SUE KESSLER - Executive Director, Founder
Sue is a New York based theater artist and producer. After graduating Skidmore College, she became a member of the experimental theater company, Fovea Floods, Inc., and served as Company Manager for five years. In addition to her producing credits with the company, Sue also performed, directed, and composed music throughout Fovea Floods’ ten year career.
Sue transitioned her life in the theater in 2007, when she helped to transform The Bushwick Starr from a humble rehearsal space (acquired in 2001) into a full-scale black box theater. As Executive Director for the organization, Sue strives to bring some of the most exciting contemporary performance artists to the stage in the vibrant community of Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Sue also maintains a career as a performance and event photographer. She works for various theater and dance companies, as well as musicians, as their go-to photographer. Her work can be seen in publications such as The New York Times, ArtForum, Time Out NY, New York Magazine, American Theater Magazine, and The Village Voice, among others. www.suekessler.com
NOEL JOSEPH ALLAIN - Artistic Director, Founder
Noel
is a New York based actor and theater producer.
He has founded and produced two theater companies in New York and Boston. Noel attended the Juilliard School to study acting, and has since performed in various theater, television, and film productions. Noel is also a playwright. Plays written include: Tunnel, Wolfbrow,
and Waveside, co-written with Chris Ajemian.
JAY MAURY - Technical Director, Resident Designer
Jay is a New York based lighting and sound designer. He is a resident
designer and Technical Director of Fovea Floods Theater. Jay also works
with the Lake George Opera Festival as master electrician and sound
consultant. His recent clients include
Travis Bass Inc. and RPI EMPAC.
MARK SITKO - Associate Artistic Director, Production Manager
Mark Sitko is the Artistic Director of Van Cougar, a Brooklyn based theatre company that creates plays from oral stories collected from the public. Originally from California, he has spent the last 5 years working as a Production Manager/Technical Director for groundbreaking companies including Soho Rep, Soho Think Tank/The Ohio, New Georges, and Clubbed Thumb. Currently Sitko is honing his skills in directing, writing and producing original work, while studying under the guidance of Mac Wellman, Erin Courtney, and his exceptional classmates in the MFA Playwrighting program at Brooklyn College.
MARY JANE GIBSON - Producing Associate
Mary Jane grew up in Newfoundland, trained in Montreal, and moved to New York after spending some time in Seattle. She is an actor and sometime playwright; plays include Anaphylaxis and (with Nicole duFresne) Burning Cage. Mary Jane also performs a one-woman Fatal Attraction. She is a founding member of The Fabulists. She can also be found working as a freelance copy editor, and occasionally as a deckhand.
JARED KLEIN - Design Consultant
Jared Klein is a New York based lighting, video, and architectural designer. He has ten years of professional design experience, including work as a Technical Director and Production Manager. He has worked with a wide variety of New York based performing artists and production companies, and has spent time touring theatrically- both domestically and in Europe. Jared is currently the Technical Director and Resident Lighting Designer at Adelphi University.
