Virtual Program

Cast:

Marianna Gallegos

Madison Hill

Shea Lee

Samie Jo Johnson

Production Team:
Stage Manager: Amelia Seidel
Production Designer: Mariah Bennett
Costume Designer: Ashley Laverty, Josh Bernaski

Costume Stitcher: Izumi Inaba
Director: Ashley Laverty

Production/House Managers: Josh Bernaski, Jeff Sachs

Marianna Gallegos (Understudy)

Marianna Gallegos (She/They) is excited to be doing her first show with Kerfluffle! She is a Chicago based actor and teaching artist originally from New Mexico. She is currently on tour with Improv Playhouse as Onini in “Anansi the Spider” which is touring through Chicago Libraries this summer. She is also touring with PlayMakers Lab to Chicago Parks with their annual “Summer of Stories” show and you can also see her at the Morton Arboretum for “The Mama and the Papa Goose” musical walking play! You can find more of her work on her website delaluzmarianna.com and this September you can catch her puppet show through Roughhouse Theatre’s “Nasty Brutish and Short!”

Madison Hill (Conductor)

Madison Hill (they/them) is pumped to be back with The Conductors! This is their third time working on this show, and they are so excited to bring this beautiful piece back to Chicago parks. Madison is also an Actor Combatant with the SAFD, and during the pandemic fell in love with writing and devising. In 2022, they joined the ensemble of Imagination Theater, and they are incredibly passionate about educating and uplifting our future generations. You might recognize them from their work around Chicago with other companies such as: Babes with Blades Theatre Company, The Raven Theatre, and The Plagiarists. Madison is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent Inc.

Samie Jo Johnson (Conductor)

Samie Jo (she/they) is a Chicago-based actor, writer, deviser, and director. Prior to landing in the Windy City, Samie Jo lived and worked in Seattle, Denver, England, Southern Indiana, and the many highways in between. Samie Jo has trained in various theatre making techniques domestically & internationally and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance from the University of Evansville. Samie Jo serves as the Artistic Director at Imagination Theater and Co-Artistic Director at Artemisia Theatre. They have also worked with Stage Left, Redtwist, Midsommer Flight, Quicksilver Shakespeare, and Stone Soup Shakespeare in the city.

Shea Lee (Conductor)

Shea Lee (she/hers) is a Chicago-based actor and graduate of Northwestern University, where her focuses included musical theatre, theatre for young audiences, and Asian American studies. Favorite credits include Anon(ymous) (NU Purple Crayon Players), Giggle Giggle Quack (Lifeline Theatre national tour), Goose and Gert (Kerfuffle TVY), and most recently, Extra Yarn (Lifeline Theatre). She is also a founding member of Laughing Stock Theatre, Chicago's premiere Commedia dell'Arte theatre company. Shea is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent.

Amelia Seidel (Stage Manager)

Amelia Seidel (she/hers) is the Operations Director at The Edge Theater. This is her third summer working with Kerfuffle and has loved every second of it – even when sprinklers turn on and get everything soaked! Her favorite color is purple and loves to go on bike rides. Her favorite thing to do in a park is sit under a shady tree for long enough that the grass leaves imprints on her legs.

Ashley Laverty (Director)

Ashley Laverty (she/hers) is the founding Artistic Director of Kerfuffle. Under her leadership, Kerfuffle has partnered with many arts and non-arts organizations to bring aesthetically exciting, engaging, and accessible theatre experiences to children around the country in museums, libraries, parks, and community centers. With Kerfuffle, she has developed and directed The Conductors, Toad Hall, Goose and Gert, Nested, and The Caterpillar's Footprint. She is a teaching artist and has 10 years of teaching artist experience, specializing in drama in the early childhood classroom. In Chicago, Ashley is proud to be a teaching artist with Lifeline Theatre, The Stage School, Northbrook Theatre, Filament Theatre, and a children’s yoga instructor with Mission Propelle. Ashley holds an M.F.A in Theatre for Youth from Arizona State University and a B.A. in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Musical Theatre from Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts.