A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream - April 11 - April 16, 2024

The Beacon School

Crew Who's Who

Jo Ann Cimato

Production Director

staff, is proud to mark B'DAT #40 with MidSummer. Cimato holds a BFA from Boston U and a Masters from NYU. Wild that she's been directing plays for over 30 years - 20 of them at Beacon! Creating with B'DAT is her favorite thing to do. Love, Love Love. Love is all you need.
David Brune

Technical Director

has been supervising technical and design students since 2013. A scenic designer and director David has decades of magic under his belt. David has designed and inspired 18 B'DAT Productions.
Keithlyn Parkman

Lighting Design/ Master Electrician/ Paint Captain

NYC born and raised Theatre Maker and 2011 Beacon Alum. When not sharing her passion for theatre with young adults in NYC, Keithlyn is also the Associate Producer and Resident Lighting Designer for the avant garde group, Guerilla Opera in Boston, MA.
Krista Jansen

Movement Director

dancer and choreographer born and based in New York City. Her work has been performed at Dixon Place, New York Live Arts, and Judson Church, and for award-winning film with director Bat-Sheva Guez. Krista is one-half of the dance company Jansen & Holm, a founding member of the Rogue Players theatre company, and a teaching assistant to Ellen Robbins.
Solar Orange

Composer/ Assistant Director

Senior, is thrilled to be a part of this show! Other B’DAT credits include Roger in RENT, Alfred in Alice By Heart, performing in Eve Of, sound for School Girls, Malvolio in Twelfth night, B’DAT’s ReBirthday celebration in the park way back when they were a wee 9th grader. Solar loves music and is in a band called Electric Dickinson. What would they do for love? Who knows!