THEATER OF THE MIND
DIGITAL PROGRAM
CREDITS
SCIENCE EXPLANATIONS • READING LIST • CREDITS • SPECIAL THANKS • MERCH
CREATIVE TEAM + CREW • SCIENTIFIC AND CREATIVE COLLABORATORS • STAGE MANAGEMENT & CREW • PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT HEADS • GENERAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT • FRONT OF HOUSE • MARKETING • FACILITIES & OPERATIONS • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT • ARBUTUS • ENVEEKAY • CAST • ART
CREATIVE TEAM + CREW
Charlie Miller, Executive Director of Off-Center
Charles Varin, Managing Director
In association with Arbutus, Nate Koch, and LeeAnn Rossi
present
THEATER OF THE MIND
Created by David Byrne & Mala Gaonkar
Directed by Andrew Scoville
Produced by Melissa Cashion, Nate Koch, Charlie Miller, LeeAnn Rossi, and Arbutus
Production Manager - Melissa Cashion
Technology Designer - Heidi Boisvert
Scenic Designer - Neil Patel
Costume Designer - Sarita Fellows
Lighting Designer - Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Designer - Cody Spencer
Mask & Crafts Design - Kevin Copenhaver
Casting - Grady Soapes, CSA
Puppetry Consultant - Melissa Cashion
Change Blindness Video - Theodore Koterwas
Developed in Collaboration with Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone/600 HIGHWAYMEN
Assistant Directors - Amanda Berg Wilson & Betty Hart
Associate Production Manager & Producing Associate - Peggy Carey
Associate Scenic Designer - Lisa M. Orzolek
Associate Lighting Designer - Charles R. MacLeod
Associate Sound Designer - Alex Billman
Assistant Sound Designer - Stephen Jensen
Technology Manager - David Quakenbush
Technology Consultants - Brooklyn Research (Ezer Longinus, Johnny Lu, Patrick Rummage) & Slow Immediate (Gershon Dublon, Xin Liu)
Scenic Design 3D Rendering - Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud
Attic and grass scents - Algorithmic Perfumery
Music Production Consultation - Daniel Freedman, Bobby Wooten
General Manager - Ann Marshall
Company Manager - Sabina Rivera Lopez
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisor and Facilitator - Lydia Garcia
Accessibility Consultant - Regan Linton
Design Guidelines Specialist - Kevin Yoshida, IDEATE
General Contractor - Shane Farley, PMG
Structural Consultant - Alan Stepneski
In memory of Production Dramaturg Douglas Langworthy (1959 - 2020)
Dramaturgical Advisor - Jesse Alick
SCIENTIFIC & CREATIVE COLLABORATORS
Theater of the Mind was created and developed with input and insight from the following scientists and specialists. David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar are forever grateful for their time and generosity.
*Dr. Edward Adelson (MIT), Dr. Stuart Antsis (UCSD), Dr. Bahador Bahrami (UCL), Dr. Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard), Dr. Sepideh Bazazi (London), BeAnother Lab (Barcelona), Dr. Paul Bloom (Yale), Greg Bousted (Science Sandbox Films), Victoria Broackes (V&A, London Design Biennale), Richard Brown (Creative Consultant), *Dr. Emile Bruneau, Brusspup (artist), Dr. David Carmel (Victoria University of Wellington), *Dr. Patrick Cavanagh (Glendon College, York University), Dr. Fiery Cushman (Harvard), Dr. Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil (Cornell), *Dr. Diana Deutsch (UCSD), Dr. Karen Dobkins (UCSD), Dr. David Eagleman (Baylor College of Medicine), Dr. Henrik Ehrsson (Karolinska Institutet), Dr. Elisabeth Engl (Scientific Consultant), Dr. Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich), Dr. Chris Frith (UCL), Dr. Paul Glimcher (NYU), Dr. Joshua Greene (Harvard), *Dr. Arvid Gusterstam (Karolinska Institutet), Dr. Lars Hall (Lund), Dr. Patrick Haggard (UCL), Dr. Jonathan Haidt (NYU), Dr. Julia Harris (Scientific Consultant), Dr, Petter Johansson (Lund), Rivka Kelley (Stage Manager), Kenny Komer (Designer), *Theodore Koterwas (Creative Consultant), Dr, Dan Levitin (McGill University), Dr. Sally Linkenauger (University of Lancaster), Dr. Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine), Dr. Beau Lotto (UCL), Dr. Stephen Macknik (SUNY), Geoffrey Marsh (V&A), Dr. Susana Martiniz-Conde (SUNY), Mark Mitton (magician), Dr. Steven Most (University of New South Wales), Walter Murch (consultant), Nathan Myrhvold (consultant), Dr. Elizabeth Phelps (Harvard), Dr. Steven Pinker (Harvard), Dr. VS Ramachandran (UCSD), Dr. David Rand (MIT), Dr. Geraint Rees (UCL), *Dr. John Reynolds (Salk Institute), Dr. Daniela Schiller (Mount Sinai), Dr. Sam Schwarzkopf (UCL), **Dr. Shinsuke Shimojo (CalTech), Dr. Dan Simons (University of Illinois), A Ship In The Woods, Dr. Mel Slater (University of Barcelona), Dr. Charles Spence (Oxford), Dr. Ana Tajadura-Jimenez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Dr. Alexander Todorov (University of Chicago), *Dr. Bjorn Van Der Hoort (UvA), Marcus Weldon (Supporter), Meghan Williams (Production Stage Manager)
*Linked credits are those whose work directly appears in Theater of the Mind.
**This exhibit uses patented technology (US Patent Nos. 8,206,229 and 8,628,426)
owned by the California Institute of Technology that was developed in the laboratory of
Professor Shinsuke Shimojo. Detailed information about this technology can be
found in Professor Shimojo’s publication entitled “Self and world: large scale installations
at museums” and published in the third issue of Spatial Vision in 2008.
STAGE MANAGEMENT & CREW
Production Stage Manager - Rachel Ducat*
Stage Managers - Corin Davidson*, Rick Mireles*, Christine Woods*
Experience Attendants - Anna Cordova, Katy Gentry, Harper Hadley, Sage Hughes, Katie Liguori, Faith Markovetz, Kaden Dolph, Kelsea Sibold
Crew Head - Matthew Dugger
Assistant Crew Heads- Killian Eck, Jayanna Young
Run Crew- Gabriel Crites, Viktoria Padilla, Brad Paulling, Brent Rolfson
Wardrobe - Lauren Asselin, Jensina Endresen, Kami Williams
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT HEADS
Director of Design - Lisa M. Orozolek
Technical Director - Eric Moore
Associate Technical Director/Production Technical Director - Stub Allison
Associate Technical Directors - Bob Orzolek, Josh Prues
Lighting Director - Charles R. MacLeod
Sound Supervisor - Alex Billman
Supervising Stagehand - Douglas Taylor
Wardrobe Supervisor - Heidi Echtenkamp
Production Stage Manager - Michael G. Morales
Properties Director - Robin Payne
Charge Scenic Artist - Jana Mitchell
Costume Director - Jan MacLeod
Costume Crafts Director - Kevin Copenhaver
GENERAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Director of Production - Jeff Gifford
Production Manager - Matthew Campbell
Associate Production Manager - Peggy Carey
FRONT OF HOUSE
Associate Director, Theatre Services - Evan Gendreau
Theatre Services Manager - Elliot Shields
Front of House Leads - Elliot Davis, Celeste Dominguez, Bryan Faciane, Aaron McMullen
Front of House Attendants - Barbara Pooler, Stephen Jankousky
Box Office - Brendan Duggan, Selin Ozcelik
Store Manager - Daniel Nava Cabral
Merchandise - Creative Goods
MARKETING
Director of Marketing - Claire Graves
Director of Insight & Strategy - Emily Kent
Communications Manager - Brittany Gutierrez
Marketing Associate- Julie Whelan
Design Director - Kyle Malone
Publicity for David Byrne - Kate Jackson, Dana Erickson, Katie Nelson @ Grandstand
Much of the full DCPA Team helped make Theater of the Mind a reality. A big thank you to all for getting us this far!
FACILITIES & OPERATIONS
Facilities Director - Glen Lucero
Security Manager - Quentin Crump
VP of Information Technology - Lisa Roebuck
Associate Director of IT - Simone Gordon
Senior Ticketing System Analyst - Vincent Bridgers
Network and Systems Administrator - Joe Reacher
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Director of Community Engagement - Jesús Quintana Martínez
Community Engagement Manager - Elizabeth Schmit
Executive Director - Emily Simoness
Legal Counsel - Gil Karson Esq., Grubman Indursky & Shire, PC & Zak Shusterman Esq., Law Office of Zak Shusterman
Business Management - Nate Koch and Jenna Ready, ENVEEKAY
Accounting - Fred Martens CPA, Lutz & Carr LLP
Founder & Principal - Nate Koch
General Manager - Jenna Ready
Associate Producer - Kerry Concannon
Business Manager - Steven Gillenwater
Assistant to David Byrne - Salwa Benloubane
CAST
Jessica Austgen*
Annie Barbour*
Amanda Berg Wilson*
donnie l. betts*
James Brunt*
Janae Burris*
Kristina Fountaine*
Lisa Hori-Garcia*
Abner Genece*
Sam Gilstrap
Steph Holmbo*
Michaela Murray
Peter Trinh*
Maggie Whittum*
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
ART
Waiting room Lenticular Photographs - David Byrne
Mom’s Paintings - Bernard Gilardi (learn more about his story here)
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Title Sponsor:
Theater of the Mind is supported in part by Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation.
Premiere Sponsors:
Additional support provided by:
Dry Cleaning Sponsor:
