2009-2010 Season
Production Artistic Staff

ROMEO and JULIET
James Kerr, Director

Neil Patel, Set Design
Mathew J. LeFebvre, Costume Design
Michael Chybowski, Lighting Design
Victor Zupanc, Music Composition
Scott Edwards, Sound Design

Felix Ivanov, Fight Direction
Andrew Wade, Voice and Speech Consultant

Steve Rosenberg, Production Manager

Michael Chybowski (Lighting Design) Acting Company: Henry V, The Spy, Moby Dick Rehearsed, Tempest, Jane Eyre, Macbeth, Three Musketeers, Turn of the Screw, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, Murder By Poe, Richard III. NY: Hair and Hamlet (Shakespeare in the Park), Lieutenant of Inishmore, Wit, Beckett/Albee.  Hewes, Lortel and Obie recipient for Sustained Excellence, Michael heads Brandeis’ theater lighting program.

Scott Edwards (Sound Design) Acting Company: Henry V. Scott has designed 65 Guthrie Theater productions plus extensive work at local theaters, Ballet of the Dolls and Minnesota Opera.  Production manager/sound engineer for Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. Awards: Outstanding Sound Designer (Minneapolis Star Tribune); Helen Hayes Award nomination (Arena Stage).

Felix Ivanov (Fight Director) Movement for The Acting Company’s Moby Dick Rehearsed and Fight Director for The Acting Company’s Macbeth and Three Musketeers.  An MFA in acting from Moscow’s prestigious Vakhtangov School of Drama and his knowledge of martial arts led to a strong, cohesive method of movement training for actors. Felix has acted, directed and choreographed for all mediums, taught at Moscow Art Theatre Drama School, Holland’s Academy of Fine Arts and North Carolina School of the Arts. Currently teaching at The Juilliard School, SUNY-Purchase, The Actors Center and Manhattanville College.

James Kerr (Director) James returns to the American stage following major British works: Darker Face of the Earth and Closing Time (Royal National Theatre), Suppliants and Ballad of Yachiyo (Gate Theatre), Dealer’s Choice (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Morphic Resonance (Donmar Warehouse), The Recruiting Officer (Chichester Festival), Convictions (Crumlin Road Courthouse), Twelfth Night (Liverpool Playhouse), Presence (Royal Court Theatre) and Prometheus Bound (West End). He will direct his first feature film, Curfew for Ugly Duckling Productions next year.

Mathew J. LeFebvre (Costume Design) The Acting Company: The Spy. Off Broadway: Two Trains Running (Signature, AUDELCO nominee), Bach at Leipzig (NYTW). Guthrie: 1776, She Loves Me, Pride and Prejudice, Wintertime, Merrily We Roll Along, School for Scandal. Regional: Milwaukee, Kansas City and Trinity Reps, Arizona Theatre, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Cleveland and Geffen Playhouses, Mixed Blood and American Players.

Neil Patel (Set Design) Acting Company: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, The Tempest, The Spy, Henry V.  Mr. Patel has worked extensively on and off-Broadway, Broadway, Regionally and for Opera houses in the United States and abroad. He’s twice been honored with an OBIE for sustained excellence. Neil is Production Designer for HBO’s In Treatment.

Andrew Wade (Voice and Speech Consultant)  Acting Company: Henry V. Former Head of Voice at Royal Shakespeare Company, Andrew works worldwide with numerous celebrities, movies and theatrical works including Shakespeare in Love and Lord of the Rings, The Musical.  He trained at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and is affiliated with The Guthrie and University of Minnesota.

Victor Zupanc (Music Composition and Direction)  Acting Company: Henry V. Over 250 plays including La Jolla Playhouse, The Guthrie, Playwrights Horizon, New Victory, BAM, Kennedy Center, San Diego, Missouri and Berkeley Reps, winning numerous major awards and honors.  Also China, Japan, Europe, South America, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.  Since 1989, resident Music Director/Composer at the Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis.

Sara Phillips (Voice and Speech Consultant) Acting Company: Henry V. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Clay Cart, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Colorado Shakespeare Festival: Henry VIII, Love’s Labor Lost, Macbeth, Three Musketeers; American Players Theatre: Tartuffe, The Play's the Thing; Madison Repertory Theatre: I am my Own Wife, Anna Christie. Education: MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison with Susan Sweeney.