Who's Who


The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Administration
Production & Facilities Staff

 

KELLY EASTERLING (Director of Production & Facilities) is in his second season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Relocated from Portland, Maine, Kelly recently served as the technical director of Merrill Auditorium, where he coordinated the installation of the national Broadway tours of 42nd Street, Miss Saigon, Stomp, Saturday Night Fever, Rent and The Full Monty; as well as The Portland Symphony Orchestra and concerts for Josh Groban, Styx, Rob Thomas, Bobby McFerrin, Arlo Guthrie, The Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge, Michael Buble and many others. Kelly also worked in the production department for Arizona Theatre Company (four consecutive seasons), The Actors Theatre of Phoenix and Phoenix Theatre; as well as the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, California), and Marine World Africa USA (Vallejo, California).

 

STEVEN L. BECKEL (Lighting and Sound Supervisor ) is in his fifth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company sound design credits: The Rivals, Of Mice and Men, A Child's Christmas in Wales and Othello on the Main Stage; A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings and That Scoundrel Scapin on the Outdoor Stage; and numerous shows for Shakespeare LIVE! on tour. Other credits: sound supervisor for Mark Morris's The Hard Nut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; and resident sound designer and master electrician at The Mountain Playhouse for over 40 shows, including My Way, The Gin Game, Forever Plaid, Lend Me a Tenor, The Miracle Worker, Wait Until Dark, Romeo and Juliet, The Woman in Black and original adaptations of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and Great Expectations. He attended Penn State University for electrical engineering and The Sheffield Institute in Maryland for audio production.

CHARLES HARBERT (Sound Assistant) is in his second season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company design credits include: The Tragedy of Coriolanus, London Assurance and Henry VI part III with The Next Stage Ensemble. Additionally he was an intern with the Summer Professional Training Program. National credits include work with the Seaside Music Theater in Daytona Beach, FL during their summer season. He has engineered several shows as well as designed sound for many productions at Fairmount University in West Virginia.

R. JAKE WOOD (Scenic Charge) is in his third season with the company. He has been a "Jack of all trades" for the Pittsburgh Opera for two seasons, and with various projects outside of the performing arts. He has worked with the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Virginia Stage Company and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.

 



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