Cynthia Meier (Director, Co-Adaptor) is Co-Founder and Managing & Associate Artistic Director for The Rogue Theatre and holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of Arizona. She has directed 34 of The Rogue’s 71 productions to date including The Secret in the Wings, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Galileo, Bach at Leipzig, The White Snake, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Betrayal, Naga Mandala, and The Four of Us for which she received Arizona Daily Star Mac Award nominations as Best Director, as well as Arcadia and Richard III for which she won Mac Awards for Direction. Cynthia has created stage adaptations for The Rogue of Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Virginia Woolf’s The Lady in the Looking Glass, James Joyce’s The Dead, Kafka’s Metamorphosis, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tales of the Jazz Age, and (along with Holly Griffith) this production of Moby Dick. She has also clipped and pruned all ten plays by Shakespeare which The Rogue has produced. She is co-founder of Bloodhut Productions, a company performing original monologues and comedy improvisation, which toured throughout the western United States. She also directed The Seagull (featuring Ken Ruta) for Tucson Art Theatre, and she directed Talia Shire in Sister Mendelssohn and Edward Herrmann in Beloved Brahms for Chamber Music Plus Southwest. Cynthia has also been nominated for nine Mac Awards for Best Actress from the Arizona Daily Star, and in 2008, she received the Mac Award for Best Actress for her performance of Stevie in Edward Albee’s The Goat at The Rogue Theatre.
Cynthia Meier’s direction of Moby Dick is supported in part by a generous gift from Susan Tiss.

Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet. He grew up in New York and traveled throughout the South Seas in his early 20s on a whaling ship. Melville wrote Moby Dick in 1850–51, when he was 31 years old. Although Moby Dick is now considered one of the great American novels, it was not well received in Melville’s lifetime. He eventually became a Customs Inspector who wrote poetry that he privately published. At the centennial of his birth in 1919, critics began rediscovering his work and Melville now stands as one of the major voices of American literature.

Cast

Jeffrey Baden (Queequeg) is proud to be working with The Rogue for the first time. Some of his prior plays were The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre’s Blood Wedding as Leonardo, Benny in In The Heights, and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and at Pima Community College.
Jeffrey Baden’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Ward & Judy Wallingford.

Bryn Booth (Clotho, The Spinner) is a graduate of the BFA Acting program at the University of Arizona. She was most recently seen as Ruth Condomine in The Rogue’s production of Blithe Spirit. This is Bryn’s third season as a member of the Resident Acting Ensemble with The Rogue where she has performed as Tour Guide (Middletown), Abigail (The Crucible), Snake-Leaves Princess (The Secret in the Wings), Hero (Much Ado About Nothing),Voice Five/No. 40 (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), Little Monk (Galileo), Regan (King Lear), Rose of Sharon (The Grapes of Wrath), Sybil (A House of Pomegranates), and Lady Macduff (Macbeth). In 2018, Bryn played Mag in the Scoundrel & Scamp’s production of Lovers, for which she was nominated for a MAC award for Best Actress in a Drama. Other credits include Gowdie Blackmun in The Love Talker with the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet (Tucson Shakespeare in the Park), and Bianca in Othello (Arizona Repertory Theatre). In recent years, she had the pleasure of understudying with Arizona Theatre Company in Romeo & Juliet as Lady Montague and Lady Capulet, and Of Mice and Men as Curley’s Wife. Bryn wants to thank Joe and Cindy for giving her the best job she’s ever had with the most amazing people she’s ever met.
Bryn Booth’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Andy & Cammie Watson.

James Conway (Peter Coffin) is very pleased to be returning to The Rogue stage after his debut last season in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. James grew up in Tucson, and earned his BFA in acting from the University of Arizona in 2012. Since then he has performed in theatre, film and television in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, and most recently Ohio. Favorite past credits include Orlando in As You Like It with Arizona Repertory Theatre, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Southwest Shakespeare, and one (long) line on the CBS television show the Bold and the Beautiful.
James Conway’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Betsey Parlato & David Zucker.

Gianbari “Debora” Deebom (Daggoo) is proud to be in her first show at The Rogue! An Arizona native, she’s been involved in music, theater, and stage-management for almost 10 years as an aspiring entertainer. She hopes to add directing and film credits to her resume in the future. Her past credits include Mr. and Miss Stapleton in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Rosie in Mamma Mia!, Monsieur Loyal in Tartuffe, Wakote and Turtle in The Magic Rainforest: An Amazon Journey at Pima Community College and Addie in The Little Foxes at Winding Road Theater. Other credits include Harold in Young Frankenstein the Musical, Ensemble in Our Town and The Drowsy Chaperone at Tucson High School. She is currently attending Pima Community College for her associates in Theater. Her next venture is Singin’ in the Rain as Miss Dinsmore at Pima in February. Special thanks to Chris Will for his positive thoughts and encouragement.
Gianbari Deebom’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Kristi Lewis.

Patty Gallagher (Morta, The Severer) is a Resident Acting Ensemble member at The Rogue. She is Professor of Theatre Arts at University of California Santa Cruz where she teaches movement, mask, Balinese dance, clown traditions and Shakespeare. With The Rogue, she was last seen as Allerleira in The Secret in the Wings.   Other roles at The Rogue include: Siobhan in Curious Incident, Fool in King Lear,  B in Three Tall Women, the White Snake in The White Snake, Mrs. Kilbride in By the Bog of Cats, Rosencrantz in Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Mabel in The Lady in the Looking Glass, Madame Moiselle in Dante’s Purgatorio, Hannah Jarvis in Arcadia, Kali in Mistake of the Goddess (Hayavadana), Red Peter in Kafka’s Monkey, Mrs. Samsa in Metamorphosis, Monkey King in Journey to the West, Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Player 1 in Shipwrecked!, Alibech in The Decameron, Ariel in The Tempest, Rani in Naga Mandala, Emilia in Othello, the Player in Act Without Words, Orlando in Orlando, Sonnerie and Scarron in Red Noses, Winnie in Happy Days, Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard and Shen Te in The Good Woman of Setzuan. She was recently named an Artistic Associate at Santa Cruz Shakespeare. She has also worked with The Folger Shakespeare Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, The Jewel, EnActe, The New Pickle Circus, Ripe Time Theatre, Two River Theatre, RangaShankara, Jagriti, Teatro Cronopio and Grupo Malayerba. She has performed, choreographed and directed workshops in Asia, South America, Europe, and the US. She served as a Fulbright Scholar in Quito, Ecuador, and in 2014 she was awarded a Chair in Creative Studies at UCSC’s Porter College. She holds a doctorate in Theatre from University of Wisconsin–Madison and a BS from the University of Arizona. From 2002 to 2010, she was Director in Residence at Circus Center San Francisco.
Patty Gallagher’s performance is supported in part by generous gifts from Brock & Chantal McCaman and Art & Katherine Jacobson.

David Greenwood (Father Mapple) is a member of The Rogue Resident Acting Ensemble and has appeared at The Rogue in Middletown, The Crucible, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, The Grapes of Wrath, Celia A Slave, Macbeth, The White Snake, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, By the Bog of Cats, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Jerusalem, Awake and Sing, Purgatorio, Arcadia, Measure for Measure, Mistake of the Goddess, Richard III, Metamorphosis, Mother Courage, The Night Heron, Journey to the West, The Winter’s Tale, As I Lay Dying, Major Barbara, The Real Inspector Hound, The Decameron and The Rogue’s first production, The Balcony. David has appeared locally in Shining City and The Birthday Party at Beowulf Alley Theatre and The One-Armed Man, The Disposal and The Glass Menagerie at Tucson Art Theatre.
David Greenwood’s performance is supported in part by generous gifts from Pam & Richard Duchaine and an anonymous donor.

Holly Griffith (Co-Adaptor and Decima, The Measurer) is a 6th year member of the Resident Acting Ensemble at The Rogue. Favorite productions include Blithe Spirit, Middletown, Much Ado About Nothing, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Three Tall Women, Celia A Slave, A House of Pomegranates, The White Snake, Uncle Vanya, Angels in America, By the Bog of Cats and Hamlet. She also serves as a Box Officer and Co-Producer of the John & Joyce Ambruster Play-Reading Series at The Rogue. Holly holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Arizona where she now teaches in the department of Theatre, Film, & Television. She also serves as Artistic Associate and Director at the Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, and maintains a fierce interest in the culture and literary tradition of Ireland.
Holly Griffith’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Karen DeLay & Bill Sandel.

Lance Guzman (Fedallah) is making his third appearance at The Rogue Theatre. He has also appeared in the Scoundrel and Scamp productions Salome, Mr. Burns: a Post Electric Play, Blood Wedding and The Little Prince. He is a University of Arizona graduate with a BA in Theatre Arts and a student of the Bennett Theatre Lab. Lance loves making music, boxing training, and studying astronomy.
Lance Guzman’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Jane & Jim Peterson.

Hunter Hnat (Flask) is grateful to be in his second season as a member of The Rogue Resident Acting Ensemble. You may have seen him in previous Rogue productions as Edmund Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the Mechanic in Middletown, Ezekiel Cheever in The Crucible, Son of Three Blind Queens (and others) in The Secret in the Wings, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Andrea in Galileo, Oswald in King Lear, Steindorff in Bach at Leipzig, and Ensemble for A House of Pomegranates. He has also been a part of The Rogue’s staged readings of The Illusion, No Exit, and Cloud 9. Other credits include Jokanaan in Salomé (The Scoundrel & Scamp), Ensemble and Romeo U/S in Romeo and Juliet (Arizona Theatre Company), Boyfriend in How the House Burned Down (Live Theatre Workshop) as well as several other workshops and readings. He is a U of A alumnus with his BFA in Musical Theatre, class of 2015. Enjoy the show!
Hunter Hnat’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Karen DeLay & Bill Sandel.

Ryan Parker Knox (Starbuck)  Moby Dick marks Ryan’s 39th production in his 8th season as a member of The Rogue Acting Ensemble. Originally from the Midwest, he has his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of South Dakota and spent nearly 11 years in Minnesota’s Twin Cities working for various local and regional theaters. Gratitude to Ryan’s family, his friends, his fellow ensemblers, and especially his cats who have always stuck by him through everything.
Ryan Parker Knox’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Susan & Stacy Litvak.

Joseph McGrath (Captain Ahab) is Co-Founder and Artistic Director for The Rogue Theatre and has appeared in Long Day’s Journey Into Night ,The Crucible, The Secret in the Wings, Galileo (2018 Mac Award for Best Actor), King Lear, Bach at Leipzig, Celia, A Slave, Macbeth, Penelope, The White Snake, Angels in America Part One, Tales of the Jazz Age, Miss Julie, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Jerusalem, Awake and Sing, Arcadia, Measure for Measure, Richard III, The Night Heron, Journey to the West, The Winter’s Tale, The New Electric Ballroom, Shipwrecked!, Major Barbara, New-Found-Land, Old Times, The Tempest, Ghosts, Naga Mandala, Othello, Krapp’s Last Tape, A Delicate Balance (2009 Mac Award for Best Actor), Animal Farm, Orlando, Happy Days, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Red Noses, The Goat, The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Endymion, The Dead, and The Fever. Joe is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama and has toured with John Houseman’s Acting Company. He has performed with the Utah Shakespearean Festival and has been a frequent performer with Ballet Tucson appearing in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and for seventeen years as Herr Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. He has also performed with Arizona Theatre Company, Arizona Opera, and Arizona Onstage. Joe owns, with his wife Regina Gagliano, Sonora Theatre Works, which produces theatrical scenery and draperies.
Joseph McGrath’s performance is supported in part by generous gifts from Shawn Burke and Bill & Barb Dantzler.

Christopher Pankratz (Bulkington) has performed at The Rogue in The Grapes of Wrath, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, The Crucible and at the Scoundrel and Scamp in Lovers. He also directed this season’s play reading of An Enemy of the People. Christopher also teaches acting and theatre tech at Flowing Wells High School where he has written and produced several plays including Black Friday, Frankenstein, Cuando Soñamos, Spinning Tales, Leave It to the Snakes, Cuando Mentimos, The Story Seller’s Tale, and the newly-published play, The Longest Day of April. Christopher would like to thank his director, colleagues, family, friends, and students for their support and inspiration.
Christopher Pankratz’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Stuart Salasche & Els Duvigneau.

Eduardo Rodriguez (Tashtego) is excited to make his debut at The Rogue Theatre, and is thrilled to be a part of the fantastic play Moby Dick. A recent graduate from Pima Community College, receiving his AFA in Performing Arts, Eduardo has performed all around Tucson and out. Eduardo is happy to be a part of an amazing cast and crew, and would like to thank the people he loves for supporting him. Follow Eduardo on Instagram@Erod_16 or his Website: Eduardosamuelrodriguez.wordpress.com for any new updates. Have a great show!
Eduardo Rodriguez’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Rhonda & Robert Fleming.

Owen Saunders (The Boy) is immensely excited to be making his second professional debut with The Rogue Theater, after taking part in the Rogue’s production of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, playing Young Andrea. Owen has acted in multiple local productions over the years, working with Live Theater Workshop, the Arizona Rose Theatre, and of course, The Rogue. Owen has appeared in two productions at The Arizona Rose Theatre, playing Thomas in After Dark, as well as Shamus in Orphan Express. Owen has also worked with Live Theatre Workshop, as he played Ronald in Sunny With A Chance Of Zombies. Owen was born in Tucson AZ, and is currently 15 years old. He attends 9th grade at Tucson High Magnet School where he is also in the drama program. Owen enjoys skateboarding, playing instruments, and hanging out with friends in his free time. Owen is very excited to see what the future holds for him!
Owen Saunders’ performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Norma Davenport.

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Aaron Shand (Ishmael) was last seen on The Rogue stage as The Cop in Middletown. Now in his second season as a member of The Rogue Theatre’s Resident Acting Ensemble, Aaron has also appeared as Judge Hathorne in The Crucible, The Sea Captain & others in The Secret in the Wings, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, Sagredo in Galileo, Noah Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Duke of Albany in King Lear. Born and raised in Tucson, he received his B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Arizona, performing for the Arizona Repertory Theatre in Bus Stop, The Miracle Worker and Romeo & Juliet. He also spent a season with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, performing in The Cherry Orchard, State of the Union and A Christmas Carol.
Aaron Shand’s performance is supported in part by generous gifts from Sally Krusing and Clay Shirk.

Matt Walley (Stubb) is a member of The Rogue Theatre Resident Acting Ensemble and was most recently seen as Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit, Thomas Putnam in The Crucible, Mr. Walley in The Secret in the Wings, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Roger in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Matti in Galileo, Edmund in King Lear and Uncle John in The Grapes of Wrath. He has enjoyed previous roles at The Rogue in Bach at Leipzig, Macbeth, Richard III, Journey to the West, The Winter’s Tale, Shipwrecked!, As I Lay Dying and Major Barbara. Last year, as an Artist in Residence at The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, Walley co-created and performed in Oaf. Matt is on the board of The Tucson Fringe Festival and also The Shakespeare Forum in New York City. His company, Theatre 3, created new work for Live Theatre Workshop’s late night series Etcetera including Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and Mixtape. He graduated from Dell’Arte International in 2009 with an MFA in Physical Ensemble Theatre. He has also performed with The Pinnacle Peak Pistoleros and their Wild West Stunt Shows, Stories that Soar!, and Live Theatre Workshop.
Matt Walley’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Andy & Cammie Watson.

David Weynand (Peleg) has appeared with The Rogue as Duke of Cornwall in King Lear, Ensemble in The Grapes of Wrath, Graupner in Bach at Leipzig, Duncan in Macbeth, Fa Hai in The White Snake and Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya. Tucson audiences have seen him in Stella and Lou (Invisible Theatre) and Comedy of Errors, Tempest, Othello and Frankenstein (Arizona Repertory Theatre). He has performed off-Broadway as one man in Night just before the forest (UBU Repertory) and Ron in The Ice Fishing Play (The Samuel Beckett Theatre). Favorite roles in regional theatre include Dvornichek in Rough Crossing (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Etienne in A Flea in Her Ear (St. Louis Repertory Theatre), Hindley in Wuthering Heights (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Tuna Christmas (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Algernon in The Importance of Being Ernest with actor Larry Linville (Capital Repertory), Pseudolous in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hampton Playhouse), Bela Zangler in Crazy for You (Walnut Street Theatre), Lord Henry in  The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wisdom Bridge), Paul in You Can’t Take it With You (Steppenwolf) and Tom/Phyllis/Leslie in Sylvia (Capital Repertory). David holds an MFA in Directing from Texas State and a BFA in Acting from Theatre School at DePaul University/Goodman School of Drama.
David Weynand’s performance is supported in part by generous gifts from Elizabeth Whitaker and Nick Soloway & Kay Ransdell.

Music

Russell Ronnebaum, Pianio
Paul Gibson, Percussion

Preshow Music

Shenandoah — Capstan Shanty
The Sailor’s Wife (Lullaby and Jig) — Ronnebaum
Our Captain Stood Upon the Deck — Ronnebaum
Roll the Old Chariot Along — Slave Song/Shanty
Drunken Sailor — Capstan Shanty
Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her! — Sea Shanty

Production Music

Underscoring throughout the play — Russell Ronnebaum (piano) and Paul Gibson (percussion)
The Beginning of Time — Ronnebaum
Oh, the Rare Old Whale — Ronnebaum, lyrics by Joseph Edwards Carpenter
Old Hundredth; Genevan Psalter, 1551 — attr. to Louis Bourgeois, ca. 1510–1561
Laast Uns Erfreuen; 1623 — keyboard acc. by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872–1958
The Sailor’s Wife — Ronnebaum, lyrics attr. to Eliza Brock, ca. 1853
Roll the Old Chariot Along — Traditional African American Spirtual/Shanty
Spanish Ladies — Traditional British Naval Song
Our Captain Stood Upon the Deck — Ronnebaum, lyrics Traditional Sea Shanty
The Sailor’s Jig — Ronnebaum
Whiteness — Ronnebaum
Queequeg’s Funeral — Ronnebaum
Epilogue: One Survived — Ronnebaum

Russell Ronnebaum (Music Director, Pianist, Composer) is most excited to be serving as The Rogue Theatre’s newly appointed Director of Music and Resident Composer. Russell holds a Master of Music degree in collaborative piano from the University of Arizona where he studied under Dr. Paula Fan. He currently serves as the assistant director of music at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Oro Valley, as well as the staff accompanist for the Tucson Masterworks Chorale. As a classically trained pianist, Russell has performed with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Artifact Dance Company, Arizona Repertory Theatre, and as a concerto soloist with the Tucson Masterworks Chorale. Russell made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2016 performing the music of composer Dan Forrest. Past credits include The Rogue’s 2019 productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and Blithe Spirit (Music Director, Pianist, and Composer) and The Secret in the Wings (Vocal Director). Recent composition commissions and premieres include music for voice, choir, piano, string orchestra, and dance. Recordings, videos, sheet music, and upcoming concert dates can be found at www.RRonnebaum.com.
Russell Ronnebaum’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from George Bradbury and C. M. Peterson.

Paul Gibson (Percussion) performs regularly with many of Southern Arizona’s most prestigious musical organizations including the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Pops Orchestra, Arizona Opera, True Concord, and Art.If.Act Dance Project. On the theater stage he has provided music and folly sound effects for Arizona Theater Company and the Gaslight Theater. Also, Paul is a member of the Flagstaff Symphony and performs with Tucson & District Pipe Band. Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas and a Master’s degree from Rowan University. This is his first production with The Rogue Theatre.

Designers

Costume design is supported in part by a generous gift from Andy & Cammie Watson

Scenic design is supported in part by a generous gift from Marianne Leedy

Lighting design is supported in part by a generous gift from Kay & Philip Korn

Production Staff

Movement coaching is supported in part by a generous gift from Todd Hansen

Don Fox (Lighting Design) holds an MFA in Lighting Design from The University of Arizona and a BA in Theatre Administration from St. Edward's University, Austin, TX. He is currently serving as an Adjunct Instructor for the University of Arizona. As a professional, freelance lighting and scenic designer and theatre producer and consultant, his clients include The Moscow Ballet, The Atlantis Resort Bahamas, Borgata Casino Atlantic City, Silversea Cruises, Music Theatre Wichita, Florida State University, Central Washington University, City Opera Ballet Company Bellevue, the San Antonio Botanical Garden's Shakespeare in the Park, and many others. He will serve Music Theatre Wichita in summer 2020 as season Lighting Director. Locally, he has designed acclaimed Rogue productions since 2013 including Arcadia, Lady in the Looking Glass, Angels In America, By The Bog of Cats, The White Snake, A House of Pomegranates and The Grapes of Wrath, among many others. Please visit Don on the web at www.DonFoxDesigns.com.

Megan Coy (Resident Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to her hometown to stage manage for The Rogue Theatre! Her first Rogue production was this summer’s Middletown. She spent the last five years working in marketing, stage management, and lighting design at The Magik Theatre in San Antonio, TX. Prior to settling in San Antonio, Megan was the stage manager and lighting director on the first North American tour of Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live! She graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, training in stage management, lighting design, and dramaturgy. She has worked with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Alpine Theatre Project, and local theater and dance companies in Tucson and San Antonio. Megan is a proud mom to Eleanor and wants to thank Casey for his constant love and support.
Megan Coy’s stage management is supported in part by a generous gift from Ellen Bodow.

Christopher Johnson (Assistant Stage Manager) first came to The Rogue in 2011 to play Jewel in As I Lay Dying, and now serves as an Artistic Associate and General Manager. Stage managing credits include productions of Oleanna, Steel Magnolias, Angel Street, The Importance of Being Earnest, Moon Over Buffalo, Cowboy Mouth, two seasons of The Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Winter Festival, and The Rogue’s productions of The White Snake, Miss Julie, By the Bog of Cats and The Lady in the Looking Glass.

Amy Novelli (Scenic Artist) is originally from Ohio and Pennsylvania, where she received her Cum Laude BFA from the Columbus (Ohio) College of Art & Design in 1987 and her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1994. Amy’s work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin Germany, Portland OR, Pittsburgh, Scottsdale and Tucson Arizona, Santa Fe New Mexico as well as several cities in Ohio, Wyoming, Utah and Oregon. Her painting “High Desert” was purchased for the permanent collection of the Wyoming State Museum from the Governor’s Award Exhibition in 2015. Novelli has lived in New York City where she worked as a sculptor for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Studio, as well as New Orleans and Berlin.  She has worked at the Carnegie, Warhol and Dubois (Wyoming) Museums and taught at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College. Her work as lead painter for Larson Company’s Christmas and Easter Windows for Marshal-Fields Department Stores in Chicago and Minneapolis painting the Alice in Wonderland theme won the 1999 “Best Windows in the Country” award. Amy held the position of Charge Scenic Artist for four years at the Arizona Theatre Company, supervised four Public Art Projects with High School Youth for the Tucson Pima Arts Council, and since 2015 Amy has completed 5 large-scale murals in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Washington. She continues to paint as a Charge Artist/Scenic Painter for the Rogue Theatre, UA Repertory Theatre, and Arizona Broadway Theatre.  Her fine art work has been exhibited at several Tucson Galleries and recently at the Tucson International Airport, Mission Coffee Imports and forthcoming at Tucson Audubon Society Agua Caliente Gallery. Amy has been living in Tucson since 1996.  In addition to her scenic design/painting and fine art projects, Novelli gentles wild BLM horses for adoption through the Mustang Heritage Foundations TIP Program and is an avid rider and wilderness adventurer.
Amy Novelli’s scenic painting is supported in part by a generous gift from Lori Levine & Gary Benna.

Nanalee Raphael (Costume Manager) has known from age 5 that she would work in theatre. Of course, she thought it would be as an actor, not as someone who flings fabric around. She feels blessed that she has always been employed in costuming, for both professional and academic theatres, and has never had to have a “day job.” Until moving to Tucson in 1995, she was peripatetic in her work situations, desiring to work with theatres all over the country. She has taught at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee but was lured by the bright lights of Chicago and so moved there to teach at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Following her husband to central Illinois, she then wangled a position at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she created a successful costume rental program. She then gave up all that greenery to come to Tucson to teach and design at the University of Arizona. She has worked as a costume designer, costume director and/or draper in professional theatres in Michigan, (Hope Summer Repertory, Holland), Wisconsin (American Players Theatre, Spring Green), Illinois (Goodman, Wisdom Bridge, and Steppenwolf, Chicago), New York (The Public, NYC), Arizona (ART & ATC, Tucson), at Shakespeare Festivals in Vermont and New Jersey, and California (The Old Globe, San Diego). She received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Costume Design and Technology from Syracuse University. She is one of the “Pioneering Seven,” the first group of women to study full-time at Dartmouth College.

Peter Bleasby (Master Electrician) lit his first show at 13. Professionally, he was with BBC-TV for several years, and was an assistant to UK lighting designer Richard Pilbrow during the inaugural production of the National Theatre (Hamlet, directed by Olivier.) He transferred to architectural lighting, but maintained his theatre interests by lighting many shows on both sides of the Atlantic. When the Rogue established itself at The Historic Y in 2009, he volunteered for the initial season, returning in 2013 with lighting designer Don Fox, and later working with Deanna Fitzgerald. He devised the installation of the permanent wiring system that enables lighting teams to devote more time to the creative process. For the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation he directs the technical and logistical aspects of fundraisers, including the fashion show Moda Provocateur.

Susan Collinet (House Manager) earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing and English Literature from the University of Arizona in 2008. Decades before returning to college as a non-traditional student, Susan spent twenty years in amateur theater, mostly on the East coast, as well as in Brussels, Belgium in the American Theater of Brussels, and the Theatre de Chenois in Waterloo. She has worked in such positions as a volunteer bi-lingual guide in the Children’s Museum of Brussels, the Bursar of a Naturopathic Medical school in Tempe, Arizona, an entrepreneur with two “Susan’s of Scottsdale” hotel gift shops in Scottsdale, Arizona, and as the volunteer assistant Director of Development of the Arizona Aids Project in Phoenix. Susan continues to work on collections of poetry and non-fiction. Her writing has won awards from Sandscript Magazine, the John Hearst Poetry Contest, the Salem College for Women’s Center for Writing, and was published in a Norton Anthology of Student’s Writing. In addition to being House Manager, Susan serves on the Board of Directors and acts as Volunteer Coordinator for the Rogue.

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