PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Melody is excited to be back at Theatre Exile for another season. She received her degrees from Temple University (BA, M,Ed), and was a SM fellow at The Wilma in 2004/5.

Recent Credits include: Red, Glitter in the Glass, Camp Siegfried, Case for the existence of God, Abandon, The Light, Wolfplay at Theater Exile, The Comeuppance at The Wilma theater. American Fast with InterAct, Dreamgirls with Theater in the X, In Search of the Kitchen Gods with 1812 Productions, Group!, Janet Wide Awake and Ok Trenton with Passage Theatre. Ama. Egg. Oya, Transworld, Publik Private with Playpenn.

Other companies include: Power Street, PAPA, Kimmel Center, Opera Philadelphia, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Ballet X, Modero Dance Co. Asian Arts Initiative.

Certified Advanced Actor Combatant with Fight Directors Canada and SAFD. Member of Chinatown Dragon boat team. Philadelphia Suns Volleyball and Lion Dance.

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Miranda M Watkins (they/them) - is thrilled to return to Theatre Exile! They are a Philadelphia based stage manager, their recent credits include, In The Heights with Bristol Riverside Theatre, Glitter in the Glass with Theatre Exile, and Fraternity with Theatre in the X.

SCENIC DESIGNER

Nick Embree (Set Designer) is thrilled to be working with Deborah Block and with the excellent team at Theatre Exile again, after designing The Light in 2023. Nick taught design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia for 20 years and helped to create two BFA design programs there (Theater Design-Tech & Film Design). He was Visiting Associate Professor at Cornell’s Performance and Media Arts Department last year. Nick is a member of USA 829.

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Drew Billiau is a freelance lighting designer based in the Philadelphia area. Recent designs include BalletX Summer Series, Maslows Peak at the Mann for BalletX, Rift or White Lies at Interact Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing at the Lantern Theater and the Samsung Electronics booth at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show.

Drew has designed numerous shows for such companies as Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Jacobs’ Pillow, New York Theatre Workshop, The Joyce, Vail International Dance Festival, Opera Philadelphia, Vancouver Opera, BalletX, Pennsylvania Ballet, Wilma Theater, Portland Ballet, Lucidity Suitcase, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, 1812 Productions and The Lantern Theater Company.

Art installation designs include – The Electric Street, Electric Toronto, Electric Alley, Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens and Blood Moon at the Fabric Workshop. Drew is currently the Director of Design & Technology at Opera Philadelphia and an Associate Designer with the corporate/industrial lighting firm Fine Design Associates, Inc.

SOUND DESIGNER

Andrew Nelson is thrilled to design for JOB at Theatre Exile. Other highlights include Stephanie Blythe as Blythely Oratonio at Boston Lyric Opera and Lincoln Center (bass), Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s Painting Churches, All That Fall; Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Small Ball, Tattooed Lady (bass); Lehigh University’s The Bookstore, Proof, Wolf Play, Trouble in Mind, This Emancipation Thing, This Is Not The Play, Brown Face, The Salonniéres, Stupid F*#@ing Bird; People’s Light’s Peter Panto, Personality, Alice in Wonderland (bass); Wilma Theatre’s Hilma (bass), Minor Character (audio-reactive programmer); Delaware Theatre Co’s One Man, Two Guvnors (bass); Azuka Theatre’s The Arsonists (world premiere, Barrymore nom.), Dutch Masters, Nerve (original music); Byron Karabatsos's film festival hit, A Drag Queen For Kids; interactive programmer - FringeArts’ Close Music for Bodies; Smart Caption Glasses programmer (People’s Light, Arden Theatre, Built for Good), bassist in many Philadelphia-area theatre orchestra pits and the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret. Next up: Lehigh University’s The Flick.

COSTUME DESIGNER

Alison is excited to be returning to Theatre Exile after a seven year break. A Philadelphia area costume designer since 2001, she has designed for companies such as: Arden Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Lantern Theatre, InterAct Theatre, and 1812 Productions. You can see her work next at Montgomery Theater and Inis Nua Theatre Company. Visit www.alisonrobertsdesign.com for more info! Love to the Fam Squad.

PROPS DESIGNER

Nana is the resident props and scenic designer for Theatre in the X. Credits include Theatre Exile: Glitter in the Glass (2025), RED (2024), Pass Over (2021); Theatre in the X: Fraternity (2025), One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (2024), Zooman and the Sign (2023), Dreamgirls (2022), The West Philly Meeting (2021), The Beast of Nubia (2019), The Colored Museum (2019), and The Wiz (2018).

MASTER ELECTRICIAN

Annie (she/her) is a recent graduate of Ursinus College with a B.A. in Theater and Media Communications. She is currently the 25/26 season apprentice for 1812 Productions. She is happy to say this is her first gig as a production electrician and for that, she thanks Theatre Exile. Previous professional credits include run crew for 1812 Production's La Otra, production apprentice/A1/sound mixer for DelShake's Twelfth Night, O Lo Que Quieras, assisting in lighting and projection design for InterAct Theatre's On My Dean, and assisting in sound design for InterAct Theatre's The Climb. She thanks all who support the arts and provide the opportunities to create.