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.

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.

Fred is thrilled to be working with Sideshow on this wacky and relevant play. He last appeared in the The Gin Game at Lincoln Square. Before that he played Avery in Men of Tortuga at Profiles (Jeff-nominated) and Shylock in Boho’s Merchant of Venice. He has also appeared as Frosch in Lyric Opera’s Die Fledermaus and King Lear at Chase Park. Other credits include: Winesburg, Ohio and Uncle Vanya (Steppenwolf); Santos and Santos (Teatro Vista); Born Guilty (A Red Orchid); and The Rimers of Eldritch (Eclipse).

Seth Bockley

director

Seth Bockley is a Chicago-based director and playwright. His work has been seen from Bogotá Colombia to rural northwestern Ireland, and is rooted in highly collaborative artmaking practices and an inventive visual style. His directing credits include co-direction of 2666 with Robert Falls at the Goodman in the winter of 2016; the multimedia military documentary production Basetrack Live, created with En Garde Arts; large scale site-specific work with Chicago’s Redmoon Theater, including The Picture Book, centerpiece of the Donegal Arts Festival in Ireland. Other credits include Samsara by Lauren Yee; The Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg (with Sideshow Theatre); Ewald Palmetshofer's hamlet is dead. no gravity; Philip Dawkins’ Failure: A Love Story; Jason Grote’s Civilization (all you can eat); Jon and Jason Grote’s 1001; numerous events and spectacles with Chicago’s Redmoon; and the clown play Guerra, developed with Devon de Mayo and Mexico City-based troupe La Piara (toured Mexico, Colombia, and the U.S.) As a playwright his works include 2666, adapted with Robert Falls from the novel by Roberto Bolaño; February House, a collaboration with lyricist and composer Gabriel Kahane, which premiered at The Public Theater in the spring of 2012; Ask Aunt Susan (premiered at Goodman Theatre); The Elephant & The Whale (with Redmoon and Chicago Children’s Theatre); adaptations of George Saunders’ short stories CommComm (commissioned by the Goodman and further developed by New York’s Page 73 Productions) and Jon, which won an Jeff Award for  new adaptation.

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.

Izumi Inaba

costume designer

Izumi Inaba is excited to be working again with Sideshow after designing No More Sad Things and The Ugly One. Her recent credits include Learning Curve 3.0 (Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects), Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch (House), You on the Moors Now (The Hypocrites), and Thumbelina (Lifeline). Izumi is thankful for all Chicago companies for their supports and opportunities to work on new plays. A recipient of 2014 Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award, and MFA in stage design, Northwestern University.

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.

Katie Clarkson

properties designer

Katie is excited to be working with Sideshow Theatre. Katie recently moved from New York City where she spent 5 years working in the apparel and home design industry and worked with Basil Twist making puppets for The Addams Family. She recently designed costumes for On the Possibility of Romancing a Stone at Gorilla Tango Theatre.

Taree Chadwick

stage manager

Taree graduated with a BFA in theatre from Columbia College Chicago. Since graduation she has worked in many theatres around the city including The Gift Theatre, Jackalope Theatre, Moving Stories Theatre, Promethean, Silent Theatre, Raven Theatre, and many more. She currently works backstage on the crew at Blue Man. Most recent credits include Northwest Highway and Absolute Hell (The Gift Theatre), and The Ugly One (Sideshow). She is extremely happy to return to Sideshow and excited for the opportunity work with these amazing artists. A special thanks to all those who support and nurture the arts.

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.

Gina M. Di Salvo

dramaturg

Gina is a proud artistic associate of Sideshow, where her credits for dramaturgy include Caught, The Burden of Not Having a Tail, The Ugly One, and Theories of the Sun. Other Chicago-area credits include Mine (The Gift), The Petrified Forest (Strawdog), and Dangerous Beauty (AMTP/Northwestern University). When not dramaturging new works in the theatre, she can be found researching in the archive. She teaches about the theatrical past and present at the University of Tennessee, where she is an assistant professor of theatre.

Dylan Parkes

co-technical director

Dylan Parkes is an actor and technician from North Carolina. He graduated from Duke University and has been in Chicago for two years, loving every second. He is a founding member of Sour Mash Theatre Company. He is ecstatic to be working with such an amazing company. Thank you, Sideshow.

Joe Pauli

co-technical director

Joe Pauli received his BFA from Texas State University in tech and design. He spent his summer working for Creede Repertory theatre in Colorado as the master carpenter and shop foreman on I Capture the Castle, How to Succeed..., Unnecessary Farce and The Road to Mecca. Joe’s carpentry and welding has also been seen in Illinois Shakespeare Festival’s 2008 and 2009 seasons: Complete Works... (Abridged), Scapin, Titus Andronicus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and others. Currently, he is working as the apprentice carpenter for Steppenwolf. Joe could not be happier to have the opportunity to join the Sideshow team and he looks forward to a great show. He sends his thanks to all of his family and friends who are so supportive of him while he pursues the profession that he loves.