Tim Rhoze

has been the Producing Artistic Director of Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre since 2010. His regional and FJT directing credits include: GEE'S BEND, PASSOVER, HONEYPOT: BLACK SOUTHERN WOMEN WHO LOVE WOMEN, UNTIL THE FLOOD, THE LIGHT, AMERICAN SON, HOME, TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES 1992, THE MEETING, FIRES IN THE MIRROR, BLACK BALLERINA (co-writer), NUTCRACKER(ISH), CROWNS, HAVING OUR SAY, FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, WOZA ALBERT!, GOING TO ST. IVES, SINGLE BLACK FEMALE, A SONG FOR CORETTA, YELLOWMAN, SWEET, LADY DAY AT EMERSON BAR & GRILL, BEAR COUNTRY, NOBODY, FENCES, PIANO LESSON, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN, K2, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, et. al. Most recently, Tim directed PASSING STRANGE for Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre. He is also the writer/director of WHY NOT ME? A SAMMY DAVIS JR. STORY, and MAYA’S LAST POEM, both produced at FJT; and BLACK BALLERINA, produced at FJT and Pittsburgh Public Theatre. He was co-writer and director of A HOME ON THE LAKE, co-produced with the Piven Theatre Workshop.

Tara Malpass

Tara Malpass is thrilled to be working with Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre again after stage managing Gee’s Bend earlier this year. Since moving to Chicago in 2005, she has been fortunate to have worked with many talented artists and designers, as well as extraordinary Chicago theatre companies such as Raven Theatre, Stage Left, Circle Theatre, Trap Door, Collaboraction, InFusion Theatre Company, Babes With Blades, New Leaf, Sinnerman, Eclipse, and The Side Project. Love to Mike!

Shane Rogers

This is Shane’s fourth season with Fleetwood- Jourdain. He has worked in technical theatre for 28 years at places including: Indy Convergence in Indianapolis, Indiana; Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon; Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, Utah; Shadowland Stages and Bard College, both located in the Hudson Valley in New York.

Brenden Marble

Brenden Marble- He/Him After studying theater design at Eastern Michigan University, the Detroit, MI native moved to Chicago to start living his dream of becoming a lighting designer! Recent credits include At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen(The Story Theatre) We Always Bounce Black(Second City Chicago) Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea(Pegasus Theatre) Native Son(Lifeline Theatre) An Educated Guess(Definition Theatre), Liaisons(Chicago Tap Theatre), Black By Popular Demand(Second City Chicago), A Hit Dog Will Holler (Artemisia Theatre), Fairview(Definition Theater), and Dance Like There Are Black People Watching(Second City Chicago) Even though his career is just beginning, he knows this is something he wants to do for the rest of his life. Website: www.brendenmarble.com

Forrest Gregor

Forrest Gregor (Sound Designer) Chicago credits include: Theatre of the Mind (Assoc. Des, Goodman); True West, Streetcar Named Desire (Paramount); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chicago Shakespeare); The Heart Sellers, Andy Warhol in Iran (Northlight); Black Sunday, What the Constitution Means to Me, The Chinese Lady (TimeLine); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (The Gift); Guys & Dolls, Putnam Spelling Bee (Music Theatre Works); Grease, Million Dollar Quartet (Metropolis). Regional credits: Million Dollar Quartet, Come From Away (Theatre Aspen), Mystic Pizza (Assoc. Des, Papermill Playhouse & Riverside Theatre). Forrest is also the audio supervisor at Music Theatre Works and holds a BFA from DePaul University. forrestgregor.com.

Kate Parker-Barrows

is delighted to be back at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theater for her 4th production. She has previously designed costumes on 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf', 'Until the Flood', and 'Passover.' She works as the Costumes and Props Designer at Niles West High School. Kate is a founding and long-time member of Improvised Jane Austen, which performs at the famed iO Theater every Saturday at 7:30 PM. She'd like to thank her loving family: Jeremy, Shay, & Ambika, for putting up with her crazy theatre schedule!

Sholo Beverly

a mixed media intuitive artist living on the northside of Chicago. She is a 53-year-old single mother of two that has always only prioritized her children and her art for the last twenty years. She has learned embracing her mistakes makes for a better understanding of what the universe wants for her art. Her activism to right the injustices against people of color has caused her art to evolve. She is also taking her art to the streets to advocate for social changes on racism, and women's rights with the murals, painted in bright colors with hidden messages to observe and process. The mediums and techniques used are homemade inks, collage, watercolor, and the new medium of encaustic wax painting with acrylic inks. With our current situation in the world, her art has become a necessity for herself and others. There is a need for expression and discussion from POC. She is not concerned with her artwork being liked by society, but she does want her work to spark an emotion to the viewer to ask the question of why when they see her art. "I Am Aware I Am Rare" is her motto, embracing being a female black artist without boundaries for expression in her creations.

Phil Timberlake

has taught actors for over 20 years, most recently as the Head of Voice and Speech at the Theatre School, DePaul University. He is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and a Roy Hart Voice Centre Teacher. Voice and dialect coaching credits include the Goodman Theatre (Gas For Less), Victory Gardens (Mies Julie, Sucker Punch), American Players Theatre (The Doctor’s Dilemma), and First Folio Theatre (Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Taming of the Shrew). Phil is an ensemble member of Lifeline Theatre where he has received four Non-Equity Jeff Nominations: Pride & Prejudice and Busman's Honeymoon (Best Supporting Actor – Play), Queen Lucia (Best Supporting Actor – Musical), and Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Best Performance – Short Run). 

John Olson

provides marketing and public relations services to a variety of theaters and arts organizations in the Chicago area. He followed a career as an account manager and media planner in Chicago and Milwaukee advertising agencies by moving into arts marketing and publicity in 2010. He worked at ComedySportz Chicago as Marketing Director and Raven Theatre as Director of Marketing and Press before founding John Olson Communications in 2017. Additionally. John has served as Associate Editor for The Sondheim Review and Chicago reviewer for TalkinBroadway.com.

Bria Walker-Rhoze

is a multidisciplinary artist and educator.  She is the Akram and Watfa Midani Associate Professor of Acting at Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) School of Drama and Artistic Associate at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in Evanston, IL.  Selected recent acting credits: Primary Trust (Pittsburgh Public Theater); The Garbologists, Crossroad, The Royale, Pop!, Marcus or the Secret of Sweet (City Theatre); The Royale (St. Louis Repertory Theatre); Fires in the Mirror, The Bougie Gentleman, Romeo & Juliet (Pittsburgh Public Theatre Playtime Series); From the Mississippi Delta (Triad Stage); By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (The Rep at Point Park); Saints Tour (Bricolage Production Company).  Selected directing credits: upcoming – Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (City Theatre); Obama-ology, co-director of Crowns (Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre); Fury (Parker Theatre); staged reading Off With Her Maidenhead (The Pitch series for Merry-Go-Round Playhouse); John Proctor is the Villain (CMU); Emilia (Pitt); for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (SUNY New Paltz); Avenue Q (SUNY New Paltz & Pitt). Selected writing & producing credits: co-writer of The Baldwin|Giovanni Experience (FJT); Crossroad (City Theatre Spotlight Series); You think the arts don’t matter? What about quarantine? (Pittsburgh-Post Gazette op-ed); Chant (The Monologue Project); Black Lives in Focus (Pitt Initiative). Education: MFA - Denver Center for the Performing Arts (National Theatre Conservatory); BFA - Wright State University. www.briawalker-rhoze.com

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