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STUART CARDEN
(
Dramaturg
) is a Chicago-based director specializing in
new plays, ensemble generated projects and music driven theater. Most recently
with writer Tim Sniffen he helped develop and co-directed the world premiere of
Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf
at Writers Theatre. Recent projects
featuring music include:
The Old Man and The Old Moon
by PigPen Theatre
Co. (New Victory Theatre, ArtsEmerson, Williamstown Theatre Festival and
Writers Theatre); the world premiere of
Frederick: The Musical
based on Leo
Lionni’s beloved children’s book and
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
, based on Kate
DiCamillo’s young-adult novel (Chicago Children’s Theatre). In December at Writers Theatre he
co-directs the world premiere of PigPen Theatre Co.’s folk tale with music,
The Hunter and the Bear.
PEGGY STENGER
(
Stage Manager
) is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-
Conservatory of Music. The 2016-17 season is her fourteenth as a stage manager and assistant
stage manager at Lyric Opera. Prior to relocating to Chicago, she was a stage manager for
numerous highly regarded American companies, including Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles
Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Anchorage Opera. She was also production stage manager for
Greater Miami (now Florida Grand) Opera, The Dallas Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
MEGAN WHEELER
(
Assistant Stage Manager
) was production administrator at Ravinia for the
past three seasons, having begun at the festival as a production assistant in 2012. She has served
in the same capacity at the Bank of America Theatre for
Gotta Dance
and for the Ryder Cup.
Megan has also worked in production management at the Goodman Theatre, as an assistant stage
manager at the Next Theatre Company, and in event coordination with Development Specialists,
Inc. She is an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.