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Artistic/Production StaffCory F. Goddard* (Production Stage Manager) is in his ninth season with PICT. Agraduate of Baldwin-Wallace College in Cleveland, he is happy to call Pittsburgh his homenow. Cleveland area stage management credits include Parade, The Laramie Project, The 24Hour Theatre Project, Grey Gardens, and the non-Equity premieres of Brooklyn, Phantom ofthe Opera, and [title of show]. In Pittsburgh: Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom for Bricolage,A Child’s Guide to Heresy and August Osage County for The REP. Past PICT credits include:BeckettFest, Synge Cycle, Pinter Celebration, Chekhov Celebration, Heartbreak House,Othello, House & Garden, Antony & Cleopatra, Beautiful Dreamers, The Lieutenant of Inishmore,Jane Eyre, The History Boys, Doubt, What the Butler Saw, In the Next Room or the vibrator play,The Pitmen Painters, Stones in his Pockets, Private Lives, Stuff Happens, Boston Marriage, andSalome. He would like to thank Alan, Rebekah, Vicky, Jo, Alicia, Phill, Liz, Gianni, and Marty.Heather Helinsky (Dramaturg) was the dramaturg for PICT’s Our Class and the 2012Chekhov Celebration. Other Pittsburgh credits include resident dramaturg for the PittsburghPublic Theatre in 2008-2009. Nationally, her dramaturgy has been seen at American RepertoryTheatre, Arizona Repertory Theatre, Borderlands Theatre Company, Philadelphia TheatreCompany, Miracle Theatre, the Moscow Art Theatre’s American Studio Theatre, Great PlainsTheatre Conference, Phoenix Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, Sundance Theatre Lab,Telluride Playwrights Festival, and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Heather holdsan M.F.A. in dramaturgy from A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training atHarvard. www.helinskydramaturgy.comLisa Leibering (Costume Design) is designing her first show for PICT, but she has severallocal design credits, including work for the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Shakespearein the Park, Squonk Opera, and the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. Beyond Pittsburgh, herdiverse portfolio includes designing and building costumes, puppets, and props for a widevariety of clients from professional sports teams to regional theatres to international cruiseships.Rebecca Leone (Assistant Stage Manager) Rebecca’s regional credits include The Schoolfor Lies (PICT); Walk Two Moons, The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451 (Prime Stage Theatre);International Choreography Competition ( Jazz Dance World Congress 2012); Next to Normal(Carrnivale Theatrics); M.I.A. (The REP); Funny Girl, The Unexpected Guest, A Little NightMusic (Gretna Theatre); A Year with Frog & Toad, Barefoot in Athens, All’s Well That Ends Well(Gamut Theatre Group). Amateur/university: Yo, Vikings!, Illyria (Point Park University);Wiley and the Hairy Man (HACC Theatre for Young People); You’re a Good Man, CharlieBrown (Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg); and Jungle Book: Kids (Carlisle Theatre Company).Jessi Sedon-Essad (Projection Designer) has been a projection designer for theatre, dance,and installation in Pittsburgh for the past nine years. Her previous PICT credits include ThePitmen Painters, The History Boys, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Jessi is currently the resident projectiondesigner for The Pittsburgh Playhouse and a few of her recent credits include Antarktikos,Chess, and The Producers. She has had the pleasure of working with The Aspen OperaTheater, The National Aviary, Pittsburgh CLO, Bricolage Theatre, Off the Wall Productions,tripWIRE, The Pillow Project, Attack Theatre, Hiawatha Project, and Squonk Opera. Someexcerpts of her work can be seen at www.shinealightdesigns.com and www.squonkopera.org.She would like to dedicate this design to Nate Sedon; wish you were here.Artistic/Production StaffAlan Stanford (Director) was for the past 30 years a principal director and leading actor withthe renowned Gate Theatre Dublin in Ireland. He founded Ireland’s Second Age Theatre.For the past five years, Alan has been a part of the PICT family, and moved to Pittsburghpermanently two years ago. He most recently directed The School for Scandal for Point ParkConservatory, and his previous directing credits include works by Shakespeare, Molière, NoelCoward, Oscar Wilde, Shaw, and Brecht. He directed PICT’s record-breaking production ofthe Sherlock Holmes’ mystery The Mask of Moriarty in 2011, and will direct Sherlock Holmes& the Crucifer of Blood this December. Next, he will direct his adaptation of Oscar Wilde’sLady Windermere’s Fan in July, and Don Juan Comes Back from the War in August.All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.-- Leo TolstoyArchitect Fred M FargotsteinFine Residential Architecture & Landscape DesignPreserving the character of older homes through well-crafted andstylistically appropriate restorations, renovations, and additions.www.fmf-architect.com*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.