

Naví Afshar

stage manager

Naví is Sideshow's company stage manager. Sideshow credits include production stage manager for Theories of the Sun, Heddatron in the 2011 Steppenwolf Garage Rep, and Strangerland in the 2011 Chi Fringe. Other Chicago credits include Peter and the Wolf with Lookingglass and CSO, Hunting and Gathering with Theatre 7, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Emerald City Theatre Company. His regional credits include The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later at Actors Theatre of Louisville and Wait Until Dark at The Alley Theatre in Houston. Naví holds a BA in theatre from University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. Naví is also an alumni of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Intern Company where he produced/production managed several projects with the Apprentice/Intern Company. Upcoming Sideshow projects include assistant production manager for The Ugly One.

Benjamin W. Dawson

production manager

Ben is an artistic associate with Sideshow and is overjoyed to be working with this talented group of miscreants once again. He has worked with the likes of the Goodman, the Santa Fe Opera and The History Channel, to name a few. He is currently the associate technical director at Lookingglass Theatre and the production manager at Lifeline Theatre. In his spare time he produces shows in his living room, for aliens and dogs, using only Lego bricks and mini figures.

Kyle Kevin Gettelman

technical director

Kyle is a technical director, sound designer and audio engineer. He is currently technical director for North Central College in Naperville, Illinois operating four performing arts venues including thrust, black box, proscenium theatres, and a state of the art concert hall. Technical direction credits include Theories of the Sun, Everything Freezes: another winter’s tale (Sideshow Theatre Company), Sound of Music and La Boheme (Ash Lawn Opera Festival), Voysey Inheritance, The African Company Presents Richard III, and Scapin (UVa Drama) and Enchanted April (Heritage Repertory Theatre). Sound design credits include Twelfth Night, Songs for a New World (UVa Drama), The Diary of Anne Frank, and Dixie Swim Club (North Central College). Kyle holds an MFA in technical direction from the University of Virginia.

ChiBots

robotics engineers

The Chicago Area Robotics Group is dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge of the theory and practice of all aspects of robotics, including mechanical and electrical engineering, computers, electronics, radio, allied branches of engineering or the related arts and sciences.

Heddatron engineers:

Salvador Garcia

Stuart Hecht

Terry Jackson

Don Kerste

Eddy Wright

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Catherine Connelly

robot operator

Catherine most recently stage managed UrbanTheater Company’s production of Brainpeople and Studio BE’s production of Ragtime. Over the summer she assistant stage managed Le Nozzi De Figaro, Pirates of Penzance, and Die Fledermaus at the Brevard Music Center.

Mike Fletcher

robot operator

Mike moved to Chicago recently after graduating from James Madison University in May 2009. Brother of Matt Fletcher, this is Mike’s first time contributing to a Sideshow production.

Heather Irwin

robot operator

Heather is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where she received a BA in theater and English literature and was awarded best actress in a main stage production for her role of Yelana Andreyevna in Uncle Vanya. Post college, she has worked with various theater companies around east coast and mid-west, both as an actress and in administrative positions. In 2005 & 2006 she performed in two national tours with The Hampstead Stage Company. Chicago credits include Jennet in The Lady's Not for Burning, Lisa in Private Eyes, and Ensemble Member in Night Caps 2: Short Works Festival. Heather has also worked in administrative roles for The City Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA), Porthouse Theatre (Kent, OH), and the Chicago Humanities Festival.

Lea Pascal

robot operator

Lea is thrilled to be a part of this amazing play. Other Chicago credits include: Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Medea with Child (Sideshow Theatre Company); The Arsonists (Strawdog Theatre Company); 500 Clown Trapped (500 Clown); Lighthousekeeping (A New Leaf Theatre); The Improv Play (InFusion Theatre Company); and The Elephant and the Whale (Chicago Children's Theatre), as well as productions with Lucky Plush Dance Company, Redmoon and About Face Theatre. Ms. Pascal received her MA from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, she is a graduate of L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris, France, and the Second City Conservatory. Lea also writes comedy, is adapting a novel for stage, and has upcoming performances with Miss Spoken: Live Lit by Females.