JULIUS CAESAR

Creative Team Bios

BRIDGET KATHLEEN (she/her) — Director
Bridget Kathleen O’Leary is a freelance director, dramaturg and theater educator. She has been the Director of New Play Development at Moonbox Productions since 2022 where she has overseen the production and development of over to 30 new plays from New England area writers. From 2008-2018 she served as the Associate Artistic Director at New Repertory Theatre. Locally, Bridget has directed productions with The Lyric Stage Company, Moonbox Productions, New Repertory Theatre, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Gloucester Stage Company, Central Square Theatre, Whistler in the Dark, and SpeakEasy Stage Company. Select world premiere directing credits include: Great Reveal, Heartland, Ripe Frenzy (IRNE Award winner for Best New Play), Blackberry Winter (Elliot Norton Nomination, Best New Play), Pattern of Life (IRNE Award winner for Best New Play), Soft Star, Jado Jehad, Reconsidering Hanna(h), and The Devil’s Teacup (IRNE Nomination, Best New Play, 2007). Bridget served on the Executive Committee for the National New Play Network (NNPN) from 2014-2020 where she oversaw the selection process for both the NNPN Showcase of new works and the Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwrights’ Workshop. She was the production dramaturg on the premiere of Finish Line: A Documentary Play About the 2013 Boston Marathon (Elliot Norton Nomination, Best New Play) and has worked as a dramaturg with the Kennedy Center and Washington University’s Hotch Fest. Before moving to Boston, Bridget worked in Washington, D.C. Bridget received her MFA in directing at Boston University.

ZOE MILLS — Scenic Designer
BFA ‘27 Theatre Design/Technology. Emerson Stage credits: Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder (Wardrobe), POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Assistant Scenic Designer), Head Over Heels (Assistant Technical Direction). Emerson College credits: The EVVYs (Co Scenic Designer), Rarework’s Stains (Co-Scenic Designer). Thanks to my beloved family and friends for their support! @zoewiththehat zoe_mills@emerson.edu

MADELINE HENRY (she/her) — Costume Designer
BFA ‘26 Theatre Design/Technology. Emerson Stage credits: Imogen Says Nothing (Costume Designer), The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons (Assistant Costume Designer), Bonnets… (Wardrobe Supervisor). Emerson College credits: Kidding Around’s A Tail of Socks the Street Cat (Co-Costume Designer). FIlm: Michael Gilbertie’s The Sundowner (Costume Designer), Three episodes of Jack Reiber’s Speedwell (Costume Designer), Yuli Hachmon’s SuperTall (Costume Designer), and ScaleTusks (Director/Costume Designer).

CHIRON SPEIDEL — Lighting Designer
BFA ’26 Theatre Design/Technology. Emerson stage credits: Red Wolf (lighting designer) Thank you Mom and Dad for being there for everything. Thank you to my sister and Lauren for always supporting me. I also want to thank Jessica Elliot for being an amazing mentor.

ANTON SANTIAGO (they/he) — Sound Designer
BFA ’26 Theatre Design/Technology. Emerson Stage credits: Red Wolf (Scenic Designer), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Assistant Technical Director), Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 (Assistant Technical Director), The Impracticality of Modern Day Mastodons (Assistant Props), How We Got On (Asst. Scenic Designer), Mary Sweet Mary (Assistant Technical Director). Select Emerson College credits: EmShake’s The Inheritance, Part One (Sound Designer) and Hamlet (Director); BlueJay’s Rabbit Hole (Sound Designer).

LUA AZANCOT GARCIA (she/her) — Props Lead
BFA ’27 Theatre Design/Technology. Emerson Stage credits: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Assistant Scenic Designer), Limber: A Love Story (Assistant Props). Emerson College credits: BlueJay’s Overbridge High… (Scenic Designer), Independent How to Make Friends and Kill Them (Scenic Designer).

MADDIE WRIGHT (they/them) — Stage Manager
BFA ‘26 Theatre Education. Emerson Stage credits: Bat Boy (Asst. Director), POTUS (PA), I Love XXX (co-2nd ASM), Red Wolf (Asst. Prod. Supervisor). Select Emerson College credits: Kidding Around’s Seussical (2nd ASM); MTAG’s The Wild Party, Hair, Daddy Long Legs (SM), Artistic Director; MTS’s Ride the Cyclone, Chicago (Sound Designer); BlueJay’s Dog Sees God (Sound Designer); Mercutio Troupe’s Trail to Oregon (Co-Director), Romeo and Juliet (SM); EmShakes’ Metamorphosis, The Sea Ends At Troy (Sound Design). Thank you to the team and cast, and the biggest thank yous to Deb, Mariana, Leo, Gia, Sky, and Sid <3. @wrightmaddier

MAC MEDEIROS (he/him) — Production Supervisor
BFA Fall ‘25 Stage and Production Management. Emerson Stage credits: Confederates (Stage Manager), Amour (1st Assistant Stage Manager), Second Star to the Right (2nd Assistant Stage Manager), Head Over Heels (Associate Production Supervisor), The Impracticality of Modern Day Mastodons (Assistant Production Supervisor), and Cabaret (Production Assistant). Emerson College credits: The EVVY Awards (Stage Manager), RareWorks Theater Company’s The Ball Game (Stage Manager), Kidding Around’s Snow Angel (Assistant Stage Manager), BlueJay Theater Collective (Company Manager). Other credits: Keith Lockhart 30th Anniversary Concerts (Assistant Stage Manager), Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (Production Assistant). Love and thanks to the Caesar production team! For Mom, Dad, Oliver, and Tippens.

BEE LACLAIR (they/them) –– Dramaturg
BA ’26 Script Writing, Analysis, and Production. Emerson Stage credits: Red Wolf (Dramaturg), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Props Assistant), Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder (2nd ASM), and NewFest Short Works (1st ASM). Emerson College credits: Mercutio Troupe’s My Dearest Apologies (Props Lead); 24 Hour Play Festival: Sustainability (1st ASM), Kidding Around’s A Wrinkle in Time (Props Assistant). Other credits: Interlakes Theatre’s She Loves Me, Tootsie, My Fair Lady (Props Lead), Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, Sammy Davis Jr., I Do! I Do!, Cats, A Chorus Line, Sister Act, The King & I (1st ASM); Brown Ledge Theatre’s Hamlet, Hamle, Ham! (Writer/Director), The Goblins Plot to Murder God (Director), and 10,000 Cigarettes (Director).

TOM GIORDANO –– Vocal Coach
Tom Giordano has been on faculty at Emerson since 2020, and also teaches at Shakespeare & Company and Commonwealth Stage Company.  He is a Designated  Linklater Voice teacher, and is certified to teach Colaianni Speech.  Also a director and actor, Tom recently appeared in NETWORK at Umbrella Arts.  Tom earned his M.F.A. in Acting from Columbia University.

JESSICA SCOUT MALONE (she/her) –– Intimacy and Fight Director
Jessica is a New York-based choreographer and dramaturg. Whether working with playwrights, actors, or creative teams, her focus is always on building confidence and fostering joy. She is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD), and holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University. Learn more at jessicascoutmalone.com.