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Being mindful that we are an organization that celebrates the inclusion of all, and our everforward motion of creating a theatrical space that is equitable to and for all - we lift our hearts in celebration and hold reverence for the ancestors of the Indigenous people that have come before us and honor the land on which we offer you this production. We recognize that the land we live, work, and thrive upon is not our own. We also acknowledge the painful travesties of genocide and colonization that Indigenous communities have had to endure. Moonbox Productions would like to pay homage to the original inhabitants of this land: The Massachusett people and their neighbors the Wampanoag, and Nipmuc Peoples. With respect, we hold space in our hearts and minds for the people of the Massachusett Tribe and the land itself which remains sacred today.
For more information and to support local Indigenous Communities please visit naicob.org/NAICOB (North American Indian Center of Boston)
When people ask me what CROWNS is about, I say “It’s about church ladies and their hats.” This was a bit of a joke from me--simple, concise, and too cute; every time I said it, folks chuckled and I chuckled along with them.
My brief cute description is true, CROWNS is about church ladies and their hats; however, the true meaning of the piece is not so simple nor is it a joke.
In Black culture, Church Ladies are stewards of the community: Grandmas, Aunties, and Cousins who hold the congregation together. They are the mothers at the heart of an extended family, keepers of the faith and traditions which have sustained us through dehumanizing discrimination, upheaval and protest, rape and enslavement, the Middle Passage, and so so much more. It is their collective spirit, across oceans and continents, which fosters and grows the resilience characteristic of the Diaspora.
Through mourning and celebration, these powerful Black Women are the pillars holding up our temples; they provide the melodies that keep us singing and praising, the rhythms that keep us dancing and loving, whether life is throwing curveballs or flowers.
So yes, CROWNS is a joyful musical about church ladies and their hats who help a young girl find her way, and it’s also about the divine, indomitable spirit of the Black Queens who birthed us and breathe life into us yesterday, today, and tomorrow—always. Amen, Ashe.
ACCESS
General Information
2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Online at arrowstarts.org
Arrow Street Arts is committed to creating and maintaining inclusive spaces that are accessible to anyone. We offer several services and accommodations to help you have a good experience. Visit arrowstarts.org/access or stop by the tickets and accessibility counter in the lobby for more information.
Our venue offers Assistive Listening Devices. Available from the Audience Services staff in the lobby free of charge at every performance; these headsets may be used at any seat.
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RESTROOMS
Located off the lobby between the Black Box and the Studio, we offer all-gender, private toilet rooms including one wheelchairaccessible room. During busy times pre-show and at intermission, a single queue will form for all guests.
LOST + FOUND
Items found may be given to an usher or other member of our staff. To inquire about missing items, contact us at info@arrowstarts.org or 617-299-2300.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director Regine Vital
Music Director David Freeman Coleman
Associate Director Davron S. Monroe
Stage Manager Caitlin Sayegh-McFann
Assistant Stage Manager Al Shea DiBiase
Production Manager Andrea S. Sala
Assistant Production Manager Jessie Marasco
Scenic Designer Baron E. Pugh**
Assistant Scenic Designer Peyton Tavares
Lighting Designer Isaak Olson
Associate Lighting Designer Malcolm Foster
Costume Designer E Rosser
Assistant Costume Designer Ailey Rivkin
Sound Designer James Cannon
Associate Sound Designer Zachariah Rosenbaum
Props Designer Danielle Ibrahim
Assistant Props Design Andrew Reynolds
Wardrobe Supervisor Athena Parkman
Wig Designer Schanaya Barrows
Choreographer Kurt Douglas
A2 Angela He
Technical Director Jeffrey Peterson Emily Listner Matthew Kadam
Production Electrician Basil Kouba
Scenic Charge Lori Hruska Roberto Gallo Sarah Busick
Publicist Regina Norfolk
CAST
Mabel / Shango Cortlandt Barrett
Jeanette / Yemaya Janelle Grace
Man / Elegba Kaedon Gray
Velma / Oya Lovely Hoffman*
Yolanda / Ogun Mirrorajah
Wanda / Oshun
Mother Shaw / Obatala
Swing #1 Yolanda / Jeanette / Velma
Cheryl D. Singleton*
Mildred E. Walker
Elijah Brown
Swing #2 Mother Shaw / Mabel / Wanda Aliyah Harris
MUSICIANS
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Prologue Company
Where I Belong Yolanda
In the Morning Mother Shaw & Company
Ain’t That Good News Mother Shaw
When the Saints Go Marching In Mother Shaw & Company
Marching to Zion Company
Oh Lord I’m Waiting On You Man & Company
On the Battlefield Mother Shaw & Company
That’s All Right Company
One of Them Yolanda
Take My Life and Let It Be Man & Company
His Eye is On the Sparrow Velma & Company
None But the Righteous Mother Shaw & Company
When I’ve Done the Best I Can, I Want My Crown Velma
I’m Gonna Roll On Man
Mary Don’t You Weep Man & Company
Wade in the Water Company
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around Wanda & Company
Ole Ship of Zion Mother Shaw & Company
Take Me To the Water Mother Shaw & Company
Yonder Come Day Man & Company
I’ve Got Joy Like a Fountain Yolanda
This Joy Velma, Jeannette, Yolanda & Company
Amen Company
I Got a Crown Company
MOONBOX CORE TEAM
Producing Artistic Director/Founder Sharman Altshuler
Associate Artistic Director/ Founding Partner Allison Olivia Choat
Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Davron S. Monroe
Director of Marketing Phil Tayler
Director of Community Initiatives/Accessibility Kara Crumrine
Director of Literary Engagement Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
General Manager and COVID Safety Manager Kailey Bennett
Collaborative Arts Coordinator Elmer Martinez
Production Consultant Jo WIlliams
Publicist Regina Norfolk
CAST
CORTLANDT BARRETT (Mabel/Shango) is a sophomore musical theatre major at the Boston Conservatory. Her most recent credits include Dreamgirls (Lorrell/Deena Understudy), Forever, Kid. (Parent), Berklee Presents One Sweet Day: Mariah Carey Showcase (Lead Vocalist), next to normal (Natalie), Alice By Heart (Queen of Hearts), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Meg Mahoney), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), and The Wiz (Evillene). Lastly, she is excited to perform in Greater Boston Stage’s production of Little Shop of Horrors as Chiffon this summer. She is honored to be in this production of Crowns, and would like to thank her director, the producers, cast, and the crew for their incredible work, and her family and friends for their continued support of her. She hopes you enjoy this amazing show!
ELIJAH BROWN (Swing #1 Yolanda/Jeanette/Velma) is so excited to be making their Moonbox debut!! His recent credits include: Hoops (Eey), Company One, Orpheus in the Overworld (Orpheus) with Fresh Ink Theater Company, Romeo and Juliet (Lady Montague) and Macbeth (Caithness) with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Power Play (Sarah) Artist’s Theater of Boston, Antigone (Creon), and As You like It (Duke Senior) with Emerson College. Elijah would like to thank the wonderful cast and creatives in building this show and community and their lovely partner Xander for always supporting him! <3 Enjoy the show!!
JANELLE GRACE (Jeanette / Yemaya) is a St. Louisborn, Boston-based actor, singer, and dancer. As a recent graduate of Boston University, she has worked and collaborated with some incredible award-winning and award-deserving actors and directors. Her favorite credits include the world premiere of The Grove (Huntington Theatre Company) and the regional premiere of STEW (Gloucester Stage Company). She is a firm believer in therapy, MUNA, and the magic of mushrooms. @j_gracej
KAEDON GRAY (Man / Elegba) is a singer, actor and lyricist. Most recent: Calvin/Officer Brannigan/Dancer, Guys and Dolls (Greater Boston Stage Company), Snow Cone Dancer, The Rocky Menorah Christmas Show (Gold Dust Orphans) and an Amica insurance commercial featuring Jayson Tatum. Love to D.
ALIYAH HARRIS (Swing #2 Mother Shaw / Mabel / Wanda) is a performer as well as a librarian. Her love of stories and storytelling has led her to working with local theatres such as Company One, New Rep, The Company Theatre, Moonbox Productions and Hiberian Hall. This summer is slated to be a part of the Place in Place/ Company One collaboration : A New Era. She is thrilled to be back working with Moonbox Productions on this amazing production.
LOVELY HOFFMAN* (Velma / Oya) is thrilled to return to Moonbox Productions. She was last seen at Moonbox in Caroline, or Change, as Radio 1. In 2017, Lovely single, My Black Is Beautiful, a song about self-love, went viral and reached #45 on the Adult Contemporary Radio Charts. She has been featured on CNN, BET, Teen Vogue, and Essence Magazine. Lovely Hoffman is also an actress and received the IRNE Award for Best Actress in a Musical for portraying Celie in the New England premiere of The Color Purple.” She has been honored with the Elliot Norton Award and was part of the ensemble that received the Best Ensemble recognition for the production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’” in 2023. Theatre credits include: The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Huntington Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Reagle Music Theatre, Lyric Stage Company, and Greater Boston Stage Company. She is pursuing an Ed.M. at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, focusing her studies on Arts and Learning. Follow Lovely Hoffman on Instagram and Facebook; you can hear her music on all streaming platforms.
MIRRORAJAH (Yolanda / Ogun) is most notable for her nationally award-winning performance as ‘Diane’ in Hurricane Diane, making her 1 of 3 college students in the country to receive this honor from the Kennedy Center. Mirrorajah brings a dynamic presence to every role, dedicated to captivating audiences with compelling storytelling. As a passionate stage actor, Mirrorajah is thrilled to be performing in her first musical, Crowns, with Moonbox Productions.
CHERYL D. SINGLETON* (Wanda
/
Oshun)
Moonbox: Debut. Gloucester Stage: Wipeout, Stew, To Kill A Mockingbird. Huntington Theatre Co.: Our Daughters, Like Pillars, Sonia Flew (u/s). Lyric Stage Co.: The Little Foxes, Intimate Apparel. American Repertory Theatre: The Seagull. Wheelock Family Theatre: Billy Elliot, the musical, James and the Giant Peach. Plays in Place: The America Plays. New Repertory Theater: 1776, Passing Strange, Rent, Dollhouse. Selected additional credits include work with Speakeasy Stage Co., The Front Porch, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Pops, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Co., ImprovBoston and Queer Soup. Selected film and television credits include: Invitation to a Bonfire (AMC), She’s Gotta Have It (40 Acres and A Mule), and Castle Rock (Hulu).
MILDRED E. WALKER (Mother Shaw/Obatala)
a native of Dorchester, graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth with a BA in Music with a concentration in Music Education and taught in the Brockton Public Schools. Mildred is a principal soloist in the National Center for Afro-American Artist’s production of Langston Hughes’s Black Nativity and was in the cast of Ragtime with The Company Theatre in Norwell, MA. She is currently a member of the Boston Pops Gospel Choir, and has performed with the Harlem Gospel Choir, the Boston Camerata, and many other choirs, ensembles, and productions both locally and internationally.
PRODUCTION TEAM
SHARMAN ALTSHULER (Producing Artistic Director, Founder) holds a Doctorate Degree in Veterinary Medicine and a Beginner’s Mind in Theater Production. Since 2011, it has been a joy and privilege to support local artists in creating live theater in the Boston area, and to watch the company grow in its community network, as well as in its social mission to raise awareness of other local non profits doing important work in our area. Sharmy would like to give special thanks for the endless love and support of her pit crew: Davic, Ben, Noah, George and Douglas.
SCHANAYA BARROWS
(Wig Designer) (she/her) is thrilled to be working with Moonbox productions ! She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance with a minor in Dance at Salem State University 2021. Her recent credits include Ain’t no Mo (Passenger 4) Front Porch Arts/ Speakeasy Stage, In The Heights (Choreographer) Firehouse Center, Morning Noon, and Night (Chloe) Company One, A Wrinkle in Time (Assistant Director) Wheelock Family Theatre, The Interrobangers (Dani Bundy) Company One (Elliot Norton Nominated 2024), The Color Purple (U/S Squeak, Olivia) The Umbrella Arts Center, Dance Nation (Ashlee) The Apollinaire Theatre (Elliot Norton Nominated 2024), Can I Touch it? (Meeka, Beth) Company One (Elliot Norton Award winner for Outstanding Performance 2023), Dream Love Escape (Helena, Peter Quince, Choreographer) The Ridiculous Project, Machinal (Adding clerk, Lawyer of Defense, Reporter, Bridesmaid, Choreographer) Salem State University. The Long Christmas Ride Home (choreographer), Much A Do About Nothing (Choreographer), Bedroom Farce (Female swing, Fight Captain), Gunplay:A play about America (George Washington, Shante Johnson,Lois Milberger, Woman, Announcer), Ragtime (Sarah’s Friend, Harlem Ensemble, Dance Captain), Poison of Choice (Haley/Chavez) Salem State University, A Freeman of Color (Melpomene, Leda, Margery Understudy, Dance ensemble) Salem State University.
SARAH BUSICK (Scenic Charge) is a first-year student in Boston University’s Scene Painting Certificate program. She has three years of experience as a scenic artist for the Florida Academy of Performing Arts. Among the shows she has worked on are Desdemona, Florencia En El Amazonas, The Rink, Julius Caesar, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Finding Nemo Jr., and Seussical. Sarah is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the painting of this production at Moonbox!
JAMES CANNON (Sound Designer) James Cannon (Sound Designer) is based in Watertown, MA. Recent Credits include - Actor’s Shakespeare Project: The Piano Lesson. North Shore Music Theater: Jersey Boys, Fiddler on the Roof. Umbrella Stage Company: The Full Monty, The Minutes, The Color Purple. Moonbox Productions: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Passing Strange, The Rocky Horror Show.Speakeasy Stage Company: FAIRVIEW. Wheelock Family Theater: A Wrinkle in Time. Front Porch Arts Collective/Central Square Theater: Next to Normal. Greater Boston Stage Company: The Play that Goes Wrong. He gives all the love to his son, Trevanté, and his supportive partner Rebecca!
DAVID FREEMAN COLEMAN (Music Director) Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music. Recent Music Direction: Lady Day (Merrimack Repertory Theater), South Pacific (Reagle Music Theatre), A Year With Frog and Toad (Wheelock Family Theater), Jesus Christ Superstar (Boston Conservatory at Berklee), The Boy Who Kissed the Sky (Company One), Sister Act (Lyric Stage), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Central Square Theater & Greater Boston Stage), A Strange Loop (SpeakEasy Stage), The Bluest Eye (Huntington Theater), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.). Eliot Norton Award for Outstanding Music Direction. Has worked with Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Mariah Carey, Bobby McFerrin, Ryan Gosling and the Boston Pops.
AL SHEA DIBIASE (Assistant Stage Manager) is very excited to be working with Moonbox and being back in Boston. They were the PSM for the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire for the last 3 season. Other Credits Include: PSM: Murder Myster Dinner Theater, Holidays Dinner Theater, Yuletide – Mazza Vinyards. SM: Robin B Goode - Chelsea Theater Works: Artist in Residence. ASM: The Boston Project: Resilience – Speakeasy Stage Co. Cry it out & Curious incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Apollinaire Theatre Co.
KURT DOUGLAS (Choreographer) joined the Boston Conservatory at Berklee faculty in 2015 and is a Professor of dance, specializing in technique, repertory, and pedagogy for modern dance. Douglas also serves as artistic director for Boston Conservatory at Berklee Summer Dance Intensive (SDI). A graduate of New York’s LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, and originally from Guyana, South America, Douglas earned his BFA in dance from Boston Conservatory and MFA in dance from Hollins University. In 2001 he joined the Limón Dance Company, where he performed in many of Limón’s most influential works. Douglas continues to serve as répétiteur for the Limón Dance Foundation and is on the faculty at the Limón Institute in New York City. He received a 2002 Princess Grace Award and was honored by an invitation to perform for the royal family of Monaco. Douglas was named one of Dance Magazine’s “Top 25 to Watch” in the January 2006 issue, and he received Berklee’s distinguished faculty award in 2022. Other performance and choreographic credits: The King and I (Starlight Theater), A Chorus Line (Networks & TML Enterprises, Australian revival), The Bluest Eye (Huntington Theatre Company), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Huntington Theatre Company) Shrek (Boston Conservatory at Berklee), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (New York City), Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Aszure Barton & Artist, and Ballet Hispanico of New York.
MALCOLM FOSTER (Associate Lighting Designer) designs theatre, dance, and opera, and he is thrilled to work with Moonbox Productions for the first time! His recent designs include work with Urbanity Dance, Boston Arts Academy, The Dance Complex, and The Mighty
Casey with Ballet Spartanburg. His upcoming work includes Lighting Supervisor with the Paul Taylor Dance Company and being Assistant Lighting Designer on Fragments at the Spoleto Arts Festival. Enjoy the show!
ROBERTO GALLO (Scenic Charge) is a scenic artist living in Lynn. He was the Charge Scenic at the Huntington Theatre Company for three seasons, 2004 —2007. He has since been working primarily in the film industry as has worked on over forty feature films and television series.
ANGELA HE (A2) is so excited to be working with Moonbox again! You can see her working around the Boston area, including Moonbox’s previous production of The Thanksgiving Play. Angela is grateful to be working with such a great team, and hopes you enjoy the show.
LORI HRUSKA (Scenic Charge) has been a scene painter for 32 years, driven by a lifelong passion for creativity and artistic expression. She thrives on the challenge of collaborating with designers to bring their visions to life. Throughout her career, Lori has lent her talents to renowned institutions such as the Huntington Theatre and the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), as well as major film productions, including Ghostbusters, TED, The Holdovers, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. She is currently the Paint Shop Manager at Boston University.
DANIELLE IBRAHIM (Props Designer) is a Boston-based theater artist, technician, and educator. A graduate of Boston University, Danielle has worked with numerous companies throughout Massachusetts in a variety of roles. Select credits include Scenic Designer for Greater Boston Stage Company’s The Play That Goes Wrong (2025), Scenic Designer for Boston Conservatory Opera Department’s Summer & Smoke (2024) and Voir Dire (2024), Props Designer for Wheelock Family Theater’s SpongeBob: The Musical (2024), Production Manager or Actors’ Shakespeare Project (24-25 season), Production Manager for Odyssey Opera (2024-2025 season), Technical Director for Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre (2023 & 2024 seasons) among many others.
CAITLIN SAYEGH-MCFANN (Stage Manager) is a transplant to Boston from the San Francisco Bay Area, where they worked with companies such as San Francisco Playhouse (You Mean to Do Me Harm), Shotgun Players (White, Vinegar Tom), Cutting Ball Theatre (Phantasmagoria, Utopia), PianoFight (Gravedigger), and Golden Thread Productions (ReOrient, On Behalf of All Muslims). They graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Technical Theatre. This is their first project in Boston. When they are not stage managing, they work using theatre and storytelling’s healing and transformative power as a drama therapist.
DAVRON S. MONROE (Associate Director, Director of Equity Diversity and Inclusion) is a Boston based award winning singer and actor with vocal talents that run the gamut from Opera to Musical Theatre, gospel to jazz and everything else in between. Aside from being an award winning actor and an undeniable presence on Boston stages, Davron is an EDI practitioner and consultant with a background in project management that centers around belonging and connection. Emphasizing in strengthening educational pipelines for underrepresented communities and focusing on increasing visibility of the global majority. Davron is committed to the extremely important work of helping the underrepresented voice feel welcomed as well as shifting the face of theater by making it a place where community is adequately reflected on and off the stage. This work is coming from a place of wanting YOU to be here and celebrating all aspects of YOU. “It is paramount that we as a theater company create a space that is committed to anti-racists policies as well as equitable treatment for all artists including members of the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and those living with Disabilities”.
REGINA NORFOLK (Publicist) founded
RNCommunication, LLC, a public relations and special events company, in 2006 and has been the Publicist for Moonbox Productions since 2015. Throughout her career, she has worked extensively with public and private companies to spearhead successful launches and ongoing campaigns for products and services across a variety of industries including theater, retail, travel and
tourism, education, food and restaurant, technology, real estate, construction, and non-profit. Before striking out on her own, she worked for two mid-size Boston PR agencies for eight years and served as Manager of Public Relations and Special Events at Filene’s Department Store for ten years.
ISAAK OLSON (Lighting Designer) he/they is a Bostonbased Lighting Programmer, Designer, and Technician. He is thrilled to be bringing color and celebration into the irreverent story of Crowns. You may have seen their work at Actor’s Shakespeare Project in “The Piano Lesson”, Wheelock Family Theatre in “A Wrinkle in Time”, at Northeastern University in “The Moors”, or at Fresh Ink Theatre in “John Deserves to Die”. They are currently the Assistant Light Director at The Boston Ballet, and have programmed lights for Arrow Street Arts, Boston Lyric Opera, and Midwinter Revels.
ATHENA PARKMAN (Wardrobe Supervisor) is excited to work with Moonbox Productions again after wardrobe supervising for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Once Upon a Carnival. She is currently studying at Emerson College to earn her BFA in Design and Technology. Emerson Stage Design Credits include; I Love XXX (Costume Designer), Little Women (Costume Designer), The Loyals (Assistant Costume Designer), The Secret In The Wings (Wardrobe Supervisor), Spitfire Grill (Assistant Costume Designer), Into the Woods (Wig Dresser), As You Like It (Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor). athenaparkmancostumedesigns.com
BARON E. PUGH** (Scenic Designer) is a Bostonbased scenic designer for theater, opera, and other live performance arts. Select credits include: OffBroadway: As Time Goes By (Out of the Box), shadow/ land (associate designer) (The Public Theater). NYC: King Lear, The Tempest (The Juilliard School, Drama Division). Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Gulfshore Playhouse); The Anonymous Lover (Opera Philadelphia), Million Dollar Quartet, B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching (Berkshire Theatre Group); Primary Trust, ABCD (Barrington Stage); Trouble in Mind (Hartford
Stage); Associate designer for: The Grove, Sojourners, The Bluest Eye (The Huntington Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, (TheatreSquared); Assassins, The Light, Breath and Imagination, The Wiz (Lyric Stage Company of Boston). Baron received his MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University and is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. @bpscenic on Instagram
ANDREW REYNOLDS (Assistant Props Designer) This is Andrew’s fourth design role with Moonbox. He has Prop Designed The Thanksgiving Play, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Assistant Prop Designed Once Upon a Carnival in Boston New Works Festival 2024. Other works include, Props Assistant/Intern for Broadway Backwards 2024 with BC/EFA, Props Artisan for The Huntington Theatre’s 2024/2025 season. He was also a Stagehand/Artisan for North Shore Music Theatre’s full 2023/2024 seasons. He thanks his family, friends, and partner for their support.
ZACHARIAH ROSENBAUM (Associate Sound Designer) is thrilled to be making his Boston design debut with Moonbox and James Cannon! Zach is an award winning director and sound designer based in southern New Hampshire. His credits include his award winning production of Million Dollar Quartet (Director/Sound Designer), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (A1; Moonbox), The Grove (Sub A1; The Huntington), and his work at the New London Barn Playhouse as resident Sound Designer and Assistant Director. Special thanks to Bryan Ritchie, Gage Baker, James Cannon, Cage the Elephant and Tatte.
E. ROSSER (Costume Designer) (she/hers) works magic as a freelance costume designer, puppet enthusiast, and general theater wizard in the Boston scene for such varied groups as Speakeasy, Company One, the A.R.T., Lyric Stage, Greater Boston Stage Company, and of course, Moonbox Productions. Past Moonbox designs include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Manic Monologues, Mermaid Hour, various New Works, Jonathan, The Good Deli, and Barefoot in the Park. Here’s to another 10 years! erosser.com
ANDREA S. SALA (Production Manager) (she/her) is a Latine, Production Manager, Lighting Designer, and Mover currently based in Boston, MA. Originally from Northern Mexico, Andrea grew up in San Antonio, TX enveloped in the arts and dance communities. She has a BFA in Lighting Design and minor in Engineering Sciences, specializing in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. Andrea is currently the Lighting Supervisor for Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Production Manager for Fresh Ink Theatre, as well as freelancing as a Lighting Designer/ Production Manager around the East Coast. She has had the privilege to work with incredible companies and institutions in both roles, including Dance Theater of Harlem, Moonbox Productions, Urban Bush Women, Jacob’s Pillow, Central Square Theater, Fresh Ink Theater Company, Boston Opera Collaborative, and local dance artists in Boston and New York City. Some of her standout credits include: Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 50th Anniversary Performance at New York City Center, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Moonbox Productions, Carmen by Boston Opera Collaborative, ZACHOR by Rachel Linskey, Galileo’s Daughter by WAM Theatre and Central Square Theatre.
PHIL TAYLER (Director of Marketing) is an award winning multi-disciplinary theatre artist in the Greater Boston Area. As an actor Phil has received Boston’s Elliot Norton Awards for his work on Buyer and Cellar and Avenue Q (Lyric Stage Company of Boston), Phil has also been honored for his work in Cabaret, Floyd Collins, Stones in His Pockets, Sweeney Todd, Of Mice and Men, Spring Awakening, and in Hair. Phil Co-Produced Parade (Moonbox Productions) which won the Elliot Norton for Best Musical in 2020. This season Phil Tayler played Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Moonbox Productions). Phil currently serves as the GM, FOH Operations at Arrow Street Arts and Director of Marketing and Communications/ HR Manager for Moonbox Productions, both amazing local theatre and theatre venue organizations. Phil was a member of AEA for nearly 15 years, but now chooses to advocate for equitable pay and fair workplace conditions independently. Phil can also be found performing the role of Husband & Full-Time Father in an ongoing original creation. #gabeyshade #seeyatoMari #rowdybaodie less 16-13 KAKM philtayler.com
Moonbox wishes to extend special thanks to the individuals and organizations that helped make this production possible:
Actors Equity Association
Arrow Street Arts
Beth-Ann Martunas
Binnacle Capital Services
BL Musicals
Elegance African Fashions
Greater Boston Stage Company
Meghan Young and High Output
New England Scenic
Rosie’s Place
