JAMES ANDREASSI (Director) is the founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of The Elm Shakespeare Company. He has performed at theatres across the United States, including the Long Wharf Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Rep. of St. Louis, Three River Shakespeare Festival, and Pioneer Theatre Co. among many others. In New York City he has performed at the Mint Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop and on ABC’s One Life to Live. For the Elm Shakespeare Company, Mr. Andreassi has directed Henry IV, Part 1, Macbeth, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Holiday, The Matchmaker, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, The Three Musketeers, Twelfth Night, Robin Hood, Julius Caesar, and Pericles. At Southern Connecticut State University, he has directed Rumors, Misalliance, Our Country’s Good, and Romeo and Juliet. Mr. Andreassi has taught acting, Shakespeare and theatre at Yale University, Southern Connecticut State University, Quinnipiac University, the Yale Center for British Art and at the Hopkins School. Mr. Andreassi lives in Palm Coast, FL and Ellsworth, ME with his wife, Margaret, two unexceptional cats, and a puppy named Dhani Boy, for whom he has great hopes.

JAMIE BURNETT (Scenic & Lighting Designer) is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, recipient of the 2005 New Haven Arts award, and Founding member of The Elm Shakespeare Company. Lighting Designer at Elm Shakespeare for 26 years and Set Designer until 2009. Lighting Design credits include International Festival of Arts and Ideas 2018, Requiem for an Electric Chair; Iseman Theater 2017, Never Stand Still. CCT: Skeleton Crew, Rasheeda Speaking, Jesus Hopped the A Train, Sunset Baby, Topdog/Underdog. SCSU: Stop Kiss, Much Ado About Nothing, The Boyfriend, and Our Country’s Good. SHU: In The Heights, Jesus Christ Superstar. Citywide Open Studios: New Haven Armory; Projects2k: Stamford Train Station Façade Lighting; Producer/Lighting Designer/Production Manager for Terra Tractus (The Earth Moves) (2005), Terra Mirabila (2001), Terra Lumina and Terra Continuum (1999): performed in the Stony Creek Granite Quarry; PNM’s Branford (2010) lighting Branford Green Town Hall. His company, Luminous Environments, specializes in theater and TV studio renovations and public art installations involving specialized lighting. Recent projects: Branford HS Theater, Fairfield Community Theater, and Legacy Theatre.

ELIZABETH BOLSTER (Costume Designer) has been the Wardrobe Supervisor at the Yale Repertory Theatre since 2002 where she enjoys working backstage and training student work study crews. Outside of her job at Yale she is a Costume and Scenic designer whose work has been seen at Elm Shakespeare Company, Yale Baroque Opera Project, and Trinity College Hartford. Previous Legacy credits include costume designs for The Play That Goes Wrong, Deathtrap, Just Desserts, The Last Five Years, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Professional training: MFA in Costume Design from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film at SUNY Purchase, and a BFA in Performance Production from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA.

ADAM JACKSON (Sound Designer) has worked continuously with Legacy since its inaugural season. He has also done technical design and consultancy work for the Branford High School Fall Play and Spring Musical (Resident TD/LD), Walsh Intermediate School Musical (Resident TD/LD), Shoreline Theatre Company (Resident TD/LD), Ivoryton Playhouse, WCSU Opera, Elm Shakespeare Company, Seven Angels Theatre, and churches in Danbury, Wallingford, and Hyde Park, NY. Adam received his BS in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University and started his career long-term substituting in Colchester and Bristol. Adam spent the past five months as Interim Band Director at Stamford High School where he also made his pit conducting debut for the Strawberry Hill Players’ production of Mamma Mia!.

KATE BEGLEY BAKER (Props Designer) currently works in the Design Program at David Geffen School of Drama. Prior to that she spent her time backstage for 12 years as the Head Properties Runner for Yale Repertory Theatre. A graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill Dramatic Arts program, she has been a professional stage manager and properties artisan in many theaters all over the United States.

SARAH PERO (Production Manager & Production Stage Manager) Born and raised in New Haven, CT, Sarah has been involved with local community and professional theatre for 20+ years. Acting at the age of 10, and directing at 16, Sarah received her BFA in Theatre, with a concentration in Directing, from the University of Rhode Island. Right after college, Sarah was a part-time drama teacher in New Haven Public Schools and also taught theatre classes with Performing Arts Programs (South Windsor, CT). Sarah then worked at the Music Theatre of CT (Norwalk, CT) School of Performing Arts, wearing many hats as Administrative Manager, Teaching Artist, Director, Music Director, and Choreographer for the school. Sarah also managed the Box Office and was the Resident Sound Designer for MTC’s Professional Main Stage. Following MTC, Sarah worked as Administrative Manager at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre (Bridgeport, CT). As a Production Stage Manager for various Theatre Productions in Rhode Island and Connecticut, some of her favorites include: Tick, Tick... Boom!; Little Women: The Musical; and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Sarah started Stage Managing at Legacy Theatre in 2021 and officially joined the team as the full-time Production Manager in 2022.

NICK FETHERSTON (Assistant Stage Manager) is happy to serve as the ASM for this production having previously done so for Legacy’s productions of Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Nick is primarily an actor operating out of the New Haven area. Notable credits of his include Jonathan in The Play That Goes Wrong, Preston in The Princess and the Pauper (Legacy Theatre), Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Time’s Fool Company), Mack in Fairview (Collective Consciousness Theatre Company), and Don John in Much Ado About Nothing (Captial Classics). He is a graduate of Quinnipiac University as well as an alumnus of The National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Nick also serves in many other roles at Legacy Theatre including being the Box Office Manager as well as an instructor for various acting classes. Website: nickfetherston.com Instagram: @nfetherstonblue

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SPECIAL THANKS FOR DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS
The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Properties Department at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Jen McClure, Pantochino Productions, Long Wharf Theatre, Winston