Shahar Isaac Katz (Duke of Milan - BFA III) was born and raised in Israel. Rutgers University credits include The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London, Alonedom: Tuck-it-Away and Other Stories and The Blue Room. New York credits include: A Story Conference in Pilot Season and Glee Club.
Rosalind Lilly (Julia - BFA III) is from Brooklyn, New York. Her Mason Gross credits include The Blue Room and Alonedom: Tuck-it-Away and Other Stories. In New York, she has appeared with Theater for the New City, Downtown Art, and Piper Theater.
Jeffrey Sanchez (Crab/Second Outlaw/Eglamour - BFA III) is from Jersey City, New Jersey. His Rutgers Theater Company credits include Alonedom: Tuck-it-Away and Other Stories, The Blue Room and The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Professional credits include Alien vs. Cheerleaders, The Victorian and Firebirds. TV credits include World's Astonishing News.
Sierra Tothero (Proteus - BFA III) is from Austin, Texas. Her Rutgers Theater Company credits include The Blue Room, Alonedom: Tuck-it-Away and Other Stories and the role of Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Terralon Walker (Lucetta/Third Outlaw - BFA III) is from Houston, Texas. Her Rutgers Theater Company credits include The Blue Room and the 2012 Performance Ensemble piece Alonedom: Tuck-it-Away and Other Stories and The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Shakespeare's Globe.
Jack Cummins (Stage Manager - BFA IV) hails from Bloomfield, New Jersey. Rutgers Theater Company credits: As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Triumph of Love, Fen and Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act. New York: Zapata!, Midnight Madness (NYMF), Mountain Song (Samuel French). Regional: The Pavilion, It's A Wonderful Life (Mile Square Theatre).
Michael Sexton (Director) is the Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Society in New York City. Recent directing credits include: Henry V at Two River Theater Company; Kelly Masterson's Edith with Jayne Atkinson and Jack Gilpin at the Berkshire Theater Festival; and Titus Andronicus with Jay O. Sanders at the Public Theater. He has directed at Red Bull Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Manhattan Class Company, Classic Stage Company, Soho Rep, Performance Space 122, The Old Globe, Portland Center Stage, Playmakers Rep, Rising Phoenix Rep, SPF and the Cherry Lane Alternative. He has directed New York and world premieres of plays by Rinne Groff, Will Eno, Marsha Norman, Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill, Ain Gordon, Rogelio Martinez, Victor Lodato, Phil Porter, Chloe Moss, Marin Gazzaniga, Eric Gamalinda and Rosemary Moore. He has been a guest artist at New York University's Graduate Acting Program, The Juilliard School, University of North Carolina and Columbia University, where he has directed the works of Shakespeare, Moliere, Ostrovsky, Tirso de Molina, Brian Friel, Stephen Adly Guirgis and Suzan-Lori Parks. He has taught at Princeton University, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, New York University. For The Shakespeare Society, Michael Sexton has programmed and directed events featuring a variety of actors, singers, dancers, directors and scholars, including John Douglas Thompson, Adam Gopnik, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Cerveris, Stephen Greenblatt, Brian Cox, Martha Plimpton, James Shapiro, Robert Pinsky, Marjorie Garber, Trevor Nunn, Denis O'Hare, Estelle Parsons and Michael Cumpsty.
Jeff Carr (Lighting Design - MFA III) is a graduate of Christopher Newport University in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Credits include: King's River (off-off-Broadway) The Nutcracker Ballet (Centenary College), Under Construction (Rutgers), Uncle Vanya (Rutgers), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Rutgers), Much Ado About Nothing (Rutgers), Home Made (Rutgers) and boom (Rutgers).
Ashley Cusack (Set Design - MFA II) is from Long Branch, New Jersey. She earned her BFA in art and psychology from Caldwell College. Rutgers design credits include: A Raisin in the Sun, Pilgrims, Lady of Fadima and Minnesota Moon. She has done work for George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, N.J.), Two River Theater Company (Red Bank, N.J.), Surflight Theatre (Beach Haven, N.J.) and Phoenix Productions (Red Bank, N.J.), among others.
Peter Fogel (Costume Designer - MFA II) is from North Babylon, New York. He received his BFA in theater production from Hofstra University. Design credits include: Intimate Apparel, Awake and Sing! (Hofstra University), Dog Sees God (Synapse Theatre Ensemble, New York City), Toxicity (New Perspectives Theatre Company, New York City) and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Rutgers Theater Company).
Matthew Silvay (Sound Designer) is from Kendall Park, N.J. Lighting Design credits: The Author's Voice (Jameson), Minnesota Moon (Jameson), The Tempest (Opera at Rutgers).
Liza Sobel (Composer) began her MA/PhD in composition at Rutgers University this year, studying composition with Gerald Chenoweth and voice with Judith Nicosia. She completed her bachelor's at Cornell University, graduating with honors. Her previous composition teachers were Steven Stucky, Kevin Ernste and Richard Danielpour. Her music has been performed by West Point Woodwind Quintet, Helix and Skyros String Quartet. She has participated at music festivals including Chamber Music Institute, and this summer at Bowdoin and nief-norf summer festivals. Liza was a Fulbright Scholar at Newcastle University, England, in the summer of 2010. Liza was Cornell's endorsed candidate and/or finalist for the Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright and Keasbey scholarships.
