Repertory Season Designers and Crew
ASDS Repertory Season
- Repertory Season Academic Manager - Ana Mari de Quesada
- Process Lab Instructors - Jee Duman, Andreas Manolikakis, and Brian Rhinehart
- Director of MFA Playwriting - Sheri Wilner
Production
- Production Manager - Kyle Atkins
- Technical Director - Jimmy Kohlmann
- Lead Carpenters - Elias Ross Trupin and Sam Keran
Designers
- Sound Designer - Sean Hagerty (Weeks A, C)
- Sound Designer - Elisabeth Weidner (Week B)
- Lighting Designer - Jennifer Fok (Weeks A, B)
- Lighting Designer - Tyler Micoleau (Week C)
- Set Designer - Samantha Tutasi (Weeks A, C)
- Scenic Designer - Andreea Mincic (Week B)
- Properties Designer - Kristen VanDerlyn (Weeks A, B, C)
- Properties Associate - Allie Goldhammer (Weeks A, B, C)
- Costume Designer - Andreea Mincic (Weeks A, C)
- Costume Designer - Jolene Marie Richardson (Week B)
- Projection Designer - Brian Pacelli (Week B, C)
Sean Hagerty
Sound Designer
Sean Hagerty is a sound designer, composer, and violinist based in NYC. With Third Rail Projects, he's created immersive soundtracks for Then She Fell (Bessie Award), Ghost Light (Lincoln Center), Yours to Lose (SXSW), Midsummer: A Banquet (Drama Desk Nom.), Sweet and Lucky (Denver Center), The Grand Paradise, and Still, the Sky, a fully underscored audiobook. Other shows include Mint Theater's Sump'n Like Wings (Theater Row), Drift (New World Stages), Hit the Body Alarm (Performing Garage), Around the World in 80 Days (Davenport Theater), The Gospel According to Heather (Theatre 555), The Wild Party (Denver Center), Hound of the Baskervilles (Weston Playhouse, Virginia Stage) and 100 plays with the Actors Studio Drama School. Associate sound designer and sound supervisor for Grief Hotel (Clubbed Thumb / Public Theater) and Jill Sobule's F*ck 7th Grade (Wild Project). Narrative podcasts include The World to Come, The Girl Who Wasn't There (Audible Original), and Bite-Sized Broadway. Visit Sean Hagerty's website.
Elisabeth Weidner
Sound Designer
Elisabeth Weidner Broadway: Funny Girl (Assc. Sound Designer) Off-Broadway: Truman vs. Israel (St. Clements Theatre), American Rot (LaMama), White Rose (Theatre Row), F*ck 7th Grade (wild project) Henry Hewes & Broadway World nominee, The Magnificent 7 Theatre Row, Trevor Stage 42 (ASD) Pre-Broadway Out of Town: Water for Elephants (Assc. Sound Designer-Alliance Theatre), Hood (Sound Designer-Asolo Repertory Theatre) Selected Regional Sound Designer: 9-5 (Village Theatre), I & You (McCarter Theatre), Anastasia (Cape Playhouse), Little Shop of Horrors (DCPA ,Henry Award nominee), Watcher in the Woods (Urban Stages), Anthony Rapp’s Without You (IMM Theater Tokyo), Escape from Peligro Island (First Stage), 39 Steps (The Ensemble Theatre). Resident Sound Designer/Composer: PCPA-Pacific Conservatory Theatre 2009–2019 Affiliations: Local USA 829 IATSE, TSDCA Vice Co-Chair (2020–2024).
Jennifer Fok
Lighting Designer
Jennifer Fok (Lighting Designer) is a Chinese-American designer based in New York City. Her design collaborations center around reimagining classics, new and established works, and collaborating with interdisciplinary artists in dance, and music. She is thrilled to be returning for her third year with ASDS. BFA in Theatre Production and Design from Ithaca College. Visit Jennifer Fok's website.
Tyler Micoleau
Lighting Designer
Originally from Maine, lighting designer Tyler Micoleau lives in Brooklyn. He has designed extensively throughout New York on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway as well as regionally and internationally, for world premiere plays, musicals and operas as well as outdoor spaces and touring productions. He is the recipient of a Tony Award (for The Band’s Visit), three Lucille Lortel Awards, two Henry Hewes Design Awards, and two OBIE awards. Recent designs include: We Had A World(Huntington Theatre), Avengers Assemble (Disney Cruise Lines), Fiddler On The Roof (Signature Theatre DC), Caroline (MCC), Buena Vista Social Club the Musical (Schoenfeld Theater, Tony nomination), The Antiquities (Playwrights Horizons NYC, Lucille Lortel award, Drama Desk nomination). Education: Bowdoin College.
Samantha Tutasi
Scenic Designer
Samantha Tutasi (Scenic Designer) she/her/hers Ecuadorian-American theater artist, most recent design collaborations include: Scenic Design - How To Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents (Soho Playhouse); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Powerhouse Theater Collaborative); EXIT, Pursued By A Bear; The Drowning Girls (ASDS Rep Theater); Virgin, Mother, Whore (Boundless Theater Co.). Associate Scenic Design - Golem Owned A Tropical Smoothie (The Tank). Properties Design/Supervision - Diversion (Barrow Group); At The Barricades (Theater Mitu), RHEOLOGY (Bushwick Starr). She also helps facilitate Springboard To Design, an educational program which works to remove barriers for the next generation of theater designers. Visit Samantha Tutasi's website.
Andreea Mincic
Costume and Scenic Designer
Andreea Mincic is a visual artist and designer working across set design, costumes, masks, and puppetry. She loves working on projects driven by bold ideas and close collaboration with fellow theater artists. Her work has been presented in New York at venues including Mabou Mines, New York Theatre Workshop, BAM, La MaMa, Playwrights Horizons, Skirball Center, Chemical Studios, and Life World. She frequently collaborates with artists and companies, including Alex Tatarsky, The Builders Association, James Scruggs, Tom Lee, Joanne Akalitis, Amanda Horowitz, and Object Collection. Andreea is an adjunct professor at the Actors Studio Drama School and Undergraduate program at PACE, where she mentors students in the creative and collaborative processes of making theater.
Kristen VanDerlyn
Properties Designer
Kristen VanDerlyn (they/them) is a Props Manager/run crew technician based in Harlem NYC. Select credits: [Off Broadway] Heathers the Musical (New World Stages), Here There Are Blueberries (Supervisor, NYTW), Richard II (Associate, Red Bull Theater), The Antiquities (Playwrights Horizon), The Connector (MCC Theater), Eurydice (Signature Theater). Thank you to Mom, Dad, Allison, Greg, Margaret and everyone who has supported me thus far!
Jolene Marie Richardson
Costume Designer
Jolene Marie Richardson is a costume designer and fashion historian based in NY. This is her third season with ASDS, and she loves coming back here every spring. Her work can be seen across theatre and film, most notably in Cannibal Mukbang, Godless, Salvation Is Within You, and the upcoming new musical Stardust Riders. Follow Jolene Marie Richardson on Instagram for upcoming projects and her fashion history lectures series.
Brian Pacelli
Projection Design
Brian Pacelli is a New York City-based projections, video, and scenic designer. His work focuses on bridging the artistic gap between digital and physical worlds, making stories more accessible and relevant to our modern life. Selected designs include Off-Broadway: Gene & Gilda, Welcome to the Big Dipper, Scarlett Dreams (Lortel Award Nomination). Regional: ASCEND (Pittsburgh Playhouse), The Bridges of Madison County (Timber Lake Playhouse), Son of Zeus (Penguin Rep) West Side Story (Broadway at Music Circus), A Strange Loop (Circle Theatre), Million Dollar Quartet (BaMC), Dreamgirls (White Plains PAC), Elf (BaMC), The Steel Man (Penguin Rep), Fiddler on the Roof (BaMC), Cinderella (Theatre), Under the Stars), Tommy and Me (Bucks County Playhouse), Five Guys Named Moe (Fulton Theatre), The Adult in the Room (Victory Gardens Theater). Associate and assistant Broadway credits include SMASH, Pictures from Home, The Piano Lesson, Mr. Saturday Night, Harry Connick Jr….Derren Brown: Secret. See Brian Pacelli's work on Instagram. Visit Brian's website.
Jeff Meyers
Production Stage Manager
Jeff Meyers (Production Stage Manager) was in a play once. He played the “Captain” in the Grand Junction, Colorado, high school production of Carousel. He then turned to stage management. His New York highlights include Zack, Crooked Cross, Partnership, Becomes A Woman, Chains, Days To Come, Conflict, Hindle Wakes, Fashions For Men, Earnest Hemingway’s The Fifth Column and ten more productions for Mint Theater. Beyond Therapy and Happy Birthday (TACT), Painting Churches and Marry Me A Little (Keen Company), Amazons And Their Men (Clubbed Thumb), Orange Flower Water and Adam Rapp’s Stone Cold Dead Serious(Edge Theater Company) and Greg Kotis’ Eat The Taste (Barrow St. Theatre). His Regional highlights include Red (Schoolhouse Theater), Dracula (Triad Stage), The Underpants (Two River Theater Company) and ten summer seasons with The Theater at Monmouth. His union of choice is AEA, and he dedicates this and every performance to his Mom and Dad.
Miriam Hyfler
Assistant Stage Manager
Miriam Hyfler (Assistant Stage Manager) Select credits: How My Grandparents Fell in Love (NJ Rep/59E59 Theaters), Zack, Crooked Cross, Sump'n Like Wings, Partnership, Becomes A Woman, The Rat Trap, Chains (Mint Theater Company), King James, Sense & Sensibility, The National Pastime (Syracuse Stage), In The Heights, Rock of Ages, Beautiful (The Gateway Playhouse), hang, Time Stands Still (Shakespeare & Company), Shanghai Sonatas (Master Players Concert Series), On Blueberry Hill, Maz and Bricks (Origin Theatre/Fishamble),Three Small Irish Masterpieces, It's A Wonderful Life, Woman and Scarecrow (Irish Rep), author Directing author (La Mama), How to Break (HERE), Richard III, Henry V (New York Classical Theatre), Cymbeline, Capsule 33 (Barrow Street Theater), I Call My Brothers, The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise, Ludic Proxy (The Play Company), several seasons with Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Pan Asian Rep, and New Century Theatre.
Emily Katherine
Assistant Stage Manager
Off Broadway credits include High Spirits at New York City Center, High Society at Ogunquit Playhouse, Cellino v. Barnes, Dracula A Comedy of Terrors, FIVE: A Parody Musical, The Jonathan Larson Project and more. A huge thank you to my friends and family for supporting my journey thus far; may we all be so lucky!
Ann Barkin
Production Stage Manager
Ann Barkin (she/her): Off Broadway: Italian American Reconciliation (The Flea), Off Peak (59E59), Mornings at Seven (Theatre at St. Clement’s), Sistas (St. Luke’s), MsTrial (New World Stages), This One’s for the Girls (St. Luke’s), Education (59E59) and The Strangest (NYTW, 4th Street Theatre). Ann has also worked regionally on a number of productions, two notables being: Shear Madness (DC - Kennedy Center) and The Play That Goes Wrong (New Orleans- Le Petit). She has also worked as the stage manager for Deaf Broadway on Violet and Waitress both at Lincoln Center.
Sarah Adams
Assistant Stage Manager
Sarah Adams' (she/her) stage management credits include SOON, The Disappear & Love in Idleness (Off-Broadway), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Glass Menagerie (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), and various productions at The Cape Playhouse, Circle Theatre, Secret Theatre, Amore Opera, the Actors Studio Drama School, and Texas Christian University. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tarleton State University.
Management and Crew
- General Manager - SN Production/Scott Newsome
- House Manager- Chandler Stephenson
- Production Stage Manager - (Weeks A, C) Ann Barkin
- Production Stage Manager - (Week B) Jeff Meyers
- Assistant Stage Manager - (Weeks A) Emily Katherine
- Assistant Stage Manager - (Week B) Miriam Hyfler
- Assistant Stage Manager - (Weeks C) Sarah Adams
- Production Electrician - Emily Poole
- Sound Engineer - Margaret Montagna
- Costume Shop Supervisor - Katie Friedman
- Costume Shop Assistant - Raul Luna
- Wardrobe Supervisor - Carla Thomas
- Associate Properties Designer - Allie Goldhammer
- Intimacy Director - Joey Massa
- Movement Director - Danielle Ruvolo-Quisenberry
- Fight Director - Ron Piretti
- Scenic Charge - Clare Cantus
- Scenic Artisan - Jordan Santisteban
- Photographer - Eric McNatt
- Run Crew - Ames Moriarty, Jean Gordon, Sarah Plunkett