Daria is honored to have her first opportunity to perform with Sideshow Theatre Company. Her recent Chicago credits include: multiple characters in Spoon River Anthology with Provision Theatre, Jana Sedova in The Last Cyclist with Genesis Theatre, Doris in Never a Bridesmaid with Polarity Theatre, Katherine/Gertrude (understudy) in 33 Variations with Timeline Theatre, Marthy in Anna Christie with Rendition Theatre, Lady Pernelle in Tartuffe with Boho Theatre, Cindy in her original one woman show Devil in the Dirt at Redtwist Theatre and ensemble in Spectacle La Lunatique with Redmoon Theater. She has a BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in acting from the University of Virginia. Daria is a certified Alexander Technique Teacher with a private practice on the Northside and is currently the director of The ATTIC, a 1600 hour AmSAT certified Alexander Teacher’s Training Program here in Chicago.

David Lawrence Hamilton's credits include: The Bottle Tree and The Firestorm (Stage Left Theatre), Antigonick and The Golden Dragon (Sideshow Theatre), Down Range (Genesis Theatrical Prod), CCX (Modofac Production), A Lesson Before Dying (Lincoln Square Theatre) and To Kill a Mockingbird (Chase Park Theatre).

Deanna is thrilled to be making her Sideshow debut. Chicago credits include: The Three Musketeers (Lifeline), The Mystery of the Pirate Ghost (Lifeline), 4000 Miles (Reading: Steppenwolf) and work with Pavement Group, Redmoon, The Inconvenience, and The Waltzing Mechanics. Deanna is also a proud member of Catharsis Productions, Barrel of Monkeys and, though she has yet to perform with them, has recently joined the ranks of Stir-Friday Night. She is represented by the illustrious Marisa Paonessa. Love to Jon and her family. This one’s for Carol Jane.

Noah’s most recent dramatic credits include Joe Ryan in Circle Theater’s production of When the Rain Stops Falling (Jeff Award – Best Play), and David Lancaster in Dead Writers Theater Collective’s production of Coward’s The Vortex. Recent musical/comedic roles include Charlemagne in Pippin, Claude in The Baker’s Wife, General Harrison Howell in Kiss Me Kate, Mr. Stanley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and a Jeff Award-nominated performance (Best Supporting Actor) as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – all performed at Circle Theater.

David Tushingham

translator

David Tushingham works as a dramaturg and curator for the Salzburg Festival and the Duesseldorfer Schauspielhaus. He has adapted Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories for The National Theatre, London and translated plays by Roland Schimmelpfennig, Dea Loher, Falk Richter and numerous other contemporary German playwrights. His recent translation of Roland Schimmelpfennig's The Golden Dragon has been performed in London, Edinburgh, Washington D.C., Toronto, Pittsburgh, Melbourne and on tour in India, Kurdistan and Ireland.

Jonathan L. Green

co-director

Jonathan has been the artistic director of Sideshow Theatre since its founding in 2007. He has directed and assisted for Sideshow, Greenhouse Theater Center, Lookingglass, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Diversionary Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Theatre Seven of Chicago, Pavement Group and the Earl Hamner, Jr. Theatre. Recent projects include truth and reconciliation, The Happiest Place on Earth, Antigonick, Stupid Fucking Bird, Idomeneus (Jeff Award for ensemble), and others. Recent dramaturgy credits include Blind Date, Objects in the Mirror, Gloria, War Paint, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, and Disgraced, all at Goodman Theatre. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Virginia, currently serves on the board of directors of the League of Chicago Theatres, and is the literary manager for Goodman Theatre.

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Marti Lyons

co-director

Marti most recently directed The City of Conversation by Anthony Giardina for Northlight Theatre Company; Prowess by Ike Holter for Jackalope Theatre Company; Wondrous Strange by Meg Miroshnik, Martyna Majok, Jen Silverman, and Jiehae Park for the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, starring the theatre's Apprentice Company; and a reading of Meg Miroshnik's Lady Tattoo for the Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory Theatre. Marti has also directed Will Eno’s Title and Deed for Lookingglass Theatre Company and a reading of Martín Zimmerman's On the Exhale for the New Stages Festival at Goodman Theatre where she received the 2015 Maggio Directing Fellowship. Other projects include Laura Marks’ Bethany, Marks' Mine and Will Nedved’s Body and Blood for The Gift Theatre where she is an ensemble member; Catherine Trieschmann’s Hot Georgia Sunday and Theresa Rebeck's Seminar for Haven Theatre; The Peacock by Calamity West and The Last Duck by Lucas Neff for Jackalope Theatre; The Play About My Dad by Boo Killebrew for Raven Theatre; Mai Dang Lao by David Jacobi, 9 Circles by Bill Cain, Maria/Stuart by Jason Grote, and co-directed The Golden Dragon for Sideshow Theatre, where she is an artistic associate. Later this season Marti will direct Wit by Margaret Edson for The Hypocrites, Short Shakes! Romeo and Juliet for Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Mystery of Love and Sex by Bathsheba Doran for Writers Theatre, and Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías for Victory Gardens Theatre. Marti is a proud member of SDC.

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William Boles

scenic designer

William is a Jeff-nominated Chicago-based scenic designer. Chicago: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Second City, Lyric Opera, Victory Gardens Theater, The Hypocrites (community member), American Theater Company, A Red Orchid Theatre, About Face Theatre (associate artist), Chicago Children's Theatre, Sideshow (artistic associate), Emerald City, Steep Theatre Company, Step-Up Productions, First Floor Theatre, Opera Northwestern. Regional: Children's Theatre Company, Wolftrap Opera, Minnesota Opera, Milwaukee Rep, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Arizona Broadway Playhouse. International: Stockholm Vocal Academy and Opera Siam in Bangkok. Upcoming productions include The Sneetches at Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis and King of the Yees by Lauren Yee at Goodman Theatre. MFA, Northwestern.

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John Kelly

lighting designer

John is very excited to be working with Sideshow Theatre for the fifth time! Previously he was master electrician and assistant lighting designer for The Gacy Play, The Burden of Not Having a Tail, and 9 Circles and master electrician for Maria/Stuart. He has designed for companies including Strawdog Theatre, Eclipse Theatre, Mortar Theatre, UrbanTheater, Red Twist and Theatre Wit.

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Kristin DeiTos

costume designer

Kristin is happy to be working again with Sideshow Theatre Company. Her past work with Sideshow includes 9 Circles, The Burden of Not Having a Tail, Maria/Stuart and Idomeneus. Her design work as also been seen at Lookingglass Theatre, Actors Gymnasium, Steppenwolf Garage, LiveWire Theatre, and American Blues Theater. Kristin is currently the costumer to the John G. Shedd Aquarium, as well as a costume technician for Paramount Theatre Company in Aurora. In 2010, along with Sarah E. Ross, Kristin was awarded the Mid-size Costume Design Joseph Jefferson Award for Tobacco Road. Kristin is a proud ensemble member of American Blues Theater.

Christopher M. LaPorte

sound designer

Christopher's recent design and composition collaborations include Life Sucks, Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth (Lookingglass Theatre Company), and Roof of the World (Kansas City Repertory). Chris has collaborated on projects with many local Chicago companies such as Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, 17 productions with Sideshow Theatre Company, Timeline, Porchlight, InFusion, Raven, University Of Illinois Chicago, Interrobang, Emerald City. Regional collaborations include Kansas City Repertory, Dallas Theatre Center, The Old Globe (San Diego), Center Stage (Baltimore), Arena Stage (Washington D.C.), Arsht Theatre Center (Miami), Denver Center for the Performing Arts, NY United Solo Festival.

Arianna Soloway

properties designer

Arianna is excited to be back at Sideshow Theatre Company where she previously designed props for The Burden of Not Having a Tail and 9 Circles. She has a BFA in directing from Columbia College where she just directed The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek. She recently completed a props internship at the Goodman Theatre and designed props for Common Hatred at The Ruckus Theater, The Seven at The Neapolitans, The Glass Menagerie and The Brig at Mary-Arrchie. She also assisted on props for 25 Saints at Pine Box, Big Lake Big City at Lookingglass, Collected Stories, Illegal Use of Hands, and It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! at American Blues Theater where she also designed props for Hank Williams: Lost Highway. She is an artistic affiliate at American Blues Theater and their outreach manager.

Alison McLeod

stage manager

Alison has had the pleasure of working with Cor Theatre (A Map of Virtue), Tibbits Summer Theatre (Treasure Island, The Look of Love, A Chorus Line, Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls (Wilde Nomination), Jack and the Beanstalk), Fox Valley Repertory (Cheaper by the Dozen, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Cinderella, Little Shop of Horrors), and Sideshow Theatre Company (The Golden Dragon, The Burden of Not Having a Tail, Maria/Stuart, Idomeneus (Jeff Award). Alison would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support.

Brittany Ducksworth

stage manager

Brittany is thrilled to join Sideshow as the company manager! A graduate of the University of Central Florida with degrees in marketing and stage management, her previous work with Sideshow has been as a stage manager on Stupid Fucking Bird, The Golden Dragon and 9 Circles. Other stage management credits include stage management intern on Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre), stage managing Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Gem of the Ocean (UCF), This Is Our Youth, Plaza Hotel Ballroom (Hangar Theatre); As Bees in Honey Drown, tick, tick, BOOM!, Love Letters (Stageworks Theatre), assistant stage managing The Little Mermaid, Suessical, Jr (Hangar Theatre), Veronica’s Room (UCF), and rehearsal stage managing The Little Dog Laughed (Stageworks Theatre).

Aaron Shapiro

production manager

Aaron Shapiro is a Chicago based freelance production manager. His recent credits include Disenchanted and Unspeakable at the Broadway Playhouse, Jeff-nominated productions of Heathers with Kokandy Productions, The Rainmaker with American Blues Theatre, Stupid Fucking Bird with Sideshow Theatre, Dreamgirls, Far from Heaven, Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened, Side Show, and Jeff Award-winning productions of Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Sondheim on Sondheim with Porchlight Music Theatre where he is an artistic associate. Aaron was the founding artistic director for Oracle where he served for 4 years. He is also the co-founder of Studio BE/MCL Chicago in Lakeview where served as executive director for 5 years. Aaron has worked for over 80 different theatre and production companies, and educational institutions as an electrician, carpenter, sound engineer, designer, tech director, director, production manager, and producer.

Ryan Milosevich

technical director

Ryan is excited to return for his fifth production with Sideshow Theatre Company. Recent works include being technical director for Sideshow's Stupid Fucking Bird, Tyrant, The Golden Dragon, and 9 Circles, Profiles Theatre’s HellCab, and Citadel Theatre Company’s Little Women and Other People's Money. Additional credits include work with Lookingglass Theatre, Haven Theatre, The New Colony Theatre, and American Blues Theater. Meanwhile, Ryan has a full-time job working a Ravenswood Studio Inc. creating interactive museum exhibits both (local and traveling), building giant opera sets, and a lot of other cool stuff.