The Death of Ivan Ilyich - February 29 - February 14, 2020

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

 Who's Who  

  • Stephanie Higgins, Production Stage Manager

    Stephanie is a sophomore theatre major at Fordham University.  Phoenix Ensemble Credits: Trojan Women(Stage Manager), Good Bones and Simple Murders (Stage Manager). Fordham Credits: 12th Night (Assistant Stage Manager), Electricity 2019 (Production Stage Manager), Intelligence(Assistant Stage Manager), Turn of the Screw (Assistant Costume Designer), March On (Production Stage Manager). She would like to thank Craig and Elise for continuing to believe in her work.

  • Juan Merchan, Set and Lighting Design

    Juan is a resident Lighting Supervisor at La Mama ETC and a freelance set and lighting designer.  He has designed lights for Great Jones Repertory's Trojan Women,  Pioneers Go East Collective’s Hildegard, LEIMAY's Antigones, La Mama Moves Dance Festival. Juan designed lights and set for Phoenix Theatre Ensemble's Judas. Juan is pleased to be returning to Phoenix Theatre Ensemble for Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilych.

  • Debbi Hobson, Costume Design head shot

    Debbi Hobson, Costume Design

    Debbi is a Resident Artist with Phoenix Theatre Ensemble where she has previously designed “Tartuffe”, dir. Craig Smith for which she was nominated for the NYIT Outstanding Costume Design award in 2018; “Entertaining Mr Sloane”, dir. Craig Smith; “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” dir. by Kevin Confoy; amongst others.  Other credits include: “A Letter to Harvey Milk”, dir. Evan Pappas; “Scenes From Childhood”, dir. Eugenia Manwelyan; “Unmentionables” dir. Monserrat Mendez for which she won the NYIT Outstanding Costume Design award in 2015; “Luft Gangster” dir. Austin Pendleton; “Liberty! A Monumental New Musical” dir. Evan Pappas; “Snowfall in Berlin” dir. Shaun Peknic. Film Credits include “My Dinner with Schwartzey”, “Root of Happiness”, and “Show and Tell Tango”.

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