Debra Beardsley (Original Production Stage Manager) originated the stage management roles for Then She Fell and was the company's Production Manager in 2013 and Spring 2014, having previously worked with the company as the PSM for the Steampunk Haunted House. She pursued a dream to return to her hometown and start her own business in Orlando, FL. She combined her love for performance with a love of gaming to create an escape room called It's A Trap! In Dec 2016, the business closed after a fantastic two year run and she is now the Managing Director for the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in Sanford, Florida. www.wdpac.com
Brittany Crowell (Third Rail Projects' Production Manager) is a theater artist and administrator. Brittany has worked as a producer, production manager and stage manager with many companies, including: The TRUF, The Bower Group, Tinker’s Collective, Oscar + Lottie, [CENSORED] Collective, and Anthill Productions. Administratively, she has worked as the Management Coordinator at the revitalized Bucks County Playhouse and as Executive Assistant to Producer, Jill Furman. She currently serves as the Managing Director of Crashbox Theater Company.
Sean Hagerty (Sound Designer, Composer, Violinist) is a sound designer, composer, and violinist based in NYC. With Third Rail Projects, he's created immersive soundtracks for Then She Fell (Bessie Award), Ghost Light (LCT3, Lincoln Center), The Grand Paradise, Sweet and Lucky (DCPA), Behind the City, Confection (Folger Shakespeare Library), Roadside Attraction (Brookfield Place), Midnight Madness, All Hallows Eve, House 17, Medicine Show (Burning Man), and the documentary film Between Yourself and Me. Other shows include Hit the Body Alarm (Performing Garage), the off-Broadway revival of Around the World in 80 Days (Davenport Theater), The Wild Party (DCPA), The Net Will Appear (59E59), The Anthem (Lynn Redgrave Theatre), Symphony of Shadows (Dixon Place), Hound of the Baskervilles (Weston Playhouse, Florida Rep), and 63 one act plays with the Actors Studio Drama School (Gibney Dance, 3LD).
www.seanhagerty.com
Isaiah Singer (Collaborating Musician) is a songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist who has played in numerous bands and projects, including Genesis P-Orridge’s PTV3, Freedom Haters, and Bryin Dall’s Fourth Sign. His own rock band, The Seventh Word, is set to release its new album Gold and Gravity in 2012, and his pop project The New Hot is working on songs for an album release next year. More info at seventhword.com.
Carlton Cyrus Ward (Original Technical Director) is from the woods of Vermont. He moved to New York City 19 years ago to study theater at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and has been performing theater, dance and circus ever since. He currently works with Phantom Limb Company, Becky Radway Dance Projects, and Circus Amok. Carlton was an assistant director on Third Rail Projects and Albany Park Theater Project's Learning Curve in Chicago. Carlton teaches clowning and circus at NYU. He and two friends made an award-winning dance/horror movie, 219 Gates. https://youtu.be/yD4dPaf40-8
Kryssy Wright (Lighting Design) is a lighting designer living in Brooklyn. She has traveled nationally with MAP Intermedia and Civilians. In New York City, she has worked with many directors, choreographers and artists at Danspace Project, the Chocolate Factory, Abrons Art Center, the WIld Project, and many others, and is available as a designer, technician, technical director, and more. Kryssy spends most of her days at the Abrons Art Center, and is also active with Avant Media. She began working with Third Rail Projects in 2009.
Karen Young (Costume Design) has designed costumes for numerous dance companies and contemporary video artists. For Third Rail Projects, she designed Then She Fell, Roadside Attraction, and The Grand Paradise. Her design work for dance is in the repertories of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Kyle Abraham, Brian Brooks, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, ABT, Ballett Basel, Karole Armitage, Benjamin Millepied, Pam Tanowitz, and Wendy Whelan's show Restless Creature. She often collaborates with visual artists and has designed the costumes for the video works of Eve Sussman, Matthew Barney's Cremaster 5 and Cremaster 1, and David Michalek's large-scale outdoor video installations Slow Dancing and Portraits in Dramatic Time (Lincoln Center Festival). karenyoungcostume.com