MEET OUR Creatives
Alli Betsill (she/her)
Choreographer for SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Alli Betsill is a Dallas/Fort Worth-based director/choreographer. Recent credits include: Something Rotten! (Choreographer) at Utah Shakespeare Festival; Pete the Cat (Director/Choreographer) and the World Premiere of The Pigeon Gets a Big-Time Holiday Extravaganza (Director/Choreographer) at Dallas Children’s Theater; Cabaret (Director) at University of North Texas; The Sound of Music (Assistant Director/Understudy), Clue (Assistant Director/Understudy), and Into the Woods (Associate Director) at Dallas Theater Center; Broadway Our Way ‘24, ‘25, ‘26 (Choreographer) and Star of Wonder (Choreographer) at Uptown Players; Bright Star (Choreographer) and Sister Act (Choreographer) at Texas Christian University; and The Addams Family (Director/Choreographer) at Firehouse Theatre. She choreographed Six Flags' Holiday in the Park, as well as completed Frantic Assembly's TRAIN movement program. Other credits include: Casa Manana, Theatre Arlington, Circle Theatre, Amphibian Stage, Garland Summer Musicals, and Prism Movement Theatre.
BFA - Acting, Honors Emphasis - Musical Theatre Choreography from Texas Christian University
Instagram: @alli.betsill
Risa Brainin (she/her)
Director for MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Other Theatres: American Players Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Clarence Brown Theatre, Denver Center Theatre, Great Lakes Theater, Gulfshore Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Mixed Blood, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Syracuse Stage, United Solo Festival, NY among others
Other Credits: Resident Director, Guthrie Theater; Associate Artistic Director, Indiana Repertory Theatre; Associate Artistic Director, Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Artistic Director, Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Artistic Director, LAUNCH PAD at UC Santa Barbara (since 2005)
Awards: Santa Barbara Independent Awards for Timon of Athens, The Dinosaur Within, Stupid F****ing Bird, 36 Views; SALT Award for Best Direction The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NIght-Time; United Solo Festival: Best Direction for That Wonder Boy and Best Production for “A” Train; Northern Ohio Live Award for Julius Caesar
Teaching Credits: Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara (since 2004)
Education: BFA Carnegie-Mellon University
Professional Affiliations: SDC, National Theatre Conference, The College of Fellows of the American Theatre
Website: www.risabrainin.com
Facebook: @risabrainin
Dr. Lezlie C. Cross (she/her)
Dramaturg for TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, HAMLET, TWELFTH NIGHT
Dr. Lezlie C. Cross is an expert in the text and production of Shakespeare’s plays across time and geography. Her professional dramaturgy work has been seen at regional theatres across America including the Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare, Classic Stage Company, and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She has taught at the University of Portland, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the University of Washington, and for the University of Minnesota’s BFA acting program. Her published articles and book reviews appear in multiple journals and book projects. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington, her M.A. from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and her B.A. from Whitman College.
Website: https://www.lezliecross.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lezlie-cross-3a740b235/
Beth Lopes (she/her)
Director for HAMLET
Beth Lopes (Selected directing credits) Hamlet and As You Like It with Utah
Shakespeare Festival, Our Town, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Junie B. Jones is Not a
Crook with South Coast Repertory, Grand Concourse with Theatre Horizon, The
Winter’s Tale and Hamlet with San Antonio Shakespeare in the Park, Romeo and Juliet:
Hard Way Home (a hybrid of Shakespeare’s play and the music of Brandi Carlile) with
Cal Rep, and 10 seasons with New Swan Shakespeare Festival where she is an
Associate Artistic Director.
EDUCATION: MFA – UC Irvine, BFA – New York University.
AFFILIATIONS: Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
WEBSITE: www.bethlopes.com
Joe Payne
Sound Designer for SHE LOVES ME and SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Joe Payne has designed sound, projections, and/or composed music for more than 250 professional productions throughout the United States, for companies including the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Weston Theatre (VT), Riverside Theatre and Gulfshore Playhouse (FL), Berkeley Rep, Syracuse Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pioneer Theatre Company (SLC), Indiana Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and others. Recent favorites include Knoxville, Hamlet, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, multiple versions of A Christmas Carol, King Lear, the complete Henry IV, V, VI series, Hand to God, Silent Sky, and The Bakkhai (an original rock musical). Joe is a member of United Scenic Artists USA Local 829 and the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association.
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Steven Eng (he/him)
Voice/Speech/Text Coach for SOMETHING ROTTEN, SEE HOW THEY RUN, MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN, THE GREENSHOWS
Voice/Speech/Text Coaching: Reunions (Off-Broadway), The Public (Off Bway-NYC), LCT3 (Off Bway-NYC), People’s Light (PA)
Acting: West End (London), Classic Stage Company (Off Bway-NY), Signature Theatre (VA), ShakespeareNYC (NY), People’s Light (PA), Utah Shakespeare Festival (UT), American Conservatory Theater (CA), 5th Avenue Theatre (WA), Pasadena Playhouse (CA), LaJolla Playhouse (CA), Huntington Theatre Company (MA), Paper Mill Playhouse (NJ), Alliance Theatre (GA), Cincinnati Playhouse (OH), TUTS (TX), Dallas Theater Center (TX), and more. Plus Germany, Austria and Cambodia.
Awards: Lortel Nomination (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical - Pacific Overtures)
Faculty/Teaching: New York University (current), Columbia University, Syracuse University, American Conservatory Theater, The George Washington University, HB Studio
Education: MFA Classical Acting, GWU; BFA Theater Studies, SMU
Professional Affiliations: Actors Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA, Knight-Thompson Speechwork, Fitzmaurice Voicework, VASTA, United Auto Workers
Other Credits: Co-Founder National Asian Artists Project (NAAP); grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts
Website: www.StevenEng.us
NAAP Website: https://www.naaproject.org/
Matt Zambrano (he/him/el)
Director for THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
As a Latino Actor, Director, Writer, Teaching Artist, Comedian, Intimacy Coordinator and Physical Theater Storyteller, Matt has worked all over the country as a facilitator of the Performing Arts. Directing Credits: The Book Club Play (Utah Shakes); Fully Committed (Creede Rep); On Your Feet! (Town Hall Arts Center); Baskerville! (Lone Tree Arts Center); Peter and the Starcatcher, Comedy of Errors (Texas Shakes); Tomàs and the Library Lady (Denver Children’s Theater); Holly, Alaska! (Boulder Ensemble Theater Co.); The King Penny Radio Show (Chalk & Fire Productions). National Tours: The Nat-Geo Amazing Awesome Almanac Trivia Show (Nat. Geo Kids); Luigi Lemoncello’s Library (Penguin/Randomhouse); Spy on History: Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring (Workman Publishing); The Story Pirates- Live!; Atreyu! (Recent Cutbacks). Acting Credits: See Resume.
Training: MFA (National Theater Conservatory); BFA (University of Colorado).
Instagram: @Kiddenver | Website: www.MattZambrano.com