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CREATIVE TEAM BIOGRAPHIES as musical director for Susan Egan, Jody Benson, Michael Maguire, Debbie Gravitte and the late Allan Jones. Rick is a private vocal coach, concentrating on musical theater audition and performance. www.rlewismusic.com EMILY N. WELLS Stage Manager Emily is in her fourth season at PCS. Favorite shows have been Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline, Venus in Fur and Twist Your Dickens. Proud Equity member for 18 years, spent in NYC, both on tour and regionally. Highlights on Broadway include Electra, Swan Lake and Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway credits include Adrift in Macao; Dedication, or the Stuff of Dreams (with Nathan Lane and Marian Seldes); and String of Pearls at Primary Stages. Other OffBroadway credits are Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky at Playwrights Horizons and Summer of the Swans and Sarah, Plain & Tall at the Lucille Lortel. She has also worked as the stage manager for readings and workshops for Playwrights Horizons, NAMT and North Shore Music Theatre. She spent a year and a half on tour as the PSM for Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Regional theater work includes: Ordway Center, Ogunquit Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse and Theatreworks USA, among others. In June 2014, Emily traveled to Memphis to be the Artistic Director for the Orpheum Theatre’s summer training camps. She also advocates for patients with congenital heart disease. www.achaheart.org BAILEY ANNE MAXWELL Production Assistant Bailey Anne Maxwell is thrilled to be joining Portland Center Stage this season. Bailey has most recently worked as a Production Assistant with Artists Repertory Theatre on The Motherfucker with the Hat, Foxfinder, Ten Chimneys, The Lost Boy and Seven Guitars. Bailey has recently enjoyed being the Stage Manager on Tamer Tamed and the Assistant Stage Manager on Taming of the Shrew with Portland Shakespeare Project. She has also worked with Profile Theatre as a Stage Management Apprentice on Buried Child and Eyes for Consuela. Bailey is a Linfield College graduate and a proud member of the EMC program. STEPHEN KRIZ GARDNER Production Assistant #2 Previously at Portland Center Stage, Stephen was the production assistant for Othello, Chinglish, Twist Your Dickens, The Mountaintop and Somewhere in Time. In Portland, Stephen has also worked as a stage manager for Oregon Children’s Theatre on Pinkalicious (remount), The Magic School Bus: Climate Challenge and Locomotion, as well as assistant stage managed Pinkalicious and Duck for President. Stephen also stage managed Spring Awakening with Live On Stage Theatre Company. His credits outside of Portland include stage managing Black Comedy for No Rules Theatre Company in Washington DC and assisting on Camp Wanatachi at La Mama Experimental Theatre in New York. FOR THIS PRODUCTION Deck Manager Tim McGarry Scenic Painter Lauren Newey Props Artisans Teresa Pilar Huarte Shawn Mallory Lauren Newey Wardrobe Julio Maxwell Kat Reid Light Board Operator Alexz Eccles Master Electrician Connery MacRae Sound Engineer & Programmer Scott Thorson Associate Sound Designer Em Gustason TWIST YOUR DICKENS SPONSOR STATEMENT LEAD CORPORATE CHAMPION UMPQUA BANK From the lead actor to the light technician, from the front seats to the back row, we’re proud to support every inch of Portland Center Stage. Of course we’re writing this in hope that, as a fellow lover of the theater, you’ll come and visit us. But for now, sit back, enjoy the show and cheers for the season!  P 12 | PORTLAND CENTER STAGE TWIST YOUR DICKENS