Artslandia at the Performance: Portland Playhouse Nov/Dec 2014 | Page 7

CREATIVE TEAM SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER (Scenic Designer) Sibyl Wickersheimer is a set designer whose regional credits include productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Lookingglass Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, The Kirk Douglas Theatre, The Geffen Playhouse, and South Coast Repertory. In Los Angeles, Sibyl has designed over 10 productions at The Actors’ Gang of which 1984 and The Trial of the Catonsville 9, have toured to five continents. Outside of the traditional theatre space, her art installations and sculpture have been exhibited in numerous galleries in Southern California. Sibyl is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California in the School of Dramatic Arts. DANIEL MEEKER (Lighting Designer) The Other Place is Daniel’s 16th design for the Playhouse, previously he designed the scenery and lighting for The Light In The Piazza, Detroit, Mother Teresa is Dead, The Huntsmen, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and The Brother/ Sister Plays, among others. Other recent credits include: scenery and lighting for The Typographer’s Dream, Lizzie, The Last Five Years, Bonita and The Mountaintop and lighting for Twist Your Dickens at Portland Center Stage; scenery for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for The Pioneer Theater Company in Salt Lake City, UT; scenery for The Stinky Cheese Man and Fancy Nancy for Oregon Children’s Theatre; lighting for Adaptation at Disjecta; Daniel is the principal lighting designer for the Pickathon Festival. Upcoming projects include: Le Nozze Di Figaro for the PSU school of Music, Ramona Quimby for Oregon Children’s Theatre and L’italiana in Algeria and Eugene Onegin for Portland Opera’s 2016 season. Daniel is a member of the faculty of Portland State University; he is a graduate of Ithaca College and the Yale School of Drama, and a member of United Scenic Artists. ALISON HERYER (Costume Designer) Alison is thrilled to work again with Portland Playhouse, where she costumed Detroit in 2013. She designs at venues across the country including Steppenwolf Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, ZACH Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Redmoon Theater, La MaMa, and Portland Playhouse. Recent awards include the Austin Critics Table Award and the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant. Alison is faculty in The School of Theatre and Film at Portland State University. PETER BAYNE (Composer, Sound Designer) Previous Portland Playhouse credits: Gem of the Ocean, Telethon, and Willow Jade. Selected LA Credits include: The Fountain Theatre: Reborning, The Brothers Size, Broomstick, In the Red and Brown Water, A Normal Heart, The Blue Iris, Cyrano, On the Spectrum, Bakersfield Mist, Opus, Coming Home, El Nogalar, Shining City, A Noise Within: The Tempest, South Coast Repertory: James and the Giant Peach, The Antaeus Company: Henry IV pt 1, The Liar, The Malcontent, The Colony Theatre: Year Zero, The Actor’s Gang: Break The Whip, Katie the Kurst, The Rogue Machine: Lost Girls, Skylight Theatre Company: Disconnection, Theatre of Note: Copy, The Elephant Theatre Company: Unorganized Crime, Twilight of Schlomo, Parasite Drag, 100 Saints You Should Know, Revelation. Other selected regional credits with the American Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare and Company, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Lyric Stage Company, Company One, and Orfeo Group. Peter is active as a composer in film and TV, and produces and performs dance music and indie rock. He has a BA in music from Vassar and an MFA in Composition and Theory from Brandeis. WILLIAM CUSICK (Video Designer) Broadway: The Coast of Utopia (LCT), The Other Place (MTC); Off-B’way: Bare, The Musical (NWS), The Clean House (LCT), Arjuna’s Dilemma (BAM), Newyorkland (BAC), Wel