(he/him; Director) has been the Producing Artistic Director of Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre since 2010. His directing credits include: American Son, Twilight; Los Angeles 1992, The Meeting, Fires In The Mirror, Nutcracker(ish), Crowns, Having Our Say, Home, From the Mississippi Delta, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Woza Albert!, Going to St. Ives, Single Black Female, A Song For Coretta, Yellowman, Sweet, Lady Day At Emerson Bar & Grill, Bear Country, Nobody, Fences, Piano Lesson, Ain’t Misbehavin, K2, The Glass Menagerie, et.al. Tim is also the writer/director of Why Not Me? A Sammy Davis Jr. Story, Maya’s Last Poem, both produced at FJT. He was co-writer and director of A Home On The Lake, and Black Ballerina co-produced with the Piven Theatre Workshop.

(he/him, Music Director) THEO: Debut. CHICAGO/REGIONAL: Drury Lane Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Music Theater Works, BoHo Theatre, Engeman Theater (NYC), The Latiné Music Theatre Lab, Timber Lake Playhouse, Loyola University, California State University, Pride Films and Plays, Wallace Bowl, Drake Hotel, and The Cabaret Project. A Chicago-based, Jeff Award-winning music director, internationally-performed composer, performer, and educator, he has served on faculty of Northwestern University, Loyola University Chicago, and North Park University, where he is a Visiting Assistant Professor. IG: @TheRealMcBride TikTok: @pagetostagemusic

(she/her; Choreographer) THEO: Debut. CHICAGO/REGIONAL: Asst. Choreographer, Cinderella (Paramount); Choreographer, Passing Strange & Featured Dancer, Sophisticated Ladies (Porchlight); and Ensemble/Dance Captain, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5 Star Theatricals). A Chicago native, and performer, teaching artist, choreographer, and business owner, she is a graduate of AMDA NY/LA and represented by Go2Talent. Currently, she dances for Chicago’s Praize Productions Rize Pro-Elite Company and teaches their youth company as well as teacher and Theatre Department Assistant at ChiArts. Terri Berri is filled with gratitude to be working with this incredible cast at Theo.

(she/her; Scenic Designer) THEO: Debut. CHICAGO/REGIONAL: Longwharf Theater, Milwaukee Rep, Shattered Globe, Congo Square, Lookingglass, Timeline, Victory Gardens, Pyramid, Black Ensemble, Malz Jupiter & Geva Theater Center. A Chicago-based designer and artist, specializing in scenic design and visual arts/installations, she was nominated for a 2020 Jeff Award and won both a 2020 3Arts Award in Theatre and a 2022 Black Theater Alliance Award for Best Scenic Design. She is a graduate of Northwestern University in Theatrical Design/Production. “To those who got me here, thank you.” sydneylynnedesign.com

(he/him; Lighting Designer). THEO: debut. CHICAGO: Designs with such companies as Adventure Stage, Akvavit, Cerqua Rivera, Cabinet of Curiosity, Chicago Fringe Opera, Chicago Repertory Ballet, First Floor, Fleetwood-Jourdain, The Gift, Grant Park Music Festival, Organic, Red Tape, Rough House, Third Eye, Thodos Dance, Trap Door, and Visceral Dance. REGIONAL: Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Opera Mississippi, Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Water Street Dance Milwaukee; touring with Manual Cinema & Eisenhower Dance Detroit. Assistant/associate design on various rides and shows at theme parks such as Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Disney Shanghai, and Universal Studios Japan/Beijing/Hollywood. Dglxdesign.com

(she/her; Properties Designer) THEO: Godspell and 2022/23 Season Designer, including Refuge, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Passing Strange (upcoming). Lonnae graduated from DePaul’s Theatre School with a double major in Theatre and History. She has worked as a props designer with American Players, Steep, Definition, Teatro Vista, among others, and is honored to be Theo’s season props designer. She’s also passionate about finding to tell stories that not only need to be told but have slipped through the cracks of the theatre world.

(they/them; Costume Designer ) CHICAGO: Stew, London Road (Shattered Globe) REGIONAL: Stew, Underneath The Lintel, How to Catch Creation, Home (Milwaukee Chamber) Dragon Pack Snack Attack (Hope Summer Rep) The Amazing Lemonade Girl, She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms (First Stage)  www.austinwinter.com @austwintermint

(she/her; Sound Designer) THEO: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Refuge, 8-Track, Godspell. CHICAGO: FEN (asst. designer, Court Theatre), be mean to me (Northwestern), Somewhere Over The Border, Enough to Let the Light In (Teatro Vista), The Locusts (The Gift). REGIONAL: The Inferior Sex (Trinity Rep); Ada and the Engine, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (Constellation Stage & Screen). She also works on the podcast I’ve Been Meaning to Listen to That.

(she/they, Stage Manager) THEO: Debut! CHICAGO: Dory Fantasmagory (Young People’s Theater), When The Sun Melts Away (Token Theatre), Me…Jane (Wirtz Center), Men on Boats (Wirtz Center), Merrily We Roll Along (The Dolphin Show). Payton is a recent graduate of Northwestern University, where they spent four years studying Theater Management and Gender & Sexuality Studies. She loves making theatre for young audiences, theatre that explores the intersection of art and activism, and theatre that combines the two. As always, all the love and thanks to my parents, brother, and chosen family.

(she/her; Dialect Coach) THEO: Debut. Bria is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Acting at Carnegie Mellon University and resident dramaturg and vocal/dialect coach with Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre (FJT). Selected dialect coaching credits include: The 39 Steps (University of Pittsburgh); Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (FJT); Fires in the Mirror (co-production Pittsburgh Public Theatre & FJT). briawalker-rhoze.com

(he/him; Director of Production) THEO: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Associate Sound Design). CHICAGO/Production Manager: Spring Awakening and Broadway in your Backyard (Porchlight) & Mary’s Seacole and Heisenberg (Griffin). CHICAGO/Sound Design: Cabaret, The Apple Tree, Rent, Clear, Spring Awakening, Passing Strange & Nunsense (Porchlight); Who’s Holiday (Theater Wit); Anyone Can Whistle, Cooking With Bubbie & Veronica’s Room (Skokie Theatre); 9 to 5 & Mamma Mia! (Golden Ticket Productions). Matthew is Director of Production here at Theo, and the resident Production Manager at Theater Wit, where his credits include Mr. Burns, a post-electric play; Who’s Holiday; Hurricane Diane and the upcoming Whistleblower. matthewrchasedesign.com