Cameron Francis* (Photographer/ Swen/ Royalton Clerk/ Kaden)
Cameron is pleased to be making his fourth appearance on the Hippodrome stage.  He was last seen as the Sheriff in Resident Alien and previously as Jimmy in Like Totally Weird and as   Narrator 1, Shaw, Atkins and others in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.  Other credits include Narrator 3, Parker, Harris and others in Gross Indecency at The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, Macbeth in Macbeth for Longacre Lea Productions at Arena Stage’s Old Vat Theatre, Philip in Really Big Expectations at Axis Theatre in Baltimore, the Master in Jaques and His Master for the Georgetown Theatre Company, Louis in Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches at Arena’s Old Vat Theatre, Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Lucentio in Taming of the Shrew for Upstart Crow Productions.  He is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts and received his MFA in acting from Catholic University.

Sara Morsey* (Waitress/ Back-Up Singer/ Carla/ Newsstand Woman/ Denise/ Illya/ A Muse)
Sara Morsey returns to the mainstage after a trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Mary Hausch’s An Enchanted Land.  Previous Hippodrome credits include Bella in Lost in Yonkers, Sylvia in Broken Glass, Alcandre in The Illusion, Sara in The Sisters Rosensweig, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, Frank in Private Eyes, and Boo in The Last Night of Ballyhoo.  Other notable regional theatre credits include Melitta in the United States premiere of Nicholas Wright’s Mrs. Klein, Eva in the stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata (also an American premiere), and B in Three Tall Women for which she won the Memphis Theatre Award for Excellence as a Leading Actress in a Drama.  Featured film roles include Cilla in Germantown Films’ Borderlines, which was produced on PBS and Sybil in The First of May with Julie Harris.  Sara holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in acting from The University of Louisville and has trained with Kristen Linklater and Tina Packer of Shakespeare and Compnay in Lenox, Massachusetts and Adale O’Brien at Actors Theatre of Louisville. 

NELL PAGE SEXTON* (Alexa Vere de Vere) 
Nell is an Associate Artist with the Hippodrome State Theatre and has appeared in more than fifty roles including  the Female Chorus in How I Learned to Drive, Cory in Private Eyes, Jim and Sarah in The Mineola Twins,  Kate in  Sylvia, Aunt Leo in Indiscretions, Jean Louise Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, Bessie in Marvin’s Room, La Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Carol in Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Charlotte Corday in Marat/Sade, various roles in All in the Timing, Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Willie Mae Nettles in The Sugar Bean Sisters, multiple roles in The Little Prince, Artie in Eleemosynary, Annelle in Steel Magnolias, Jan in Bedroom Farce, Clair in I’m Not Rappaport, Cassie in Rumors, Linda in Rum and Coke, Ruth in So Long on Lonely Street, Mary in Vanities, Janet  in Accomplice, and Mrs. Emory in Earthly Possessions.  Nell appeared as Kate in Sylvia and Kate and Kate in The Miracle Worker at the Heritage Reperatory Theatre in Charlottesville, Virginia.  She has appeared Off-Broadway in Desperado.  Nell’s film credits include Gathering Evidence and Ulee’s Gold. She co-authored Coquina, which opened at the Harold Clurman Theatre in October.

Tiffany Yates* (Amber/ Back-Up Singer/ Secretary/ Bethany/ Ginny/ A Second Muse)
Tiffany Yates understudied the world premiere of The Last Night of Ballyhoo at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, during the 1996 Olympics and appeared as Lala last season in the Hippodrome’s production of the show, as well as at Memphis’ Playhouse on the Square. Other credits include Enchanted April, Breaking Legs, Servant of Two Masters, and Crossing Delancey. Tiffany’s film credits include Back to One, Too Pure, and The Unreliable Narrator. She was the host of Fox-TV’s “That’s Atlanta” for its short one-season life and lives in New York with a fish named Todd.

Neal Utterback (Ronald/ Skunk/ Mike)
Neal is thrilled to make his debut on the Hippodrome mainstage.  Currently, he is pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting at the University of Florida.  Most recent credits include The Pitchfork Disney, directed by Joe LaRue, and Digging for Fire, a Hippodrome second stage production.  He would like to specially thank his family and Shane Smith for their constant love and support.

Adam Cohen* (Stage Manager)
Adam is in his third season at the Hippodrome.  In a career that has taken him across the high seas, into huge arenas, in front of the camera, up in the control booth, and onto the stage, the experiences he has accumulated only serve to make him more aware of the value of the “jewel” the citizens of Gainesville have in their midst.  The caliber of artists that the Hippodrome attracts is surpassed nowhere, and he thanks the management for the chance to be counted in that group.  His greatest thanks must go, however, to his family, who supported his choices from the beginning and continue to be a source of inspiration and joy.

James Morgan (Director/ Scenic Designer)
Jim is the Artistic Director of Manhattan’s acclaimed York Theatre Company, where he has spent  25 years creating more than 90 designs, including the recent No Way to Treat a Lady, for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination, and The Show Goes On, starring Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.  Broadway credits include Sweeney Todd (York’s revival, Drama Desk nomination); the musical Anna Karenina (American Theatre Wing Design nomination); The Miser, Taking Steps, and Getting Married, to name a few.  He has created designs for national companies including On the 20th Century and The Sunshine Boys.  Off-Broadway designs include Pacific Overtures, After the Fair, Broadway Jukebox and The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (also San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and the new movie).  Regional theaters designs include Manhattan Theatre Club, Goodspeed Opera House, Chicago Lyric Opera, Asolo Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, and Portland Opera.  Directing credits include Oh Coward!, Falsettoland (Carbonell Award, Best Director and Best Musical), the premiere of Clark Gesner’s The Jello is Always Red and the Hippodrome’s 1996 production of Sylvia.   Recent/current design projects: Cy Coleman’s new musical Exactly Like You (Goodspeed), Rags (Coconut Grove and Papermill Playhouse) and directing and designing Taking a Chance on Love, a new revue based on the lyrics and life of John Latouche.  A Florida native, UF Graduate and recipient of the H.P. Constans Award, he lives in Manhattan.  This is his 31st design for the Hippodrome.
 

MARILYN WALL-ASSE (Costume Designer) 
Marilyn is a Hippodrome co-founder, Artistic Associate and the Costume Designer-in-Residence. She has designed and built costumes for more than 150 Hippodrome productions.  She is a four time recipient of the Outstanding Young Women in America Award and received the Margaret Sanger Certificate of Appreciation in 1987.  She has twice  received a Governor’s Award as one of Florida’s Outstanding Artists and was the only theatrical artist to be granted that award this year.  Her Hippodrome acting credits include The Madwoman of Chaillot, Cabrona, Bedroom Farce, Robber Bridegroom,  Crimes of the Heart and Season’s Greetings.  Directing credits include Macbeth, Same Time Next Year and Tangled Tales which she also co-authored.  In the film world, Marilyn has designed costumes and makeup for A Flash of Green, Shimmer, Ruby in Paradise, Gathering Evidence, Miami Hustle and the recently released Ulee's Gold with Peter Fonda and Patricia Richardson.  She has served as makeup artist to the famous faces of Phil Donahue, Al Gore and Bill Clinton at their local appearances.  Marilyn recently won an Emmy Award  for her costume designs for the children’s television show, Salsa.
 

Robert P. Robins (Lighting Designer) 
Bob has been Lighting Designer-in-Residence at the Hippodrome for the past 14 years.   During this time, he has designed the lighting for more than 150 productions.  He has also stage managed numerous productions including Hippodrome Mainstage, state and Theatre for Young Audiences tours.  In addition to designing and stage managing, Bob also engineers the soundtracks and sound reinforcement for all Hippodrome productions. He is an Actors’ Equity Association stage manager and a member of IATSE Local 115.   Bob has designed more than 250 productions regionally in the United States, including theater, dance, and industrials.   For the past six years, he has taught at the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts.  He spends what time he has away from the theater with his very supportive wife, Jodi, and their two children, Kayla and Evan.

Timothy  J. Dygert (Production Manager)
 This is Tim’s sixth season at the Hippodrome as a member of the production team.  Tim started as a carpenter while in college and has held the titles of Master Carpenter, Technical Director, and now, Production Manager.  He designed the set for Private Eyes and has been involved in the creation of over fifty mainstage and touring productions.  Tim has also designed several industrials in and around Gainesville including scenery for Gator Growl, Puttin on the Ritz, and the American Heart Association’s “Five points of Life” ride, as well as the Hippodrome TYA production of  To Be or Not To Be... That is Two Questions.

Lorelei Esser (Properties Design) 
Lorelei has been designing properties for the Hippodrome since the 1994 production of Earthly Possessions.  She has long been recognized in our community for her accomplishments and contributions as an independent artist.  Her medium, the collection and assemblage of “the stuff of life” can now be experienced in the sets of the Hippodrome’s productions.  Lorelei’s understanding of time periods, cultures, the writer’s intentions, the director’s vision along with her tenacity for detail bring artistry to the craft of properties design.

DOUGLAS MAXWELL (Sound Design) 
Douglas  served as Musical Director for the recent production of The Rocky Horror Show,  Musical Director for the original productions and remounts of both the Hippodrome's productions of Always ...  Patsy Cline and Beehive.  Over the past four years, Douglas has acted as Sound Designer at the Hippodrome for The Lion in Winter, Sylvia, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dracula, The Glass Menagerie, Just So Stories, and To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he also composed and performed an original score.  He has acted as Musical Director for Sunday in the Park with George, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Secret Garden at the Gainesville Community Playhouse.  He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelors in Music Composition and is currently pursuing his Masters in Electro-Acoustic Music.  Last season he wrote original music for The Last Night of Ballyhoo at the Hippodrome and Our Town at the Gainesville Community Playhouse. 

TAMERIN DYGERT (Dramaturg) 
Holds a B.A. in Theatre and English Education from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  As Dramaturg and Literary Manager, Ms. Dygert compiles research materials for the artistic team; contributes to production concepts; serves as features writer/editor of the curriculum guide, Perspectives; and writes articles for Ovation newsletters.  She also assists in Mainstage season selection; negotiates Mainstage production rights; and directs the New Play Reading Series which she founded in 1998.  A native of Maryland, Ms. Dygert has worked at Baltimore’s Center Stage; toured with Shakespeare on Wheels; served as a freelance dramaturg with Baltimore’s Performance Workshop, Inc.; and taught English and Drama at Bais Yaakov School for Girls.  She has taught Hippodrome theatre arts classes and directed Florida Teen Playwright Festival productions and appeared on the Mainstage in The Sisters Rosensweig, A Christmas Carol and Just So Stories.  Ms. Dygert is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), a professional association serving literary managers, dramaturgs and theatre professionals throughout North and South America.