Artistic Associates
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Christin Boulette is a Chicago transplant hailing from Wyoming. She is very happy to be a part of the Porchlight Music Theatre Family and is glad to give back through the artistic associate program. Christin’s Chicago stage debut was in the 2007 Porchlight production of A Wonderful Life (Dorothy) under the direction of fellow artistic associate Rob Lindley. Other Porchlight credits include Nine (Francesca/Claudia u/s) and Candide (Sheep and others, Cunegonde u/s) as well as projects with Off the Porch. Christin is currently on the benefit committee at PMT. Other Chicago credits include shows with Theatre at the Center, Quest Theatre, Theo Ubique, Route 66 Theatre Company, Light Opera Works, Chamber Opera Chicago, City Lit Theatre, and Goodman Theatre. |
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Brandon Dahlquist is a Chicago based actor and photographer who is thrilled to be a Porchlight Artistic Associate. Acting credits at Porchlight include “Leon Czolgocz” in Assassins, “Georges” in Sunday in the Park with George, “Warren Harding” in The Teapot Scandals and the improvised musical Best Musical!. Additional theatre credits include; “Count Carl Magnus” in A Little Night Music (Writers Theatre-Jeff nomination Supporting Actor), 12 Angry Men (Maltz Jupiter Theatre-Carbondell Award Ensemble), Knute Rockne: All American (TATC-Jeff nomination Supporting Actor) as well as work at Drury Lane Oakbrook, Drury Lane Watertower, Theatre at the Center, Noble Fool Theatricals, Congo Square, BoHo and Next Theatre. Upcoming; “Paul Hornung” in Lombardi at Peninsula Players and “Thomas Jefferson” in 1776 at The Asolo Repertory. As a photographer Dahlquist has shot promotional and archival material for Porchlight’s A Catered Affair, tick tick Boom, A Class Act and the Chicago Sings concert series. Other photographer credits include Peninsula Players, Next Theatre, Route 66 and Bohemian Theatre in addition to a thriving headshot business. |
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Brenda Didier is thrilled to serve as an Artistic Associate for Porchlight Music Theatre. Ms. Didier is a freelance choreographer/director based in Chicago and owns and directs the Lincolnshire Academy of Dance, now in its 14th successful season in a brand new 5000 square foot facility. Ms. Didier has received Non-Equity Jeff Awards for both direction and choreography, After Dark Awards for choreography, the National Youth Theatre Award for choreography and the 2010 Broadway World Chicago fan favorite award for choreography-non-equity. Ms. Didier has collaborated with Porchlight Music Theatre on eight productions, most recently the well-received Putting It Together. She has served as a guest instructor/choreographer for Northwestern University, Columbia College, the University of Illinois- Champaign/Urbana, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Carthage College. Ms. Didier has choreographed musicals, industrials, special events as well as productions for Second City's mainstage and five installments of Cirque Shanghai at Navy Pier's Skyline Stage the summers of 2007-2011. These productions toured and played in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Cirque Shanghai Extreme will be Off-Broadway this November/December. UP NEXT for Brenda: Choreographer of Pal Joey |
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Eugene Dizon has been a proud Artistic Associate since 1998. Eugene received 6 Jeff Awards (Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Amadeus, Company, Into the Woods, Merrily We Roll Along), 4 After Dark Awards (Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, A New Brain, Merrily) and 13 Jeff nominations during his time at Porchlight. Other favorite Porchlight credits include The King and I, Sunday in the Park with George, Miracle on 34th Street, The Fantasticks, Pacific Overtures, Candide, A Wonderful Life, The Secret Garden, Gypsy, Elegies, Falsettos, Closer Than Ever, Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music, Passion, Colette Collage and The Vanishing Point. Eugene is honored to have been inducted into the Chicago Filipino Hall of Fame. Eugene is the Business Manager at The Mercury Theater working with the former Artistic Director of Porchlight, L. Walter Stearns. Music Director of Barnum |
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Sarah Hayes has been lucky to be a part of Porchlight and an artistic associate for a number of years, appearing in shows that include Sweeney Todd (Ensemble/extension Beggar Woman), The Teapot Scandals (Madame Marcia), Candide (Paquette), Sunday in the Park with George (Nurse/Mrs./Harriet), and the Jeff Award winning Ragtime (Emma Goldman). Some other companies she's worked with include Chicago Shakespeare, ATC, Noble Fool, Theo Ubique, City Lit, Bailiwick, Griffin, Strawdog, Circle Theatre, Urinetown with BlueDog Productions at the Mercury Theater, and Sweeney Todd with George Hearn and Patti LuPone at the Ravinia Festival. Also, with Theo Ubique Sarah was part of the Jeff nominated Best Ensemble of Evita and received a Jeff nomination and Broadway World nomination for Actress in a Leading Role - Musical for playing Aldonza in Man of La Mancha. She is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University with a BFA in Music Theatre. |
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Bil Ingraham couldn't be happier to call Porchlight Music Theatre his artistic home, having been involved creatively with more than 15 shows during the last 12 years, both on and off the stage. Currently, behind the scenes, he serves on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Marketing Committee. Creatively he is excited to be Assistant Director for Porchlight's A Class Act a role that he undertook on last season's hit, Putting it Together. Recent on stage credits include Snapshots at Northlight, Sunday in the Park With George at Porchlight and Yeast Nation at American Theatre Company where he had the privilege of collaborating with Greg Kotis & Mark Hollman. Bil is, perhaps, most proud of his involvement as a key player in the development of Porchlight's "Off the Porch" program where he worked closely with author Jon Steinhagen to bring the new musical The Teapot Scandals to life.
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Jenn Kincaid Beyond stage managing and serving as chair of the Porchlight Benefit Committee, Jenn is currently the General Manager of the Greenhouse Theater Center in Lincoln Park – formerly the Victory Gardens Theater. She also co-produces The Kiss Kiss Cabaret which plays weekly at the Greenhouse, and stage manages for Blue Man Group Chicago. Jenn is an Equity Stage Manager and has worked with a number of local companies. She is currently working on her ninth Porchlight production since 2005. |
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Rob Lindley, Casting Associate, host and director of Porchlight's annual Chicago Sings concert- has been seen on stage in Candide (Goodman Theatre); Bach at Liepzig, Oh Coward! (Writers' Theatre); Caroline or Change, The Wild Duck, Carousel (Court Theatre); Urinetown (Mercury Theatre); Wings (Apple Tree Theatre); The Most Happy Fella - starring George Hearn (Ravinia Festival); and Children of Eden, A New Brain, Sweeney Todd, Closer Than Ever (Porchlight). Rob was also nominated for a Jeff Award for his performance of Mr. Snow in Carousel and won the Jeff Award for Best Actor in a Revue for his work in Oh Coward! Rob performs cabaret often with his vocal trio Foiled Again (After Dark Award winners in 2003) and recorded Foiled Again: Live with them (available on iTunes and CDbaby.com). Rob is a proud member of Actors' Equity and married to musical director and fellow Artistic Associate Doug Peck. UP NEXT for Rob: |
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Bill Morey is proud to be an Artistic Associate at Porchlight Music Theatre which has been his artistic home for the last ten years. He has designed the costumes for A Class Act, A Catered Affair, The King and I (Jeff Award, BroadwayWorld Chicago Award), Into the Woods (Jeff nomination), Candide (Jeff nomination), Nine (Jeff Award), Macabaret, Ragtime (Jeff Award—Best Musical), Gypsy (After Dark Award), Elegies, Company and A New Brain (After Dark Award). Bill made his Off-Broadway debut doing costumes for Tomorrow Morning at the York Theater. Other Chicago credits include work with Theo Ubique (including the non-Equity Jeff Award winning Best Musical A Light in the Piazza), Griffin, Timeline, Boho, Piven, Lifeline, Hell in a Handbag, Bailiwick and The Scooty and JoJo Show. www.billmorey.com Costume Designer of Pal Joey |
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Doug Peck The winner of five Joseph Jefferson Awards (Porgy and Bess, Caroline, or Change, Carousel, Fiorello!, Man of La Mancha) and two After Dark Awards (Guys and Dolls, Hello, Again), favorite projects include Dreamgirls, Shenandoah, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Oh! Coward, Sweet Charity, James Joyce's The Dead, A Catered Affair, Hair, Sweet Charity, Grey Gardens, My Fair Lady, Beauty and the Beast, Raisin, Animal Crackers, and Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production of Candide. His work has been heard in Chicago at Court, Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers', TimeLine, Northlight, Paramount, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Porchlight, Ravinia, and the Chicago Humanities Festival, as well as Boston's Huntington, D.C.'s Shakespeare, New Haven's Long Wharf, Sarasota's Asolo Repertory, and Door County's Peninsula Players. Peck can be heard on the recordings Bright Young People: The Songs of Noël Coward, Foiled Again Live, and Loving, Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein. For the Chicago Humanities Festival, he and Rob Lindley have presented Assassins and Follies in concert, as well as A Night At The Oscars, a chronological survey of every single song that won the Academy Award. A proud Northwestern University graduate, Peck also trained at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Peck is a creative partner with the Goodman, an artistic associate with Porchlight, and a faculty member of the National High School Institute of the Arts. Next up is Disney's The Jungle Book for the Goodman. UP NEXT for Doug: |
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Christopher Pazdernik A director/choreographer, Christopher's Chicago credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Show Us Your Love & F***ing Men (Bailiwick Chicago); Spamalot (Jedlicka); Zanna, Don't! & Bombs Away! (Bailiwick Repertory); Candide, Miracle on 34th Street & A Catered Affair (Porchlight Music Theatre); Time After Time: The Songs of Jule Styne (Theo Ubique); The Full Monty (Village Players), and a series of musical theater revues at Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret. He also works frequently as a guest artist at Elmhurst College, his alma mater, and with new musicals in development. Besides serving as a PMT Artistic Associate, he is the Artistic Producer for Bailiwick Chicago and the Annual Fund Coordinator at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
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Gerald Richardson has been a proud Porchlight Artistic Associate for four years. Most recently Gerald was seen in Porchlight's The Gifts of the Magi and Filament Theatre's production of Hank Wiliiams Lost Highway at the Antenaeum Theater. Porchlight Music Theatre credits include, Once On This Island, Ragtime, Phantom, Candide and A Wonderful Life. Gerald won the Black Theatre Alliance Award for best featured actor in a musical for his role as the tin man in The Wiz in 2007. Other Chicago credits include, Grand Hotel, Parade, The Wild Party, Though Shalt Not, Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, Africa And Plumbridge, Kismet, The Student Prince and Countess Maritza. |
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Jon Runnfeldt has been working professionally in the Chicago music theatre scene since the age of 9. He made his Porchlight Music Theatre debut with Merrily We Roll Along. Other PMT shows include Into The Woods (Rapunzel's Prince/Steward), A Little Night Music (Henrik), Falsettos (Whizzer), and Macabaret. He was las last scene on stage in Urinetown as Tiny Tom at the Mercury Theatre. Prior to that he played Claude in Hair at The Attic Playhouse, Rolf in The Sound of Music at Theatre At The Center, and in productions with Emerald City, Apple Tree Theatre, New Tuners, Centerlight Theatre, Theatre BAM, and Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre. Jon has been creating promotional art for PMT since the 2010/2011. He has worked in the videographer and photography world for over 12 years, and recently in the corporate advertising world as new business director for Wunderman in Chicago. Jon is the senior designer for Books of Life by Chenevert Photography, a full service photo book boutique. Family, friends and art make his world go 'round. |
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Heather Townsend is delighted to serve as a Porchlight Artistic Associate, where she has performed in Porchlight's productions of The Gifts of the Magi, Nine, Sunday in the Park with George and Macabaret. Other Chicago credits include work with Northlight, Remy Bumppo, Shattered Globe, Dog & Pony, Fox Valley Rep, Chicago Opera Vanguard, Caffeine, Circle, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, Apple Tree, Next, Theatre Wit, City Lit, Stage Left and Pegasus and readings with the Goodman and Steppenwolf. She is a graduate of Columbia University and The University of Chicago Law School. |
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Thom Van Ermen served as Director of Operations for Theatre Building Chicago until 2010. During that time he also served as Technical Director, Building Manager and Business Manager. Thom has also spent time being a freelance Technical Director for other performing arts groups throughout Chicago. He has also acted with Chicago Shakespeare, Bailiwick Theatre, Shakespeares Motley Crew, Goose Island Theatre, Zebra Crossing Theatre, Wayside Theatre (Winchester, VA), Free Shakespeare, Theatre Classics. He also serves as on the Advisory Board for Premiere Theatre and Performance. UP NEXT for Thom: Stage Manager of Pal Joey |
