Production Staff
Aeschylus
Playwright
The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
Producer
(Original Producer)
(Original Producer)
Theatre Owner / Operator
Jason Steven Cohen
NYSF Production Supervisor
Paul Davis
Poster Designer
Merle Debuskey
NYSF General Press Representative
Maude Dinand
Assistant to the Director
Faith Geer
NYSF at Lincoln Center Press Representative
Bernard Gersten
Associate Producer
Julia Gillett
Production Stage Manager
Richard Jakiel
Stage Manager
George E. Joseph
Production Photographer
Mervyn Haines, Jr.
NYSF Technical Director
Robert Kamlot
NYSF General Manager
Santo Loquasto
Costume Designer
Broadway: Carousel; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award for costume design); Cafe Crown (Tony for set design); The Cherry Orchard (Tony for costume design); Grand Hotel (Tony for costume design). Seventeen additional Tony nominations. Film credits include Radio Days (Academy Award nomination for production design), Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for production design), and Zelig (Academy Award nomination for costume design). He received the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor's Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for ... read more
Woods Mackintosh
Assistant to Mr. Schmidt
Case & McGrath
Advertising
Tom McKinley
Assistant to Mr. Loquasto
Gail Merrifield
NYSF Director of Play Development
GAIL MERRIFIELD PAPP was born in San Francisco into a family with a deep theater lineage. Inspired by parents who were editors and writers, Gail originally began a career in publishing, but then decided to reinvent herself by looking for a job in the theater.
Gail’s sole inspiration for this course correction was the fact that in the 19th and early 20th centuries five generations of women in her family had been actors – Aunt, Great-aunt, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, and Great-great-grandmother. She wasn’t an actor herself, but Gail felt that identifying in some way with their theatrical profession could restore her ... read more
Andrew Mihok
NYSF Production Manager
Joseph Papp
Producer
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new plays and musicals. ... read more
Hilary Rosenfeld
Assistant to Mr. Loquasto
Tom Rowe
Assistant to Miss Tipton
Douglas W. Schmidt
Scenic Designer
Mr. Schmidt has designed nearly 60 Broadway shows and dozens of regional productions for the Guthrie, The Old Globe, The Alley Theatre, and Seattle Rep, among others. He has three Drama Desk Awards (Into the Woods, Veronica's Room, Over Here!), three Tony nominations (The Front Page, Into the Woods, 42nd Street), an Obie, and many other awards. ... read more
Andrei Serban
Director
Rosemarie Tichler
NYSF Casting
Jennifer Tipton
Lighting Designer
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