Who's Who . . . Backstage

JOSEPH ADLER (Director/Producing Artistic Director) is now in his eighth season as Artistic Director of GableStage. 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, Dirty Blonde, Tabletop, The Diary of Anne Frank, Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune, The Goat, What The Butler Saw, Ten Unknowns, 'Master Harold' ...and the boys, QED, Trumbo (in which he also performed), Frozen, Bug, Retreat From Moscow, The Syringa Tree, A Bad Friend, Misery, Brooklyn Boy, Address Unknown, Intimate Apparel, Miss Margarida's Way and This Is How It Goes. 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 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). He received a Remy Award from the Theatre League of S. 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". Last month he was honored with the Heart of the Arts Award from New World School of the Arts. Adler studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated from the Film Department at NYU.

MARTIN McDONAGH (Playwright) Theatre: The Pillowman (Tony nominee, Best Play 2005, Olivier Award Winner 2004), The Lonesome West (Tony nominee, Best Play 1999), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Tony nominee, Best Play 1998), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Olivier Award Winner, Best Comedy 2003). Other works include Suicide on Sixth Street, Shit on Illinois, Seven Psychopaths, In Bruges, Six Shooter (Oscar, Best Short 2006). Note: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which is currently on Broadway, will be the final production at GableStage next season.

LYLE BASKIN (Set Design) after moving to the North Carolina mountains three years ago, continues to work as a Scenic Designer in South Florida. Lyle's previous designs with Director Joseph Adler include The Killing of Sister George (Players Theatre), Cantorial (Hollywood Playhouse), Shadow Box (Carbonell winner at Coconut Grove Playhouse), and at GableStage, Skylight, Full Gallop (Carbonell nomination), Closer, Killer Joe (Carbonell nomination), Citizen Tom Paine, Of Mice and Men, Psychopathia Sexualis, Boy Gets Girl, A Lesson Before Dying (Carbonell nomination) Misery (Carbonell nomination), Brooklyn Boy, Intimate Apparel and This Is How It Goes. Lyle's 30-year career also includes set designs for Coconut Grove Playhouse, Actors' Playhouse (Evita 2001 Carbonell nomination), Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, Area Stage, New Theatre, Acme Theatre, Hollywood Playhouse and Players State Theatre. He has also designed for Ring Theatre (UM), Miami-Dade Community College, Bloomsburg Theatre in Pennsylvania, Corning Summer Theatre and Ft. Lauderdale Presbyterian Church. In NC, he is currently Scenic Designer for the Blowing Rock Stage Company.

JOHN D. HALL (Lighting Design) is currently Resident Lighting Designer at Miami City Ballet. John is very happy to be returning to Gablestage where he designed this season's Intimate Apparel and last season's Misery and Bug. Recent projects include Hand of God at Palm Beach Dramaworks and Blithe Spirit at the Caldwell Theatre. He is a 1988 graduate of North Carolina State University, and a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. John and wife Shannon have two sons, John and William.

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, Intimate Apparel and This Is How It Goes here at GableStage. Thanks and love to Mom, Pop, Dina, and Caroline.

ANANDA KEATOR (Costumes) Raised by nomadic accountants in the steppes of Java, Ananda realized early on the figures she had a head for were quite different than the rest of her tribe. At age 71 she finally emerged from the tundra and began her studies in the exotic locale of FSU (Tallahassee). Finally graduating at age 12, she then moved to the war torn and freezing city of Miami. After spending no small amount of time as a translator to and from her native langauge of Nahndese, she at last achieved the secret desire of her heart which had sustained her throughout her life: to work as a costume designer for GableStage.

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 Intimate Apparel, Miss Margarida's Way and This Is How It Goes. A former folk art gallery owner, Claire resides in Coconut Grove with her husband.

MICHAEL JOHN CARROLL (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be continuing his third season with GableStage after recently completing the successful runs of This Is How It Goes, Miss Margarida's Way, Intimate Apparel, Address Unknown, Brooklyn Boy, Misery, A Bad Friend, The Syringa Tree, The Retreat From Moscow (Carbonell Nominee - Best Play), Bug, Frozen (Carbonell Award Winner - Best Play), Trumbo, QED and 'Master Harold' ...and the boys. Michael graduated from Barry University in 2001 with a BFA in Acting, but found the chance to stage manage shows such as Little Shop of Horrors and Hello Dolly before graduating. After contributing to a dozen productions at Actors' Playhouse and the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Michael went from backstage to the booth again as the stage manager for plays at the Hollywood Playhouse, Broward Stage Door Theatre, and the Miami premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Level Nightclub on Miami Beach. 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.