STAFF
Artistic Director:
CARRIE COLTON is an actor, director, and choreographer hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born and raised. Carrie holds a BFA in Classical Acting from Southern Utah University and her MFA in directing from Florida State University. As an actor, Carrie has performed in two international tours: My Fair Lady (Eliza) and Annie (Miss Hannigan), as well as several regional theatres around the country. Some of her favorite directorial credits include Hairspray with the Fusion Academy of Hong Kong, Peter Pan with the Jacksonville Opera Theatre, Twelfth Night with the North Dakota Shakespeare Festival, and The Tempest with Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. A world traveler, Carrie has studied at the Moscow Art Theatre and Regents College in London, holds her 200-hour yoga certification from Guru Mahi’s Ashrum in India, and was recently re-certified in Stage Combat with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat in March 2019. Carrie has spent the last three years as an Assistant Professor of Drama at JSU, as well as the Artistic Director/choreographer for CAST Kidz, but this fall she will be joining the faculty of Metro State University of Denver as an Assistant Professor of Movement and Musical Theatre. Check out more of her work at www.carriecolton.com.
Managing Director/Dramaturg:
CARMINE DIBIASE is a Distinguished Professor of English at Jacksonville State University. He writes about Shakespeare, Italian literature and translation. He has served as dramaturg for JSU’s productions of Dido and Aeneas and The Tempest and for The Shakespeare Project’s productions of Julius Caesar and Macbeth. He is currently writing a study of the influence of Macbeth and its influence on Henry James’s The Aspern Papers. His most recent publication, in the Times Literary Supplement, is a review of a recent translation of Elsa Morante’s Arturo’s Island.
Executive Director:
EMILY DUNCAN was born and raised in Calhoun County and graduated from JSU, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and minor in history and communications. In awe of live theatre as a child, Emily caught the theatre bug in high school and dabbled in play writing in college. Emily has assisted in several regional productions as a painter, actor, props master and director, including for Mary Poppins, Annie, Willy Wonka, Jr., Peter Pan, and Hello, Dolly! Emily began her career at the Calhoun County Area Chamber & Visitors Center in 2011, but in 2019, she was hired by the Utah Shakespeare Festival as a Development Associate and Grant Writer. Emily is currently enrolled in the Masters of Arts program at Southern Utah University, where she is pursuing her MA in Arts Administration.