Eileen Trauth, Principal Investigator and iDream Co-Playwright
Eileen Trauth is Professor of Information Sciences & Technology, and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She conducts research on the skills and knowledge of information technology professionals, with a particular focus on barriers to gender diversity and inclusion of underrepresented groups. She has lectured and conducted research in several European countries, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Trauth has published numerous scholarly articles and 9 books with grants from the National Science Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland and the Australian Research Council. She was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award to investigate the emerging information economy in Ireland (1989) and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Gender Studies (Austria 2008). Dr. Trauth is a graduate of the University of Dayton and the University of Pittsburgh. This play is based on life history interviews she has conducted with over 200 women working in the information technology field.
Eileen M. Trauth, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University
College of Information Sciences & Technology
University Park, PA
E-mail: etrauth@ist.psu.edu
Personal website: www.eileentrauth.com
Eileen M. Trauth, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University
College of Information Sciences & Technology
University Park, PA
E-mail: etrauth@ist.psu.edu
Personal website: www.eileentrauth.com
Consultants
Suzanne Trauth, Consultant and Co-Playwright
Suzanne Trauth is a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction writer. Her plays include iDream, supported by the National Science Foundation’s STEM initiative on science and technology, Katrina: the K Word, based on interviews with New Orleans’ survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and produced in over a dozen venues throughout the United States, Françoise, and Midwives. Her screenplays Solitaire and Boomer Broads have won awards at the Austin Film Festival and the Writer’s Network Competition and, most recently, she wrote and directed the short film Jigsaw, nominated for best film in the shorts category at the PF3 Film Festival. She is currently a member of Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey Emerging Women Playwrights program where her play Midwives is being developed. Ms. Trauth has co-authored Sonia Moore and American Acting Training and co-edited Katrina on Stage: Five Plays. Her essays and articles have appeared in Theatre Insight, Soviet and East European Performance, and Notable Women in the American Theatre. She has written the novels Souvenirs and Show Time.
Ms. Trauth served as Associate Producer of TheatreFest and founded the experimental Next Stage. She co-produced and directed productions at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Whole Theatre,12 Miles West, and Encompass Theatre. She also served as Assistant Artistic Director and faculty member at the Sonia Moore Studio in New York City and performed for the American Stanislavski Theatre. As part of a global initiative, she directed The Crucible for the Theatre-on-Podol in Ukraine. Ms. Trauth is a former member of the theatre faculty at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ where she served as an administrator, coordinator of the BFA Acting Program, and taught all levels of acting technique and scene study, directing, screenwriting, script analysis, theatre management, and dramatic theory. Ms. Trauth is a graduate of the University of Dayton and Bowling Green State University and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
Ms. Trauth served as Associate Producer of TheatreFest and founded the experimental Next Stage. She co-produced and directed productions at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Whole Theatre,12 Miles West, and Encompass Theatre. She also served as Assistant Artistic Director and faculty member at the Sonia Moore Studio in New York City and performed for the American Stanislavski Theatre. As part of a global initiative, she directed The Crucible for the Theatre-on-Podol in Ukraine. Ms. Trauth is a former member of the theatre faculty at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ where she served as an administrator, coordinator of the BFA Acting Program, and taught all levels of acting technique and scene study, directing, screenwriting, script analysis, theatre management, and dramatic theory. Ms. Trauth is a graduate of the University of Dayton and Bowling Green State University and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
John Wooten, iDream Consultant and Director/Producer, Producing Artistic Director, Premiere States, Union, NJ
John Wooten is the Producing Artistic Director of Premiere Stages, where he has developed numerous new plays including Opus, Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods and The Good Counselor, first runner-up for the 2010 American Critics Association New Play Award. John is a resident director for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and International Emmy Awards. He has produced and/or directed over 50 productions in New York and regionally including Ellen Burstyn in the Trip To Bountiful, Patti LuPone in Matters of the Heart, and the New Jersey Premiere of Rabbit Hole. John’s plays have been produced Off-Broadway, in England, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, South Africa, Greece and in 38 states across America. Published by Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, Inc. and Dramatic Publishing Company.
Karen Keifer-Boyd
Project Evaluator
Karen Keifer-Boyd
Project Evaluator
Professor of Art Education and Women’s Studies
The Pennsylvania State University, School of Visual Arts
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Ph.D., is professor of art education and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She is past president of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Women’s Caucus (2012-2014), NAEA Distinguished Fellow Class of 2013, and 2012 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Gender Studies at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. She is an elected member of the Art Education Research Institute, on the Council for Policy Studies; and as past coordinator of the Caucus on Social Theory in Art Education. She is co-founder and co-editor of Visual Culture & Gender, and has served on numerous editorial and review boards. She has been honored with leadership, research, and teaching awards, including two Fulbright Awards (2006 in Finland and 2012 in Austria), the 2015 Outstanding Research Award from NAEA’s Art Education and Technology Issue Group, and the United States Society of Art Education’s 2013 Edwin Ziegfeld Award that honors an individual’s contributions to multicultural research and teaching. Her writings on feminist pedagogy, visual culture, inclusion, cyberart activism, transcultural dialogues, action research, social justice arts-based research, and identity are in more than 50 peer-reviewed research publications, and translated into several languages. She co-authored Including Difference: A Communitarian Approach to Art Education in the Least Restrictive Environment (NAEA, 2013); InCITE, InSIGHT, InSITE (NAEA, 2008); Engaging Visual Culture (Davis, 2007); co-edited Real-World Readings in Art Education: Things Your Professors Never Told You (Falmer, 2000); and served as editor of the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education and guest editor for Visual Arts Research. She is coordinator of the Judy Chicago Art Education Collection.
Project Evaluator
Professor of Art Education and Women’s Studies
The Pennsylvania State University, School of Visual Arts
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Ph.D., is professor of art education and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She is past president of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Women’s Caucus (2012-2014), NAEA Distinguished Fellow Class of 2013, and 2012 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Gender Studies at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. She is an elected member of the Art Education Research Institute, on the Council for Policy Studies; and as past coordinator of the Caucus on Social Theory in Art Education. She is co-founder and co-editor of Visual Culture & Gender, and has served on numerous editorial and review boards. She has been honored with leadership, research, and teaching awards, including two Fulbright Awards (2006 in Finland and 2012 in Austria), the 2015 Outstanding Research Award from NAEA’s Art Education and Technology Issue Group, and the United States Society of Art Education’s 2013 Edwin Ziegfeld Award that honors an individual’s contributions to multicultural research and teaching. Her writings on feminist pedagogy, visual culture, inclusion, cyberart activism, transcultural dialogues, action research, social justice arts-based research, and identity are in more than 50 peer-reviewed research publications, and translated into several languages. She co-authored Including Difference: A Communitarian Approach to Art Education in the Least Restrictive Environment (NAEA, 2013); InCITE, InSIGHT, InSITE (NAEA, 2008); Engaging Visual Culture (Davis, 2007); co-edited Real-World Readings in Art Education: Things Your Professors Never Told You (Falmer, 2000); and served as editor of the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education and guest editor for Visual Arts Research. She is coordinator of the Judy Chicago Art Education Collection.
Advisory Board
William J. Doan
Professor of Theatre
The Pennsylvania State University
Lisa Brenner
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
Drew University
Tessa Bridal
Director of Interpretations
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Catherine Hughes
Atlanta History Center & International Museum Theatre Alliance
Professor of Theatre
The Pennsylvania State University
Lisa Brenner
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
Drew University
Tessa Bridal
Director of Interpretations
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Catherine Hughes
Atlanta History Center & International Museum Theatre Alliance
Actors
Andrea Bianchi (Ms. Donahue): Andrea is so pleased to be part of iDream. She just completed a run of Shout! for Shadowland Theater. New York credits include Being Audrey for the Transport Group, Italian-American Reconciliation for Manhattan Theatre Club, Lusting After Pipino’s Wife for Primary Stages and Cocoanuts for American Place Theatre. Regional theaters include the Guthrie Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Syracuse Stage, Maltz Jupiter, Barter Theatre, Vero’s Riverside Theatre, Stamford Center for the Arts Rich Forum, Premiere Stages, Helen Hayes PAC, Playwrights Theater NJ (with Brendan Burke) and many others. TV credits include: multiple episodes of Law & Order: SVU, recurring roles on As The World Turns, Here & Now (Cosby Prod), shows for Court TV and the Disney Channel as well as being a host for Nickelodeon. Thank you Eileen and Suzanne!
Daniel Boisrond (Titus): Daniel is excited to be making his Premiere Stages debut. Film credits include Absence of Love. Daniel is a graduate of the prestigious University of North Carolina School of the Arts-BFA Acting Program. He would like to give thanks to God, his family, friends, One Entertainment & Abrams for all their support.
Kristen Dowtin (Khadi): Kristen is delighted to be apart of the iDream project! Her most recent credits are: Theatre- Hairspray (Lil Inez) Ivoryton Playhouse, The Wiz (Dorothy) CENTERSTAGE Theatre, Broadway— Disney’s The Lion King (Young Nala) New Amersterdam Theatre. Film/TV--The Tested ( ‘Lead’ Christina); Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting (Broadway Gospel Choir). Education—AMDA; Musical Theatre; Voice; Dance. Professional/Misc.—MLK Day Musical Production (Guest Vocalist); Target Sundays Coming Home (Guest Star). For the joy of my heart, Evan Dowtin-Bentley.
Alexandra Rivera (Amanda): Alexandra is very happy to return to Premiere Stages with iDream. Credits include Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods (Premiere Stages), Reality (Playwrights Theatre of NJ), That Face (The Studio Theatre),Becky Needs to Get Laid (IRT), and Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ithaca Shakespeare Theatre). Film credits include Grown Ups 2, Bushwick 198, and Fi5ths. She also writes a web series called Our Lady of Perpetual Tears of Blood Alumnae Interview Series, which is the result of her parents putting her in an all girl’s Catholic school for four years. Alexandra-Rivera.com
Antonio Edwards Suarez (Darryl/Fernando/Coach): Broadway: American Buffalo (Leguizamo understudy). Off -Bway: Chaucer in Rome (Lincoln Center); Silencing Ning (Tada); This One Girls Story (NYMF-Award for Best Ensemble);The Hamlet Project (Mac Wellman theater); The Trial (Phoenix Theater Co.); Points of Departure(Intar/Kirk Theater); Richard III (Sergeant Theater) Tresspass (Producers Club); Fuente (Cherry Lance Alternative) Waiting for Godot (Chashama). Regional: The Night is a Child (Milwaukee Rep); Havana is Waiting (Cincinnati Playhouse); Spinning into Butter (St. Louis Repertory Theater); A Midsummer Nights Dream, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Julius Caesar (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.); The King Stag, Idiots Karamazov, A Question of Mercy (American Repertory Theater). Television: The Good Wife, Precinct 22, As the World Turns (CBS); Law and Order (NBC); One Life to Live (ABC). HBO: Curb Your Enthusiasm; Flight of the Conchords. Indie Film: The Tested. Directing Credits: Jesus Hopped the A Train (Hunter College-Lowe Theater); Delores (Gene Frankel – Studio space). BFA – Marymount Manhattan College. MFA – ART/MXAT at Harvard University.
Marisel Polanco (Theresa): Marisel is thrilled to be playing Theresa again in iDream! She has performed at The Labyrinth Theatre Company, Primary Stages, Theater for the New City, Teatro Iati & The Old Vic New Voices among others. She has also appeared on film and TV (As The World Turns, Conviction, Saturday Night Live, Perfect Stranger…) and has numerous radio and TV ads to her credit. Proud AEA and SAG Member. Many thanks to John, Eileen, Suzanne and everyone at Premiere Stages.
