Creative

Will Burns (Technical Director) is a senior B.F.A. theatrical production arts
major from Wheaton, Illinois. His Ithaca College main-stage credits include
Man from Nebraska (technical director), Measure for Measure (master carpenter),
Electra (master carpenter), Floyd Collins (electrician), The Little Prince (props
artisan), and Children of Eden (carpenter). Other credits include carpentry intern
at Crosstown Scenic Studios in Chicago, carpentry intern at Royal National
Theatre in London, and carpenter at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in
Holland, Michigan. “Huge thanks to my family for supporting me in everything
I do, my friends for making the ride this much fun, and Melissa for putting up
with me through all of this.”

Renny Cullen (Scenic Designer, Gianni Schicchi) is a senior B.F.A. theatrical
production arts major from Ashburn, Virginia. Her previous Ithaca College
credits include scenic designer for The Man from Nebraka and The Bacchae;
assistant scenic designer and scenic charge for Plumfield, Iraq; properties
master for Working and How I Learned to Drive; as well as assistant scenic
charge for L'Orfeo. She was also a properties intern for the Williamstown
Theatre Festival. "I would like to give thanks to all my family and friends for
always supporting me in my endeavors."

Brian DeMaris (Music Director/Conductor), uniquely skilled in both opera and
musical theatre, currently serves as director of opera and musical theatre at
Ithaca College, music director of the Mill City Summer Opera in Minneapolis
and artist-faculty of the Aspen Music Festival. He has performed with New
York City Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theater
of Saint Louis, American Opera Projects, American Lyric Theater, Ash Lawn
Opera Festival, Music Saint Croix, and the Israel Chamber Orchestra. He has
appeared at the United Nations, the Aspen Music Festival, Boston’s Jordan
Hall, New York’s Studio 54, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Alice
Tully Hall, Skirball Center, La Maison francaise, and in recitals, competitions,
and master classes throughout the United States and abroad. He has taught
at Lawrence University, New England Conservatory School of Continuing
Education, George Mason University's International Opera Alliance, and
the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv. He has served on panels
with Opera America and presented master classes with the New York State Music Teachers Association and New York School Music Association. His
students have performed on Broadway, film and television, and at opera
companies and festivals throughout the world.

Heather Huang (Scenic Designer, Suor Angelica) is a senior B.F.A. theatrical
production arts major from New York City. Her Ithaca College main-stage
credits include Legally Blonde (scenic charge), Light in the Piazza (scenic
charge), Coram Boy (assistant properties master), and How I Learned to Drive
(scenic charge). Other credits include student at Colbalt Studios in Monticello,
New York, properties artisan at Propstar in New York City, and scenic paint
intern at Theater for the New City in New York City. “Special thanks to God
for His guidance and strength, Renny for amazing teamwork, Maxwell for
making this a beautiful show, David, and the best support from family, friends,
and professors. Love and enjoy! 1 Thes. 5:16-18”

David Lefkowich (Director) is an accomplished stage director and fight
choreographer and has enjoyed success with different companies including
the Metropolitan Opera, Teatre alla Scala, New York City Opera, San Francisco
Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera. This is his ninth production
at Ithaca College. Directing credits include Idomeneo, Le Nozze di Figaro,
L’Histoire du Soldat, and Don Giovanni at the Ravinia Music Festival with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Maestro James Conlon conducting. He also
directed L’Histoire du Soldat at the Juilliard School with Maestro Conlon. He
made his European debut directing Le Portrait de Manon at the Gran Teatre
Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, and followed with The Rake’s Progress at La Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium. Other credits include directing and choreographing
Salome (Minnesota Opera), Roméo et Juliette (Florida Grand Opera, Minnesota
Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Tampa, Seagle Music Colony), Tosca at Boston
Lyric Opera, Cosi fan tutte (Opera Saratoga), La Traviata (Lake George Opera),
Le Portrait de Manon (Glimmerglass Opera), and Il Trovatore (New Orleans
Opera, Fort Worth Opera). He was also thrilled to fight direct the world
premieres of Appomattox (Philip Glass) at San Francisco Opera, and Miss
Lonelyhearts at the Juilliard Opera Center, La fanciulla del west at the New York
City Opera and the New York off-Broadway run of A Clockwork Orange. He is a
guest artist and performs master classes at several young artist programs and
universities including Florida Grand Opera Young Artist Program, Glimmerglass
Opera Young American Artist Program, the Juilliard School, McGill School of
Music, and Ithaca College. A graduate from Northwestern University with a
bachelor of science in theatre, David has a certificate from École Jacques-Lecoq
in Paris, France. He is currently the artistic director of the newly formed Mill City
Summer Opera in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he recently directing the
company’s first offering of Pagliacci.

Michael Lonuzzi Jr. (Lighting Designer, Gianni Schicchi) is a senior B.F.A.
theatrical production arts major with a concentration in lighting technology
from Staten Island, New York. His previous Ithaca College main-stage credits
include Legally Blonde (lighting supervisor), Man from Nebraska (lighting
supervisor), and Light in the Piazza (master electrician). He comes from Staten
Island, the fifth and mostly forgotten borough of New York City. He plans to
seek employment in or around New York City after college. “Many thanks to
the everyone who has supported me thus far. ‘Where we’re going, we don’t
need roads.’”

Greg Robbins (Costume Designer) is an associate professor in the B.F.A.
theatrical production arts program and was chosen to be the professor in
residence at the Ithaca College London Center for the spring semester of 2003
and 2010. He has been honored at the Kennedy Center with a first-place award
in design excellence for his designs for Medea. His designs for The Magic Flute
were accepted into America’s gold-medal-winning Mozart in America for the
Prague Quadrennial.

Maxwell T. Robin (Lighting Designer, Suor Angelica) is a junior B.F.A.
theatrical production arts major from Calabasas, California. His previous
Ithaca College credits include follow-spot operator for How I Learned to Drive,
electrics for Chicago, carpenter for Coram Boy, dresser for Baby,master
carpenter for Plumfield, Iraq, and assistant lighting designer for The Magic
Flute on the main stage. Other credits include lighting design intern with Full
Flood Inc. for the BET Awards and SYTYCD, scenic designer for Out of My
Head with the Pico Playhouse, and lighting designer for Gotta Dance Recital
with the Valley Performing Arts Center. “I would like to thank Ithaca College,
my professors, and my fellow students for helping me become the best I can
be and strive for greatness.”

Miriam Salzman (Stage Manager, Gianni Schicchi ) is a senior B.A. drama major
from Plainview, New York. Her previous Ithaca College credits include stage
manager for The Dream of the Burning Boy, assistant stage manager for
Working, production assistant for Chicago, and assistant stage manager for
Bachelor Holiday. Other credits include two internships at the Public Theater
(Under the Radar International Theater Festival and As You Like It and Into the
Woods with Shakespeare in the Park), and an internship with the West End
production of Wicked the Musical. “Special thanks to David, Brian, Lydia, and
Ben! A very special thanks to Sara—working with you this year has been an
absolute pleasure! To my family, especially my grandma Sheila, who has
always supported me.”

Benjamin Shipley (Stage Manager, Suor Angelica) is a B.A. drama and writing
major with a minor in dance from Los Angeles, California. His previous Ithaca
College credits include stage manager for Translations, Wheels for Women
Cabaret, Fool for Love, Wings of Spring, Blackbird, and A Bench at the Edge; as
well as assistant stage manager for The Bacchae and production assistant for
Baby. Other credits include stage manager for various productions at New York
Stage and Film and the Ithaca Shakespeare Company. “Thanks to the cast,
creatives, and production team for all their incredible work on this fantastic
show! Thanks to family, friends, and the class of 2013 for all their love and
support. Cheers!”

Patrick Valentino (Associate Conductor) is in his final year of the graduate
conducting program at Ithaca College. Last season he led the Ithaca College
Symphony Orchestra (ICSO) in a subscription concert at the Troy Music Hall
and was assistant conductor for Die Zauberflöte. This year, he conducted the
premiere of his opera Monuments Men and also returned to conduct the ICSO
and IC Chamber Orchestra. He has also worked with the Monmouth Symphony,
Symphony NOVA, the Westfield Symphony, Montclair Symphony, Tempus
Ensemble, and the brass ensemble of Moscow Conservatory. His compositions
have been performed by the Nashua Symphony, Monmouth Symphony, Ithaca
Symphony Orchestra, and many other ensembles. Current projects include a
commission from the Central New Jersey Symphony