A. John Boulanger {Playwright/Director}
A. John Boulanger is a recent graduate from Texas State University-San Marcos with his masters in playwriting.
His most recent play, House of Several Stories: a tragedy in two acts of nonsense, was winner of this year's National Student Playwriting Award given by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The Texas State production of his play was also invited to Washington, DC, to perform at the Kennedy Center Family Theatre in April 2009.
Also in 2009, Boulanger won the William Inge Directing Initiative from the William Inge Center for the Arts at the KC/ACTF Region VI Festival in Februrary. In April, he and his cast received an all-expense paid trip, with VIP status, for the week-long William Inge Festival in Independence, KA. His actors performed the award-winning scene inside the boyhood home of William Inge.
Boulanger recently directed the professional premiere of House of Several Stories, which received six (6) B. Iden Payne Nominations, including Outstanding Original Script, Outstanding Director of a Comedy, and Outstanding Production of a Comedy.
Boulanger is a member of the Dramatists' Guild, as well as the Playwrights' Center, and will attend this year's Sundance Theatre Lab in Sundance, UT, where he will further develop his latest full-length drama, Solitude.
Shannon Richey {Production Manager}
Shannon Richey has been a Production and Stage Manager in Austin for more than ten years. She was recently Production Manager on Austin Shakespeare's Ideal Husband at the Rollins Theatre/Long Center, and is stage managing their upcoming fall production of Measure for Measure.
Her recent stage management credits include: Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy at American Repertory Theatre; Selections from ZACH Theatre: Jennifer Holliday in Concert, Cabaret, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Hair, The Laramie Project, Jelly’s Last Jam, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Exonerated, Jouét, Tapestry, Pride’s Crossing, The Santaland Diaries, The Rocky Horror Show, and The Mystery of Irma Vep. For TexArts at the Paramount Theatre: Carousel, Music Man, and Big River.
Shannon has also been a Wardrobe Supervisor on Angels in America, Dreamgirls, Love, Janis, Jack and Jill, Ruthless! The Musical, Sylvia, Das Barbecü and toured as Company Manager For Joe Sears and Jaston Williams on Tuna Christmas and The Foreigner.
Shannon is thrilled to be a part of the Imagine That team!
Jillan Hanel {Costume Designer}
Jillan Hanel is a graduate of Texas State University-San Marcos, where she studied under internationally renowned costume designer Sheila Hargett.
Jillan has designed the costumes for several university productions including Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, and Blood Wedding. She has acted as costume shop manager for Texas State, as well as the Emily Ann Theatre's Shakespeare Under the Stars summer program.
Jillan costume designed Meet Me in St. Louis and City of Angels at the San Pedro Playhouse and Lend Me a Tenor at the Sheldon Vexler Theatre in San Antonio. Other design credits include The Boys Next Door, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, and Romeo and Juliet. Jillan currently designs costumes for her 2 year old daughter, Lillie.
House of Several Stories is Jillan's first project in Austin and she is "thrilled to be working with such a wonderful group of people on this exciting new play!"
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Griffon Ramsey {Scenic Designer}
Griffon Ramsey grew up in Kings Valley, Oregon and moved to Texas in 2002. She began her studies in Theatre Technology and Design at Texas State University, but graduated with her BFA in Directing, summa cum laude.
Griffon has worked on a number of summer shows in various capacities, including but not limited to: costume designer for Oklahoma! at St. Edwards University; assistant set designer for School for Scandal at the Vortex; assistant set designer of Pirates of Penzance for The Gilbert and Sullivan Society; and props manager on Cyberella for KidsActing.
This year she served as dramaturg on Oceana at the Vortex; lighting designer for Theatrikids' original play How To Be A Rockstar; and puppetry build for troupes Malapropos and Trouble Puppet Theatre.
Outside of theatre, Griffon writes the popular web comic Rooster Teeth Comics three times a week and will be publishing her third book in August. She is also the creator of the weekly online comedy show Pajamachievements.
Griffon has designed and manufactured plush "Grifball" toys, which were given away as prizes for the Grifball tournament hosted by Rooster Teeth Productions at Penny-Arcade Expo '08. This past spring she designed and decorated the set of Rooster Teeth's popular mini-series Captain Dynamic.
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Jade White {Production Assistant}
San Antonio-native Jade White is a recent graduate of Texas State University with a BFA in Theatre and Teacher's Certification. Jade began her career as an actress, but has since moved to the area of theatre technology and design, as well as teaching.
Jade was stage manager on Troupe Texas' The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) in 2008. She has taught at Smithson Valley High School and recently completed the year teaching theatre arts and technical theatre at Seguin High School, where she was the Technical Director on Digging Up the Boys, Seguin's UIL One-Act Play production. In May 2009, she was set designer and technical director of Seguin's Spring musical Grease.
Currently, Jade is trying her hand at freelancing in the professional theatre scene. House of Several Stories is Jade's first involvement with Austin theatre, and she is looking forward to future projects with Imagine That Productions!
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Kasey Korth {Dramaturg at Large}
Kasey Korth is a recent graduate from Texas State University-San Marcos where she earned her Master of Arts degree in Theatre History and Criticism. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dramatic Media and History from Texas Lutheran University in May of 2006.
Kasey has presented research at the William Inge Theatre Festival (2008), The Hawaii International Conference in the Arts and Humanities (2009), and the Texas State Graduate Student Symposium (2009).
Her master’s thesis involved dramaturgy for Texas State’s fall 2008 production of The House of Blue Leaves, directed by Jay Jennings.
Kasey is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and the Theatre Communications Group. Kasey currently resides in Goodyear, Arizona.