Creative Team
 
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Mark Duncan
 
(Director) Mark has directed American Jataka Tales (Manhattan Theatre Source), Not the Ravine (Brooklyn Playwrights Collective), No Freud Please and The Staining of the Shrewd (Manhattan Repertory Theatre). Asst Director: We Are the Lawmakers (NYC Fringe Festival), Tooth Fairy/Sugar Daddy and Bridges (The Garage Ensemble). Regional: Asst Director SouvenirRelatively Speaking, and Being Alive (Westport Country Playhouse). Other: Director Bent and The Memory of Water, Asst Director Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and Songs for a New World (Elon University
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Jon Crefeld
 
 
(Playwright/Executive Producer) Along with I Hate Love, Jon's play The Sword Politik is also a part of the MITF. Acting roles in NYC include Dan Kaffee in A Few Good Men (Hudson Shakespeare Company), Orpheus in Fire Exit (Medicine Show Theatre), and Eric in Breeze Off the River (FringeNYC). He also played Alexander Hamilton in the award-winning Inverse Theatre Company’s American Revolution, and Jonathan in Cornergate Production’s Fleeting Moments. Work in motion pictures includes Luke in the feature Beyond Life, Cog (Nothingman Productions), Carl Coppolino (Zazou Productions), and Mark Barrett (TK Digital). His one-act play Howling Over the Sluice was a semi-finalist in the Strawberry One-Act Festival. His short film The Glove is currently in festival consideration, and his play The Sword Politik was workshopped as part of the Hudson Shakespeare Company’s 2005 repertory. Finally, his project concept Remote Control was accepted for Synapse Productions 2006 Ignite! Festival. Jon served in the US Army in the 2nd Ranger Battalion, was a Distinguished Graduate from the US Air Force Academy, and would like to thank everyone who has contributed to make this possible. He is co-artistic director of the Collective Objective. Crefoci.com.
 
Kyle Baxter 
 
(Playwright/Executive Producer) Kyle most recently appeared in the Hudson Shakespeare Company’s production of A Few Good Men and in the 2005 production of The Sword Politik (Medicine Show Theatre). His play Breeze Off the River was part of the FringeNYC's 2006 season. His artwork has been included in shows in New York and New Orleans. He is co-artistic director of the Collective Objective.
 
Samantha Gallardo 
 
(Stage Manager)
Samantha is originally from Los Angeles, California, where she graduated from USC with a B.A. in Theatre. She moved to New York to complete the Juilliard School’s professional intern program in stage management, and is now a freelance stage manager for opera, theatre, dance, and events. Recent stage management credits include: Someone in Florida Loves Me; The Magic Flute (Bronx Opera Co.); Cosi fan tutte (OSH Opera); Senior Showcase (Julliard Dance); Our Town, Doriclea (Julliard Opera); Getting Out, Under Milkwood, Who is PT Butterhouse? (Juilliard Drama); Rent, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Phantom (Stagedoor Manor). 
 
Susan Slotoroff
 
(Costumer) Susan got her start in the Elon University costume shop while pursuing her BFA in acting. There, she worked on many productions in a variety of costuming roles including lead stitcher for Cabaret, assistant makeup designer for The Phantom of the Opera and head of wardrobe for Mark Duncan's Bent. Now a full-time actress here in NYC, Susan is thrilled to be flexing her costume muscles again with this fabulous show! Thanks to the cast and crew for being so wonderful! Susan-Slotoroff.com.

Sam Morris PR
 
(Press Rep) Sam is a graduate of NYU, getting his degree in Producing, Arts Management, and Communication Studies from the Gallatin School. In addition to starting is own PR Company, Sam Morris PR, he's also the Assistant Office Manager at Barlow Hartman Public Relations, one of Broadway's leading PR firms, which handles the press for shows such as Billy Elliot, Gypsy, In the Heights, Legally Blonde, Wicked, and Young Frankenstein. SamMorrisPR.com.

 
Patricia Comstock
 
(Web Master) Patricia is an Information Architect who also has years of experience in content management and editing. She specializes in websites and software, and has delighted clients with her work on brochures, post cards, posters, and business cards. For performers, she offers a one-stop, low-cost website design service, then enables them to update their own sites for free. She edited and designed So You Wanna Sing in Germany?, a book by Paul Bellantoni.
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