The Garbologists Digital Program | Theater Alliance (2025)

PRESENTS

The Garbologists BY

Lindsay Joelle DIRECTED BY

Shanara Gabrielle~ WITH

Chris Genebach*

Yesenia Iglesias*

FEATURING SCENIC DESIGN Jonathan Dahm Robertson^ COSTUME DESIGN Jeannette Christensen^ LIGHTING DESIGN ALBERTO SEGARRA^ SOUND DESIGN MADELINE “Mo” Oslejsek PROPS DESIGN Isabel Simoes deCarvalho ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG THEO YU STAGE MANAGER REGINA VITALE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER NIKI SEARS WARDROBE SUPERVISOR NYASHA KLUSMANN LIGHTING SUPERVISOR BEN HARVEY AUDIO SUPERVISOR ALLISON PEARSON

THE GARBOLOGISTS runs approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.

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Photography, videotaping, or any other audio or visual recordings of this production is strictly prohibited. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The theatre operates under an agreement between Theater Alliance and Actors’ Equity Association. ^Members of United Scenic Artists Local 829, The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. This theatre operates under an agreement between Theater Alliance and United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. ~Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

“THE GARBOLOGISTS” IS PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE OF THE BROADWAY LICENSING GROUP. ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE/ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROJECT. THE GARBOLOGISTS WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE SUPPORT OF PLAYPENN (PAUL MESHEJIAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR). DEVELOPED AT CITY THEATRE'S MOMENTUM FESTIVAL IN 2019 (MARC MASTERSON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR; JAMES MCNEEL, MANAGING DIRECTOR). THE GARBOLOGISTS RECEIVED ITS CO-WORLD PREMIERE AT PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY (PAIGE PRICE, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR; EMILY ZECK, MANAGING DIRECTOR) IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, NOVEMBER 11–DECEMBER 5, 2021, AND AT CITY THEATRE COMPANY (CLARE DROBOT, MONTEZE FREELAND & MARC MASTERSON, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS; JAMES MCNEEL, MANAGING DIRECTOR) IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 30–MAY 22, 2022.

COMPANY CAST CHRIS GENEBACH* YESENIA IGLESIAS*

DANNY MARLOWE

CREATIVE TEAM Lindsay Joelle PLAYWRIGHT Shanara Gabrielle~ DIRECTOR Jonathan Dahm Robertson^ SCENIC DESIGNER Jeannette Christensen^ COSTUME DESIGNER Alberto Segarra^ LIGHTING DESIGNER Madeline “Mo” Oslejsek SOUND DESIGNER Isabel Simoes deCarvalho PROPS DESIGNER ASST. DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG THEO YU

PRODUCTION TEAM STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER WARDROBE SUPERVISOR LIGHTING SUPERVISOR AUDIO SUPERVISOR

REGINA VITALE NIKI Sears Nyasha Klusmann Ben Harvey Allison Pearson

Special thanks to: INSeries Opera, The Academy for Classical Acting at STC, Fords Theatre, Theater J, Megan Behm, Marie Schneggenburger, Good Company Doughnuts and Cafe, Bozzuto Management Group, Hoffman & Associates, AppleTree Institute.

*MEMBERS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE THEATRE OPERATES UNDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEATER ALLIANCE AND ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION. ^MEMBERS OF UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS LOCAL 829, THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES. THIS THEATRE OPERATES UNDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEATER ALLIANCE AND UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS, LOCAL USA-829 OF THE IATSE. ~MEMBER OF THE STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, A NATIONAL THEATRICAL LABOR UNION.

CAST BIOS CHRIS GENEBACH he/him | Danny

Chris Genebach is excited to make his Theater Alliance debut. DC AREA: The Seafarer, Ink (Round House Theatre); Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Measure for Measure, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, King Lear, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Billy Elliot (Signature Theatre); The Mary Stuart Project, Oil, The Crucible, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Awake and Sing! (Olney Theatre Center); Davenant’s Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, Henry V, Othello, Cyrano, Orestes, A Tragic Romp (Folger Theatre); A Human Being Died that Night, Ulysses on Bottles (Mosaic Theater); Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); The Big Meal, Superior Donuts, Shining City (Studio Theatre). BROADWAY: Shining City (Manhattan Theatre Club); OFF-BROADWAY: Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 (CST at The Duke); The Other Side (Manhattan Theatre Club). REGIONAL: King Lear (Goodman Theatre); Short Shakespeare! Macbeth, Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3, King John, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); The Seafarer (TheaterWorks Hartford).

Yesenia Iglesias she/her | Marlowe

Yesenia Iglesias is grateful to be making her Theater Alliance debut with this incredible team of artists. DC AREA: Primary Trust (Signature Theatre), Metamorphoses (Folger Shakespeare Theatre), At the Wedding (Studio Theatre), POTUS… (Arena Stage), Daphne’s Dive (Signature Theatre). She has performed on various stages around the DMV, including Olney Theatre Center, The Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Imagination Stage, Constellation Theater Company, Ford's Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre Company. REGIONAL: Dial 'M' for Murder (Adirondack Theater Festival); Passing Strange (ACT-Seattle); Mwindo (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Water by the Spoonful (Theatre 22). Yesenia is a proud native of Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and a graduate of the University of Washington. UPCOMING: Don't Eat the Mangos (Huntington Theatre Company).

production bios Jeannette Christensen she/her | Costume Design

Jeannette Christensen is a Baltimore-based costume designer with notable credits including the Broadway national tour of On Your Feet! (2022-2024), and its world premiere in Spanish at GALA Hispanic Theatre (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Costume Design, 2022). NATIONAL TOURS: Kennedy Center TYA: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2019), Show Way (2024), and Look Both Ways (2025). REGIONAL: Wolf at the Door (American Players Theatre), The Thanksgiving Play (Oklahoma City Rep), The Last Five Years (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Romeo & Juliet (Folger Theatre), and The Brothers Paranormal (Olney Theatre Center). She has worked as an associate designer with The Muny, Roundhouse Theatre, Wolf Trap Opera, and Studio Theatre DC. A mentor and educator, she has taught at University of Maryland, American University, and George Washington University. EDUCATION: University of Maryland - MFA, MPS in Business of Art & Design; Arizona State University - BA in Design & Production. jcstudios.design

Jonathan Dahm Robertson he/him | Scenic Design

Jonathan Dahm Robertson is glad to return to Theater Alliance. THEATER ALLIANCE: Day of Absence, Blood at the Root. DC AREA: Look Both Ways (Kennedy Center), Passing Strange (Signature Theatre), Nollywood Dreams (Round House Theatre), Two Jews Walk into a Bar, The Christians (Theater J), The Agitators, Oh God! (Mosaic Theater), The Mamalogues, Member of the Wedding, The Nance (1st Stage). REGIONAL: Indecent (American Stage); Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Footloose, The Sound of Music, Murder for Two, and more (Totem Pole Playhouse); Into the Woods (The Barnstormers Theatre); Wait Until Dark (Cape Fear Regional Theater); OPERA: Nixon in China, Fidelio, Peter Grimes; Opera in the Heights: Candide, Un Ballo En Maschera, Cosi Fan Tutte (The Princeton Festival). jdahmrobertson.com | @jdahmrobertson

Isabel Simoes deCarvalho she/her | Props Design

Isabel Simoes deCarvalho is a local prop, scenic, and projection designer. This is her first show with Theater Alliance, and she is stoked to be working on props for Garbologists and American Fast. DC AREA: Proof (Compass Rose Theater), Little Shop of Horrors (Compass Rose Theater), Paradise Blue (Studio Theatre). isabelsimoes.design

Shanara Gabrielle she/her/any | Director

Shanara Gabrielle is an artist working in a wide variety of mediums with a focus on gutsy and inventive theater for all audiences. Driven by tales of imagination and stories of justice, Shanara fosters new work and reimagines classics with artists of courage and depth. Shanara has worked professionally at theaters across the country, including Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, In Series Opera, The Guthrie, Actors Theatre of Louisville, INSeries Opera, Southern Shakespeare Festival, The New Victory, Great Lakes Theatre, Southern Shakespeare, Northern Stage, Idaho Shakespeare, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre, Coterie Theater, Chesapeake Shakespeare, the cell nyc, Goethe Institut, St. Louis Rep, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Stages, Theatre for the New City, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Hollywood Playhouse, The Black Rep, Upstream Theater, and many more. Shanara has worked as an Artistic Producer at The Kennedy Center, ENOUGH!, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, spearheaded Working In DC, is on the Board of theatreWashington, and is so proud to serve as the Producing Artistic Director of Theater Alliance. shanaragabrielle.com

production bios Lindsay Joelle she/her | Playwright

Lindsay Joelle is a Tucson-based writer whose work explores the rituals, routines, and humor of diverse communities across America. Plays include TRAYF (Theater J, Geffen Playhouse, Goldberg MFA Playwriting Award, LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for best writing); The Garbologists (Philadelphia Theatre Company, City Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Desert Theater League Award for Best Original Writing); and The Messengers, a sci-fi audio play commissioned and recorded by Audible. Joelle is a former NNPN Playwright-in-Residence at Curious Theatre and alumna of Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab, Columbia University (BA), and Hunter (MFA). lindsayjoelle.com

Nyasha Klusmann

she/her | Wardrobe Supervisor Nyasha Klusmann is a talented costume designer/wardrober based in Washington, D.C., and a proud native Washingtonian. With a natural flair for creativity, Nyasha excels in bringing characters to life through the art of costume design and styling. Drawing from years of experience in theater, film, and special events, Nyasha combines technical expertise with an inventive vision in every wardrobe they curate. Always inspired by the city's dynamic culture, Nyasha continues to explore fresh ways to innovate and elevate the world of fashion and design.

Madeline “mo” Oslejsek she/they | Sound Design

Madeline “Mo” Oslejsek is a queer multidisciplinary theatre artist previously based in London, England, whose work explores phenomenology and 'queer' as a practice. Recent highlights include: DC AREA: Astro Boy and the God of Comics (Flying V), The Trans-Atlantic Time Travelling Company (Theater Alliance), Orlando (Constellation Theatre Co.). REGIONAL: SCAT: An Ode to the Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed (The Voxel, Conceiving & Audio Artist), HAIR (Signature Theatre, Assistant Design), I Will Eat You Alive (Interrobang Theatre Company). madelineoslejsek.com

Alberto Segarra he/him | Lighting Design

Alberto Segarra is glad to return to Theater Alliance. THEATER ALLIANCE: Blood at the Root (Helen Hayes Award), Day of Absence, and Look Both Ways (Helen Hayes nomination). REGIONAL: What the Constitution Means to Me (Cleveland Playhouse), Camelot (Village Theatre), Jane Eyre (Alley Theatre), The Great Leap (Portland Stage), The Three Musketeers (Cleveland Playhouse). DC AREA: The Honey Trap (Helen Hayes Award, Solas Nua), Lend Me a Soprano (Olney Theatre Center), The Joy That Carries You (Helen Hayes nomination, Olney Theatre Center), Passing Strange (Signature Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (Folger Theatre). UPCOMING: Constellations (Constellation Theatre Co), The Lehman Trilogy (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), The Scenarios (Studio Theatre), Your Name Means Dream (Theater J), Bakersville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Alley Theatre), and Andy Warhol in Iran (Mosaic Theater). Mr. Segarra is a USA829 member. albertosegarra.com

production bios Niki Sears

she/her | Assistant Stage Manager Niki Sears is very excited to be with Theater Alliance for the first time. Niki is usually found working at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Harman Hall as the deck chief and IATSE Local 22 Steward. She is especially happy to be spending her time (and love) with her wife, Regina Vitale, on this show.

Regina Vitale

she/her | Stage Manager Regina Vitale is thrilled to continue her first season as the Resident Production Stage Manager at Theater Alliance. THEATER ALLIANCE: Covenant (SM). DC AREA: Step Afrika's MMHSS (Show Caller; Arena Stage), The Cradle Will Rock (SM; INSeries Opera), The Rover/Romeo & Juliet (SM; STC Academy), Unknown Soldier (PA; Arena Stage), As You Like It (PA; STC), Squeakers & Mr. Gumdrop (SM; Arts On the Horizon), The Playboy of the Western World (SM; Solas Nua). She would like to thank her whole family for their support, particularly Heather and Ted, and her luminous wife Nicole.

Theo Yu

they/them | Assistant Director and Community Dramaturg Theo Yu is ecstatic to be making their Theater Alliance debut. DC AREA: The Cradle Will Rock (Assistant Director, INSeries Opera), Jesus Christ Superstar (Choreographer, Young Artists of America), and The Prom (Associate Choreographer, Young Artists of America).

REGIONAL: The Importance of Being Earnest (Director, Self-Produced), Detox: The Art of Expression (Director/Choreographer, ArtWorks Trenton), and Clean Slate (Assistant Director, Passage Theatre Company). theojyu.weebly.com

the ta team Staff PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

SHANARA GABRIELLE

NNPN PRODUCER-IN-RESIDENCE

ARIA VELZ

ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

SAMBA PATHAK

FINANCE AND ADVANCEMENT DIRECTOR

ELLYS ABRAMS

TECHNICAL & ART DIRECTOR

JONATHAN DAHM ROBERTSON

PATRON EXPERIENCE MANAGER

NINA YOUNG

RESIDENT PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

REGINA VITALE

CONSULTANTS

EZINNE ELELE, GENNY CEPERLEY, SAVINA BARINI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR

Cecelia Thomas

VICE CHAIR

Rashida Moore

SECRETARY

Elizabeth Ho

TREASURER

Patty Koscinski

DIRECTORS

Scott Blackwell, Tres McMichael, Elizabeth Winston, Carla Thomas McGinnis (Emerita)

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