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Other recent NYC shows include a premiere and revival of her rhyming, Alexandrine verse play, \u003Cem>Lickspittles, Buttonholers, and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens\u003C/em>, by Boomerang Theatre, and the 59E59 production of \u003Cem>Gidion’s Knot \u003C/em>(directed by Austin Pendleton). Johnna received a Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association Citation for \u003Cem>Gidion’s Knot \u003C/em>(2013). She is a past recipient of the Princess Grace Award and a 2012 Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. \u003Cem>Gidion’s Knot \u003C/em>was published in 2012 in American Theatre Magazine. The Contemporary American Theatre Festival premiered \u003Cem>Gidion’s Knot\u003C/em> in Shepherdstown, WV, in 2012 and more than 40 productions have taken place in the last few years, including productions at InterAct Theatre (Philadelphia), Profiles (Chicago), Kitchen Dog (Dallas), Stages (Houston), Aurora (Berkeley) and Furious Theatre Company (Los Angeles). Johnna graduated from the DePaul University Theatre School with a BFA in Acting and received an MFA in Playwriting from Hunter College under professor Tina Howe. Three of her plays are published with Dramatists Play Service and five are published by Original Works Publishing.\u003C/p>",{"title":70,"content":22,"sort":71,"person":72},"Director",2,{"first_name":73,"last_name":74,"slug":75,"headshot":76,"bio":77,"pronouns":78},"Heather","Cohn","heather-cohn","67e01a00-031c-46d9-909d-b74fb140e6c8","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Heather Cohn\u003C/strong> (producer, she/her) is a producer, director, fundraiser, ensemble artist and activist. She co-founded Flux Theatre Ensemble in 2006 and with Flux has produced over 30 full productions, including 18 world premieres, directing a third of them, and helped nurture and guide countless artists in the creation and development of new work. Heather is the Executive Producer with Colt Coeur Theater Company. Prior to joining Colt Coeur, she served as the Executive Director for En Garde Arts, a site-specific Off-Broadway theatre, where she produced several large scale site-specific projects. She has also worked with Epic Theatre Ensemble, New York Theatre Workshop, The Pearl Theatre, Theatre Communications Group, and Disney Theatrical. Heather has served on several not-for-profit boards including the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), where she co-chaired the Task Force for trans inclusion. She also serves on the School Leadership Team (SLT) and a parent leader of the Anti-racism and Belonging Committee at her child’s school. She is a graduate of Vassar College, where she majored in Latin American Studies and spent time living in Cuba and Chile. And most importantly, she’s a proud mom to Mercena.\u003C/p>","She/Her/Hers",{"title":80,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":81},"Scenic Designer",{"first_name":82,"last_name":83,"slug":84,"headshot":22,"bio":22,"pronouns":22},"Charles Murdock","Lucas","charles-murdock-lucas",{"title":86,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":87},"Costume Designer",{"first_name":88,"last_name":89,"slug":90,"headshot":91,"bio":92,"pronouns":93},"Will","Lowry","will-lowry","a96f3c76-5cd8-4ae5-a7aa-96fc40ed6199","\u003Cp>Will Lowry is a multidisciplinary designer with an MFA in Design from UNC Greensboro. He has been a Flux Creative Partner for a decade, and this is his twentieth show with Flux. He has created over 130 scenic, lighting, projection, and costume designs for theaters along the East Coast and beyond, including productions at Dupont Underground (DC), Mill Mountain Theatre (VA), Warehouse Theatre (SC), Playhouse on Park (CT), Birmingham Children’s Theatre (AL), Palace Theatre/Spirit of the Dance Productions (SC/UK), Curtain Call Theatre (NY), California Theatre Center (CA), Southeast Missouri State University (MO), College of Southern Nevada (NV), and the Sydney Opera House (AUS). In NYC, he contributed to multiple Broadway productions as a studio assistant and graphic designer, and he recently created the digital theatre experience GPS at Lehigh University (PA), where he serves as an Assistant Professor of Theatre. Love to B,L,&P.\u003C/p>","He/Him/His",{"title":95,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":96},"Lighting Designer & Production Manager",{"first_name":97,"last_name":98,"slug":99,"headshot":100,"bio":101,"pronouns":22},"Kia","Rogers","kia-rogers","d01a8112-d5bd-4124-9899-ab856f40dac9","\u003Cp>Kia Rogers (Lighting Designer, she/her) is a New York City based lighting designer for Theatre and Dance.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>International credits: Lighting Designer for The Baby Monitor, Belgrade, Serbia for the Belgrade Pride Festival, and the OnStage Festival and Rome, Italy. Associate Lighting Designer for Slutforart/98.6 inGothenburg, Sweden with Muna Tseng.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>West coast designs: El Portal’s Monroe Forum Theatre, Los Angeles and Z Space, San Francisco. Dance designs: Flamenco Vivo National tours, Forward Motion, Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Lighting Designer and mentor for Ethical Culture Fieldston High School Dance Company since 2015. Guest Lighting Designer: Lafayette College, Easton PA,  the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and for the South Carolina Governors School of the Arts, Greenville, SC. 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Productions with Flux Theatre Ensemble: Sans Merci, Jane the Plain, Rizing, World Builders, AM I DEAD? The Untrue Narrative of Anatomical Lewis, The Slave, and The Sea Concerto. Off Broadway: The Honeycomb Trilogy, Part Two: Blast Radius (Gideon Productions); The Runner Stumbles (Retro Productions/The Bleecker Company). She’s been in over 20 full length productions in NYC (many award nominated and self originated roles) and numerous readings and workshops. Alisha can currently be seen on Amazon starring in the series Producing Juliet by Writers Guild of America award winner Tina Cesa Ward; as well as feature films How Dark They Prey and The Moose Head Over The Mantle; and short films The Sound of Light, Missing You, Into The Burning, Freedom Point, and Type A. She is a Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble and a Company Member of Retro Productions.  Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she received her BA in Music and Theater from St. Olaf College. 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