We’re so glad you’ve joined us for our Second Annual One Act Play Festival! This year’s lineup includes one acts from playrights around the world directed and performed by Western North Carolina artists.
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About the Directors
About the Playwrights
About the Actors
About the Production Team
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Schedule A Shows:
Banana Gun by Mary Beth McNulty
Three Rings, No Diamonds by D.W. Gregory
Memory is a Thief by Sean Murphy
A Splash of Red by Kym Fraher
Dis/Connect by Sage Martin
When I Fall In Love, It Will Be... by Susan Middaugh
Lighted Fools by Bridget Grace Sheaff
Schedule B Shows:
Screens Can Only Do So Much by Kaleb Dufrene
The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends by John Bavoso
Like Ivy by Tori King Rice
The Airport by Maxwell A. Johnson
(Un)scripted by Sean Osmundsen
Tell Me Who You Are by Philip Vassallo
Blades by Margo Hammond
About the Directors
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Brandi Andrade
Brandi Andrade is a recent transplant from Texas. She holds a Ph.D. in Theatre and American Women’s History from UT Dallas, and teaches online courses at UT Arlington. Recent directing projects include a new one-act play for a festival like this one in Austin (“Best of Week,” FronteraFest); Stella and Lou at Southwest Theatre Productions in Austin (4 BroadwayWorld Austin award noms); and Calendar Girls for Theatre Arlington in DFW (“Best Play” and Best Dir,. 2015-2016 season, Theatre Arlington Guild). This is her second project in Asheville, the first playing Raylean in In the Middle of Nowhere right here at The Magnetic last month! She does her print and broadcast work through Screen Artists Talent.
Wolfe Lanier
Wolfe Lanier is a young Actor/ Director/ Teacher. Raised in Asheville, North Carolina, Wolfe grew up in the eccentricity that Asheville has to offer. Starting his theatrical journey with the Asheville Performing Arts Academy, he then was heavily involved with the brilliant theatre program at Asheville High School. His passion for theatre led him to the Hartt School of Music Theatre in Hartford, CT. He received his B.F.A. in Music Theatre in 2019, driving him straight to New York City. A few months after hitting the pavements, networking, and acclimating to the N.Y.C. lifestyle, he found himself on the road with the National Tour of We the People, a musical teaching of government and prosperity. A fulfilling way to start the beginning of 2020. Wolfe is proud to be home for the time being, for this is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with the luminous minds of the Asheville Artists. He is here to cultivate collective creativity.
Tippin
Since diving into theatre in 2013, Tippin has worked as an actor, stage manager, technical director, assistant director, director, producer, props master, office manager, collaborative writer, dramaturg, and sound designer for over fifty productions for stage, film, restaurant, hallway, and oversized camera obscura. She has a particular interest in socially progressive, original, experimental, fringe, and immersive theatre, as well as in poetry performance.
Daniel Henry
Daniel is excited to make his directorial debut with The Magnetic Theatre’s One Act Festival! You might have seen in act in a few shows around town, but this time he's behind the scenes! Thank you for coming, and please enjoy the shows!
Dakota Mann
Dakota Mann is no stranger to the local theatre scene. A drama graduate from the University of North Carolina – Asheville, he has worked both on and off stage throughout WNC region, working with theatres such as Haywood Regional Arts Theatre, Parkway Playhouse, Anam Cara, The Magnetic Theatre, and the Sublime Theater and Press, as well as performing overseas in Scotland in a devised piece based around John Cage and the students of Black Mountain College in the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He also directed in the 2020 SETC 10 Minute Play Festival in Louisville, KY. Previous shows at The Magnetic include: In the Middle of Nowhere (Stage Manager), something i care about (Trail Guide), American Arcade (Franklin Robinson), and Brief Encounters 2016 (Ricky/Paul).
Roberta Whiteside
Roberta is married to Rev. Bill Whiteside and resides in Burnsville, NC. She is a graduate of Appalachian State University where she received Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Vocal Performance. She has been employed as choral director at Cane River and East Yancey middle schools since 2001. Roberta is well known in the Burnsville community for her vocal stylings and has often been seen in Parkway Playhouse productions such as Dinah Grayson in Dixie Swim Club, Sylvia in All Shook Up, Clairee in Steel Magnolias, and Vi in Footloose. She has been Music Director for such shows as Big River, Nun Sense, and She Loves Me. Roberta is also a teaching artist with Parkway Playhouse Jr, musical directing Peter Pan Jr, Fiddler on the Roof Jr, Mary Poppins Jr, and Madagascar Jr. Roberta has been Minister of Music for numerous churches and, at present, is serving at Vians Valley Presbyterian Church, where her husband is pastor.
Katie Jones
Katie is a director, performer, and educator. She has worked with regional theatres in Sarasota, Chicago, and Denver, where she directed community-focused programming. Katie specializes in new play development and is an alumnus of Directors Lab New York and Chicago. She founded Wishbone Theatre Collective in 2009 and continues to perform with them, throughout the country. Katie has a BA from Clemson University and an MFA in from Naropa University. In addition to serving as The Magnetic's Artistic Director, Katie has worked locally with Asheville Creative Arts and the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival.
Daniel Moore
Daniel is a Mars Hill based Actor/Director who studied Theatre at Greensboro College. He has been an actor in the WNC community for well over ten years and more recently a director. Some of his recent acting credits include Marvin in Dark of the Moon at Parkway Playhouse and Mendel in the NC premiere of Indecent by Paula Vogel at The Magnetic Theatre. He was also an actor and director for the dramatic series How to be a Human, or at Least Try at NC Stage. Daniel would like to thank his family, all actors involved, friends, and all of the amazing crew that spent many sleepless nights making this Play Festival happen.
About the Playwrights
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John Bavoso
The Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends
John Bavoso is a Washington, DC-based playwright, marketer, and aspiring wrangler of unicorns. He mostly writes plays about women and queer people who are awkwardly attempting (and generally failing) to engage with serious subject matter, using only their dry wit and impeccably timed combative taunts. John is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, a Pinky Swear Productions company member, a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow, and recipient of District of Columbia FY18 and FY19 Arts and Humanities Fellowships. His plays have been produced and/or developed in theatres across the country, as well as Canada, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and the UK. For more information, please visit John-Bavoso.com.
D.W. Gregory
Three Rings, No Diamonds
D.W. Gregory is a West Virginia-based writer of comedies and dramas. She is perhaps best known for RADIUM GIRLS, which for three years in a row was named one of the ‘Ten Most-Produced Plays in U.S. High Schools’ by Dramatics magazine.
More information at www.dwgregory.com.
Sage Martin
Dis/Connect
Sage Martin is an actor and writer from Kentucky. She is a proud graduate of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and selected for the Sam Wanamaker Festival at The Globe in London. She writes stories inspired by her own life and the people she is fortunate enough, tasked with, and blessed to know. Visit www.Sage-Martin.com and say hello!
Dave Osmundsen
(Un)scripted
Dave Osmundsen is a queer and autistic playwright whose work explores the intersection of queerness and neurodiversity. He was one of two recipients of the Blank Theatre and Ucross Foundation’s inaugural Future of Playwriting Prize. His play Light Switch was the 2021 Distinguished Achievement recipient of the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, a finalist for the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and a semi-finalist for the 2020 O’Neill Playwrights Conference, among other accolades. His plays have been published in The Dionysian, Canyon Voices, and Exposition Review. His work has been seen and developed at KCACTF Region 8, the Kennedy Center/NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop, B Street Theatre, the William Inge Theatre Festival, the Midwest Dramatists Conference, and more.
Philip Vassallo
Tell Me Who You Are
Philip Vassallo is grateful to The Magnetic Theatre for premiering Tell Me Who You Are. Produced and licensed plays: What Do You Charge for Cure?; How Silent Do I Sound?; Do I Bleed in the Dark?; Isn’t This the Way You Wanted Me?; How You Get to Main Street?; The Spelling Bee; Ask Me; Everything Means Something Else; The Phoenix; The Community Service; Family Secrets; So What If Life Is a Cliché?; Questions; Every Day’s a Holiday; Hurry Hurry: Twelve Dramatic and Comedic Sketches; The Eye Begins to See; The Author Makes No Difference; What Are You Running For? and The Mold of the Ring. Honors: New Jersey State Council on the Art playwriting grant; Critic’s Choice, Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival; Gettysburg College One-Act Play Festival Award; Finalist, Morton R. Sarett Playwriting Award, Ruby Lloyd Aspey Playwriting Competition, and White-Willis Theatre New Playwrights Contest; and Semifinalist, Park Avenue Methodist United Church Playwriting Festival, Albert Panowski New Play Award, and Strawberry One-Act Festival.
Kaleb Dufrene
Screens Can Only Do So Much
Kaleb Dufrene is an actor, singer, writer and director based out of Charlotte, NC. As a writer, his play, “screens can only do so much” has undergone five productions, three of which he has directed. In 2020, he won “Excellence in Theatrical Achievement for Directing” this same play at the North Carolina Theatre Conference. His play, “Juni” will make it’s world premiere on June 15th with “21 for ‘21”, a virtual theatre festival that he is executive producing. He is represented by Evolution Talent Agency. @kalebdufrene
Margo Hammond
Blades
Margo’s plays have been presented in London, England, Milan, Italy, NYC, Colorado Springs, San Diego, Abingdon, VA and at various other theatres across the U.S. Her play Mistress Marlene is published in Smith & Kraus’ “Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2015” and her play Mae the Magnificent received 1st Place (The Standing Ovation Award) in their 2019 anthology. Margo’s full-length, Let Maisy Rest In Peace was part of Barter Theatre’s Appalachian Festival of New Plays 2019. Also, 1st Prize recipient of the Jerry Kaufman Award for Excellence in Playwriting 2016.
Blades is coming up in Applause Books’ “Best New 10-Minute Plays 2021”.
www.margohammond.com Dramatist Guild member, Actors Studio PDU member & AEA, SAG/AFTRA
Susan Middaugh
When I Fall In Love, It Will Be...
Theatrical Mining Company has produced two of Susan Middaugh's full length play, A Modern Pas de Deux and Black Widows, as part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. One Act Play Depot has published her short play, Such Good Neighbors, and Lazy Bee Scripts has published her short plays, Table for Two and Just a Bus Driver. Next Stage Press has published Black Widows. 17 of her short plays have had productions by mostly community theaters in the U.S., Canada and England, including the Source Theatre, the Arts Center, Carrboro; Onstage Atlanta, Fells Point Corner Theatre, the Actors Studio of Newburyport as well as Barrington Stage (Equity). Susan is a member of the Dramatists' Guild, the Playwrights Group of Baltimore and the New Play Exchange. She lives in the Baltimore suburbs.
Tori King Rice
Like Ivy
Tori King Rice is a theatre-maker (playwright, teaching artist and actor) living in San Diego, CA. Select plays include The Preservationists (Rainy Day Collective – virtual 2021), Devil-In-A-Box and Like Ivy (Scripteasers 1st place, 2019 and 2018), The Hunt(s) and Tiny (Scripps Ranch Theatre’s OoaL festival), Home is Where (New Play Café), Sisters in the System (commission - Playwrights Project), and The More Men Weigh (Edmonton Fringe, Critic’s Pick). She is co-host of the podcast, Hey Playwright.
Kym Fraher
A Splash of Red
Kym is a playwright who also spends her time helping children develop their language in Early Intervention. She has participated in the Writing lab for Women’s Theater Alliance, New Colony’s Writer’s Room program, and is thrilled to be included in The Magnetic Theatre’s One Act Play Festival 2021. She is eager to continue to explore the human condition through narrative and hopes that her plays help bring new perspectives to others. She thanks her family and especially Clarence, who has encouraged her since the beginning.
Maxwell A Johnson
The Airport
Maxwell A Johnson is an Alabama based playwright who focuses on character and relationship driven pieces. With several small productions in the Midwest, Maxwell is now based in Alabama and looking to make his debut in other markets.
Sean Murphy
Memory is a Thief
Sean Murphy writes plays about belonging, kindness and surviving trauma. When he is not writing plays, he is working in homeless services or adopting cats out of alleys. In past lives Mr. Murphy has been a songwriter, a stagehand, a high school drop out, a butterfly chaser, a rejection slip collector, a workers' rights activist, a legal services attorney and a blue-collar bon vivant.
Bridget Grace Sheaff
Lighted Fools
Bridget Grace Sheaff: PLAYWRITING CREDITS: Ovate Highway 33: The Next Table; The Carrollwood Players Theatre: Exit Interview; Bishop O’Connell High School: Danny’s How To Vlog; Bergen County Academies: Danny’s How To Vlog; Crafton Hills New Works Festival: And Maybe a River Will Come; Tomo Suru Players; At Her Door; Theatre Unmasked: And Maybe a River Will Come; RKO Garbage Review: Let Sheeping Dogs Lie; Spooky Action Theater: Welcome to Hell: An Orientation; Playwrights’ Round Table: Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience; The Strand: And Maybe a River Will Come; The Fine Arts Association: An Evening with Julia Maggianno; Nu Sass Productions: The Next Table; Ohlone College: Exit Interview; Gallery Players: The Art of Preservation. PUBLISHED WORKS: Perfect, Forgive and Forget, love letter to my home town, A Chance of Rain, The Days of Peanut Butter and Honey Sandwiches, Idle Hands, Kissing Lessons, It’s Not About the Hair, Danny's How-to-Vlog, The Art of Preservation, The Next Table, and Decisions.
CAST
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Campbell Abernathy
Campbell Abernathy is 15 years old and is a rising sophomore at Asheville High School. She has been performing with Asheville Performing Arts Academy since around the age of 4. Campbell has also been training at Asheville Ballet for about 5 years. Some of her favorite roles to play were: Ti Moune - Once on This Island, Brooke Windham - Legally Blonde, and Tommy Boy - Newsies. She would like to thank all of her teachers and mentors at Asheville Performing Arts Academy and Asheville Ballet.
Jesse Barley
I’m a musician, writer and actor. I’ve been performing since high school. In the words of my father “Do what you love”
Olivia Brown
Olivia Brown is 17, she has done numerous shows and looks forward to adding this show to the list! She wants to thank her sister for always pushing her to be better and her mom for being her mom. Enjoy the show!
Lowry Flaschar
Lowry is a rising junior at TC Roberson high school and on the autism spectrum. She enjoys swimming, painting and hanging out with her friends.
Molly Graves
Yay for live theater! Molly is so excited to be back on a stage, especially at Magnetic. She has previously worked with Anam Cara Theatre Company, Nemesis Theatre Company, Different Strokes! PAC, and Montford Park Players. She also had a love-hate relationship with Zoom theater this past year, but is happy to jump out of her computer box and awkwardly reenter the world with theater friends and One Acts!
Mark Lieberman
Mark is excited to perform at The Magnetic Theatre in The One Act Play Festival with his wife Shelley. He has been actor in community theatre for many years performing in the Philadelphia area and in Western North Carolina. His sense of comedy is never far from the surface in his theater roles, having portrayed the bumbling Sir Guy of Gisbourne in two Montford Park Players productions of Robin Hood; and Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical. Mark is also singing with the Asheville Symphony Chorus and the Flat Rock Players Chorus, and teaching classes in the College for Seniors at UNC Asheville. Mark can also be heard every Wednesday on 103.7 FM, wpvmfm.org as the radio host of "The World According to Mark."
Hayden Price
Hayden Price is a rising sophomore at Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville. The One Act Play Festival will be the first time Hayden has performed at a theatre outside of her hometown and she is very excited to be a part of the festival. She is very grateful for her family who has encouraged her to begin acting.
Strother Stingley
Strother Stingley is an actor/singer/voiceover artist from Asheville who specializes in character roles and quirky voices, with over two decades of experience on stage. Recent roles include several in Food Plays at The Magnetic, Il Capitano in SPANKO! at Asheville Fringe Fest, Adam in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] for separate runs at HART and Parkway Playhouse, the nine D'Ysquith family members in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder at Parkway, George in Don't Dress for Dinner and Anatole in Jeeves In Bloom at NC Stage, and has been with Immediate Theatre Project on four of their annual national tours of Live From WVL Theatre: It's a Wonderful Life (and one tour in their Halloween/Fall show Live From WVL Theatre: The Headless Hessian And Other American Horror Stories). Strother has worked with many other theatre companies in the area including SART, Dark Horse Theatre, Asheville Creative Arts, ACT and others.
Thomas L. Townsend
Thomas L. Townsend is a stage and film writer, actor, and New Media Artist. He grew up in the Appalachian Region of North Carolina. After spending 8 years in the Army, he decided to pursue acting with his first show being “One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest.” He has since found his calling as a professional and recently graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s of Arts in New Media From the University of North Carolina Asheville. He currently works for Epic Games in conjunction with UNC Asheville on a Virtual Reality project.
Ava Atwood
Ava Atwood is a high school student who has been acting their entire life. They have lived in Asheville forever, and have been participating in youth Shakespeare and other theater productions for eight years. Ava has worked with Anam Cara theater company, the Montford Park Players, The Montford Moppets, Mouse House Productions, and backstage at ACT. They also enjoy film production and screen acting. Ava loves making music and writing, and if their theater dreams fall to pieces, they plan on pursuing a musical career. They always look forward to seeing and performing in local productions, and are thrilled they get a chance to work with Magnetic.
Missy Bell
"Lighted Fools" and "Dis/connect" are Missy's debut with The Magnetic Theatre, though she has performed a few times on this stage. You may remember her in the 2020 Fringe performance of "Spanko!" as the title character. Most of her stage work in Asheville has been invested in Anam Cara Theatre Company's troupe of weirdos (Faust Foutu, Paradise Park Zoo, and all the fun with Accordion Time Machine), but she is delighted to be here with some weirdos old and new. While acting is her first and most comfortable home, she focuses mostly on directing now, specifically of the film variety.
Ana-Alicia Carroll
Ana is so happy to be back on stage, this time with an audience to watch (Safely!) in real time! For over 8 years she was involved with her local community theatre both onstage and behind the scenes in the Bahamas. She has worked with The Magnetic Theatre, The Montford Park Players and HART theatre as well as various training videos and voiceovers.
Morgan Fuller
Morgan Fuller is thrilled to be performing in her first show with Magnetic Theatre! Morgan is an Ashevillian turned Chicagoan turned Ashevillian again and soon-to-be resident of Washington D.C. Would that make her a D.C.-ian? Washingtonian? She’ll be heading up to the city in the Fall to pursue her master’s in arts management at American University. Morgan’s past credits include the role of Chelsea in the staged reading of Muted with Wampus Cat Collective and various roles in Nothing’s Happening, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019. Morgan is excited to take part in this fantastic show and is positively tickled pink to be on stage again!
David Hopes
Though I have enjoyed the Magnetic's skills and professionalism as a playwright, this is my first time actually on stage at the theater. I want to acknowledge the patience and thoroughness of my director, and the effervescent, ascending talent of my co-star Jesse.
Shelley Lieberman
Shelley is excited to return to The Magnetic Theatre for the One Act Play Festival in which she is acting with her husband, Mark. Pre-pandemic she acted in Magnetic's production of "Indecent". Other plays she has acted in Asheville have been Robin Hood at Montford; and Guys and Dolls, and Murder Mystery in Hendersonville. She has also been singing with The Asheville Symphony Chorus, The Flatrock Chorus, and Womansong.
Jennifer Russ
Jennifer Russ is thrilled to be back on the Magnetic stage...or any stage for that matter! Her last appearance here was as a busybody neighbor in MILF, the Musical. Jen's most recent performance was as Chelsea Thayer in On Golden Pond at Parkway Playhouse. She has performed at the Asheville Community Theater, the Feichter Studio, in Waynesville, NC, and Parkway Playhouse, in Burnsville, NC, over the past several years. Favorite roles include Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Nancy in Frozen (by Bryony Lavery - definitely not the Disney movie), Annette in God of Carnage, and Joanne Galloway in A Few Good Men. Jen would like to thank everyone at the Magnetic Theater for this opportunity. She also wishes to thank Jason, Abby, and Mom for their continued support!
Jon Stockdale
Jon is thrilled (and a teensy bit terrified) to be returning to the Magnetic Theatre, and live theater in general. Favorite past roles include Danny in The Submission, Oliver/Silvius in As You Like It, Roland in Constellations, and Hamlet.
Melon Wedick
Melon has been acting in things since she was six, when she 'helpfully' stage-whispered everyone's lines in her 1st grade Easter play as loudly as humanly possible. Career highlights include playing a mute otter in Noye's Fludde (at 10) and Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (more recently). Time has passed, but she is still very, very 'helpful.'
Selah Atwood
Selah Atwood is thrilled to be taking the stage for the first time at the Magnetic Theatre! She has done stage productions in the past with the Montford Moppets, and even got to travel to New York for an Off-Broadway play called Starbright. She has also been in screenplays, including Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, and an adapted short film, Here There Be Tygers. She loves acting and the community surrounding it, and is so grateful for this opportunity.
Bernadette Brown
Bernadette, is 13 Years old and has been performing on stage for 6 years. She has most recently been Milky White and the Narrator in Into the Woods. She is so excited for this opportunity!!!
Sheila Collins
Sheila Collins is new to Asheville but has been acting since the early 2000s. She has appeared in numerous stage plays, including these iconic roles: Ruth, in A Raisin in the Sun; Emilia, in Othello; (Duke)Duchess of Birmingham, in Henry VIII; Leonato(a) in Much Ado about Nothing; and Charlotte, in Charlotte's Web. She's also appeared in several TV shows: Grey's Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars and General Hospital, and S.W.A.T., among others, as well as short films, a webseries and a feature film. She is pleased to make her debut with the Magnetic Theatre in this Festival.
Winston Gantt
Winston Gantt is from Greenville South Carolina, and attended South Carolina State University. He is a student of The Actor’s Center of Asheville under the direction of Kevin Patrick Murphy. He’s excited for this opportunity to perform with the Magnetic Theater. Thanks to all my family and friends for the support and encouragement.
Tabitha Judy
Tabitha Judy has been living, teaching, and performing in WNC for over 20 years. Favorite roles at include Sister Mary Amnesia in Nunsense, Missy Miller in The Marvelous Wonderettes, Cinderella in Into the Woods, Ida in Honk! The Musical, Rona Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Mamie in The Field. When not on the stage, Tabitha is known as Ms. Judy, as she teaches English and theatre arts at Pisgah High School in Canton.
Lauren Otis
Lauren is thrilled to be performing on the Magnetic stage! Originally from Rochester NY, Lauren is honored to have been warmly welcomed into the theatre and arts community here in Asheville. Past favorite credits include: something I cared about with the Magnetic Theatre, Coriolanus 2020 (Virgilia/Ensemble), 16 Years Tried (Perdita), Henry IV Part 1 (Lady Percy/Poins), The Edge of Our Bodies (Bernadette), The Rocky Horror Show (Janet) and The Women (Mary Haines). Lauren would like to thank her friends and family for their continued support, and the Magnetic Theatre for this opportunity.
Jered Shults
Jered is excited to return to the Magnetic Theater. Jered has been acting in the WNC area for 8 years now. Jered always loves being on the Magnetic Stage. Jered has also performed at Montford and Parkway Playhouse. Jered's favorite roles have included Ken in Red, Roger In a Clearing, and Cedric in Robin Hood. Jered thanks you for coming and hopes you enjoy the show.
Ceili Taft
Ceili Taft is a rising junior at SILSA who has been inducted into the National Thespians Society. She has been involved in musical theatre since she could walk and her earliest memory is playing a baby tree in the Jungle Book, Kids which she wishes to reprise one day. Ceili has most recently been seen as The Witch in the Asheville Performing Arts Academy’s production of Into the Woods. She is excited to be taking the stage with her friends and is thankful to Wolfe for this opportunity.
Jason Williams
Jason Williams is an actor, director and designer that works for many local theater companies. Previous appearances on The Magnetic stage include: Officer in The Legend of Amelia Aldeen, Leon in The Assassins’ Garden, Oliver in Grave Lullaby and Barry in The Caro Savanti Experience. Jason thanks you for your interest in live theater. Theater not only creates valuable life experiences but it also supports the cultural fabric of the cities it is performed in. If you enjoyed tonight's show he encourages you to continue to support The Magnetic Theatre, and to seek out and support, either with your valuable time or generous charity, other local performing arts groups in the area.
PRODUCTION TEAM
ABBY AUMAN (TECH DIRECTOR / LIGHTING & SOUND DESIGNER) - Abby is the Technical Director of The Magnetic Theatre and of Parkway Playhouse. She also works as a lighting designer in theaters all over WNC.
JESSICA JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / SCENIC DESIGNER) - Jessica has spent more of her life working in theatre than not, primarily as a stage manager, but also as a director, props and scenic designer, and dramaturg. She has worked locally with Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective, Montford Park Players, Parkway Playhouse, and The Magnetic Theatre. In addition to her behind the scenes theatre work, she has a background in nonprofit development. Jessica serves on the board of Montford Park Players, and is the Executive Director of The Magnetic Theatre.
KATIE JONES (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / DIRECTOR) - Katie is a director, performer, and educator. She has worked with regional theatres in Sarasota, Chicago, and Denver, where she directed community-focused programming. Katie specializes in new play development and is an alumnus of Directors Lab New York and Chicago. She founded Wishbone Theatre Collective in 2009 and continues to perform with them, throughout the country. Katie has a BA from Clemson University and an MFA in from Naropa University. In addition to serving as The Magnetic's Artistic Director, Katie has worked locally with Asheville Creative Arts and the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival.
TIPPIN (BOX OFFICE MANAGER / PROPS MASTER) - Since diving into theatre in 2013, Tippin has worked as an actor, stage manager, technical director, assistant director, producer, props master, office manager, collaborative writer, dramaturg, and sound designer for over fifty productions for stage, film, restaurant, hallway, and oversized camera obscura. She has a particular interest in socially progressive, original, experimental, fringe, and immersive theatre, as well as in poetry performance.
PHOTOS by CHEYENNE DANCY
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THE MAGNETIC THEATRE STAFF
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR….….. KATIE JONES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR….. JESSICA JOHNSON
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR….. ABBY AUMAN
BOX OFFICE MANAGER…. TIPPIN
GRAPHIC DESIGNER /
PHOTOGRAPHER…………. CHEYENNE DANCY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GEORGE AWAD
ELIZABETH MCCORVEY
CARIN METZGER
JASON PHILLIPS
AARON YBARRA
ELIZABETH ZIEGLER