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Maria A. Caprile,
Artistic Director & Executive Director Maria (She/Her) has served as Artistic Director since 2017. She appeared in Winding Road's main stage productions of Good People, United, and August: Osage County as well as several Winding Reads, including Monica Bauer's Christmas Break and Toni Press-Coffman's Consolation. Maria is a part-time resident of Spokane, Washington, where she was a resident artist at Interplayers Theatre. She was nominated for Arizona Star's MAC award for her direction of The Big Meal, Stupid F*!#ing Bird, and The Fantasticks, which also received a nomination for Best Musical of 2018. Maria was nominated for a Spokie for her direction of The Christmas Schooner for nationally acclaimed Spokane Civic Theatre. She is the author and director of the original play The Little Mermaid: A Tale of Aloha, produced by Spokane Children's Theatre.
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Alex J. Alegria (He/Him) is a Freelance Lighting Designer and the Resident Lighting Designer for Winding Road Theater Ensemble, based in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. He is currently a senior BFA Theatre Design and Technology: Lighting Emphasis candidate at the University of Arizona. His Lighting Design of The Big Meal with Winding Road in 2019 received a 2019/2020 Carmen Awards nomination for Best Lighting Design. Select Lighting Design credits include: Stupid Fucking Bird, The Big Meal, Miss American Pie, Everybody, Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition, Pippin, Hand to God, The Nutcracker, and The Glass Menagerie (Associate). Check him out online at: ltpalexj.weebly.com
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Denise Blum (She/Her) arrived in Tucson in 2006. Prior to that, she co-created the International Amateur Community Theater (I-ACT) in La Serena, Chile, and acted in, directed, and produced live theater for the benefit of local charities. Since arriving in Tucson, she finds herself fortunate to have worked with several local theater companies including Winding Road, The Arizona Rose, Beowulf Alley, The Comedy Playhouse, El Rio Theatre Project, St. Francis in the Heights, SheWorxx, and Speak the Speech. Some of her favorite stage acting credits include Steel Magnolias, The Lady and the Clarinet (Luba), The Little Foxes, Upton Abbey, Pieces, The Mousetrap, and In The Shadow of My Son. Her directing credits include London Suite, Strawberry Jam, Pygmalion, A Long Trip, and the Elephant Man (Assistant Director). She co-produced the 2020 Eight 10's In Tucson – ONLINE and will co-produce the upcoming 2021 festival.
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Tony Caprile (He/Him) has been a member of Winding Road Theater Ensemble since 2017. He has been seen in our productions of The Big Meal, Stupid F*!#ing Bird, Good People, The Fantasticks, United, Death of a Salesman, and August: Osage County. Tony is a part time resident of Spokane, Washington, where he was a resident artist of Interplayers Theatre. His appearance in Interplayers' production Rounding Third earned him a Best Actor in a drama nomination from the Spokane Inlander. Tony has conducted many a set build for Winding Road.
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Tyler Gastelum (He/Him) has been a member of Winding Road Theater Ensemble since 2019. A Tucson native, he graduated from the University of Arizona and the Bennett Theatrelab. He now works as a local drama teacher. Favorite roles with Winding Road include Dev in Stupid F***ing Bird and Moritz in Spring Awakening in Concert. Tyler directed shorts in Winding Road's Eight 10's festival in 2019 and 2020, as well as the Winding Read of Dusk in 2020.
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Gianbari Deebom (She/They) is an actor, director, and student filmmaker in Tucson, AZ. She has her AFA in Theater from Pima Community and is currently studying film. She is so excited to join the Winding Road Ensemble. Gianbari has worked at many Tucson theaters including Winding Road Theater, Scoundrel and Scamp, Live Theater Workshop, the Rogue, and Invisible Theater. Her favorite acting credits include: Citizen: An American Lyric, Mamma Mia!, Moby Dick, Sweeney Todd, and Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Her directing credits include: The Piano Lesson at Pima Community College (Assistant Director) and Girl Scout Cookies with Winding Road Theater.
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Alex Totillo (They/She) was born in Tucson. They specialize in dramaturgy but might also be recognized as a stage manager, actor, director, or by former students as their improv instructor. They graduated from the University of Arizona in 2016. Alex has participated in Winding Road's Eight Tens in Tucson Festival acting in Wolves and as a director for The Elusive Pursuit of Maximum Bliss. Their favorite acting credits include dramaturgy for 1979?: A New Play and as a devising ensemble member in We May Not Have Answers but We Sure as Hell Have Some Questions. Alex also recently worked with the Esperanza Dance Project to rewrite their script for the upcoming season.
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Erin Amsler (She/Her) has been living and performing in Tucson for 10 years. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Erin is a former educator with experience in Music Education and Special Education. She was previously seen in Winding Road's productions of Birds of North America (Caitlyn), and A Shot Away: Personal Accounts of Military Sexual Trauma (Marianne). In the past decade, Erin has worked with several local theater companies, including The Comedy Playhouse, Something Something Theater, Community Players, and Old Pueblo Playwrights. When not on stage, Erin enjoys watching movies, gardening, cooking, and birding with friends.
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P.J. Peavy (She/Her) has performed in various notable productions inclusive of Ntzoke Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Not Enuf, which earned an Aubrey Award Nomination for Best Drama Ensemble. Other productions include most recently playing the lead role of Berniece in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors, Sil in Susan Miller's 20th Century Blues, Aunt Lizzy in Emmett Down in my heart, Mrs. Krebs in Inherit the Wind, and Poopsie in The Pajama Game. P.J. is currently pursuing a Visual and Performing Arts degree at Pima Community College and working to complete a demonstrative film reel of her work. P.J. has also recently been selected as a provisional Ensemble Member of Winding Road Theater and is looking forward to doing stellar work!
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Glen Coffman, Co-Founder
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Chad Davies
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Peg Peterson
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Toni Press-Coffman, Co-Founder
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