was most recently seen at Northlight in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and Dial M for Murder. Other credits include Misery (Peninsula Players Theatre); Ironbound, Right to be Forgotten, Nice Girl (Raven Theatre); The Writer, First Love is the Revolution, Linda, Birdland, and others (Steep Theatre, where she is an ensemble member). Lucy works as a motion capture actor for video games and as a freelance Intimacy Director and Casting Director. TV: Fargo season 4, Somebody Somewhere, Chicago Fire, Proven Innocent. Film: Brooklyn 45, Departing Seniors. She is represented by Paonessa Talent.

Felipe Carrasco is excited to here at Northlight Theatre for Dial M for Murder. Recent credits include: Twelfth Night (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival), The Cherry Orchard, Sweat (Goodman Theatre), The Wizards (Concrete Content), The Madres (Teatro Vista), Harbur Gate (16th Street Theatre), The Adventures of Robin Hood, Reprise (Adventure Stage Chicago), Othello: The Moor of Venice (Invictus Theatre), Waiting for Godot (Tympanic Theatre Co.), Bomb-Itty of Errors, Cyrano (Riverside Theatre), Hedda Gabler (Undermain Theatre), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Theatre Three), A Christmas Carol (Dallas Theatre Center.) Felipe is part of the performance duo, Daughter Boy, who recently performed their original piece Demons at the Bay, in Physical Theater Festival Chicago’s ‘Scratch Night’.

Ryan Hallahan makes his Northlight debut. Selected Chicago credits include Pass Over, Straight White Men (Steppenwolf Theatre), The Last Match, Witch, The Real Thing, A Streetcar Named Desire (Writers Theatre), Dial M For Murder (Northlight Theatre), Pericles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cyrano De Bergerac (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), The Body Of An American (Stage Left; Jeff Award Nominee- Actor In A Principal Role), Posh (Steep), Octagon (Jackalope Theatre), and A Doll’s House (Definition Theatre), as well as work with The Goodman, Chicago Dramatists, Victory Gardens, and Broken Nose Theatre. Regional work includes The Rainmaker, Write Me A Murder, and Ripcord (Peninsula Players.) Film and television include Pass Over (dir. Spike Lee), Working Man, Chicago Fire, and Chicago Med. He is the author of the plays Off The 77, The Grand Opening of the Chino Valley Death House, and Anna Lee.

Elizabeth Laidlaw has worked as an actor, producer and director in Chicago and regionally since 1993, appearing at Court Theatre, Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, Writer’s Theatre and many, many others. Recent film: The Sin Eater, Good Guy With A Gun, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, Into The Wake. Television: “The Red Line”, “NCIS” (CBS), “Chicago Med” “Chicago PD” and “Crisis” (NBC),“Betrayal” (ABC), and “Boss” (Starz), and “The Chicago Code” (FOX). She received her BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University, and  studied Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, UK. She is currently the voice of Dr. Eva Graff in, and a producer of, the critically acclaimed speculative fiction podcast Derelict (derelictpodcast.com). Ms. Laidlaw is a proud union member of SAG-AFTRA and Actor’s Equity.

Nick Sandys is delighted to return to Northlight, having previously appeared in Mr. Dickens’ Hat, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Pride & Prejudice, and choreographed combat for several other productions. Other local on-stage appearances include: Frankenstein, Pygmalion, An Inspector Calls, The Chimes, The Goat, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Real Thing (Remy Bumppo); Jeeves Intervenes, Captain Blood, A Turn Of The Screw, Twelfth Night, Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing (First Folio); The Tempest (Notre Dame Shakespeare); The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes (Mercury Theatre); plus productions at Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Lookingglass, and Light Opera Works, as well as regionally and Off Broadway. Nick has received some 22 Joseph Jefferson Nominations for acting, directing, fight directing, and producing, as well as a 2018 APA Audie Nomination for his audiobook narration of Dracula, and a 2011 Achievement Award from The Meier Charitable Foundation for the Arts.

Jeffrey Hatcher is an American playwright and screenwriter. He grew up in Ohio before attending New York University to study acting. After a brief career on stage, he turned his hand to writing. His many award-winning original plays have been performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally across the United States, and abroad. Hatcher has also written the screenplay for Casanova for director Lasse Hallstrom, as well as screenplays Secretary and Boys Don’t Cry directed by Kim Pierce.

is the Associate Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre and a member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Recent directing credits include: the World Premieres of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (Northlight Theatre); The Singularity Play (Jackalope Theatre);  A Mile in The Dark (Interrobang Theatre Project/Rivendell Theatre Ensemble); Enough to Let the Light In (Teatro Vista) and Spay (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble); the U.S. premiere of The Writer (Steep Theatre); and the Chicago Premieres of Dial M for Murder (Northlight Theatre), This Wide Night (Shattered Globe / Interrobang Theatre Project) and Ironbound (Raven Theatre). Georgette is a five-time Joseph Jefferson Awards nominated director, the 2022 Michael Maggio Directing Fellow at Goodman Theatre, and was a 2024 3Arts Award nominee. She’s been profiled in NewCity’s 2023 “Players: Who Really Performs for Chicago” and in Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago 2022.” She is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. georgetteverdin.com

Mara Ishihara Zinky is thrilled to be back at at Northlight, where she most recently designed The Porch On Windy Hill, and has worked as a carpenter. Other recent design credits include Night Watch (Raven Theatre), Last Hermanos (A Red Orchid Theatre), and Routes (Remy Bumppo Theatre). BFA in Scenic Design, The Theatre School at DePaul University.

is a costume designer and educator. Selected costume design credits: CHICAGO: Northlight Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo Theatre. REGIONAL: The MUNY, McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, St Louis Shakespeare Festival. FILM: Curio, Limerence, Cheap Plastic Mask. Raquel has been nominated for 5 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Costume Design and is the recipient of The Michael Merritt Emerging Designer Award and the Academic Achievement Prize for Collaborative Design. Raquel is an Assistant Professor of Design at Northwestern www.raqueladorno.com

is a lighting designer based in Chicago who, in the last decade, has lit shows for many of the most prominent theatres here including: Northlight Theatre (Dial M for Murder; Fireflies), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Timeline Theatre Company,  Raven Theatre, Shattered Globe, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, Steep Theatre, Definition Theatre, Remy Bumppo, among many many others. In that time he has been nominated for seven Jeff Awards and won two (Tambo and Bones at Refracted Theatre Company; A Tale of Two Cities at Shattered Globe Theatre). Eric also works across the country in both regional theatre and grand opera. Recent highlights include shows at Trinity Rep, Opera San Jose, Utah Opera, Minnesota Opera, Dallas Opera, Indiana Repertory Theater, and Third Avenue Playworks. He received his MFA from Boston University and is a proud member of USA 829 – the theatrical design union. ericwatkins.com

is an award-winning composer and sound designer based in Chicago. Previous Northlight designs include: Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Dial M For Murder, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (Jeff nomination), and many others. A winner of 7 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Kriz has designed hundreds of productions for companies in Chicago, including Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, Paramount, Timeline, Victory Gardens, Writers, Shattered Globe, Remy Bumppo, and many others. Regional credits: Seattle Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory, Indiana Repertory, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Nebraska Repertory, Peninsula Players, American Stage, and many others. Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829 and is represented by the Michael Moore Agency. To hear more of his work, visit www.christopherkriz.com