HOW WE GOT ON

Creative Team Bios

SUMMER L. WILLIAMS (she/her) — Director
Summer L. Williams is an award-winning director and Co-Founder/Associate Artistic Director of Company One Theatre in Boston. Her most recent directing credits include Boy Who Kissed The Sky by Idris Goodwin at Company One Theatre in Boston, Jump by Charly Evon Simpson at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, MD,  can i touch it? A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Francisca Da Silvera at Company One Theatre,  sandblasted by Charly Evon Simpson with Vineyard Theatre and WP Theater, Off-Broadway. In Boston with Company One, she has directed more than 25 productions, including the world-premieres of Downtown Crossing and Leftovers; Wolf Play; Miss You LIke Hell (with OBERON at American Repertory Theatre); Wig Out! (with OBERON at A.R.T.); Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again; and An Octoroon and Colossal (2016 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for both productions).

ARIANA DOOKHRAN (she/any) — Scenic Designer
BFA ‘24 Theatre Design and Technology. Emerson Stage credits: Everybody (2nd Assistant Scenic Designer), Next to Normal (Assistant Scenic Designer), The Wolves (Scenic Designer), Into the Woods (2nd Assistant Costume Designer), Old Jake’s Skirts (Assistant Costume Designer), and Paris (Costume Designer). Emerson College credits: emShake’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream! (Scenic Designer); and EVVY42 (Scenic Designer). Big thanks to my mentor and the scene shop for supporting my work!

JEZ INSALACO (she/her) — Costume Designer
Jez Insalaco is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829 in the Costume Design category & Local 481 Studio Mechanics in the costume craft. Costume Design credits include: The Light at Lyric Stage Company, This is Treatment at Northeastern University, The Samuel Slater Experience in Webster, MA produced by Boston Productions Inc, I Loved, I Lost, I Ate Spaghetti at Greater Boston Stage Company, and Anne Frank at Boston Children’s Theatre. Film & Television credits include Good Burger 2 (Set Costumer), Instigators (Boston Unit BG Set Costumer), Invitation to a Bonfire (BG Set Costumer), Spirited (BG Set Costumer), Don’t Look Up (Costume Fitter). She is a Boston-based Japanese-American artist who is passionate about creating with color and designing work that is for & by people of color. She hopes to create images through her design that are diverse and expansive and to empower those who see themselves in her work. jezdes.com

HANNAH FORSBERG (she/they) — Lighting Designer
BFA ’24 Theatre Design & Technology. Emerson Stage credits: This Golden Day (Sound Board Operator), Spring Awakening (Assistant Lead Electrician), The Late Wedding (Assistant Lighting Designer), Next to Normal (Lead Electrician), Old Jake’s Skirts (Lead Electrician), and Cabaret (Co-Lighting Designer). Thanks to my family, friends, and advisors for their ongoing support.

AUBREY DUBE — Sound Designer
The Huntington: Clyde’s, The Bluest Eye, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Regional: Paradise Blue, The Thin Place (Gloucester Stage Company); Trayf, Good (New Rep); Queens, Torch Song (Moonbox Productions); Vinegar Tom, Monster, Serious Money, Pentecost (PTP/NYC), Winter People (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Fences (Umbrella Theatre); Downtown Crossing, Vietgone (Company One);A Taste of Honey (Boston Center for American Performance). University: Cymbeline, Pilgrims of the Night (Suffolk University); Orlando (Brandeis University); Antipodes, Love and Information, As You Like It, Sensitive Guys (Northeastern University); Big Love, The Imaginary Invalid, In The Next Room, Man of La Mancha (Middlebury College); Delirium, Daddy Issues, The Hothouse (Boston University). Education: MFA in Sound Design (Boston University). @footballpowerhour

AMAYA GONZALEZ-MOLLMANN (she/they) — Props Lead
BFA ’25 Theatre Design & Technology. Emerson Stage credits: Cabaret (Assistant Costume Designer), The Secret In The Wings (Assistant Props Lead), and The Wolves (Assistant Costume Designer). Other credits: MTS’ Heathers (Costume Designer). Thanks to my incredible parents, amazing friends and coworkers, and lovely boyfriend. amayabugbee.wixsite.com/amaya

DELENE BEAUCHAMP (he/him) — Stage Manager
BFA ’24 Stage & Production Management. Emerson Stage credits: Cabaret (Associate Production Supervisor), Mary, Sweet Mary (First Assistant Stage Manager), The Wolves (Associate Production Supervisor), Three Romances (Assistant Production Supervisor), Next To Normal (Second Assistant Stage Manager), Baltimore (Assistant Production Supervisor), Going to California (Second Assistant Stage Manager). Emerson College theatre credits: emShakes’ Antigone (Producer). Thanks to friends, family, and my partner Aaron. delenebeauchamp.com

BLAKE BERGGREN (he/him) — Production Supervisor
BFA ’24 Stage & Production Management. Emerson Stage credits: Cabaret (Assistant Stage Manager), The Secret in the Wings (Production Supervisor), The Spitfire Grill (Company Manager), The Wolves (Company Manager), RAGE (Assistant Stage Manager), This Girl… (Associate Production Supervisor & Assistant Company Manager), The Late Wedding (Assistant Company Manager), Everybody (Assistant Production Supervisor), Men on Boats (Production Assistant). Emerson College credits: EVVY42, EVVY43 (Production Manager), Full Fathom’s Mr. Burns… (Assistant Stage Manager). Regional credits: Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker (Stage Management Intern), Contemporary American Theatre Festival 2023 (Production Management Intern) and CATF 2022 Sheepdog (Production Assistant).

AMANDA BOLDT (she/her) — Dramaturg & Education Director
MFA ‘24 Theatre Education & Applied Theatre. Emerson Stage Debut! Amanda holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ball State University. Other work/experience around Boston includes: Director of First Year Arts Initiatives Grad Assistantship at Harvard, Play Reading Book Club Teaching Artist (ArtsEmerson), NEMPAC Teaching Artist. Thanks to Trey for the endless support.