Aaron Rossini (Director)- Aaron is co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Fault Line Theatre and the Associate Director of Volunteer Outreach and a Teaching Artist at Artists Striving to End Poverty. Fault Line Theatre: The Wedge Horse, At the Table, Breathing Time, The Faire, Doctor Faustus, Frogs, From the Same Cloth, From White Plains, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. New York: Shakespeare at the Manor, Guerrilla Shakespeare Project, , Sanguine Theater Company, Target Margin Theatre, Fringe NYC, Planet Connections. Regional: Trinity Rep, Kitchen Theatre Company, White Heron Theatre Co., The Gamm Theatre, Purple Rose Theatre Company, Michigan Shakespeare Festival, The Boar’s Head Theatre.
Nathan Leigh (Sound Design)- Nathan Leigh has designed sound and composed original music for New York Theatre Workshop (Nat Turner In Jerusalem), Red Bull Theatre (The Duchess of Malfi), Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Stoneham Theatre (IRNE Best Sound Design 2009 for Strangers On A Train), Central Square Theatre (IRNE Best Sound Design 2010 for The Hound of the Baskervilles, Elliot Norton Best Production 2016 for The Convert), and countless others. With Kyle Jarrow, Nathan co-created the musicals Big Money (WTF Boris Segall Fellowship 2008) and The Consequences (World Premiere 2012 at WHAT). Nathan’s most recent solo album is Ordinary Eternal Machinery. www.NathanLeigh.net
Eric Hedlund (Lighting Design)- An old theater rat, over 20 years in the making, most recently as an Off-Broadway Theater Technician at Sleep No More and The Mint Theater Company. As a carpenter and electrician he has installed theater and events across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. He last designed lights for the C.O.W. Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream. Outside of New York he has worked professionally at Pioneer Playhouse in Kentucky, Black Hills Playhouse in South Dakota, Old Creamery Theatre in Iowa, Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire, Shakespeare Santa Barbara, Dakota Players, and Black Hills Community Theatre, where he served as Director of Education and Outreach. www.EricHedlund.com
Kelsey Torstveit (Costume Design)- Kelsey is a NYC based actor and designer. She designed costumes for the world premiere of Dennis Bush’s solo piece, Mouthy Bitch at Know Theatre in Cincinnati in 2015. Most recently, she played Dogberry in Theater at Woodshill’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at Riverside Church in NYC, which she also directed. This fall, she will play the Governess in Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater’s production of The Turn of the Screw in Wellfleet, MA. Thanks to Jon for the opportunity, and to the whole Wave team for the awesome collaboration. www.KelseyTorstveit.com
Jon Kovach (Co-Author/Actor/Producer)- Since moving to NYC in Fall '15, Jon has played on several NY stages: Theatre Row, The Tank, Bay Street, Guild Hall, Capital Rep.. Regional credits include: Merrimack Rep., Playhouse in the Park, Human Race Theatre Co., Hippodrome, and Wellfleet Harbor Actors' Theatre. Jon is a Miami University of Ohio theatre graduate, the founding artistic director of Unity Productions, and has worked with internationally recognized film-makers (G. Clooney, A. Goddard), and authors (N. Balthazar, R. Jones). Receiving awards and critical acclaim as an actor, musician, director, writer, and producer, Jon continues to expand on his career in the arts. www.JonKovach.com
Ron Jones (Co-Author)- Ron Jones is a native San Franciscan. He shares his Haight Ashbury home with his wife, grandchildren, and a peaceful garden. He is a graduate of Stanford University masters degree program in education. Upon retirement from the Janet Pomeroy Center, where he taught theater and sports to the physically and mentally disabled for 30 years, he now enjoys writing and performing as a spoken word artist.
As an author he has written about everyday heroes that enrich our life. Three of his stories The Acorn People, The Wave, and B-Ball have been made into television specials garnering an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Peabody for their producers. A book entitled Kids Called Crazy was nominated for a Pulitzer. And Say Ray the story of a disabled man abducted to Mexico was honored as the American Book of the Year. His classroom experiment in Fascism, The Wave has been produced as a feature film Die Welle and documentary Lesson Plan. The novelized version of The Wave, available through Random House, is printed in 23 languages and required reading in German and Israeli schools. In 2013 Ron completed a musical version of his Wave experience. The Third Wave Musical is available through Dramatic Publishing. Theatric and musical productions of The Wave have been performed in theaters worldwide. For information, play dates, and locations see www.TheWaveHome.com.
Recently Ron has taken the stage as spoken word artist. Solo shows include Buddha Blues, Say Ray, and When God Winked. Last year he produced his first CD, Soulful Blessing as a unique blend of poetry and jazz. For a listing of Ron’s storytelling videos see www.RonJonesWriter.com.
Nathan Leigh (Sound Design)- Nathan Leigh has designed sound and composed original music for New York Theatre Workshop (Nat Turner In Jerusalem), Red Bull Theatre (The Duchess of Malfi), Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Stoneham Theatre (IRNE Best Sound Design 2009 for Strangers On A Train), Central Square Theatre (IRNE Best Sound Design 2010 for The Hound of the Baskervilles, Elliot Norton Best Production 2016 for The Convert), and countless others. With Kyle Jarrow, Nathan co-created the musicals Big Money (WTF Boris Segall Fellowship 2008) and The Consequences (World Premiere 2012 at WHAT). Nathan’s most recent solo album is Ordinary Eternal Machinery. www.NathanLeigh.net
Eric Hedlund (Lighting Design)- An old theater rat, over 20 years in the making, most recently as an Off-Broadway Theater Technician at Sleep No More and The Mint Theater Company. As a carpenter and electrician he has installed theater and events across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. He last designed lights for the C.O.W. Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream. Outside of New York he has worked professionally at Pioneer Playhouse in Kentucky, Black Hills Playhouse in South Dakota, Old Creamery Theatre in Iowa, Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire, Shakespeare Santa Barbara, Dakota Players, and Black Hills Community Theatre, where he served as Director of Education and Outreach. www.EricHedlund.com
Kelsey Torstveit (Costume Design)- Kelsey is a NYC based actor and designer. She designed costumes for the world premiere of Dennis Bush’s solo piece, Mouthy Bitch at Know Theatre in Cincinnati in 2015. Most recently, she played Dogberry in Theater at Woodshill’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at Riverside Church in NYC, which she also directed. This fall, she will play the Governess in Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater’s production of The Turn of the Screw in Wellfleet, MA. Thanks to Jon for the opportunity, and to the whole Wave team for the awesome collaboration. www.KelseyTorstveit.com
Jon Kovach (Co-Author/Actor/Producer)- Since moving to NYC in Fall '15, Jon has played on several NY stages: Theatre Row, The Tank, Bay Street, Guild Hall, Capital Rep.. Regional credits include: Merrimack Rep., Playhouse in the Park, Human Race Theatre Co., Hippodrome, and Wellfleet Harbor Actors' Theatre. Jon is a Miami University of Ohio theatre graduate, the founding artistic director of Unity Productions, and has worked with internationally recognized film-makers (G. Clooney, A. Goddard), and authors (N. Balthazar, R. Jones). Receiving awards and critical acclaim as an actor, musician, director, writer, and producer, Jon continues to expand on his career in the arts. www.JonKovach.com
Ron Jones (Co-Author)- Ron Jones is a native San Franciscan. He shares his Haight Ashbury home with his wife, grandchildren, and a peaceful garden. He is a graduate of Stanford University masters degree program in education. Upon retirement from the Janet Pomeroy Center, where he taught theater and sports to the physically and mentally disabled for 30 years, he now enjoys writing and performing as a spoken word artist.
As an author he has written about everyday heroes that enrich our life. Three of his stories The Acorn People, The Wave, and B-Ball have been made into television specials garnering an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Peabody for their producers. A book entitled Kids Called Crazy was nominated for a Pulitzer. And Say Ray the story of a disabled man abducted to Mexico was honored as the American Book of the Year. His classroom experiment in Fascism, The Wave has been produced as a feature film Die Welle and documentary Lesson Plan. The novelized version of The Wave, available through Random House, is printed in 23 languages and required reading in German and Israeli schools. In 2013 Ron completed a musical version of his Wave experience. The Third Wave Musical is available through Dramatic Publishing. Theatric and musical productions of The Wave have been performed in theaters worldwide. For information, play dates, and locations see www.TheWaveHome.com.
Recently Ron has taken the stage as spoken word artist. Solo shows include Buddha Blues, Say Ray, and When God Winked. Last year he produced his first CD, Soulful Blessing as a unique blend of poetry and jazz. For a listing of Ron’s storytelling videos see www.RonJonesWriter.com.
