Sweat

Inga Ballard’s recent credits include Baneatta in “Chicken & Biscuits” at Crossroads Theatre Company, and Marvelous in “Familiar” at the Wooly Mammoth Theatre. Additional credits include the 1^st and 2^nd National Tour of “Ragtime” as Sarah’s Friend. Inga has performed regionally in multiple productions of “Hairspray” as Motor Mouth Maybelle. Those theatres include Sacramento Music Circus, Norths Shore Music Theatre, Houston’s TUTS, the Cape Playhouse, The Lyric Theatre, The New Theatre, Westchester Broadway and the Argyle Theatre. Inga has also performed at The Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Syracuse Stage, The Pittsburg Public Theatre, City Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, The Weston Playhouse and Goodspeed Opera House. TV credits: Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” HBO’S “Love Life 2,” “Starz Power,” Power Productions LLC., NBC’S “30 Rock,” NBC’S “Law & Order Criminal Intent” and ABC’S “All My Children.” Numerous commercials and voiceovers. Inga received her B.A. in Drama from UC Davis and her M.F.A. in Acting from USC. Inga is a member of Quick Silver Theatre Company, Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

Active in the Capital District theater community for more than 30 years, Kathleen has worked at most area theaters and is thrilled to be making her Capital Repertory Theatre mainstage debut! Her most recent appearance was as the title role in Harbinger Theatre’s acclaimed production of “Mrs. Packard.” Other recent appearances include Mary Mallon in “Typhoid Mary” (Theater Voices), Carol in “Hurricane Diane” (Harbinger) and Margie in “Good People” at her beloved Theater Barn, for which she won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Award from the Berkshire Theater Critic’s Association (tied with Debra Jo Rupp). Thanks to Maggie and Margaret. As always, for Mom and Dad.

Jovan Davis is an actor and a writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He has written several poems as well as a full-length play, and is currently working on his first TV pilot! He is an avid lover of theater and is extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a part of such a riveting play. He would like to thank his friends and family for their unrelenting love and support. Some memorable credits include Othello in “Othello,” Oberon in “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Jim Fingal in “Lifespan of a Fact” and Hotspur in “Henry IV.” He can also be seen on TV in Season 5 of “New Amsterdam,” as well as Season 1 of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” coming to Amazon Prime.

David Gow is a NYC-based actor. He was last seen onstage in “Hamlet” at Shakespeare & Company opposite Christopher Lloyd and Finn Wittrock. TV/Film: “Chrissy Judy” (Apple TV), “Girls on the Bus” (HBO), “The Good Fight” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), “Jon Glaser Loves Gear” (truTV) and “Candice” (Austin Film Festival). NY THEATER: “Burning Leaves” (Duke Theater), “Chokehold” (14th St.Y), “Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone” (Workshop Theater), “Bleach” (Wilson’s Lounge); “Decky Does a Bronco” (Royal Family Productions), REGIONAL: “Measure for Measure,” “Dear Jack Dear Louise,” “Mothers and Sons,” “Waverly Gallery” (Shakespeare & Company), “Up The Hill” (Eugene O’Neill Center), “Peter and the Starcatcher” (Smithtown Performing Arts Center), “Pirira,” “The Giant Void In My Soul” (Luna Stages), “Sense & Sensibility” (4th Wall Theater), “Why Do You Stand There In The Rain” (Edinburgh Fringe), “Scooter Thomas Makes It To The Top of the World” (Hollywood Fringe); David holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Love to K.

LeeAnne Hutchison is thrilled to make her Capital Repertory Theatre debut in this play by one of her all-time favorite playwrights, Lynn Nottage. Off-Broadway credits include Tennessee Williams’ “A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur,” Ellen McLaughlin’s “Septimus and Clarissa;” God in “God Shows Up;” “Our Brother’s Son” (Signature Theatre); “Alternating Currents” (Working Theatre); “Sam’s Romance” (Actors Temple). Regional favorites: Blanche in “A Streetcar Named Desire” (WV Public); “August: Osage County and Clybourne Park” (Arkansas Rep); “Tender Rain” (by Kyle Bass, World Premiere) and “Eureka Day” (Syracuse Stage); “Sex With Strangers” (The Kitchen Theatre and Geva); “Flint” (by Jeff Daniels, at Shadowland Stages); at Shaker Bridge Theatre in VT: “Frankie and Johnny;” “The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective;” “Incognito;”Over the Tavern” and “Side Effects;” “The Tempest” (Saratoga Shakes’); and Mary Todd Lincoln in “Mrs. President” at the Edinburg Festival, 2023. Favorite Off-Off-Broadway: “The Third Policeman” (La Mama/Nomad Theatrical); Euridice in “Orpheus” (at HERE, with Taylor Mac); and “Innocents,” directed by Rachel Dickstein. Film: “Trivia About You” (with Grant Neale, by Amy Berryman); and “A View of the World From Fifth Avenue” (Robert Sisters Pictures) Television: “Law & Order: SVU;” “Jessica Jones;” “The Other F Word;” “The White House Plumbers.”

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Christopher (he/him) is delighted to join the cast of “Sweat.” He is a Beaumont, TX native and a University of Virginia Alum (MFA ’14). Off-Broadway: “The Falling Season” (Theatre Row), “W;t” (TSP), “The Tyrannicides” (TRT). Regional: “One Man Two Gubnors” (Heritage Theatre Festival), “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde” (The Blackfriars Playhouse), “Merrymaking” (World Premiere/Maples Repertory Theatre). TV: “How To Be A Good Listener” (Amazon Prime). @crosemurray

Michael was thrilled to make his Capitol Repertory Theater debut last season in Sharr White’s “The True.” Credits include:

BROADWAY: “The Farnsworth Invention,” “I’m Not Rappaport,” “Not About Nightingales,” “Mamma Mia” and “Hedda Gabler.” OFF BROADWAY: “Sundown/Yellow Moon,” “Dinner With Friends,” “Saturday Night” and “Black Snow.” REGIONAL THEATER: theREP, The Alley Theatre, The Old Globe Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare, Geva Theater and The Wilma Theater. FILM: “Paint,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Brooklyn’s Finest” and “The Family Stone.” TELEVISION: “The Equalizer,” “The Blacklist,” “New Amsterdam,” “Madame Secretary,” “The Punisher,” “The Affair,” “The Good Wife,” “Veep,” “Blue Bloods,” “Sleepy Hollow” and “Law & Order.”

“Hamlet” (Public); “The Three Musketeers and Romeo & Juliet” (The Acting Company); “Perseverance” (Portland Stage), “Jordan” (Northern Stage), “Ruined,” “Jackie & Me,” “One Night in Miami,” (Denver Center); “Othello,” “Twelfth Night” (Cincinnati Shakes); Film/TV: “The Endgame;” “New Amsterdam;” 40-Year Old Version; “Bull”; “SVU”; “Blindspot”; “The Blacklist.” Will is originally from Cincinnati.

Margaret E. Hall has worked internationally as a director, stage manager and drama teacher. She currently holds the full-time position of Associate Artistic Director at theREP, where she manages several programs (most notably, theREP’s NEXT ACT! New Play Summit and Neighbors For Neighbors programs) and directs both on the mainstage and within the in-school touring program.

Margaret made her mainstage directorial debut at theREP in 2017 with “An Iliad” and has since directed: “Secret Hour” (World Premiere and BroadwayWorld Nomination for Best Director Central NY, 2023); “Live From WVL Radio Theatre: It’s a Wonderful Life” (2019); “Red Maple” (World Premier and BroadwayWorld Winner for Best Direction of a New Play 2019); and was the Assistant Director to Kevin McGuire, for theREP’s 2015 production of “Hamlet.” Additionally, Margaret has directed: “Shakespeare: The Remix”; “Harriet Tells It Like It Is!”; “Pure Poe: Three Tales of the Macabre”; “Petticoats of Steel”; “Cinderella”; “Alice In Wonderland!”; “Sleepy Hollow”; “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; “Friend of a Friend: Tales of the Underground Railroad”; “They Built America: Workers of the Erie Canal;  “An Iliad”; and “The Remarkable and Perplexing Case of Henry Hudson”; for theREP’s On-The-Go! in-school touring program.

Other directorial credits include: “Circus Olympus”; “Into the Woods Jr.”; “Disney’s Aristocats Kids’”; “Peter Pan and Wendy”; “The Wizard of Oz”; “The Just So Stories.” She has also directed staged/readings with theREP, Troy Foundry Theatre, Playground Theatre Festival, and Theater Voices. While studying overseas, she proudly worked as a member of Conflict Relief: The Arab Israeli Theatre Collaboration, which toured its sketch comedy production, “The Arab, The Jew and The Chicken” throughout London, to the Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival and the Gallimaufry Arts Festival in Laguna Beach, CA. Margaret is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, holds a BA in Theatre Arts from SUNY New Paltz, and an MFA in Theatre Directing from the University of Essex in London. Next up: “Seared” at theREP (fall, 2024).

Kate Kern is thrilled to be the Production Stage Manager for “Sweat.” Kate loves working with Capital Repertory Theatre and has worked as a Stage Manager and Assistant Company Manager for the past few years, working on shows such as “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas” and “Honky Tonk Angels.” Kate is also a company member of Troy Foundry Theatre, where she has worked as the Stage Manager for shows such as “Illium Burns: Where There’s Smoke” and “City Of Myth: Illium Sings.” She is also proud to have worked with wonderful companies such as Black Theatre Troupe, Proctors and the Theatre Institute At Sage. Kate is a recent graduate from Russell Sage College-majoring in Business Administration and Theatre, where she was the Stage Manager for 4 years at the Theatre Institute At Sage; “Stupid F#cking Bird,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “Oliver,” “Tribes” and many more. Kate loves working with the people at Capital Repertory Theatre, and she wants to thank her family, friends, all the wonderful people at Capital Repertory Theatre and NJH for all their support.

Regina Desrosiers is a recent graduate of Russell Sage College’s Musical Theatre performance program. Recent onstage credits include: “Happy Days,” “Junie B. Jones The Musical,” “The Laramie Project” and “Stupid F**king Bird.” Tech and ASM credits include: “Thanksgiving Play,” “Still,” “Misery, “Thirst” (Dorset Theatre Festival). Stage Manager credits include “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily,” “Benjamin Franklinstein The Musical” (Russell Sage College). She would like to thank her family, Vinny, and Kate for their support.

Brian Prather is excited to return to theREP after designing last season’s “A  Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Before that, “The Irish and How They Got That Way,” “Red Maple,” “Miss Bennett,” “Blithe Spirit,” “She Loves Me,” “Mamma Mia” and “Camelot.” Some of Brian’s Off-Broadway work includes “Daniel’s Husband” (Primary Stages), “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” (Gingold Theatre Group), “Becoming Dr. Ruth” (Westside Theatre), “Freud’s Last Session” (New World Stages), etc. International: Chung-mu Hall (South Korea). Regional and other: Asolo Rep., Alley Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Barrington Stage Co., TheatreWorks Hartford, Virginia Rep., Broad Stage, Mercury Theatre, Delaware Theatre Co., Penguin Rep., among others. Awarded the Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago), two Berkshire Theatre Critics Assoc. Awards, and nominated for an Emmy (New England) for the design of “The Kate” concert series on Public Television. Brian is the Asst. Professor of Scene Design at Central Connecticut State University, an Associate Artist at Barrington Stage Co., and a proud member of USA Local 829. See Brian’s work at www.brianprather.com.

Elivia Bovenzi Blitz is a costume designer based in New York City. An Albany native, she graduated from Russell Sage College with a degree in Musical Theatre. Over the course of her career, Elivia has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally.

She has designed an extensive repertoire of Shakespeare and has spent the past six summer seasons in the Berkshires, MA, designing for Barrington Stage Company and Berkshire Theatre group. Notably, she was nominated for a 2019 Berkshire Theatre Critics Award for Outstanding Costume Design for BSC’s production of Time Flies and Other Comedies. Other credits at BSC include “A Glass Menagerie,” “Typhoid Mary,” “The Birds,” “American Underground,” “If I Forget,” “Kunstler” and “Peerless.” For BTG, she has designed costumes for “Copenhagen,” “The Smile of Her,” “Photograph 51,” “Edward Albee’s Seascape,” “Once,” “White Christmas,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Shirley Valentine.” Additionally, she has worked at the Guthrie Theater, The Public Theater, Alliance Theatre, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Two River Theater, Hartford Stage, Papermill Playhouse, LaMaMa, Ars Nova, NYU, and Troy Foundry Theater, among others. She holds an MFA in Design from the Yale School of Drama and is an Adjunct Professor of Fashion History at FIT. Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. www.eliviabovenzi.com IG: @eliviaseyes

Shelby Loera is thrilled to be back at theREP designing “Sweat.” She is a New York-based lighting designer and associate. Select designs: “Titanic” (NYU); “The Frogs” (Jazz Lincoln Center); “Sister Act” (The Muny); “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (theREP); “House of Bernarda Alba” (U of M); “Camelot” (The Muny); “The Sound of Music” (The Muny – first female lighting designer in 2021); “Elf the Musical” (John Engeman); “Your Alice” (BAM Fisher). Select associate: “Sunset Boulevard” (The Kennedy Center); “42nd Street” (Goodspeed); “Verdi’s Rigoletto” (OSA); “Next to Normal” (WCP); “Dreaming Zenzile” (ArtsEmerson). Livesight Inc (live events).

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Jeffrey Salerno (he/him) is a New York City-based Sound Designer. He is thrilled to be returning to Capital Repertory Theatre after having designed “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Honky Tonk Angels.” Jeffrey’s work has been heard throughout the North East and has recently been awarded the CT Region Broadway World’s Best Sound Design for “The Agitators.” Most recently, Jeffrey designed “Indecent” at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford, CT and Assistant Designed “Penelope” at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Off-Broadway credits include MCC: Associate Sound Designer to Nathan Leigh “Space Dogs.” Other regional credits include Berkshire Theatre Group: “Godspell,” “What the Jews Believe;” Northern Stage: “Side by Side by Side by Sondheim.” Jeffrey would like to thank his fiancé Melanie, his cat Thomas, and his friends and family for their love, support and constant music recommendations. For more information about his current or past projects and what’s coming up next, visit www.jeffreysalerno.com @SalernoSoundSesign on Instagram.

Kylee Loera is a video designer, associate video designer and content creator/ video editor for live theatre, dance and musicals based in New York. Kylee has worked at The Kennedy Center, The Metropolitan Opera, The Lincoln Center, The Muny, the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, The 92 YMHA Theater in NYC, Signature Theater, Theatre Row, Arts Emerson, MCC Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Pittsburg CLO.

Peter Leibold VI is a lighting and projection designer based in New York City. Peter has worked across the country at theatres including The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Ford’s Theatre Society, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Andy’s Summer Playhouse, The Spoleto Festival and many more. Peter won the New Hampshire Theatre Alliance award for Best Lighting for his work with Orange Grove Dance at Andy’s Summer Playhouse and was a finalist for Live Design’s 2020 Design Achievement Awards, also for his work with Orange Grove Dance. See more of his work at www.peterleibold.com

Kyle Vincent Terry is happy to be returning to theREP. Born and raised in Chicago IL, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Chicago and MFA from Brown University-Trinity Rep Consortium. Fight choreography credits include “The Royale” (theREP; Merrimack Rep); “Macbeth: As the Dust Settles” (TheMASSIVE); “Tiger Prawn: The Mountain Mover” (Chicago Dance Crash); (Chicago Tap Theater). Recent theater credits: “Othello” (New York Theatre Workshop); “Man in The Ring” (Huntington); “A Christmas Carol” (Trinity Rep). Recent Television Credits include “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz); “The Girls on the Bus” (Max); “Headhunter on Gotham” (Fox); “Halston” (Netflix); “Blue Bloods” (CBS); “For Life” (ABC) as well as work for Showtime and NBC/Universal.