ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
Edward Allan Baker (playwright) is a NYC playwright, his One Act Plays produced all over U.S., Canada, and Europe, most notable among others include, North Of Providence, Dolores, Rosemary With Ginger, Face Divided, A Dead Man’s Apartment, Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Beauty and Truth, Mafia On Prozac, and Lila On The Wall. Off-Broadway successes include full-length plays, Prairie Avenue, American Storage, and The Framer. A screenwriter as well as being a faculty member at Pace University/Actors Studio Drama School, and a recipient of "The 25th Anniversary Award For Theatrical Excellence," by The Ensemble Studio Theatre Of New York. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild.
Phillip Chavira (producer) currently assists Tony Award winning producer Adam Blanshay (Kinky Boots, Twelfth Night/Richard III, Bullets over Broadway) and worked with the Vice President and General Manager at Davenport Theatrical (Avenue Q, Godspell, Chinglish, Speed-the-Plow). He will receive his MBA from Fordham University this year and was the Vice President of Communications for the Black and Hispanic MBA Association. Phillip was the Company Manager for UnsungMusicalsCo's At Home Abroad, starring Bruce Villanch, and worked with UMC on Make Mine Manhattan, Nothing is Forever, and Gatsby staring Matt Cavenaugh. Phillip has worked with Identity Theater Company to produce reading series and children's theater tours in NYC. He worked with writer June Rachelson-Ospa and composer Daniel Neiden on Welcome to Tourettaville, originally produced by Rachelson-Ospa at the Kennedy Center in D.C. Phillip worked with Identity to also produce Cinderella-an adaptation, touring the New York City area. Other theater credits include Production Assistant and House Manager with Soho Rep (Elective Affinities with Zoe Caldwell, Born Bad), and Resident Stage Manager with Nico's Spoon Theater for two seasons. Phillip was Program Director and Musical Director for four seasons at Kamp Kaleidoscope at LimeLight Productions, Inc in Arizona.
Timothy Koch (director) recently directed the world premiere of The Connector at Theater For The New City's "Dream Up Festival" last August. His other directing work has been seen on stages in Los Angeles, Chicago and Cleveland. As an Associate Director, he's worked for Tony and Olivier Winner Michael Grandage on the West End run of John Logan's newest drama, Peter and Alice, starring Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw, and the Los Angeles production of Red, with Alfred Molina and Jonathan Groff. This spring, he'll be working again with Grandage, as the associate on the Broadway transfer of The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe. Timothy also has worked as the associate for director and playwright Moisés Kaufman on the Los Angeles run of 33 Variations at Center Theater Group, and on Broadway with The Heiress and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. He trained at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute, and is an alumni of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Partly Cloudy People (Producer) NYC Theater production company, creates performances to support and raise awareness for community driven nonprofit and education groups. We identify a nonprofit whose mission statement aligns with the central theme of a play we want to produce. The productions explore the human condition, complete with its flaws, and potential to grow and heal. We believe in fostering new talent, diverse casting, and creating theater as a means to both educate and entertain. www.partlycloudypeople.com
The Ackerman Institute for the Family (Partner) Founded in 1960, the Ackerman Institute for the Family is one of the premier institutions for family therapy and one of the best-known and most highly regarded training facilities for family therapists in the United States. The Institute serves families from all walks of life at all stages of family life. www.ackerman.org
Summer Lee Jack is a Brooklyn-based costume designer. Recent design credits include: Wink and Tranquil(TerraNova Collective), The Caucasian Chalk Circle(Atlantic Theater School), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Clybourne Park(Lafayette College), Private Policy(Columbia Stages, New Plays Now series), In the Next Room/the vibrator play(Yale Dramat), Mann Ist Mann(Columbia University), A Christmas Carol, Eurydice’s Dream, The Storm(Blessed Unrest), Pericles Prince of Tyre(Animus Theatre Company), Romeo and Juliet, Suicide?!(Empirical Rogue Theater Company), Bossa Nova(Yale Rep), The Seagull, Arcadia, The Things Are Against Us(Yale School of Drama) Normal, Hollow Roots, The Wedding Reception, Vaska Vaska Glöm(Yale Cabaret), The Wild Party(Gallery Players)Upcoming projects:La Doricela & Magic Flute(Manhattan School of Music), Allegro(APAC),The Hungry Woman(Arizona State University), Summer is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. www.summerleejack.com.
Kimille Howard a director, writer, and producer. Recent credits: Joseph Krawczyk's The Understudy and It’s All About Lorrie, Sound Engineer for Fool For Love, assistant directing Devil Dog Six with Spiral Theatre Studio, assistant directing Witches Vanish at the Multistages New Works Festival, AD'ing/stage managing/sound designing for the French Theatrical Foundation's tour of Les Correspondances de Marie-Antoinette, co-producing Wilde Tales for the Dreamup Festival, and assistant directing L'illusion Comique at Under St. Mark's Theatre. Currently associate producing Holy Land at HERE Arts Center. She is also a writer for artsincolor.com.
Edward Allan Baker (playwright) is a NYC playwright, his One Act Plays produced all over U.S., Canada, and Europe, most notable among others include, North Of Providence, Dolores, Rosemary With Ginger, Face Divided, A Dead Man’s Apartment, Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Beauty and Truth, Mafia On Prozac, and Lila On The Wall. Off-Broadway successes include full-length plays, Prairie Avenue, American Storage, and The Framer. A screenwriter as well as being a faculty member at Pace University/Actors Studio Drama School, and a recipient of "The 25th Anniversary Award For Theatrical Excellence," by The Ensemble Studio Theatre Of New York. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild.
Phillip Chavira (producer) currently assists Tony Award winning producer Adam Blanshay (Kinky Boots, Twelfth Night/Richard III, Bullets over Broadway) and worked with the Vice President and General Manager at Davenport Theatrical (Avenue Q, Godspell, Chinglish, Speed-the-Plow). He will receive his MBA from Fordham University this year and was the Vice President of Communications for the Black and Hispanic MBA Association. Phillip was the Company Manager for UnsungMusicalsCo's At Home Abroad, starring Bruce Villanch, and worked with UMC on Make Mine Manhattan, Nothing is Forever, and Gatsby staring Matt Cavenaugh. Phillip has worked with Identity Theater Company to produce reading series and children's theater tours in NYC. He worked with writer June Rachelson-Ospa and composer Daniel Neiden on Welcome to Tourettaville, originally produced by Rachelson-Ospa at the Kennedy Center in D.C. Phillip worked with Identity to also produce Cinderella-an adaptation, touring the New York City area. Other theater credits include Production Assistant and House Manager with Soho Rep (Elective Affinities with Zoe Caldwell, Born Bad), and Resident Stage Manager with Nico's Spoon Theater for two seasons. Phillip was Program Director and Musical Director for four seasons at Kamp Kaleidoscope at LimeLight Productions, Inc in Arizona.
Timothy Koch (director) recently directed the world premiere of The Connector at Theater For The New City's "Dream Up Festival" last August. His other directing work has been seen on stages in Los Angeles, Chicago and Cleveland. As an Associate Director, he's worked for Tony and Olivier Winner Michael Grandage on the West End run of John Logan's newest drama, Peter and Alice, starring Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw, and the Los Angeles production of Red, with Alfred Molina and Jonathan Groff. This spring, he'll be working again with Grandage, as the associate on the Broadway transfer of The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe. Timothy also has worked as the associate for director and playwright Moisés Kaufman on the Los Angeles run of 33 Variations at Center Theater Group, and on Broadway with The Heiress and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. He trained at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute, and is an alumni of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Partly Cloudy People (Producer) NYC Theater production company, creates performances to support and raise awareness for community driven nonprofit and education groups. We identify a nonprofit whose mission statement aligns with the central theme of a play we want to produce. The productions explore the human condition, complete with its flaws, and potential to grow and heal. We believe in fostering new talent, diverse casting, and creating theater as a means to both educate and entertain. www.partlycloudypeople.com
The Ackerman Institute for the Family (Partner) Founded in 1960, the Ackerman Institute for the Family is one of the premier institutions for family therapy and one of the best-known and most highly regarded training facilities for family therapists in the United States. The Institute serves families from all walks of life at all stages of family life. www.ackerman.org
Summer Lee Jack is a Brooklyn-based costume designer. Recent design credits include: Wink and Tranquil(TerraNova Collective), The Caucasian Chalk Circle(Atlantic Theater School), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Clybourne Park(Lafayette College), Private Policy(Columbia Stages, New Plays Now series), In the Next Room/the vibrator play(Yale Dramat), Mann Ist Mann(Columbia University), A Christmas Carol, Eurydice’s Dream, The Storm(Blessed Unrest), Pericles Prince of Tyre(Animus Theatre Company), Romeo and Juliet, Suicide?!(Empirical Rogue Theater Company), Bossa Nova(Yale Rep), The Seagull, Arcadia, The Things Are Against Us(Yale School of Drama) Normal, Hollow Roots, The Wedding Reception, Vaska Vaska Glöm(Yale Cabaret), The Wild Party(Gallery Players)Upcoming projects:La Doricela & Magic Flute(Manhattan School of Music), Allegro(APAC),The Hungry Woman(Arizona State University), Summer is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. www.summerleejack.com.
Kimille Howard a director, writer, and producer. Recent credits: Joseph Krawczyk's The Understudy and It’s All About Lorrie, Sound Engineer for Fool For Love, assistant directing Devil Dog Six with Spiral Theatre Studio, assistant directing Witches Vanish at the Multistages New Works Festival, AD'ing/stage managing/sound designing for the French Theatrical Foundation's tour of Les Correspondances de Marie-Antoinette, co-producing Wilde Tales for the Dreamup Festival, and assistant directing L'illusion Comique at Under St. Mark's Theatre. Currently associate producing Holy Land at HERE Arts Center. She is also a writer for artsincolor.com.
