Who's Who . . . Backstage

JOSEPH ADLER (Director/Producing Artistic Director) is in his eighth season as Producing Artistic Director. Adler previously directed at many South Florida Theatres--including Coconut Grove Playhouse, New Theatre, Area Stage, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre, Players Theatre, Ruth Foreman Theatre, Florida Shakespeare Theatre, City Theatre, Hollywood Playhouse and Shores Performing Arts. Active in South Florida's film and theatre community for many years, he 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 eighteen nominations (eleven at GableStage) and six 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, James Joyce's The Dead, Edward Albee's The Goat and Frozen (GableStage). This year GableStage received 23 Carbonell Nominations-and won six of the most important awards, including Best Play, Best Actor and Best Actress--all for Frozen. He also received a Remy Award from the Theatre League of South Florida and was awarded the prestigious George Abbott Award for "significant contributions to the artistic life and cultural development of greater Miami, Fort Lauderdale and the Palm Beaches." This year, he was the recipient of The Heart of the Arts Award presented by the New World School of the Arts. Adler studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated from the Film Department at NYU.

ROBERTO ATHAYDE (Playwright) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1949. While attending school in Brazil, he was expelled from three different schools and came to the United States as an exchange student in 1967. He has attended the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Michigan, each for a single year. His works include the plays: The Reactionary, Visitors from On High, Hand-Book for Survival In the Jungle and Way Back in the Farm. He has been awarded the Moliere Prize. Miss Margarida's Way was closed by censors when it was first produced in Brazil. It has since been translated into many languages and has been presented in fifty countries.

TIM CONNELLY (Set Design) has designed the sets at GableStage for Chinese Coffee, Tabletop, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Ten Unknowns, 'Master Harold'...and the Boys, QED, Trumbo, The Syringa Tree and Address Unknown. 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.

DAVID GOODMAN (Lighting) is a graduate of the University of Miami, and was a faculty member there from 1999-2004. He has been working in professional theater as a designer, consultant production manager and business agent for over 25 years. David has worked on Broadway and in major Regional theaters and Opera companies. He is thrilled to be again working with Joseph Adler at GableStage where he designed lighting for last season's A Bad Friend. Other design credits include Sunshine Boys - National Tour, The Glass Menagerie (Carbonell Award), Groucho: A Life in Review (Carbonell nomination) and Anne and Debbie at Coconut Grove Playhouse. David would like to thank his wife Sarah for showing him that anything is possible.

MATT COREY (Sound/Music) earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Bassoon Performance at the University of Miami and currently plays in the pit orchestra for the Florida Grand Opera. By day, Matt is the Digital Production Manager at Insight for the Blind Studios in Fort Lauderdale, an organization that produces 100 &34;Talking Book" titles each year for the blind and physically handicapped. Matt's most recent sound design/music credits are Brooklyn Boy, Address Unknown and Intimate Apparel here at GableStage. Thanks and love to Mom, Pop, Dina, and Caroline.

MICHAEL JOHN CARROLL (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be continuing his third season with GableStage after recently completing successful runs of Address Unknown, Brooklyn Boy, Misery, A Bad Friend, The Syringa Tree, The Retreat From Moscow, Bug, Frozen, Trumbo, QED and 'Master Harold'...and the boys. Michael graduated from Barry University in 2001, and though he received his BFA in Acting, he also stage managed their productions of Little Shop of Horrors and Hello Dolly. He subsequently contributed to a dozen productions at Actors' Playhouse and the Coconut Grove Playhouse, and then went from backstage to the booth again as Stage Manager for the Hollywood Playhouse and the Broward Stage Door Theatre. Michael also stage managed the Miami premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Level Nightclub on Miami Beach. He is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and the Theatre League of South Florida. Michael's short list of inspirations include Jeff Buckley, Michel Gondry, and Mom.

CLAIRE SAVITT (Props) has been at GableStage for the last three seasons. She delights especially in finding the items that "play hard to get". Claire has worked on a number of plays, including A Lesson Before Dying, James Joyce's The Dead, Dirty Blonde, The Shape of Things, Nixon's Nixon, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Goat, What the Butler Saw, Ten Unknowns, 'Master Harold' ...and the boys, QED, Frozen, Bug, Retreat from Moscow, A Bad Friend, Misery, Brooklyn Boy, Address Unknown and Intimate Apparel. A former folk art gallery owner, Claire resides in Coconut Grove with her husband.