Anne Bogart (Artistic Director)

Anne Bogart is the Artistic Director the SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a recipient of 2 Obie Awards, a Bessie Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a Professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. Recent Works with SITI include Radio Macbeth; Hotel Cassiopeia; Death and the Ploughman; La Dispute; Score; bobrauschenbergamerica; Room; War of the Worlds; Cabin Pressure; The Radio Play; Alice's Adventures; Culture of Desire; Bob; Going, Going, Gone; Small Lives/Big Dreams ; The Medium ; Noel Coward's Hay Fever and Private Lives ; August Strindberg's Miss Julie ; and Charles Mee's Orestes. Other recent productions: Nicholas and Alexandra, Los Angeles Opera, Marina A Captive Spirit (American Opera Projects), Lilith and Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Opera). She is the author of three books: A Director Prepares, The Viewpoints Book and And Then, You Act.

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Akiko Aizawa (Actor)

SITI: Hotel Cassiopeia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, bobrauschenbergamerica, Intimations for Saxophone, La Dispute, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds (Radio Play), Culture of Desire, Nicholas and Alexandra, Marina A Captive Spirit (all directed by Anne Bogart) and systems/layers (music by Rachel’s/ directed by Barney O'Hanlon).  Other productions include:  The Trojan Women, Three Sisters and Dionysus (all directed by Tadashi Suzuki). Theatres/ Festivals include:  Alabama Shakespeare Festival, American Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, Los Angeles Opera, New York Theatre Work Shop, The Walker Art Center, BAM Next Wave Festival, Humana Festival, Australian Bicentennial EXPO, Biennale Bonn, Colombia International Theatre Festival, Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, MC93 Bobigny and Toga International Theatre Festival.

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J. Ed Araiza (Actor)

 SITI Company credits include: Hotel Cassiopeia, Midsummer Night's Dream, systems/layers, bobrauschenbergamerica, Culture of Desire, The Medium, Small Lives/Big Dreams, War of the Worlds and War of the Worlds/The Radio Play. Regional Theater: The Cureat Troy, Yale Rep. (American Premier); Santos and Santos, Mixed Blood Theatre; Keely and Du (original cast), Hartford Stage and ATL; 1969 and Picnic, ATL; Yerma, Arena Stage; Principia Scriptoria, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle; Charley Bacon, South Coast Rep.; King Lear, Macbeth, La Victima, Los Angeles Theatre Center.  He has written the original plays Medeastories, C/O The Grove and The House all of which he directed in Austin, Texas.  Other original plays directed include The Los Project at the University of Minnesota, Where Do I Begin at Naropa in Boulder, Colorado and The Water Project at Bowdoin College. J.Ed has been movement consultant on productions at the Julliard School including: The Cherry Orchard, One Flew over the Cukoo's Nest and Balm in Gilead and at the Yale School of Drama for The Three Sisters and Our Town. Most recently he directed Vaudeville Vanya, an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in Austin Texas.  J. Ed was a member of El Teatro de la Esperanza and is a member of the Dramatist Guild, Austin Script Works and NoPE.

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Will Bond (Actor)

Has created roles for SITI and toured the U.S. and internationally in Death and the Ploughman, Bob (Obies for light and sound and three Drama Desk Nominations), bobrauschenbergamerica written for SITI by Charles Mee, Jr., The Medium (an Obie winner), Small Lives/Big Dreams, Culture of Desire, War of the Worlds written for SITI by Naomi Iizuka, War of the Worlds - The Radio Play, Cabin Pressure, and La Dispute.  He has performed with the company at New York City Opera in Lilith and Seven Deadly Sins.  Will has toured with Tadashi Suzuki and SCOT in Dionysus and with Robert Wilson's Persephone.  Recent roles outside SITI include Macbeth, The Lover and Creditors at Actors Theatre of Louisville where he is an associate artist. Regional works include:  Mystery of Irma Vep, Greater Tuna, Greetings, Holiday, Night Must Fall, Tempest, Hamlet.   Will is also full time Artist-in-Residence at Skidmore College .  

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Leon Ingulsrud (Actor/Director)

Leon Ingulsrud helped to found SITI Company and has appeared in Orestes, Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Opera), Nicholas & Alexandra (LA Opera), bobrauschenbergamerica and Hotel Cassiopeia.  Previous to SITI, Mr. Ingulsrud was a member of the Suzuki Company of Toga for seven years during which time he appeared in Homage to Homo Ludins, King Lear, Dionysus, Macbeth, Ivanov and Greetings from the Edge of the Earth. During this time, Mr. Ingulsrud also served as a resident director at the ATM Arts Center in Mito, Japan. Mr. Ingulsrud served two years as the associate artistic director of Swine Palace in Baton Rouge LA. Directorial credits include Endgame, The Hairy Ape, Macbeth, Martini Ceremony, Medea, Angel/Babel, Short Stories, The Sea, The Grapes of Wrath, The Tempest, Death of a Salesman, Saint Joan, Our Town, Laramie Project, Eurydice, Psyche,  Callie’s Tally, Big Love and three different, original adaptations of  Moby Dick. Mr. Ingulsrud has taught in workshops and universities around the world, and holds an MFA in directing from Columbia University. In addition to directing, acting and teaching, Mr. Ingulsrud has translated for English publication or production, nine Japanese contemporary plays.

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Ellen Lauren (Actor)

Associate artistic director for SITI.  SITI credits include:  Hotel Cassiopeia, Death and the Ploughman, Midsummer Night's Dream, Room, bobrauschenbergamerica, systems/layers, War of the Worlds, Cabin Pressure, The Medium, Culture of Desire, Going, Going, Gone, Orestes. National and international venues include, Bonn Festival Germany, Bogota, Colombia, BAM Next Wave Festival, Paris Bobigny Festival, Melbourne Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Singapore Festival, The Wexner Center, Walker Center for the Arts, Krannert Center, NYTW, CSC in NYC.  Regional credits with SITI include San Jose Rep (MND), ART in Cambridge: (La Dispute) Actors Theatre of Louisville (ATL): (Hay Fever, Miss Julie, Private Lives).  For the last 15 years, ongoing classes and residencies in the U.S. and abroad.  Additional credits include The Adding Machine (ATL), Picnic (ATL), The Women (Hartford Stage), Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Opera -Kosovar Award for Anna II) all with Anne Bogart.  Resident company member: Stage West (Springfield, Mass.), The Milwaukee Repertory, The Alley Theatre (Houston). Ongoing guest Artist, 16 years, The Suzuki Company, under the direction of Tadashi Suzuki; Performance and workshop venues with Suzuki  include, Moscow Art Theatre, RSC in London, Theatre Olympics in Athens and Istanbul International Festival, Festival Mundial Chile, Teatro Olympico, Italy, Monpelier Festival France, Hong Kong Festival.  Ongoing faculty member 9 years: The Julliard School of Drama, New York City; Associate Director Summer Training Program, Toga, Japan.

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Kelly Maurer (Actor)

Has been a member of SITI since its inception. With the company she has performed in many productions including La Dispute, Hayfever, bobrauschenbergamerica, The Medium, Small Lives/Big Dreams, Culture of Desire and  Cabin Pressure, and at such theatres as: NYTW, P.S. 122, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Walker Arts Center, Wexner Arts Center, The Irish Life Theater Festival and the Edinburgh Festival. Regionally, Kelly has been seen as Rainbow in Maria Irene Fornes' And What of the Night at The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Hamlet at StageWest and Christine in Miss Julie at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Internationally, she has toured with Tadashi Suzuki in the Suzuki Company of Toga's Dionysus and director Robert Wilson in Persephone. She performed the role of Jolly (as standby for Patti LuPone) in David Mamet's The Old Neighborhood on Broadway. She also performed in An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein and The Water Engine at the Atlantic, Off Broadway. Kelly teaches the Suzuki method of actor training and the Viewpoints training with SITI and at the Atlantic Theater Acting School, NYU and at workshops and universities throughout the US.

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Charles L. Mee (Playwright)

Chuck is the only playwright member of the SITI Company, for whom he has written Orestes 2.0, bobrauschenbergamerica, Hotel Cassiopeia, soot and spit (the musical), and Under Construction. He has also written Vienna: Lusthaus, A Perfect Wedding, and a number of other plays in addition to his work inspired by Greek plays: Big Love, True Love, Trojan Women A Love Story and others. His plays have been performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, American Repertory Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, the Public Theatre, Lincoln Center, the Humana Festival, Steppenwolf, and other places in the United States as well as in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Istanbul and elsewhere. Among other awards, he is the recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His complete works are available on the internet at www.charlesmee.org. His work is made possible by the support of Jeanne Donovan Fisher and Richard B. Fisher.

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Elizabeth Moreau (Company Stage Manager)

With SITI: Hotel Cassiopeia, Intimations for Saxophone, A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Dispute, Hayfever, Death and the Ploughman, bobrauschenbergamerica, Score, and systems/layers (with the band Rachel’s), and has toured these as well as Bob, Room, War of the Worlds, WOW-The Radio Play, and Cabin Pressure to theaters including: NYTW, CSC, the Walker, the Wexner, Performing Arts Chicago, the Krannert, On the Boards, B.I.T.E. (London), Israel Festival, Bonn Biennale, MC93 (Bobigny), Melbourne Festival & the Singapore Festival. NYcredits include: Dirty Blonde and Bells are Ringing on B’way, also work at the Public, NYTW, Vineyard, MTC, CSC, and the Play Co.. She has worked on Gull and Shutter with Lightbox, and Match-Play with the Rude Mechs.  Elizabeth is the Artistic Associate of the O’Neill Playwrights Conference.

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Tom Nelis (Actor)

SITI CO: Score; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; War of the Worlds; War of the Worlds - Radio Play; Going, Going, Gone; The Medium; Orestes. Broadway:  The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Aida.  Off Broadway: Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecencies, (Mineta Lane), The Cryptogram (West Side Theatre), Hot ‘N’ Throbbin (Signature), Richard III, Henry IV, the title role in Henry VI, The Merchant of Venice, ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore (NYSF/PUBLIC THEATER), Hot Mouth (Manhattan Theater Club), Another Person is a Foreign Country,  The Trojan Women/ A Love Story, Strange Feet (En Garde Arts), Pearls for Pigs (Ontological Hysterical Theater), Laurie Anderson's Songs and Stories from Moby Dick (BAM).  Also regional theaters throughout the country.  Mr Nelis is a founding member of SITI CO.  He has additionally performed with The Suzuki Company of Toga in Dionysus.  Awards; OBIE (The Medium), San Diego Circle Critics Award (Wintertime), Drama League Nomination (Score), Barrymore Nomination (Candide).  MFA, UC SAN DIEGO

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Barney O'Hanlon (Actor/Choreographer)

Barney as been collaborating with Anne Bogart since 1986.  As a member of SITI he has performed nationally and internationally with productions of Hotel Cassiopeia, Intimations for Saxophone, A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Dispute, Hay Fever, bobrauschenbergamerica, War of the Words, War of the Worlds: the Radio Play, Culture of Desire, Cabin Pressure, and Small Lives/Big Dreams.  He has also choreographed and appeared in the world premiere of Nicholas and Alexandra at Los Angeles Opera and Lilith and Seven Deadly Sins at New York City Opera as well as additional Bogart productions at the Alley Theatre, Trinity Rep., River Arts Rep., and Opera/Omaha.  Other regional credits include Tina Landau's 1969 at ATL, Stonewall: Night Variations for EnGarde Arts, Deadly Virtues and Hamlet at ATL, and Jon Robin Baitz's A Fair Country for Steppenwolf.  His choreography has appeared at BAM's Harvey Theater, Arena Stage, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera and at the Prince Music Theatre. He recently directed and choreographed the world premiere of systems/layers a dance/theater collaboration between SITI and the Kentucky based band Rachel's.

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Neil Patel (Designer)

Neil Patel's work in the theater and opera is known to audiences throughout the world. His design for the Tony Award winning Side Man was seen on Broadway, the West End, and the Kennedy Center and his design for the Pulitzer Prize winning Dinner With Friends was seen in New York at the Variety Arts Theater and on National Tour. With acclaimed Japanese director Amon Miyamoto he has designed Leonard Bernstein's Candide at the Tokyo International Forum with the Tokyo Philharmonic conducted by Yutaka Sado and Le Nozze di Figaro at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. His work with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company, of which he is a member, has been seen at the Edinburgh International Festival, the Exit Festival in Paris, the Holland Festival, the Hebbel Theatre in Berlin, Theatre Archa in Prague, New York Theater Workshop and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music where War of the Worlds launched the 2000 Next Wave Festival. He has designed the world premieres of plays by such writers as Tony Kushner, David Rabe, John Guare, Donald Margulies, Warren Leight, Craig Lucas, Neil LaBute, Chuck Mee and Doug Wright and has collaborated with such directors as Daniel Sullivan, Michael Mayer, Anne Bogart, Robert Woodruff, Ron Daniels, Barry Edelstein, Marion Isaac McClinton, Des McAnuff, Amon Miyamoto and Emily Mann. His work has been seen at most of the major theatres in the United States including the The Manhattan Theater Club, Guthrie Theater, Theater for a New Audience, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, McCarter Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Stage, American Repertory Theatre, New York Theater Workshop, Alley Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Alliance Theater and Hartford Stage. He has received numerous Drama Desk nominations, Dramalogue Awards, an OBIE award for sustained excellence in both 1996 and 2001, and a 2000 EDDY award, given by Entertainment Design Magazine. Mr. Patel was educated at Yale College, Accademia di Belle Arti Brera and the University of California at San Diego. Future projects include the world premiere of Madame Mao by Bright Sheng and directed by Colin Graham at the Santa Fe Opera, Don Giovanni directed by Amon Miyamoto at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in 2004 and Alcina at the New York City Opera directed by Francesca Zambello in 2003.

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James Schuette (Designer)

Has designed 17 productions as a member of SITI Company, including La Dispute at American Repertory Theatre, Intimations for Saxophone, Bob, Culture of Desire, Room, Score, and bobrauschenbergamerica. Recent work as a set and/or costume designer includes The Unmentionables at Steppenwolf Theatre, The Elephant Man at Minnesota Opera and Hello Dolly at Papermill Playhouse. His work has been seen at Arena Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Seattle Rep, Mark Taper Forum, the Goodman Theatre, Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Long Wharf, Yale Rep, Prince Music Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, EnGarde Arts, New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, American Repertory Theatre, Glimmerglass Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Colorado and Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Colorado, Seattle Opera, and internationally. Upcoming projects include SITI Company’s Hotel Cassiopeia at the Court Theatre, Frank Galati’s Oedipus Complex at the Goodman Theatre, and Un Ballo in Maschera at Boston Lyric Opera.

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Brian Scott (Designer)

Is a SITI Company member and has designed lighting for Hotel Cassiopeia, systems/layers, Death and the Ploughman, bobrauschenbergamerica, War of the Worlds- The Radio Play, and Midsummer Nights Dream touring production.   Most recently he designed lights for; Hamlet at Classic Stage Company; The Darkling for American Opera Projects, The Importance of Being Earnest at the Arena Stage, Marina: A Captive Spirit w/American Opera Projects, Twisted Olivia w/members of the Ridiculous Theatre Company, Showpeople w/Anne Bogart @ Exit ART, Macbeth (scenic and lighting design), The Laramie Project, Death of A Salesman in Baton Rouge, LA.  and  The Match, Cherrywood, How Late It Was How Late (Production Design), Requiem for Tesla, El Parasio, Big Love and Lipstick Traces with Austin Theatre Company, the Rude Mechs.

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Megan Wanlass Szalla (Managing Director)

Megan Wanlass Szalla has been a SITI Company member since 1995. Megan was the company stage manager for 5 years prior to becoming SITI's Managing Director. She began working with Anne Bogart during The Adding Machine at Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has an Arts Administration Certificate from New York University, attended the Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders at Stanford University Business School and was a member of the Arts Leadership Institute Charter Class at Teachers College, Columbia University. Megan is currently on the board of an arts and entertainment alumni organization for her alma mater, Occidental College.

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Stephen Webber (Actor)

Stephen Webber has performed with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company in theaters all over the U.S. and around the world for 12 years. SITI Credits: Hotel Cassiopeia, Death and the Ploughman, War of the Worlds (Orson Welles), bobrauschenbergamerica, systems/layers (with Rachel’s), La Dispute, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cabin Pressure, Going Going Gone, Culture of Desire, The Medium, Private Lives, Hay Fever, War of the Worlds/Radio Play (Orson Welles), Short Stories. Off Broadway: Death and the Ploughman (CSC), War of the Worlds (BAM), Culture of Desire (NYTW), Trojan Women/A Love Story (En Garde Arts). Regional Theater: American Repertory Theater, Actors Theater of Louisville, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theater, Magic Theater, Portland Stage Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

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Darron L West (Designer)

A SITI Company member since 1993 and first collaborated with Anne Bogart in 1990 while resident sound designer at Actors Theatre of Louisville.  His work has been heard in over 400 productions both Nationally and Internationally. His accolades include a 1998 Obie award for SITI's BOB, A 2000 Princes Grace Award, An Entertainment Design Magazine EDDY the 2004 and 2005 Henry Hewes Design award and a 2006 Lortell Award.  As Director Kid Simple (2004 Humana Festival at Actors Theater of Louisville), Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and Eurydice (Children's Theater Co. Minneapolis), Big Love (Rude Mechanicals Austin, Texas) and SITI Company’s War of the Worlds – The Radio Play (National Tour).

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