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DAVID
SCHWEIZER (Director) continues with “Mother on Fire,”
a joyful collaboration with Sandra Tsing Loh that has produced their
New York and Los Angeles hit “Bad Sex With Bud Kemp” and “Aliens
in America,” which has toured extensively, as well as “I Worry”
and the acclaimed holiday show “Sugar Plum Fairy.” In January,
he directed “The Nytrate Hymnal,” a new multi-media opera
by Robert Massey and David Wilson for the Washington Performing Arts
Series, and his production of Lisa Loomer’s “The Waiting Room”
was a critical and audience triumph at Arena Stage several seasons ago.
His production of Rinde Eckert’s opera “And God Created Great
Whales” received an Obie Award in 2002. Most recently, he staged
an acclaimed production of the musical “Honk” at Minneapolis
Children’s Theatre, Charles Mee’s “Wintertime” in
New York, “Whales” in London, a world premiere production
of Matthew Deegan’s “Hysterex” in Los Angeles, and Offenbach’s
“La Perichole” at Long Beach Opera. David has directed new
theater, performance and opera work nationally and internationally for
25 years and has no intention of stopping anytime soon. BART DeLORENZO (Director) is Artistic
Director of the Evidence Room in Los Angeles. Now in his 10th season,
he has directed and/or produced over 40 productions including world
premieres by Kelly Stuart, Gordon Dahlquist, John Steppling, Peter
J. Nieves, Ken Roht, and Michael Sargent, among others. He has participated
in the development of new works at the Mark Taper Forum’s New
Work Festival, A.S.K. Theater Projects, the Ojai Playwrights Conference,
Madison Repertory, and the California Institute of the Arts. For his
work, he has received three LA Weekly awards for Production and Direction
and three BackStage Garland awards for Production, Adaptation, and
“Local Hero” Director. JERRY BUSZEK (Scenic Designer) is thrilled
to be working with the happiest colors on earth for “Mother on
Fire.” His past efforts in scenic design and/or build are “Hollywood
Hellhouse”, “Funny Business,” “Groovaloo,”
“Weight on the Roof,” and “Blue Dove.” Not one
of them used the paint color “Atomic Vomit Green.” MICHAEL GEND (Lighting Designer) has
been designing in the L.A. and San Fernando Valley over the past 5
years. Recent local credits in the area include “Barefoot in
the Park” at The Complex, “Julie” and “Guys &
Dolls” at Pierce College, and “The Ball Game” directed
by Bart DeLorenzo at CalArts. Michael is an alum of CalArts and currently
teaches theatre at Pierce College, California Lutheran University,
and Pepperdine University.
JOHN
ZALEWSKI (Sound Designer) In Los Angeles includes “One Flea
Spare,” “The Berlin Circle,” “The Blacks”
at Evidence Room, “Salomé; Self Defense,” “Blood!
Love! Madness!” at Actors’Gang, “Kate Crackernuts”
at 24th Street Theatre, “War Music” at Geffen, “Light”
at Boston Court. In NYC includes: “Speed Hedda” at LaMama
and “Pandora’s Last Xmas” at chashama. He is an NEA/TCG
career development grant recipient. Awards: €ve L.A. Weekly Awards,
nine Backstage West Garlands and one Ovation. He’s co-designing
video for Mike Schlitt’s “Indian Adventure” in Edgefest
with Raul Enriquez and just opened “Blood is My Legacy!”
at art/works.
MICHAEL
MASUCCI (Video Designer) is an award-winning producer, director
and digital artist whose work has been seen on BRAVO, the BBC and
PBS; as well as in the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Institute
of Contemporary Art (London) and the American Film Institute, who
honored Masucci and his production company EZTV (a pioneering digital
art group) with a career retrospective. He has produced work throughout
the U.S. as well as in China, Finland, the U.K., Thailand and Mexico.
JEREMY BRYDEN (Technical Director) has recently worked at the
Colony Theatre Company, The Boston Court, A Noise Within, The Falcon,
The Rubicion, The Wadsworth, Civic Light Opera of South Bay City and
numerous production companies in L.A. Jeremy attended Los Angeles
City College Theatre Academy for two years. He is excited to be working
at 24th Street Theatre and looks forward to the upcoming year. MICHELLE
GANINO (Production Stage Manager) returns to 24th Street Theatre
where she helped inaugurate the space with “The Music of Magdalena
Bay,” “Nightingale and the Rose,” “Poe: Out of
His Mind” and “Mad Boy Chronicles.” Her other shows
include “The Snow Maiden” (Odyssey); “The Stand-In”
and “Love, Lies and Cereal!” (Hudson Backstage); and “American
Has-Been” (HBO Workspace). She has script supervised various
and sundry shorts in her spare time. YING LE (Associate Producer) has been
working with 24th Street Theatre for over four years in a variety
of positions. She recently associate produced “Dry Cleaning”
(nominated for two Ovation Awards) and “Mirror Mirror.”
Upcoming projects include producing the annual “Saturday Explorer
Series” and seeking enlightenment. A graduate of the USC Annenberg
School for Communication, Ying also works for the Music Center, in
the Education Division. DEBBIE DEVINE (Producer) is a co-founder
of 24th Street Theatre, a writer and a director. As 24th Street’s
Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Director, she creates professional
mainstage TYA productions and educational theatre programming for
all ages. Debbie also heads the Theatre Department at the prestigious
Colburn School of Performing Arts and at the Poseidon School for at-risk
teens. She won the USC School of Education’s 1999 Innovation
and Leadership Award and has LA Weekly Awards, Dramalogue Awards,
and Robbies on her wall. JAY McADAMS (Producer) is a co-founder
of 24th Street Theatre and has been its Executive Director since 1999.
He has produced many successful shows and events since his beginning
in Los Angeles theatre nearly 20 years ago. Though most of Jay’s
theatre work now is behind the scenes, he began in theatre as an actor,
having graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Jay is
the winner of the prestigious University of Southern California School
of Education’s 1999 Innovation and Leadership Award for his work
in Arts Education. FRIER McCOLLISTER (Producer) is an independent
producer and manager, based in Los Angeles. He is proud to be maintaining
his successful collaboration with Ms. Loh and Mr. Schweizer that began
with the west coast premieres of Ms. Loh’s “Bad Sex With
Bud Kemp” and “Aliens in America” (Tiffany, Seattle
Rep, San Jose Rep). He served as co-producer with Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Co, for the world premiere and subsequent co-productions of Ms. Loh’s
“I Worry” (Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Stages, Actors Theatre
of Louisville) as well as the world premiere and respective subsequent
co-productions of Ms. Loh’s holiday spectacle “Sugar Plum
Fairy” (Seattle Rep, Geffen Playhouse, San Jose Rep). Most recently
he produced the world premiere of the free-style hip-hop dance hit
“Groovaloo” at the Falcon Theatre, which will receive its
off-Broadway premiere in the fall of 2006.
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