Winding Road Theater Ensemble's mission is to tell dynamic theatrical stories that illuminate the human condition and celebrate the theater's power to entertain us, to move us, and to bring us joy, with a special commitment to developing new work by American playwrights. We fulfill our mission by producing seasons of contemporary and classic works representing diverse styles, themes, and perspectives, and by presenting readings, workshops, and full productions of new plays.
WINDING ROAD THEATER
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Maria A. Caprile,
Artistic 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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– ENSEMBLE MEMBERS (CURRENT) –
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Alex J. Alegria (He/Him) is currently a second-year student at the University of Arizona pursuing a BFA in Theatre Design and Tech: Lighting Emphasis. He is a Freelance Lighting Designer in the city of Tucson, Arizona. He is also currently an Ensemble Member and the Resident Lighting Designer of Winding Road Theater. A native to Tucson, he began his technical career at the beginning of his freshman year of high school as a Technical Stagehand for the R/UHS Stage Crew, learning the basics of technical theatre. Various other experiences with other organizations and programs in Tucson have furthered his knowledge on Theatre overall.
Learn more about Alex and his work 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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Samantha Severson (She/Her) attended Pima Community College for a degree in the performing arts, and is currently seeking a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. She has been able to become accomplished as an actress, director, stage manager, and technical theater designer. In Tucson, she has worked with Invisible Theater, The Rogue Theatre, and Something Something Theatre. She was previously a cast member of Astroglyde with Zombie Joe's Underground Theater in Los Angeles. Samantha has performed in such films as Overwatch, Murder: A Friendship Story, and the 2015 Phoenix Comicon finalist, Crux. She received the 2019 MAC Award for her role in Winding Road's production of Stupid F&#!ing Bird. She joined the Winding Road Theater Ensemble in the summer of 2019.
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Lena Quach (She/Her) has been a member of Winding Road Theater Ensemble since 2020. Her recent/favorite roles include Sweeney Todd, Consolation, Carousel, The Big Meal, and The Fantasticks, for which she received a MAC Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. She is also an OMA Design Team Artist for Tucson, Unified School District. She received ballet training with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ballet Arts.
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Dawn McMillan (She/Her)
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China Young (She/Her) has been a member of the Tucson Performing Arts community since 2010, and a member of Winding Road Theater Ensemble since November 2018. She got her start in dance, with ballet and tap lessons beginning at age 4. Her first taste of theatre was when she was in Kindergarten, having been cast as a member of Children's Chorus in the musical Evita (and quickly declaring herself understudy to Eva Peron). She has been involved in theatre ever since, both on and off stage as a performer, director, producer, designer, and audience member. She earned her BFA in Acting at Texas Tech University in 2009 and her MFA in Contemporary Performance at Naropa University in 2017. She is often found collaborating with numerous local organizations including Winding Road, Scoundrel and Scamp, Cabaret Boheme, and Taming of the Review.
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Mike Saxon (He/Him) is elated to join the Winding Road Theater Ensemble after stage managing The Little Foxes last season. Throughout his sordid career as an actor/stage manager/sound designer/director/teacher/enabler, Mike has been tossed around between Live Theatre Workshop, Roadrunner Theatre Company, Something Something Theatre Company, and more! His favorite personal theatrical experiences include, but are not limited to, Snoopy!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Boeing Boeing, and Men on Boats. When Mike is not trying to teach Stella Adler to his theatre class at Tucson High School, you can find him waxing poetic about comic book history.
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– ENSEMBLE MEMBERS (EMERITUS) –
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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WINDING ROAD THEATER
ENSEMBLE
–– BOARD OF DIRECTORS ––
Hal Melfi,
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Elise Lopez,
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Ronnie Peacock,
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The Winding Road Theater Ensemble board meets on either the third or fourth Tuesday of every other month.
2021 meeting dates are scheduled for:
TBD
Meeting times for each date will be announced at least 72 hours prior to each meeting.
2021 meeting dates are scheduled for:
TBD
Meeting times for each date will be announced at least 72 hours prior to each meeting.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING WINDING ROAD!
Your donations make it possible for us to keep the lights on as we develop our 2020/2021 all-digital season, and plan our return to live theatrical performances for the 2021/2022 season.
