Director – Miranda Gonzalez
Assistant Directors – Chance Lira and Jalen Presley
Scenic Designer – Alicia Margerum
Assistant Scenic Designer – Mike Kozel
Costume Designer – Ski Sciaraffa
Assistant Costume Designer – Kylee Galarneau
Lighting Designer – Kev Kollmann
Sound Designer – Chance M. Lira
Technical Director – Emery Foster
Properties Designers – Elizabeth Nowak and Kayleena Lopez
Intimacy Choreographer –  Bethany Mangum-Oles
Automation Designer – Tracy Nunnally
Fight Choreographers – J Cody Hunt and Stanton Davis
Stage Manager – Jessie Ferreira
Assistant Stage Manager – Gabriel Ford

This show is approximately 90 minutes and has no intermission.

Warning: This show utilizes haze and fog effects.

Anon – Antonio Horn
Nemasani/Chorus – Sania Henry
Mr. Mackus/Pascal/Chorus – Sebastian Vega Barrios
Senator Laius/Mr. Zyclo/Nice American Father/Ensemble – David Mortenson
Helen Laius/Bird/Serza/Refugee/Chorus – Natalie Shank
Calista/Ritu/Chorus – Serenity Deida
Naja – Haley Johnson
Ali/Ignacio/Chorus – Ryn Aston
Nasreen/Belen/Chorus – Nya Warner

Antonio Horn (Anon)

Antonio Horn (he/him)  is a third-year B.F.A. acting candidate. This is his fourth stage play production. His previous highlights come from playing Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and playing various roles in Anxious People! by Carol Lee, and Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, all at Northern Illinois University. He is loving every step on this path that God is setting for him.

“Lord, I thank you.”

Sania Henry (Nemasani/Chorus)

Sania Henry is a third-year B.F.A. acting candidate at Nothern Illinois University. She is serving as co-fight captain for this production, and recently had the opportunity to assistant stage manage for Macbeth. She would like to thank her hometown, friends, and family near and far for instilling the faith and trust needed to tell this story. She thanks God for the blessing that is this education and the support of her cohort to see it through.

Sebastian Vega Barrios (Mr. Mackus/Pascal/Chorus)

Sebastian Vega Barrios (he/him/his) is originally from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. He is a sophomore, and this is his second performance at NIU. He is incredibly grateful for the opportunity that he has gotten to be part of such a wonderful production. This is an experience that I’ll cherish forever. I thank my parents for being my biggest supporters and I thank all family and friends who have supported me along the way in this process.

David Mortenson (Senator Laius/Mr. Zyclo/Nice American Father/Ensemble)

David Mortenson is a senior dual major B.A. in history and theatre studies, and this is his third show at NIU. Previously he was Plotnik in Booked and Blessed…or BUST! and Duncan/Porter/Seyton in Macbeth. His time in the theatre department at NIU SOTD has had him doing everything from working backstage, building sets/props, and performing. The wide variety of experiences has been an incredible chance to explore the many different aspects of theatrical production. This production in particular has challenged him into new perspectives on performance and pushed him out of his comfort zone. 

Natalie Shank (Helen/Bird/Serza/Refugee/Chorus)

Natalie Shank is a second year B.F.A. major and English minor. Natalie played a news reporter, singer, and jailer in Machinal, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Glenda in The Wizard of Oz, and has performed in New York City at Carnegie Hall. With her associate of arts degree already completed, she can focus completely on her craft and grow further. Natalie thanks everyone for seeing the show and cannot wait to perform in the shows to come.

Serenity Deida (Calista/Ritu/Chorus)

Serenity Deida (she/her) is a second-year B.F.A. acting major at NIU. This is her second play at NIU. Previously, she was a part of Macbeth as Donalbain/MacDuff Son. She would like to thank her family and friends for constantly supporting her. She would also like to thank the cast, crew, and director of Anon(ymous) for this experience and working so hard to make this play great. Thank you for coming and enjoy the show!

Haley Johnson (Naja)

Haley Johnson is a second-year B.F.A. acting candidate at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. Her other credits include NIU’s production of Machinal, Love/Sick, A Christmas Story, and the musical TV series Act Of Faith. She would like to thank her friends and family for the love and support!

Ryn Aston (Ali/Ignacio/Chorus)

Ryn Aston (they/them) is a third-year B.F.A. acting candidate. They were previously in NIU’s productions of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, as Mother Georgia, Booked and Blessed…or BUST!, as Goolsby, and Mary Stuart as Paulet and Melvil. They would like to thank their cohort for their support. Hope you enjoy the show!

Nya Warner (Nasreen/Belen/Chorus)

Nya Warner is a B.F.A. acting major year two. I’ve enjoyed the experience of taking theatre classes throughout high school, student film projects, and my first understudy role in Chicago! I had the pleasure of being a part of Macbeth last semester and I look forward to the future productions to come!

Miranda Gonzalez, Director was born and raised in the city of Chicago, is a writer, director, producer and the artistic director for UrbanTheater Company (UTC) in Humboldt Park. In 2020, she was invited to record a TEDx talk  “The Fear of Decolonization.” With a deep history in ensemble practice, she was a founding member of Teatro Luna and has devised and developed plays since 2000. Recently selected to participate in Disney’s Live Entertainment (DLE) 2024 Creative Intensive, Miranda was able to collaboratively present new storytelling concepts world-wide. Her last play Back In The Day: an 80’s House Music Dancesical had its World Premier at UrbanTheater Company in 2019. Her current play Mascogos, an Imaginistas cohort, will have its world premiere in October 2025 at The Latino Theater Company in the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Directing, writing, and script development credits include; Evolution of a Sonero by Flaco Navaja, Remote Learning Curve by Albany Park Theater Ensemble, Thank You for Coming. Take Care by Stacey Rose at Court Theatre, Ashes of Light by Marco Antonio Rodriguez, La Gringa by Carmen Rivera; Teatro Luna Productions S-E-X-Oh!, Lunaticas, Crossed, GL 2010, The North/South Plays a workshop at DCASE; F.O.P and Crime Scene Chicago with Collaboraction; and Melissa DuPrey’s Sushi-Frito at Free Street Theater. She is also an executive producer for the web series 50 Blind Dates with Melissa DuPrey and has written for web series Ruby’s World Yo created by Marilyn Camacho. She is the recipient of the Leaders for a New Chicago Award,  3Arts Award and the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Award. Visit https://linktr.ee/chiblaxican if you’d like to learn more!

Chance M. Lira, Assistant Director/Sound Designer is a senior B.A. in theatre studies at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance and is honored to be given the opportunity to curate an immersive soundscape for such a talented group of artists and you the audience.  Past productions here at NIU include Twelfth Night, Rage Play, and Holler River.  Also at NIU he has founded the 72-Hour Film Festival, written and directed two short films, and has worked on several B.F.A. reels under the guidance of Alexander Gelman. Thank you NIU SOTD and Miranda Gonzalez for allowing me the opportunity for my first professional job as a sound designer and giving me the chance (no pun intended) to be mentored by a true visionary. 

Mike Kozel, Assistant Scenic Designer is a third-year design and technology student with an emphasis in lighting and scenic. NIU shows include Carmina Burana, Life is a Dream, Anxious People!, Booked Blessed or…BUST!, Macbeth, and Prowess. This show is my first time scenic designing here at NIU.

Ski Sciaraffa (they/them) Costume Designer is a third-year M.F.A. costume and props design candidate. They are excited to debut their first solo costume designs at NIU. Credits include co-costume designer for Macbeth (NIU); props designer for Witch (NIU), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NIU), The Drowsy Chaperone (SPD); costume craftsperson for The Three Musketeers (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks) and She Kills Monsters (NIU); stitcher for Booked and Blessed…OR BUST! (NIU) and The Children’s Hour (NIU); costume designer for The Actor’s Garden’s productions of Becky Thatcher, Off to Olympus, Just So, and Pots & Pan. They would like to thank their family, friends, professors, and colleagues for their immense love and support. 

Kylee Galarneau, Assistant Costume Designer is a first-year graduate student at NIU studying costume design and technology. She previously studied theatre arts at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY. When Kylee is not sewing, she can be found curled up at home with her cat, Purrogi. She is thrilled to be a part of telling this story alongside such a talented crew. Previous design credits include: Godspell (assistant costume designer/Le Moyne College), Antigone (costume designer/Le Moyne College), Mean Girls (costume designer/CNS High School), Betrayal (costume designer/CNY Playhouse), Edgar in the Red Room (costume designer, Le Moyne College/Montréal Fringe Festival) and Holler River (costume designer/Northern Illinois University). Find more of Kylee’s work on Instagram: @kylee.r.costumes . 

Kev Kollmann (he/him) Lighting Designer is an M.F.A. student in lighting design at Northern Illinois University. He received his B.A. in theater from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh focusing on directing and stage management. Since his graduation he has turned his attention to the design aspects of the entertainment industry. Kev is an active advocate for folks of marginalized communities especially within the disabled community.  He uses the artistic capabilities of design and his real life experiences as a disabled person to help create a more equitable theatrical experience. Kev’s most previous works have been: Machinal as the lighting designer at NIU and also the lighting designer for the NATEAC (North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference) Conference in New York City. For more information and to contact Kev please visit his website at kevkollmanndesigns.com 

Emery Foster, (they/them) Technical Director is a first-year M.F.A. technical direction student at Northern Illinois University. They received their B.A. at Southeastern Louisiana University in visual art with a concentration in scenic design. New to NIU and Illinois, their previous professional credits include being a freelance scenic designer and fabricating activations at festivals in the New Orleans area as well as being the technical director for the music department at their alma mater.

Since moving to DeKalb, Emery has enjoyed working at the Egyptian Theatre, as a contract technical director with Elgin Community College, and is excited to join Upstaging Inc. this summer.

Thanks to the production team of Anon(ymous) for their kindness and patience as Emery technical directs their first NIU SOTD main stage theatrical show!

Elizabeth Nowak (they/them/theirs) Curator and Co-props Lead Is a second-year theatre studies and anthropology double major. Their passions include dramaturgy, museum curation, creating props and conducting research. Credits include dramaturgy for NIU’s fall 2024 production of Macbeth, dramaturgy and exhibit curation for NIU’s spring 2024 production of Witch and flight crew for NIU’s fall 2023 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Their research project, “Stronger Storytelling with Museums and Theatre” examines the impact temporary exhibits have on the audience’s experience of a theatrical production. Elizabeth invites you to view the temporary exhibit in the lobby and take the survey. 

Kayleena Lopez (she/her) Co-Props Lead is currently in her first year as a B.F.A. theatre arts design and technology student here at NIU. This is her first time designing props at the college level. Kayleena is a recent graduate of Harlem High School where she has been the props master among other things on or behind stage duties since her sophomore year of high school.  Her previous credits include being props master for the musicals and plays, All Shook Up, Xanadu, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Christmas Carol, and Trap. Last semester was her first performance, when she was sound operator for Macbeth.

She is fulfilled to be the first out of her family to attend college and is trying to make her family proud! She would also like to express her gratitude for working on this show with such an amazing team and friends who encouraged her to do more. Kayleena would also like to give her deepest thanks to her mother Linda Ort, younger brother Crisantos Lopez II, and grandparents Bob and Brenda Baxter for believing in her. Along with them, her father Crisantos Lopez, and great grandmother Willie Johnson, even though they aren’t here anymore they will always brighten her nights with the other stars in the night sky. Kayleena hopes you enjoy the show because she loved working on it! 

J Cody Hunt, Fight Choreographer is pursuing an M.F.A. in acting at NIU School of Theatre and Dance and is honored to advise such a talented group of artists in creating compelling physical stories onstage. 

Cody was trained in the skills of unarmed stage combat, knife, rapier and dagger, and broadsword by SAFD Fight Director Ted Sharron, SAFD Fight Master J. Allen Suddeth, and Jake Guinn. Cody was trained in stunt falls by Hollywood stuntman Mark Dirkse. 

You might have seen Cody’s fight choreography on the NIU stage in these productions: Prowess, Macbeth, Witch, Booked and Blessed…OR BUST!, Anxious People, Rage Play, and Big Love. 

His professional fight direction credits include On An Average Day (Kane Repertory Theatre), Jesus, Miracle of Christmas, Samson (Sight and Sound Theatres), Grease (Cedartown Performing Arts Center), Th’ Burning (Alys Stevens Theatre), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Piedmont High School), and Anastasia (Oneonta High School). 

Thank you to NIU SOTD and Miranda Gonzalez for allowing me to be a part of this amazing production and to Elena, Emerson, and Ezra for your undying love and support! 

Jessica Ferreira, Stage Manager is happy to be returning to the School of Theatre and Dance at Northern Illinois University for this show. She graduated from NIU with a bachelor of fine arts degree with an emphasis in stage management. Several of her previous stage managing credits include: The Language Archive, She Kills Monsters, Anxious People, and Mary Stuart. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Miranda, and we hope you enjoy the show! She’d also like to thank her family for their never ending support, her dad for all the late night phone calls on her drive home, and her partner for keeping her sane. 

Gabriel Ford (he/she/they) Assistant Stage Manager is studying for a B.F.A. in design technology. Within that degree, they are studying a wide variety of classes to build up as versatile a skillset as they can. Prior to Anon(ymous), they worked as an assistant stage manager on Mary Stuart at NIU. Non-ASM roles they have held in the past include Macbeth (costume shop worker, NIU), Spring Dance 2024 (costume crew, NIU) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (run crew, NIU). Gabriel is thrilled to have had the opportunity to work with everyone on this production! 

Scenery

Scenic Coordinator – Sahin Sahinoglu
Scene Shop Supervisor – Adam Rager
Scene Shop Graduate Employees – Emery Foster and Bridget Kearbey
Scene Shop Undergraduate Employees – David Mortenson, Mike Kozel, Sasha Norman, Jade Doherty
Student Technicians – THEA 295 Students
Run Crew – Lillithe Buttron, Kadi Knapp, Aaliyah LaSure, Kyan Muhammad, Kaja Pursara, Reese Rodriguez, Lorelei Wesselowski

Costumes

Costume Design Advisor – Jeremy W. Floyd
Costume Director – Lori Hartenhoff
Costume Shop Supervisor – Elizabeth Galba
Costume Shop Graduate Employees – Ski Sciaraffa, Kylee Galarneau
Costume Shop Employees – B. Leni, Alyssa Altadonna, Natalie Shank, Lexi Foelker, Emily Christianson
Costume Shop 395 Students –
Student Technicians – THEA 210, 235, and 295 Students
Costume Crew – Lexi Foelkner (supervisor), Jay Gonzalez, Jamel Hill, Dion Morris, Tavaris Powell, Marco Scott, Angi Sifuentes, Zach Zimmerman

Lighting

Lighting Design Advisor – Brandon Wardell
Resident Head Electrician – Chris Kurszewski
Lighting Shop Graduate Assistants – Ross Wheeler, Bridget Kearbey
Lighting Shop Employees – Logan Bryant, Conall Doherty, Kateri Pfeiffer
Student Electricians – Reece Deidrick, Max Garcia, Megumi Goto, Kateri Pfeiffer, Gunner Wright and THEA 210 students
Light Board Operator – Jamie Mendez
Sound Board Operator – Abby Lamoreaux

Properties

Properties Director – Dave Doherty
Properties Graduate Assistants – Alicia Margerum, Ski Sciaraffa
Properties Shop Employees – Elizabeth Nowak, Sasha Norman, David Mortenson
Properties Shop 295/395 Students – Danisha Gilmore, Blake Jablonski, Sonya Dunn, Nina Kasman

Production Management

Technical Direction Advisor – Tracy Nunnally
Stage Management Advisor – Angela A. Miller
House Management Supervisor – Cornelia Reed

Special thanks to Vertigo and Alberto Cornejo. 

Richard Arnold (Emeritus)
S. Alan Chelser (Emeritus)
Judith Chitwood (Emerita)
Gibson Cima
Roxanna Conner
Stanton Davis
Frankie DiCiaccio
David Doherty
Lila H. Dole (Emerita)
Jasmine Eleazar
Jeremy W. Floyd
Paula Frasz (Emerita)
Elizabeth Galba
Kent Gallagher (Emeritus)
Kathryn Gately (Emerita)
Alexander Gelman
Richard Grund
Hannah Hammel
Lori Hartenhoff
Jennifer Ingle-Grund
Paul Kassel
Chris Kurszewski
Paige Larkowski
Marc Macaranas
Bethany Mangum-Oles
Kay Martinovich
Terrence McClellan (Emeritus)
Angela A. Miller
Randall Newsom (Emeritus)
Tracy Nunnally
Richard Poole (Emeritus)
Adam Rager
Patricia Ridge (Emerita)
Deborah Robertson (Emerita)
Michel Rodriguez Cintra
Sahin Sahinoglu
Stephanie Sailer
Robert Schneider (Emeritus)
Sarita Smith Childs
Brandon Wardell