Jenny Hollingworth (Director/Producer) – Originally from the U.K., Jenny moved to the Bay Area in 2004. She has worked with several Bay Area theatre companies including San Jose Repertory Theatre, Dragon Theatre Productions, City Lights Theatre Company, The Pear Theatre, Tabard Theatre, Arclight Repertory Theatre and Santa Clara Players, as, variously, director, producer, associate artistic director, writer, dramaturg, acting coach, dialect coach and house manager. A long-time Harold Pinter aficionado, her production of Pinter’s Betrayal was awarded the Silicon Valley Small Theatre Award for Standout Adult Contemporary Drama (2012) and her direction of The Birthday Party led to her nomination for Best Director, Theatre Bay Area Awards (2014). Most recently, she directed George Orwell’s 1984 at Los Altos Stage Company, which was a recommended Theatre Bay Area production.
Jenny has a career in PR and communications for a global business consulting firm. She is also President of the Dragon Theatre Board. As always, she extends much love and thanks to her husband and sons for their unwavering support; additional thanks to Meredith Hagedorn and the Dragon staff, and most of all to her awesome cast and production team for daring to take this ride with her and bring Equivocation to life!
Seafus Chatmon-Smith (Scenic Designer) Seafus is thrilled to work with Dragon Productions and this marvelous cast, amazing design team, and production crew to pull you into the world of Equivocation. After sound designing for Las Positas Collage production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 2008. This will be his second run in with Shag as a designer. As a teaching-artist and sound engineer for Bay Area Children's Theatre, he enjoys sharing his passion for the arts with students in hopes to inspire young dreamers to create new worlds of possibility. From sound designer, music director, lighting designer, as well as humble stage hand and much more. Wearing the scenic designer hat is one of his favorite choices.
Sean Kramer (Lighting Designer) - Recently graduating from Foothill Community College 2017, with honors in Theatre. As a Designer, Lighting, is Sean’s Compulsory, but not his only study. Sean is Always looking for new projects. Very Recently he has also Painted with light 1984 with Los Altos Stage, Bless Me Ultima with Opera Cultura, Boom at City Lights, and Norma with West Bay Opera. Between designs, you might catch him building and staging the scene, running the show. Special thanks to Rover Spotts. Please enjoy the show.
Kathleen Qiu (Costume Designer) is excited to be returning to Dragon Productions for Equivocation after working on Cirque Exotique du Monde and Insignificance. Previously in the Bay Area, she has designed with Ferocious Lotus (Two Mile Hollow), Quantum Dragon Theatre (Universal Robots), Foothill College (A Midsummer’s Night Dream), 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), and Palo Alto Players (The Graduate), among others. Her credits also include In the Heights, Jesus Christ Superstar, 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.
Jonathan Covey (Sound Designer) - Jonathan is an aspiring sound designer and broke musician. A perfect fit for Dragon Theatre! This is the fifth play that Jonathan has made noise for with Dragon, the other four being And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Rich & Famous, Caeneus & Poesidon, and most recently Insignificance. Covey also did sound for Hillbarn Threatre’s production of The Elephant Man. He 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 Master) - Beth has been involved in theatre from a young age on stage and off. She is thrilled to be back at Dragon for Equivocation and working with this amazing cast and crew. When she is not searching for life like fish and severed heads, she is busy running her floral design and event planning business, Sassy Diva Designs and Events. And when she isn't knee deep in flowers she is chasing her two adventurous boys and keeping them out of danger.
Rachel Nin (Stage Manager) - Rachel is excited to return for her second show in a row at Dragon, where she has served as stage manager for Three Days of Rain and rehearsal stage manager for Anna Christie.She has worked as a stage manager and ASM for companies around the Bay, including Opera San Jose, Merola Opera Program, Sunnyvale Community Players, and Western Ballet, and toured children’s shows throughout California as a stage manager with California Theatre Center. She is an alumna of the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she was stage manager for That High Lonesome Soundin the 39thHumana Festival of New American Plays. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Creative Writing from Denison University in Granville, OH.
Steaphen Fick (Fight Choreographer) - This is Steaphen Fick’s second show with the Dragon Theater. Steaphen choreographed the theatrical violence for Insignificance. He has also choreographed plays for Milpitas High School as well as performing on "Somebody’s Gotta Do It" with Mike Rowe and Modern Marvels ‘Built by Hand’ in armor. Steaphen also choreographed the action sequences for the Disney band Allstar Weekend’s music video. Steaphen, also known as Davenriche, owns and operates Davenriche European Martial Artes School,www.swordfightingschool.com; one of the largest sword fighting schools in the world with chapters in Santa Clara, CA, Midland, TX and Las Vegas NV. With over 100 students learning Medieval, Renaissance and Modern martial arts. Steaphen has worked on pilots of TV shows called FIGHTCRAFT, DORKCORE and a movie called Terra. He also performs at middle schools bringing history alive for the students that are studying medieval and renaissance history. He has also done motion capture for EA Sports video game.
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