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JOSEPH ADLER (Director/Artistic Director of GableStage) has 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. Active in South
Florida's film and
theatre community for many years, Adler has directed hundreds of innovative television commercials and
industrial films. His work has won 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 seven nominations (most recently for Skylight at
GableStage), twice won the Carbonell Award for Best Director from the South Florida Entertainment Writers
Association and was given a Remy Award from the Theatre League for "Outstanding Contributions to South
Florida Theatre." Adler studied Drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated
from the Film Department at New York University.
JOHN STEINBECK (Author), one of last century's most widely read and respected authors, was born
in 1902 in Salinas, California (where this play takes place). The Broadway production of Of Mice
and Men opened in 1937 and received the New York Critics Circle Award. Steinbeck is the author of
many celebrated books, including Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flat, East of Eden, Red Pony and
Travels with Charley. His greatness as a writer lies in his empathy for common people - their
loneliness, joy, anger and strength, their connection to places and their craving for land. He was awarded
the Pulitzer Prize in 1940, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and the American Medal for Freedom in
1964. He died in 1968 at the age of 66.
LYLE BASKIN (Scenic Design) has designed sets for Coconut Playhouse, Burt Reynolds Dinner
Theatre, Area Stage, New Theatre, Acme Theatre, Hollywood Playhouse, Players State Theatre and Florida
Shakespeare - for plays including Streamers, Hamlet, The Elephant Man, The Apple Tree, One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Long Day's Journey Into Night. He has designed seven
previous shows with Director Joseph Adler; Killing of Sister George (Players Theatre),
Cantorial (Hollywood Playhouse), Shadow Box (Coconut Grove Playhouse) and here
at GableStage, Skylight, Of Mice and Men, Full Gallop (Carbonell nomination for Best Set
Design), Psychopathia Sexualis, Closer and Killer Joe. He has also designed for
Ring Theatre (U.of M.), New World School of the Arts, Miami-Dade Community College, Bloomsberg Theatre in
Pennsylvania, Corning Summer Theatre, and in Ft. Lauderdale Presbyterian Church. For the past seven years,
Lyle has worked in the special events industry and is currently Creative Director at M.E. Productions in
Pembroke Park. Lyle lives with his wife and son in Coral Gables.
STUART REITER (Lighting Designer) is delighted to be working with GableStage. During the past
eight years, he has designed more than fifty productions throughout South Florida. In addition to
theatrical design Reiter also works on architectural lighting projects. Most recently, he completed the
Wilderness Grill restaurant at the new Shops at Sunset Place. He would like to thank Deborah Lewis and
their son, Maxwell Keith Reiter, for their continued love and support. Reiter is a member of United
Scenic Artists Local 829.
DANIELA SCHWIMMER (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for History of America
(Abridged), Simpatico, Skylight, Of Mice and Men, Full Gallop, Psychopathia Sexualis, Closer, Killer
Joe and This is Our Youth at GableStage.
She was part of the costume crew at Actor's Playhouse for
productions of Das Barbecu and She Loves Me. Daniela painted TV sets for
Univision and Channel 2, assisted the costume designer on TNT's The Man Who Captured Eichmann
with Robert Duvall. She has also assisted wardrobe for commercials and a TV channel in Argentina. Daniela
worked in Alfredo's Atellier, a costume shop in Miami. She would like to thank her husband, Ricardo,
for his love and support.
PATIENCE SOBEL (Stage Manager) marks her ninth production at GableStage with Side
Man. Patience has worked in many capacities for theatres in Arkansas, Florida, Michigan and
New York City. Some of her favorite shows have been Idols of the King, The Old Settler, Cabaret,
Sylvia, and of course, all the shows at GableStage. Lots of love goes out to her family, friends,
Bill "My heart is a thumb!" and to her man, Michael.
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