Matt proudly serves as producing artistic director of Sideshow Theatre Company, where he was last seen in Mai Dang Lao and both iterations of Stupid Fucking Bird. Other performance credits include Idomeneus (Jeff Award for ensemble), The Golden Dragon, Tyrant, Heddatron, Theories of the Sun, Dante Dies!! (and then things get weird), and others (Sideshow Theatre Company); The Killer Angels (Lifeline Theatre); Failure: A Love Story (Victory Gardens); Common Hatred (The Ruckus); As Told by the Vivian Girls (Dog & Pony); Chicago Fire (NBC) and two seasons with The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island, NC. Matt received his BA in drama at the University of Virginia.

Katy is an ensemble member with Sideshow where her credits include No More Sad Things (Jessiee), Stupid Fucking Bird (Mash) and Idomeneus (Monster/Ensemble). She also can be seen wrestling in CLLAW (Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers) events as Hillary Rod-Arm Clinton. She has acted in Chicago with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Building Stage, Vintage Theater Collective, New Beast and Collaboraction. She is a stakeholder in the Backroom Shakespeare Project, co-founded Pivot Arts, created Chicago Movieoke, and is newly a cheerleader with Mucca Pazza. She graduated with a BFA from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.

Fresh from his win as “Best Supporting Actor” at this year’s Non-Equity Jeff Awards for his role as the Father in Griffin Theatre Company's Golden Boy, Norm is excited to be taking the stage with Sideshow for the first time. His Chicago stage credits include: Steep Theater’s highly acclaimed Festen and Tony winner Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men. Woodel’s television and film work includes Matlock, The Client, and a music video with Dolly Parton. He’s one of Chicago’s most successful voice over actors - voicing promos for CBS News and commercials for Subway to name a few.

Nina's credits with Sideshow include Chalk, Stupid Fucking Bird, The Ugly One and Heddatron. Nina was most recently seen in The Other Place (Profiles Theatre). Other credits include: Golden Boy (Griffin Theatre Company-Jeff Nomination for Best Supporting Actress); Bedroom Farce, After the Fall, Candles to the Sun and Democracy (Eclipse Theatre Company); Our Town (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Sketchbook 7 - "It's About Time" (Collaboraction) and work with About Face Theatre, Timeline, and Steep Theatre. TV/Film credits include Chicago PD, The Secret Santa, and The Discovery Channel. Nina is a proud graduate of the School at Steppenwolf and Millikin University. She is represented by Stewart Talent and an artistic associate of Sideshow Theatre. Love to Dad, Mom, Patrick, Erin and Erik.

Stacy was last seen in Cicada with Route 66 Theatre. She is a company member with The Hypocrites and The House Theatre and she has worked with Strawdog, The Michigan Shakespeare Festival and The Court Theatre. She was nominated for Jeff Awards for her work in Assisted Living at Profiles Theatre and for playing Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at Writers' Theatre. Stacy performed off-Broadway in The Fourth Graders Present an Unnamed Love Suicide and she was seen on TV in The Chicago Code and Chicago Fire. She is represented by Paonessa Talent and she is very happy to be married to Matt Hawkins.

Cody Proctor is a Sideshow artistic associate. Sideshow credits: Stupid Fucking Bird and Idomeneus. Other credits include Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Henry V, Othello), Oracle Theatre (The Mother), Goodman Theatre (The Iceman Cometh), Theatre Seven (We Live Here, The Water Engine), Red Tape Theatre (Brand), Lifeline Theatre (The Moonstone), and the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, Failure: A Love Story, Richard III, Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew). Cody is also a company member with Oracle Theatre and Alithea Mime Theatre and is represented by the glorious team at Grossman & Jack Talent.

Jonathan L. Green

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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Joe Schermoly

scenic designer

Joe is so happy to be back with Sideshow and Mr. Green working on this crazy play, having previously designed Idomeneus and The Ugly One. Joe is a Griffin Theatre company member where he has designed and built sets for many shows including Spelling Bee, Flare Path, Punk Rock, No More Dead Dogs, Port, Constant Wife. Elsewhere in Chicago, Joe's set design work has been seen at Lifeline Theatre (Tale of Two Cities, The Count of Monte Cristo, The City and The City), Theatre Wit (Seven Mammoths, Completeness), Strawdog Theatre (Duchess of Malfi, Master and Margarita, Richard III) and more. Joe studied set design at Northwestern University and is the technical director at Lifeline Theatre. He has received two After Dark Awards and two Jeff Nominations.

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Kimberly G. Morris

costume designer

Kim is pleased to be joining the production team at Sideshow. Based in Chicago, she freelance designs and builds costumes, wigs, makeup, props, puppets and special effects for numerous venues around the country. Favorite previous projects include puppets in Fight Girl Battle World with Infusion Theatre; costumes and masks for The Island of Doctor Moreau and puppets in Neverwhere with Lifeline Theatre; and costumes for Fox Valley’s Around the World in 80 Days. Upcoming projects include Annie Get Your Gun at the Willmette Center for the Arts; Brighton Beach Memoirs and Christmas on Broadway with Fox Valley Repertory; Aladdin and Into the Woods with Fox Valley Repertory Youth Ensemble; The Importance of Being Earnest with MEHS; Pippin with the All State Theatre Festival show; Dead Man’s Cell Phone, She Kills Monsters, On the Razzle and Shrek with NWHS; and Witch Slap with Babes With Blades.

William C. Kirkham

lighting designer

William is thrilled to be back at Sideshow following the 2014 production of Stupid Fucking Bird. William has lit plays and musicals in 47 states and Canada for audiences of all ages; he was the 2014 recipient of the Joseph Jefferson Award for Lighting Design for The Little Prince at Lookingglass Theatre Company. Other Chicago credits include: The Tennessee Williams Project (The Hypocrites); A Year with Frog and Toad, Bud Not Buddy (Chicago Children’s Theatre); The Iron Stag King, Pt. 1 (The House Theatre); Life and Limb (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Regional credits include: The Boy Who Loved Monsters and the Girl Who Loved Peas (Childsplay, AZ); The King and I, The Producers, Peter Pan, The Secret Garden (Arizona Broadway Theatre); The Phantom of the Opera (Vox Lumiere). Upcoming projects include: Three Sisters (The Hypocrites) and Moby Dick (Lookingglass Theatre).

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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.

Cassy Schillo

properties designer

Cassy is delighted to be a part of this talented production. Since graduating with a theatrical BFA from UW-Whitewater, Cassy has worked in various theaters throughout the Midwest including Light Opera Works, Red Tape, Stage Left, BoHo, Roosevelt university, Northwestern Opera, Marriott at Lincolnshire, Remy Bumppo, Theater Wit, Drury Lane, Porchlight, Piccolo, Milwaukee Chamber & Florentine Opera. She is an artistic associate for BoHo and First Folio. Catch her sword fighting at REP Bristol this summer!

Steven Besic

stage manager

Steven has been a stage manager and designer for ten years and has worked in New York, New Orleans and Provincetown but mostly Chicago. Credits include work with National Pastime Theater, American Theater Company and the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival.

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.