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Select Credits: English (Cincinnati Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, The Old Globe); English, A Christmas Carol (Alley Theatre); Birthday Candles (Chautauqua Theater); A Moment of Silence (Princeton University); Disgraced (American Stage); Romeo and Juliet (Two River Theater); Frozen (Theatre Under the Stars, La Mirada Theatre, Papermill Playhouse); Alabaster (Trinity Rep); Meow Wolf Houston; Lehman Trilogy, Black Superhero Magic Mama, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson (Stages); Frida, Sunday in the Park With George (El Paso Opera); Big Swim (Houston Grand Opera); King Lear (Houston Shakespeare Festival); Little Shop (Moors School of Music). afsanehaayani.com

Shahrzad Mazaheri is a DC based costume designer. She is delighted to make her CATF debut. Recent works: Sleuth (Guthrie Theatre); In Clay and Safety Not Guaranteed (Signature Theatre); English (Alley Theatre, Goodman Theatre/Guthrie Theater co-production, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Wish You Were Here (South Coast Repertory); Someone Will Remember Us; POTUS; Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B (Trinity Rep). Upcoming: Heist (Cincinnati Playhouse in The Park), All The World’s a Stage (Signature Theatre). More at shahrzadmazaheri.com.

Anshuman Bhatia is an award-winning lighting and scenic designer for opera, dance, and theater. His designs have been seen on stages across the U.S. and internationally, including Santa Fe Opera, The Guthrie, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The McKittrick Hotel, and Wolf Trap Opera, among many others. He is an Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross, a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829, and holds an M.F.A. from NYU. www.bhatiadesign.com

Caroline Eng is a New York based sound designer. CATF: The Overview Effect. Broadway: Yellow Face (Roundabout Theatre Company). Off-Broadway & Regional: The Unknown (Studio Seaview), Irishtown (Irish Rep), Belfast Girls (Irish Rep), Cymbeline (NAATCO), Cold War Choir Practice (Trinity Rep), Merry Me (NYTW), Coriolanus (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage), Hurricane Diane (People’s Light), Fences (Shakespeare & Company), What the Constitution Means to Me (WAM Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group), The Salonnieres (Greater Boston Stage Company), Little Women (Theatreworks Colorado Springs). carolineengdesign.com

Kelly Colburn is a multidisciplinary artist working in the DC Area (Piscataway/Nacotchtank lands). This is her first show at CATF. She is a Media/Projections faculty member at The University of Maryland College, and a two-time Helen Hayes recipient. She has been nominated for the Helen Hayes Awards, Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards, Lucille Lortel Awards, and Henry Hewes Awards. BFA NYU Tisch, MFA University of Maryland.

CATF debut! Over 15 productions at Alley Theatre including A Christmas Carol, Seared, Noises Off, and the World Premieres of Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, Torera, and Cowboy Bob. TUTS: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival. BA, Theatre: University of Northern Iowa. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

McCorkle Casting Ltd. is honored to continue its longstanding relationship with CATF, helping bring together actors, playwrights, directors, and producers in service of powerful storytelling. For more than four decades, the company has cast productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theatres, and for film and television, with a commitment to discovering talent and fostering creative collaboration. Credits include Broadway productions such as On the Town, Amazing Grace, End of the Rainbow, and A Few Good Men; Off-Broadway productions including Tribes, Our Town, and Driving Miss Daisy; hundreds of regional theatre productions nationwide; and more than 100 film and television projects for HBO, Showtime, CBS, Disney, Hallmark, BET, and Paramount. Pat McCorkle has received an Emmy nomination and an Artios Award for excellence in casting. www.mccorklecasting.com

Shea-Mikal Green is an actor, director, and creator who holds an MFA in Devised Performance from Pig Iron School / University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Credits include work at The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, RepStage, Adventure Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Quintessence Theatre, FringeArts, Cumberland Theatre, and Maryland Ensemble Theatre, where she is a company member. She has developed and performed original work in the U.S. and internationally through residencies such as Cow House Studios in Wexford, Ireland and The Iron Factory in Philadelphia. Green is the Director of the Contemporary Theater Studies program at Shepherd University. www.shea-mikalgreen.com

Sarah Rose Leonard  is the Senior Dramaturg at the Ojai Playwrights Conference. She has held literary staff positions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, and Page 73. Sarah Rose was the Co-Editor of the Obie Award-winning theater criticism publication 3Views on Theater from 2021-2025. Her production dramaturgy credits include Eureka Day, Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway), The Lehman Trilogy, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, twenty50 (Denver Center), The Great Wave, The Good Book, Angels in America (Berkeley Rep), and A Particle of Dread, Kung Fu, Big Love (Signature).

Kirsten is a Professor of Theater at Shenandoah Conservatory. Most recently there, she has directed Everybody, She Kills Monsters, and A Dream Play. Kirsten has worked with CATF since its inception, from actor to dialect coach, to educational director to board member, Kirsten’s coaching work includes over 80 plays, and she has most recently worked as a coach for CATF’s Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting by Harmon dot aut, 2024, and Redeemed by Chisa Hutchinson in 2023. In previous seasons, Kirsten has worked on productions of such notable American playwrights as Lee Blessing, Keith Glover, and Catherine Filleaux.