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Rachel Lucas ( Marketing ) is a public relations and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience telling client stories in the Boston area . She is especially passionate about the region ’ s wicked good arts and culture . Rachel honed her skills at some of Boston ’ s leading public relations agencies working with lifestyle clients in the areas of arts & culture , hospitality , education , fashion , real estate , health , and food . She established Rachel Lucas PR as a freelance consultancy in 2014 to work with companies and non-profits of all size , in a range of industries . Clients have included Plays in Place , Reagle Music Theatre , The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Cancer Support Center , the Bostonian Society / Old State House , and Brown Box Theatre Project , among others . Expertise includes external messaging , media relations , and brand message development . Rachel is a graduate of Brandeis University and Suffolk University Law School .
Courtney O ’ Connor ( Director ) is the Associate Artistic Director for the Lyric Stage Company and a senior affiliated faculty member at Emerson College . With Pat Gabridge and Plays in Place , Courtney has directed the world premieres of Blood on the Snow and Cato & Dolly for the Bostonian Society at the Old State House . She received her bachelor ’ s in English from Cabrini College and her master ’ s in theatre education from Emerson College . Courtney dedicates this production to Sharon Eves . www . courtneyoc . com
Betsy Pierce ( Assistant Stage Manager ) is a freelance stage manager , carpenter , and electrician . Stage management , Boston : Twelfth Night ( ASM , Lyric Stage Co .), A Story Beyond ( SM , Liars and Believers ), The Lyons ( SM , Titanic Theatre Co .), Nomad Americana ( ASM , FreshInk ), Hold These Truths ( ASM , Lyric Stage Co .), Murder for Two ( Lyric Stage Co .). Regional : A Fierce Kind of Love ( SM ). Technical Director : Weston Drama Workshop , Nichole Canuso Dance Company , FreshInk Theatre Co .. Carpenter / Electrician : A . R . T ., Boston Conservatory ,