(they/them; Director) THEO: debut. CHICAGO (directing, recent): The People vs. American Cheese (Thompson Street Opera Company, upcoming), The Sorcerer (NEIU), Groundwater (TSOC), The Zar Has His Photograph Taken//Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Roosevelt CCPA). REGIONAL (performing): Freedom Ride (Chicago Opera Theater), Love Wounds (Chicago Fringe Opera), Wozzeck (Des Moines Metro Opera), Il tabarro (Mid-Ohio Opera), La Vida Breve (Cincinnati Chamber Opera). Opera and vocal music faculty at Northeastern Illinois University; founder and current Executive & Artistic Director of Thompson Street Opera Company. When not working on a show, they’re usually in the kitchen covered in flour.

(she/her; Music Director & Piano/Conductor) Ellie Kahn (Music Director, Keys/Conductor) is thrilled to be back at Theo (thanks, y’all). Selected CHICAGO/REGIONAL: Always… Patsy Cline (Drury Lane Theatre), Never Better (world premiere, Theo), The Little Mermaid (Drury Lane Theatre), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Marriott Theatre), Magic School Bus: Lost in Space (Marriott Theatre), Fun Home (Paramount Theatre), Run Bambi Run (world premiere, Milwaukee Rep). Ellie is a music director, vocalist, keyboardist, coach, & Improv MD (Deep Schwa, SHamilton, Annoyance Theatre, etc.) in Chicago; Emmy-winning composer (Manning & Kahn). Member of the music teams for SIX (US & international), Syd Norman’s Pour House onboard Norwegian Cruise Line. #FreePalestine @elliekahn_

(they/them; Associate Director & Choreographer) THEO: The Secret Garden, TL;DR. REGIONAL: Beauty and the Beast (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Cinderella (Drury Lane), Brighter Futures (Paramount), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Marriott), South Pacific (Wagon Wheel).

(they/them; Scenic Designer) is a Chicago based scenic designer.  Previous credits include:  How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, Bottle Fly (Jeff Nominated), Wolves, Agnes of God (Jeff Nominated), The Great Khan (Redtwist Theatre), Big Time Toppers (Theatre L’Acadie), The Secret Garden (Theo Ubique), S. Paradox (BWBTC), Hamlet (Red Theatre), Murder Rewrote (Hell in a Handbag), MedeaMedeaMedea, The Hatmaker’s Wife (Theatre Evolve), Party at the Pantheon, Lane Call (Factory Theater), On the Twentieth Century (Blank Theatre). Rose is an ensemble member at Redtwist Theatre.

(she/her; Lighting Designer) THEO: Tell Me On a Sunday. CHICAGO: Lobby Hero (Shattered Globe Theater, Equity Jeff Nomination), Turn of the Screw (The Music School at DePaul University), MedeaMedeaMedea (Theatre Evolve), Side by Side by Sondheim (Oil Lamp Theater), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (The Artistic Home), The Cottage (Citadel Theatre), Fizz and Ginger (Chicago Fringe Opera), Prelude to a Kiss (Theater Above the Law), Witch (The Artistic Home, Non-Equity Jeff Nomination). Ellie graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in 2023 with a BFA in lighting design. Her upcoming designs include Urinetown (Theo Ubique) and The Unknown Variable (Momentary Theatre). www.elliemfeydesigns.com

(she/her; Costume Designer) kCLARE McKELLASTON (Costume Designer) is a Chicago-based Costume Designer, Stylist, and Wardrobe Technician. She is an Adjunct Professor and manages the Costume Shop at Columbia College Chicago.  Chicago: Don’t Quit Your Daydream, Best Kept Secret (Second City Chicago); Fiddler on the Roof (Music Theater Works); The Last Five Years, The Drowsy Chaperone (Metropolis PAC); Scarcity, Gary (Redtwist); At Home at the Zoo, Glass Heart, Peyton Place (City Lit). She has also served as a designer and faculty member with the National High School Institute at Northwestern University (Cherubs). kClare is a proud member of IATSE Wardrobe Local 769. www.kClare.com

(they/them; Props designer) THEO: Tell Me On A Sunday (props designer). CHICAGO: 6 Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin (A Red Orchid Theatre), A Tale of Two Cities (Shattered Globe), Time is a Color and the Color is Blue (Avalanche Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (Music Theater Works), Legally Blonde (Music Theater Works). Graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a BA double major in Illustration and Theatre Design and Technology. Ab can be found throughout the Chicagoland area stitching, painting, doing carpentry, and running around in the dark backstage.

(he/him; Sound Designer)- Isaac is a Chicago based sound designer and engineer. He graduated from Illinois State University & attended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Some of his past productions include Somewhere Over The Border (Teatro Vista), Passing Strange (Theo), Merrily We Roll Along (O’Malley Theatre). Some upcoming shows are apart of Roosevelt University’s season and Rabbits in their Pockets at Lifeline Theatre.

(she/they; Stage Manager) is a recent Loyola University Chicago graduate from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is ecstatic to be making her stage management debut at Theo Ubique for TL;DR! Chicago Credits: SWEET CHARITY (Ensemble), BERNHARDT/HAMLET (Stage Manager), LIFE IS A QUEER CABARET (Piano Accompanist), SOFA KING QUEER (Stage Manager, Patty Standby), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Asst. Director). Educational Credits: ONCE (Baruška),THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON (Perry/Ensemble), INTO THE WOODS (Asst. Stage Manager), POLAROID STORIES (Persephone/Semele). She would like to thank her family, friends, and mentors for their love and support. Find her on Instagram: @katienowaktheatre.

(she/her, Assistant Stage Manager) THEO: Debut. Twihard: The Musical (Otherworld Theatre), Artaserse(Haymarket Opera Company), A Tale of Two Cities (Shattered Globe Theatre), Gorgeous (Raven Theatre/Rivendell Theatre Ensemble), We Will Rock You (The Beautiful City Project), and a few lovely productions at her alma mater Loyola University Chicago. In her free time, you can find Mary cooking, becoming one with Lake Michigan, and getting silly at The Annoyance Theatre with her improv friends.”

(he/him; Production Electrician) THEO: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Swing), 23/24 Season (Electrician). CHICAGO: The Snow Queen (Marriott), Ragtime (Metropolis), The Wild Party (Blank Theatre Company), The Tempest (Oak Park Festival Theatre). In addition to performing, Jackson has worked as an electrician with Hell in a Handbag, Haven, Black Button Eyes, City Lit, Redtwist, and Prop Theatre. A 2023 graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University with a BFA in Musical Theatre, where he now works as the department’s lead electrician. Represented by Talent X Alexander. jacksonmikkelsen.com