Katy is an ensemble member with Sideshow where her credits include No More Sad Things (Jessiee), Stupid Fucking Bird (Mash) and Idomeneus (Monster/Ensemble). She also can be seen wrestling in CLLAW (Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers) events as Hillary Rod-Arm Clinton. She has acted in Chicago with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Building Stage, Vintage Theater Collective, New Beast and Collaboraction. She is a stakeholder in the Backroom Shakespeare Project, co-founded Pivot Arts, created Chicago Movieoke, and is newly a cheerleader with Mucca Pazza. She graduated with a BFA from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.

Joshua received an MFA in theater performance from Brandeis University. He is the associate artistic director for The Ruckus in Rogers Park. Some of his recent theatre credits include: The Duchess of Malfi (Strawdog), The Red Stuff (Big Shoulders Festival: American Theatre Company), Matawan (Fresh Eyes: Red Tape Theatre), Vivian Matalone’s The Pilgrim Papers (Berkshire Theatre Festival), A Christmas Carol (Berkshire Theatre Festival), The Three Musketeers (Double Edge Theatre Company), and The Threepenny Opera (Brandeis Theatre Company). The Ruckus credits include: Heist Play, Tell It..., The Gay American, and 15 Minutes. During the 9 to 5 hours of the day Joshua is a mild mannered development coordinator for Steppenwolf. From 5pm to 9am Joshua is an obsessive compulsive, living dead dolls collecting, queer with a passion for plain food and adolescent literature.

Matt proudly serves as producing artistic director of Sideshow Theatre Company, where he was last seen in Mai Dang Lao and both iterations of Stupid Fucking Bird. Other performance credits include Idomeneus (Jeff Award for ensemble), The Golden Dragon, Tyrant, Heddatron, Theories of the Sun, Dante Dies!! (and then things get weird), and others (Sideshow Theatre Company); The Killer Angels (Lifeline Theatre); Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens); Common Hatred (The Ruckus); As Told by the Vivian Girls (Dog & Pony); Chicago Fire (NBC) and two seasons with The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island, NC. Matt received his BA in drama at the University of Virginia.

Hank received his MFA from Northern Illinois University and his BA from UW- Parkside. Hank is honored and excited to make his debut with Sideshow Theatre Company in this production of Idomeneus. Hank was last seen at the DCA with Vitalist Theatre Company in The Ghost Is Here. Hank was seen in Premiere Theatre Company's Seven Doors. Hank was also at the Steppenwolf garage with Urban Theatre Company's Sonnets for an Old Century. Hank is an artistic associate with Premiere, Urban, and Bruised Orange theatre companies. Hank would like to thank the cast and crew, and all the designers for all their hard work, and to Jonathan Green and Sideshow Theatre Company for giving him this wonderful opportunity to play and tell a story that transcends time.

Ann James is a Sideshow ensemble member and has appeared in its productions Caught, Antigonick, Maria/Stuart and Idomeneus. Among the companies with whom she has also worked are Chicago Shakespeare, 16th Street, Goodman, Jackalope, Organic, Pivot Arts, Provision, Shattered Globe and Stage Left. She is the founding director of Chicspeare Production Company, which has brought Shakespeare alive for more than 100,000 Chicago area residents in the past 20 years.

Susaan was last seen in Lifeline’s The Count of Monte Cristo and has recently been named an associate artist with Chicago Dramatists. Regional credits include The Michigan Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado (Hero), The Winter’s Tale (Hermione) , and Tartuffe (Elmire); The Arabian Nights (Sympathy the Learned) at Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, and Lookingglass, directed by Mary Zimmerman; The Crucible with Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Young Company, directed by Timothy Douglas; and several readings at Goodman Theatre including Yasmina’s Necklace and The Mecca Tales. Other Chicago credits include The Arab-Israeli Cookbook at Theatre Mir, the world premiere of Nambi E. Kelley’s The Blue Shadow at Lifeline Theatre, Skin in Flames and the world premiere of Mia McCullough’s Spare Change at Stage Left Theatre, Termen Vox Machina at Oracle Theatre, The Chicago 1-minute Play Festival, directed by Erica Weiss, and two festivals with The Inconvenience. She also performed the role of Scheherazade/Dahna while understudying the Chicago premiere of 1001 at Collaboraction. Select film credits include Cicero in Winter with Daniel J. Travanti and A Cadaver Christmas. Susaan received her MFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University, is currently training in The Second City Conservatory, and is represented by Gray Talent Group.

Danny is thrilled to be working on his first production with Sideshow Theatre Company. A new addition to the Chicago theatre community, he recently just relocated from Los Angeles where he was a member of White Buffalo Theatre Company. Danny’s favorite roles with White Buffalo include Trout Stanley in Trout Stanley (US premiere) and Lloyd Butler in The Red and White Store. He also performed in the 55th Dubrovnik International Theatre Festival playing the role of Ugo Tudesco in Uncle Maroje. He has also been seen in national commercials for Comcast and Nintendo Wii. He is represented as a voiceover artist by Abrams Artist Agency in Los Angeles. Danny is a graduate of The Catholic University of America. He is grateful every day for the love and support he receives from his family and friends.

Lona is delighted to return to Sideshow Theatre again after appearing in Idomeneus, a Jeff Award Best Ensemble recipient directed by Jonathan Green, of course. Lona is an ensemble member at Red Tape Theatre, recently seen in hamlet is dead. no gravity. Favorite credits include Elephant’s Graveyard and Love of the Nightingale at Red Tape and Next Fall at Aston Rep.

With Sideshow, Karie performs (The Burden of Not Having a Tail; Tyrant; Idomeneus; Everything Freezes; Ekphrasis), directs (Strangerland), and emcees (Rockke L Squelch, Mistress of Ceremonialisms for the Chicago League of Lady Arm-Wrestlers; Mariafe Ariadne Buckford-Westington-Washington-Taylor-Clais at the yearly Sideshow Gala). Karie is also an artistic associate with The Ruckus, with whom she performed/devised 15 Minutes and directed/devised Common Hatred. She holds an MFA from UVA, a BFA from NKU, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Theatre History, Theory and Performance at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. Her research interests include audience, creative placemaking, and performance art.

Kyra is a singing, dancing, actor and physical theatre artist and graduate of UCLA’s Theatre Film & Television MFA acting program. She is glad to be back at home in Chicago. Recent roles include Godiva in Bordello at Chicago Dramatists, Hunter in Lifeline Theatre’s Neverwhere, and Antigone in AjaxAntigone for the State Theatre. Other roles include Roxy Hart in Chicago (Toledo Rep), Golde in Fiddler on the Roof (Mendel Center for the Performing Arts), and The Caterpillar in Alice (Théâtre Friches Urbain, Paris). An artistic associate with Chicago Dramatists and an ensemble member with Pride Films and Plays, she is delighted to be working with Sideshow and DCASE. She sends her gratitude and thanks to her friends and family for their unending support.

Cody Proctor is a Sideshow artistic associate. Sideshow credits: Stupid Fucking Bird and Idomeneus. Other credits include Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Henry V, Othello), Oracle Theatre (The Mother), Goodman Theatre (The Iceman Cometh), Theatre Seven (We Live Here, The Water Engine), Red Tape Theatre (Brand), Lifeline Theatre (The Moonstone), and the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, Failure: A Love Story, Richard III, Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew). Cody is also a company member with Oracle Theatre and Alithea Mime Theatre and is represented by the glorious team at Grossman & Jack Talent.

Dylan is thrilled to be working with Sideshow Theatre again, last appearing with them as Mr. Asher in Theories of the Sun. Dylan has had the pleasure of working with a great many theatres in Chicago. Past productions include Cloud 9 (Gift Theatre), Awake and Sing (Northlight Theatre), the Chicago premiere of Aftermath (Signal Ensemble), the U.S. premiere of Absolute Hell (Gift Theatre), as well as work with Lookingglass Theatre, Promethean Theatre Ensemble, and New Leaf Theatre. Dylan would like to thank his parents, Ryan, Courtney, the G man, Aaron, and Hannah for all their continued love and support. And thank you for making live theatre a part of your week.

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.

David Tushingham

translator

David Tushingham works as a dramaturg and curator for the Salzburg Festival and the Duesseldorfer Schauspielhaus. He has adapted Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories for The National Theatre, London and translated plays by Roland Schimmelpfennig, Dea Loher, Falk Richter and numerous other contemporary German playwrights. His recent translation of Roland Schimmelpfennig's The Golden Dragon has been performed in London, Edinburgh, Washington D.C., Toronto, Pittsburgh, Melbourne and on tour in India, Kurdistan and Ireland.

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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Katie Spelman

movement coordinator

Katie Spelman is a choreographer and performer in Chicago, and she’s thrilled to be working with Sideshow again after collaborating with them on Theories of the Sun. Some favorite credits include: Fanny Brice (Asolo Repertory); Hair (Paramount Theatre); Apocalyptour, Holy Musical B@man (Starkid); CPS Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); 48 Hour Musicals (The Music Theatre Company); and The Who’s Tommy (Northwestern University). Upcoming projects include James Joyce’s The Dead (Court Theatre) and Down and Derby (The New Colony). Katie has also assisted and performed with Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Paramount Theatre, The Music Theatre Company, Writers’ Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Marriott Lincolnshire, The House Theatre, City Lit Theatre, Northwestern University, Stage Left Theatre, Maltz-Jupiter Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and American Theatre Company.

Joe Schermoly

scenic designer

Joe is so happy to be back with Sideshow and Mr. Green working on this crazy play, having previously designed Idomeneus and The Ugly One. Joe is a Griffin Theatre company member where he has designed and built sets for many shows including Spelling Bee, Flare Path, Punk Rock, No More Dead Dogs, Port, Constant Wife. Elsewhere in Chicago, Joe's set design work has been seen at Lifeline Theatre (Tale of Two Cities, The Count of Monte Cristo, The City and The City), Theatre Wit (Seven Mammoths, Completeness), Strawdog Theatre (Duchess of Malfi, Master and Margarita, Richard III) and more. Joe studied set design at Northwestern University and is the technical director at Lifeline Theatre. He has received two After Dark Awards and two Jeff Nominations.

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Mac Vaughey

lighting designer

Mac is a Chicago based lighting designer. Mac is a two-time Jeff Award nominee for his work with the Sideshow Theatre Company (The Ugly One, Idomeneus). Additional credits include work with Chicago Dramatists, The Gift Theatre, Victory Gardens, About Face Theatre, Bailiwick Chicago, Stage Left Theatre, Sideshow Theatre Company,The Piven Theatre Workshop, The New Colony, Collaboraction, The American Theatre Company, Renaissance Theatre Works (Milwaukee, WI), Teatro Luna, Teatro Vista, the Steppenwolf Garage, The Oak Park Festival Theatre, Theater Seven of Chicago, the among many others. Mac is the resident lighting designer at the 16th Street Theatre in Berwyn, as well as an artistic associate at Teatro Luna and Premiere Theatre & Performance. Mac is also the master electrician for Timeline Theatre Company, The American Theatre Company, Light Opera Works and the Northwestern University School of Music.

Kristin DeiTos

costume designer

Kristin is happy to be working again with Sideshow Theatre Company. Her past work with Sideshow includes 9 Circles, The Burden of Not Having a Tail, Maria/Stuart and Idomeneus. Her design work as also been seen at Lookingglass Theatre, Actors Gymnasium, Steppenwolf Garage, LiveWire Theatre, and American Blues Theater. Kristin is currently the costumer to the John G. Shedd Aquarium, as well as a costume technician for Paramount Theatre Company in Aurora. In 2010, along with Sarah E. Ross, Kristin was awarded the Mid-size Costume Design Joseph Jefferson Award for Tobacco Road. Kristin is a proud ensemble member of American Blues Theater.

Christopher M. LaPorte

co-sound designer / composer

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 Huey

co-sound designer / composer

Michael is a composer for film and theatre who has had the pleasure of working with such companies as Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Sideshow, Adventure Stage, North Park University, Filament, and many others. Music and more can be found at officialmichaelhuey.com.

Ellie Mae Wasserman

properties designer

Hailing from the Golden State, Ellie Mae cast away the comfortable year-round weather and set sail for the Midwest in search of Chicago’s vibrant and diverse theatre culture. Ellie graduated in 2009 from the University of California, Santa Cruz with majors in theatre arts and feminist studies and continued her education at UCSC in a one year post-grad certificate program for theatre arts. All of her degrees are signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since moving to Chicago, Ellie has been seduced and swept up by the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers and proudly served its cause as the CLLAW ‘sistant. Artistically, Ellie Mae specializes in devised work and is passionate about arts education, community engagement and laughter in spite of it all. She loves bees and hates escalators.

Shelby Glasgow

stage manager

Shelby is excited to be working with her Sideshow family once again after cleaning up sand for the Jeff Award-winning Idomeneus, cleaning up food and broken dishes for Maria/Stuart, and cleaning up beach balls and other apocalypse survival supplies for The Burden of Not Having a Tail. Shelby has also had the pleasure of stage managing for Nebraska Theatre Caravan (A Christmas Carol), Lookingglass Theatre Company (Adventures with Aladdin!), The Strange Tree Group (The Three Faces of Dr. Crippen), and Lifeline Theatre (A Tale of Two Cities and The Killer Angels). Shelby received her BFA in stage management from the University of Central Florida.

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.

Eli King

technical director

Eli went to Knox College where he studied theater. He now lives in Chicago, he works full time as a carpenter for several theaters in the greater Chicago area. Some of his recent projects include TD for pool (no water) (Vitalist), ATD for The Gingerbread House (Red Tape), and ATD for The Ghost Is Here (Vitalist). He is excited to be working with Sideshow Theatre for the first time.