I am so excited to be making my directing debut in this years Director’s Cut! This process has been so challenging, but at the same time so rewarding, as I have gotten the opportunity to explore my creativity through a different medium. My primary role in theatre is that of an actor, but stepping into Director’s Cut, I got to explore the play through a whole new lens, and it has been so interesting to differentiate the discoveries I made through an actor and director’s perspective. My goal was to make a compelling and impactful piece of art, and I hope I accomplished that in Playtime. I sincerely hope you enjoy the show!

Hi everyone! I am Emily Sheridan and I am a Junior communication major with minors in Theatre and PR. I'm currently serving as Theatre Fairfield's Audience Relations Intern. I am so excited to be making my directing debut in this years Director’s Cut! I was able to make so many discoveries throughout this process.  It was a challenge to direct A Change of Pace, but I am very happy with the way it turned out! I sincerely hope you enjoy the show!

Hi everyone! I am Nora Jacobi and I am a sophomore with double major in Theatre and Marketing. I am serving as Theatre Fairfield's Marketing Production Intern this year. Past TF credits include Sugar in “Tiny Beautiful Things”, Lydia Bennet and Lady Catherine in "Pride and Prejudice", Wardrobe Crew for "Project X", and Wardrobe Crew, Sound Crew, and Turktok actor in "The Thanksgiving Play". I’m thrilled and humbled to be making my directing debut with fellow amazing students under the great advice and teachings of Dr. LoMonaco. Thank you sincerely to all of the talented actors and crew making this production possible.

Angelo Corsini, after acting in many shows including Theatre Fairfield’s Pride and Prejudice last year (Mr. Collins/ Wickham/ Caroline Bingley) and assistant stage managing the Thanksgiving Play for the company, is delighted to be stepping into the new role of director for the first time.  He is the director of The Late Afternoon (Around 3:45 or so) Before Christmas by Brett Neveu, the last in this year’s Director’s Cut production.  He would like to give a big thank you to his cast, Jay Martins and Mikaela Pratt, his fellow directors, as well as to his family and theatre mentors for their unwavering support. Enjoy the show!

Jamie Monahan is an award-winning filmmaker, director, intimacy coordinator, and actress. Jamie executive produced, wrote, directed, and starred in the original sci-fi series LUCID, garnering a Best Pilot nomination at NYC Web Fest, digital distribution from DUST, and acceptance into the Sundance Institute TV Writing program. Jamie completed Level 1 and 2 of IDC’s Intimacy Coordinator training, fostering intimate safe spaces for performers. She is one of five USA Intimacy Coordinators listed on the SAG-AFTRA Intimacy Coordinator Pre-Registry. Jamie was the Intimacy Coordinator on the short films HEALING TREE, BETTY BITES BACK, and THE BIG 3-OH. She also worked as an intimacy coordinator on the feature film ESCAPING OHIO. Jamie is currently Intimacy Directing POWERHOUSE Off-Broadway and is excited to be working with Theatre Fairfield and Fairfield University as Intimacy Director for the 2022-2023 season. 

As Costume Director for the Fairfield University Theatre Program, Julie designs and builds costumes for TF productions, manages the costume shop, and mentors student theatre artists and technicians. Her TF costume design credits include Silent Sky, The Taming of the Shrew, Dead Man’s Cellphone, The Arabian Nights,  and The Rocky Horror Show,  among many others. She also collaborated with Shakesperience Productions in Waterbury, CT, costuming Shakespeare from Comedy of Errors  to King Lear, as well as The Sword in the Stone   and Alice in Wonderland.  Before coming to Fairfield, Julie was an Assistant Professor of English at Westfield State College, the Assistant Costume Designer at Chicago’s The Goodman Theatre, and a freelance costume designer at Organic Theatre Company (Mere Mortals), Pyewackett Theatre (The Belle of Amherst), and Emerald City Children’s Theatre (The Wizard of Oz). She holds an MFA in Costume Design from Northwestern University, and a BA in Theatre and English Literature from the University of New Hampshire.

Lynne Porter is a theatre professor and the Resident Designer of Theatre Fairfield.  At Fairfield, Lynne has designed numerous productions such as Avenue Q, Stop Kiss, Rhinoceros, The Rocky Horror Show, She Stoops to Conquer, Lend Me a Tenor, and Waiting for Godot.  In addition to her work with Theatre Fairfield, Lynne has designed extensively with Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, where she is an Affiliated Artist of the Ensemble.  She has also designed for CT Lyric Opera, Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Arden Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Penobscot Theatre, and the Maine Shakespeare Festival, among others.  Lynne is also the Founding Artistic Director of Shakespeare Ventures, a professional classical summer theatre, where she both directed and designed.  Over the past few years, Lynne has done extensive research on creativity and the design process, culminating in her book, Unmasking Theatre Design  which was recently published by Focal Press.  lynneporter.com

Anne is the Technical Director and Production Manager for Theatre Fairfield.  She also teaches courses in Entertainment Technology, Prop Construction, and Lighting Design.

Dr. Marti LoMonaco is Professor and Resident Theatre Director―recent productions include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,  Anne Carson’s adaptation of Sophokles’s Antigone,  Rachel Crothers’s A Man’s World and Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. She is the author of two books, most recently Summer Stock: An American Theatrical Phenomenon, editor of “Theatre Exhibitions,” volume 33 of Performing Arts Resources (Fall 2017), and since 2010, editor of “New England Theatre in Review” for New England Theatre Journal.  She curated Bravo! A Century of Theatre in Fairfield County, a theatre history exhibition for the Fairfield Museum and History Center, and has curated three performance series for the Quick Center for the Arts.  She teaches Directing, World Theatre courses, American Drama, American Women Playwrights, Acting, and graduate American Studies courses.  She is also a Kripalu Certified Yoga Instructor, which is part of actor training in many of her productions.  She holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from New York University.