Production Bios

Tom (he/him) has been Technical Director, guest designer and instructor at Macalester since 1990.  He has worked throughout the Twin Cities as a scenic and lighting designer and technical director.

Brian Fox (He/Him) has been Technical Assistant at Macalester since 2018, with a few pandemic inspired breaks. He got his start building sets with the Montana Shakespeare Company, and worked in the Scene Shop as a Macalester student, contributing in varying capacities to show in the old building such as The Glass Menagerie and As You Like It. Highlights of his work include a large curved staircase in The Rocky Horror Show, a rolling staircase in Angels in America, and a slide in Thunderbodies.

Wu Chen Khoo (he/him) is a lighting designer, stagehand, production manager and labour organizer. He is based in Minneapolis and works internationally. Some of his lighting designs have been seen at Penumbra Theatre, Theater Mu, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Stages Theatre Company, Pangea World Theatre, the Fitzgerald Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, the Guthrie Theater and Mixed Blood Theater. He co-founded the education program Technical Tools of the Trade, which aimed to train, connect and support people through the skills of technical theatre. He is a founding member of the Class & the Arts collective and The Mothership, both groups of workers organizing to build Solidarity and hold space for critical engagement with issues of social justice including through the arts & entertainment industry. He is a proud member of IATSE, the union representing many of the technical workers in the arts and entertainment industry. He shares his life with his partner Kristin and children Teng Jin and Yi Lian.

Vivian is an English Creative Writing major and Chinese Language and Theater double minor. She has always had an interest in the world of theater, on stage and behind. She's currently working on expanding her skills within the theater world.

Stacey (she/her) is a theatrical costume and scenic designer who specializes in musicals, children’s productions, and educational theater. Her passion is collaborating with artists and creating work that has the capability of initiating positive change. With each production, she is dedicated to digging deep into the symbolism of the play and finding ways to incorporate the text into her design work. Stacey’s costume and scenic design has been seen on the stages of Journey North Opera Company, Children’s Theatre Company, Sod House Theater, Lakeshore Players, Theater Mu, Guthrie Theater, Daleko Arts, Steppingstone Theatre, Carleton College, The Haunted Basement, Eat Street Players, Stages Theatre, Anoka Ramsey Community College, and the University of Minnesota. Stacey has a B.S in Apparel Design with a minor in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Scenic and Costume Design with a minor in Theatre Historiography from the University of Minnesota.

Beja Puškášová is a disabled trans femme playwright from the Czech Republic. She usually writes about trans girl motherhood, menstruation, and transphobia in the medical system. After graduation, she is planning to work in education, and live with her platonic partner who helped her transition in high school.

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