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
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