Amanda Watkins (Director) serves as an associate producer at the Alliance Theatre. Prior to this position, she was the general manager of Broadway Dreams, a nonprofit devoted to the mentoring and training of young adults in the theatre arts.  Amanda served as EVP of Production and Development at The Araca Group in NYC where she shepherded the development of dozens of new plays and musicals. She was the executive producer on Broadway’s Tony Award-nominated Disgraced, the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by Ayad Akhtar as well as the 2010 Tony Award-nominated revival of Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor, directed by Stanley Tucci. Amanda was an actor on Broadway and throughout the regions for 15 years. She is a member of The Broadway League and in 2004, she was recognized by the State of Georgia House of Representatives with a certificate of excellence in theatre. She holds a B.F.A. from FSU and an M.A. from NYU.  

Faith Salie (Self; Playwright) is honored to return “home” to Atlanta, where she began her performing career as a scrappy 12-year-old. Panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!; Emmy-winning contributor to CBS Sunday Morning; host of Science Goes to the Movies (PBS). Faith has conducted thousands of interviews on NPR, Sirius, and Audible. She’s been interviewed by Oprah, Anderson Cooper, and Bill O’Reilly (consensually). Favorite acting roles include Sally Bowles in Cabaret (American Repertory Theatre), Squeaky Fromme in Assassins (Oxford Playhouse, UK), Svetlana in Chess (Edinburgh Fringe), The Laramie Project (The Colony Theatre). Bylines in New York Times and Time. Faith is a Rhodes scholar whose cohort ended up becoming governors and presidential candidates while she got beamed up on Star Trek and landed on a Deep Space Nine trading card worth hundreds of cents. Deepest thanks to Susan Booth, Amanda Watkins, Dad, and Mom. “For John, who reminds me that I’m always enough… and for Augustus and Minerva, who teach me I’m more than I ever imagined.”

Alex Basco Koch (Projection Designer) Concert Design: The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir. Broadway: Be More Chill; Irena's Vow. Off-Broadway: The Atlantic, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theatre, Ars Nova, Primary Stages, Rattlestick, Ensemble Studio Theatre. Regional & touring: The Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Guthrie Theater, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alliance Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Court Theatre, Studio Theatre, Actors Theater of Louisville, Two River Theater. London: Menier Chocolate Factory. Film: Miles Ahead; Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You. www.alexbascokoch.com

Brandon Bush (Sound Designer/Composer) has performed on GRAMMY® Award-nominated and -winning releases by John Mayer, Sugarland and Shawn Mullins. As a member of the rock band Train, Brandon toured the world indulging in his lifelong fantasy of performing a keyboard solo on a smoke-emitting Moog synthesizer. Music direction credits include Shakespeare In Love (Alliance) and the world premiere musical Troubadour (Alliance). Currently, Bush is touring as the music director for his brother Kristian Bush. He also manages the Atlanta-based creative studio Songs of the Architect where he composes for visual media.

Theatre: Ultimate Energy, Wanda Movie Park Wuhan, China; Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, Alliance; Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream national and international tours, A’lure: The Call of the Ocean, SeaWorld. Film: Suits, Rules of the Game, Escape to Life, “2x4” (Sundance winner) TV: national commercials for Pier One, Toyota, Pontiac, BMW, McDonald’s and MTV. Awards: 2012 Suzi Bass Award, Costume Designers Guild excellence in commercial costume design nomination. Assistant credits: Grease (Willa Kim); The Snow Maiden (Desmond Heeley); Chicago (William Ivey Long); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Night of the Iguana (Susan Hilferty). He is a member of the United Scenic Artist Union Local 829 and a tenured faculty member in UGA’s Department of Theatre and Film Studies. 

Jack Magaw (Scenic Designer) recently designed scenery for Sheltered at Alliance Theatre. Regional theatre design credits include Indecent (Arena Stage), The Scarlet Ibis (Chicago Opera Theatre), the world premiere of Support Group For Men (Goodman Theatre), the world premieres of The Agitators and Other Than Honorable (Geva Theatre), Of Mice and Men (Kansas City Rep), The Flick (Steppenwolf Theatre), Buried Child (Writers’ Theatre), The Bridges of Madison County and Miss Holmes (Peninsula Players Theatre), Radio Golf (Court Theatre), Man of La Mancha (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre). Eleven Joseph Jefferson Award nominations include designs for East Texas Hot Links (Writers’ Theatre) and Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Court Theatre). Upcoming projects include the world premiere of America v2.1: The Sad Demise and Eventual Extinction of the American Negro (Barrington Stage Company). Jack lives in Chicago and teaches design at The Theatre School at DePaul University.  www.jackmagaw.com

Jayson T. Waddell (Stage Manager) is proud to return to the Alliance Theatre for his ninth season. At the Alliance, he’s worked on such productions as Ever After, Candide, Crossing Delancey, Troubadour, Moby Dick, Born for This, Tuck Everlasting, The Geller Girls, A Christmas Carol, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Broke, Sex and the Second City, Next to Normal, Holidays With the Chalks and Bike America. At Atlanta Lyric Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Full Monty and Young Frankeinstein. At the Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare in Love, I <3 Juliet, Hamlet, Q Gents, Antony & Cleopatra, Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night and A Winter’s Tale. Jayson graduated from the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. 

Amanda Zieve (Lighting Designer) is happy to live and work doing what she loves. Recent Designs include: Sweeney Todd and Roof of the World (KC Rep) Billy Elliot and Titanic (Signature Theatre) Amadeus (Colorado Springs Theatreworks). Her San Diego credits include: Barefoot in the Park, Native Gardens, The Wonderers and Rich Girl (The Old Globe) West Side Story (San Diego Musical Theatre). Associate credits include: The Heart of Rock and Roll, Bright Star and Allegiance (The Old Globe), Escape to Margaritaville, Hollywood, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Midsummer's Night's Dream and Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse). She enjoys a career in San Diego and New York City, where she had the privilege of working on her 17th Broadway Production this spring. One of her most rewarding experiences has been assisting on Hamilton. She received her B.A. in Theatre from California State University Northridge. Amanda is very thankful for her supportive family and friends.