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Madison's (lighting designer) training comes from experimentation, collaboration and through her work as the Production Manager and Technical Director for several performing arts organizations, including the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Venue 9 and Il Teatro in San Francisco, California. For the past 12 years she has been creating environments using lights, sets and sound. She has done design work for numerous dance and theater companies, including; Tania Isaac Dance, Group Motion, Sebestainne Mundheim, Kate Watson-Wallace, Thaddeus Phillips' Lucidity Suitcase, Scrap Performance Group, Myra Bazell, Silvana Cardell, ASH Contemporary Dance, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Curtain Call Creations, Marianela Boan, Sarah Jones, Opus I, Megan Bridge, ContempraDance Theater, Gwendolyn Bye, Rebecca Malcolm-Niab, Travesty Dance, Passion Y Arte, Martha McDonald, Merge Dance, Hannibal, Greg Giovanni, The Bald Mermaids, Rain Pyror, Rhodessa Jones, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Deborah Slater Dance Theater, Working Women Theater Festival San Francisco, Integrated Arts and others. MadisonÕs work has brought her to traditional theaters and black box theaters as well as non-traditional and site-specific venues such as warehouses, lots, empty houses, churches and outdoor locations.

SEBASTIENNE MUNDHIEM (dramaturge/ visual consultant/ performer) is a writer, director, designer, performer, educator, and recently filmmaker.  She has created 17 original interdisciplinary works commissioned by institutions including: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rosenbach Museum and Library, and Franklin and Marshall College. Some of her recent works include: Under the Hat: the Life and work of Marianne Moore, Giorgio di Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne, A Potable Joyce: A Watered Down Version of Ulysses, and Currently Franklin: The Story of a Paper Boy. Her work has been performed locally and internationally. She has collaborated/performed with companies including: New Paradise Laboratories, the Reactionaries, Brat Productions, and Thaddeus Phillips/ Lucidity Suitcase, and Kate Watson Wallace.  She has a BA/BFA from Univ. of Pennsylvania and Edm from Harvard.

LINDA SMYTH, (costume designer) combines the raw and gritty experiences of urban dwelling, creating fashion and make-up designs that create a perfect fusion of urban and contemporary styles. She uses the human form as her canvas. Originally from Richmond, Va., Linda has spent the past six years in Philly, investigating the human condition and the role it plays in our perception of humanity. She received her B.F.A. from Arts In Jewelry and Metals. Under the name of Octopelion, she has shown in Philly and NYC. Her distinctive style has landed in publications such as: D Magazine, American Photo on Campus, Girlfriends and B. Informed.

JOSH CICETTI ((composer/ sound designer) is a composer who has played with a number of Philly bands. He has toured the U.S. and U.K. with the Heartache Disease, Lucky #13 and God Like Diablo, and opened up for Interpol, the Fall and the Liars. He has composed music for Kate Watson-Wallace and Scrap Performance Group. He is currently writing/playing in two new projects, Pink Pix and Dead Churches, and continuing his collaboration with Kate Watson-Wallace He also plays with the Philly band Gildenworks.

RICARDO RIVERA (video installation) began experimenting with video in 1998 as a live video performer (VJ Kaboom) and installation artist.  Today, he is founder and principal of klip//collective, a group dedicated to creating high-end, large-scale, site-specific video installations.  His range of work varies from permanent commissions to one-night music events to multimedia performance installations. He has permanent installations in W Hotels across the country, Crobar Club (NYC), Sonar Lounge (Baltimore), China Grille (Chicago), and Electric Factory (Philadelphia), among others. He has done temporary installations at The Philadelphia Museum of Art in a tribute to Salvador Dali  and at the National Center for Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia, in a group show entitled Temporary Cities. www.klip.tv