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Artistic Director |
Executive Director |
Ombudsperson |
Marketing Director |
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| Jason Burkett |
Martin Finnie |
Sara Gmitter |
Niq Tognoni |
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| Assoicate Executive Director |
Design Consultant |
Artistic Associate |
Stage Management Consultant |
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| Kathleen Petroziello |
Sally Weiss |
Hilary Murray |
Jeanette Klemeyer |
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| Artistic Associate |
Stage Management Consultant |
Web Master and Lighting Consultant |
Artistic Associate |
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| Jeff Glass |
Lauren Lassus |
Jabin Chartrand |
Tate Chartrand |
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| Artistic Associate |
Scenery and Props Consultant |
Artistic Associate |
Dramaturg |
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| Lauren Hirte |
Kathy Parsons |
Erik Parsons |
Megan McClain |
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| Artistic Associate |
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| Alden Moore |
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| Jason Burkett - Artistic Director |
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| Jason has spent a lifetime trying to see all sides of every argument and to fully understand each possible point of view. He often feels that he is sorely under informed, and will sometimes write a play about a subject in order to learn more about that subject. He graduated from Catawba College in 2003 with a BA Theatre Arts. Many years in the making, New Suit Theatre represents a belief of Jason's that we learn best when important information surrounds and creates the world in which an engaging dramatic story takes place. |
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| Martin Finnie - Executive Director |
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| Martin earned a degree in Business Administration with a focus in Management from the University of North Carolina. In late 2004, he moved to Chicago and began working for Lookingglass Theatre Company as their master carpenter, and continued
to work with other local theatre companies for the next few years. Currently he works at Harpo Studios as a production crew leader. Martin is a founding member of New Suit Theater and has discovered that working with this company is a fulfilling and gratifying way to give back to society. |
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| Sara Gmitter - Ombudsperson |
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| Sara has been a professional stage manager in the city of Chicago for 15 years. Eleven of those years have been spent at Lookingglass Theatre Company where she has stage managed 37 productions. She taught stage management for 3 years at Northwestern University as an Adjunct Lecturer. She is also a writer whose work has been heard on WBEZ's Stories on Stage, and her play, A Long Fatal Love Chase, was performed by the Powerhouse Theatre Company in 2007. She graduated cum laude from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in Theatre and has an MA in Peace Education from the UN mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. |
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| Niq Tognoni - Marketing Director |
| Niq Tognoni is a Chicago businessman (not a businessman), working with various theater, film, and television producers in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Graduating with a BFA in theater from Wesleyan University in 2004, he has been paying back student loans by constructing sets, running publicity campaigns, and performing onstage with theaters across the country (including Chicago's quarterly political comedy show, Democracy Burlesque). His most recent performance
was his vocal showcase in Opera Theatre Oregon's The Medium where he played the lead character, a mute who gets his tonge cut out. |
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| Kathleen Petroziello - Assoicate Executive Director |
| Kathleen is a freelance stage manager in Chicago and is a proud member of Actors' Equity. She has worked with the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and the Weston Playhouse, as well as the Chicago productions of Altar Boyz and Million Dollar Quartet. In her free time, Kathleen enjoys marathon training and baking cookies.
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| Sally Weiss - Design Consultant |
| Sally has been designing scenery and rearranging furniture for as long as she can recall, and received her BA in Theatre from the University of Maryland at College Park in 2005. Currently Sally resides in Chicago and is about to finish the the MFA Stage Design Program at Northwestern University studying scenic and lighting design. Previous designs include The Boys from Syracuse at Drury Lane Oakbrook, A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol with The Neo-Futurists, The Illusion, Twice Told, and many others at Northwestern University. Examples of her work can be seen at www.sallyweissdesign.com
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| Hilary Murray - Artistic Associate |
| Hilary grew up in Chicago Theatre, and through the years has tried her hand at many different theatrical roles to find the right fit including actor, costumer, sound engineer, stage manager, lighting crew member, and even projection operator. She currently thinks the perfect role for her is New Suit Theatre company member. Hilary is a founding member of the Lookingglass Young Ensemble and has worked with Next Theatre, Democracy Burlesque, Vitalist Theatre, Actor's Gymnasium, and the School of Cinema and Performing Arts. Hilary graduated from Barrington High School in 2008 and is currently pursuing a degree in Music Education while playing, learning, and apprenticing at the Old Town School of Folk Music. |
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Jeanette Klemeyer - Stage Management Consultant |
| Jeanette left her foggy home in San Francisco to brave four winters at Northwestern. She graduated in 2009 with a BA in Theatre and History and, in the dark and snow-swept midst of her fifth Chicago winter, New Suit found her. With eleven productions at Northwestern, a small show in London, and a Goodman internship under her belt, Jeanette was excited to stage manage Jediraq. Since then, she has worked with the Piccolo, Steep, a second stint in London and Lookingglass. |
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| Lauren Lassus - Stage Management Consultant |
| Lauren Lassus comes to Chicago from the great state of Texas. Her trek towards Chicago began with 4 years in Notre Dame, IN (more widely known as South Bend) where she studied and earned a BA in both Theatre and History. She took a short trip across the Lake and settled on the South Side of Chicago. She is a free-lance Stage Manager and has worked with theatre companies such as: Lookingglass, Writer’s Theatre, Steep, and Theatre 7. She stage managed Rebecca Kling’s Trans Form in collaboration with New Suit in 2010. She loved working with this gang so much she stayed! |
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| Jeff Glass - Artistic Associate |
| Jeff grew up in the merry town of Sunnyvale, California, before moving to Chicago to chase down a BA in Theatre and Mathematics from Northwestern University. A freelance lighting designer, director, actor, and production manager, his work has been seen onstage with The Artistic Home, MPAACT, and CityLit Theatre Company, and others. Jeff recently completed his stint as an intern with Lookingglass Theatre Company, and looks forward to bringing educational theatre to those of all ages for a long time to come. |
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| Jabin Chartrand - Web Master and Lighting Consultant |
| Jabin lives in Chicago with his amazing wife Tate. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Theater from the University of Northern Colorado. He is the Master Electrician at the Lookingglass Theatre Company where he has worked since 2004. He is excited to be learning new skills now that he is New Suit's web master. |
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Tate Steele Street Chartrand - Artistic Associate |
| Tate grew up in Colorado and now lives in Chicago with her incredible husband Jabin. She has a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from the University of Northern Colorado and a Masters Degree in Child Development from Erikson Institute. She is currently a preschool teacher at a Chicago Public School. |
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| Lauren Hirte - Artistic Associate |
| Lauren is an actor and acrobat with Chicago companies Lookingglass Theatre and The Actor's Gymnasium. She enjoys working with New Suit, and contribuing in a positive way to Chicago's vibrant Theatre community. |
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| Kathy Parsons - Scenery and Props Consultant |
| Kathy has been building things all her life, and has enjoyed theatre for about as long. She recieved a BA in Theatre from the University of Iowa in 2004 and has been seen covered in sawdust at De Paul University Theater School, The Goodman, Court Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, RedBox Workshop, Timeline, Chicago Dramatists, The Alley (TX), Georgia Shakespeare (GA), CenterStage (MD), and Glimmerglass Opera (NY). |
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| Erik Parsons - Artistic Associate |
| Erik has been participating in theatre even before he was born. Since birth, he has discovered a passion for communication, collaboration and education and is happy to put his efforts into a company that shares and exemplifies those passions. He received a BA in Theatre Arts from Catawba College and has been shaping the minds of his fellow man ever since - as a director of Chicago's only political sketch comedy show Democracy Burlesque; children's theatre director with Lexington Children's Theatre, Long Lake Camp for the Arts, and the Alley Theatre; and a substitute teacher in Chicago area schools. |
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| Megan McClain - Dramaturg |
| Megan became a dramaturg for New Suit after meeting Jason Burkett on the 147 north bound bus via one Marc Halsey. She couldn't be happier about that fortuitous event. Around Chicago, she has worked with Remy Bumppo, Goodman Theatre, New Leaf Theatre, and American Players Theatre in WI. She also co-founded Ground to Plate, an exploration in culinary theatre. Megan is heading east this fall to be part of the M.F.A. Dramaturgy program at The University of Massachusetts Amherst, but she will continue to support her fellow suitors from afar. |
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| Alden Moore - Artistic Associate |
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