Gordon Chow makes his Sideshow Theatre debut. Chicago credits include American Hwangap (A-Squared/Halcyon Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (First Folio Theatre); The World of Extreme Happiness (understudy) and Fish Men (Goodman Theatre); Yellow Face (performing understudy), Durango (performing understudy) and Golden Child (performing understudy) (Silk Road Rising); Jade Heart (Chicago Dramatists); Struggling Truths (Prop Theatre); Around the World in 80 Days (Lifeline Theatre - Jeff Citation for Best Ensemble) and Dope (Defiant Theatre). Television credits include Chicago Med (NBC).

Katy Carolina Collins is an ensemble member with Sideshow where her credits include No More Sad Things (Jessiee), Stupid Fucking Bird (Mash), and Idomeneus (Monster/Ensemble). She can also be seen wrestling in CLLAW (Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers) events as Hillary Rod-Arm Clinton. She has acted in Chicago with Second City, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Vintage Theater Collective, and Collaboraction. She is a stakeholder in the Backroom Shakespeare Project, co-founded Pivot Arts, created Chicago Movieoke, cheerleads in the band Mucca Pazza, and stars in the web series “The Doula Is In.”  She graduated with a BFA from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.

Helen Joo Lee, a SoCal native, started acting in the expat community theatre scene in Seoul, South Korea and recently moved to Chicago to begin her professional acting career. She was most recently a permanent replacement in Second City’s 41st revue Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno and performs regularly with the Comedy Dance Collective (yes, it’s a thing!) and the all-Asian improv group Stir-Friday Night. TV/film credits include: Empire, Chicago Med and the upcoming films Teacher and Canal Street. She is represented by Stewart Talent.

John Lu makes his Sideshow Theatre Company debut with You for Me for You.  Recent credits include Co.Ex.ist with Collaboraction and Hang onto Your Shorts, the inaugural show for Chimera Ensemble. John also recently understudied American Theater Company’s Picnic, Timeline Theatre's Chimerica, and House Theatre’s United Flight 232, which won the Jeff Award for Best Ensemble. Recent television credits include A.P.B. and multiple episodes of Chicago Justice.  John is a graduate of the Academy Conservatory at Black Box Acting and is still trying to figure out if he's a cat person or dog person. John is represented by A.T.G.

Jin Park is grateful to be able to work with Sideshow Theatre Company for the first time! She was last seen in Don't Look Back/Must Look Back (Pivot Arts). Jin is a graduate of The School At Steppenwolf (where the teachers and classmates made standing on this stage possible) and Columbia College Chicago. She deeply thanks family, friends, teachers, and Lily's Talent. Saranghaeyo!

Elly Green

director

Elly Green previously directed Hansol Jung’s No More Sad Things for Sideshow Theatre. Other Chicago theatre credits include: Pillars of the Community by Henrik Ibsen/Samuel Adamson, The Night Season by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber (Strawdog Theatre), The Woman in Black by Stephen Mallatratt/Susan Hill (Wildclaw Theatre), The Distance by Deborah Bruce (Haven Theatre), The Woman Before by Roland Schimmelpfennig (Trap Door Theatre), Rabbit by Nina Raine (Stage Left Theatre) and The Tomkat Project by Brandon Ogborn (Playground & NY Fringe). Elly trained in the UK, where her credits include: Our Country’s Good (Royal & Derngate, Actors Company), My Balloon Beats Your Astronaut (Papatango/Tristan Bates), Beyond Therapy (Old Joint Stock/BSA, Birmingham), About Tommy (Southwark Playhouse), Copenhagen (Tabard Theatre), Skylight (Stephen Joseph Theatre), The Beach (Theatre 503) & The Zoo Story (Etcetera Theatre). She is an ensemble member with Sideshow Theatre and Strawdog Theatre, and an artistic associate with Stage Left Theatre.

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William Boles

scenic designer

William Boles is an artistic associate with Sideshow, where his previous design work includes The Golden Dragon, No More Sad Things, Mai Dang Lao and Give it All Back. Chicago credits: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Second City, Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Victory Gardens Theater, The Hypocrites, American Theater Company, Timeline, A Red Orchid Theatre, About Face Theatre (associate artist), Chicago Children’s Theatre, Steep Theatre Company, First Floor Theater, among others. Regional credits: Kirk Douglas, Huntington Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Children’s Theatre Company, Wolf Trap Opera, Minnesota Opera, Milwaukee Repertory Theater Pig Iron Theatre Company, and the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. International credits: Stockholm Vocal Academy and Opera Siam in Bangkok. Boles received his MFA at Northwestern University.

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Izumi Inaba

costume designer

Izumi Inaba is very grateful to be a part of this production. Regional: The King of the Yees (Goodman Theatre in association with Kirk Douglas Theatre); The Who and the What, Animal Farm (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Faceless (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). Chicago: Animal Farm, Constellations, The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre); An Issue of Blood, The House that Will Not Stand, A Wonder in My Soul (Victory Gardens); SS! A Midsummer Night’s Dream, CPS Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare); The Mousetrap, You Can’t Take It with You, Charm, Faceless (Northlight Theatre); Woyzeck, Adding Machine: A Musical, You on the Moors Now (The Hypocrites); Harvey (Court Theatre). Awards: Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award and Jeff Awards. Education: MFA in stage design, Northwestern University. A member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829.

Cat Wilson

lighting designer

Cat Wilson is a Chicago-based lighting and projection designer. She has recently worked with Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, TimeLine Theatre, Joffrey Ballet Academy, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Kokandy Productions, Irish Theatre of Chicago, Jackalope Theatre, Hell in a Handbag Productions, and many others around the country. She received her MFA in lighting design from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Christopher M. LaPorte

sound designer

Christopher M. LaPorte has collaborated on projects with many Chicago companies including Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, Drury Lane, The Hypocrites, TimeLine, Raven, University of Illinois Chicago and Sideshow Theatre Company where he is an artistic associate. 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.

Jessica Mondres

properties designer

Jessica Mondres is an associate artist with 16th Street Theater and one half of Portmanteau, an experimental object and film-based performance project. Her prop and puppet designs have been featured at Remy Bumppo, A Red Orchid, Victory Gardens, Cock and Bull Theater, The Chicago International Puppet Festival and 16th Street Theater among others. She was recently a DCASE artist-in-residence at The Cultural Center developing Portmanteau's newest work, T(w)o Marias.

Jean E. Compton

stage manager

Jean E. Compton recently returned to Chicago, where she served as stage manager for the Chicago premiere of Lizzie with Firebrand Theatre. Her regional credits include seasons at Two River Theater and Cleveland Play House, Venus in Fur and The Whale at Rep Stage, and Shining Lives at Northlight. She is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Ellen Willett

production manager

Ellen Willett is thrilled to be working with Sideshow again after such fun with Antigonick, Mai Dang Lao, and The Happiest Place on Earth. She is an artistic associate with Sideshow, a company member with The Inconvenience, and regularly makes theatre and events with the talented folks at Definition, Remy Bumppo, Steep, Strawdog, E.D.G.E. Theatre, the Grant Park Music Festival, and many more. For fun, she plays hockey with the South Side Storm, fosters hound dogs, and takes any opportunity to sail on the lake.

Ben Chang

dramaturg

Ben Chang’s dramaturgy credits include The Night Season (Strawdog Theatre), Paradise Lost (ShawChicago) and Time of Your Life (The Chicago Inclusion Project). As an actor, Ben has appeared at Sideshow Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Signal Ensemble Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, City Lit Theater, Cor Theatre, Theater Alliance of Washington, D.C., and a touring production with North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Ben has appeared on the television shows Chicago Med (NBC) and Empire (FOX).

Chad Hain

technical director

Chad Hain is very excited to be working with Sideshow again.  Originally from Pittsburgh, he came to Chicago via North Carolina to join Lookingglass Theatre as their technical director. After three adventurous seasons at Lookingglass, Chad accepted the position of associate technical director at Steppenwolf Theatre.  In his spare time he enjoys hanging out with his dog Emmy.