JACK MAGAW (Scenic Designer) works as a professional scenic and lighting designer and is currently adjunct faculty at DePaul University in Chicago. Recent design credits include Rembrandt’s Gift and Topdog/Underdog at Madison Repertory Theatre, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Court Theatre, Red Herring and Tom, Dick & Harry at Peninsula Players Theatre, and Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of The Fall to Earth as well as The Subject Was Roses at Writers’Theatre, Pegasus Players’ Two Trains Running, Broadway Bound and Sunday in the Park with George, for which he received an After Dark Award, and Mornings at Seven at Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower. He received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination and a Black Theatre Alliance Award for his design of Congo Square Theatre’s production of Seven Guitars and an “Outstanding Season” After Dark Award in recognition of his work over the 2004-05 season. Upcoming projects include Grace at Northlight Theatre, Our Town at Madison Repertory Theatre and Lettice and Lovage for Court Theatre.

KATHY A. PERKINS (Lighting Designer) returns to the Court having designed Desire Under the Elms (2000). She has designed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and South Africa. In New York she has designed Off-Broadway, and for four seasons as festival designer for Dance Africa at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). In Los Angeles, Kathy was resident designer for the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company. Regionally, she has designed for The Goodman, Alliance Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Missouri Repertory, St. Louis Black Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory, New Federal Theatre, Indiana Repertory, Studio Arena, Congo Square, Victory Gardens, and Arkansas Repertory. She is the editor/co-editor of four anthologies focusing on African/African Diaspora women. Kathy heads the lighting design program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

JANICE PYTEL (Costume Designer) is happy to return to Court Theatre, where she designed costumes for Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf? last season. Recent design credits include Aren’t We All with Remy Bumppo Theatre, The Last of the Boys, and The Pain and the Itch with Steppenwolf Theatre, Rembrandt’s Gift with Madison Repertory Theatre, Red Herring with Northlight Theatre, Suburban Motel with Famous Door Theatre, and Take Me Out with About Face Theatre. She last worked with Ron OJ Parson on a production of Topdog/Underdog with Madison Repertory Theatre. Additional Chicago credits include: Steppenwolf– Tennessee Williams’ One Arm, Our Lady of 121st Street, The Drawer Boy and The Infidel; About Face Theatre–Winesburg, Ohio, Pulp, Fascination, I Am My Own Wife, and Theatre District; and Famous Door Theatre–Speaking in Tongues, Great Society and The Ciderhouse Rules Parts 1 and 2. Janice designed costumes for the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning production of I Am My OwnWife, which is currently on a world tour. She has also worked with Next Theatre, Piven Theatre Workshop, L’Opera Piccola, Appletree Theatre, and Indiana Repertory Theatre, among others. For more information, please visit www.janicepytel.com.

JOSHUA HORVATH (Sound Designer, Composer) Chicago credits: Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, Northlight, Next, Congo Square, and Timeline. Regional credits: Madison Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Milwaukee Shakespeare, The Alley, Kennedy Center, and the Robey Theatre (LA). Film compostion: Stray Dogs and Pretty Ladies: the Super8explosion. Recent and upcoming shows: Lettice and Lovage (Court Theatre), Richard II (Milwaukee Shakespeare), Crumbs From The Table of Joy (Goodman), A Number (Next), and A Raisin in the Sun (Hartford Stage). Joshua has been nominated for three Joseph Jefferson awards and received one (Electricidad, Goodman Theatre). Mr. Horvath is a company member of Lookingglass, teaches sound design at DePaul University, and is cofounder and owner of Aria Music Designs, LLC.

RAY NARDELLI (Sound Designer, Composer) Past Court Credits include Man of La Mancha, Endgame, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Fräulien Else (Jeff Nomination). Ray has composed music and designed sound at Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Northlight Theatre, Apple Tree, Lookingglass Theatre, Victory Gardens, The Gift Theatre, Northwestern Theatre, Depaul Theatre, Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare, Meadow Brook Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Dolphinback Theatre, American Girl Theatre, Skylight Opera, and Wright State University Theatre. Assistant Sound Design credits at Goodman, Steppenwolf, Manhattan Theatre Club and Next Theatre. Ray has recorded, mixed and produced CD’s for the musicals The Sound of One, Hillbilly Antigone and La Luna Muda. Film credits include Stray Dogs, Pretty Ladies, and Crush. Ray teaches sound design at DePaul University. Other work includes sound and music used on NPR, PBS, NBC’s The Today Show and Jeff Gorden Racing, a CD-ROM game. Memberships include ASCAP, IATSE #2. and USA #829.

NADINE C. WARNER (Production Dramaturg) has worked as a writer, director and/or performer with several theater companies including the Illinois Repertory Theatre, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, ImprovOlympic and Second City. She served as dramaturg for Steppenwolf’s productions of The Wedding Band, Topdog/Underdog, and The Dresser. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Chicago and her J.D. from the University of Illinois. She thanks her family and friends for their unwavering support.