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| Judy Gold |
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| Director |
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| Procution Stage Manager |
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| Original Set Design |
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Louisa Thompson |
| Original Lighting Design |
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Jennifer Tipton |
| Original Sound Design |
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Jorge Muelle |
| Exclusive Tour Direction |
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Off Broadway Booking |
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| Tour Manager |
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Jillian Apfelbaum |
| Stylist for Ms. Gold |
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Keegan Singh |
| Banking |
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JP Morgan Chase Bank/Michelle Gibbons |
| Art Design |
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Chris Sauve, Ross Levitt |
| Insurance |
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DeWitt Stern Group/Joseph Bower |
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Biegelman, Feldman & Associates/ Benjamin Feldman |
| Production Photography |
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Carol Rosegg |
Judy Gold received a 2006 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance
for 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. In addition, the show recently
won a GLAAD Award for "Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off
Broadway." She is the host of HBO's "At the Multiplex with Judy Gold,"
and also hosted Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time," and
the GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, which aired on LOGO and VH1. Most recently,
Gold co-hosted ABC's "The View." Her most recent TV specials include a
half-hour comedy special for LOGO and she is featured in the HBO documentary,
"All Aboard." Her stand-up specials include "Comedy Central Presents: Judy
Gold," Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd Stands Up," and Judy's HBO half-hour
special, for which she received a Cable Ace Award. Gold was most recently
seen in the smash hit film The Aristocrats. Gold won two Emmy Awards for
writing and producing "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." She was nominated twice for
The American Comedy Award's funniest female stand-up. She has also appeared
on "Law & Order," "Law & Order SVU," "Sex and The City," "The View,"
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," and "The Conan O'Brien Show" to name a few.
Gold lives in New York City with her two children, Henry and Ben. She
frequently tours theatres and comedy clubs around the country and she talks
to her mother at least once a day. Her CD, "Judith's Roommate Had a Baby" is
available now." Check out www.judygold.com
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Kate Moira Ryan (Playwright). Recent projects include: 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother written with and for Judy Gold which won the 2007 GLAAD Media Award
for best play and was nominated for a Drama Desk (best actress). A book based
on the play was released by Hyperion/Voice this May and was nominated for a
Quill Award in the category of humor. Her play OTMA was produced at Atlantic
Theatre, the Yakaterinburg Youth Theatre, Vassar College and by the Lake
George Theatre Project. It is published by Playscripts. Her adaptation of
Dorothy Allison's bestseller Cavedweller was produced by New York Theatre
Workshop (director Michael Greif) and is published by Dramatists Play
Service. In the fall, her adaptation written with Linda S. Chapman of Ann
Bannon's Beebo Brinker Chronicles will open off-Broadway and will be directed
by Leigh Silverman. She is a recent recipient of the Alfred E. Sloan
Fellowship from Ensemble Studio Theatre and she was the Arnold Weinberger
Playwright in Residence at the University of Cincinnati. She is an alumna of
New Dramatists and received her MFA from Columbia University.
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Karen Kohlhaas (Director) is a founding member of New York's Atlantic Theater
Company. Off-Broadway and regional directing credits include Kate Moira
Ryan's OTMA (Atlantic), Harold Pinter's The Hothouse (Atlantic), Keith
Reddin's Synergy (Alley Theatre, world premiere), Frame 312 (Atlantic, NY
premiere), David Mamet's Boston Marriage (Public Theater, NY premiere), The
Water Engine (Atlantic), and three productions of An Adult Evening of Shel
Silverstein in New York and Sydney. She has also directed at Atlantic Stage
Two, Naked Angels, New Dramatists, NYU mainstage, the Kraine, Expanded Arts,
and the 4th Street Theatre. Karen is a senior teacher at the Atlantic Acting
School, author of The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors, and
director/producer of the DVD, The Monologue Audition Video. She maintains a
website for actors: www.monologueaudition.com.
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Damon A. Arrington (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (assistant director), The Goat (stage manager). Off Broadway: Artistic Director of Exposed
Brick Productions. With his company he has directed and produced the
following: Forty Deuce, The Lizards, Beirut, Mud, Duct Tape To Family Time, Scenes From The New World, Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower. Public Theater/New
York Shakespeare Festival: Assistant Director Richard III (w/ Peter
Dinklage), Ghetto Superstar. Stage Manager: School Of the Americas, Measure
For Measure, The Story, Take Me Out, Othello, The Winter's Tale, Kit Marlowe. Damon has helped develop new musicals and plays at the following companies:
The Vineyard, Manhattan Theater Club, The Women's Project, New York Theater
Workshop, The Working Theater and Ars Nova. Regionally he has worked in most
major cities doing shows such as Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Gypsy, Oklahoma,
and Resident Alien. Damon just finished Assistant Directing Rock of Ages, an 80's rock musical in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel. www.exposedtheatre.com
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