The Christians - October 31 - November 03, 2019

Virginia Wesleyan University

 Who's Who  

  • Sally Shedd

    Director

    Sally Shedd holds a PhD in Theatre and Film from the University of Kansas and has trained at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and the American Conservatory Theatre. She is Batten Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Theatre Department.

  • Tammy Dhority Thornes

    Technical Director

    Tammy holds an extended Bachelor of Science Degree in Technical Theatre with an emphasis in lighting, set, and costume design from Northern Arizona University. She has worked on countless theatre and music productions -- including an award-winning production of El Paso Blue for the American College Theatre Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

  • Jakob Steward

    Lighting Designer

    Jakob is a graduate from Virginia Wesleyan University, where he focused in lighting design. Examples of his work can be seen in other VWU productions such as Legally Blonde: The Musical, She Kills Monsters, and The Tempest. He currently works for Busch Gardens Entertainment doing event installation for the park. Contact at jakobsteward@gmail.com. 

  • Darion Carr

    Scene Designer and Stage Manager

    Darion is a senior theatre major who has appeared onstage in Reasons to be Pretty, The Tempest, and Legally Blonde: The Musical. The Christians is his first work as a set designer: "It's been a perfect way for me to ease into the world of set design and I look forward to helping out in future productions!"

  • Criofan Shaw

    Assistant Stage Manager and Assistant to the Director

    Criofan Shaw is a freshman at Virginia Wesleyan University in the Batten Honors College. He studies psychology as well as business and is heavily invested in Virginia Wesleyan's theatre department. 

 

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