The Understudy Creative

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Playwright
Theresa Rebeck
Theresa Rebeck is a widely produced playwright both in the United States and abroad. Past New York productions of her work include MAURITIUS at the Biltmore Theatre in a Manhattan Theater Club Production; THE SCENE, THE WATER'S EDGE, LOOSE KNIT, THE FAMILY OF MANN, and SPIKE HEELS at Second Stage; BAD DATES, THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION, and OUR HOUSE at Playwrights Horizons; VIEW OF THE DOME at New York Theatre Workshop; and THE UNDERSTUDY at the Roundabout. OMNIUM GATHERUM (co-written, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2003) was featured at the Humana Festival, and had a commercial run at the Variety Arts Theatre.
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Director
Alan Kopischke
ALAN KOPISCHKE is directing Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 for UW-Green Bay, where he teaches acting. Alan’s many TAP credits include The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Oleanna, and A Walk in the Woods. He has also acted with Steppenwolf, Milwaukee Rep, Peninsula Players, Theatre Z, and regional theatres across the country, including the American Conservatory Theater where he earned his MFA. He has been smacked around by the Chuck Norris family and a real highway patrolman on primetime television and in feature films. He produces the Door Kinetic Arts Festival every June at Björklunden and has created new arts programs in communities around Wisconsin.