Krystal is a Chicago-based actor and playwright originally from Miami, FL. Krystal is delighted to make her Sideshow debut with X! Her previous Chicago acting credits include: For Services Rendered (Griffin Theatre), Lettie (Victory Gardens), La Havana Madrid (Teatro Vista, Goodman Theatre), Thumbelina (Lifeline Theatre), and In Love and Warcraft (Halcyon Theatre). New York acting credits include: Kid Prince and Pablo (New York Stage & Film Powerhouse; Ars Nova). Television credits include: The Exorcist (FOX). Krystal received a BFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. She is represented by Stewart Talent.

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Sarah is thrilled be back at Sideshow, where she previously appeared in David Jacobi's Mai Dang Lao, directed by Marti Lyons. Other Chicago credits include The Wolves (Goodman Theatre), Harvey (Court Theatre), Earthquakes in London (Steep Theatre), You on the Moors Now (The Hypocrites), The Sweeter Option (Strawdog Theatre), Solstice (A Red Orchid Theatre), Northanger Abbey (Remy Bumppo Theatre) and Monstrous Regiment (Lifeline Theatre). Regional credits: With Love and a Major Organ (Boise Contemporary Theatre) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Indiana Repertory Theatre). TV credits: Chicago Fire (NBC/Universal). Sarah is also a stand-up comedian, and was a featured comic at the Chicago Women's Funny Fest ('18) and 208 Comedy Festival in Boise, ID ('19). Sarah is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University, the Improv Training Program at iO, and Second City's Conservatory. She is also a company member with A Crew of Patches, with whom she performs Shakespeare for high school students in the city and suburbs. Sarah is proudly represented by Gray Talent Group.

Gage makes his Sideshow Theatre debut with X. Chicago credits include: Pillars of the Community, Cymbeline (Strawdog Theatre); The White Road, In a Little World of Our Own (Irish Theatre of Chicago); Mike Pence Sex Dream (First Floor); Ghosts (Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.); You Can't Take It With You (Oak Park Festival Theatre); Cookie Play (Trap Door Theatre); An Oak Tree, Taste (Jeff Award – Principal Actor), Year of the Rooster, Dylan, and Red Hamlet (Red Theater Chicago). You can next see Gage in PEG, a co-production with The New Colony and Broken Nose, and A Doll's House at Raven Theatre. Gage is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent.

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H.B. Ward's recent theatre credits include: Evening at the Talk House, The Room, Come the Hell On and The Butcher of Baraboo (A Red Orchid Theater); For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday and The Realistic Joneses (Shattered Globe Theatre); Rock n Roll (The Artistic Home - Jeff Award nomination); Chimerica\ (TimeLine Theater); Song about Himself and There Is a Happiness that Morning Is (Theater Oobleck); Hot Georgia Sunday (Haven Theatre); Hank Williams: Lost Highway (American Blues Theater); Exit Strategy and The Living Newspaper Festival (Jackalope Theatre); How to Carry Love: A Play with Futon and Bag of Rice, Evanston Which Is Over There, On Loss and I Love You Permanently (Curious Theatre Branch); Through the Leaves (The Side Project); and The Electric Baby (Rivendell Theatre).  He has also acted in films, including St. Francis, and on television, including Chicago Fire. He is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency.

Nate has appeared in Downstate (Steppenwolf), Hinter (Steep Theatre), T.  (American Theatre Company), Carlyle (Goodman Theatre), Pinkolandia (16th Street Theater), The Peacock (Jackalope Theatre Company), Stupid Fucking Bird, Maria/Stuart, Antigonick, The Ugly One, Idomeneus, and Heddatron (Sideshow Theatre Company). Video work with The Onion and Live to Tape Fest.  He is an ensemble member at Sideshow and helms their new play development program The Freshness Initiative. He graduated from the University of Virginia (2008) and is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent. Much thanks to his family, with love to Elizabeth Anne.

Jonathan L. Green

director

Jonathan has been the artistic director of Sideshow Theatre in Chicago, IL since its founding in 2007. He has directed for Sideshow, Greenhouse Theater Center, Diversionary Theatre (San Diego), TheatreWorks (Palo Alto), Playwrights' Center, Silk Road Rising, Chicago Dramatists, Theatre Seven of Chicago and Pavement Group, and assisted Kimberly Senior, Tim Hopper and Andrew White at Steppenwolf and Lookingglass Theatres. Recent projects include J. Nicole Brooks' HeLa, debbie tucker green's truth and reconciliation (Jeff Award nomination for direction and ensemble), Philip Dawkins’ The Happiest Place on Earth (Jeff Award for solo performance), Anne Carson's Antigonick, Aaron Posner’s Stupid Fucking Bird, Roland Schimmelpfennig's Idomeneus (Jeff Award for ensemble), and others. Jonathan is the literary manager for Goodman Theatre, where his most recent dramaturgy credits include the world premieres of Christina Anderson's How to Catch Creation, Rogelio Martinez' Blind Date, Charles Smith's Objects in the Mirror and Doug Wright's, Scott Frankel's and Michael Korie's War Paint.

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Yu Shibagaki

scenic designer

Yu is a Chicago- and NYC- based set designer, born and raised in Japan. She is returning after designing HeLa, truth and reconciliation and Antigonick at Sideshow Theatre Company. Recent Chicago credits include Cambodian Rock Band, Fun Home (Victory Gardens Theater); Witch, Vietgone (Writers Theatre); Mansfield Park (Northlight Theatre); The Father (Remy Bumppo Theatre); and more. Upcoming productions are The Brothers Size (Steppenwolf), Her Honor Jane Byrne (Lookingglass), How to Defend Yourself (Victory Gardens) and School Girls (Goodman).

Noël Huntzinger

costume designer

Noël Huntzinger is a Sideshow artistic associate and has been working with the company since 2012. Favorite spots she has designed include: Goodman Theatre, Chicago Lyric Opera Unlimited, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Filament Theatre,  About Face Theatre, Pride Arts Theatre, Interrobang Theatre Ensemble, A-Squared, Muse of Fire, Shattered Globe Theatre, and Collective Theatre Ensemble. Noël is a design advisor at The Theatre School at DePaul. In addition to theatre, she has designed pieces for choreographers Ginny Sykes, Wendy Clinard, the George Balanchine Trust, and the Antony Tudor Trust. Film design credits include Olympia and Cliff. Noël is a graduate of Oklahoma University.

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Jordan Kardasz

lighting designer

Jordan is thrilled to be a part of the design team for X and returning to the world of theatre after a brief design hiatus. Previous Sideshow shows include Tyrant, The Burden of Not Having a Tail, The Gacy Play, Heddatron, and Theories of the Sun. She has worked around town with such companies as Strawdog, Lifeline, and The Arc. Most recently she designed Prophet$ at The Factory. When not designing, Jordan teaches at Wright College. She has an MFA from The Ohio State University.

Michael Huey

composer / sound designer

Michael has composed music and designed sound for more than 60 theatrical productions across the Chicago area. He has a long-running history with Sideshow Theatre in addition to Adventure Stage, Filament Theatre, North Park University, Lookingglass, Steppenwolf, Bros do Prose, Chicago Shakespeare, and more. In 2015 he composed the film score for the thriller Dark Awakening as well as the magical Legend of Amba. His music will be heard next in Lookingglass Theatre’s Her Honor Jane Byrne (written and directed by J. Nicole Brooks). Music and more can be found at officialmichaelhuey.com.

Paul Deziel

projections designer

Paul practices projection design out of Chicago and Washington, D.C. Selected credits: The Color Purple (Drury Lane), Photograph 51 (Court Theatre), Tilikum (Sideshow Theatre Company; Jeff Award), The Vagrant Trilogy (Mosaic Theatre Company), Sotto Voce (Theater J), United Flight 232 (The House Theatre of Chicago), Beauty’s Daughter (American Blues Theater; Jeff nomination), Twisted Melodies (Congo Square Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (The Hypocrites), and Churchill (SoloChicago Theatre). Paul is an artistic affiliate with American Blues Theater. He received an MFA in projection and multimedia design from the University of Maryland. Outside of theatre, Paul enjoys tabletop gaming and ink rendering.

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Emily Boyd

properties designer

Emily is thrilled to be finally be working with Sideshow Theatre. Ms. Boyd originally hails from San Antonio, TX but came to the second city for college and never left. Ms. Boyd attended The Theatre School at DePaul University, where she received her BFA in scene design, and studied abroad at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Emily has worked with such companies as Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Broadway in Chicago, Porchlight, Metropolis Theatre, Trollwood Performing Arts School, (re)Discover Theatre, Underscore Theatre Company, The Chicago Children's Theatre, BoHo Theatre, Otherworld Theatre, The Circle Theatre, and Haven Theatre where she is currently the resident props master. Though Ms. Boyd’s degree is in scenic design, she has worked in a variety of departments in theater's technical field including props, scenic painting, scenic design, practical special effects, and carpentry. Favorite productions of Ms. Boyd's work are: The Total Bent (Haven Theatre, props designer), The Displaced (Haven Theatre, props and special effects designer), Down the Rocky Road, All the Way to Bedlam (Otherworld Theatre, scenic designer,) and The Wiz (Kokandy Productions, scenic Charge). Emily is also the founder and head artist at Sass Flash and Graphics.

Emily Ioppolo

stage manager

Emily is so excited to be working with Sideshow again after previously working on truth and reconciliation and HeLa. Other credits include productions with Strawdog, Eclipse, Jackalope, and Remy Bumppo. Thanks, Chris.

Catherine Allen

production manager

Catherine is thrilled to be back with Sideshow Theatre where she previously production managed HeLa. She has also worked with Steep Theatre, where she is an artistic associate, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, About Face Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Route 66, Congo Square, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Pegasus Theatre Chicago, Haven Theatre, and many circuses with Actors Gymnasium where she is the staff production manager. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she received a BFA in acting.

Justin J. Sacramone

dramaturg

Justin is a director, dramaturg, and producer interested in how the history of theatre can help shape the future of it. As a director and assistant director, he has worked with; Goodman Theatre, 16th Street Theatre, Pride Films and Plays, Eclipse Theatre Company, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Steep Theatre, Red Theatre Company, Umbrella Arts Center (Massachusetts), First Floor Theatre, Headline Theatre Project, and Orlando International Theatre Festival (Florida). He returns to Sideshow after dramaturging HeLa by J. Nicole Brooks last year. Other experience includes; ten years with the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild, a nominator for the 2017 & 2019 Kilroy's List, a year developing new projects with the Creative Entertainment Studios of Walt Disney Imagineering and marketing associate with Sideshow Theatre Company. Education includes a BFA in theatre from Salem State University, a literary management and dramaturgy internship at Goodman Theatre, an independent study at the Tennessee Williams Institute and, most recently, a member of the 2019/2020 Observership Class with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.

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Will Hughes

technical director

Will is so excited to join this talented production team for Sideshow's X. He moved to Chicago after technical directing two summer seasons at Timber Lake Playhouse in Mt. Carroll, IL. Since then he's tech directed Noises Off (Windy City Playhouse), Bright Star (BoHo), Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens), and is now the resident technical supervisor for Music Theater Works in Evanston.