The 2016 Board

Princeton Summer Theater is proud to announce its executive and managing board for the 2016 season: a group of six Princeton students dedicated to making great theater for the Princeton community and beyond. We're all incredibly excited to work together to form the tight-knit community of artists that makes PST so special. Learn more about our board below!

 

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - OGEMDI UDE

Ogemdi is absolutely thrilled to be serving as Princeton Summer Theater’s Artistic Director for its 47th season. She is a recent graduate of Princeton University where she majored in English with certificates in Theater and Dance. She has directed multiple productions on the Hamilton Murray stage in the past including Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and John Logan’s Red. She recently completed her senior thesis production, an original dance-theater work entitled “there. remaining.” She is so looking forward to this upcoming season and to directing PST’s final show, Fool for Love.

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - DAVID CRUIKSHANK

David is delighted to be a part of PST’s 2016 season. A member of Princeton’s Class of 2017, David is a former president of the Princeton Shakespeare Company. He has acted in numerous campus productions, including Fuddy Meers and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged. He has also worked as a stage manager, production manager, run crew and director for various campus productions as well as serving as a rehearsal apprentice at the McCarter Theatre. During the summers, David has been a company management intern for the Williamstown Theater Festival and an assistant stage manager/intern for Prospect Theater Company.

 

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER - SYDNEY BECKER

Sydney is a designer and student in the Princeton University class of 2017.  Her experience at Princeton includes lighting design for the theater department - most recently Singin' in the Rain (assist), Ballyturk, Cloud 9, and The Seagull - as well as designing many shows for Princeton's various student theater groups.  She has been on Theatre Intime's managing board for multiple semesters, and is currently serving on its executive board as Production Manager.  She is thrilled to take on the role of Production Stage Manager for the 2016 season of Princeton Summer Theater!

 

 

 

PUBLICITY DIRECTOR/BUSINESS MANAGER - ALICE TERRETT

Alice is thrilled to be joining PST for its 47th season. A member of the Princeton Class of 2016, Alice majored in psychology with certificates in jazz studies and musical performance. During her time at Princeton, she has served as music manager for Princeton University Players, ticket manager at University ticketing, and has conducted the pit bands for several shows, including The Drowsy Chaperone in Theatre Intime. Last summer Alice served both as development intern and audience services associate at Celebrity Series of Boston.

REHEARSAL STAGE MANAGER - SCOT TASKER

In their time at Princeton University, Scot allowed the magic of performance to fill their life via as many avenues as possible: acting, dancing, singing, directing, stage managing, and writing. Scot is so thrilled to be joining PST as the rehearsal stage manager--a perfect opportunity for creating safe space, fostering earnest professional connection, and, most importantly, making people smile.

 

FRESHMAN ASSOCIATE - MEGAN BERRY

Megan is a member of Princeton's class of 2019. In her one year at Princeton so far, she has served on the board of Theatre Intime as Assistant Technical Director and has worked on numerous shows on campus. Although most of her experience is as a lighting designer, her interests are widespread, which is why she's looking forward to learning a lot more about the world of theater from working with PST this summer as freshman associate!

Meet Evan!

Howdy! I’m Evan, and this is my third season acting as a company member with Princeton Summer Theater. My first summer with PST was in 2012, just after my sophomore year of Princeton. During the school year I’d performed in several shows with student groups and with the Lewis Center, but the twelve-hour days of PST were far more demanding than my previous schedules. Although I was (and still am) a little overwhelmed by the rigor of our program, I quickly fell in love with the community that we created together. 

Community is a word that gets bandied around a lot, especially on college campuses. The Princeton community, the theater community, the communities of eating clubs – they’re all groups of people with something in common, and they all have the potential to help their members grow and develop meaningful relationships. But where these groups allow members a degree of flexibility in their commitment, PST requires an intensity of focus. A full half of our day is spent rehearsing together, preparing and eating meals together, and operating the theater together. Of the remaining twelve hours, what we don’t spend sleeping is likely to be spent relaxing together after a hard day’s work. We binge watch Orange is the New Black, play games, and celebrate our latest shows. PST linked togetherness and community for me with a clarity that I had never experienced before. 

Although most of us in the company and board of PST were friends before this summer, we’re already much closer because of the time that we’ve spent together these last two weeks. We’re creating another beautiful, tight-knit, weirdo artist colony much like we had in my past summers. Every show that you see us put up is a product of that community, and a testament to its strength. I’m overjoyed to be part of this crazy adventure once again! 

Cheers,

-Evan

The 2015 PST board

Princeton Summer Theater is proud to announce its executive board for the 2015 season: a group of four Princeton students dedicated to making great theater for the Princeton community and beyond. We're all incredibly excited to work together to form the tight-knit community of artists that makes PST so special. Learn more about our board below!

Artistic director - Wesley Cornwell

Wesley Cornwell is delighted to be joining the PST family for its 46th season. He is a member of the Princeton Class of 2016 and has been active within the theater community on campus since freshman year. He has served as the General Manager of Theater Intime as well as managing and designing for numerous shows on campus. He most recently designed the sets for Theater Intime's production of Romeo and Juliet and the theater department's production of Spring Awakening.

Executive director - David Drew

David is thrilled to work with PST this summer. During his time at Princeton, he served 3 terms on the managing board of Theatre Intime, co-founded and hosted the talk/variety show "All-Nighter", directed HANSEL/GRETEL for the Theater program, and acted with Quipfire! Improv and in various campus theater productions. Lately, he's been studying improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and writing plays and screenplays (and getting ready for an awesome summer). 

Company manager - kanoa mulling

Kanoa Mulling is an actor and director in the Princeton University class of 2015. Princeton University acting includes Uncle Vanya (Astrov), Red Noses (Father Flote), Bat Boy (Dr. Parker), Next to Normal (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden), Great Expectations (Joe and Jaggers), Hamlet (Horatio). Princeton University directing includes King Lear, Frankenstein, and The Other Shore. Kanoa is excited to take on the role of Company Manager in his first run with Princeton Summer Theater. 

Communications director/graphic designer - sarah cuneo

Sarah Cuneo is thrilled to be joining PST for its 46th season. A member of the Princeton Class of 2015, Sarah has been incredibly active in the campus theater community since her freshman year, acting in nearly twenty productions and serving on the board of several student theater groups. Sarah is also a passionate graphic designer and often designs the posters for Princeton's theatrical productions. She most recently played Father Toulon in the theater program's production of Red Noses and is currently in rehearsals for a senior thesis production of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive.