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FULL PROGRAM
Directed and translated by Lucie Tiberghien
CAST
CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM
DIRECTOR/TRANSLATOR: Lucie Tiberghien
A Brooklynite since 2001, Lucie was raised in France and Switzerland. Specializing in new work, Lucie spent 15 years developing and directing new plays in New York City and all over the country. She directed World Premieres at LaJolla Playhouse, CATF, Second Stage, Rattlestick Theater, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Kansas City Rep, Manhattan Class Company and more. As a translator and adapter, Lucie’s work has been produced in Paris and in New York. Bringing free theater and the works of Molière to Brooklyn was a long time dream which she is thrilled has become a reality. In 2021, she was awarded the prestigious designation of chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, by the French Government.
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Deanna Kahn
Deanna Kahn is a New York based stage manager. Recent New York credits include Bedlam’s Arcadia, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground (Off-Broadway) and Misconceptions (Blessed Unrest). She has worked regionally with Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Barrington Stage Company and Kitchen Theatre. Opera credits include A Streetcar Named Desire, Rigoletto, Fellow Travelers and Agrippina with Florida Grand Opera. She would like to thank her friends, family and partner for their support.
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Tala Munsterman
Tala Munsterman (They/Them) is an AEA Stage Manager currently based in NYC with 12+ years of experience from coast to coast. Their recent credits include; Off Broadway: A Guide For The Homesick. NYC Select Works: Desires of the Astronaut, The Red Rose, Torched!, Aloha Boricua, Harlem Hellfighters On A Latin Beat (Pregones/PRTT), The Golden Cage New works Premier Festival, Adventures of Ezra Jack Keats TADA! Youth Theater, Into The Woods New York Film Academy, and A Winters Tale New York Shakespeare Exchange. Regional: Matilda The Musical, Mama Mia, Sweeny Todd, Legally Blonde, Annie, The Little Mermaid, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with The Fort Wayne Civic Theater (Indiana). Company, Ordinary People, and Building On Sand with Good Luck Macbeth Theater (Nevada).
SET DESIGNER: Marie Yokoyama
Marie is a Japanese lighting and set designer. She has designed for Moliere in the Park for their online production of Pen/Man/Ship and School for Wives. Her set design credits include Human at Asheville Creative Arts; Pillowtalk, TALA, and The India Plays with Kyoung’s Pacific Beats; Merry Widow and Fantasticks at Opera Theatre Pittsburg; and The God of Carnage at Redhouse Arts Center. Her recent lighting credits include Madama Butterfly at Virginia Opera; Dangerous Days at Miami New Drama; Cyrano de Bergerac at KC Rep; and Kim’s Convenience at Westport County Playhouse.
COSTUME DESIGNER: Jessica Irvin
Jessica Irvin, a Maryland born, New York raised Costume Designer, is currently the Costume Shop Manager at Queensborough Community College. She has worked as a Costume Designer and Assistant Costume Designer on several productions throughout her 9-year career. She has worked on shows for The Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Signature Theatre, and The New School , just to name a few. She is excited to be returning this year, to design her second show with Moliere in the Park. She feels blessed every day to be able to use clothing to tell a story. #IrvinLegacy
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Stoli Stolnack
Stoli Stolnack (they/them) is an NYC-based lighting designer and associate. Design: Moliere in the Park, Terminus (4th St Theatre), War Dreamer (Loading Dock) Associate: Once Upon A Mattress and Dear World (Encores), Prayer for the French Republic and How I Learned to Drive (MTC- Friedman), Jagged Little Pill National Tour, The Harder They Come and Fire in Dreamland (The Public), Dance Nation and Wives (Playwrights Horizons).
SOUND DESIGNER: Chad Raines
For the last 15 years Chad Raines has been Composing and Sound Designing for Off-Broadway, Regional Theater, Art Installation, Podcast and Television and Film. Currently, he is composer for the Tribeca Festival's Official Selection audio drama, "Last Resort" by Nerve Tank Media . He also occasionally performs and tours as a musician. Visit www.chadraines.com to find out more and hear music for this and other artistic endeavours.
LINE PRODUCER: Molly FitzMaurice
Molly FitzMaurice is a producer and dramaturg. She is the managing producer of The Tank, a home for emerging artists in Manhattan. Molly holds an MFA in Dramaturgy with a certificate in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama, where she is currently a doctoral candidate, writing a dissertation on the conceptual turn in American new plays. Previously, she served as co-artistic director of Yale Cabaret, producing director of the Dwight/Edgewood Project, and in the artistic offices of Yale Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and Huntington Theatre Company. AB, University of Chicago.
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Taylor Poer
SCENIC SUPPLIER: The Scrap Pile
Founded by Jillian Eddy and Nick Breaster- Scenic Charge and Technical Director of this year's MIP production. The Scrap Pile (TSP) is a sustainability-focused initiative that reimagines the waste produced by the entertainment industry. We seek to divert the byproducts of film and theatre scenery, transforming it into a valuable resource for artists, communities, and performances like this one! TSP is thrilled to work with MIP having provided 100% of the paint and some additional materials to create Scenic Designer- Marie Yokoyama's beautiful vision for this project.. TSP not only reduces waste but creates a positive ripple effect within the community. By supporting local artists and sustainable design, we encourage a more responsible, creative future—where sustainability is woven into the fabric of the entertainment industry. To learn more, check out tspnyc.com or follow us @tspnyc
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Nicholas Brester
SCENIC CHARGE: Jillian Eddy
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR: Isaac Van Curen
Isaac Van Curen is a theatre and visual artist based in Brooklyn. He has worked in many facets, designing stage wear, large scale paintings, and performing as a drag queen (Isaac Miss Isaac). His design work has been at the Queensborough Community College recently for “Hit the Wall” and “Lysistrata", Lungs Harvest Art Festival, The Human Impact Institution, NY Theatre Festival, HERE ARTS, The Tank, Stella Adler, Playwrights Horizons, and many more. He has a BA from Ithaca College and a MA from NYU. Check out more of his work at isaacvancuren.com or @isaacmissisaac
MASTER ELECTRICIAN: Paul Jones
AUDIO ENGINEER A2: Madeline Yara
AUDIO ENGINEER A2: Darius Quinston Mullens
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Mayah Lourdes Burke
Mayah Lourdes Burke is a Haitian-American director born and raised in NYC. She creates space for the unseen, centering bodies often left in the margins. Off-Broadway: Dakar 2000 - Manhattan Theatre Club (Assistant Director); The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window - BAM (Directing Observer); Get Out Alive - New World Stages (Directing Observer). Selected directing credits include: The Pitfalls of Exaggerated Swagger by Cris Eli Blak; Motherless… by Cherise Kimoy; Good Grief: A Best Friend Play by Ngozi Anyanwu; We are Proud to Present…by Jackie Sibblies Drury; Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy. Fellowships: SDCF Directing Fellow 2025; TPOC Fellow 2024; NAMT Producing Residency 2024; SDCF Directing Observer 2023. Awards: Howard Gilman Performance Art Residency Cohort Grant; Staten Island Youth Award for Contribution to Arts and Culture. Member: SDC, the Dramatist’s Guild, The Makers Ensemble. Thank you, God, for everything! @mayahlourdes
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Deletris Bryant
Deletris Bryant is a stage manager, director, and designer from the Greater Washington, D.C., Metro Area. A few of their credits include: Production Stage Manager for “Jeffrey Manor” (Apollo Works in Process), Production Stage Manager & Sound Designer for “I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire” (New Voices Festival 2024), and Assistant Director for “Hurricane Diane” (Kitchen Theatre Company). They are a graduate of Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
HOUSE MANAGER: Thijs Hogenboom
Thijs is an actor and dancer based in New York City. His dance career took him all over Europe where he worked with several prestigious dance companies. As an actor Thijs attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where some of his highlights were the opportunity to play Victor von Frankenstein in the musical Young Frankenstein, as well as Trinculo in The Tempest. IG: @thijshogenboom
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE: David Gibbs/DARR Publicity
David Gibbs (Press Representative) (he/him) is the founder of DARR Publicity, a boutique entertainment press agency specializing in theater, comedy, dance, film, music and unique theatrical experiences. David has publicized shows at many Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway venues throughout NYC. His clients have won Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie and Off Broadway Alliance Awards, and have been nominated for Bessie and Chita Rivera Awards. www.DarrPublicity.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNER/MARKETING COORDINATOR: Katya Kirillova
Katya (she/her) is a miltimedia designer based in NYC with a focus on collage animation. Check out my work at kty4rt.wixsite.com/portfolio. IG: @kty4rt
MIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT: Kaliswa Brewster
Paul Brill
Lisa Gorlitsky
Daniel Klingenstein
Maria Ryan
Muriel Soenens
Lucie Tiberghien
Samira Wiley
Produced by Molière in the Park in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance
WE THANK ALL OUR MAJOR SUPPORTERS!
THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED, IN PART, BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Thank you to all of our donors!
Including: The Auchincloss Foundation, Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The American Society of The French Legion of Honor, The Richenthal Foundation. Thomas Kail, Samira Wiley, Jon and Elizabeth Weiswasser, Stephan Haimo and Veronica Bulgari, Puth Family Foundation, The Araca Group. Carter Redwood, Mary Vines, Nikola and Dana Duravcevic, Bill and Judy Steul
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS, SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on this program.