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CREW WHO'S WHO

Lin Snider (Director) (AEA, SAG-AFTRA, SDC) is a founding member and artistic director of Out of the Box Theatre Company. She has performed in cabaret, TV, and film and onstage in regional theaters, Off-Broadway, and in the National Tour of Anything Goes with Mitzi Gaynor. She can be seen on YouTube in the limited series Untold Genius. As a director, musical director, and teacher, she has worked at, among others, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYU, SUNY Purchase, and several professional acting companies. From 2006 to 2020 she was on the faculty of Yeshiva College, where she directed 26 full productions. Her first children’s musical, Change Reaction, has had several productions, and her second one, Heartsong, is being considered by several companies. MFA: Theater, Brooklyn College.

Halina Malinowski (Producer) Chicago is the 11th show that Halina has produced or co-produced for OotB. As president of OotB’s board of directors, Halina is responsible for the company’s strategic direction, legal compliance, and administrative, managerial, and financial challenges. Her experience includes over 30 years’ engagement with and for nonprofits.

Susan Case (Associate Producer) is a founding member of OotB and has served on its board of directors since 2006. She has worked on- or off-stage in various capacities for all of the company’s productions. A professional singer/actor, she has performed with OotB, VHRP LIVE!, Light Opera of New York, Opera Northeast, and for many years with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Off-stage, Susan is a freelance copy editor. BA: Vocal Music, Connecticut College. AEA.

Harlan D. Penn (Scenic Designer) is a proud graduate of Florida A&M University and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The South Florida native has designed for Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, cable television, regional theater, and educational theater. In addition, Penn has served as an art director and assistant art director for film and TV productions for NETFLIX, HULU, ABC, NBC, Hallmark Movie Channel, CBS, and Turner Broadcasting. Theater design credits include For Colored Girls, Blues for an Alabama Sky, On Striver’s Row, Flyin’ West, Dreamgirls, Seven Guitars, Gem of the Ocean, Jitney, Radio Golf, King Hedley II, Chained Dog, Drumline Live (International tour), The Mighty Gents, Camp Logan, Buried Child, Looking, Catch Me if You Can, and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, to name a few. Film/TV productions include God Friended Me, For Life, Girls 5eva, The Last O.G., Saturday Night Live, Raising Kanan, Madame Secretary, Katy Keene, and Roland Martin Unfiltered. Mr. Penn is thrilled to be working with Out of the Box Theatre.

Katherine Roberson (Costume Designer) is glad to be back working with Out of the Box Theatre, having been the costumer for OotB’s productions of Five by Tenn, The Cemetery Club, The Exonerated, and Harvey.