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THE TEAM

Amanda Dehnert (Director) currently serves as a tenured Associate Professor in the theatre department at Northwestern University. Prior to that, she was a Clinical Professor for the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA program. Ms. Dehnert held various positions with the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI, culminating with her serving as the Acting Artistic Director for the 2005-2006 season, during which she directed, adapted, composed, and music directed multiple productions. Notable productions include: West Side Story (Carnegie Hall / Knockdown Center), Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice (world premiere, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, Primary Stages), Love’s Labor’s Lost (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), The Steadfast Tin Soldier (world premiere, Lookingglass Theatre Co.), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville (world premiere, Arena Stage/McCarter Theatre), Into The Woods (Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Wallis-Annenberg Arts Ctr.), My Fair Lady (Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2013, Virginia Stage Company 2008, Actors Theatre of Louisville/Cleveland Playhouse 2006, Trinity Repertory Co. 2000), Eastland (a new musical) (world premiere, Lookingglass Theatre Company) Richard III (Public Theatre Mobile Shakespeare Unit) Julius Caesar (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), The Verona Project (world premiere, California Shakespeare Theatre), Peter Pan (A Play) (Lookingglass Theatre Company), Death of a Salesman (Dallas Theatre Center), The Fantasticks (South Coast Repertory, Long Wharf Theatre, and Arena Stage Company), Cloudlands (world premiere, South Coast Repertory), All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Cabaret (Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada), Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), and a staged concert version of The Two Gentlemen of Verona – The Rock Opera (Shakespeare Theatre, D.C.) Upcoming projects include the world premiere of Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon by Matthew C. Yee (Lookingglass Theatre Co.), and Diamond Alice by Alexander Gemignani and Ben Steinfeld with Fiasco Theatre Co. She is also working on a new musical adaptation of The Comedy of Errors, called Mistakes Were Made.

Shraman Ghosh (Music Director) is a MD, Pianist, and Actor based in Chicago. He recently wrapped up a successful stint as Music Director for the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s “Shakespeare in the Park” summer series. He will also join directors Amanda Dehnert and Mary Zimmerman for the Lookingglass production of The Steadfast Tin Soldier in November, serving as Piano/Conductor. A recent Northwestern graduate, Shraman has racked up a number of credits at Northwestern for his musical direction and keyboard skills, including the annual Waa-Mu Show and the American Music Theatre Project, whom he’s very excited to work with again for their reading of 5&Dime!

Kat Zukaitis (Dramaturg) is a dramaturg, arts administrator, and arts advocate based in Chicago. Recent dramaturgy credits include: cullud wattah by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Queen of the Night by travis tate, and the world premieres of In Every Generation by Ali Viterbi, How to Defend Yourself by Liliana Padilla, The First Deep Breath by Lee Edward Colston II, and Dhaba on Devon Avenue by Madhuri Shekar (Victory Gardens Theater); Nightwatch by Max Yu (Goodman’s New Stages); American Mariachi by José Cruz González and Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler (South Coast Repertory); and work with Steppenwolf Theater Company and The New Coordinates. She has worked as the New Play Development Manager at Victory Gardens and the Literary Associate/Pacific Playwrights Festival Associate at South Coast Repertory. She holds a B.A. from Haverford College and an M.A. from Yale Divinity School.