Jessica Holt (Director) is thrilled to return to Oklahoma City Repertory Theater after directing The Great Leap here in 2022. Recent projects include CRY IT OUT (Clarence Brown Theatre), THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT (Aurora Theatre), SENSE & SENSIBILITY (The Cape Playhouse), FUN HOME (River & Rail Theatre), IRONBOUND, THE CODE by The Kilbanes (American Conservatory Theatre), UNCOVERING DOWNTOWN by Jessica Holt & Mona Mansour (En Garde Arts), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, SENSE & SENSIBILITY, FUN HOME, VENUS IN FUR (Virginia Stage Company), THE RESTING PLACE, BRIGHT HALF LIFE, THE LILY'S REVENGE (Magic Theatre), SPEECH AND DEBATE (Barrington Stage Company), RICH GIRL (Florida Studio Theatre), THE DAUGHTERS (San Francisco Playhouse), and UGLY LIES THE BONE (Alliance Theater). MFA in Directing, Yale School of Drama. Proud member: SDC. www.jessicaholt.org

Robin Vest (Set Designer) has been designing whimsical scenery and costumes since 2002. She spent much of her New York career working on new plays, getting to the root of the environment and trying to minimize moving pieces in favor of a seamless evolution of space. Lately she has been designing more musicals, reimagining shows like PETER PAN and ANNIE, connecting to young audiences with playful scenery influenced by the books her own children read. Other favorite projects over the past two years included GLORIA at Profile Theatre directed by Josh Hecht, MISS YOU LIKE HELL directed by Esteban Arévalo Ibáñez at Theatre Squared, and MATILDA at Cape Fear Regional Theatre, directed by Marc de la Concha and THE MAGIC FLUE at Oklahoma City University directed by Cynthia Stokes. Robin recieved her BFA from the University of Oklahoma, and MFA from Yale School of Drama.

David Arevalo (Costume Designer) is a Texas born, Queer, Mexican, costume maker, designer, artist, and educator. His work and practice are grounded in collaboration, slow process, and the transformation of ideas, objects, and expectations. He is excited to make his OKC Rep debut. Upcoming Costume Designs: PRIVATE LIVES, The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX. Previous Credits (Selected): THE NIGHT SHIFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX; SELLING KABUL - Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL; LAUGHS IN SPANISH - Stages, Houston, TX and TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, AK; DON'T LET THE PIGEON SING UP LATE! - The Kennedy Center and Washington National Opera. David is the head of the MFA program in Costume Technology at the University of Texas at Austin. www.darevalo.com

Aaron Mooney (Lighting Designer) is an OKC-based lighting designer for live events. Education: MFA, NYU Tisch; BA, University of Tulsa. Recent design credits (selected): Music Theatre Wichita - GYPSY, DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS; OKC Ballet (Resident LD) - CARMINA BURANA, THE NUTCRACKER, CINDERELLA, GISELLE, LA SYLPHIDE, THE FIREBIRD, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, SWAN LAKE, EXURGENCY; Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park - KING LEAR; Montana Shakespeare in the Parks - NOISES OFF, DEATH OF A SALESMAN; Oklahoma Children’s Theatre - LITTLE LOKSI, DRAGONS LOVE TACOS; Oklahoma City University - SHE LOVES ME, CRAZY FOR YOU, SUSANNAH, THREE SISTERS, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, MR. BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, RENT, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, BERNSTEIN'S MASS.

Michael Costagliola (Sound Designer) is a New York-based sound designer and composer. Previously at OKC: The Great Leap. His work has been heard in NY in productions by The Public, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, The Shed, La MaMa, Rattlestick, Page 73, and Ars Nova among others, as well as regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Two River Theater, Yale Rep, St. Louis Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and at various other theaters across the U.S. and abroad. BA in Music from Brown University, MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama. michaelcostagliola.com

Lara Maerz (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working here at OKC Rep for the first time! As a career stage manager, Lara is based out of the Denver, CO area but has worked all over the country most notably Off Broadway in New York and at Steppenwolf in Chicago. She holds an MFA in stage and production management from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. When not in a dark tech booth, Lara enjoys cooking, seeing theatre as much as possible and hanging out with her partner Rory and their menagerie of pets. Lara is grateful to you our audience for supporting live theatre! This one is for Mom and Jean - her true heroes who always lobby for justice and compassion for all. 

Erica Heiselman (Assistant Director) is a current student, graduating this May, of Oklahoma City University getting a BA in Theatre and minors in Directing, Dramaturgy, and Children’s Theatre. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Charis Christy (Assistant Stage Manager) is a recent graduate from the University of Oklahoma with a BFA in Stage Management. This is her second show with OKC Rep!  

Heidi Schreck (Playwright) is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Her critically-acclaimed play WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME played an extended, sold-out run on Broadway in 2019 and was nominated for two Tony Awards. A filmed version of the play premiered on Amazon Prime Video and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, a PGA Award and DGA Award. WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME was named Best of the Year by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, The New Yorker and more. Schreck’s other plays GRAND CONCOURSE, CREATURE and THERE ARE NO MORE BIG SECRETS have also been produced in NYC and all over the country. Most recently, she created a new translation of Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA for the Broadway production at Lincoln Center. Screenwriting credits include I LOVE DICK, BILLIONS, NURSE JACKIE and DISPATCHES FROM ELSEWHERE. She is the recipient of three Obie Awards, a Drama Desk Award and a Theatre World Award, as well as the Horton Foote Playwriting Award and the Hull-Warriner Award from the Dramatists Guild. Schreck was awarded Smithsonian Magazine’s 2019 American Ingenuity Award for her work in the Performing Arts. 

Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks