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In 2002 the Mint was awarded a special Drama DeskAward for “unearthing, presenting and preservingforgotten plays of merit.”

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MILNE AT THE MINT: Director's note

I swear I'm not obsessed with A.A. Milne. Christopher Robin and friends played no sig-nificant role in my childhood, no role at all that I can remember. But I do like goodplays and Milne wrote several. In fact, he wrote over two dozen plays. Milne the play-wright was rather a sensation in both London and New York in the early 1920’s. Hiswork was compared favorably with that of Shaw, Wilde and J.M. Barrie as well asPinero, Galsworthy and Maugham. (The Chicago Tribune called Mr. Pim Passes By “aplay that is, without endangering Shaw's general reputation, at least five hundred timesbetter than Heartbreak House.” I wonder how they measured that?) But by the timeMilne passed away in 1956 none of his plays were still in print or being produced any-where-everything had been overshadowed by those “four trifles” written for childrenbetween 1924 and 1928.

Of course, it’s hard to feel sorry for Mr. Milne --poor man, having to endure all of thatfame and fortune. He may not have achieved precisely the immortality that he mostwanted, but he certainly erected a lasting and much beloved monument. All the same,I do feel that there is a certain injustice in Milne’s dramatic talent being so disused andmy hope in presenting these two plays in repertory is not only to introduce you to a cou-ple of really fine plays but also to make sure that you know that Alan Alexander Milnewas a playwright--and a good one. Really good.

In Autobiography, Milne wrote that “the most exciting form of writing is the writing ofplays.” But he well understood the arbitrary nature of theatrical success: “a puff of foulcriticism, a week of fog, a few days of crisis, a bus strike, the sudden indisposition ofthe leading man may be enough to sink a play forever.” Of course, the Mint is here tomake sure that worthy plays are never sunk forever.

Many of you already know that I'm a big fan of dear Mr. Pim, we produced it here atthe Mint seven years ago, and I'm happy to share my delight in this play with the manynew friends that we’ve made in the last few years. And I think The Truth About Blaydsis remarkable: witty and wise like Pim, but thrilling and quite ambitious.

I can't say for certain that these are even Milne’s best-there are five or six plays that Ihaven't read-yet. These two happen to go so beautifully together because they couldshare one set and be played with one cast, but there are others that I’d like to do too(don't be surprised if The Lucky One shows up at the Mint before long.) I hope thatyou’ll make plans to see both and to join us for some of the readings and discussion thatwe have scheduled in April and May. And I hope you’ll tell your friends about thesetwo plays, but please-don’t tell them the truth about Blayds! Thanks for being here, Ihope you enjoy yourself--I’m pretty sure that you will.

Jonathan Bank

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CostumesTheresa Squire

Hair and Wigs Broadway Wig Company

Production ManagerHelena Webb

Assistant Stage ManagerEle Boockmeier

CastingSharron Bower

FlyerJude Dvorak

Lighting Mark T. Simpson

Sound Jared Coseglia

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Stage ManagerSamone B. Weissman

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Show LogosAaron Lenehan

Directed byJonathan Bank

Mint Theater CompanyJonathan Bank, Artistic Director

presents

Milne at the Mintfeaturing

The Truth About Blayds&

Mr. Pim Passes Byby A. A. Milne

withLisa Bostnar, Jack Davidson, Kristin Griffith, James Knight Katie Lowes, Victoria Mack, Stephen Schnetzer, Jack Ryland

Actor’s Equity Association wasfounded in 1913. It is the laborunion representing over 40,000

American actors and stage man-agers working in the professional theatre.

For 89 years, Equity has negotiated minimum wages and working conditions,

administered contracts, and enforced the provisions of its various agreements with theatri-cal employers across the country. Its current

president is Patrick Quinn.

The Director is a member of theSociety of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an

independent national labor union.

_______________________________________STAFF

Scenic Artist.................................................................................................Asaki Oda Costume Associate ..........................................................................Naama GreenfieldTechnical Director................................................................................Jerry BrowningMaster Electrician................................................................................Andrew DickeyHouse Managers........................................................Jim Creighton, Kiko DeLorenzoProduction Assistant ............................................................................Donielle J. LeeCarpenters........................................................Samuel Jacob Oakley, Alexander PlattElectricians............................Stephen Sakowski, Edith Blackman, Catherine Dickey

SPECIAL THANKS

Long Wharf Theatre Company, Materials for the Arts, Purchase College Props Department,Patrick Lee-Actor’s Equity Association, Patricia Denison, Cary M. Mazer, Dr. Gerhard Joseph,

Dr. Anne Humpherys, The Donnell Library, and Food for Thought.

The Truth About Blaydsby A.A. Milne

OLIVER BLAYDS............................................................................................Jack RylandISOBEL, his younger daughter.......................................................................Lisa BostnarMARION BLAYDS-CONWAY, his elder daughter....................................Kristin GriffithWILLIAM BLAYDS-CONWAY, his son-in-law.........................................Jack DavidsonOLIVER BLAYDS-CONWAY, his grandson...............................................James KnightSEPTIMA BLAYDS-CONWAY, his granddaughter...................................Victoria MackA.L. ROYCE...................................................................................Stephen SchnetzerPARSONS................................................................................................Katie Lowes

Setting - The well-known residence of Oliver Blayds in Portman Square, London.

Mr. Pim Passes Byby A.A. Milne

GEORGE MARDEN, J.P.................................................................Stephen SchnetzerOLIVIA, his wife..............................................................................................Lisa BostnarDINAH, his niece..........................................................................................Victoria MackLADY MARDEN, his aunt................................... .....................................Kristin GriffithBRIAN STRANGE........................................................................................James KnightCARRAWAY PIM........................................................................................Jack DavidsonANNE.......................................................................................................Katie Lowes

Setting - The morning-room at Marden House (Buckinghamshire); one fine spring day.

Foundations & Government SupportAmerican Theatre WingAxe-Houghton FoundationEdith C. Blum FoundationGilbert & Ildiko Butler FoundationRobert Sterling Clark FoundationThe John Vincent Peter Copani FoundationGladys Kriebel Delmas FoundationJean & Louis Dreyfus FoundationPhyllis and George Sternlieb Fox FundLucille Lortel FoundationGrand Marnier FoundationHickrill FoundationJP Morgan/Chase FoundationMichael Tuch FoundationTed Snowdon FoundationThe Atlantic PhilanthropiesThe Barbara Bell Cumming FoundationThe Dorothy Strelsin FoundationNew York City Department of Cultural AffairsThe New York State Council on the ArtsThe Shubert Foundation

Corporations & Matching GiftsAegon TransamericaAOL Time WarnerAT&T Foundation Matching GiftsAmerican International Group, Inc.Bank Of AmericaI.B.M FoundationJPMorgan Chase Foundation Matching GiftsMcGraw HillThe James B. Oswald CompanyThe New York Times Foundation

The list of individual contributors can befound the last page.

This event is made possible with public funds fromthe New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

and the New York State Council on the Arts, aState agency.

Mint Theater Company has been producingplays at its West 43rd St. location since 1992,specializing in “bringing new vitality to wor-thy, but neglected plays.” Mint was awardedboth an Obie Grant in 2001 and a Drama DeskAward in 2002 . Lost theatrical treasures foundat the Mint include the New York premieres ofArthur Schnitzler’s Far and Wide (Das weiteLand) and Harley Granville-Barker's brilliantcomedy The Voysey Inheritance, the New Yorkpremiere of Welcome to Our City by ThomasWolfe, the first New York performance in overfifty years of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the firstN.Y. revival's of the Pulitzer-Prize winningplays Alison's House by Susan Glaspell & MissLulu Bett by Zona Gale. Mint recently com-pleted a run of 144 performances of itsacclaimed production of D. H. Lawrence’s TheDaughter-in-Law. Please visit our website:www.minttheater.org

Mint Theater Company is grateful for the generous support of the following organizations

Ted Altschuler (Associate Director) hasdirected opera productions at The New YorkCity Opera, Santa Fe Opera, the Rode Hoode inAmsterdam and at Juilliard Opera Theater,where he is Dramatic Advisor and facultymember. Theater directing includes On theVerge, The Road to the Graveyard, and TheGlass Menagerie, at Clavis Theater Ensemblein Milwaukee, where he was Artistic Directorand many other productions regionally includ-ing the long-running, award winning Chicagoproduction of Virginia at Cloud 42. He is work-ing on The Cornell Project - on the life andwork of Joseph Cornell with Ursa Major.

David Gersten & Associates (PressRepresentatives) In addition to continuing ourrelationship with the Mint, Gersten &Associates currently represents Tony N' Tina'sWedding (now in its 16th year!), EnsembleStudio Theatre, Jean Cocteau Repertory, StormTheatre, Edge Theatre Company, ResonanceEnsemble, NY Classical Theatre, The LucilleLortel Foundation, The Drama League, andThe League of Off-Broadway Theatres &Producers’ annual Lortel Awards (7th year!),which David also writes and co-produces, aswell as Tony Award-winners Ann Hould-Wardand Christine Ebersole, playwright AdamRapp, Don Stephenson, Mary Cleere Haranand Maureen McGovern, among others. Davidserves on the Board of Governors of ATPAM,the Association of Theatrical Press Agents &Managers. David is currently producing Tea At Five starring Kate Mulgrew as KatherineHepburn, now on tour following its successfulOff-Broadway run. He previously producedEleanor & Hick at the John Houseman Theatreas well as numerous galas and fund-raisers forsuch organizations as The Actors’ Fund, theAlthiemer’s Foundation Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, God’s Love We Deliver,and Bailey House, among others.

Jonathan Bank (Artistic Director andDirector) With Bank as Artistic Director, Minthas been awarded an Obie and Drama DeskAward in the last three years and established aplace for itself in New York's theatrical landscape. Bank has unearthed and produced morethan twenty worthy but neglected plays includ-ing The Daughter-in-Law by D.H. Lawrence,

and Arthur Schnitzler's Far and Wide (Das weite Land) which he adapted and directed. Heis the editor of Worthy but Neglected: Plays ofthe Mint Theater Company (2002, GranvillePress) which includes his adaptations ofThomas Wolfe's Welcome to Our City and EdithWharton's The House of Mirth, both of whichhe directed at the Mint, along with five otherMint rediscoveries. Bank directed Othello forthe National Asian American Theater Company,John Brown's Body, The Double Bass and ThreeDays of Rain for the Miniature Theater ofChester and Candida and Mr. Pim Passes By forthe Peterborough Players. He earned hisM.F.A. from Case Western Reserve Universityin his hometown of Cleveland, OH.

A.A. Milne (Playwright 1882-1956) publishedhis first verses in Punch in 1904 at the age of22. Before long he was a regular contributor tothe famous English humor magazine and in1906 he became the assistant editor, a positionhe held until 1918. During World War I Milneserved in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment asa signals officer. He was posted to Francebriefly in 1916 and wrote propaganda for theIntelligence service. During his training period,he wrote his first play, Wurzel-Flummery, whichwas produced in London in 1917. With theencouragement of his friend James Barrie,Milne then applied himself to playwriting. Hisfirst real hit was Mr. Pim Passes By which pre-miered in London in 1920, around the sametime of the birth of his son, Christopher Robin.All of the Winnie-the-Pooh verses were writtenduring a four-year stretch that began in 1924.After that, to Milne's great dismay, he wouldnever again achieve any lasting success aseither playwright or novelist. He once wrote ofthe lovable menagerie that gave him his lastingfame, "I wanted to escape from them as I oncewanted to escape from Punch as I have alwayswanted to escape. In vain..." Milne wrotenumerous essays, novels, and even a successfuldetective story: The Red House Mystery. Butfor Milne, writing plays was, "the most excitingform of writing…." The Dover Road, The Truthabout Blayds, The Great Broxopp, Success, TheFourth Wall -- or The Perfect Alibi, Michaeland Mary, Portrait of a Gentleman in Slippersand Other People's Lives are among the morethan 25 plays he penned.

Lisa Bostnar (Isobel / Olivia) is thrilled to beback at the Mint under the direction ofJonathan Bank. Mint regulars may have seenLisa in such roles as Genia in Far & Wide, LilyBart in The House of Mirth, Beatrice in TheVoysey Inheritance, Genevieve in NightDance. Other favorite New York roles includeBeth in A Lie of the Mind, Kate in The Tamingof the Shrew, Liz in Our Country's Good,Desdemona in Othello, and Olivia in TwelfthNight. Lisa has guest starred several times on“Law & Order”, “All My Children”, and“Another World”. Regionally some favoriteshave been Cora in Going to St. Ives, Candida inCandida, Dutchess Olga in You Can't Take itWith You (starring James Whitmore), andTitania in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Jack Davidson (William Blayds-Conway /Carraway Pim) Broadway: Ma Rainey's BlackBottom, Judgment at Nuremberg, A Moon forthe Misbegotten, The Price, Anna Christie,Captain Brassbound's Conversion. LCT:Morning's at Seven, Twelfth Night, Ah,Wilderness, The Little Foxes, A Fair Country.Off-Broadway: The Unexpected Man, PassionPlay, After the Dancing in Jericho, Hot LBaltimore. Circle Rep Co.: Three Hotels, TheDiviners, Hamlet, Love's Labor's Lost, RichardII. Regional: Yale Rep, McCarter Theatre,Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, PittsburgPublic, St. Louis Rep. Film: “The AutumnHeart”, “The Secret of My Success”, “TradingPlaces”. TV: “Oz”, “Ed”, “Law & Order”, “100Centre Street”, “The Wright Verdict”, “SpenserFor Hire”, “Cagney and Lacey”. BFA BostonUniversity.

Kristin Griffith (Marion Blayds-Conway/Lady Marden) Last seen at the Mint as LadyDennison in The Charity That Began At Home,Ms. Griffith has worked on Broadway in ParkYour Car In Harvard Yard and A Texas Trilogy(Schubert). Off- Broadway: The Countess(Lambs), Holy Terror (Promenade). She hasworked with the WPA Theatre, UBU, HBStudio, Manhattan Theatre Club, RoundaboutTheatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and TheWomen's Project. Regionally Ms. Griffith hasperformed at Baltimore Center Stage,Playmakers Rep, Buffalo Studio Arena,Birmingham Theatre, St. Louis Rep., The Old

Globe Theatre, HartfordStage, GeorgestreetPlayhouse, Philadelphia Drama Guild, BerkshireTheatre Festival and The Shaw Festival inOntario. TV: “Law & Order”, “ED”, “ThirdWatch”, “Law & Order SVU”, “Wonderland”,MOW's “Rose Hill”, “The Long Way Home”,“Flesh and Blood”, “Gregory K”, and “In theLine of Duty”. Feature Films: Woody Allen’s“Interiors”, Merchant-Ivory’s "The Europeans"and Steven Soderbergh's “King of the Hill”.Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre.

James Knight (Oliver Blayds-Conway / BrianStrange) James is happy to be back at the MintTheater after playing the role of Otto Von Aignerin the Mint’s original production of Far & Wide.He wishes to thank all of his friends and familyfor their help and support along the way. Jamesreceived an MFA in acting and directing fromthe University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Katie Lowes (Parsons / Anne). Katie is a nativeof New York who will be receiving her BFAfrom Tisch School of the Arts this spring. Pastcredits include Madame de Tourvel in LesLiaisons Dangereuses (Blue Heron Arts Center),Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire (LinhartTheater), Abigail in Finding the Sun(Steppenwolf - Garage Theater), Roberto Zucco(Ohio Theater - Koltes Festival), and Macbeth(RADA). Love and thanks to my family, V, andRyan.

Victoria Mack (Septima Blayds-Conway/Dinah) is thrilled to be back at the Mint, whereshe originated the role of Erna in Schnitzler’sFar & Wide last year. Most recently, Victoriaplayed Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's Pygmalion atthe NJ Shakespeare Festival. Before that she per-formed the role of Margaret in Much Ado AboutNothing at the Festival, as well as Lady Macbethand Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream forthe Festival's touring company. Other rolesinclude the title role in the world premiere of TheTillie Project at the Centenary Stage Company,and Lucy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown!Victoria is a graduate of both ColumbiaUniversity's Barnard College, where shereceived her B.A. in English Literature, and ofDame Judi Dench’s London Academy ofTheatre.

SoHo Playhouse, Precious and Erostratus(BANNERY), Edward II (ETW/NYU).Jared isa graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Artsand can be seen in the upcoming film “SexFarce”. This summer Jared will bedirecting/sound designing Floyd Collins at theBerkshire Theatre Festival.

Judi Guralnick (Props) is the Prop ShopSupervisor for the Conservatory of Theater Artsand Film at Purchase College, and freelances inthe New York and Connecticut areas. She spentfive years as Prop Specialist at the Walnut StreetTheatre in Philadelphia, and many summers atMaine State Music Theater. Her favorite propsthat she's created, are the fruit for a Fruit of theLoom commercial, carousel animals for a pro-duction of “Joseph…”, and a macramé ass’shead for Midsummer’s Night Dream. Judi hasalso designed sets for small theaters from Maineto Washington, DC and in Israel. She hasenjoyed being the resident Prop Specialist at theMint Theater for the past several years.

Amy Stoller (Dialects) happily returns to A. A.Milne and Jonathan Bank, with whom she firstcollaborated on Mr. Pim Passes By. Other Mintcredits: The Daughter-in-Law, The Charity ThatBegan at Home, Rutherford & Son, Diana ofDobson's, and The Voysey Inheritance. She isthe sole proprietor of Stoller System (DialectCoaching & Design). Clients include JeanCocteau Rep, the Drama League DirectorFest,Hypothetical Theatre Co., Theater Ten-Ten, theEllis Island Foundation, and Distilled Spirits, inwhose production of Northanger Abbey Amywon a 2000 Off-Off-Broadway Review Awardfor Excellence as dialect coach and actor.

Samone B. Weissman (Stage Manager) lastworked with the Mint Theater on The Daughter-in-Law. Other New York credits include:Happy Days, On The Razzle, The Servant ofTwo Masters, Medea (Jean Cocteau RepertoryTheatre), Hamlet (American Globe Theatre),Bold Girls (Women's ExpressiveTheatre/UrbanStages), Metal (HERE/AmericanLiving Room Series) The Shoebox of EbbetsField, Out of Sterno (Cherry Lane Alternative),The Last Nickel (2002 NY Int¹l Fringe Festival), He Ate the Sun (Manhattan TheatreSource), Self Torture & Strenuous Exercise, The

Dadshuttle (Drama League DirectorFest), TheGifted Program (OVO/Center Stage), 3 Miracles and a Giant (HERE/Pg. 73Productions) and Our Sinatra (The RepriseRoom). Regional credits include: High Dive,Last Train to Nibroc (Miniature Theatre ofChester), Flights of Angels, National Anthems(Emelin Theatre). Special thanks to David.

Ele Boockmeier (Assistant Stage Manager) ispleased to return to the Mint after serving as theproduction assistant in the 2003 production of The Daughter-In-Law. She also worked as production assistant on the 2003 Director Festfor the Drama League. Ele is a recent graduateof the University of Illinois Theater StudiesProgram. Regional credits include: It Girl (TheArmory Free Theater) and The ThreepennyOpera (The Krannert Center for the PerformingArts). She would like to thank her family andJohn for all their love and support.

Helena Webb (Production Manager) was theGeneral Manager and Company Manager forRoman Nights (DR2); Producing Director forThe Ibsen Series (Century Center) 2000-2002;Artistic Director of THEATRIX 1995-2000;Director for Embers (Edinburgh and Off-B'way), The Richardson Exhibit (Kraine) andThe Virtual Adventures of Riff-Cat Polito (CB’sGallery); PM for the Drama League Directorfest2002 & 2003; and is currently in post-produc-tion of her first film, “Screwed”.

Sharron Bower (Casting Director) continuesher second year of casting here with passion forthe Mint’s mission. Additional casting workincludes Vermont Stage, Mill Mountain Theatre,Princeton Rep, The Miniature Theatre ofChester, animation voiceovers and independentfilms. Bower co-founded Lysistrata Project, aday of 1,029 political play readings in 59 coun-tries in March 2003. Recently, she spoke oneffective structuring of political art at a sympo-sium at Berkeley Rep and consulted for TheBrown Foundation. Bower taught Acting andSpeech at the college level, and has worked withcorporate clients and politicians to diminishstage fright and increase public speaking chutz-pah. Training: MFA, University of Texas atAustin.

Jack Ryland (Oliver Blayds) Broadway:Flavius in Timon of Athens (Drama LeagueAward). Off-Broadway: Undershaft in MajorBarbara, Quartermaine's Terms, Enrico IV. NYShakespeare Festival: Duke of Milan in TwoGentleman of Verona and Theseus in A MidSummer Night's Dream. Regional: Antony andCleopatra (Antony/Enobarbus), The Merchantof Venice (Antonio), Hamlet (Claudius), KingLear (Kent/Gloucester), Saint Joan (Warwick),Uncle Vanya (Vanya/Astrov), The School forScandal (Sir Oliver), Nixon's Nixon (Nixon).TV: “Law & Order”, “Deadline”, “Kate &Allie”.

Stephen Schnetzer (A.L. Royce / GeorgeMarden) Broadway: The Goat, Filumena, ATalent for Murder. Off-Broadway: Romeo andJuliet (Theatre 91), Miss Julie and Fallen Angels(Roundabout), Timon of Athens and Cymbeline(NY Shakespeare Festival). Regional: As YouLike It and St. Joan (McCarter), Anthony andCleopatra and Julius Caesar (The AmericanShakespeare Theatre), The Tempest (Mark TaperForum), and four seasons with ACT includingThe Taming of the Shrew - “Theatre in AmericaSeries”. Recent Television: “Law & Order” and“Law & Order: SVU”.

Sarah Lambert (Sets) Previous designs at theMint include: Diana of Dobson’s and TheFlattering Word/Farewell to the Theater. Othercollaborations with Jonathan Bank include Talesof Unrest and Othello (NAATCO) and ThreeDays of Rain (The Miniature Theater ofChester). Other designs include: GrossIndecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde(NYC, London, Toronto, San Francisco andLA), Spectators at an Event, a dance piece, forSusan Marshall & Company (BAM Next WaveFestival and tour), Syncopation and TheUnexpected Man (Penguin Rep), Last of theSuns (Ma-Yi), as well as regional credits, col-lege productions and quirky downtown projects.She is an Artistic Associate with Theater ofNecessity (Mephisto) and resident designer forNAATCO (also including Air Raid,Fuenteovejuna, The House of Bernarda Alba,Falsettoland, Long Day's Journey into Night,and The Cherry Orchard). She also worked as adramaturg on The Laramie Project (NYC,regional, and HBO productions). Shehas a BA

from Cornell and a MFA from Yale. Currentprojects include an adaptation of Othello forTheater of Necessity and continuing with a reptheater design for the Pearl includingMarivaux's Double Infidelity and Ibsen's WhenWe Dead Awaken.

Theresa Squire (Costumes) has been designingfor theatre and dance in and around New Yorkfor the past eight years. Theresa designed MaryShelley's Frankenstein (Flying Machine),Signals of Distress (Soho Rep) and Utopians(Ohio Theater). Other credits include TheJournals of Mihail Sebastion, Can't Let Go,Three-Cornered Moon, Museum, The Voice ofthe Turtle, The Good Thief and The Second Man(Keen Company); Mr.Pim and Far and Wide(The Mint); The Cuchulain Cycle, Awakeningand Woman Killer directed by SonokoKawahara. Pirates of Penzance directed byWorth Gardner (Virginia Opera), TonyKushner's Hydriotaphia directed by MichaelWilson and The Golden Bird directed by AndreSerban at La Mama Etc. Theresa holds an MFAfrom NYU.

Mark T. Simpson (Lights) Broadway andLondon: Associate Lighting Designer for TheFull Monty, The Look of Love, Sinatra. Off-Broadway: Lighting and Set for Lypsinka, As ILay Lip-synching at Minetta Lane, DavidDrake's Son of Drakula at DTW; Lighting forLypsinka the Boxed Set, Human Resources, LeeNegrin's The Valley of Iao; Associate forNYTW's Up Against the Wind, Susan LoriParks' In the Blood, Tamicanfly, Kafka’s TheCastle. Regional: Kennedy Center, StudioTheatre - DC, Old Globe - San Deigo, ZachScott Theatre Center - Austin, Tiffany Theatre -LA, Alcazar Theatre - SF, La Jolla Playhouse.Mint Theater: Alison’s House, New Music, TheHouse of Mirth, Human Resources, Uncle Tom'sCabin, Pericles, Mr. Pim Passes By, Oroonoko,Murphy, Excuse My Dust, Working Class, KindEyes, The Grabelski Concertos, Quality Street.

Jared Coseglia (Sound) has designed over 50plays regionally and in New York including TheWho's Tommy (BTF), Mahogany (Joe's Pub),Roman Nights (DR2), Reflections (CherryLane), Embers (Chelsea Playhouse), Uncle Bob