Meet the 'Night Sings Its Songs' Team
JON OLAV FOSSE
Playwright
Jon (he/him) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." Fosse's work spans over seventy novels, poems, children's books, essays, and theatre plays, which have been translated into over fifty languages. The most performed Norwegian playwright after Henrik Ibsen, Fosse is currently—with productions presented on over a thousand stages worldwide—one of the most performed contemporary playwrights globally. His minimalist and deeply introspective plays, with language often bordering on lyrical prose and poetry, have been noted to represent a modern continuation of the dramatic tradition established by Henrik Ibsen in the 19th century. Fosse's work has often been placed within the tradition of postdramatic theatre, while several of his notable novels have been described as belonging to the style of post-modernist and avant-garde literature, due to their minimalism, lyricism and unorthodox use of syntax.
SARAH CAMERON SUNDE
Translator
Sarah (she/her) is an interdisciplinary environmental artist and director working at the intersection of performance, video and public art. She was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete her series of nine performances and video artworks made on six continents, 36.5 /A Durational Performance with the Sea (2013 – 2022). In 2017, Sunde instigated and co-founded Works on Water (a triennial and artist-driven experimental organization dedicated to art that is made on/in/with bodies of water). She served as Deputy Artistic Director of New Georges for 16 years (2001-2017), co-founded the live art collective Lydian Junction (2011-2015) and theater company Oslo Elsewhere (2004-2012), and is known internationally as Jon Fosse’s American director and theatrical translator (five U.S. premieres in New York and Pittsburgh).
JERRY HEYMAN
Director
Jerry (he/him) is an award-winning director. Recent: Sold-out run of Imagining Madoff (59E59 Theaters) including Off-Broadway extension at Theatre Row. Select: Call Me Charlie w/ Danny DeVito (La Mama); My Daddy’s Serious American Gift (Tiffany Theatre, LA); A Country For Old Men (American Stage); Three (EST); Demeter’s Lost Daughter (St. Clement’s Theatre). PhD and MFA from Carnegie-Mellon and is a member of SDC.
JENNY ALLEN
The Mother
Jenny (she/her) bio coming soon.
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For NLTP: Imagining Madoff
KYLE CAMERON
The Young Man
Kyle (he/him) bio coming soon.
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NLTP debut.
SUSAN LYNSKEY
The Young Woman
Susan (she/ her) bio coming soon.
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For NLTP: The Jewish Wife
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STEVEN RATTAZZI
The Father
Steven (he/him) bio coming soon.
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For NLTP: This Is Not a Time of Peace, Arthur and Esther
TBA
Baste
Bio coming soon.
TOM DRISCOLL
Assistant Stage Manager
Tom (he/him) is an actor thrilled to continue earning his stage management hyphenate by joining the team for Night Sings Its Songs! Past credits include The Curtain’s Macbeth (PA) and The Tank’s Midnight Coleslaw’s Tales from Beyond the Closet (SH). Some favorite acting credits include A-Gay in Hit The Wall, William in Punk Rock, and Charles Surface in The School for Scandal. He earned his BFA in Theater at Point Park University.
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NLTP debut.
BRIAN DUDKIEWICZ
Scenic Designer
Brian (he/him) is an award-winning set designer who’s work has been seen across Canada, The United States, and Asia. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in set design from the Yale School of Drama, and a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from McGill University. His bold ideas and attention to detail allow him to specialize in both scenic design as well as costume design.
Brian has most recently designed at the Mirvish Theatre, Musical Stage Company, Theatre Calgary, Theatre Aquarius, Neptune Theatre, The Grand Theatre, the Segal Center for Performing Arts, The Weston Playhouse, the Abingdon Theatre Company, Orlando Repertory Theatre, St. Petersburg Opera, Theatre Horizon, Sierra Repertory Theatre, The Resident Theatre Company, Luna Stage, Cape May Stage, 59E59, Theatre Row, Urban Stages, to name a few.
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For NLTP: War Words, The Lights Are On, According to the Chorus, Everything is Super Great, Imagining Madoff (Theatre Row), The American Tradition, Life x 3, Hal & Bee, Time Stands Still, Breeders, Omega Kids, Sight Unseen, The Ross Howard Festival: Two of Us and Arthur & Esther, Strange Country, In the Soundless Awe, No One Loves Us Here
JENNIE GORN
Sound Designer
Jennie (she/he/they) is a sound designer/engineer based in NYC. They are delighted to make both their New York City design debut as well their debut working with New Light Theater Project! Jennie can usually be found working at Titanique in Union Square fixing microphones, or baking cookies. They send their love and gratitude to everyone who made this possible!
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For NLTP: Room 1214, This Is Not a Time of Peace
PAUL HUDSON
Lighting Designer
Paul (he/him) works in live performance and studio television. Recent credits and highlights include: The Beat Goes On (Transcendence), Little Women and Once (Bristol Valley), Lonely Planet (Keen Co.), Lulu XX (WaxFactory), Basetrack, Live (NYT critic's pick). Upcoming: his twelfth year lighting Beyond the Machine at Juilliard, and a production of Lulu XX in Croatia. Mr. Hudson served as associate designer to Paul Gallo on Three Tall Women (Broadway), to Mimi Sherin on The Hairy Ape, and Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory), and to Betsy Adams on The Laramie Project Cycle (Tectonic). MFA:NYU; member, USA829.
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For NLTP: This Is Not a Time of Peace, Life x 3, The Property
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ROGER LIPSON
Production Stage Manager
Roger (he/him)'s recent credits include: Saratoga Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night (directed by Helena Binder); Public Theatre of Maine: Polka Dots – the cool kids musical (directed by Adam Blais); The End of Hester (directed by Jerry Heymann, NLTP); Esther in the Spotlight (directed by Gary Slavin, produced by Rich Orloff;) Di Froyen (directed by Rachel Botchan, produced by New Yiddish Rep). As a musician: sitar soloist for Holiday Music of Eric Whitacre (Carnegie Hall, conducted by the composer); lead guitar during Off Broadway run of Hedwig & The Angry Inch Member: AEA; SAG-AFTRA.
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For NLTP: This Is Not a Time of Peace, The End of Hester, Monte Cristo, REX
JULIA SQUIER
Costume Designer
Julia (she/they) is a NYC based costume designer and self proclaimed jack of all trades who received their BFA in Costume Production and Design and a minor in Drama Therapy from Marymount Manhattan College. Off-broadway credits include design for War Words (NewYorkRep), assistant design for (pray) (Ars Nova), and coordinator for Hamlet, The Harder They Come, A Raisin in the Sun, Fat Ham (The Public Theater). Other design credits include Our Town, Sleeping Beauty: Sort of, Muppet Cabaret (Pendragon Theatre); Lysistrata, Mr. Burns, Urinetown (Marymount Manhattan College); My Father’s Play (Alchemical Studios); Let’s Dance! (Transcendence Theater Co.). JuliaSquier.com
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For NLTP: This Is Not a Time of Peace, War Words
GAMA VALLE
Casting Director
Gama (él/he) is a New York based director, playwright, screenwriter, children's book author and casting director. He holds an M.F.A in Directing from The New School and a B.A. in Drama from University of Puerto Rico. His Spanish language debut picture book, PITU LE BAILA AL AMAR (Pitu Dances to the Sea) is an International Latino Book Awards winner. He is a recipient of the Van Lier Directing Fellowship at Repertorio Español. Gama received the First Prize in playwriting from Puerto Rico’s Institute of Culture for his play “Queishd&Dilit”. ​Directing credits include: The Lesson, L’Amfiparnaso, I Catch You Dreaming, Among Who, Whom and Ever, Jump It, In Love but Discreet, The Girl Who Used to Die Often. @gamavalle
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For NLTP (casting): War Words, The Lights Are On, I Wanna F*ck Like Romeo & Juliet, The End of Hester, The Great Novel, The American Tradition