Twelfth Night Show Synopsis

Orsino, the Duke of lllyria, is in love with the Countess Olivia. She repeatedly rejects him as she has sworn to avoid men's company for seven years while she mourns the death of her brother. Nearby a young woman, Viola, has survived a shipwreck in a storm at sea but has lost her twin brother in the storm. Vulnerable as a woman in a strange land. Viola chooses to dress as a boy and get work as a page to the Duke Orsino.

Unwilling to accept Olivia’s rebuffs, Orsino sends his new page Cesario (Viola in disguise) to woo Olivia on his behalf. Viola goes unwillingly as she has already fallen in love with the duke. Olivia is attracted to the 'boy' and sends her pompous steward, Malvolio, after Cesario with a ring.

Causing foolishness and trouble are other members of Olivia’s household: her rowdy drunken kinsman, Sir Toby Belch; his foolish friend, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, who is trying in his hopeless way to court Olivia; Olivia’s witty and pretty waiting-gentlewoman, Maria; Feste, the clever clown of the house. When Sir Toby and the others take offense at Malvolio’s constant efforts to spoil their fun, Maria engineers a practical joke to make Malvolio think that Olivia is in love with him.

Meanwhile, Viola's twin brother, Sebastian, who has also survived the shipwreck, comes to Illyria. His beloved friend, Antonio, a wanted man for piracy against Orsino, follows him there, despite a danger of arrest. The resemblance between Cesario and Sebastian leads the jealous Sir Andrew to challenge Sebastian to a duel thinking he is Cesario. Mayhem breaks loose as the twins are continually confused for one another, Antonio is arrested, Malvolio wears yellow stockings, and Olivia decides to get married.

Lizzi Albert (Viola) is a CSC company member and former Associate Artistic Director. Favorite roles with CSC include Anne Boleyn (Anne of the Thousand Days), Lady Anne (Richard III), Lady Amaranth (Wild Oats), Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest) and Sonya (Uncle Vanya). Lizzi directed The Tempest in-the-Ruins in 2017, an all-female Macbeth for CSC's collaboration with Notre Dame of Maryland University in 2015, and Blood and Courage's inaugural production All's Well That Ends Well, also in 2015. She has taught Acting and Critical Analysis at The Studio at CSC and participated in their 2020 Director's Forum. Regional acting credits include Collected Stories (Peter’s Alley), the world premiere of Alexandra Petri’s Never Never (Barabbas Theatre), Absolutely! Perhaps (Constellation Theater Company) and Bang the Drum Slowly (The American Century Theater), among others. Lizzi holds an M.A. in Acting from the University of Essex, where she participated in residencies at Shakespeare’s Globe and  the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, and a B.F.A. in Theater from NYU/Stella Adler. www.lizzialbert.com.

Tyrel Brown (Valentine/Officer) is making his CSC debut. His previous credits include Julius Caesar (Fools and Madmen), Young Playwrights Festival (Baltimore Center Stage), Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Strand Theater), Dreamgirls (ArtsCentric), and The Comedy of Errors (Endangered Species Project). He is also a member of CSC’s Black Classical Acting Ensemble (BCAE). Tyrel is a Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival nominee. Education: Towson University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Acting. Follow Tyrel on Instagram and Tik tok: @tyreltyrelbrown

Gregory Burgess (Sir Toby) is a CSC Company Member, and has performed in CSC’s productions of Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2; The Winter’s Tale; The Fantasticks; Richard III (2017 and 2012); Anne of the Thousand Days; Wild Oats; A Christmas Carol (2014-2021); Titus Andronicus (2015); The Importance of Being Earnest; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014 and 2010); As You Like It; The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Taming of the Shrew (2017 and 2013); and The Merchant of Venice, among many others. His training includes The Martin Blank Studio, the Shakespeare Theater, and Howard University.

Ian Charles (Sebastian) is a CSC company member and has previously appeared in Henry V (2022) as well as their Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth Student Matinees (2018 and 2019), Macbeth [Movable] (2019). His regional credits include: Henry VI, King Lear, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Twelfth Night (American Shakespeare Center); Meet Me In St. Louis, Bright Star, Grumpy Old Men (Riverside Center for the Arts); Mother Goose (Imagination Stage); I Love A Piano (Heritage Theatre Festival); Spamalot (Short North Stage); Pride And Prejudice, The Miser, Cabaret, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Classic Theatre of Maryland); She Stoops To Conquer (Fells Point Corner Theatre); Little Women (Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre). He received his MLitt/MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University, in partnership with the American Shakespeare Center.

Kathryne Daniels (Maria) is a CSC company member and was last seen in CSC's spring Student Matinee of Romeo and Juliet as the Nurse (2022). Other CSC credits include: A Christmas Carol (2021), Dracula (2019), Measure for Measure (2020), Henry IV Parts 1&2 (2019) and Julius Ceaser (2017). She has also worked with Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Stillpoint Theater, Iron Crow and Fells Point Theater.

Jose Guzman (Sir Andrew) is a CSC Company Member and Teaching Artist who has appeared with CSC in Much Ado About Nothing, A Christmas Carol, The Adventures of Pericles, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, and many others. Additional productions in the DC area include Anna in the Tropics (GALA Hispanic Theatre) and Taming of the Shrew (Lean & Hungry Theatre). In 2018, Jose won the James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play, and a Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (1st Stage Theater). Jose holds an MA in Theatre from Binghamton University.

David Hanauer (Sea Captain) returns to CSC’s mainstage, after recent performances of To Be A Soldier as a member and manager of CSC’s veterans ensemble, Olive Branch & Laurel Crown. Past appearances with CSC include, Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol, and OB&LC’s Road to Bedlam, and Henry V. Other credits include: The Crucible at Vagabond Players; Hellbent with Bear Creations. Film and TV credits include Dark Room; The Unwilling (series), Kidnapped; Hustle; Life after Prison; Redemption; and Twice.

George Michael Harris (Feste) is making his CSC debut. He has appeared locally in Shear Madness (The Kennedy Center), In the Red & Brown Water (Studio Theater) and Collaborators (Spooky Action Theater). He is a Company Member at Endangered Species Theater Company in Frederick, and The Baltimore Improv Group. georgemichaelharris.weebly.com

Oz Heiligman (Antonio) is returning for their third CSC production. Prior roles with CSC include Boy in Henry V (2022) and Boatswain/Spirit in The Tempest (2017). They also recently performed in the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory's Mini Twelfth Night this summer. (they/them)

Ron Heneghan (Malvolio), a CSC Resident Company Member, has appeared with CSC in Macbeth; Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2; She Stoops to Conquer; Julius Caesar; Red Velvet; The Taming of the Shrew (2017); Richard III (2012 and 2017); Anne of the Thousand Days (2016); Much Ado About Nothing (2015); Uncle Vanya; and Our Town. Other area credits include Olney Theatre Center, Everyman Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, and Alliance for New Music Theatre. Regional credits include Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Idaho Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Huntington Theatre Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, and PCPA Theatrefest in California. His TV and film credits include Sally Pacholok, Better Living Through Chemistry, VEEP, and House of Cards. Ron holds an MFA from the University of Washington and a BS from the University of Maryland. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Ron is also CSC’s Director of Education.

Jade Jones (Lady in Waiting) is making her CSC debut. She is a senior Theatre Arts major at Morgan State University. Her recent credits include Dream and Disconnect, Our Town, and Pipeline, all at Theatre Morgan Company.

Laura Malkus (Fabian) is a local small stage veteran who is making her CSC debut. Favorite past roles include Miss Thelma in Single Carrot Theatre's Promenade: Baltimore, Brooke in Other Desert Cities at FPCT, and Harper in Angels in America at Axis Theatre. Laura graduated from Towson University's acting program, studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (NYC), and holds a graduate certificate in Cultural Entrepreneurship from Northeastern University. Laura is also singer/songwriter who performs with local bands The Wayfarers and Sparrow.

Elana Michelle (Olivia) is a CSC Company and Black Classical Acting Ensemble member. Elana is an attorney who has enjoyed a variety of roles as an actress, musician, and vocalist across the country in film, television, and theatre. For CSC she has previously worked on Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Rosaline), A Winter’s Tale (Time / Mopsa), Mother Courage & Her Children (Mother Courage), She Stoops to Conquer (Constance), A Christmas Carol (Belle / Dorothy), All’s Well That Ends Well (King of France), Henry IV Pt. 1 & 2 (Lady Percy), and Anne of the Thousand Days (Jane Seymour).

Grant Scherini (Curio, Second Officer) is making his CSC debut. He received a BFA in Acting from Towson University in 2021, where he appeared in Fugitive Songs (Joe) and Hamlet (Hamlet 3). He was a Region 2 finalist for the Kennedy Center Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. Other credits include Junie B. in Jingle Bells[…] (MET Fun Company) and Hamlet (Compass Rose Theatre).

Quincy Vicks (Duke Orsino) Quincy has proudly served as a Teaching Artist with CSC for six years. His acting credits include A Raisin in the Sun, Love’s Labours Lost (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), Dreamgirls (Baltimore CenterStage), and Cosby Satires (Strand Theater Company). Quincy is also a member of CSC's Black Classical Acting Ensemble.

Ian Gallanar (Director)(See Staff Bios)

Sarah Curnoles (Production Manager)(See Staff Bios)

Alexis E. Davis (Stage Manager) was most recently Stage Manager for CSC’s 2022 A Raisin In The Sun, and their 2021 production of A Christmas Carol. Other stage management credits with CSC include: Dracula; Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2; She Stoops to Conquer; Alice in Wonderland; Romeo and Juliet (student matinees: 2016-2019); Red Velvet; A Christmas Carol (2017 - 2021); Julius Caesar; The Fantasticks; and Othello; and Assistant Stage Manager for A Christmas Carol (2016). Additional credits include: Stage Manager for A Beginner’s Guide to Deicide and Drunk Enough to Say I Love You at Single Carrot. Assistant Stage Manager for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; stage crew for TopDog/Underdog; and Stage Management Intern for God of Carnage with Everyman Theatre. She has also been a Stage Management intern for Wild! With Happy! at Baltimore Center Stage. Alexis holds a BA in Theater Production from McDaniel College.

Dan O’Brien (Technical Director, Music Composer) (See Staff Bios)

Timothy Jones (Scenic Designer) is a scenic and props designer in the DC metro area and was previously Scenic Designer for CSC's production of A Raisin in the Sun (2022) and Red Velvet (2018). His work has also been seen on stage at St. Louis Black Rep, WSC Avant Bard, African Continuum Theatre, American University, Morgan State University, Kansas City Rep and Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN. He is presently the full time Prop Shop Manager and instructor at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland. He has also worked as Prop Master or artisan at other companies around the country including the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival. Tim is a member of the Society of Properties Artisan & Masters. He holds an MFA in Scenery and Properties Design from the University of Memphis and a BA in Communication from the Salisbury State College.

Jason Aufdem-Brinke (Lighting Designer) returns to Chesapeake Shakespeare Company after having previously worked on CSC’s productions of ­Dracula (2019) and She Stoops to Conquer (2018). Other credits include: Desdemona with We Happy Few, Elvis's Birthday Fight Club with Astro Pop Events, Putnam County Spelling Bee with Metropolitan School of the Arts and Recalibration with Georgetown University Dance Company. Jason is a company member with We Happy Few.

Kristina Lambdin (Costume Designer) (See Staff Bios)

Grace Srinivasan (Music Director) has programmed and arranged the music for CSC productions since 2016 as Resident Music Director. A soprano who performs a wide-ranging repertoire throughout the region, she appeared as a soloist in a program of works inspired by Shakespeare’s plays, If Music Be the Food of Love, with CSC artists, the Peabody Baroque Band, and the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble. Grace holds a master’s degree in vocal performance from the Peabody Conservatory and sings professionally at St. Stephen Martyr Church and the National Cathedral.

Kaydin Hamby (Sound Designer) holds a BA in Theatre Design and Production and a minor in music from the UMBC. Select sound design credits include: The Diary of Anne Frank, Dracula, Pericles (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Baltimore MD); Phantom Tollbooth, Revolutionists, War Boys, Unicorn Girl (Hangar Theatre Company, Ithaca NY); Love’s Labor’s Lost (Shakespeare by the Sea, Los Angeles CA); Circle Mirror Transformation, Admissions, The Tempest, Revolutionists, Meteor Shower (Maryland Ensemble Theatre, Frederick MD); Othello (Taffety Punk, Washington DC); and Rasheeda Speaking (Ally Theatre, Washington DC). KaydinHamby.com

Trey Wise (Props Designer) Originally from Denver, Colorado, Trey is making his debut at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company with this production of Twelfth Night. Previous works include Later That Same Evening and Stick Fly as the properties shop supervisor at University of Maryland. Other credits include properties artisan for Des Moines Metro Operas’ Sweeney Todd, Plattée, and Queen of Spades.

Lauren Engler (Choreographer) a CSC resident Technical and Design Company Member, is a frequent stage manager with CSC and a sometimes performer. She has amassed many years of dance training in ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, hip hop, Spanish, and modern dance. Lauren most recently choreographed CSC’s Much Ado About Nothing. She has stage managed CSC’s productions of The Adventures of Pericles, Loves Labour’s Lost (2019), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018) and has performed with CSC in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014), A Comedy of Errors (2015), and A Christmas Carol (2017). Lauren holds a BA in Performance Theater and Studio Art from High Point University.

Emily (Emi) Erickson (Vocal and Text Coach, Co-music Director) is an actor, music director, voice coach, and multi-instrumentalist new to the DC and Baltimore area after nearly a decade in New York. Her recent credits include Our Black Death (Taffety Punk), Much Ado About Nothing (Chesapeake Shakespeare), Man Covets Bird (Spooky Action Theater), Fantastagirl and the Math Monster (Adventure Theatre), Richard II (Her Majesty & Sons), This Beautiful Future (TheaterLab, NYTimes' Critic's Pick), Julius Caesar (Brutus, ACA), and Working: A Musical (Labor Heritage Foundation). Emily holds an MFA from the Academy of Classical Acting and a BFA from NYU. Keep up with her work at emilynerickson.com or @emierickson on social.

Chris Niebling (Fights and Intimacy Choreographer) is  Chesapeake Shakespeare Company member, a graduate of Oberlin College, and a certified Advanced Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. He has worked as an actor, director, fight choreographer, intimacy coordinator, or combination thereof at numerous regional theatres including: Ally Theatre Company, Baltimore Opera Company, CSC, Catalyst Theatre Company, The Hatchery Festival, Journeyman Theatre, Live Action Theatre, National Players, Olney Theatre Center, Pallas Theatre Collective, Red Eye Gravy, Rep Stage, Rorschach Theatre, Six Flags America, Solas Nua, Washington National Opera, Washington Shakespeare Company, Alvernia College, Howard Community College, and Carroll Community College.

Bernard Johnson (Assistant Director) is making his CSC debut. He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts where he recently returned to teach and mentor future designers. He received a bachelor’s degree in Theatre from The City College of New York. He has worked with Harlem Repertory Theatre as Assistant Artistic Director, and as Producing Director for Single Carrot Theatre. Recent credits include Unmarked: Untold Stories from the Grave and In the Heights.

Eva Hill (Assistant Stage Manager) returns to CSC after having previously worked Raisin in the Sun as a wardrobe supervisor. Other show credits include Flyin' West, Steel Magnolias (Everyman Theater); Once Upon..., The Good Time (Hershey Entertainment); Trouble in Mind, Turn of the Screw, She Like Girls, and Twelfth Night (UMBC).

Hannah Brill (Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor) returns to CSC as wardrobe supervisor after previously working on Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Alice in Wonderland. She is a costume and lighting designer from Baltimore and a graduate of Towson University with a BS in Theatre Design & Production and Metalsmithing & Jewelry. She is the Assistant Costume Shop manager for Towson University’s Department of Theatre Arts. Other recent work includes costume design for Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes (Single Carrot Theatre), The First Thing That Happens (Acme Corporation), and lighting design for Rachel (Rapid Lemon Productions.)

Jen Katz (Assistant Lighting Designer) is making her CSC debut. Previous credits include stage managing for The Revolutionists (Prologue Theatre), Every Christmas Story Ever Told and Then Some (Next Stop), The History is 2020 Project (Brave Spirits Theatre). Jen serves on the board for Silver Spring Stage.

LEADERSHIP

Ian Gallanar (Founding Artistic Director, Twelfth Night Director) In addition to founding the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in 2002, Ian has worked as a professional actor, director, and writer for more than 150 professional productions. He has directed 40 productions for CSC. Previously, Ian has served as Artistic Director for the National Theatre for Children, Minnesota Shakespeare in the Park, and the Repertory Theater of America. Ian is a proud member of the distinguished National Theatre Conference and the Dramatists Guild of America; a Helen Hayes Tribute Award, Telly Award, and Howie Award (Howard County Arts Council) winner. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he is a Member of the College of Fine Arts Advancement Council. He is Immediate Past President of the international Shakespeare Theatre Association, an organization for professional Shakespeare companies around the globe.

Lesley Malin (Producing Executive Director) is a founder of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and served as its Executive Director since 2003. She managed CSC’s building renovation of an 1885 bank into our modern Shakespeare playhouse as well as the associated $6.7 million capital campaign. She has performed in 28 CSC productions and previously in New York. She was, for 20 years, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of The Lark, the landmark new play development center in New York City, where she earlier was Managing Director. She served for five years on the Executive Committee of the international Shakespeare Theatre Association and organized its annual conference that CSC hosted in Baltimore in 2017. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, NYU’s Arts Management program, Leadership Howard County, and LEADERship Baltimore (2018).

STAFF

Mandy Benedix (Box Office Manager) previously worked as the Audience Relations and Box Office Manager at Baltimore CenterStage. She graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a BFA in Theater. She has had the pleasure of living and working in Chicago and New York prior to calling Baltimore her home.

Sarah Curnoles (Production Manager) stage managed with CSC for Much Ado About Nothing, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Dracula, A Doll’s House, The Tempest, and Henry V. Before working at CSC, she was self-employed as a life coach. She has also worked at Center Stage as the Executive Assistant to the Artistic and Managing Directors. Sarah created and directed A Fool’s Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes which was performed at the Baltimore Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and various stages around Baltimore.

Pamela S. Forton (Senior House Manager) supports the Box Office and coordinates many of the front-of-house and patron services that make audiences feel welcome in our beautiful theater and at the Ruins.

Catharine Helmers (Grants & Institutional Giving Manager) manages CSC’s grants process and portfolio of institutional relationships. Prior to joining CSC, she worked at the Wilson Center Africa Program in Washington, DC. Catharine holds an M.A. in International Conflict Studies from King’s College London and is a Baltimore area native.

Ron Heneghan (Director of Education) oversees education programs for CSC. More than 13,000 students attended performances in the 2018-2019 student matinee program, while the in-school residency, where CSC Teaching Artists embed in English/Language Arts classrooms as a resource for teachers and a learning experience for their students, served more than 2,500 students in Baltimore City, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Howard Counties. Ron is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. He holds an MFA from the University of Washington and a BS from the University of Maryland.

Troy Jennings (Education Manager) oversees the administrative aspects of CSC’s education program. In the past, Troy has taught at Drama Kids International of East Montgomery and Howard Counties.  His career as an actor has spanned nearly two decades. Theatre credits include productions at Everyman Theatre, Adventure Theatre, Spotlighters Theatre, The Strand Theater Company and the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory. He has also appeared in commercials, feature film and voice overs. He holds a B.S. degree in theatre from Towson University.

Kristina Lambdin (Resident Costume Designer & Business Manager) won the Broadway World Best Costume Design award for her designs for A Christmas Carol (2016). Some of her costuming credits with CSC include Dracula (2013 and 2019); The Diary of Anne Frank; She Stoops to Conquer; Alice in Wonderland; Red Velvet; Anne of the Thousand Days; The Fantasticks; Macbeth (2016); A Christmas Carol (2014-2018); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005, 2011 and 2014); The Importance of Being Earnest; The Taming of the Shrew (2006 and 2013); Romeo and Juliet (2003, 2012, and student matinees 2015-2019); A Doll’s House; As You Like It (Broadway World Best of Baltimore Award); and The Country Wife. Broadway World named her as a top artist of the 2007 Baltimore Theatre, and she won the Greater Baltimore Theater Award for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005). For more than a decade, she served as the Costume Supervisor for the Baltimore Opera Company and then Lyric Opera Baltimore.

Russell Laury (Porter) worked with Southway Builders on the transformation of our landmark building into a beautiful Downtown Baltimore theater before joining the CSC staff.

Michael Lonegro (Director of Operations and Finance) was the lighting designer for CSC’s Julius Caesar (2017) and has operated lighting for numerous CSC productions. Before joining CSC in 2014, he studied law at the University of Maryland and comparative literature at the University of Chicago and worked for 10 years as a university press editor. He holds a BA from Yale University, where he also designed lighting for undergraduate and graduate theatre productions.

Brian D. Lyles (Director of Development) is a writer and corporate communications / fundraising professional. His background includes experience at several notable local institutions, including Baltimore Magazine, The Engineers Club at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, the Baltimore Museum of Industry, and Baltimore Center Stage, in addition to work with regional and national organizations, companies and government agencies. Brian has served many local cultural arts boards and committees, including as president of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts (BOPA) and chair of the CityLit Project. A native Baltimorean, Brian is a graduate of Gilman School, where he wrote and co-directed a nationally recognized one-act play. He later earned his BA degree in English & Creative Writing at Loyola University Maryland.

Daniel O’Brien (Technical Director & Facilities Manager) is a founding member of CSC. Daniel has performed, designed scenery, lights, and served as Technical Director for many productions (among other jobs too numerous to name). He oversaw the construction of CSC’s theatre in Baltimore and designed the sets and lighting for Macbeth (2016); for the inaugural season plays A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Richard II; Romeo and Juliet (2015-2019); A Christmas Carol (2014-2019), and many others.

Miranda Solomon (Marketing & Development Assistant) assists and supports CSC’s marketing and development teams in promoting and funding CSC's work. She previously worked at Omnibus Theatre, a small fringe theatre in London, UK, as a marketing intern. She holds a B.S. in Economics and a minor in Marketing from the Sigmund Weis School of Business at Susquehanna University.

Chester Stacy (Scenic Carpenter/Painter, and Assistant Technical Director) has designed, built, and painted many CSC productions, including Alice in Wonderland, The Fantasticks, Red Velvet, and Titus Andronicus, and for Baltimore Center Stage’s Thoughts of a Colored Man and Shakespeare in Love.  Chester Creates LLC, has provided film production design for The Night Watchmen, set decoration for House of Cards and The Wire; and environmental graphics for Crunch Fitness, Royal Caribbean, Bmore Greek Grill, and Healthy Highlandtown.

Brandon W Vernon (Director of Marketing Director & Resident Graphic Designer) is an animator, illustrator, graphic designer, and marketer. His work has been featured on MTV.com, and he has worked for publications and theatres around the country including the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. He has served as CSC's Resident Graphic Designer since 2019 and was the Dramaturg for Dracula (2019). He holds an MFA in Visual Communication from Jacksonville State University in Alabama, and a BFA in Traditional Animation from the School of Visual Arts in New York.