About: vsmith

In April of last year,  my partner and a good friend of mine had a conversation – more like a disagreement – regarding a recent news story about a woman who was taken home by a couple of cops and came out of her apartment screaming that she had been raped.  None of the threeContinue Reading

Jess is a freelance Lighting Designer and Electrician based in Chicago. Stage Left productions include FARRAGUT NORTH and HERE WHERE ITS SAFE.  Favorite lighting design credits include THE MAMET REP: OLEANNA and SPEED-THE-PLOW with American Theater Company, KILLER JOE (Winner of the 2010 Jeff Award for Outstanding Production), MEN OF TORTUGA,  and GRACELAND with ProfilesContinue Reading

Lisa is thrilled to be joining Stage Left Theatre in 2012.   She most recently appeared here as Blitzen in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues and was seen as Dr. Fitch in Make Sure It’s Me in Leapfest 8.  Other recent work has been at Redtwist Theatre playing multiple roles in The Laramie Project and The LaramieContinue Reading

Megan serves as Education Manager for Steppenwolf Theatre Company. As a freelance director and dramaturg, she has worked for Northlight Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, American Theatre Company, 16th Street Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Lifeline Theatre, XIII Pocket, 2nd Story, and the side project. Her most recent projects include Dental Society Midwinter Meeting by Laura Jacqmin (Chicago Dramatists, 16th StreetContinue Reading

Meghan Beals McCarthy is the Associate Artistic Director for Chicago Dramatists, and the 2012 co-curator for Theater on the Lake (with Michael Patrick Thornton).  Previously, she served as Literary Manager and Resident Dramaturg at Northlight Theatre, as Project Assistant for the First Look Repertory of New Work at Steppenwolf, and as Interim Artistic Director forContinue Reading