Insignificance: Meet the Design Team

Laura Jane Bailey (Director) previously directed Marvin’s Room for Dragon Productions and is happy to be back directing Insignificance. Dragon audiences have seen Laura Jane's acting in For The Love Of A Pig, Cloud Nine, Chekov In Yalta, Smell Of The Kill, The Memory Of Water, Bad Dates Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Fiction. She has worked at several Bay Area theaters including TheatreWorks, Aurora Theatre, Crowded Fire, SF Playhouse and City Lights. Back in Chicago, Laura Jane served as Artistic Director for cobalt ensemble theatre and taught the Meisner technique at The Actors’ Center of Chicago.

Christina Bauer (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working her first production with Dragon Productions. Previous credits include The Monster Builder, Dear Master and Temple with Aurora Theatre Company; Into the Beautiful North with Central Works; Love Sick with Jewish Circle Theatre; Antigonick and The Village Bike with Shotgun Players; Orlando and Escanaba in da Moonlight with TheatreFirst; Shrek: The Musical with Berkeley Playhouse; The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, and The Merry Wives of Windsor with Livermore Shakespeare Festival; Guys and Dolls, Les Misérables, Cats, The Wizard of Oz, HONK! and Beauty and the Beast with Star Struck Children's Theatre. She is proud to have worked as a teacher for Arts Academy and Pleasanton Drama Camps. She holds a degree in anthropology, theatre, and political science from James Madison University.

Jonathan Covey (Sound Designer) is an aspiring sound designer and broke musician. A perfect fit for Dragon Theatre! This is the fourth play that Jonathan has made noise for with Dragon, the other three being Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Rich & Famous and Caeneus & Poseidon. Covey also worked in the stage crew for the Palo Alto Theatre Company’s productions of Zombie Prom and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, was the assistant director for Crystal Springs Player’s production of The Bible: Abridged, and even tried his hand at acting, playing Detective Sargent Trotter in Crystal Springs’ production of Agatha Christie’s The Mouse Trap. But in the end, he felt much more comfortable alone in a dark room with a microphone and a guitar then on a lit stage in front of a few too many people.

Beth Covey-Snedegar (Properties Designer) has been on the stage and off since she was a little girl. Her passion for theatre inspired her to become a theatre arts instructor, teaching musical theatre, dance and acting to kids of all ages. In her off time, she is a mom and owns her own floral design and special events company, Sassy Diva Designs and Events. Her past Dragon credits include When the Rain Stops Falling.

Steaphen Fick (Fight Choreographer) Insignificance marks the first production with Dragon Production Theatre Company. He has performed on the History Channel for the episode of ‘Built By Hand’, he worked with Mike Rowe on ‘Somebody’s Gotta Do It’ and choreographed fight sequences for Dawnrunner Productions of ‘Terra’, ‘FIGHTCRAFT’ and ‘DORKCORE’. He has also worked with Galatia Films on ‘Reclaiming the Blade’, and Disney music video for the band Allstar Weekend. Steaphen also has worked with students at Milpitas High School on some of their productions. Steaphen has also choreographed fight sequences for multiple Renaissance Faire productions, taught at conventions in Michigan, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Mexico, Canada, the UK, and Holland. Steaphen has trained with fight directors from New York, Australia the US and Canada and is excited to bring that experience to the Dragon Production Theatre Company. 

Katie Forrest (Rehearsal Stage Manager) is delighted to be working with Dragon Productions Theatre Company for the third time. The last Dragon production Katie stage managed was Cirque Exotique du Monde. She has worked behind the scenes and on stage for many previous shows. Most of her work was done at Woodside High School, taking on various roles in productions. She is also studying at Canada College to obtain a double major in Business and Theater.

Eric Johnson (Scenic Designer) is thrilled to be making his Dragon debut with scenic design for Insignificance. Eric is also the new resident stage manager and props designer for Broadway By The Bay (Smokey Joes Café, Next To Normal, Singin’ in the Rain), the resident Props Designer for SAN Francisco Opera’s Merola Arts Program (Transformations, La Cenerentola, La Finta Giardinier, The Marriage of Figaro, Postcards From Morocco, The Rape of Lucretia, The Medium, Don Pasquale, and five seasons of the Schwabacher Summer Concert Series). Eric is also a freelance designer and stage manager for many companies around the Bay Area. Look for Eric’s work in upcoming productions of Music Man, Million Dollar Quartet, Saturday Night Fever, and Aida with Broadway By The Bay. Special thanks to Kelly Tighe, his family, and the wonderful Marty Stauffer!

Edward Liptzin (Lighting Designer) is excited by the opportunity to bring Insignificance to life. He has previously worked as a Technician at The Dragon Theater for their Monday Night Play Space series and is looking forward to furthering his exploration of design. He has previous experience as Lead Electrician on California Shakespeare Theater’s Black Odyssey, Assistant Lighting Designer on TheatreFIRST’s HeLa, and Lighting Assistant on Ubuntu Theater Project’s To the Bone, in addition to doing various lighting design throughout college. From this production, Edward reflects upon these words of The Professor: "If I say I know, I stop thinking, but so long as I think, I come to understand, I might approach some truth."

Kathleen Qiu (Costume Designer) is excited to be returning to Dragon Productions for Insignificance after working on Cirque Exotique du Monde. Previously in the Bay Area, she has designed at Pear Theatre (Enemy of the People), Custom Made Theatre Co (The House of Yes, How I Learned to Drive), the SF Playhouse (You Mean to Do Me Harm), Palo Alto Players (The Graduate), and Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre (In the Heights, Jesus Christ Superstar). Her other credits include Pirates of Penzance, Steve Martin’s The Underpants, Dracula, War of the Worlds, and Picture Imperfect, among others, with a variety of theatres in Tallahassee and Chicago. She graduated from the University of Chicago with degrees in Chemistry and Psychology. She would like to thank the production team for this opportunity and her family and friends for their continued support.