Creative Team

Erin Allen

Assistant Costume Designer

Erin Allen is a freshman Theatre Design major with a focus on costume design at Virginia Commonwealth University. She began designing costumes for her high school theatre program in 2016 and is excited to continue her costume design journey with El Eterno Femenino.

Kayla Brown

Assistant Stage Manager

Kayla Brown is a freshman stage manager at VCU and is excited for her first show with FIREHOUSE. Favorite shows include Alabama Story, Matilda, and Doubt

Jason Burns

Lighting Designer

Jason Burns is a second year lighting designer at VCU. Favorite credits include LD for Twelfth Night (SALT), and ALD for The Santa's Closet, Ada and the Engine (SALT), and You Got Older (SALT).

Casey Clauberg

Production Stage Manager

Casey Clauberg is getting a BFA in Theatre with a concentration in Stage Management as well as a major in psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. This will be his first professional theatre experience, and he is very excited to share with everyone. Casey has previously worked on shows such as Spring Awakening (Production Assistant), Ada and the Engine (Assistant Stage Manager), and Mamma Mia! (Production Stage Manager). He would love to thank his friends and family for working with his busy schedule and hopes you all enjoy the show!

Sarah Cook

Scenic Designer

Sarah Cook is a second year student pursuing her BFA at VCU in Theatre with a concentration in Scenic Design. She is absolutely thrilled to finally see El Eterno Femenino come to life! Her previous credits include: Assistant paint charge in Sense and Sensibility (VCUarts Theatre), and crew on Machinal (VCUarts Theatre). She is currently also designingThe Dentist (VCUarts Theatre). She would like to thank Nathan Rankin for being her assistant and best friend. You can find more of her work @sarah.n.cook on Instagram.

Drewe Goldstein

Director

As an artist, Drewe (they/them) demands the production of diverse, politically relevant, and challenging works of performance art. The media of tomorrow will not only be for all, but will spark productive conversation. There is no other option. New York Theatre: Most Happy [Dir. Daniel Fish]. Regional Theatre: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Director) at Dogtown Dance, People Who Called (Director) available on Spotify, I and You (Assistant Director) at the Weston Playhouse, West Side Story (Assistant Choreographer), A Doll’s House (Assistant Director) at TheatreLab, Warm at Firehouse Theatre. Other Directing: Glorious Cake (Director) available on YouTube, God of Carnage (Director), Commonwealth (Director). VCUarts Theatre: Spring Awakening (Hanschen), Sense and Sensibility (Movement Director/ John Dashwood), Three Musketeers (King Louis), and Little Shop of Horrors (Ensemble, U/S Orin). S.A.L.T: Enough (Choreographer), Venus in Fur (Assistant Director), Orlando and 4.48 Psychosis. Upcoming; WHATS LEFT Music Video with Musical Artist Anna Leonard. www.drewegoldstein.com

Luci Harris

Producer

Luci is a senior double major in International Studies and Spanish at VCU. She loves combining her passion in theater with her academic interests, especially focusing on works from Latin America. It has been a pleasure getting to work on this project.

Liza Hazelwood

Film Director

Liza Hazelwood (she/her) is a filmmaker working primarily in the documentary and/or experimental mode. She has previously worked with the Shafer Alliance Laboratory Theatre, the American Library Association, plain china: National Anthology of the Best Undergraduate Writing, and VCU Libraries. Her work has shown at the Student Experimental Film Festival at Binghamton and Rump Gallery. lizahazelwood.com

Carissa Lanstra

Assistant Stage Manager

SALT: Grand Concourse, Twelfth Night. Favorite shows worked on Bright Star, RENT: School Edition, The Miracle Worker, and Scrooge No More. Freshman BFA: Theatre VCU Stage Management & BS: VCU Biology

Kylee Márquez-Downie

Associate Director

Kylee Márquez-Downie is thrilled to be bringing this bilingual production to life! She has recently been seen as Dolly Proton in Santa’s Enchanted Workshop (VA Rep), Cosette in Les Misèrables (Westfield Summer Stage), and currently starring as Wendla in VCU’s Mainstage production of Spring Awakening. She would like to thank the cast & crew for working diligently to make this show happen, the directing team, and everyone streaming the show! ¡Disfruta del espectáculo! ig: @itsmarqymarq www.kyleemarquezdownie.com

Sterling Niemann

Costume Designer

Sterling Niemann is a second year costume design major at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has worked most recently as a wardrobe manager for VCU Theatre's She Kills Monsters. She has worked professionally as a dresser and stitcher for Keegan Theatre in Washington D.C. Some of her design credits include Ching Chong Chinaman (VCU Salt), Monty Python’s Spamalot, and Pippin (Rambunctious Theatre Company). She is elated to be a part of El Eterno Feminino!

Austyn Nowell

Assistant Lighting Designer

Austyn Nowell is thrilled to be the ALD for the first time under Jason Burns. He is a freshman at VCU, majoring in technical theatre with a focus in lighting design. Past designer credits include Into The Woods, Hairspray, and Annie.

Bryce Pride

Film Crew

Bryce Pride (she/her) is a relatively new filmmaker. Her main focus is on pre-production and some aspects of production. She has spent a semester working as a production assistant for Eco Hero kids (a show that teaches children about the environment around them). She also writes short coming of age, contemporary, and romance films.

Nathan Rankin

Assistant Scenic Designer

Nathan is a third year VCUarts student pursuing his BA in Theatre. While Nathan has spent most of his time backstage in educational theatre, he has plenty of professional experience at theme parks across the East Coast! Previous experience include; Master Carpenter in Spring Awakening (VCUarts), Assistant Props in Sense and Sensibility (VCUarts), Dancer in Grand Carnivale (Kings Dominion, VA and Dorney Park, PA), and Ice Prince in WinterFest (Kings Dominion, VA). In 2019, Nathan won a CAPPIES Award for Best Hair and Makeup in The Addams Family (Osbourn Park High School). Nathan would like to thank his best friend, Sarah Cook, for giving him the opportunity to be her Assistant Scenic Designer for El Eterno Femenino. He hopes that everyone enjoys the show! You can find some of his makeup work @makeup.by.nathan on Instagram!

Mia Richards

Assistant Director

Mia Richards is a Theatre major who later intends on double majoring in Mass Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University. While this is her first professional directional debut, they have previously directed/assistant directed shows such as You Make the Difference (VCU Salt), The Tempest, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and her self-written show La Lune. (Thomas Dale HS). Mia's favorite acting credentials include Judy Haynes in White Christmas (TDHS), Ophelia in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Quill), and Miranda U/S in The Tempest (Quill). Enjoy the show!

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