3x2: Three Plays, Two Authors, One Hour.
Home Game, Pen Pal, Now Are You Afraid of Me
Written by Bill Lynch & Timothy Krause
Directed by Scott Stroot
Stage Manager Olivia Johnston
Fertile Ground Festival, Portland, OR
Cast of 5, Crew of 1
Unique Elements: Worked with playwrights Timothy Krause and Bill Lynch. Board Operator for lights and sound.
Rally ‘Round Sally
Written by Timothy Krause
Directed by Scott Stroot
Stage Manager Olivia Johnston
Fertile Ground Festival, Portland, Oregon
Cast of 12, Crew of 1
Unique Elements: Worked with Playwright Timothy Krause. Board Operator for lights and sound.
Well
Written by Lisa Kron
Directed by Dave Mahon
Stage Manager Gari Voss
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
Olivia Johnston, Assistant Stage Manager
Cast of 6, Crew of 6
Radium Girls
Written by D.W. Gregory
Director - Dr. Miriam Hahn Thomas
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
Cast of 19, Crew of 9
Unique Elements: Two understudies - both performed for a tech day, as well as one performance.
Bambiland - World Premiere
Written by Kendra Ann Flournoy
Director - Marissa Harrington
Stage Manager - May Moe Tun
Assistant Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
Face Off Theatre Company, Kalamazoo, MI
Cast of 8, Run Crew of 2
Unique Elements: World Premiere. Additionally served as Properties Master - pulled, created, and collected props. One understudy/swing - performed at one tech day and one performance.
Is There Life After High School?
Written by Jeffrey Kindley
Director - Laura M. Zervic
Music Director - Lori Hatfield
Stage Manager - Gwen Stephan
Assistant Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
Cast of 11, Run Crew of 4
Unique Elements: Live band, confetti cannon.
CATS: Young Actors Edition
Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
Director - AnnMarie Miller
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
Cast of 37, Crew of 15
Unique Elements: The Penguin Project production.
The Sound of Music
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Director - Ben Zylman
Stage Manager - Isaac Byler
Assistant Stage Managers - Val Glasscock & Olivia Johnston
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
Cast of 30, Run Crew of 8
Unique Elements: Turntable Used, Large House Unit, Weapons Safety & Housing.
Big Fish
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Book by John August
Director - Shannon Hill
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI
Cast of 28, Crew of 23
Unique Elements: Live Orchestra. Pyrotechnics used, Hydraulics and Falling Body, Fans & Falling Petals, Stage Combat, Staged Intimacy. Five understudies - never performed.
The Waverly Gallery
Written by Kenneth Lonergan
Director - Ryan Hull
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Ten Fifteen Theater, Astoria, OR
Cast of 6, Crew of 2
Unique Elements: Additionally served as Properties Master – pulled and collected props and created consumables. Participated as deck crew.
The Twelve Dates of Christmas
Written by Ginna Hoben
Director - Danyelle Tinker
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Ten Fifteen Theater, Astoria, OR
Cast of 1, Crew of 2
Unique Elements: Seen onstage as Christmas Elf, Party Popper, and Cupid. One woman show. Handheld Confetti Cannon.
Suddenly Last Summer
Written by Tennessee Williams
Director - Bennett Hunter
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Ten Fifteen Theater, Astoria, OR
Cast of 7, Crew of 1
Unique Elements: Staged Readers Theater
A Night of David & Durang: An Interview &
The Actors Nightmare
Written by David Mamet, Christopher Durang
Director - Ryan Hull
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Ten Fifteen Theater, Astoria, OR
Cast of 5, Crew of 1
Unique Elements: Two one acts, told together with an intermission. “An Interview” was Ten Fifteen Theater’s AACT Regionals Entry for 2023. Read the part of Dungeon Master for the curtain speech and prologue, at each performance.
Birds of a Feather
Written by Marc Acito
Director - Ann Bronson
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
The Ten Fifteen Theater, Astoria, OR
Cast of 6, Crew of 1
Unique Elements: Joined the rehearsal process three weeks prior to opening. Additionally served as a dresser and deck crew.
Almost, Maine
Written by John Cariani
Director - Alicia Trusty
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
Peninsula Association of Performing Artists, Chinook, WA
Cast of 11, Crew of 1
Unique Elements: Concurrently trained a volunteer to become a Stage Manager for this theater. Created a prop drop mechanism for this production.
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins
Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
Director - Alicia Trusty
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
Peninsula Association of Performing Artists - Chinook, WA
Cast of 20+, Crew of 3
Unique Elements: Crew driven falling shelf with catch. Concurrently trained volunteer to become a Stage Manager for this theater.
Enchanted April
Written by Matthew Barber
Directors - Brooke Flood and Alicia Trusty
Stage Manager - Olivia Johnston
Peninsula Association of Performing Artists, Chinook, WA
Cast of 8, Crew of 1
Unique Elements: Trained by Brooke Flood as Stage Manager during production.
