Director

Dresdemona is a stage director based in Seattle and Ashland, OR. Previously at SCT: The Journal of Ben Uchida. Regional: White Pearl (Studio Theatre), Vietgone (Alley Theatre), The Great Leap (Guthrie Theater), M Butterfly (South Coast Repertory), Caught (Intiman Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Pride and Prejudice (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), King of the Yees (ACT Theatre and Baltimore Center Stage), As You Like It (California Shakespeare Theater), Constellations (Seattle Repertory Theatre), among others. Awards: Princess Grace Award, Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Theatre, SDC Sir John Gielgud Directing Fellowship, and the Drama League Fall Directing Fellowship. Co-founder, Azeotrope. Adjunct faculty, Cornish College of the Arts. MFA Directing: UW School of Drama. www.desdemonachiang.com 

Mike Egan At SCT: The Diary of Anne Frank, The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Into the West, The Cat in the Hat, James and the Giant Peach.  Broadway: Les Misérables, Man of La Mancha, Never Gonna Dance. National Tours: Billy Elliot, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Cabaret, Mamma Mia!. Seattle Rep: Familiar, A People’s History, King Charles III, Disgraced, Lizard Boy, The Piano Lesson, Good People. Seattle Opera: Wagner’s Ring Cycle (twice!), Il trovatore, Pearl Fishers, Parsifal, Lohengrin, Iphigenie en Tauride.  The 5th Avenue Theatre:  Man of La Mancha, Singin’ In The Rain.  Spoleto Festival USA: Eugene Onegin, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, La Cenerentola, Kepler.  A proud English major and member of Actors Equity Association.

Kiera is grateful to be back at SCT after previously working on The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, and FireStation 7. Other Seattle credits include: Seattle Opera (Rigoletto, Carmen, Aida), Seattle Rep (In the Heights), Seattle Shakespeare Company (The Government Inspector), Taproot Theatre Company (Baskerville, Road Company ‘17), and the 5^th Avenue Theatre (Stage Management Mentor for Rising Star Project’s West Side Story). She has also worked with Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre and Inland Northwest Opera in Northern Idaho. Kiera is a graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX.

Scenic Designer

Carey has designed 35 shows for SCT.  Additionally, he has designed for the Seattle Rep, Berkeley Rep, Portland Center Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, ACT Theatre, Intiman, Village Theatre, Childsplay, Phoenix Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Hey City Theater, and Prince Music Theater. Carey has been Resident Designer for Portland Opera, Opera Memphis, and Wildwood Park for the Arts, and has designed for Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Vancouver Opera, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Macao and Beijing Music Festivals, and Nearco Producciones in Spain.  He is the Artistic Advisor/Designer of the new Portland Chinatown Museum, received his B.A. from Yale University, and thereafter attended Yale School of Drama.

Costume Designer

Christine is thrilled to be back with SCT for Snow White.  Other credits include:  Journal of Ben Uchida (SCT); As You like it (OSF) King of the Yees (Baltimore Center Stage); Pride and Prejudice (Pittsburgh Public Theater); King of the Yees (A Contemporary Theater) Constellations (Seattle Repertory Theatre); The Pirates of Penzance, Hello, Dolly! (The 5th Avenue Theatre); Richard III, Bring Down the House (upstart crow collective); The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure (Seattle Shakespeare Company); Building the Wall, Sound, 25 Saints, Red Light Winter, Gruesome Playground Injuries (Azeotrope); Bright Half Life (New Century Theatre Company). She holds an MFA in Costume Design from the University of Washington and is a member of USA 829 www.ctschirgi.com.

Lighting Designer

Matt is very, very pleased to return to Seattle Children’s Theatre, having lit last season’s The Journal of Ben Uchida. In Seattle, he has designed with Book-It Rep, ArtsWest Playhouse, Sound Theatre, Parley, Taproot, and the University of Washington, and he has assisted at the 5th Avenue. Regionally, he’s designed for San Jose Rep, ZACH Theatre, Arkansas Rep, Omaha Theater Company, Phoenix Theatre, and Cortland Rep, and he was the associate designer for the Asolo Rep’s Ragtime. A graduate of the UW School of Drama, Matt now calls Brooklyn, NY, his home, and he considers himself very lucky to spend a little more time with Seattle’s best storytellers.

Sound Designer

Chris is very happy to be in his 18^th year designing sound for S.C.T. In Seattle he has designed at The Seattle Repertory Theatre, A.C.T., Intiman and The 5^th Avenue.  In California he’s designed at The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, the Geffen Playhouse, and ACT (San Francisco).  He spent seven seasons as the resident designer at the American Repertory Theatre in Boston, designing over forty productions while there.  He has also designed in New York, Houston, Philadelphia, Princeton, Chicago, Washingon D.C. and Phoenix, as well as internationally in Singapore, Taiwan and Moscow.  Commercially he has designed for Intel, Harvard University, Starbucks, and Popcap Games.  He holds a degree in Classical Piano performance from Cornish College of the Arts.

With great pleasure Joyce returns to SCT, to be working with amazing artists and directors to reach and engage young people. Joyce arrived in Seattle to work at Seattle Repertory Theatre, soon also with A Contemporary Theatre, Intiman, and The Bathhouse. Wig and Makeup Designer at Seattle Opera. Wigs for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Book-It Repertory, Seattle Shakespeare, Taproot Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, and Gulfshore Playhouse, FL. Joyce taught wig making at University of Washington, Western Washington University, and DePaul University. Joyce is honored to be the recipient of the Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award.