Acting: Patrick Jordan 
 A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Jor dan is a founding member and artistic director Barebones Productions, where he has appeared in multiple productions, includingCherry Smoke, which premiered at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.  Jordan has performed with multiple companies in Pittsburgh, New York, and India, and has also appeared in various motion pictures. 
Acting: Daina Griffith 
Daina Griffith is a local AEA/SAG- AFTRA actress whose work can be seen on stages around Pittsburgh, in such films as The Dark Knight Rises (Foley's wife), Hollidaysburg (Angela), and Civilians (Tilly), and currently heard and seen in local commercials (Armstrong Cable). She was honored to be named the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Performer of the Year in 2013, and is currently performing in Tell it to the Marines at Soldiers and Sailors. Up next: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris with PICT Classic Theatre. 
Costume Design: Jeffrey Fuga 
 An alum of Point Park University, Jeff is a full time produc- tion technician at City Theatre Company. Some of his lo- cal theatre credits include Pittsburgh CLO's Gallery of Heroes: The Invention of Edison and the Pittsburgh Playhouse's Huck Finn, The Outsiders, and Hecuba. 
Hair: Joan Spratt  Joan Spratt is a seasoned hair stylist and period designer.  Among her credits includ e Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera [ C.L.O.], Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Broadway Series and a number of films shot in the Pittsburgh area. Joan also designs and staffs a series of 18th Century re-enactments. She is a prominent authority and consultant of this 
period. 
Hair: Darlene Kelly 
 
Workshop Presenters  
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Education and Community Engagement 803 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3703 TrustArts.org
412-471-6079 education@trustarts.org
Education and Community Engagement
 As The Pittsburgh Cultural Trus t’s Department of Education and Community Engagement, we are committed to providing educational experiences to a multicultural audience of all ages. Our mission is part of the Trust’s goal of creating cultural vitality in Pittsburgh.
The Department of Education and Community Engagement works with arts organizations, universities, educators, under -served populations and the overall community to develop educational and entertaining programs that nurture an appreciation for the arts.
 
About The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Since its inception in 1984, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has been a catalyst for cultural and economic growth in the city. The Trust has forged partnerships with arts organizations, private businesses, state and local government and developers to encourage development in the Cultural District.
The Trust owns and operates the Benedum Center, Byham Theater, Harris Theater and O’Reilly Theater. In addition, the Trust manages Wood Street Galleries, as well as a number of smaller art galleries in the Cultural District. 
February 10 & 11, 2015  
 
Make-Up: Roderick Carter   Mr. Carter has been a professional make-up artist and teacher for over 30 years. He has worked in opera, musical theater, comedy and drama. His film credits
include providing make-up for Diabolique  with Sharon Stone, Kingpin with Woody Harrelson and The Patriot  with Mel Gibson. He is currently designing for the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Pittsburgh Musical Theater. 
Make-up: Christopher Patrick 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based make up artist Christopher Patrick specializes in Special Make Up F/X as well as straight and beauty make up for the stage and screen. With over 10 years of experience, Christopher is proficient in AIRBRUSH,BEAUTY, & EDITORIAL MAKE UP, and has worked in commercials, music videos, fashion  shows, theatrical productions and films both independent and feature. Christopher has also be Special Make Up F/X Supervisor on several films and owns Special Make Up F/X shop SOMETHING IN THE BASEMENT F/X. Christopher is a licensed esthetician and a Journeyman of I.A.T.S.E. Local 798, Hair & Make Up Artists Union. Christopher Patrick is available for studio, on set and location work in Pittsburgh and wherever he is needed! 
Make-up: Lindsay Dickison 
Lindsay Dickison is a graduate of the Tom Savini School of Special Effects. She is a theatre designer of hair and make-up and the only designer used by the Lincoln Park Performing Arts School. She has participated in the Theatre Arts Workshop for 8 years. Her special talents lie in Zoomorphic and Fantasy designs. 
PITTSBURGH CULTUR L TRUST
Playwriting: Monteze Freeland 
Monteze Freeland is a graduate of Point Park University. His theater company The LAB Project has been selected to join the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival. Monteze is the Artistic Associate for The Pittsburgh Playwright's 2013-2014 season having just directed Poe's Last Night. As a playwright, he has been commisioned by The Arena Players since the age of 16 beginning with his murder mystery thriller -saga "Shutting Down the Big House". For T3 he penned a Trayvon Martin memorial piece entitiled "Mother's Day". Monteze is a teaching artist for City Theater's Young Playwright's Festival, cultivating the incredible young talent in Pittsburgh.
Playwriting: Kim El  Kim El is an actor, poet, playwright and vocalist. She is a homegrown Pittsburgher whose creative life experiences include acting with New Horizon Theatre, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, The Shadow Lounge and Quiet Storm Coffee House. She is a graduate of Duquesne University with a B.A. in Journalism and in addition to performing, Kim uses her skills as a Program Manager to educate and mentor teens at the Homewood Youth Places After School Program. 
Playwriting: Dr. Tameka Cage Conley  Tameka Cage Conley, PhD, is a scholar and professional literary artist who writes poetry, fiction, and plays. She completed the doctoral degree in English at Louisiana State University where she received the Huel Perkins Doctoral Fellowship. She was later awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Award for her manuscript, Painful Discourses: Borders, Regions, and Representations of Female Circumcision from Africa to  America. In 2010, she received the August Wilson Center Fellowship in literary arts. Her first play, Testimony, was produced at the Center in May 2011. In fall 2011, she received the Advancing the Black Arts Grant for theater. In 2012, she became a Cave Canem Poetry Fellow and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for poetry as well as the Carol R. Brown Creative  Achievement Award. She is completin g her first novel and a poetry collection. 
 
Make-up: Ricky Gindlesberger   Ricky is a makeup and wig artist from Pittsburgh Pa. He graduated from Douglas Business School in 2012, after completing the Tom Savini Special Makeup Effects Program. Credits include Pittsburgh Musical Theater's CATS (wigs and makeup) HAIRSPRAY(wigs and makeup) Disney's TARZAN (makeup and wig design) and SHREK (wig designer and makeup) as well as Prime Stage's THE ELEPHANT MAN (wigs and wardrobe). 
Movement for Actors: Mark Conwa y Thompson 
Mr. Thompson has performed inMummenschanz  on Broadway, was for six years a principle soloist with Ella Jaroszewicz's movement theater companyLe Théâtre Magenia (Paris); he has danced with Rudolf Nureyev and Noëlla Pontois (Perpignan, France), has danced also with the American Dance Ensemble, Tome Cousins' Physical Theatre Project , and the Ina Hahn Dance Company; has appeared in films, and has performed locally with Quantum Theater, Pittsburgh Playwrights' Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, No Name Players, Saints and Poets, and Unseam'd Shakespeare Company. Mr. Thompson has taught mime and movement for actors at the International Academy of Dance (Paris), Duke University, the University of Brazil, Carnegie Mellon University, Point Park College, Duquesne University and Colorado College. He has choreographed for dance companies in the USA and abroad, collaborates with the European theatre project “Performing Languages,” has written seven plays for movement theatre, and presently is performing a one-man-show, Flight from Himself .
Playwriting: Mark Southers 
Mark Clayton Southers is an award-winning playwright and director personally mentored by August Wilson. As the founding artistic director of the ten-year -old Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, he’s produced 125 plays including ten of August Wilson’s 10- play “Century Cycle” (in the order they appeared on Broadway) and presented an original work in Poland. He also serves as Director of Theatre Initiatives at the August Wilson Center of  African American Culture. 
Stage Combat: Laura Mitchell  Laura Mitchell received a MFA in acting from Temple University, which included stage combat certification.  Ms. Mitchell directs the plays and musicals at Moon Area High School where she also teaches 9th and 12
th  grade
English. On the professional stage, Ms. Mitchell has sung with the Indianapolis Opera and traveled around the US appearing in many different shows, as well as appearing in a number of commercials. Laura will be assisted by two of her students: Samuel Gregory and Katrina Kudla. 
Stage Management: Kim Martin 
Kim Martin (Production Manager) graduated from Point Park University in 1987 where she received a B.A. in Fine, Applied and Performing Arts. She stayed on at the University to work in the Conservatory of Dance and Music where she assisted in the implementation of a number of programs. She returned to the Playhouse in 1999 as Production Stage Manager. In addition, Ms. Martin has directed at various theatres in and around the Pittsburgh area including Pittsburgh Playhouse, barebones productions, Apple Hill Playhouse, Pyramid Productions, The Upstairs Theatre, The New Group Theatre, and Geneva College. In 2007, she was promoted to Production Manager at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and is currently serving in that capacity as well as adjunct faculty at the University.
Stage Management: Alicia Digiorgi   Alicia Digiorgi has lived and wor ked in Pittsburgh for eight years now. She has worked for Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, City Theatre, The Rep, Barebones Productions, Bricologe Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Red Eye Theatre Project and Unique Staging Solutions. Sh e received her Stage Management and Technical Theatre degree from Point Park University.
We would like to thank all presenters, schools, and students 
for participating!