Saturday, August 31, 2019

HIckorydickory: The Design Team


Kimberly Ridgeway (director) has been working professionally as an Actor, Director, Writer and Producer in film and theater for over 20 years. Kimberly wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the stage plays Heavy BurdensNo More SecretsProspect Place, and The Gigolo Chronicles, and the short film “The Confession”.  Her favorite acting roles include Mrs. Muller, Doubt, Sam Stevens, The Gigolo Chronicles, Coretta Scott King/Fannie Lou Hamer, All The Way, Randa, Savannah Sipping Society, Bernice, The Piano Lesson, Duchess, Wonderland (World Premiere), Tiana in “Hopes Identity” and Camae in The Mountaintop for which she won the 2016 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local). Kim has directed projects for several Bay Area Theater Companies including The Playwrights Center of San Francisco, Bay Area Drama Company, and Ubuntu Theater Project. Her upcoming directing projects include Wait Until Dark (Village Theater, Danville), February 2020 and Crowns (Contra Costa Civic Theater, El Cerrito), July 2020. Kim returns to Dragon Productions Theatre Company after directing David Mamet’s Race last season.  

Tom Shamrell (scenic designer) is elated to serve as scenic designer for this unique experience at Dragon Productions. This team is bringing an intriguing story to life and Tom is honored to create the play space you see before you.  Tom is also a bay area as an actor, director, teacher,  property builder and much more. Tom holds a BA in Theatre Arts from San Jose State University and is a graduate of the Foothill Theatre Conservatory.

Nathanael Card (Lighting Designer), Wizard of the Theatre Arts, is proud to take the form of lighting designer, scenic designer, and painter for Dragon. His past scenic designs include: The Revolutionists, Three Days of Rain, and Cirque Exotique du Monde at Dragon; Godspell, Carousel, and A Chorus Line, with Youth Musical Theater Company; and Southern Lights, with 3 Girls Theater at Z Below. He designed lights as well for his last three shows at Dragon, and often crews as an electrician with Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Rep.

Kathleen Qiu (costume designer) is thrilled to return to Dragon for Hickorydickory. Previously, she designed Shoggoths on the Veldt, The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, Equivocation, and Insignificance. Selected credits include Orfeo ed Euridice (West Edge Opera), Passion, How I Learned to Drive, The House of Yes (Custom Made Theatre) The Fit, You Mean to Do Me Harm (SF Playhouse), 12 Angry Wo/Men, She Kills Monsters, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Foothill College), Two Mile Hollow (Ferocious Lotus), and Universal Robots (Quantum Dragon Theatre). You can see some of her other work right now in The Glass Menagerie (Role Players Ensemble, where she also designed Honky and All My Sons). She is currently working on an MFA in Costume Design from the Academy of Art. www.kathleenq.com

Lana Palmer (Sound Design). CreditsThe How and the WhyRace(Dragon Productions), School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play(Kansas City Rep/Regional Premiere),For Colored Girls (African-American Shakespeare Company), The Revolutionists(Town Hall Theatre Company/Bay Area Premiere), and Dracula(Inferno Theatre), for which she was nominated for a TBA Award for Original Music.  UpcomingThe Daughters  (SF Playhouse), Bull in a China Shop (Aurora Theatre). Affiliations: Dramatists Guild, SDC (Associate). www.lanapalmer.com

Kate Martin (Properties Master) designs and creates costumes and props, and performs with Epic Immersive and Hubba Hubba Revue, as well as teaches elementary school science and engineering during the week. In her free time she performs immersive comedy with her girlfriend and creates all sorts of strange things.

Miranda Whipple (Stage Manager) has worked as a stage manager and props designer in the Bay Area for the past four years. Past stage management credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (American Conservatory Theater), Girls Kill Nazis and Geeks vs. Zombies (Pear Theatre), La Llorona (Opera Cultura), and The Witches (Los Altos Youth Theatre). She has also designed props for productions of August: Osage CountyWest Side Story,In the HeightsMaking God LaughThoroughly Modern Millie, and Cabaret. Miranda graduated from Cal State University, Fullerton with a B.A. in Theatre Arts in 2014. 

Jacob Vorperian (Asst. Technical director) is proud to be joining the creative team of Hickorydickory. He studied computer science at Willamette University before moving on to his current roles as House Technician for Dragon Productions, Head of Technology for Epic Immersive, and Projectionist for Viberation Visuals. Jacob also has over a decade of extensive experience in acting, singing, and dancing, with his most recent role being that of Short John in Epic Immersive's production of The Changeling: a Neverland Story. He would like to thank Marilyn Izdebski for introducing him to the wonderful world of theater and Max and Alika for bringing him to Dragon.

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