Creative Team

Hatem Adell (Director) is delighted to be directing another comedy by Shakespeare for Theatre@First. Favourite directing credits include Love's Labour's Lost (in Space), Bare Bones: Zoo Story [Theatre@First], Macbeth [It's A Fiasco], Incident at Vichy [Praxis], J.A.S.O.N. [O.W.I.] .

Morganna Becker (Producer) has performed, written, managed, produced and designed for many Boston area theatre & dance companies. She spent last summer researching devised theatre in Italy. Recent T@F credits include Giving@First, The Magic Fire, Mourning Becomes Electra, Love's Labour's Lost(In Space). Thank you to Tina, Toby, Jonathan & Kazoo for your words of encouragement.

Jenn Benfield (Costume Design) is thrilled to costume for T@F for the first time, and honored to work with actors who would look great in burlap sacks. Previous design credits include the Mrs. Hawking series with Chameleon's Dish. Huge thanks to Phoebe Roberts, Jack, and husband John, without whom some of these actors would be (even more) naked.

Meg Boeni (Gaffpatch the Tech Fairy) has worked with T@F as a props master, makeup artist, carpenter, technical director, dishwasher, musician, and bloodmistress. She'd like to thank Hatem for dragging her into these magical woods, and the amazing cast for making them come alive. You took pains, and you are perfect!

Kay Coughlin (Tech Director) has worked with T@F on 10 productions including tech direction for ‘Earnest,' and lighting design for 'R&G are Dead' and 'As You Like It.' She performed as Maineiac One in the original musical '2010: Our Hideous Future,' is the assistant stage manager of 'The Slutcracker,' and frequently stage manages unusual offerings at OBERON.

Rose Cross (Props Master) is a first time props master, long time crafter of many wonderful creations mostly for her friends and family's enjoyment- now bringing her talents of the glue gun to theatres near you!

Stephanie Haddad (Publicity Director) is thrilled to be working with Theatre@First once again as the Publicity manager! She loves the chance to stay involved with the theater remotely between her roles as a freelance writer, author, at-home sales consultant, and the mother of two pretty awesome little troublemakers, Ellie and Michael! She thanks her family for supporting all her crazy projects.

David Kurimsky (Music Director) and musical collaborator Leah Bakst (Musician) rock out in the power-pop/punk/doo-wop band DOUBLE STAR! That is when they're not playing jazzy accompaniment to fairy shenanigans...

Shelley MacAskill has been involved in twenty-one shows with T@F, assuming she's counted correctly, which is never a given (one plus one plus two plus one...). This is her first time working on publicity, so if you're seeing the show, she feels like she's done her job. She'd like to thank her B.A. in English--it turns out you can do something with it.

Christina McGuire (Seamstress) is cool as a cucumber, which she used to dip in sugar growing up so she'd get "nutrition and stuff." Smart and loyal, she's the type of gal to figure out a sewing machine when the world is in need. I mean, she is getting a Ph.D. in biology...

Gilly Rosenthol (Graphic Design) has been with T@F since their second show in 2004. At last count, she has done the design for about 44 productions, and acted in 21. When not doing graphics for T@F, she is a part-time graphic designer at CJP and a freelance designer on the side. She also edits her husband’s Disney blog (magicandmisadventures.com) and spoils her dog, Daisy. #adoptapitbull

Vickie Wu (Social Media Coordinator) was most recently seen on stage as Tessie in "Swing and a Miss" as part of Festival@First 9: Wicked Boston! By day she is the resident chef at Beacon Hill Friends House, and apparently she just never stops cooking. She even got to cook food for the stage for T@F's "The Magic Fire." She quite likes pate and doesn't think it's pukey at all.