TIMOTHY DOUGLAS DIRECTOR
Timothy returns to Indiana Rep having previously staged productions of Gem of the Ocean, Intimate Apparel, and Jitney. He has directed internationally and counts among his many credits the recent China tour of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced; and the world premieres of August Wilson’s Radio Golf for Yale Rep, Rajiv Joseph’s The Lake Effect for Silk Road Rising (2013 Jeff Award for Best New Work), and Keith Josef Adkins’Safe House for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where he currently serves as an associate artist. Other credits include Nina Simone: Four Women, Disgraced, and King Hedley II for Arena Stage; Father Comes Home from the Wars Parts 1, 2, & 3 for Roundhouse Theatre; Richard II for Shakespeare & Company; Bronte: A Portrait of Charlotte off-Broadway; Mourning Becomes Electra for Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, where he served for a time as artistic director; and many others. From 2001 to 2004, Timothy served as associate artistic director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he directed 16 productions, including three Humana Festival premieres. He earned his M.F.A. at Yale School of Drama. timothydouglas.org
TONY CISEK SCENIC DESIGNER
Tony has collaborated with Timothy Douglas on more than 30 productions, including Gem of the Ocean, Intimate Apparel, and Jitney here at the IRT; The Crucible, A Lesson before Dying, and Blues for an Alabama Sky at Syracuse Stage; Disgraced and King Hedley II at Arena Stage; Clybourne Park and Safe House at Cincinnati Playhouse; Father Comes Home from the Wars and Two Trains Running at Round House Theatre; Insurrection: Holding History and Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea at Theater Alliance; The Trip to Bountiful at Cleveland Play House; Much Ado about Nothing at Folger Theatre; and The Night Is a Child at Milwaukee Rep. Tony’s work has been seen Off-Broadway and regionally at Roundabout Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Ford’s Theatre, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Rep, Portland Center Stage, New York Theatre Workshop, Woolly Mammoth, and the Kennedy Center, among others. tonycisek.com
KARA HARMON COSTUME DESIGNER
Kara’s regional work includes Nina Simone: Four Women at Arena Stage; A Guide for the Homesick at Huntington Theatre Company; In the Heights at Geva Theatre Center; Native Gardens at the Guthrie Theater and Arena Stage; The Legend of Georgia McBride at Marin Theatre Company; The Mountaintop at Trinity Repertory Theatre; Barbecue at Geffen Playhouse; The Rape of Lucretia at Wolf Trap Opera; Ethel and God of Carnage at Alliance Theatre; Seven Guitars at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Much Ado about Nothing and The Comedy of Errors at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; and Safe House at Cincinnati Playhouse. New York credits include Dot at Vineyard Theatre and Seven Guitars and Broke-ology at the Juilliard School. She was assistant costume designer on Broadway for The Crucible, Magic Bird, First Date, and Memphis; and on TV for Daredevil (Season 2, Netflix) and Boardwalk Empire (Season 5, HBO). Kara earned her M.F.A. from NYU Tisch. karaharmondesign.com
PETER MARADUDIN LIGHTING DESIGNER
Peter is pleased to return to IRT, where previous work includes Gem of the Ocean (with Timothy Douglas), The Miser, and And a Nightingale Sang. On Broadway he designed the lighting for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Kentucky Cycle, and Off Broadway Hurrah at Last, Ballad of Yachiyo, and Bouncers. Peter has designed more than 300 regional theatre productions for such companies as the Guthrie Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, and South Coast Repertory. Based in Southern California, Peter is the studio director of the architectural lighting group StudioK1 (studiok1.com). He is the author, under his pen-name Peter Alexei, of the novels The Masked Avenger and The Queen of Spades. peteralexei.com 33