COURTNEY ABBOTT (she/they) makes their Victory Gardens Theater debut. Other Chicago credits include: Wife of a Salesman (Writers Theatre); Solaris (Griffin); The Black Knight (Lifeboat Productions); The Jigsaw Bride (First Folio). Courtney is a proud alum of Northwestern and Ohio University. Next up: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (NU); Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Citadel); Sister Act (Metropolis); and Adam (Pride Arts). Courtneyabbott.com
Archives: Team Members
Yeaji Kim
YEAJI KIM(Projections Designer) makes her Victory Gardens Theater debut with In Every Generation. Yeaji is a scenic and video projections designer based in Chicago. Her recent Chicago credits include White (Steppenwolf Theatre LookOut Series; Scenic & Projections design), Passage (Remy Bumppo Theatre; Scenic design), Solaris (Griffin Theatre; Projections design), The Secret Council (First Folio Theatre; Projections design) and The Chinese Lady (Kitchen Theatre, NY; Scenic design). Her projections design for Strawdog’s The Effect has been nominated for 2020 Jeff Awards Non-Equity Projections Design, and her scenic design for The Great Expectations (Co-production Remy Bumppo & Silk Road Rising) was nominated for Best Scenic Design for Broadway World Chicago. Upcoming: Dear Jack Dear Louise (Northlight Theatre, IL), The Year Of Magical Thinking (Remy Bumppo Theatre), Fences (American Blues Theatre), Fun Home (Paramount, IL) and The Chinese Lady (Geva Theatre, NY). For more information, please visit www.yeajikimdesign.com.
Jeffrey Levin
JEFFREY LEVIN (he/him) Victory Gardens Theater: Tiny Beautiful Things. Chicago: Photograph 51 (Court Theatre); A Shayna Maidel, Kill Move Paradise (TimeLine Theatre Company); Grey House (A Red Orchid Theatre, Jeff Award and Jeff nomination respectively); The Brothers Size (Steppenwolf); Hookman (Steep Theatre Company); and The Hairy Ape (Oracle Theatre, Jeff Award). Regional: The Great Leap (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Scapino (Gulfshore Playhouse); Touring productions include Mad Hatter Gin and Tea Party, Little Mermaid Cocktail Experience, Sleepy Hollow, Dining in the Dark, and Genie’s Bazaar (fever originals). Jeffrey teaches music composition for sound designers at DePaul University, and is the recipient of the Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists, The Michael Philippi Prize, and several Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations and wins. He holds an MM in music and composition from DePaul University and a BMus in music and composition from Columbia College Chicago.
kClare McKellaston
kClare McKellaston (she/her) is a versatile Chicago-based costume artist. Recent credits: Season 1 of AppleTV’s The Shining Girls; The Woman in Black (Associate Designer, US Tour); We’re All in This Room Together (The Second City); Laura and the Sea (Rivendell); Curious George: The Golden Meatball (NTYA); Cripple of Inishmaan, The Laramie Project (Redtwist); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Young Frankenstein (Metropolis PAC); Don’t Look Back/Must Look Back (Pivot Arts). kClare is an Adjunct Faculty member at Dominican University and a proud member of IATSE Local 769. www.kClare.com
Lauren Nichols
LAUREN M. NICHOLS (she/her) makes her Victory Gardens Theater debut. Chicago credits include: Lighthouses in the Desert (Glass Apple); The Drag Seed (Hell In a Handbag); Falstaff (DePaul Opera); Gloria (UIC); The Pillowman (The Gift); Always Patsy Cline, Queen of the Mist (Firebrand); P.Y.G or The Misedumacation of Dorian Belle (Jackalope); Big Fish (Boho); and A Scientific Method (Rivendell). She is a resident designer at Harper College and Northbrook’s Theatre for Young Audiences. MFA Northwestern. She currently teaches drafting and digital design at The Theatre School – DePaul University and is a freelancer scale model-maker. Upcoming projects include The Addams Family (North Central College), Into the Woods (Big Noise), and a production with Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee. laurenangeldesigns.com
Andrew Boyce
ANDREW BOYCE (he/him) Victory Gardens Theater: Lettie; Dhaba on Devon Avenue; If I Forget, In Every Generation. Other recent Chicago credits include: Lady From The Sea (Court Theater); Another Word For Beauty, Lady in Denmark; Dana H (Goodman); And Then There Were None (Drury Lane); An American Dream (Lyric Opera); Cry It Out (Northlight Theater). Broadway: Dana H (Lyceum). Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company, New York Theater Workshop, Vineyard Theater, Primary Stages, Playwrights Realm, Lucille Lortel, Barrow Street. Regional credits with most major regional and LORT theaters across the U.S. Opera credits include Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Kentucky Opera, Curtis Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Assistant Professor of Design at Northwestern. www.andrewboycedesign.com
Adelina Feldman-Schultz
ADELINA FELDMAN-SCHULTZ (she/hher) makes her Victory Gardens Theater debut. Chicago Casting Credits: Somewhere Over the Border (Teatro Vista), Fabuloso! (Sideshow Theatre), Brujaja!, Back in the Day (Urban Theater Company), Adventure Stage Chicago, Something Marvelous, Firebrand Theatre. 2018 Nominee, 2019 Winner, ALTA Award: Casting Direction. Adelina produces the annual Chicago Theatre Access Auditions (ctaauditions.com) and serves as Co-Program Manager of Anti-Racism Training with The Chicago Inclusion Project (thechicagoinclusionproject.org). She is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent.
Knud Adams
KNUD ADAMS (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based director of artful new plays. He recently directed the New York Times Critic’s Pick English by Sanaz Toossi, co-produced by The Atlantic and Roundabout. His recent world-premieres also include: Paris by Eboni Booth (The Atlantic), The Headlands by Christopher Chen (LCT3), Notes on My Mother’s Decline by Andy Bragen (Play Co), Tin Cat Shoes by Trish Harnetiaux (Clubbed Thumb), The Workshop by Torrey Townsend (Soft Focus), Asshole by Justin Kuritzkes (JACK), and Tom & Eliza by Celine Song (JACK). Knud is an alumnus of the Drama League Next Stage Residency and Fall Directing Fellowship, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Playwrights Horizons Directing Residency, and Kenyon College. Next up: Private by Mona Pirnot (The Mosaic) and Bodies They Ritual by Angela Hanks (Clubbed Thumb). www.knudadams.com
Hannah Marie Dahl
HANNAH MARIE DAHL (she/her) is a Chicago based actress. This is her Victory Gardens debut understudying the role of Dev. Other Chicago credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Metropolis PAC) and A Heap See (Sideshow Theatre). TV credits include Chicago Fire (NBC) and American Greed (CNBC). Hannah is proudly represented by Gray Talent Group. www.HannahDahl.com
Eli Katz
ELI KATZ (she/her) Victory Gardens Theater: If I Forget (u/s). Other Chicago credits include: Lipstick Lobotomy (Trap Door Theatre); I Know My Own Heart (Pride Films and Plays); Arms and the Man (City Lit Theater); You Can’t Take It With You, Inherit the Wind (Oak Park Festival Theatre); Cyrano, Eurydice, Hauptmann (BoHo Theatre); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Trip to Bountiful (Raven – Jeff Award Nomination); Born Ready (Factory Theater); Fefu and Her Friends (Halcyon Theatre); Bronte (Promethean Theatre Ensemble); Devil’s Day Off, The Next Thing (Signal Ensemble Theatre); The Laramie Project – Ten Years Later (Redtwist Theatre); TV: Chicago Fire (NBC); Voice Over: Sega, Volvo, Litehouse Salad Dressing, THQ Nordic, Stacy’s Pita Chips, We All Code, Abbott Labs, MSC Cruises, Splash Radio, Microsoft; MA in Acting from East15 Acting School in London, England; BA in Theatre Arts from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. www.elikatzvo.com