Kelvin Roston Jr. is excited to be back at Northlight with this show! Off-Broadway: Donny Hathaway, Twisted Melodies (Apollo); Regional: Sterling Johnson, Radio Golf (The Black Rep STL); Wiz, The Wiz (Fulton); Mister, The Color Purple (MSMT); Caesar Wilks, Gem of the Ocean (Goodman); Oedipus,
Oedipus Rex and The Gospel at Colonus, Othello, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice (Court); James Thunder Early, Dreamgirls (Fulton, MSMT, Marriott- Lincolnshire, Orb [Tokyo, Japan], Festival Hall [Osaka, Japan]); Jackie Wilson, My Heart is Crying (Black Ensemble); Donny Hathaway, Twisted Melodies (Congo Square, The Black Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Mosaic, Apollo[NY, NY]), and many others. TV: South Side, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, KFC, Instant Care, Ace Hardware. Film:
Get a Job, Princess Cyd, Breathing Room. Awards: Jeff Award, 4 BTA Awards, 3 Black Excellence Awards, NAMI Award, Court Theater’s 2019/20 Nicholas Rudall Classic Artist Award. Kelvin is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, a Congo Square Ensemble Member, and represented by Paonessa Talent and Michael Moore Agency!

BJ JONES is in his 25th season as Artistic Director of Northlight. Mr. Jones is a two-time Joseph Jefferson Award Winning actor and a three-time nominated director. He’s directed the world premieres of Charm (Jeff Award Best New Play), The Outgoing Tide (Jeff Award Best New Play), White Guy on the Bus (Jeff Nominated Best New Play), Chapatti (Nominated Jeff Award Best New Play), Better Late, and Rounding Third. Notably, he has directed productions of Outside Mullingar, Grey Gardens, The Price, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. As a producer he has guided the three world premieres of The Christmas at Pemberley Trilogy (Jeff Award Best New Play), Shining Lives, The Last Five Years, and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War’. Additional directorial credits include Pitmen Painters (Timeline, Jeff Award Best Production); 100 Saints You Should Know (Steppenwolf); Glengarry Glen Ross (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Suzi Bass nomination Best Director); The Lady with All the Answers (Cherry Lane, New York); Animal Crackers (Baltimore Center Stage); Three Musketeers, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing (Utah Shakespeare Festival), and four productions at the Galway International Arts Festival. As a performer, he has appeared at Northlight, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and other theatres throughout Chicago. Film/TV credits include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Cupid, and Turks, among others.

Jeffrey D. Kmiec is an award-winning New York-based Production Designer for Theatre and Television. His designs have been seen on NBC, Apple+, Comedy Central, and the CW as well as Norwegian Cruise Line, The Rev, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Lyric Opera, Theatre Under the Stars, Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Timeline Theatre, American Players Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Porchlight, Raven Theatre, The Artistic Home, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Heritage Theatre Festival and The Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Jeffrey received his MFA from the University of Virginia, BA from Illinois State University, and is a member of USA 829.

Raquel Adorno (Costume Design) Selected credits: Chicago: Dial M for Murder, Georgiana and Kitty, Intimate Apparel (Northlight Theatre); Thanksgiving Play, POTUS, Describe the Night (Steppenwolf); Measure for Measure, I, Banquo (Chicago Shakespeare); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Antigone, Gospel at Colonus, The Island, Othello (Court); The Band’s Visit, Wife of a Salesman (Writers); The Music Man (Marriott); PERSONALITY: The Lloyd Price Musical (Hard Kill LLC); Unelectable You (Second City). Regional: Waitress, Rent (The MUNY); Tempest, Intimate Apparel (Utah Shakespeare Festival); A Raisin in the Sun, Taming of the Shrew, Cymbeline, A Doll’s House, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (American Players Theatre).

Andre has designed the Broadway productions of Metamorphoses, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Drama Desk Award nomination) as well as the world premiere of The Clean House at Yale Repertory and Lincoln Center. Based in Chicago, his work has appeared on most of the city’s stages including Northlight (Shining Lives with Amanda Dehnert), Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and Lookingglass where he is an associate artist. He has composed music and designed sound for theaters around the U.S., most frequently at the Oregon and California Shakespeare Festivals, Berkeley Repertory, Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater, Seattle Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse and Center Theater Group. Choral works include: Winesburg, Ohio,Eastland, Whitman, Undone (with Ben Sussman), and Paris By Night (with Amy Warren).

Nick is a freelance prop and scenic artist based in Chicago. Theatrical prop design credits include: Prayer for the French Republic, The Heart Sellers, Little Women, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Brooklyn Laundry (Northlight Theatre), Charlotte’s Web, Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, Last Stop on Market Street, The Diary of Anne Frank (Young People’s Theatre of Chicago), Misery (American Blues Theater), The Normal Heart (Redtwist Theater). Nick has also worked as a prop artisan with Steppenwolf Theater, Drury Lane Productions, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Kehoe Designs, Glimmerglass Opera, and The Texas Shakespeare Festival. To view more of Nick’s work, or to make inquiries, you can visit his website nickbartleson.wixsite.com/nickbartleson 

Katie Klemme (Production Stage Manager) Northlight credits include Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, 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.