Adam LaSalle is a NYC-based actor, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He made his Off-Broadway debut in 2017 and has been fortunate to work consistently throughout the country in regional theatre, TV, commercials, and voice-over. A proud member of Actors Equity (AEA), Adam is a student of Joan Rosenfels and TONY© Nominee Michael Hayden, and is proudly represented by DDO Artists Agency.

Matthew McGloin is an actor-musician based in New York and firmly believes in the power of live theatre to connect & heal.  This marks his seventh production of 2P4H (previously at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Peterborough Players, Mayfield Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, and twice at North Coast Rep).  NY/OFF-BROADWAY:  The Hello Girls (Prospect Theater/59E59), Bastard Jones (The Cell), CasablancaBox (HERE Arts), Xanadu (Piper Theatre), Tectonic Theater Project, Abingdon Theatre Company, Dixon Place, The Lark, BMI/SongSpace.  REGIONAL:  The Kennedy Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Triad Stage, Peterborough Players, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Folger Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Virginia Shakespeare Festival.  TV:  Law & Order (NBC), History Channel, Investigation Discovery.  TRAINING:  BFA Acting, UMBC.  www.matthewmcgloin.com // @jackie_of_all_traits.

Rob Lindley (Director) is excited to return to Northlight after directing the Jeff Award-winning Songs for Nobodies in 2021. Other directing credits include Songs for Nobodies (People’s Light Theatre); Far From Heaven, How to Succeed in Business…., Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Porchlight Music Theatre); and 50 Shades!: The Music Parody (Off-Broadway and National Tour). Rob also directs many cabaret evenings from intimate club engagements to large-scale galas for many Chicago organizations including Court Theatre, Porchlight Theatre, Northlight Theatre and the Chicago Humanities Festival. As an actor, Northlight audiences might remember Rob from his performances in Andy Warhol in Iran (Jeff Nomination) and Funnyman. Other acting credits include: Monsieur André in the National Tour of Phantom of the Opera; Fun Home (Victory Gardens); The Sound of Music (Marriott Theatre); The Tempermentals (About Face Theatre); Candide (Goodman); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Secret Garden, Angels in America, Caroline or Change, James Joyce’s The Dead, Carousel (Court Theatre); and Oh Coward! (Writers Theatre) for which he won a Jeff Award for Best Actor in a Revue. This summer Rob will curate and host Mancini at 100, his second concert at Ravinia with the CSO, starring Norm Lewis, Karen Mason, and Jessie Mueller. IG: @RobLindley

Tianxuan Chen (Xuan) (Set Design) is a scenic and lighting designer graduated from Northwestern University with MFA in stage design. Her past scenic credits includes Women Beware Women (2024), Everybody (2023), Blood Wedding (2023), Late A Cowboy Song (2022), and The Ballad of Mulan (2022). Xuan’s design aim to express the emotional journey of the narrative and create visual poetry on the stage that invite audience to actively engage in the performance with their imagination. 

Jos N. Banks (Costume Design)  A true renaissance man… Jos N. Banks is a multi- award winning Visual/ Performing Arts Artist, Costume Designer, Stylist & Teaching Artist hailing from Chicago, IL. Tours: International – KINKY BOOTS (Lola), HAIR (Hud), THE COLOR PURPLE (Harpo). Select Regional Work: Steppenwolf, McCarter, Yale, Goodspeed, The Muny, Drury Lane, Paramount Theatre, The Second City, Orlando Shakes, About Face Theatre, Porchlight, Congo Square, Windy City Playhouse, Farmers Alley,  Raven Theatre, Apollo Theatre, Boho Theatre, Black Ensemble Theatre, Theo Ubique, Royal George, Open Door Rep, Strawdog Theatre & Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre. Film: “Ocean” in Showtime’s “THE CHI”, “Dr. Greg Martinson” in Showtime’s “WORK IN PROGRESS” & Rise Against’ music video “Make It Stop” (Lead). Nominated Best Costume Designer for the 2012, 2016/17 & 2019 BTAA (Black Theater Alliance Awards). Curator & keynote speaker of his very own Master Class, entitled “#BeFEARLESS w/ Jos N. Banks”. www.FearlessJos.com // @JosNBanks 

Emma Deane is an Indigenous Lighting Designer whose recent credits include: Confederates (Signature Theatre); 9 Kinds of Silence, (PlayCo); In the Southern Breeze (Rattlestick Theater); For the People (Guthrie Theatre); Jane Eyre, Dial “M” for Murder, Newtown (Geva Theatre); Exception to the Rule (Studio Theatre); POTUS, The Chinese Lady (Everyman Theatre); 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Northlight Theatre); Trouble in Mind (Hartford Stage); Peter Pan and Wendy (KC Rep); BAKKHAI (Baltimore Center Stage): On the Far End, Jennifer, Who is Leaving (Round House Theatre); Manahatta (Yale Rep). 2024 Recipient 1/52 Grant. MFA – Yale School of Drama. emmadeane.com

Rick has composed and designed sound for numerous Chicago-area theaters, including Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Northlight, Congo Square, Writers, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Court, and American Blues. Regional credits include Arena Stage and Roundhouse Theatre in Washington D.C., Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, South Coast Rep in Southern California, The Getty, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia, 2nd Stage and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Portland Playhouse. He is an artistic associate of Lookingglass, an artistic affiliate with American Blues. He composed the music for The Thanksgiving Play at 2nd Stage Theatre on Broadway. Sims won a Jeff Award for sound design for Lookingglass’ Moby Dick, Frankenstein, and Hephaestus, and a BTA award for Congo Squares Brothers In the Dust. Sims also wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Lookingglass Hillbilly Antigone. 

Christine D. Freeburg (production stage manager) is thrilled to be back at Northlight, where her credits include Stones in His Pockets and remounting Outgoing Tide at the Galway Arts Festival. Chicago theatre credits include Steppenwolf Theatre, Court Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, and Apple Tree Theatre. Christine is the Head of the Stage Management Department at The Theatre School at DePaul University and spent nine summers stage managing at the Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vermont. She is happily married to Thom Cox and the proud mother of Joan Marie. For Malcolm.

Katie Klemme (Production Stage Manager) Northlight credits include The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Brooklyn Laundry, Dial M for Murder, The Porch on Windy Hill, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, Intimate Apparel, Mr. Dickens’ Hat, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Landladies, and You Can’t Take It With You. Chicago: The Hot Wing King, Eurydice, A Distinct Society, Tiger Style!, Wife of a Salesman, Into the Woods (Writers); Notes from the Field (TimeLine); Villette (Lookingglass) and productions with Victory Gardens, Theater Wit, About Face Theater and American Theater Company. National: Hamilton (Eliza Tour Sub); Sorin: A Notre Dame Story (Tour). Regional: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theater Center, ArtsEmerson.