Bower Theatre Announces 2018 Ensemble

Bower Theatre Ensemble has announced the artists who’ll make up the company’s 2018 inaugural season.

The ensemble, selected on a yearly basis, works on multiple productions and across multiple disciplines.

Bower’s 2018 season includes FRANKENSTEIN, directed by Artistic Director Bec Willett and adapted by Alexander Utz from the novel by Mary Shelley, and COLLAGE OF A DYSTOPIAN MIDWEST by Chris Vanderark, also directed by Willett.


Bower Theatre’s 2018 Ensemble (from the press release):

Nathaniel Andrew – Assistant Director (Frankenstein), Charlie/CHARLIE (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Elaine C. Bell – Dr. Polidori/Captain Walton/Justine/Ensemble (Frankenstein), Assistant Director (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Michelle E. Benda – Lighting Designer (Frankenstein), Lighting Designer (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Andrew Ganem – Percy Shelley/Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein), Production Manager/Technical Director (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Xavier Lagunas – Sound Designer (Frankenstein, Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Nicole Nola – Mary Godwin/Creature (Frankenstein), Costume Designer (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Tyler Anthony Smith – Lord Byron/Henry Clerval/Ensemble (Frankenstein), Dramaturg (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Elliott Sowards – Production Manager (Frankenstein), Scott/SCOTT (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Lizzy Sulkowski-Altman – Co-Stage Manager (Frankenstein), Josephine/JOSEPHINE (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Jenn M. Thompson – Costume Designer (Frankenstein), Stage Manager (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Alexander Utz – Playwright (Frankenstein), Gordon/GORDON (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Chris Vanderark – Dramaturg and Co-Stage Manager (Frankenstein), Playwright (Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)

Leigh Yenrick – Claire Clairmont/Elizabeth Lavenza/Ensemble (Frankenstein), Marketing Director (Frankenstein, Collage of a Dystopian Midwest)


For more information on Bower Theater Ensemble visit bowertheatre.com.

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