JEREMY O. HARRIS (Writer) is a playwright and screenwriter known for Slave Play (NYTW, Broadway, West End), “DADDY” (New Group/Vineyard, Japan’s Globe, Almeida) Black Exhibition (Bushwick Starr), Yell, and A24’s Zola. He was nominated for two 2023 Tony Awards for producing The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Ain’t No Mo’. Through his company bb2, Jeremy is co-producing Jordan Tannahill’s play, Prince Faggot and Fake Friends’s newest musical, The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse with Soho Rep/PlaywrightsHorizon and The New Group, respectively. Jeremy is the inaugural Creative Director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Creative Collective. In his role, he has overseen the creative direction of the Festival and its participants, the ideation and programming of key events, and facilitated exciting and unique collaborations with artists spanning a multitude of disciplines.
KATINA MEDINA MORA (Director) is a Mexican-American theatre, television, and film director, raised in Mexico, now based in New York City. Her acclaimed stage work includes Blackbird, winner of Mexico’s Metro Award for Best Play, and Poison in NYC. On screen, she’s directed episodes of “Emily in Paris”, “XO Kitty”, “Firefly Lane”, “Swagger”, and “The Summer I Turned Pretty”. Her debut film LuTo and her follow up Sabrás qué hacer conmigo were premiered globally on Netflix. Latido, her third feature starring academy nominated actress Marina de Tavira premiered on Amazon Prime. A member of The Actors Studio Directors Unit and a writer member of The Actors Gym, led by Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco, she is set to direct next Clara Boone, a ghost story western feature in Montana.
MARC CROUSILLAT (Choreographer) has performed in works by Pam Tanowitz, Tere O’Connor, Netta Yerushalmy, and John Jasperse, among others. He performed in the Bessie award-winning Night of 100 Solos as part of the Merce Cunningham Centennial at Brooklyn Academy of Music and in Cunningham’s Beach Birds. He made his Broadway debut in West Side Story, directed by Ivo van Hove and choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. As a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Marc has performed, taught, and restaged repertory spanning 50 years, both domestically and internationally. For his work with the company he received a Princess Grace Award for Excellence in Dance and a Bessie Award nomination for Outstanding Performer in the revival of Watermotor. Marc made his acting debut in Burrow (2023), directed by Leaf Lieber, at Tribeca Film Festival and recently choreographed Clairo’s Terrapin music video, directed by Ayo Edebiri. He recently performed at Boston Lyric Opera in the world premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s The Seasons. He holds a BFA from The University of the Arts.
AMAUTA M. FIRMINO (Dramaturg) is a New York–based writer, producer, and dramaturg. He was the production dramaturg on Broadway’s Slave Play and recently produced and dramaturged Invasive Species at the Vineyard’s Dimson Theatre. He has developed new plays at the Yale Repertory Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and the Sundance Theatre Labs.
KATE NOLL (Scenic Designer) is a California-based scenic designer. She has designed for Playwrights Horizons, Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, Aurora Theater, Juilliard Conservatory, Boston Early Music Festival, Yale Opera, Red Bull Theater, Barrington Stage Company, Heartbeat Opera, Bard Conservatory, Marin Theater Company, Rattlestick Theater, Shanghai Dramatic Arts, and Theater Squared. Select theater credits include Wet Brain (winning both Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards), Lifespan of a Fact, Orlando, Gaslight, Peerless, Orange Julius, Stones in His Pockets, I & You, and Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Opera credits include Don Giovanni, Carmen, Extinctionist, La Bohème, Agrippina, Dido & Aeneas, Die Zauberflöt, Così Fan Tutte, Arabella, L’Egisto, and Agrippina. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she has studied in Rome, Amsterdam, and Paris. She has an MFA in Scenic Design from Yale School of Drama.
FERNANDO “FERN” LEGADOÉ (Costume Designer) is a storyteller known for capturing character through costume design and fashion styling. His work includes acclaimed films such as A24’s Moonlight (as assistant to costume designer Caroline Eselin), The Florida Project, The Inspection, and Sundance award-winners In the Summers and Nine Days. Fern designed the highly anticipated third season of "P-Valley" and contributed to standout series like "David Makes Man", "Swagger", and "The Horror of Dolores Roach". He is known for pushing creative boundaries with color, pattern, and texture.
BARBARA SAMUELS (Lighting Designer) (she/her) is an Obie and Henry Hewes Award winning queer designer, organizer and producer creating design-forward live events prioritizing generosity, equity, and representation. New York credits include designs at Soho Rep, Little Island, Signature, Lincoln Center, The Public, NAATCO, Ma-Yi, NYTW, MCC , Ars Nova, Theater for a New Audience (TFANA), Playwrights Horizons, WP Theater, The Bushwick Starr, Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Target Margin, Beth Morrison Projects, New Georges and Clubbed Thumb. Regional credits include South Coast Rep, Bard Summerscape, Woolly Mammoth, Pig Iron, The Alley, Long Wharf, ACT, Playmakers, Kansas City Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Shakespeare Theater Company, and Trinity Rep. Proud member of IATSE, USA 829. New Georges Affiliated Artist. 2016 Target Margin Institute. Wingspace Member. WP Producer Lab 2022-24.BA, Fordham; MFA, NYU. www.barbarasamuels.com
MARCUS WATSON (Intimacy Coordinator) (he/him) is a New York–based intimacy coordinator, fight director, and teaching artist with 20 years of experience in stage and screen. A queer artist with a foundation in stage combat, gymnastics, and physical storytelling, he champions authentic LGBTQ+ representation, particularly gay intimacy. His credits include “Succession”, “Halston”, “Uncoupled”, “Billions”, “The Penguin”, and the Oscar-nominated films Maestro and A Different Man. Marcus is a teaching artist with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) and advises SAG-AFTRA on industry standards. He leads consent and intimacy workshops, creating safer, more inclusive environments across Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and television.
GERMÁN MARTÍNEZ (Sound Designer) A proud son of immigrant parents, Germán Martínez is a Honduran-American, award winning freelance Theatrical Sound Designer based in NYC/NJ. He received his degree in Sound Design from Montclair State University in May 2018. As a designer, he seeks original and enticing plays to help develop, and bring forward the stories of bold playwrights. His work has been featured at: Lincoln Center Theater, Perlman PAC NYC, Atlantic Theatre Company, Northern Stages, Ogunquit Playhouse, American Stages, Northern Stages, Intar Theatre, TheaterWorks Hartford, Women's Project, MCC, American Repertory Theatre, Repertorio Español, GALA Hispanic, George Street Playhouse, Two River Theater, and Trinity Rep. Keep up with his work on Instagram: @GermanTheSoundDesigner
BOBBIE ZLOTNIK (Wig Designer) is an NYC-based wig designer who is ecstatic to join the Williamstown family this season. Off-Broadway; Emojiland (Drama Desk Nom.), Ibsen’s Ghost, Fairycakes, Gene & Gilda, Forbidden Broadway, and many more. National Tours; On Your Feet, Here You Come Again, Emojiland, Cocomelon LIVE. Film/TV; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Gilded Age, Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness. Regional: Bucks County Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, George Street, Gulfshore Playhouse, Lexington Theatre Company, Ordway, Penguin Rep, Pittsburgh CLO, Sharon Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Theatre Aspen, Tuacahn, and many more. www.BobbieZlotnik.com
KIARA BROWN (Production Stage Manager) (they/she) is a Stage Manager from Chicago, Illinois. Their credits include Life and Trust (1st ASM), The TEAM’s 20th Anniversary Gala (Production Stage Manager), The Pocket Park Kids World Premiere (Assistant Stage Manager), How to Dance in Ohio on Broadway (PA) and many Production Coordinator credits. Kiara’s desire to rework Stage Management’s relationship white supremacy has led them to working closely with the Harriet Tubman Institute and on world priemeres with renowned playwright a.k payne.
JACOB RUSSELL (Assistant Stage Manager) For the last three years Jacob has stage managed the Pulitzer Finalist, Here There Are Blueberries across the country as the Production Stage Manager for the national tour and NYTW after having been the Assistant Stage Manager at La Jolla Playhouse & Shakespeare Theatre Company. Jacob has served as Production Supervisor/Production Stage Manager for Krymov Lab NYC on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin: In Our Own Words (Under the Radar) & Big Trip (La MaMa). Select theatre stage management credits: Good Vibrations, Chekhov's First Play (Irish Arts Center), Temporary Occupant (Clubbed Thumb), The Essential Straight and Narrow (The Mad Ones), The Library (The Public Theater). Velour: A Drag Spectacular!, to the yellow house, Kiss My Aztec!, The Who’s Tommy benefit concert (La Jolla Playhouse). M.F.A.: University California San Diego.
SILIN CHEN (Associate Scenic Designer) is a theatre and exhibition designer based in New York, working internationally. She creates environments that carry the rhythm of a story and open pathways into its emotional landscape. Recent set design credits include The Inspector (Yale Repertory Theatre), Uncle Vanya (DGSD), The Seagull (Quinnipiac University), Veremonda (Yale Baroque Opera), and Cactus Queen (Carlotta Festival). She holds an M.F.A. in Set Design from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale
MACK SCALES (Associate Lighting Designer) (she/her) is an NYC based lighting designer and assistant lighting designer. This is her first time at Williamstown Theater Festival! Some of her recent projects include: Water for Elephants on Broadway (Lighting Design Membership Candidate); Millions (Assistant Lighting Designer), A Christmas Carol (Associate Lighting Designer), Water For Elephants (Assistant Lighting Designer) at the Alliance Theatre; Sweet Charity (Assistant Lighting Designer), Anything Goes (Assistant Lighting Designer) at Gulfshore Playhouse; Fiddler on the Roof (Assistant Lighting Designer), The Music Man (Associate Lighting Designer), Frozen (Assistant Lighting Designer) at City Springs Theater Company. Mack hopes you enjoy the show!
EMMA LEA HASSELBACH (Associate Sound Designer) (they/she) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist based in NYC working as a sound designer, director, and composer. Recent sound design credits include MEOW! (Exponential Festival), Oedipus (University of Rochester), Babies on the Street (the Brick), Pretty Perfect Lives (the Flea), 2 Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods (Assoc.). Upcoming sound design: Slaughter City (Fall 2025), Das Rauschgift (Winter 2025). They are a cofounder of Clumbsy Theatre and will be directing To Whom Should I Complain at Edinburgh Fringe (Just the Tonic) this August. FCLC '19. @theemlea
MARCUS WATSON (Intimacy Coordinator) (he/him) is a New York City–based intimacy coordinator, intimacy director, fight director, movement specialist, actor, and teaching artist with two decades of experience in live performance and film/TV. With a foundation in stage combat and a deep love for physical storytelling, Marcus draws from his diverse background in acting, gymnastics, mime, dance, and fighting to craft work that is grounded, expressive, and intentional.
SORDELET INC, RICK SORDELET (Fight Choreographer) with Christian and Collin Kelly-Sordelet created Sordelet Inc., a Native-owned action movement company with 35+ years experience. Rick has done many productions at WTF. They have done 88 Broadway shows. Rick and Christian won the 2025 Drama Desk Award for best Fight Direction for Pirates! They did the fights for Moby Dick at the MET and the sword fights for Good Luck Babe, Chappell Roan’s VMA debut. Numerous films, operas, national tours, and loads of TV. They teach at William Esper Studio, HB Studio, CUNY Harlem, and 22 years at Yale School of Drama. Rick is a board member for Red Bull Theater. They run Sordelet INK with author David Blixt, an e-publishing company for the emerging writer, visit www.SordeletInk.com for more. Also www.sordeletinc. Follow on IG @Sordeletinc
DIANA ZHDANOVA (Boris Sagal Directing Fellow) is a New York-based actress and theatre director, originally from Russia. A graduate of the V.M. Filshtinsky Acting Studio at the St. Petersburg Institute of Performing Arts, she brings rigorous training in movement, voice, and Stanislavsky’s method to her work. Since immigrating in 2020, she has focused on intersectional feminism and social justice through directing and producing. She is Co-Artistic Producing Director of AnomalousCo, known for bold, socially engaged work. Recent credits include Our Class (Golden Mask Festival) and Beckett.Women. at HERE. She is represented by Hanns Wolter International and is a proud queer dissident artist.