Program - Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Recorded Books Repertory Company. He has alsoserved as a voice and text coach for the IllinoisShakespeare Festival and American Players Theatrein Spring Green, Wisconsin. Robert received his MFAfrom the Professional Theater Training Program atthe University of Delaware and was on the voice andspeech faculties at Marymount Manhattan Collegeand the American Musical and Dramatic Academy inNew York City before joining the faculty at the U ofI. He specializes in speech, text, and dialect work, aswell as vocal production and development.Kevin Tianyu Qiu (Scenic Design Ensemble) is asenior in the BFA Scenic Design Program at the Uof I. Kevin transferred from the U of I School of Artand Design. Dracula is his first design project atKrannert Center. His previous design work was withthe Illini Union Board’s musical Chicago at AssemblyHall. He has also been an assistant designer forBattle of Angels, Barber of Seville, and will be anassistant scenic charge for this season’s Florencia enel Amazonas at Krannert Center.Liz Rowe (Costume Designer) is a third-year MFAcandidate from Canada. She received her BFA fromNova Scotia College of Art and Design and hascompleted an eight-month mastery makeup diplomaprogram at Complections International Academyof Make-up Artists. Having IATSE Permittee statusin the Make-up, SPFX Make-up, and Wardrobecategories, she has worked on a variety of filmsand television productions including the featureResident Evil 4: Afterlife in Paul Jones’ SPFX Studio.Prior to coming back to the U of I this year, shespent her summer styling an array of commercialsfor companies such as Toshiba, Scotia Bank, andESPN. Since the onset of her program in 2010, shehas worked as an assistant costume designer on AMidsummer Night’s Dream—It’s a Bacchanal! andCabaret. Liz also designed makeup for Cabaretand was the costume designer for Our Town. In thespring, she is looking forward to being a costumedesigner for No Child . . . .Julie Rundell (Properties Master) has been theassistant properties director at Krannert Centersince 1990. Before coming to Urbana, she worked attheatres in North Carolina, Michigan, Massachusetts,and Wisconsin, and, occasionally, her work can beseen in Chicago. She has a BFA from the NorthCarolina School of the Arts.Michael J. Susong (Technical Director) is a thirdyearscenic technology MFA student at the U of I.He has previously studied at Boston University andWestern Illinois University. His most recent worksinclude touring as technical director for a new playtitled diventare, including performances at NewWorld Stages in New York City and the KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC;technical director for Summer Studio Theatre 2011at Krannert Center; technical director for HoodooLove (Department of Theatre); and technical directorfor Rossini’s Barber of Seville (U of I School of MusicOpera Program). This has been a new and excitingapproach to the design process, and he is excited topresent his work and collaboration on Liz Lochhead’sDracula.Assistant Stage ManagerAssistant Technical DirectorStage CarpenterAssistant Costume DesignerAssistant Lighting DesignerAssistant Sound DesignerAssistant to the DirectorAssistant to the Voice and Dialect CoachProduction AssistantMaster ElectricianCostume TechnicianHair/Makeup ArtistHair/Makeup Graduate Asst.Scenic Change EnsembleProduction Running CrewAutomations OperatorProduction StaffJamie FullerKatie MoshierBrian MorganJason HuertaAmy Chmielewskiheather McLaughlinMia LeeSlick Jorgenseneric BisgyerChristopher WilliamsonNaomi MarkShanna ZieglerBeanz RamirezKelly NeulsLisa LilligNatalie LovelandOlivia BaganMadeline CampbellSara Costelloedgar Nevarez FloresMariano NavaChloe WardShanna ZieglerTricia Wrinkle (Scenic Design Ensemble) is a seniorProperties Running CrewJade Hebererin the BFA Scenic Design program. Her work atAlon Stotterthe university has ranged from paints to props forseveral different shows including Rigoletto, Battle ofCostume Running Crew HeadAmy ChmielewskiAngels, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. For theCostume Running CrewClaire Floriano2012-2013 season at Krannert Center, she is workingRacquel Rizzoin an ensemble to design Dracula for the fall and willKevin Silversteinbe the assistant designer and scenic charge artist forMakeup Running CrewCody ChongThe Normal Heart in the spring. She has also helpedAmanda Miesnerdesign for shows at Champaign’s Central HighLauren NittoSchool and has helped paint a show at the StationTheatre in Urbana.Lighting Running Crewelaine SenftAudio Running CrewMaria Nikolova16 17