Maurine Dallas Watkins (July 27, 1896 – August 10, 1969) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Early in her career, she briefly worked as a journalist covering the courthouse beat for the Chicago Tribune. This experience gave her the material for her most famous piece of work, the stage play Chicago (1926), which was eventually adapted into the 1975 Broadway musical of the same name, which was then made into a film in 2002 that won six Academy Awards.

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Charlie Levinson is excited to be working on another brilliant show here at Redtwist Theatre! Credits include: Bottle Fly (Redtwist Theatre); Fiddler on The Roof (Music Theater Works); Saw The Musical (National Tour, Chicago); The Coronation of Poppea, The Merry Widow, Cosi Fan Tutte, Hansel & Gretel, Emperor of Atlantis, The Magic Flute (Northwestern University Opera Theater); Hamlet 50/50 (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre); Murder for Two, Oliver!, The Mousetrap, Private Lives (The Winnipesaukee Playhouse); The Three Musketeers, Antigone, The Ghost Tour: Staged Reading, Twelfth Night, Where Did We Sit On The Bus? (Cleveland Play House); A Midsummer Night's Dream, Saint Joan, Shakespeare in Love (Ohio Shakespeare Festival); and Tovic Tomte and The Trolls (Talespinner Children’s Theatre). They are also the proud stage manager for PlayGround-Chicago, which will return for its fourth season starting in November.

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Jeff (he/him) is a Chicago-area performer and designer that is excited to work on another show with Redtwist! As a props designer and scenic carpenter, his work has been seen in Chicago at Redtwist Theatre, City Lit Theatre, Nonsense Theatre Company, and more. He has also been lucky to work with The Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), American Players Theatre (Spring Green, WI), and Fireside Dinner Theatre (Fort Atkinson, WI) in a number of roles. He is currently the Assistant Technical Director in the theatre department at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside, where he recently did a scenic design for Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play. He has recently appeared in How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (Michael U/S), Bloodshot (Nonsense Theatre Co.), When There are Nine (Pride Arts), and Hamlet (Fleeing Artists).He is a proud ensemble member of both Redtwist Theatre Company and Nonsense Theatre Company. Thanks for supporting the arts! Instagram: brain739

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Laura has recently been seen at Redtwist Theatre as Rosie in Bottle Fly and Tamora in Titus Andronicus. She is excited to expand her Redtwist experience to be the Intimacy Director of this fabulously wild and wonderful play. Laura has been doing Intimacy Choreography in the Chicago and Milwaukee area since 2021, primarily with the Constructivists in Milwaukee, working on such shows as Babel, Jen Silverman’s Wink, and most recently, The Beauty Queen of Linnane. She received an MFA from Northern Illinois University and has been working professionally for over 20 years in the Chicago area where she is a professional actor, director, and instructor of acting, movement and intimacy. Laura is currently on the faculty of Columbia College Chicago and has taught at several area colleges including NIU and North Central College. Over the years, Laura has worked with such Chicago theaters as Organic, Bluebird Arts, Northlight, Remy Bumppo, Victory Gardens, Promethean, Stage Left, Raven, New Colony, Mary-Arrchie, Boho, Signal, Polarity and Bailiwick, and she also spent a summer with the Texas Shakespeare Festival. Directing credits include Jeff Award nominated production of Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play and the world premiere of Barbara Lhota’s Phantom Pain, with Organic Theater. Contact her at www.laurasturm.com to hear about movement classes and coaching! Your boundaries are perfect exactly where they are! instagram: @lsturm32

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Taylor Mercado Owen is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist & native Texan, now based in Chicago. As a director, he has staged productions of Dog Sees God, The Yellow Boat, Private Eyes, new play Dirty Dirty Night Squirrel and assisted on productions of Ghost Quartet, The Boy Friend, Anon(ymous) & new play The Aftermath. As a stage manager, Squeamish (Bump in the Night Theatre Co.), Funny Like An Abortion (Fat Theatre Project/Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble), The Totality of All Things (Redtwist), & ASM for Turret (A Red Orchid Theatre). As an actor, Big Time Toppers (Theatre L’Acadie), Luchadora! (Cara Mía Theatre), Cooties (Uptown Players/Flexible Grey Theatre Co.), The Drowsy Chaperone (The Firehouse Theatre), Peter and the Starcatcher (NTPA Repertory), & 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Collin Theatre Center). Taylor holds a BA in Theatre Performance from the University of North Texas and is a proud alumnus of The ACADEMY at Black Box Acting. He is a Directing Apprentice for this upcoming season of PlayGround-Chicago’s Monday Night Playground Series. Taylor is represented by Lily's Talent. IG: @taylormarketowen

Caroline Kidwell (she/her) is thrilled to be returning to Redtwist. Previous credits include TITUS ANDRONICUS, BABEL, MAN CAVE, BOTTLEFLY, HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE (Redtwist); VINEGAR TOM (Red Theater); NEXT DOOR ([producingbody]); MURDER REWROTE (Hell in a Handbag Productions); KRUGOZOR (Theatre Evolve); CRY IT OUT (Oil Lamp). She is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent. Enjoy the show! carolinekidwell.com

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Harper Justus (she/her) is a sound designer and engineer based in Chicago. She holds an MFA in Sound Design from UC San Diego, is very jazzed to return to Redtwist, and is a water sign! Selected Credits: How To Transcend A Happy Marriage (Redtwist Theatre), MEDEAMEDEAMEDEA (Theatre Evolve), Vinegar Tom, Romeo & Juliet, The Promise, The Winter's Tale, Dance Nation (UC San Diego), The Half-Life of Marie Curie, The Ferryman (New Village Arts), CLYDE's (Moxie Theatre), The Great Comet of 1812 (Tantrum Theatre). Instagram: @harperjustus

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