NOEL JOSEPH ALLAIN - Artistic Director, Curator
Noel is a New York based actor and theater producer. He has founded and produced two theater companies in New York and Boston. Noel attended the Juilliard School to study acting, and has since performed in various theater, television, and film productions. Noel is also a playwright. Plays written include: Tunnel, Wolfbrow, and Waveside, co-written with Chris Ajemian.

JAY MAURY - Technical Director, Resident Designer
Jay is a New York based lighting and sound designer. He is a resident designer and Technical Director of Fovea Floods Theater. Jay also works with the Lake George Opera Festival as master electrician and sound consultant. His recent clients include Travis Bass Inc. and RPI EMPAC.

MARK SITKO - Associate Artistic Director, Production Manager
Mark Sitko is the Artisitic Director of Van Cougar, a NY based theatre company that creates plays out of oral stories collected from the general public. To earn his living he has worked as a Production Manager, Stage Manager and Technical Director for the past 5 years, giving him the chance to be "in the room" with some of his favorite theatre makers including Soho Rep, The Catch Performance Series, The Nature Theater of Oklahoma, The Chocolate Factory, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, The Ohio, 13P, Creativetime, PL115, Ken Rus Schmoll, Brian Rogers, Maria Goyanes, John Jesurin, Kristin Kosmas, and Kate Ryan.

MARY JANE GIBSON - Producing Associate
Mary Jane grew up in Newfoundland, trained in Montreal, and moved to New York after spending some time in Seattle. She is an actor and sometime playwright; plays include Anaphylaxis and (with Nicole duFresne) Burning Cage. Mary Jane also performs a one-woman Fatal Attraction. She is a founding member of The Fabulists. She can also be found working as a freelance copy editor, and occasionally as a deckhand.

ERICA RIPPY - Development Associate
Erica is a production dramaturg, literary manager, writer and nonprofit fundraiser. After graduating from NYU in Dramatic Literature, she joined the start-up theater company Van Cougar as their Literary Director. She co-wrote and dramaturged their first production, Rocky Philly, at The Bushwick Starr. She is also a freelance fundraiser, event planner and grant writer.

ASHLYN DAVIS - Music Programmer
Ashlyn received her degree from the Pratt Institute in Art History where she focused on music, video art, photography and curatorial studies. She currently plays in local band Inoculist and has recorded on various other projects, notably Jana Hunter's There is No Home (2007). She is also a freelance event planner and wunderkammer enthusiast.

JARED KLEIN - Design Consultant
Jared Klein is a New York based lighting, video, and architectural designer. He has ten years of professional experience in the field, including work as a Technical Director and Production Manager. He has worked with a wide variety of New York based performing artists and production companies, and has spent time touring theatrically- both domestically and in Europe. Jared is currently the Technical Director and Resident Lighting Designer at Adelphi University.

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