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WHO’S WHO

Seattle Rep, New Harmony Theatre, The designs for The Rice Players: The Altruists.
Cherry Lane, Dobama, Grex, Cleveland University of Houston Moores Opera, 15
Public, Intiman Theatre, Brave New seasons including; Manon; The Elixir of
Works (Atlanta), and The Playwrights Love; Tales of Hoffman; Il
Center. A passionate advocate of new
work, and work by women, Leslie is the STEFÄN D. AZIZI (Scenic Designer) is
Executive Director of the Susan Smith the Managing Director and Resident
Blackburn Prize, the oldest and largest Scenic Designer at Rec Room Arts. Rec
international prize specifically recognizing Room credits include: Scenic Design for
women playwrights. Leslie also founded Appropriate, Pass Over, The Children,
the Women Playwright’s Festival in and Woyzeck; Production Design (Scenic
Seattle at A Contemporary Theatre and and Lighting) for The Royal, On The
Hedgebrook. Opera companies include the Exhale, Exit Strategy, Hansel & Gretel
San Francisco Opera, Washington National (2017 & 2018) and Sender. He graduated
Opera at the Kennedy Center, Vancouver with departmental honors from The
Opera, Opera Carolina, Seattle Opera, Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster
Houston Grand Opera, Opera Omaha, University in Scene Design and Technical
Madison Opera, Dayton Opera, Opera in Direction. He worked throughout Saint
the Heights, Opera på Skäret in Sweden. Louis for The MUNY, The Repertory
Also an educator, Leslie has taught theatre Theater of Saint Louis, Opera Theatre
(directing, stage movement, theatre history, of Saint Louis, St. Louis Shakespeare
playwriting and theatre management) at Festival, The New Jewish Theater, and
the University of Washington, University Variety Children’s Theatre in a variety of
of Texas (Austin), Cornish College of the roles from Technical Direction to Associate
Arts, Rice University, University of Houston Scene Design. After leaving St. Louis he
and Sam Houston State University. MFA became the Technical Director at Casa
in Directing, University of Washington Mañana for two seasons and collecting
School of Drama. Member of the design credits on Big Fish and Godspell.
professional unions AGMA and SDC. www. Additionally, he Is the Project Manager for
leslieswackhamer.com Caspian Enterprises currently working on
the renovation of a historic gothic revival
JODI BOBROVSKY (Properties Designer) church into The Sanctuary Lofts.
has been a staff designer at Stages for 20
seasons. Favorite scenic/properties designs L.A. CLEVENSON (Costume Designer)
include: Yankee Tavern, A Picasso, An Stages: Girls Night: The Musical, Gidion’s
Infinite Ache, Black Pearl Sings, Anton in Knot, Panto Sleeping Beauty Jr.; Main Street
Show Business, Elizabeth Rex, and The Theatre: Working, Putting It Together;
Whipping Man, which won the Houston Catastrophic Theatre: clean/through;
Press 2014 Best Scenic Design award. 4th Wall Theatre Company: Stage Kiss,
Playwright: Panto Rapunzel and Zombies, The God Game, Faith Healer, The Good
Panto Snow Queen. Recent freelance Thief, Ho Ho Humbug, Ho Ho Humbug
designs in Houston include scenic designs 2.0; Classical Theatre Company: A Doll’s
for Opera in the Heights: Peter Brook’s House; Mildred’s Umbrella: Becky’s New
The Tragedy of Carmen, and The Medium. Car, Pollywog, Foxfinder; SRO Productions:
Scenic design for Mildred’s Umbrella: The American Idiot; Landing Theatre Company:
Drowning Girls, Red Death. Stark Naked 10 Ways on a Gun; Opera in the Heights:
Theater: Small Mouth Sounds, Stage Tosca, Carmen, I Pagliacci; HITS Theatre:
Kiss. Main Street Theater: Dog Act, Time Anything Goes, Hairspray Jr., The Drowsy
Stands Still, Coast of Utopia. Properties Chaperone, Shrek: The Musical; Lonestar