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Today Is My Birthday

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY

"...one of the best reasons for being present in the theater: it’s aurally and visually striking (Noel Nichols, sound design; Nicole E. Lang, lighting design),

-NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT, DONALD BROWN

Today is My Birthday by Susan Soon He Stanton was performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre in January and February of 2022. It was the first show to re-open Yale Rep after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Direction: Mina Morita

Assistant Direction: Abigail Pañares

Dramaturgy: Jisun Kim

Set Design: Bridget Lindsey

Costume Design: David Mitsch

Hair Design: Matthew Armentrout

Lighting Design: Nicole E. Lang

Sound Design: Noel Nichols (UPTOWN WORKS)

Movement Coach: Erica Fae

Vocal and Dialect Coach: Cynthia Santos DeCure

Technical Direction: Dani Mader

Stage Management: Kevin Jinghong Zhu

Assistant Stage Management: Bekah Brown 

Cast: Jeena Yi, Francis Jue, Emily Kuroda, Chivas Michael, Atra Asdou, Gabriel Brown

Assistant Lighting Design: David DeCarolis

Production Electrician: Eugenio Sáenz Flores

Light Board Programming: David Wilmore

Spotlight Operators: Henry Rodriguez and Sam Skynner

Photos: Joan Marcus, Adam Tolbert, and Suzu Sakai

"At a Rep show, there is always an impressive design to catch your attention...  cutting edge sound and lighting, and staging ideas that other theaters wouldn’t think of"

-HARTFORD COURANT, CHRISTOPHER ARNOTT

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