This is not Evan.

(Writer/Producer) Evan Crump received an MFA in Shakespeare and Rennaisance Literature in Performance from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA. As an undergraduate, he was a Creative Writing (Poetry) major at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a Washington, DC-area actor who has performed with the Washington Shakespeare Company, the Maryland Shakespeare Festival, the American Century THeatre, The Kennedy Center, and others. Writing remains an unquenchable passion in his life, however, and the themes of religion and mental illness in this piece resonate strongly with him due to his upbringing. The only thing that winds him up as much as acting and writing is Terrapin basketball.

(Director)John C. Bailey is a proud native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and has been a member of the Washington, DC theatre community for over eleven years. He has been acting professionally in television, film and theatre for over twenty-five years, is a Helen Hayes Award nominee and a two-time winner of the Best Actor Award at the SOURCE Summer Festival of New Plays (pre-CDC years). He has also been involved in the production of numerous television and film productions, as well as live events, most notably Sisterfaire ’98, a music, dance and theatrical arts performance benefit for Sistercare, Inc., serving battered and abused women and their children in the Midlands of South Carolina. John received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in General Theatre with Acting Emphasis from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied directing under Linda MacDonald and the legendary Judith Haskell. He went on to study acting at The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and Shakespeare & Company in Lennox, Massachusetts. He continues to study film in the esteemed Robert Christie Studio, Shakespeare under Helen Hayes nominee Marni Penning and contemporary acting under Helen Hayes acting and directing nominee Lee Mikeska Gardner, who will serve as his directing mentor throughout the development and rehearsal process of Genesis. John’s directing philosophy involves taking the script, the actors, producing team and the audience further than where he found them, and leaving them changed in some way. His hope is that Genesis will be a captivating, challenging and thought-provoking production that will resonate with all involved and instigate dialogue, during the process of creation and following the performances.

This is clearly not John.

This, however, is Pam.

(Assistant Director) Pamela Nash - Pam has a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and has studied the art of improvisation at the DC Improv Comedy School and Washington Improv Theater.  She is the owner of 4&9 Productions, LLC, a Washington D.C. based film and theater production company, and has produced, directed, and performed in Fringe Fest shows in 2007 and 2008.  Genesis is Pam’s first foray into guiding a scripted work, and she considers herself very fortunate to have been selected for the creative team for this amazing work of art.  Born in Manhattan, Pam has lived in New Jersey, Maine, Philadelphia, Germany, Michigan, Ireland, Long Island, Brooklyn, Washington, DC, and now Virginia.  This explains her East-Coast-Midwest-Fusion accent.

(Stage Manager) Will Voorhies, Stage Manager,  is an incoming Junior production major at the University of Maryland, College Park.  He recently assistant stage managed Gilgamesh in the Kogod theatre at Maryland.  This Fall, He will stage manage Am I Black Enough Yet? there, and would love it if you came out to see it!  He would like to thank everyone who has come together to make Genesis possible.  Enjoy the show!

This is not Will.

Sadly, this really is Bob.

(Sets/Lights/Props Design/Tech Director) Bob Gandy is an award-winning artist and published writer in a variety of print and digital formats. With over 15 years of experience in arts and events design, production and management, Bob has made a career of taking ideas and bringing them to life in 2- or 3-dimensions, on stage, in the kitchen, on the web and in any media imaginable. Among his many accomplishments was being invited to offer his expertise on a panel about using the arts as an engine for sustainable economic development. Most recently, he was commissioned to paint a Paul Reed Smith guitar for the Johns Hopkins Cancer Research Center charity auction. He earned his Associates in Art from Alpena Community College in Alpena, MI. He also studied theatre design at the University of Maryland, College Park and is currently taking Communications classes online through University of Maryland, University College.

(Costume Design) Jennifer Tardiff:  Local credits include Phoenix Theatre DC, Constellation Theatre, The Madeira School, Adventure Theatre, The American Century Theater, Imagination Stage, Scena Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, The Domingo Cafritz Young Artist Program of the Washington National Opera,  & Opera Vivente.   Jennifer has a MFA in Costume Design from Penn State and has designed for Penn State, Clarion University Summer Musical Theatre and The Weathervane Playhouse.   Currently, she is an Assistant Costume Coordinator at The Washington National Opera.

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