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She is the wildly lucky mother of three Cape May Stage in which she will be
and wife of one. Off stage Harriett is a returning for her sixth season this year.
CASA Coordinator for children in foster Other credits include: Jekyll & Hyde
care. Harriett is a member of the Actors' and Spamalot at Surflight Theatre, A
Equity Association. Piece of My Heart and Janey Miller's
World Tour at Speranza Theatre
Laura Ekstrand (Director) co-founded Company, Miss Witherspoon and The
Vivid Stage (then Dreamcatcher Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler at
Repertory Theatre) with Janet Sales in The Theater Project, and Talking to
1994. She has appeared at Vivid Stage Westfield and At Liberty Hall at
in The Lucky Ones, What Stays; Sister Premiere Stages. Amy is a proud
Play; Rapture, Blister Burn; Motherhood member of Actors' Equity Association.
Out Loud; and Shakespeare in Vegas, Jeff Knapp (Sound Designer) has been
among many others, and is a member associated with Vivid Stage since The
of The Flip Side improv comedy troupe. Neighborhood, working on most every
New Jersey Theatre: Bickford Theatre, mainstage production since. Favorite
Passage Theater, 12 Miles West, The Vivid Stage designs include The Other
Theater Project, Luna Stage, and the Place, 100 Years, The Outgoing Tide,
Pushcart Players. New York Theatre: Shipwrecked, Dead and Buried, and
Naked Angels, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Every Brilliant Thing. Jeff is also the
and New Georges. Film: Fat Ass resident sound designer for
Zombies; Split Ends, High Art and I Shadowland Stages in Ellenville NY.
Shot Andy Warhol. Television: Hack, He's worked at a bunch of small
Sex And The City, Law & Order, and The theatres in the tri-state area and as far
south as Florida! Most recently, Jeff has
Guiding Light. As a director: Dead and designed multimedia and sound for
Buried, Every Brilliant Thing, The How Shotstakovich and The Black Monk.
and the Why, Things Being What They During the day, Jeff is owner of
Are, Next Fall, Distracted, The Pursuit Of Jephens Technologies, a small IT
Happiness, Melancholy Play, Pride’s managed service provider, focusing on
Crossing, Full Bloom and many others. non-profits and small businesses. He
Podcast directing: The Weirdness and thanks his wife and kids for letting him
Young Ben Franklin for Gen Z Media. As miss dinner while he's out making noise
a playwright: What Stays (with Jason and telling stories.
Szamreta), Whatever Will Be, The Zach Pizza (Set and Lighting
Neighborhood (Book and Lyrics; Music Designer) is always excited to be
by Joe Zawila), Brink of Life (Book; working with the Vivid Stage family!
Lyrics by Steve Harper; Music by Oliver This is Zach’s 9th season here as
Lake) and Astonishment, How to be Old: resident LD and 7th double bill doing
A Beginner’s Guide, and At Ninety-Three lights and set. Recent productions
(Adaptations). Laura is a private include: Fat Kid Rules the World (Davis,
monologue coach and holds a BA from CA), Camp Morning Wood (Playwrights
Yale University and an MFA from Sarah Horizon), Jason Robert Brown in
Lawrence College. Laura is a member of concert feat. Stephen Sondheim (Town
AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists Hall, NYC), Big Bang Theory Parody
Guild. Love and thanks to Joe and Musical (Theater Center), Stage Life,
Zachary. (Theater Row), On the Head of a Pin
Amy Hadam (Stage Manager) is always (59E59). Regional Credits: Sharon
so thrilled to be back with Vivid Stage! Playhouse-CT, Little Theater on the
This is her ninth(ish) season and her in- Square-IL, Whyte Hall-NY, Cape May
person credits begin with The Language Stage-NJ, Hudson Theater Works-NJ.
Archive and go all the way through Staff Designer - SubCulture NYC,
2020's production of Be Here Now. Amy monthly Jason Robert Brown concerts.
was delighted to be the "Screen Purchase College Alumn.
Manager" for several of Vivid Stage's www.zachpizzalighting.com
virtual programs such as Holiday Bites,
Everything is Super Great, the annual
Gala, and a few readings and cabarets.
Amy is also the Production Stage
Manager and Production Manager for