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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, The Shape of Things and Dirty Blonde. 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 (seven at GableStage) and four times won the Carbonell Award for Best Director - The Shadow Box (Coconut Grove Playhouse); The Killing of Sister George. (Players Theatre); A Lesson Before Dying and James Joyce's The Dead (GableStage). 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.
ROB ACKERMAN (Playwright) was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He majored in Theater at Middlebury and earned an MFA in Stage Directing at Northwestern. For the past ten years, he has worked as a Property Master for films, commercials, and Saturday Night Live, making rain, snow, icy beer bottles, and sparkling bath bubbles. His first play, Origin of the Species, was produced at the Hamlet of Bank Street Theater. He then wrote the screenplay for the independent feature film, Playing House, starring Amanda Peet and produced by David Nickoll. His second play, TABLETOP, won the 2001 Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble Performance. Rob and his wife, author Carol Weston, live in Manhattan with two charming daughters, Elizabeth and Emme, and a bunny with a more variable disposition.
TIM CONNELLY (Set Design) returns to GableStage where he designed the set this season for Chinese Coffee. Tim hails from Kentucky, and has lived and worked in South Florida for 20 years. He owns and operates the Charles T. Studio, designing and building sets for the film and commercial industry. Among Tim's finest accomplishments are his three children, Justin, Jessica and Ryan. Between raising kids and working, Tim fills his time sailing and fishing.
JEFF QUINN (Lighting Design) is in his fifth season with GableStage. Our audiences have seen his lighting designs for many of our productions, including Closer, Killer Joe, Popcorn, Boy Gets Girl, and Dirty Blonde, and his scenic and lighting designs for Sideman, The Blue Room, The Real Thing, The Play About the Baby, and The Shape of Things. Elsewhere, Jeff 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. His South Florida work in other theaters includes The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and Oliver! at Actors Playhouse, Little by Little at Coconut Grove Playhouse, Irma La Douce and Moon for the Misbegotten at Florida Repertory Theatre, Anything Goes at the Hirshfeld, Faith Healer for New World Repertory Company, HMS Pinafore and Sleuth for Florida Shakespeare Theatre, and Angels in America and Love! Valour! Compassion! for New Theatre. He designed the scenery and lighting for Fidelio and The Inner Ear with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, and has also designed for the FIU Music Festival, the New World Symphony, Freddick Bratcher and Company, Maximum Dance, Ballet Theatre of Miami, Momentum Dance Company, Ballet Espanol Rosita Segovia, Ballet Etudes, Ballet Blue Ridge, the Gold-Diggers, and the Miami Christmas Pageant. Mr. Quinn is a member 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. They have six children, one granddaughter, and one dog.
MICHAEL J. HOFFMANN (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.
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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