"The subjects for our people's theatre will have to be new. Its
audience has changed, and now we must talk to this audience about itself.
As far as I am concerned, I now have nothing more to say to the
bourgeois."
-Jean-Paul Sartre
1955
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About the Crew of . . .
sUBVERsIVE sHORTs
2010
Meet the fearless gang of behind-the-scenes-ians
who made everything possible!
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Lara Haberberger*
(sHORTs Curator)
This is the first time the "sHORTs"
have had a Curator to co-ordinate the whole project and Lara proved
definitively how valuable that role can be.
Lara
earned her MFA from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
where she worked with the Washington Stage Guild, Repstage, the Washington
Shakespeare Company, Source Theatre, and the Kennedy Center of the Arts.
In
Buffalo, Lara founded the Brazen Faced Varlets directing and/or acting in a
long list of their productions and acting in BUA's DOS LESBOS and RAMONA
AND JULIET.
With Subversive Theatre, Lara directed the shorts LINDSAY (2007)
and SOUTHPAW STANCE (2009) as well as acting in our stage reading
of SPEAK
TRUTH TO POWER (May Day 2007).
Lara also appeared in Necessary Targets, a collaboration with the BFV and STC
this past spring.
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Rachel Zeller*
(Stage Manager/Tech Director)
Subversive Theatre's recently enshrined Production
Manager, Rachel is pleased to be stage managing her fifth Subversive production . . . the first
four were THE HAIRY APE
for the 2009 Buffalo "infringement" Festival, TWILIGHT,
WIDOWS, and -- most
recently -- HARVEST.
Rachel has been involved in
theatre since the tender age of eight years old, and has worked on many, many
shows both on stage and behind the scenes. She holds an A.S. in Theatre from Finger Lakes
Community College and recently earned her B.A. in Theatre from UB.
A mother of two beautiful
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Ashley Bobbett
(Set Design)
Ashley is proud to say that her mis-en-scene for sUBVERsIVE
sHORTs 2010 is the first set she has both designed AND built.
It was while attending Onondaga Community College as
a Fine Arts Major that she realized she wanted to be a Set Designer. She
transferred to Buffalo State College where she switched to theatre.
At Buff State she worked for last year's productions
of ANYTHING GOES, IN THE BLOOD, and THE MYTH OF MILES
building set pieces and props.
Outside the theater, she makes sandwiches at the
Globe Market and also enjoys dancing, sewing, painting, and riding her bike.
This is Ashley's first time working with Subversive
Theatre and we are very happy to have her on board!
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Michael Lodick
(Lighting Design)
In
Buffalo, Mike has designed lights for many productions at Torn Space Theatre,
including QUILLS, ENDGAME, FASTEST CLOCK IN THE UNIVERSE,
and THE DEVILS for which he was nominated for an Artie Award for Best
Lighting Design. He has also designed lighting for American Repertoire
Theatre’s productions of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, ROSE TATTOO,
GREATER TUNA, and RED CLAY as well as (NOT) at the Alt
Theatre
In a previous Lighting Design life, included among
his many design credits are the Off Broadway production of Tom Eyen’s WOMEN
BEHIND BARS, starring Divine, the American Premier of Christopher
Hampton’s TOTAL ECLIPSE, starring Armand Assante at the Folger
Theatre Group in Washington and BEHIND THE BROKEN WORDS starring
Anthony Zerbe and Roscoe Lee Brown at the Washington Theatre Club.
This is Mike's first time working with Subversive
Theatre... and it's long overdue! |
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John Shotwell*
(Sound Designer)
Subversive Theatre's Resident Sound Designer, John is a
certifiably insane freelance audio engineer and stagehand.
His extensive list of sound design credits include: New Phoenix Theatre, Road
Less Traveled Productions, Shakespeare in Delaware Park, and the Lazlo/Rozler Noise Project.
As a sound tech, John has toured the World with Rock
Groups The
John and Mary Band, Moxy Fruvous, The 10,000
Maniacs, The Horse Flies, and Enter the Haggis.
With Subversive Theatre, John has conjured soundscapes
for a long list of our productions from A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO SHOOT THE CZAR
way back in 2004 to our most recent production NECESSARY
TARGETS.
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Matthew Clabeaux*
(Illustrations)
An art teacher, political cartoonist, author, and now lawyer,
Matt has provided poster illustration and sometimes set painting for a long
list of Subversive Theatre projects including A
FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO SHOOT THE CZAR (2004), THE
MOTHER (2005), sUBVERsIVE
sHORTs 2007, THE
EXCEPTION AND THE RULE (2007), sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2009, and THE
HAIRY APE (2009).
Matt is also the proud author of the recently
published graphic novel MY FIRST YEAR IN PURGATORY about the joys of
working as a public school teacher!
It's great to have a subversive artist the likes of
Matt to turn to for our pictorial needs! |
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Kurt Schneiderman*
(Photography, Poster & Web Design)
Subversive Theatre's Founder & Artistic Director,
Kurt is the constant maintainer of the Troupe's website and has designed posters
and playbills for a long list of our productions.
Kurt is thrilled to be able help bring to life another
great installment of the "sHORTs" which just continue to grow
in such wonderful ways. He sends out his
congratulations to everybody who helped make this one happen and all his love
to wife Jenny and adorable recent arrival Lev (the ponderous-looking guy in
the bottom right of the picture)!!!
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Tom Scahill*
(House Management)
A member of Subversive Theatre's Board of Directors
and the Organizer of our Troupe, Tom has long played an important role
tackling the unglamorous logistical tasks that make a theatre run . . . and,
as if this wasn't enough, he's also acted in a number of our productions!
On this project, Tom is once again playing a crucial
role overseeing the challenges of House Management and assembling a great team
of ushers, helpers, and do-ers, as well as doing the lion's share of the
postering. Way to go, Tom! |
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* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
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