(she/her)  is so excited to be at Northlight with this beautiful play. Chicago credits: The Penelopiad (Goodman); Ring of Fire (Drury Lane); Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens); Merrily We Roll Along (Porchlight); Aristophanesathon, Cinderella (Hypocrites), Hookman (Steep); Little Fish (Kokandy); The Wedding Singer (Haven); Spring Awakening (Griffin Theatre). Regional credits: I Oughta Be in Pictures, The Angel Next Door, Million Dollar Quartet (Peninsula Players); Cambodian Rock Band (City Theatre, Merrimack Repertory); Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore (Olney Theatre Center); A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Repertory); Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (South Coast Repertory). Aja is represented by Stewart Talent Chicago and Brave Artists LA. Thank you to Lola and Mom for everything they’ve done to make my life possible. Mahal kita.

is thrilled to be making her Northlight debut. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Seoyoung now proudly calls Chicago her second home. She is passionate about contributing to the diversity of Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene. Recent credits include The Long Christmas Dinner, Attempts on Her Life (TUTA Theatre), Indecent (ARKO/Korea Premiere), tvN’s Criminal Minds, and more. Education: MFA in Acting, TTS at DePaul University; BA and MA in Acting, Chung-Ang University. Represented by DDO Artists Agency. www.seoyoungpark.com @psych0_0p

A second-generation Korean-American playwright, Lloyd Suh explores Asian American identity, culture, and history in his works, including The Chinese Lady, Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery, American Hwangap, and more. His plays have been staged at notable U.S. theaters such as the Atlantic Theater Company, The Public Theater, and Berkeley Rep, as well as internationally in the Philippines and South Korea. Suh has received prestigious accolades, including the Steinberg Playwright Award, the Herb Alpert Award, the Horton Foote Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. From 2005 to 2010, he was the artistic director of Second Generation Theatre Company and co-director of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab. He also served as director of artistic programs at The Lark from 2011 to 2020. A resident playwright at New Dramatists, Suh is a member of the Actors Studio and Ensemble Studio Theatre. He holds a B.A. in English from Indiana University and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School. In 2024, he joined Princeton University’s faculty at the Lewis Center for the Arts.

Northlight Theatre debut. Selected credits: What the Constitution Means to Me, Black Sunday, The Chinese Lady, Building a Bridge Toward Asian Visibility (online event with Stephanie Hsu) – Timeline Theatre; The Great Leap – Farmers Alley Theatre; American Hwangap – ASquared; Tiny Dynamite – Halcyon/ASquared; Tea – Prologue Theatre; Wild Boar, New China Festival – Silk Road. Other directing credits include work with: Rivendell, LifeLine, Goodman, Strawdog, Steppenwolf, Depaul, Remy Bumppo, Chicago Dramatists, Artemisia, Artistic Home, Token, Miranda Theatre’s Liz Smith Reading Series at the Cherry Lane. Young is a company member at Timeline Theatre Company. Young is also a SAG/AFTRA actor represented by Grossman Jack Talent. Film/TV credits: Chicago Med, PD, Justice; Stranger Than Fiction, The Prize (Producer).

previously designed Northlight productions of Marie and Rosetta, White Guy on the Bus, Faceless, and Grey Gardens. Other recent Chicago scenic and lighting design credits include: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Gospel at Colonus, and Arsenic and Old Lace (Court); The Lehman Trilogy, The Chinese Lady, and Chimerica (TimeLine); Villette (Lookingglass); Objects in the Mirror and Having Our Say (Goodman). Regional credits include productions with Milwaukee Rep, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Long Wharf, Berkeley Repertory, McCarter and Shakespeare Theatre Company. Other projects include the lighting design for the Chicago Park District’s Buckingham Fountain. Mr. Culbert served as Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University for over 20 years.

is a costume and scenic designer, educator, and  artist based in Chicago. Recent Chicago credits include Top Dog/Underdog (The Gift); Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley (Buffalo Theatre Ensemble); Pulled Punches (MPAACT); What the Constitution Means to Me (Timeline); Noises Off (Windy City Playhouse); and Lela & Company (Steep). Regionally Jessica has designed immersive theatrical cocktail  experiences across the country with Fever Originals and her TYA design Hero: The Boy from Troy (First Woman Productions) launches its regional tour this January. Jessica holds an MFA  in stage design from Northwestern University and is an Adjunct Professor at The Theatre School at DePaul University and resident designer at Roosevelt University. Check out her online portfolio at jesskdesign.com.

(he/him) is excited to be creating again with Maggie after co-designing Falsettos at Court Theatre! NORTHLIGHT: Debut. CHICAGO: Pro-Am (First Floor), Topdog/Underdog (Invictus:Co-Design), Mothers (The Gift), Baked!, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Theo Ubique), Last Hermanos (Red Orchid). CO-DESIGN W/ MAGGIE: Falsettos (Court/Timeline), Sondheim Tribute Review (Theo Ubique), What the Constitution Means to Me (Timeline), Threepenny Opera (Theo Ubique), RENT(Porchlight). REGIONAL: Every Christmas Story, Cabaret (Breckenridge). Graduate of Columbia College Chicago 2021. josiahcrodesign.com

returns to Northlight where he previously designed Andy Warhol in Iran. In Chicago his designs have been heard on the stages of TimeLine, Paramount, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers, Metropolis, The Gift, Oil Lamp, Music Theatre Works, Northwestern and the University of Chicago. Outside of Chicago his work as a designer has been heard at Theatre Aspen and as an associate at Papermill Playhouse, Riverside Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Third Angle New Music. Forrest is the current sound supervisor at Music Theatre Works and received his BFA in Sound Design from DePaul University. Visit forrestgregor.com.

(he/him/his) is a freelance prop and scenic artist. Prop Design credits include Misery (American Blues); The Normal Heart (Redtwist); Little Women, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Brooklyn Laundry (Northlight); Last Stop on Market Street, The Diary of Anne Frank, Don’t Let the Pidgeon Drive the Bus! (Young People’s Theatre of Chicago). Nick also had the opportunity to work as a prop artisan with Steppenwolf, Drury Lane, Milwaukee Repertory, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Glimmerglass Opera. To view more of Nick’s work, or to make inquiries, you can visit his website nickbartleson.wixsite.com/nickbartleson

is a performance scholar, practitioner, and educator from South Korea, based in both Chicago and Seoul. She is pursuing a PhD in the Interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama program at Northwestern University. Her current research explores the art-activist dimension of South Korea’s animal rights movement and how solidarity between social movements manifests within it. This quarter, she is teaching an undergraduate seminar on Performing Asian America. For Jooyoung, embodied knowledge through artistic practices is as vital as textual knowledge, which motivates her to take on roles as a dramaturg, director, actor, and designer. Her dramaturgy credits include Durango, How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Map, and Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall at Northwestern, as well as Maeripji (Landfill) with Theater Dong in Seoul. She feels incredibly fortunate to be part of a community where individuals gather to create, converse, breathe, move, and laugh together.

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.