Artistic
Executive Artistic Director
Dane CT Leasure

Artistic and Education Associate
Sarah Bailey

Production
Director of Production
Eugene Rogers

Costumes
Costume/Wardrobe Department Head
Kendra Strickland

Costume Designer/Stitcher
Irene Mack-Shafer

Costume Shop Assistants
Kimberly Strickland-Haslam, Katie Wells

Lighting and Sound
Lighting & Sound Department Head
Eugene Rogers

Lighting Student Apprentice
Peyton Robinson

Scenic
Scenic Department Head
Rob Leeper

Carpenter
Eric Steele

MISSION STATEMENT Rubber City Theatre’s mission is to bring affordable and professional theatre to the Akron area. Together, our family of wildly talented artists and storytellers create innovated, intimate productions that open the eyes and hearts of our audiences in an intentionally accessible, inclusive and safe space.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As a step toward honoring the truth and achieving healing and reconciliation with those Indigenous peoples who were affected most by the Doctrine of Discovery* and broken treaties, we acknowledge the traditional Ottawa and Wyandot lands on which we now stand, and on which the city of Akron was built.

*The Doctrine of Discovery is a principle of international law dating back to the late 15th century that specifically sanctioned and promoted the conquest, colonization and exploitation of non-Christian territories and peoples. Hundreds of years of decisions and laws continuing right up to our own time can ultimately be traced back to the Doctrine of Discovery — laws that invalidate or ignore the rights, sovereignty or humanity of Indigenous peoples in the United States and around the world.

IATSE Local 48 is the Chartered representative of The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC, (I.A.T.S.E.) in Akron, Ohio. Our jurisdiction runs halfway to Steubenville and Columbus on the South, halfway to Cleveland on the North, halfway to Warren/ Niles on the east; and halfway to Toledo and Lima on the West.

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