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JOSEPH ADLER (Director/Producing Artistic Director) continues his fifth season as Artistic Director of GableStage with this production. He previously 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, Adler has directed Skylight, Of Mice and Men, Full Gallop, Psychopathia Sexualis, Closer, Killer Joe, This Is Our Youth, Arms and The Man, Side Man, Popcorn, Tape, The Real Thing, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie, Citizen Tom Paine, The Blue Room, Mindgame, Boy Gets Girl, James Joyce's The Dead Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby, A Lesson Before Dying Nixon's Nixon, Chinese Coffee, The Guys and The Shape of Things. Active in South Florida's film and theatre community for many years, Adler has directed hundreds of television commercials and industrial films, winning 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 fourteen nominations (most recently for Skylight, Closer, Killer Joe, Popcorn and The Blue Room at GableStage), and twice won the Carbonell Award for Best Director (The Shadow Box at Coconut Grove Playhouse and The Killing of Sister George at Players Theatre. He also received a Remy Award from the Theatre League of South Florida, and was awarded the prestigious George Abbott Award by the members of South Florida's arts, entertainment and media professions for "significant contributions to the artistic life and cultural development of greater Miami, Fort Lauderdale and the Palm Beaches." Adler studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated from the Film Department at NYU.
CLAUDIA SHEAR (Playwright) wrote and performed the lead role in Dirty Blonde when it ran in New York. Her one-woman play Blown Sideways Through Life at New York Theatre Workshop transferred for a sold-out commercial engagement at the Cherry Lane Theatre and in Los Angeles. She received an Obie Award and Drama Desk Award nomination. The play was later adapted to the screen by Ms. Shear for American Playhouse and published in an expanded version by Dial Press/Bantam Doubleday Dell. Film credits include Living Out Loud, It Could Happen to You. and the upcoming The Opportunists. Her television work includes a guest-starring role on Friends and the movie Earthly Possessions, directed by James Lapine. She appeared in the Williamstown Theater Festival production of Jon Robin Baitz's End of the Day, directed by Scott Elliot. She has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, Travel & Leisure, Psychology Today, as well as Underwire, an online magazine. Her next project, the film Five Very Pretty Girls, based on her experience as a whorehouse receptionist, will be produced by John Lyons. Ms. Shear is a member of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, NYTW's Usual Suspects and the Dramatists Guild.
RICH SIMONE (Set Design/Scenic Artist) is thrilled to return to GableStage for his seventh production in three years. His past work here includes: This Is Out Youth, Tape, Adam Baum & the Jew Movie, Mindgame, and Popcorn - which garnered him a Carbonell nomination and a Curtain Up award for Best Scenic Design - and James Joyce's The Dead, for which he won the Carbonell. During the four years since his move from Key West to Miami, Rich has amassed an enviable body of work, a small sampling of which includes: The Legacy at New Theatre, Pump Boys and Dinettes at the Hollywood Playhouse, Winter Shorts and two seasons of Summer Shorts for City Theatre, That Sound You Hear at Fort Lauderdale Players, Bed and Breakfast for the Key West Theatre Festival. Rich also directed, designed and performed in the Miami Premiere of Pageant at the Shores Performing Arts Theatre, where he has recently been appointed Artistic Director. Rich thanks the entire South Florida Theatrical community for their continued support, and Jack for unerring patience.
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 Closer, Killer Joe, This Is Our Youth, Arms and the Man, Side Man, The Real Thing, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie, The Blue Room (2001 Carbonell nomination), Mindgame, Boy Gets Girl, Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby, A Lesson Before Dying, The Guys and The Shape of Things. Other South Florida work includes The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life In the Universe and Steel Pier (Actors' Playhouse), Little By Little (Coconut Grove Playhouse) Irma La Douce and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (Florida Repertory Theatre) Anything Goes (Hirschfeld), HMS Pinafore and The Price (Minorca Playhouse for Florida Shakespeare Theatre) Faith Healer (New World Repertory Company) and Angels in America and Youth and Asia (New Theatre). His dance lighting design includes work for Freddick Bratcher and Company, Maximum Dance, Ballet Espagnol Rosita Segovia, Momentum Dance Company, Ballet Theatre of Miami, Ballet Etudes and Ballet Blue Ridge. Mr. Quinn is a member of 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 Deborah Mello.
MICHAEL J. HOFFMANN (Music/Sound Design) is an award-winning composer, arranger and producer with over 30 years experience in South Florida. His score for the documentary film, Heroes Hispanos, garnered an Emmy nod. He has also won numerous Clios, Addies and other industry awards. Originally from Philadelphia and New York, Hoffmann's composing talent ranges from classical orchestration to jazz fusion to whatever you can think of. Michael owns MH Productions, Inc., a post-production recording studio in Fort Lauderdale.
RON HEADRICK (Choreographer) appeared in Funny Girl on Broadway, as well as the National Tour. He was featured in Wonderful Town at City Center in New York, working with Elaine Stitch. He was a regular on the Jackie Gleason Show for several seasons. He last performed in George M! at the Royal Palm Dinner Theater as Jerry Cohan. No stranger to the stage, Ron has directed and or choreographed over two hundred musicals in stock, regional and dinner theaters. He holds a BFA degree in Dance/Theater and an MFA in Directing. On the faculty at New World School of the Arts in Miami for the last 14 years, he has been instrumental in developing the musical theater track at that institution. He has twice been selected to be in the Who's Who of American Teachers. For many years, Ron has been the Director/Choreographer for the Gold-Diggers Annual Show. He is pleased to be associated with that organization which has raised over $1 million for Leukemia Research and AIDS related diseases. Ron is excited to be working at GableStage with Joe Adler and three old friends, Margot, David and Ian.
ANNE TOEWE (Costume Designer) returns this season to GableStage for this production. Since moving to south Florida, she has designed for New Theatre, Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Atlantic College, Hollywood Playhouse, Mill Mountain Theatre, as well as New World School of the Arts. Previously, Ms. Toewe lived in NYC where she assisted the costume designers on such Broadway productions as Grease, Cats, Victor/Victoria, and Sunset Boulevard. Some of her South Florida credits include Angels in America, The Woman in Black, Clarence Darrow, My Fair Lady, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Theda Bara and The Frontier Rabbi, as well as numerous commercials and music videos. Ms. Toewe holds a Master's degree in Costume Design from Tulane University and serves on the Steering Committee of United Scenic Artist local 829. She is also a member of Women of the Motion Picture Industry. Anne was nominated for her work in the award-winning production James Joyce's The Dead at GableStage last season.
DANIEL LEVAIN (Stage Manager) is proud to be a part of such an exciting theatrical company. Past stage management credits for GableStage include The Shape of Things, The Guys, Chinese Coffee, Nixon's Nixon, A Lesson before Dying, Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby, James Joyce's The Dead, Boy Gets Girl, Mindgame, The Blue Room, Citizen Tom Paine, and Adam Baum and the Jew Movie. Daniel came to GableStage by way of Kansas, where he worked both on and off stage in various capacities and venues. Daniel would like to extend his profound gratitude to Joseph Adler for the opportunities he has provided, and to his family and friends for their unconditional 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 fifth season as
resident Technical Director at GableStage.
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