A Chicago Premiere Comedy for the End of the World…
FLOOD
by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
directed by Kenneth Prestininzi
January 25 – March 9, 2024, at Theater Wit
DESIGN TEAM
Scenic Design – Lauren Nichols
Costume Design – Yvonne Miranda**
Lighting Design – Jared Gooding**
Sound Design – Danny Rockett
Props Designer – Jamie Auer
Projection Designer – Smooch Medina
Production Stage Manager – Tina M. Jach*+
Assistant Stage Manager – Erin Smith
Production Manager – Becca Smith~
CAST
Carl Collins (Darren Junior)
Sarah Patin^ (Edith Junior)
Linda Reiter*+ (Edith)
H.B. Ward (Darren)
UNDERSTUDIES
Jean Marie Koon (u/s Edith)
Robert Koon (u/s Darren)
Rich Adrian Lazatin (u/s Darren Junior)
Sharon Pasia^ (u/s Edith Junior)
PRODUCTION TEAM
Technical Director – David Moreland
Assistant Technical Director – Adam Schulmerich+
Lead Electrician – Karen Wallace
Scenic Charge – Rose Johnson
Build and Light Crew – Jamie Auer, Chase Barron, Leah Donovan, Sam Eads, Amanda Gouskos, Jack Keough, Nathan Lesperance, Jose Martinez, Jack O’Connor, Baylee Speer, Avery Spellmeyer, Devonte Washington and the SGT Ensemble.
Pre-Production Photography – Jeffrey L Kurysz
Pre-Production Videography – Lowell Thomas
Production Photographer – Liz Lauren
Production Videographer – Timmy Samuel/Starbelly Studios
Publicity – Jay Kelly Public Relations
SGT Producing Artistic Director – Sandy Shinner+
SGT Associate Artistic Director – AmBer D. Montgomery+
SGT Artistic Assistant – Nate Santana*+^
SGT General Manager – Lesley Swanson
SGT Marketing Director, Community Programming, and Graphic Design – Emma Durbin
SGT Executive Production Manager – Judy Anderson*+
Bookkeeper – Bookkeeping For Good
Grant Writer – Laura Jansen
IT Support – Grove Avenue Webworks
SGT Protégé Key Facilitator – Jazzma Pryor+^
SGT Interns – Cathy Earnest and Rich Adrian Lazatin
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
+ Shattered Globe Ensemble Member
~ Shattered Globe Artistic Associate
^ Former Shattered Globe Protégé
** Member, United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829
World Premiere of Flood produced by Kansas City Repertory Theatre in 2022
Stuart Carden, Artistic Director, Angela Gieras, Executive Director.
2023-24 SGT Season Sponsors
Shulman-Rochambeau Charitable Foundation
James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki
Bayless Family Foundation
Carol P. Eastin
Shattered Globe Theatre is also partially supported and funded by generous grants from a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, and a generous Anonymous donor.
Special Thanks
Centerstage Productions of IL Inc and Stefan Koniarz, along with Sundance Theatre Lab & Ucross Foundation, Anila Agaku at Golden Shears Hair Studio, Children’s Theatre of Elgin, City of Elgin, Devonte Washington, Hemmens Cultural Center, Joe Hartness and Troy Baresel, Katie Cordts & Matthew Guthrie at Paramount Theatre, Lanie, Laura T. Fisher, Matt DeCaro, Nicole Wiesner, Remy Bumppo, Ronald Hale, Theater Wit, and The Saints.
Meet the Playwright and Director
Land Acknowledgement
It is both new and extremely important to us at Shattered Globe to lead with stories from historically marginalized communities in our productions. We would like to acknowledge the space we are taking is on stolen and exploited land and invite our audiences to join us in considering how to best use our time and resources to dismantle both new and historic systems of oppression.
Who’s Who
Mashuq Mushtaq Deen (playwright, he/him) is a CORE writer at the Playwrights Center, and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Draw the Circle, which was produced at PlayMakers Rep, Mosaic Theatre, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre (published by Dramatists Play Service). His other full-length plays include Flood, which had its world premiere starring Chicago’s Laura Fisher and Matt DeCaro at Kansas City Rep in 2022; The Vessel, commissioned by the NYU graduate acting program; The Betterment Society, which is published in “The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays”; The Shaking Earth, which has won two second place international awards (International Woodward Prize, and the India’s International Sulthan Padamsee Prize), and has been nominated for both a Weissberger Award and a Venturous Fund award; and The Telegram, a live-staged radio play commissioned and produced by Keen Company. Deen is a member of the NYTW Usual Suspects and the Dramatists Guild. He is an alum of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the Public Theater Writers Group, and New Dramatists. He earned his MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School/New School for Drama.
Kenneth Prestininzi (director, he/him) has collaborated as a director/dramaturg with Mia Chung, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Martyna Mayok, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen and many others. He directed the world premiere of Deen’s Flood at Kansas City Rep, and is staging the play’s second production at Shattered Globe in January 2024. His award-winning plays, musicals and directing work have been seen in Boston, Brighton, Edinburgh, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Morocco, New York City, Philadelphia, Prague, Providence, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. He teaches at the National Theater Institute and Connecticut College and was the Associate Chair of Playwriting at the Yale School of Drama for five years. Chicago productions include his original plays AmeriKafka, Beholder (Joseph Jefferson Award); Chaste and Cookie Play (Trap Door Theatre). He is the founder of Salvage Arts Productions, is an alum of New Dramatists and studied with María Irene Fornés.
CAST
Carl Collins (Darren Junior, he/him) is thrilled to join Shattered Globe in his first show since graduating from The Theatre School at DePaul University where he received his BFA in June.
Sarah Patin^ (Edith Junior, they/them) is excited to make their Shattered Globe stage debut, after being a part of their Protégé Program in 2018. Chicago credits include The SpongeBob Musical (Kokandy Productions); Camelot (Music Theatre Works); Once Upon a Mattress (Theo); Sub-Culture (Interrobang Theatre); Our Town (Redtwist Theatre); and Faust (The Runaways Lab Theatre). Regional credits include The Taming of the Shrew, Godspell and A Free Man of Color (Swine Palace). Patin holds a BA in Theatre Performance from Louisiana State University.
Linda Reiter*+ (Edith, she/her) was last seen on the Shattered Globe stage as Alfie/Ensemble in London Road. She has been a proud ensemble member for 32 years and has appeared in over 40 SGT productions. Reiter has garnered seven Jeff Awards and an additional nine nominations. Other Chicago credits include Rose (The Greenhouse Theater, Jeff Award for Solo Performance); Shakespeare in Love (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); The Testament of Mary, Immoral Imperatives and Flyovers (Victory Gardens Theater); Lettice & Lovage (Court Theatre); Arcadia (Remy Bumppo Theatre); and Marriage Play (Goodman Theatre). Her TV credits include Fargo, Chicago Med, Chicago PD and The Beast. Her voice can be heard on over 30 episodes of The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas. Linda is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency.
H.B. Ward (Darren, any/all) SGT credits include For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday and The Realistic Joneses. Other recent Chicago credits include Evening at the Talk House, The Room, Come the Hell On and The Butcher of Baraboo (A Red Orchid Theater); Rock n Roll (The Artistic Home, Jeff Award Nomination – Best Actor); Chimerica (TimeLine Theater); Song about Himself and There Is a Happiness that Morning Is (Theater Oobleck); Hot Georgia Sundays (Haven Theatre); Hank Williams: Lost Highway (American Blues Theater); Exit Strategy and The Living Newspaper Festival (Jackalope Theatre); and The Electric Baby (Rivendell Theatre). Ward has also acted in many films, including Saint Francis (Oscilloscope Laboratories), and on television, including Chicago Fire (NBC).
UNDERSTUDIES
Rich Adrian Lazatin (u/s Darren Junior, he/him) is honored to be making his Shattered Globe debut with Flood. Other Chicago credits include: The Kasha of Kaimuki (Nothing Without a Company); Women Beware Women (Blue in the Right Way). Film credits include: On Fire (SAG Feature); Debaters (SAG Short). Rich holds a BFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Rich would like to thank his family, friends, and agents. Rich is proudly signed with Gray Talent Group.
Sharon Pasia^ (u/s Edith Junior, they/them) is a self-made actor, writer, and producer based in Chicago and is very excited to be working with Shattered Globe again after being a part of their Protégé Program last fall. Other Chicago credits include: The Model Play (The Understudy), Switch Hitta! (About Face Theatre), and Pakalolo Sweet (Nothing Without a Company). Recent commercial credits include Glassdoor and Biorè. They are a proud alumni of the Green Room Collective at About Face Theatre where they learned to cultivate community by producing and hosting events like G.L.O.W: a queer and sober open mic and Cafe Royalty at The Understudy.
Jean Marie Koon (u/s Edith,she/her) is excited to work for the first time with Shattered Globe. Other Chicago credits include: Richard III (Eclectic Full Contact Theatre); The Good Fight (Babes With Blades); The Veil (Idle Muse Theatre); and Ten Dollar House (Pride Films and Plays); three annual Bechdel Fests (Broken Nose Theatre); and Enemy of the People (Goodman Theatre). She has understudied for Factory Theater, First Folio, A Red Orchid, Lifeline, Victory Gardens, Red Twist, Interrobang, Erasing The Distance, Piven Theatre Workshop, Eclipse, The Gift, Theater Wit, Steep, and Jackalope. She also performed in two locally produced audio dramas and one audio book project. Thanks to Rob and Kelsey for their loving support and Molly for her inspiration.
Robert Koon (u/s Darren, he/him) is a Chicago actor and playwright, happy to be working with
Shattered Globe for the first time having known many of these people for decades. His other
Chicago credits include Household Spirits (Theatre Wit), The Kelly Girls (The Factory Theater),
Man of the People (Stage Left Theatre), Middle Passage (Lifeline Theatre), Hamlet (Invictus
Theatre), Labyrinth and Human Terrain (Broken Nose Theatre), Casa Valentina (Pride Films and
Plays), A Dickens Carol and The Taming of the Shrew (Oak Park Festival Theatre), and The
Woman in Black (Wildclaw Theatre). He was nominated for a Jeff Award for his performance in
Chagrin Falls (The Agency Theatre Collective), and for his play Odin’s Horse (Infamous
Commonwealth Theatre). He received a Jeff Award for New Work for his play Vintage Red and
the Dust of the Road (Visions and Voices), and he is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
Special thanks to JM and Dr. K.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Lauren Nichols (Scenic Designer, she/her) is a Jeff-nominated designer, model builder, and draftsman. Recent credits include Chicago: Anna in the Tropics, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Remy Bumppo); Tiger Style (Writers); A Home What Howls (Steppenwolf); Bernarda! (Teatro Vista); and Motherhouse (Rivendell). Regional: Cinderella (Village Theatre – Seattle); Rose (Renaissance Theatreworks – Milwaukee). She has also designed for UIC, University of Chicago, DePaul Opera, Glass Apple, The Gift Theatre, Firebrand, Hell In a Handbag, Northwestern, and BoHo. Assistant work: Court, Julliard, NY Theatre Workshop, St. Louis Opera, Goodman, Asolo Rep, Milwaukee Rep, The Alliance, and Oregon Shakes. Upcoming: Hot Wing King (Writers). She is an Adjunct Professor at The Theatre School at DePaul University and holds a MFA from Northwestern. laurenangeldesigns.com
Yvonne L. Miranda** (Costume Designer, she/her) is excited to make her debut at Shattered Globe Theatre for this production of Flood. Other Chicago area credits include: Little Shop of Horrors, Next to Normal, Hand to God, and Sweat (Paramount Theatre); and Somewhere Over the Border (Teatro Vista). Off-Broadway Credit includes: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Red Bull + Fiasco Theatre). A USMC war veteran who has pursued degrees in Fashion & Stage Design last year she was recently nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Woolly Mammoth Theatre & Baltimore Center Stage’s co-production of Ain’t No Mo & has been named American Theatre’s Role Call People to Watch. www.yvonnemirandadesigns.com
Jared Gooding (Lighting Designer, he/him) is excited to be making his Shattered Globe debut. Regional credits include: Writers Theatre, Goodman Theater, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Florentine Opera Company, First Stage, DePaul University, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Victory Gardens, TimeLine Theatre, Madison Children’s Theater, University of Illinois Chicago Theatre, University of Indiana Northwest, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, The Hypocrites, Definition Theatre, First Floor Theater, About Face Theatre, MPAACT, and Pegasus Theatre. Jared was the lighting assistant for The Wiz Live on NBC, and associate designer for Lookingglass Theatre’s tour of Lookingglass Alice in Miami and Denver. Jared spends weekends as a professional DJ. goodingdesigns.com
Danny Rockett (Sound Designer, he/him) is excited to be making his Shattered Globe debut with Flood. He is the Resident Sound Designer at Trap Door Theatre where he won the Jeff Award for Original Music for How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients. He recently completed a musical about baseball and capitalism called, which will be workshopped this Summer.
Jamie Auer (Props Designer, he/him) is a Chicago-based props and scenic designer originally from Southern California. He received his BFA in Scene Design from The Theatre School at DePaul University in June. His scenic and props design credits from DePaul include Vinegar Tom (Dir. Christine Freije), Detroit ’67 (Dir. Phyllis Griffin), and Henry IV (Dir. Chris Anthony). His other relevant prop experience includes working as a student props artisan in DePaul’s prop shop, as Assistant Prop Shop Supervisor at Maine State Music Theatre in 2022, and most recently filling in as a Props Artisan/Run Crew at Des Moines Metro Opera this summer. This is his first professional design credit, and he would like to thank SGT for the opportunity!
Smooch Medina (Projection Designer, he/him) is thrilled to be working with Shattered Globe once again on London Road. Smooch Medina is a Chicago area designer whose other show credits include Projection design for Cabaret, Rent, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me – Jeff Nominated (Porchlight Music Theatre) Sheep Dog, London Road (Shattered Globe), Watsons go to Birmingham (Chicago Children Theatre), Alice in Wonderland (Governors State University) A Swell in the Ground, Pilgrims, and A Life Extra Ordinary (The Gift Theatre), Women in Jeopardy, Silent Sky (First Folio), Saturn Returns (Neo-Futurists), Estrella Cruz: The Junkyard queen (Halcyon Theatre), The White Road – Jeff Nominated (Irish Theatre of Chicago), Tightwire (Chicago Tap Theatre). Smooch currently is the Technical Supervisor at Hemmens Cultural Center as well as the City of Elgin Special Events Department. Smooch holds a BFA in Lighting Design from Columbia College Chicago and you can see his other work by visiting Smoochdesign.com
Becca Smith~ (Production Manager, she/her) is excited to be returning to Shattered Globe. Her SGT credits include Assistant Stage Manager for: A View from the Bridge, London Road, STEW, Rasheeda Speaking, This Wide Night, and Sheepdog. Other Chicago credits include: This Is Only A Test (Broken Nose Theatre). Becca holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from The Theatre School at DePaul University and is currently both a Production Assistant with Broadway in Chicago and a Company Member with Playmaker’s Laboratory.
Rose Johnson (Scenic Charge, they/them) is a Chicago based scenic designer and charge artist. Previous SGT credits include Radial Gradient and Rasheeda Speaking (Scenic Charge). Other scenic design credits include Agnes of God, The Great Kahn, and Wolves (Redtwist Theater), Lane Call (Factory Theater), Murder Rewrote (Hell in a Handbag Productions), and The Once and Future Festival. Other scenic charge credits include Motherhouse (Rivendell Theatre), Private Lives and Right to be Forgotten (Raven Theatre), and Baked! (Theo Ubique). They got their BA in Theatrical Design and Technology from Columbia College Chicago. Upcoming productions include: Party at the Pantheon (Factory Theater) and S. Paradox (Babes with Blades Theatre).
Tina M. Jach (Stage Manager, she/her) is excited to be returning as an ensemble member of Shattered Globe Theatre. Her SGT credits include: A View From the Bridge, London Road, STEW, Rasheeda Speaking, This Wide Night, Sheepdog, Be Here Now, Crime And Punishment, How to Use a Knife, and Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday. Other Chicago credits include Four Places (Den Theatre); The Father (Remy Bumppo Theatre); Fade (Teatro Vista & Victory Gardens Theater), Hand To God, The Gospel of Lovingkindness, Eurydice, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Anna in the Tropics, and Knock Me a Kiss (Highlights at Victory Gardens Theater), Confessions of a P. I. M. P. (Grippo Stage Company, Inc.), and Race (Goodman Theatre). Ms. Jach holds an MFA in Stage Management from Rutgers University and is a proud member of AEA.
STAFF
Sandy Shinner (SGT Producing Artistic Director, she/her) joined Shattered Globe Theatre in October 2013 as the theatre’s first Producing Artistic Director. Her SGT directing credits include Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Be Here Now, Will Snider’s How to Use a Knife, Scott McPherson’s Marvin’s Room, and Sally Nemeth’s Mill Fire. The former Associate Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater, she created the nationally known IGNITION! Festival, served as co-director of the Access Project, and, with former Artistic Director Dennis Zacek and former Managing Director Marcelle McVay, accepted the 2001 Regional Theater Tony Award on behalf of Victory Gardens. She has directed over 85 plays at theaters including Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, American Blues, the University of Virginia, Actors Theater of Louisville’s Humana Festival, Steppenwolf’s First Look Repertory of New Work, New York’s 78th Street Theater Lab, and the Sacramento Theater Company, among others. Her production of Trying by Joanna McClelland Glass transferred to New York, and her direction was nominated for the Joe A. Callaway Award. Shinner received the 2013 Kathryn V. Lamkey Spirit Award from the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors’ Equity Association for her commitment to diversity and non-traditional casting. She has been recognized as one of “50 Top Players” by Newcity and a “Chicagoan of the Year” by the Chicago Tribune. She is an adjunct professor at DePaul’s Theatre School and, for her work directing Dean Corrin’s plays, received the Honorable George M. Leighton Justice Award given by the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission.
AmBer D. Montgomery (Producer and SGT Associate Artistic Director, she/her) is a director, educator and multi-disciplinary artist from Detroit, Michigan. Originally trained as an actor, AmBer has recently directed Rasheeda Speaking (Shattered Globe Theatre, Jeff Nominee for Best Director); The Snow Queen (The House Theater); Countess Dracula (Otherworld Theater); and hippolytos (Story Theatre New Play Festival). Her associate and assistant directing credits include: Sheepdog (Shattered Globe Theatre); School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play (Goodman Theatre); LINDIWE (Steppenwolf Theatre); Too Heavy for Your Pocket (TimeLine Theatre); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Writers Theatre); Measure for Measure (American Players Theater); and First Love is the Revolution (Steep Theatre). She was awarded a 2020 FAIR Assistantship at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and a 2018 Fellowship at Steppenwolf Theatre. She has attended training programs at the Globe Theater in London and LISPA (Now Arthaus Berlin). AmBer holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.
Nate Santana (SGT Artistic Assistant, he/him) Nate joined Shattered Globe as an Ensemble Member in 2018. For three years, he taught and directed the Protege Program at SGT as well as produced and oversaw the inaugural Global Playwriting Series (GPS), which received over 150 submissions in its first year. Theatre credits include: Marvin’s Room (Shattered Globe Theatre); The Legend of Georgia McBride, Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (Northlight); Sense and Sensibility (Indiana Repertory Theatre); SS! Romeo and Juliet, SS! Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Ironbound (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Balm in Gilead, Golden Boy (Griffin Theatre); The Abuelas, White Tie Ball, Momma’s Boyz (Teatro Vista); The Rainmaker (BoHo Theatre); References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (Phoenix Theatre Indianapolis) What Happened When, Slipping (the side project). Television credits include Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Suits, and The Exorcist. Nate is also an Ensemble Member with Teatro Vista. He studied at the School at Steppenwolf, The Moscow Art Theatre, and received his BA from Valparaiso University.
Lesley Swanson (SGT General Manager, she/her) brings over 14 years of experience in Arts Management and Arts Education to her role at Shattered Globe Theatre. Swanson has planned and executed productions in the non-profit sector for television, theater, and orchestra. She has also directed schools of dance, drama, and music. Swanson earned a MM in flute performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and a BM from Grand Valley State University. She owns a private studio in the City of Chicago where she teaches flute students of all ages. Active in Chicago’s new music scene, her dynamic flute playing can be heard with the Chicago Composers Orchestra. Swanson has proven herself to be a powerful advocate for women’s rights. As an arts leader, she is committed to continuing education. She recently completed Enrich Chicago’s training Building a Culture of Anti-Racism. Swanson enjoys spoiling her large cat, Séamus. Whenever possible, she slips away to the silver beaches of Lake Michigan.
Emma Durbin (SGT Director of Marketing and Community Engagement, Graphic Design, they/them) is a Chicago-based playwright and dramaturg whose writing centers women and people who are experiencing gender marginalization, and the bonds they form in search of survival, community, and joy. Works in development include: landscape (workshopped at Mirrorbox Theatre and The Theatre School at DePaul University, 2022 Premiere Play Festival semi-finalist, 2023 NAP Series at Normal Ave finalist, and 2023 LAB Series at The Inkwell Theater finalist), Witchcraft, Bitchcraft (2022 commission by Pocket Theatre VR), and overgrown (winter 2023 Jackalope Playwrights Lab). Their short plays have been presented by Chicago Dramatists, Shattered Globe Theatre, Naked Angels, Westmont College, Western Washington University, and DePaul University. Emma is also an Artistic Producer and Resident Dramaturg for Freshly Brewed, a new play development series for emerging Chicago writers at The Understudy. They have also served on dramaturgy teams for new play workshops and readings at Actors Theatre of Louisville, TimeLine Theatre Company, The Story Theatre, and more. They are a script reader for Playwrights Center and The Playwrights Realm. Emma interned at the Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland New Plays Festival, and attended the New Play Dramaturgy Intensive at the Kennedy Center with Mark Bly. Playwriting BFA: The Theatre School at DePaul University (2020, Dean’s Prize Recipient). Visit emmadurbin.com to learn more!
Jazzma Pryor (SGT Protégé Key Facilitator, she/her) is an Ensemble Member with Shattered Globe Theatre. Her Chicago credits include: STEW, Hannah and Martin, and Crime and Punishment (Shattered Globe Theatre); The Light, Twilight: Los Angeles,1992, Sunset Baby, and From The Mississippi Delta (Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre); Doubt: A Parable (Irish Theatre of Chicago); Phillis: The American Revolutionary (Redd Opera); Insurrection: Holding History (Stage Left Theatre); Marisol (Promethean Theatre); and Prelude to a Kiss (The Comrades). Jazzma has a M.S. in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University and B.A. in Production Studies with a theatre concentration from Clemson University. She is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent. Live, Laugh, Love.
Judy Anderson (Executive Production Manager, she/they) has been an SGT Ensemble member since 1991 as the theatre’s Resident Stage Manager. In 2009, she became the Resident Production Manager. Judy has worked on every SGT production in one aspect or another and loves working with her SGT family.
About Shattered Globe Theatre
Shattered Globe Theatre (Sandy Shinner, Producing Artistic Director) was born in a storefront space on Halsted Street in 1991. Since then, SGT has produced more than 80 plays, including nine American and world premieres, and garnered an impressive 42 Jeff Awards and 118 Jeff Award nominations, as well as the acclaim of critics and audiences alike.
Shattered Globe Theatre seeks to discover new connections between story, artist and audience by exploring drama from bold, challenging perspectives, and continuously redefining what it means to be an ensemble theatre.
SGT’s values are rooted in a commitment to racial equity, respect for all artists and support for the ensemble, while creating new opportunities to amplify traditionally marginalized voices and collaborate in all aspects of our work. Through initiatives such as the Protégé Program, Shattered Globe creates a space which allows emerging artists to grow and share in the ensemble experience.
Meet the SGT Ensemble
Judy Anderson*
Rosie Chevalier
Louis Contey
David Dastmalchian
Demetra Dee
Joe Forbrich*
Christina Gorman
Daria Harper
Tina M. Jach
Rebecca Jordan*
Steve Kleinedler
Vivian Knouse
AmBer Montgomery
Tina Muñoz Pandya
Eileen Niccolai*
Jazzma Pryor
Hailey Rakowiecki
Deanna Reed-Foster*
Linda Reiter*
Nate Santana*
Drew Schad
Adam Schulmerich
Leslie Ann Sheppard
Sandy Shinner
Joe Sikora*
Roger Smart
Shelley Strasser
Devonte E. Washington
Sarah Jo White
Joseph Wiens*
Brad Woodard
Meet the SGT Artistic Associates
Daniela Colucci
Mikey Gray
Lawrence Grimm
Darren Jones
Christopher Kriz
Jason Lynch
Elizabeth Margolius
Kelsey Melvin
Tim Newell
Jane Nix
Aila Peck
Steve Peebles
David Antonio Reed
Jasmine Cheri Rush
Angie Shriner
Abbey Smith
Becca Smith
Michael Trudeau
Ayanna Wimberley
Austin Winter
Meet the 23/24 Protégé Cohort
Abbie Brenner
Aliza Broder
Catherine Healey
Drake George
Electra Tremulis
Ethan Carlson
Hershey Suri
Isaiah Engram
Jake Griffith
Jason Pavlovich
La’Tia Owens
Matt Hernandez
Nena Martins
Sharon Pasia
Téa Baum
Trijae Ann
Meet the SGT Board of Directors
Sara Mushlitz President
Carol Eastin Vice-President
Mark Levey Secretary
Troy Baresel Treasurer
Judy Anderson Assistant Treasurer
Sandy Shinner Producing Artistic Director
Alaric Blair
Mary G. Dietz
Linda Doyle
Tracey Gibson-Jackson
Sam Harrod
Rhonda Rochambeau
Susan Solomon
Eileen Sweeney
Meet the SGT Advisory Board
Larry Bundschu
Nancy Carter
Dr. Len & Cheryl Cerullo
Daniel Coffey
Ray Drymalski
Mary Filice
Kevin McQuade
Marcelle McVay
Dawn Palmer
Bruce Sagan
Dennis Zacek
Our Funders
The work you see on and off the stage would not be possible without the invaluable contributions from civic-minded foundations and individuals who believe in the necessity of supporting the arts. Shattered Globe extends a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has donated time and resources to our theatre.
SGT values the support of Dr. Len and Cheryl Cerullo and family in loving memory of Katie Cerullo as well as the generosity of Dan and Claudia Cyganowski in memory of Carol Klimick Cyganowski, scholar and passionate supporter of Chicago Theatre.
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Intercontinental — $5,000–$9,999
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Continentes — $2,500–$4,999
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Nancy Carter
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Susan Solomon
The Saints
Communitas — $1,000–$2,499
Annabel Armour & Art Fox (dedicated to Sandy Shinner, with “love and gratitude for ALL that you do.”)
Anne Larson & Joshua Vincent
Eileen Sweeney
Ellen Benjamin & Fred Bates
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Larry Bundschu
Linda & John Lipinsky
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Lynne Simon
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Mary Elizabeth McAvoy
Michelle & Steve Cucchiaro
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Ronald Thisted
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Walter Stearns
Inquirentium — $500–$999
Amanda Brimmer
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James Miller
Jayne Swanson
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Judith Freeman (dedicated to Carol Eastin, Troy Baresel and Joe Hartness)
Karen & Frank Schneider
Laura & Stuart Burstein
Maureen Egan
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Mona and Michael Heath
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Patricia Tucker
Petros Paranikas
Robin and Mike Horina
Sandy Shinner & Jerry Wilson
Sarah Jo White
Tilly Wihoite
Proximus — $100–$499
Amy Gulley
Amy Jo Brown
Allyson Metcalf & Brian Tennison
Ann Carson (dedicated to Joe Hartness and Troy Barasel)
Barbara & Steven Murphy
Barbara Burgess & Ivan Dee
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Barbara Hauser
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Carol Christiansen
Christine Hadley
Christopher Means
Constance Greene
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Diane Dorsey (dedicated to Danny Goldring)
Ellen and Andy Mazer (dedicated to Sandy Shinner)
Ethel & Bill Gofen
Fran Moeckler
Glen Prezembel
Gloria Bond Clunie
Gwen Nodiff
Holly Hayes & Carl Stern (dedicated to Rhonda Rochambeau)
James Clifton
Jan Valukas
Jeffrey Landsman
Jerome Hoynes
Jill & Michael Williams (dedicated to the Triples)
Jim Miller
John Tielsch and Deborah Garber
Joe Forbrich
Joseph Seliga
Judith & Jack Schindler
Julie Lockhart
Karen Fort (dedicated with “many thanks to Sandy Shinner for her mentorship, and to Shattered Globe for all the shows.”)
Kate Feinstein & Richard Skolly
Katharine Crittenberger
Karen Schneider
Kate Sheehy
Kathy Macintosh & Jerry Serrata
Kelli Walker
Kelly & Dennis Howe
Kelly Anhalt
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Shannon Cochran
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Jerry Warzyn
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