ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES

Anita Stewart** (Scenic Designer) has worked as a set and costume designer at leading theaters across the country, including the Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Canadian Opera Company, Minnesota Opera, A.R.T., Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Long Wharf Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Boise Contemporary Theater, New Jersey Shakespeare, and Portland Stage. Anita’s desire to play a meaningful role as an artist in a specific community brought her to Portland Stage as Artistic Director, a company for which she had previously done significant freelance design. Anita holds an MFA in design from the Yale School of Drama.

Lily Prentice (Costume Designer) is a Portland-based costume and character designer with a special interest in devised work and arts education. Selected design credits include Portland Theater Festival’s inaugural 2022 season, Weston Theater Company, Beau Jest Moving Theatre, 52nd Street Project, Urban Arias, Ars Nova ANT Fest, The New School, NYU Playwrights Horizons, Columbia Stages, numerous projects with choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland including the world premiere Welcome (La MaMa), Dracula dir. James Ortiz / Strangemen & Co (workshop - Eugene O’Neill Center), and endeavors as a company member with North Pacific Gyre Theatre. Lily is the Costume Shop Manager at Bowdoin College. MFA Costume Design, NYU. Lilyprentice.com

SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal (Lighting Designer) is excited to be back with Portland Stage Company to work on this project. He has been telling stories using light and video for the past 17 years. His career has taken him across the country and has allowed him to design for theater, opera, dance, musical concerts, and events. He has had the privilege to work on projects with many companies, including Portland Stage Company (Portland, ME), Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program (Providence, RI), Opera Colorado (Denver, CO), Palm Beach Opera (Palm Beach, FL), Tulsa Opera (Tulsa, OK), Boston Conservatory at Berklee (Boston, MA), Umbrella Stage Company (Concord, MA), Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO), Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, IN), and Theater at Monmouth