director for Native Son at Yale Repertory Theatre. She holds a B.A. in drama-scenic design from University of Washington.
April M. Hickman (Costume
Designer) is a second-year M.F.A. candidate at Yale School of Drama. Recent credits include the feels, kms‌, and Non-Player Character (Yale Cabaret). She assisted several prominent costume designers, including Emily Rebholz, Jess Goldstein, Ilona Somogyi, Paul Tazewell, and Catherine Zuber as a resident assistant at the Goodman Theatre and Arena Stage. She was awarded the William R. Kenan Jr. Costume Design Fellowship at the Kennedy Center in 2014. April received her B.F.A. in costume design from University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she designed Topdog/Underdog, Detective Story, and Innocent Thoughts, Harmless Intentions.
Evan Hill (Production Dramaturg)
is a second-year M.F.A. candidate at Yale School of Drama, where his credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. His other credits include For Your Eyes Only (Yale Cabaret); Gentle (TUTA Theater); The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez, The Ghoul Exhibition (Theatre Y); and Andante con amore with director Josh Hoglund. As a writer, Evan contributed to original and devised works including On Blue by You (Linkup Artist Residency); 3Sisters, and The Binding (Theatre Y). Evan currently serves as Managing Editor of Theater magazine.
Jake Ryan Lozano
(Choreographer) is a graduate of Yale School of Drama’s Acting program, where he was seen in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, In the Palm of a Giant, Sweat, Blood Wedding, and Titus Andronicus. He has previously worked with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Chautauqua Theater Company, and Great River Shakespeare Festival. He holds a B.F.A. in acting from the University of Oklahoma, and received the National Irene Ryan Acting Award at the 2014 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Television: Central Park Five, New Amsterdam.
Andrew Rovner (Sound Designer
and Composer) is a third-year M.F.A. candidate at Yale School of Drama, where his credits include Marty and the Hands That Could, Romeo and Juliet, and Perfectly Timed Photos Taken Before a Disaster. Other credits include The Light Fantastic, The Other World (Yale Cabaret); 1984 (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Four, Rolling (Jackalope Theatre Company); Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them (First Floor Theater); and The December Man (Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.). He was also the sound designer for Storm, The Wild (Walkabout Theater Company); Circle-Machine (Oracle Theatre); among others. Andrew holds a B.A. in drama and philosophy from Vassar College.