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Creative Team
Andy Hobgood, Lyricist, Playwright, Director
Andrew Hobgood is a ounder and Artistic Director o The New Colony. He co-created the 2006 FringeNYC Best Musical, 58!, and co-wrote and directed Love is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy which won the 2008 FringeNYC award or Outstand- ing Music and Lyrics and three Ater Dark awards. His recent directing projects are the three-time Je Nominated production o Torch Song Trilogy and The New Colony’s productions o Amelia Earhart Jungle Princess and the critical and box oce hit FRAT. He and The New Colony were eatured at Collaboraction’s Sketchbook 9 with their play A Domestic Disturbance at Little Fat Charlie’s Seventh Birthday Party and col- laborated with Victory Gardens Theater on their late night show Literally Sexy.
Julie B. Nichols, Composer
Julie studied jazz improvisation and composition at the University o Iowa, Iowa City.Since then, she has toured all over the world, perorming with such esteemed compa- nies as the Second City National Touring Company as its music director. The job en- tailed live improvisation as well as composing music, much o which is still used on tour today. She has also perormed at and composed or renowned Chicago theaters Improv Olympic, GayCo, the Apollo Theater and the Annoyance Theater. In addition, she regu- larly writes music or independent video projects, commercials and corporate videos. Julie composed the scores and served as musical director or two acclaimed original musicals that were pro- duced by the Annoyance Theater: Stop That Show and Love is Dead: A Necromantic Musical Comedy. Ater breaking box oce records at the Annoyance, Love is Dead went on to win several awards, including Best Music and Lyrics at the New York International Film Festival. It also won 3 Ater Dark awards or Best Pit Band, Best Comedic Perormance and Best Song Score. Julie is currently the Associate Music Director or the sketch and improvisation theater Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. In addition to perorming fve nights a week, she has composed and produced music or their 3 most recent 3 shows. Julie’s pet project is the hit NPR- par-ody podcast “The Fraudkast” (www.raudkast.org), or which she serves as producer, composer and editor.
Christina Kay Pretsch
, Stage Manager
Christina is thrilled to be working with the sweet and talented people at The New Colony. Recent theatrical endeavors include a Stage Management internship at the Goodman, Stage Manager or The Arab-Israeli Cookbook with Theatre Mir, and narrowly escaping The TheatreSchool at DePaul University with a BFA in Stage Management. Christina is currently look- ing or work as a part-time personal assistant. I you or someone you know are in need o her services, ask or her ater the show. Christina wishes to thank her parents, Cory, Emily, and Toulouse.
Jared Saunders, Music Director
Jared was born in nothern Utah and spent his frst 20 years studying piano and playing in the mud. Ater ruining several very nice pianos, he took up graphic design and web development. Turns out, computers aren’tany better with dirt, so he’s playing piano again. He’s happy to be in Tupperware and promises to keep itclean.
Caitlin Chuckta, Assistant Director
Caitlin is a company member with The New Colony and happy to assist Andy on such an exciting project. As an actress, Caitlin was most recently seen as Katie in ‘Frat’ with TNC. Other companies include: ChicagoShakespeare Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre o New Jersey, Connecticut Free Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Valley, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and the Downtown Cabaret Theatre. She has toured nationally with Shakespeare Live and National Theatre or Arts and Education. Caitlin received her BFA rom Univer- sity o Connecticut. She would like to thank the cast and creative team or their willingness and dedication to making Tupperware a success.
Will Cavedo, Playwright
Director o Marketing or The New Colony, Will Cavedo holds a BA in Theatre rom the College o Charleston in Charleston, SC. In addition to many acting credits while in school, Will has perormed at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, SC, the Shakespeare Project and the Piccolo Spoleto Theatre Festival in Charleston,and was recently seen in The New Colony’s production o Evan Linder’s FRAT in Chicago. Will is also an ac-complished playwright whose work has been perormed at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and at the Southeast Regional Competition or the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
James Asmus, Playwright
James Asmus, Director o New Works or The New Colony, has spent 15 years working in theater, flm, and comedy. In recent years, he has perormed in numerous shows at The Annoyance including Coed Prison Sluts, The Invention Show, and as host o the burlesque show Late Nite Tit Bits. As a comedian, he has improvised or several years at iO and The Annoyance, traveled the country with NYC & LA buddies as Darby Lane, and run through the comedy estival circut with sketch trio Hey You Millionaires. He is company member with The New Colony, and wrote its award-winning debut production, Amelia Earhart Jungle Princess. James also co-created and starred in Love Is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy with director Andrew Hobgood or The Annoyance. The show won “Outstanding Music & Lyrics” awards rom both Chicago’s Ater Dark Awards and the 2008 New York Fringe Festival. In recent months, James has been writing or Marvel Comics, and teach- ing writing programs or various theaters.
Additional thanks to
Margot M. Momoi-Piehl,
Electrician
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