CREATIVE ROBERT SCHENKKAN (Playwright) is a Pulitzer Prize®, Tony® and Writers Guild Award-winner, three-time Emmy®-nominated writer. Author of sixteen plays: All The Way, The Great Society, Building The Wall, Hanussen, Shadowplay, By The Waters of Babylon, Handler, A Single Shard, Devil and Daniel Webster, Lewis and Clark Reach The Euphrates, Final Passages, The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune, Heaven On Earth, Tachinoki, The Dream Theif and The Kentucky Cycle (Pulitzer Prize®, Tony® and Drama Desk nominations). Also a collection of one-act plays, Conversations with the Spanish Lady and a musical (book and co-lyrics), The Twelve, winner of the 2015 Henry Award. The 2014 Broadway production of All The Way swept the awards season, winning the Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama League and Tony Awards® as well as the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Award, the inaugural Edward M. Kennedy Prize and Boston’s Elliot Norton Award. It also set two box office records on Broadway. It aired in May 2016 as a film for HBO, with Steven Spielberg producing, directed by Jay Roach, and was nominated for eight Emmy Awards and the Humanitas Prize. Film: Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson and starring Andrew Garfield; The Quiet American, directed by Phillip Noyce. TV: The Pacific (HBO mini-series; WGA Award, two Emmy Awards® and Humanitas Prize nominations), The Andromeda Strain, Crazy Horse, Spartacus. robertschenkkan.com @ROBERTSCHENKKAN BRANT POPE’s (Director) work has been seen Off -Broadway (John Houseman, St Clements, Sanford Meisner Theatre) and in numerous regional theatres such as The Hartford Stage Company, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Park Square Theatre, ArtPark, Florida Studio Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, American Stage, Illinois Shakespeare Festival and GeVa Theatre. For 11 years, Mr. Pope was the director of the Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training and Associate Artistic Director of the Asolo Repertory Theatre. At the Asolo, he directed the regional premieres of Three Days of Rain, Beast on the Moon and Kindertransport,
as well as 33 other productions. Since 2010, he has served as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin and currently holds the Z. T. Scott Family Chair in Drama. He is particularly proud that Mr Schenkkan is an alumnus of the Department of Theatre and Dance. BRUNO-PIERRE HOULE (Scenic Designer) is a recent M.F.A. in Theatre graduate who focused in scenic design. At The University of Texas at Austin, he designed scenery for UTNT (UT New Theatre) and The Wild Party (2015) (Texas Theatre and Dance), as well as The Magic Flute (Butler Opera Center, 2017). Feature film designs include Sarah Prefers to Run and My Name is Sandy. Houle was the scenic design fellow for Chautauqua Theatre Company’s 2016 season. His process is influenced by his passion for new work. bphoule.com AARON CURRY (Lighting Designer) is a secondyear M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in lighting design. This summer, he was a lighting design fellow for the Hangar Theatre in New York, designing four productions and assisting on two. Recent credits include Aesop’s Fables, The Danube, The Messenger, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (Hangar Theatre), Little Women (Butler Opera Center), Das Barbecü and A Little Night Music (The Barnstormers, New Hampshire). Curry will serve as the lighting designer for Fall For Dance and Enron for the 2017-2018 Texas Theatre and Dance Season. Member, USITT. aaroncurrydesigns.com CAIT GRAHAM (Costume Designer) is a thirdyear M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in costume design. She comes to Texas Theatre and Dance from New York City where she assisted Broadway theatre costume and scenic designer, Tony Walton. Recent works include costume designs for Julie Andrew’s The Great American Mousical (Goodspeed Opera), My Fair Lady (Encore Music Theatre), Bodies & Souls (Dance Repertory Theatre), Little Women the Broadway Musical (Texas Theatre and Dance), The Magic Flute (Butler Opera Center) and Cats (Elon University).