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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Mike Mroch

scenic designer

Mike Mroch is a freelance designer and director in Chicago. He is

a graduate of Columbia College with a BFA in directing and scenic design. Select design credits: Feast (Red Theater); After Miss Julie (Jeff nomination), The Long Christmas Ride Home, Miss Marx, Charles Ives Take Me Home (Strawdog); Look, We Are Breathing (Rivendell); The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips, Cookie Play, Anger/Fly (Trap Door); Four (Jackalope); Dental Society Midwinter Meeting (Chicago Dramatists/16th Street Theater); Agreed Upon Fictions (16th Street Theater). Directing credits: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Strawdog); At His Best, Margaret (Cold Basement); FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life (assistant - Steppenwolf for Young Adults); The Cheats (assistant - Steep). Upcoming designs: The Night Season (Strawdog Theatre); We’re Gonna Die (Haven Theatre).

Ellie Rabinowitz

lighting designer

Ellie Rabinowitz delights in a multiplicity of lighting applications: from dance (LA Dance Project & Dušan Týnek Dance Theater), to theater (Camino Real at Boston Court & Timboctou REDCAT in LA, Cattywampus at The Incubator & Close Up Space at Chautauqua in NY), art (Emily Mast at LACMA), stop-motion (Robot Chicken & Lizzy Klein’s Dust), & music (Indradevi, LA Grand Ensemble), as well as teaching lighting design. She is happy to have recently returned to her Midwestern roots!

Michael Huey

sound designer

Michael is happy to continue his journey with Sideshow after designing favorites like Idomeneus, Burden, and most recently Chalk. He’s designed and composed for Adventure Stage Chicago (the ongoing Prometheus Project), North Park University (The New Kid), Strange Tree Group (Jeff nominated music for The Spirit Play), and many more. Recent film credits include the score for the Lance Henricksen thriller Dark Awakening. Music and more can be found at: officialmichaelhuey.com.

Darek Lane

stage manager

Darek is excited to be working with Sideshow Theatre Company! She recently worked as an SM with Forth Story Productions on their debut show Tapped. She has had the opportunity to work with Chicago theatre companies and events such as HRC’s HER Gala, Chicago Fringe Festival, GSOC, Project 891, & Quest Theatre Ensemble. She has also worked on productions in Montana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Scotland. Darek holds an MFA in stage management from Wayne State University in Detroit.

Ellen Willett

production designer

Ellen is happy to be working with Sideshow again after production managing Antigonick and Mai Dang Lao. She regularly works with the talented folks at The Inconvenience, Remy Bumpoo, Steep, Route 66, and the Grant Park Music Festival, making theatre and events. For fun, she serves on the board of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), fosters coonhounds, and takes any opportunity to sail on the lake.

Benno Nelson

dramaturg

Benno has served as dramaturg for productions and readings with Sideshow, A Red Orchid Theatre, the Inconvenience, LiveWire, New Leaf and more, and directed productions at The New Colony and Oracle’s B-Sides. His writing has appeared in Time Out, the Paper Machete, Judson Memorial Church, and Collaboraction’s SketchBook.

Brian Sprague

technical director

Brian Sprague graduated from Northern Illinois University with his MFA in acting. He received his BA in theatre from the University of Kentucky. He has performed and studied internationally at the Moscow Art Theatre and the Adana State Theatre in Turkey. Technical direction credits include Give It All Back, The Happiest Place on Earth (Sideshow Theatre), Earthquakes in London (Steep Theatre), Beauty and the Beast Jr. (ACE), Breathing Corpses, The Seafarer, November and The Clean House (Actors Guild of Lexington).