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JOSEPH ADLER (Producing Artistic Director) is now in his twelfth season at GableStage. 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. Since Adler became Producing Artistic Director, GableStage has been the recipient of 38 Carbonell Awards and 148 Carbonell Nominations. He has been nominated twenty times (thirteen at GableStage) and nine 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, Frozen, The Pillowman, Lieutenant of Inishmore and Adding Machine (GableStage). Adler 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." He has received many Best Director awards (CurtainUp, SunPost, NewTimes) and a Remy Award from the Theatre League of South Florida, as well as The Heart of the Arts Award presented by the New World School of the Arts. He was awarded the 2008 Arts and Entertainment Community Service Award, presented by the South Florida International Press Club, and the Truth Award from the Human Services Coalition. Last year he received a Silver Palm Award for his "Outstanding Support of the South Florida Theatre Community, the Theatre League and the Theatre Festival, as well as his Consistent Outstanding Work at GableStage and his Commitment to an Educational Outreach Program in Miami-Dade County". Adler studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated from the Film Department at NYU.
SARAH KANE (Playwright) was born in 1971. Her first play Blasted was pro-duced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra's Love, was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs and in September 1998, Crave was produced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd. at the Traverse Theatre, in Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999.
TIM CONNELLY (Set Design) returns to GableStage where he designed the sets for Chinese Coffee, Tabletop, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Ten Unknowns, 'Master Harold'...and the Boys, QED, Trumbo, The Syringa Tree, Smut, In the Continuum, Shining City, November, Defiance, No Child... and The New Century. 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) was recently honored with Carbonell best lighting design nominations for his work on our production of No Child, and for Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them at Mosaic Theatre. His many GableStage credits include lighting design for The Goat (Carbonell Award), The Diary of Anne Frank, Adding Machine and Boy Gets Girl (Curtain Up Awards), and scenic and lighting design for Frozen (Curtain Up & Carbonell Awards). Elsewhere in South Florida, Jeff designed White Christmas (Actors' Playhouse), Faith Healer (New World Repertory Company), Summer Shorts 2008 and 2009 (City Theatre), Angels in America (New Theatre and New World School of the Arts), Brooklyn Bridge (Playground Theatre) and Nefertitti, The Musical (Parker Playhouse). He designed scenery and lighting for the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra productions of Fidelio and The Inner Ear, and has designed for the New World Symphony, Maximum Dance, Ballet Theatre of Miami, Momentum Dance Company, Ballet Espanol Rosita Segovia, the Gold-Diggers and the Miami Christmas Pageant. His work was included in the Design USA exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial 2007 International Exhibition of Scenography. Jeff is on the faculty at New World School of the Arts, and is a member of United Scenic Artists (Local 829, I.A.T.S.E.) and the US Institute for Theatre Technology. He is married to director Deborah Mello.
MATT COREY (Music/Sound) is proud to have designed sound and composed original music for 23 productions at GableStage, including The Pillowman (Carbonell Award), Fahrenheit 451 (Carbonell Nomination) and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Carbonell Nomination). Matt earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Bassoon Performance at the University of Miami, and is currently a member of the Boca Raton Symphonia. He also serves as the professor of Bassoon at Florida International University. By day, Matt is the Digital Production Manager at Insight for the Blind Studios in Fort Lauderdale, where he oversees all aspects of the production of 100 Library of Congress "Talking Book" titles each year, for the blind and physically handicapped. Matt would like to thank Mom and Pop for their love and unconditional support over the years, and Luann for being a constant source of inspiration, laughter and warmth.
ELLIS TILLMAN (Costume Design) is thrilled to be designing for GableStage. Lieutenant of Inishmore (Carbonell Nomination) and The Adding Machine are two of his favorites. Ellis was nominated for a Barrymore Award in Philadelphia for Enchanted April. He was awarded LA's DramaLogue for Bermuda Avenue Triangle with Bea Arthur and has three times won the Carbonell Award. He made his Broadway debut as costume designer for Urban Cowboy The Musical. Ellis designed the costumes for the Off-Broadway production of Confessions of a Mormon Boy and the national tour of Tuesdays with Morrie starring Harold Gould.
PAUL HOMZA (Fight Choreographer) has worked as a fight choreographer/stage combat instructor throughout South Florida, including GableStage, The New Vista Theatre Co., Theatre West, and Barn Theatre. Current and upcoming productions include Batboy & Assassins (Slow Burn) and Brigadoon (Pembroke Pines Theatre of Performing Arts). Paulie is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association, the Society of American Fight Directors, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and has taught stage combat in Florida and Washington State. Thank you so much for supporting live theatre!
RICHARD HAYLOR (Dialect Coach) is an actor, originally from Birmingham England. He has worked in Theater, film and television since settling in Miami 10 years ago. Recent credits include the role of Dr Frank Bryant in Educating Rita at The Barn Theater, a principle role in R.T.T. a French Film that was recently shot in Miami, and TV appearances on Burn Notice and Americas Most Wanted.
Carlos Rodriguez (Technical Director)
KRISTEN PIESKI (Stage Manager)is excited to be returning to GableStage for her tenth production. She graduated from Kent State University's Honors College with a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology. While there, she stage managed a plethora of shows: Children of Eden, Anything Goes, On The Verge and Six Characters In Search Of An Author. She also worked at Porthouse Theatre in Ohio for four glorious seasons, beginning as a stage management intern and ending as the Equity Production Stage Manager for the 2007 season. Her stage management credits from Porthouse include Sweet Charity, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Brigadoon, A Chorus Line, Oklahoma!, The Importance Of Being Earnest, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Once On This Island. Other stage management credits include Tick, Tick... BOOM! and Oliver for The Arundel Barn Playhouse in Maine. Kristen made her South Florida debut as the "obviously astute" stage manager for the infamous Adding Machine and hasn't looked back since. She sends her love to Drew, Ma, Moo, and Maria!
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