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JOSEPH ADLER (Director/Producing Artistic Director) continues his third season as
Artistic Director of GableStage with this production. Previously, he directed on many local
stages, including Coconut Grove Playhouse, New Theatre, Area Stage, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre, Players
Theatre, Ruth Foreman Theatre, Florida Shakespeare Theatre, City Theatre (Summer Shorts),
Hollywood Playhouse and Shores Performing Arts. At GableStage he directed Skylight, Of Mice and Men,
Full Gallop, Psychopathia Sexualis, Closer, Killer Joe, This is Our Youth, Arms and the Man, Side
Man and Popcorn. Active in South Florida's film and
theatre community for many years, Adler has directed hundreds of innovative television commercials and
industrial films. His work has won many awards, including the Clio. Other directorial credits include
several independent feature films, a video version of the Broadway hit comedy
"Doubles",
and a cable TV series. He has received ten nominations (most recently for Closer, Killer Joe
an Popcorn at GableStage), and twice won the Carbonell Award for Best Director. He also
received a Remy Award from the Theatre League for "Outstanding Contributions to South
Florida Theatre." Adler studied Drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated
from the Film Department at New York University.
DANIEL GOLDFARB (Playwright) is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace
American Playwrights Program. He received his Masters in Playwriting from NYU, where he was awarded the
Rod Marriott and the Graduate Playwriting awards. Daniel has received grants from Lincoln Center's
Lecòmte du Nouy Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and the NEW; and has residencies at Sundance,
New York Stage & Film and the Atlantic Theater Company. His plays have been developed at (among
others) Drama Dept., New York Theater Workshop, Lincoln Center Library, the Cape Cod Theatre Project,
The Denver Theatre Center, the WPA, Jewish Rep. and Primary Stages. His new play, dulce de
leché is a commission from South Coast Rep. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild. In 2000,
Adam Baum and the Jew Movie won the prestigious Oppenheimer Award which is presented by
Newsday to honor the season's best New York Debut.
RICH SIMONE (Set Design) continues his involvement with GableStage, having
previously done scenic design and set dressing on last season's Killer Joe and
This is Our Youth, and Popcorn, which garnered him a Carbonell Nomination for Best
Set Design. He has also designed sets and lights for The Singular Dorothy Parker, Tom-Tom on a
Rooftop, Linsky Lane and O'Keefe at the Hollywood Boulevard Theatre; designed sets for
Parallel Lives, The Comet's Tale, Same Time Next Year, The Eye of the Beholder and
2 ½ Jews at the Hollywood Playhouse; Dames at Sea and The Apple Tree
(in which he also played Adam) at Shores Performing Arts Theatre; designed the set, props and
was Production Stage Manager for Summer Shorts 2000 at the Ring Theatre; and performed
in the box office record-breaking production of Pageant at the Red Barn Theatre in Key West.
Rich enjoys his other careers as a professional actor and Stage Manager, and most recently for City
Theatre's Summer Shorts and Winter Shorts.
JEFF QUINN (Lighting Design) has designed for the Fulton Opera House, Pennsylvania
Festival Theatre, Walt Disney Enterprises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Hilton
Head Playhouse and the Kayagum Theatre in Seoul, Korea. Our audiences have seen his work in lighting for
last season's Closer, Killer Joe, This is Our Youth, Arms and the Man and Side
Man.
Other South Florida work includes The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and
Steel Pier at Actors' Playhouse, Little by Little at the Coconut Grove Playhouse,
Irma La Douce and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at Florida Repertory
Theatre, Anything Goes at the Hirschfield, HMS Pinafore and The
Price at Minorca Playhouse for Florida Shakespeare Theatre, Faith Healer for
New World Repertory Company, and Angels in America and Youth and Asia at New
Theatre. His dance lighting design includes work for Freddick Bratcher and Company, Maximum Dance, Ballet
Espagno Rosita Segovia, Momentum Dance Company, Ballet Theatre of Miami, Ballet Etudes and Ballet Blue
Ridge. Mr. Quinn chairs the Florida Steering Committee of United Scenic Artists (Local 829, I.A.T.S.E.) and
teaches at New World School of the Arts. He is married to director/choreographer Deborah Mello.
ANNE M. TOEWE (Costume Design) marks her second production at GableStage. Since arriving in
South Florida four years ago, Anne has designed for New Theatre, Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach
Atlantic College, Hollywood Playhouse, Mill Mountain Theatre, and is the Resident Costume Designer at
New World School of the Arts. Anne is a native Virginian, most recently lived in NYC where she worked on
the Broadway productions of Grease, Cats, The Tempest, Victor/Victoria, and Sunset
Boulevard. Her South Florida credits include Angels in America, The Woman in Black,
Into the Woods, My Fair Lady, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Crucible, and Theda Bara
and the Frontier Rabbi, as well as numerous commercials and music videos. Anne holds a Master's
in costume design from Tulane University, is on the Steering Committee of United Scenic Artist local 829
and is a member of Women of the Motion Picture Industry. She would like to thank Adam for reinspiring her love of live
theatre.
NATE RAUSCH (Sound Design) spends 87% of his time in very dark rooms, theatres and recording
studios! Past sound designs include: The premiere of Arrivals and Departures at Area Stage/Oye
Rep., Joseph, West Side Story and Big River at The Miracle Theatre, and
5 Women Wearing the Same Dress at Broward Center. Nate has also co-composed several musicals
for young audiences, including: Princess and the Pea, Miranda and the Frog Prince, and
Alice Underground. Please take care of your hearing and do your part to lower noise pollution,
as it has become a serious problem and is affecting all of us. Please visit
www.soundmind.org for more information.
PATIENCE SOBEL (Production Stage Manager) marks her thirteenth production at GableStage. She
received a B.A. in Theatre from Florida State University
and began her professional career with a season at Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Since then, her work has
included a short stint at Primary Stages in NYC, followed by three years doing the in-school opera tour
with the Florida Grand Opera. Patience is pleased to again be working with familiar faces, as well as new
ones. She wishes her parents "the best of luck on their new projects!" and sends lots of love to
her family & friends.
DANIEL LEVAIN (Stage Manager) has been at GableStage since the beginning
of last year's season. He served as the Assistant Stage Manager for Killer Joe, Side Man and
Popcorn,
and assisted in many others. Before joining GableStage, Daniel worked on the theatre scene in Kansas City,
performing and managing a countless array of stage plays and musicals. Daniel would like to thank his
best friend for understanding, and his family for their support.
OSVALDO PALACIOS (Technical Director) has enjoyed an active career in film, television and
theatre. He began his career in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he acted as director, dancer and
choreographer. In South Florida, Palacios has worked for The Hispanic Theater League, Area Stage, FLA/BRA,
Lenny Miller Productions, Channel 23, International Hispanic Theater Festival and La Salle High School in
the capacity of stage manager, technical director, coordinator and teacher. This is his third season as
resident Technical Director at GableStage.
CAROLINA ASHMAN (Props) designed costumes for Ur Faust at New World School of the
Arts where she is a junor. She also
recently designed sets for Mad Cat's production of Helluva Halloween at Miami Light Project,
Juggerknot theatre company, and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at Nova University, as well
as several independent films. Carolina was Stage Manager for Into the Woods at the Colony
theatre and for The Here and Now Festival at Miami Light Project in 1998 and 1999. Carolina worked on
Popcorn, Side Man, Tape and The Real Thing at GableStage.
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