PRODUCTION BIOS Colleen Geddes (Lighting Designer) is excited to be able to light design solo for the first time. She has had a busy year last year being the production stage manager for ROOM SERVICE and assistant light designer for LYSISTRATA. She just finished being the sound operator for FAR AWAY and is glad to be back lighting up people’s world. She hopes everyone enjoys the show and is glad for all the support she has gotten this year from family and friends. Kim Instenes (Assistant Professor of Theatre/Costume Designer) holds an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from Ohio University, and a BA in Theatre from UW-Whitewater. Kim joined the Carthage faculty from UW-Parkside where she was costume shop supervisor. She has also worked as a sabbatical replacement at UW-Parkside and Lawrence University. Kim has designed a number of productions for Parkside and Lawrence including IMAGINARY INVALID, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and the TROJAN WAR. Kim continues to work as a freelance costume and make-up designer in the Milwaukee/Chicago area. Design credits include First Stage, Milwaukee Shakespeare, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespearean Festival and the Racine Theatre Guild. She would like to thank her family for their continued support. Martin McClendon (Scenic Designer/ Technical Director) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre. Before he began teaching he spent 10 years working as a professional actor, carpenter, and scene designer in 6 Carthage College
Chicago and Los Angeles. He designed more than a dozen sets for Chicago’s Defiant Theatre, twice receiving Joseph Jefferson Citation nominations for his scenic work. As an actor he has appeared on the stages of Chicago’s Steppenwolf, Northlight, and Victory Gardens theatres as well as in television commercials, sitcoms, and independent films. He would like to thank Jennifer, Arabella, and Horatio for their support. William Newcomb (Assistant Technical Director), the newest member of the Carthage Theatre faculty, holds a BFA in Technical Theatre from Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, and an MFA in Arts Administration from Southern Utah University. He was Assistant Manager of the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre for two years before coming to Carthage. Other credits include Technical Director of the Wells Fine Arts Center at Tarleton State, Assistant Technical Director at Oberlin College, Scene Shop Foreman at Ohio Light Opera, and Assistant Production Manager of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. He would like to thank Alison for her continued support. Neil Kristian Scharnick (Director), Assistant Professor of Theatre, is a member of the Theatre faculty and a PhD Candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds an MA in Theatre from Northwestern University and a BA from Carthage. This is his sixth directing credit at Carthage, having previously directed THOUROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, THE SERPENT, ARMS AND THE MAN, PROOF, and TRANSLATIONS. He is boundlessly indebted to his wife Erin for her support, and is grateful to Aparna and Vinay for allowing him to become a part of this play’s history.