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Production Staff
Kristine
A. Schipper
(Equity
Stage Manager) joins the Festival for her first season after
finishing the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of
Louisville where she was the Assistant Stage Manager for
Dinner with Friends. She was the Assistant Stage Manager
for Dorin, and A Visit From the Footbinder, new works
produced at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. She
also was a Production Assistant for two years at the Alley
Theatre in Houston, Texas working on Antony and Cleopatra
with Vanessa Redgrave, Hamlet: A Monologue with Robert
Wilson, Angels in America: Part I and Part 2, Food Chain,
and the Greeks Part I and Part 2 directed by Gregory
Boyd.
Paul
S. Hengesteg (Stage
Manager Intern) is excited to be joining the Festival for
his first season. In the fall, Paul will enter his senior
year at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where is a
Theatre Arts and German double major. At Theatre Simpson,
he has served as Stage Manager for Top Girls and Inspecting
Carol, Assistant Stage Manager for Dancing at Lughnasa,
Lighting designer for Still Life and an actor in Twelfth
Night, Arcadia, and Macbeth. Professional credits for Paul
include working at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City where he
worked on Little Shop of Horrors, Guys & Dolls, Phantom
for the opera, and Evita.
John
A. Hofland (Scenographer)
returns for his second season as scenic and puppet designer
for the Festival. Professional design credits include
several productions for CLIMB Theatre in St. Paul,
productions at the Sioux Falls Playhouse in South Dakota,
and three productions currently playing at the Kharkov,
Ukraine, Puppet Theatre. This past season, he designed
puppets for Jeff Wirth’s production of An Interactive
Christmas Carol. Mr. Hofland is an Associate professor and
Chair of the Dordt College Theatre Arts Department in Sioux
Center, Iowa.
Ted
Thomas (Technical
Director) joins the Festival for his second season. Mr.
Thomas graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan in 1991, and
has worked consistently in his field since earning his
degree. Most of that time was spent with Playhouse on the
Square in Memphis where he was a master carpenter for over
85 productions. He has worked as a lighting designer for
Penobscott Rep in Bangor, Maine, and also for the Covered
Bridge Company in north East, Maryland. In the summer of
1995, he was the technical director/designer for Summer
Stage, a youth arts program in Arkansas. In his "spare"
time, he enjoys a computer drafting, toy making and sailing.
Although Mr. Thomas was raised on the Chesapeake Bay, his
ancestors were among the original settlers of Bourbon County
and his family still breeds horses and farms there. In the
last year, Ted and his new wife Christine celebrated the
birth of their new daughter Tempest.
James
Addink (
Scenic Technician Intern) joins the Festival for his first
season. He hails from Manhattan, Montana and is currently
working on a B. A. in Theatre and a B.A. in Broadcast
Communication at Dordt College. He has previously designed
a set for Coleman Jenning’s The Honorable Urashima
Taro, a children’s theatre production at Dordt
College.
Michelle
Bombe
(Costume Designer) is delighted to be joining the Kentucky
Shakespeare Festival for her first summer season. Michelle
designed costumes for the 1997-98 Shakespeare Alive! tour.
Michelle has spent the past fourteen seasons with Hope
Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Michigan. During the
academic year, she is an Associate Professor of Theatre and
Resident Costume Designer for Hope College. Michelle
received her MFA in Design from The University of Texas at
Austin. Her other credits include the Austin Shakespeare
Festival, Austin Lyric Opera, Ballet Austin and Live Oak
Theatre
Esther
Warrendorf (First
Hand) is happy to be joining the Festival for the first time
this season after spending previous summers with Utah
Shakespearean Festival, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival,
and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Ms. Warrendorf
earned her BFA from the University of North
Carolina-Greensboro. She now lives in Lexington, Kentucky,
where she has worked with the Lexington Children’s
Theatre.
Toni
L. Wright (Cutter/Draper)
is very excited to have the opportunity to work with the
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Since completing her M.F.A
degree at Detroit’s Wayne State University a year ago,
Toni has worked as a Freelance designer in the areas of
Costume, Fashion and Interior Design. When not in the
costume shop, Toni divides her time between seeing movies,
reading and sending out resume packages. She would like to
thank JW (whom she misses) for helping her become a stronger
person, as well as her family.
Laura
Defibaugh (Stitcher)
is currently a student at Ohio University studying for my
B.F.A. in Production, Design and Technology. This is her
fourth year at college, the first two were spent at
Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio studying Literature
and Theatre. Her third year of college was in Ormskirk,
England where she studied Arts and Theatre at Edge Hill
College of Higher Education. Since starting college, she
has been actively participating in theatre, especially
stitching costumes. After she graduates she plans to go to
graduate school for costume and set design.
Robert
Yoshioka
(Props and Crafts Intern) joins the Festival for his first
season. Orignally from Maui, he currently makes his home in
St. Louis, Missouri where he is completing a B.F.A. in
Technical Direction/Props at The Conservatory of Theater
Arts at Webster University. Besides working on numerous
conservatory shows he has also worked for the Opera Theater
of St. Louis, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis and The
Black Hills Playhouse.
Angela
Huddleston (Wardrobe
Intern), a native of Wilmore, KY, is currently pursuing a
dance performance and English double major at Hope College.
Damon
Whitten
(Master Electrician) is overjoyed to join the Festival
for the first time. After freelancing for the past eight
months, Damon would like to thank Curt for a weekly
paycheck. Thank you Curt and Penelope.
G.
Michele Gallenstein (Electrics
Intern) is pleased to be joining the Kentucky Shakespeare
Festival for the first time. Previously, she has had the
opportunity to work with such designers as Ed McCarthy and
Amy Appleyard at Actors Theatre of Louisville, as well as,
other theatres in the area including Stage One, Kentucky
Center for the Arts, and Derby Dinner Playhouse. Ms.
Gallenstein will be returning to school in the fall at
Western Kentucky University where she will pursue a B.F.A.
in theatre.
Aaron
Hanks (Musician)
is a 1996 graduate of Floyd Central High School in Indiana.
He is currently pursuing two undergraduate degrees, in Music
Performance and Education, at the University of Louisville.
In his ninth year of studying percussion, past instructors
include Chad Stoltenburg, James Rago, Michael Terrarrccio,
and David Milburn. Theater experience includes the Southern
Indiana Civic Theatre Association’s 1994 performance of
Into the Woods.
Paul
Doyle (Sound
Technician) is a graduate of the University of Alabama.
Past designs include Blithe Spirit, The Nerd, Wait Until
Dark and The Taffetas for Heritage Repertory Theatre, and
Godspell and The Tempest Tossed for the University of
Alabama. He will pursue a graduate degree in Sound Design
from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the fall.
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