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.

has worked in theatres throughout Chicago and the U.S., including: Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Northlight, Writers, TimeLine, AboutFace, Berkeley Rep, Old Globe, South Coast Rep, Guthrie, Huntington, IRT, Kansas City Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Geffen, Kirk Douglas, and many more. NY credits include works at Audible’s Minetta Lane, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout, and most recently, as Standby for Laurie Metcalf on Broadway in Sam Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road. TV/Film: Patient, Regret Like That, Saint Frances, Sense8, Chicago Justice, Chicago Fire, Without a Trace, Numb3rs, Prison Break, Profiler, and more. Ms. Fisher holds two Jeff Awards, the Sarah Siddons Award, an L.A. Drama Critics Award, and nominations for the Drama Desk, Lucile Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Bay Area Critics Circle awards, and is an Inaugural Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. Rep: GJ Talent.

has been acting, writing, coaching, directing, and producing in Chicagoland since 2007. She is grateful and excited to be making her Northlight debut! Since the critically acclaimed play for Zoom, THE SPIN by Spenser Davis in 2020, Elana has lain low, performing in workshop productions and readings occasionally, coaching, and directing short plays. Elana is the Managing Director of The Chicago Inclusion Project. She also co-hosts “You’re on in Five! The Art of Understudying,” which can be heard everywhere a podcast can be heard. Extra special thanks to Georgette! www.elanaelyce.net

is thrilled to make her Northlight debut! Favorite credits include It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago, The Last Wide Open, The Spitfire Grill (Jeff nomination), and Little Shop of Horrors (American Blues Theater, where she is an ensemble member); Fiddler on the Roof (Drury Lane); Old Jews Telling Jokes (Royal George and Off-Broadway); The Secret of My Success (Paramount Theatre); Elf, Hero (Jeff nomination), and October Sky (Marriott Theatre). Dara is a proud Northwestern graduate and Actors’ Equity member. Offstage, she works in community engagement at the Jewish United Fund. She is married to actor and composer Michael Mahler.

is absolutely thrilled to be working with Northlight Theatre! Previous Chicago credits include: Last Night and the Night Before (u/s) (Steppenwolf Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun (u/s) (Court Theatre); The House That Will Not Stand (Invictus Theatre); Constellations (The Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture); The Tender Trap (Blue in the Right Way); Charlotte’s Web (Young People’s Theatre of Chicago); the love object (Story Theatre); Pro-Am (First Floor Theater); Manual Cinema’s A Christmas Carol (u/s) (Writer’s Theatre); STEW (u/s) (Shattered Globe Theatre); As You Like It (Forest Park Theatre Company). Television: Chicago Fire. Education: BFA, UIC School of Theatre and Music. Kaylah would like to express her love to her partner, Jonathon, for his everlasting support.

plays include Mary Jane (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award), 4000 Miles (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Obie Award for Best New American Play), After the Revolution (New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award) and Belleville (Drama Desk Award nominee). She received the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Amy teaches playwriting at the David Geffen School of Drama.

Georgette Verdin is a Cuban-American freelance director, the Associate Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre, and a member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Recent directing credits include: the revival of Night Watch (Raven Theatre); the U.S. premiere of The Writer (Steep Theatre); the world premieres of A Mile in The Dark (Interrobang Theatre Project/Rivendell); Enough to Let the Light In (Teatro Vista); Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company); and Spay (Rivendell). Georgette is a three-time Jeff nominated director and was the 2022 Michael Maggio Directing Fellow at Goodman Theatre. She was profiled in NewCity Magazine’s 2023 “Players: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now” and in Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago 2022.” Georgette is an associate member with Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. For more, visit georgetteverdin.com.

Eric Watkins works as a lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance across the country and occasionally around the world. Just before the pandemic he was in eastern Europe on tour of the world premiere piece Song of Home produced by Theatre Lumina. CHICAGO (selected): EthiopianAmerica (Definition Theatre Company); Sugar in Our Wounds and Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies (First Floor Theater); Machinal (Greenhouse; Jeff nomination); In The Blood (Red Tape); A Swell In The Ground (Gift); The Man Who Was Thursday (Lifeline); Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Pegasus); Punk (New Colony); Fish Eye (Dandelion) The Safe House (City Lit); Bomber’s Moon (Williams Street Rep); Fallen (Mozawa); Porcelain (Prologue; Jeff nomination); The Property (Lyric Unlimited) a commissioned klezmer opera. REGIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL (selected): Mrs. Harrison (Indiana Rep); Don Pasquale (Fort Worth Opera); Show Boat,  Falstaff (Dallas Opera); A Streetcar Named Desire (Opera Santa Barbara and Kentucky Opera); The Rake’s Progress (Merola Opera); Barber of Seville (Lithuanian National Opera). Eric received his MFA from Boston University and is a proud member of USA829, 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

is ecstatic to be back at Northlight! Northlight Credits: Prayer for the French Republic. Select Credits: Big White Fog, An Illiad, Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution, The Lion in Winter (Court Theatre); Cinderella, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Marriott Theatre); Ironbound (Raven Theatre); Native Gardens (Williams Street Rep); and Last Night and the Night Before (Steppenwolf). Much love to her family, friends, and Zach.