DESIGNER BIOS

Brian Prather (Scenic Advisor and Media Creator) is a scenic and projection designer with hundreds of productions spanning Off-Broadway, regional, and international stages. Besides several theatres in New York, his work has been seen at the Alley Theatre, Asolo Rep, Goodspeed Musicals, Barrington Stage, TheaterWorks Hartford, and many others, including the premiere of Minyeo-neun Goerowo in Seoul, South Korea. He is a Regional Emmy nominee, Jeff Award and two-time Berkshire Theatre Critics Award winner. He is the Professor of Scenic Design at Central Connecticut State University, an Artistic Associate at Barrington Stage, and member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. www.brianprather.com

Gordon DeVinney (Costume Designer) Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (selected): The Turn of the Screw, Nixon’s Nixon, Coyote on a Fence, The Woman in Black, Wit, Shakespeare’s R&J, God’s Man in Texas, Proof, Hiding Behind Comets, Sing Hallelujah!, A Picasso, The Clean House, This Wonderful Life, Reckless, Murderers, Love Song, Marry Me a Little, Victoria Musica, The Understudy, The Piano Teacher, The Pavilion, Always… Patsy Cline (League of Cincinnati Theatres Award), Hank Williams: Lost Highway, The Book Club Play, The North Pool, Chapatti, Circle Mirror Transformation, Low Down Dirty Blues, Mothers and Sons, Disgraced, Be Here Now, The Last Wide Open, Rooted, and Sanctuary City. International: Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Harold Pinter Theater (London’s West End). Regional Theatre:  Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Merrimack Repertory Theatre.

Dean Mahoney (Sound and Projection Programming Consultant) is a regional theater sound designer based in upstate New York.  Regional Design includes: Becoming Dr. Ruth, The Reservoir, Proof (Shadowland Stages), Hudson Valley Shakespeare, and Greenwood Lake Theater.  He has a background in systems engineering and live music performance, and simultaneously serves as the Lecturer in Theatrical Sound Design at the State University of New York in New Paltz. He is thrilled to see his work making it across the pond!

Persistent Turtle Productions was founded by Anne O’Sullivan and Stephen Nachamie to create timely, immediate and thought provoking productions across the world. They are thrilled to bring Becoming Dr. Ruth to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for it’s UK Premiere.

Andy Jordan Productions Its 58 shows includes Picasso’s Women (EdFringe; UK Tour; co-production ATG & Assembly Theatre; 2001/02); Lies Have Been Told (EdFringe; Trafalgar Studios, West End; 2006/07); Born In The USA(EdFringe; Park Theatre, London; UK Tour; 2022 - 2026); Tilly No-Body (EdFringe; Arcola Theatre, London; 2025/2026);Dreamscape (EdFringe; 59E59 Street Theaters, New York; Omnibus Theatre & Arcola Theatre, London; co-pro Hindsight Productions; 2025/2026); The Moth (UK Tour; Finborough Theatre, London; co-pro Elysium TC; 2025/26). EdFringe Season 2026 also includes: Blackbox (Belly Button, Underbelly, 12.40 each day) and Vincent van Gogh: Between Worlds (Underground, Assembly, 3.30pm each day).www.andyjordanproductions.co.uk