Advisory Committee

Ann M. Archbold is Head of the MFA Lighting Design Program at UW-Madison. Before coming to Madison, she was Director of the MFA Lighting Design Program at Florida State University. Professionally, she has designed lighting for over 400 events for theatre, industrials, opera, dance, live concerts and television throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Ann is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 (IATSE), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), a member of the Board of Directors of USITT and USITT-Midwest. Ann holds a B.G.S. (Bachelor of General Studies) from the University of Michigan and her M.F.A. in Design and Technical Production from San Diego State University.

Trevin Gay is the former Producing Artistic Director of Madison Repertory theatre where he directed Bus Stop and Fully Committed in the rep’s final season. He has directed and performed internationally in England, Germany, France, Wales, and stateside in Kansas City, Denver, Madison, and Chicago. Madison audiences may have seen him onstage in Sylvia, The Misanthrope, You Can’t Take It With You (Strollers) and Compleat Female Stage Beauty (Mercury Players). He has an MFA from Naropa University in conjunction with the London International School of Performing Arts.

Sarah Marty has a Master's Degree in Business from the Bolz Center for Arts Administration, an MS in Curriculum & Instruction, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from UW–Madison. Sarah is the Program Coordinator for the UW-Madison Continuing Studies in Theatre and School of the Arts Programs. She is the Managing Director for Four Seasons Theatre Company, is entering her fourth year as the Marketing Director for the Madison Early Music Festival, and has been a member of the Production Staff for the UW Varsity Band Concert since 2000. Other credits include work as an actor, assistant director, stage manager, accompanist, and production manager for CTM Madison Family Theatre Company.

Miranda McClenaghan is a Faculty Associate and serves as the Director of Theatre Education and the School of the Arts at Rhinelander with UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. Before moving to Wisconsin in 2003, she was a theatre director, adjunct professor, actor and arts administrator. Her background includes two graduate degrees in theatre: a Masters of Art in directing and a Masters of Fine Art in acting. Professionally, her credits include directing and teaching at the Tony Award winning South Coast Repertory Theatre in the adult conservatory program, working at CBS Studios on and off screen for the daytime drama, Young and the Restless, and directing for theatres from New York to California.

Tony Simotes is Director of University Theatre and an Associate Professor at UW-Madison. A Master Teacher of Fight & Movement, Tony is also a Founding Member and Associate Artistic Director of Shakespeare and Company. Directing credits include A Midsummer Nights Dream for Shakespeare and Company, Merry Wives of Windsor for the Orlando Shakespeare Festival and Little Shop of Horrors for The Centennial Theatre in Conn. to name a few. His work as a director and fight choreographer has been featured from coast to coast from the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles to the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theater, as well as abroad, includingThe Stage X Festival in Brisbane Australia and The Canadian Stage Company in Toronto. Locally he has worked on both artistic fronts for Madison Rep and American Players Theatre. He has appeared Off-Broadway, regionally, and in many film and television projects. He is also a proud member of Actor's Equity Association, Screen Actor's Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Michele Traband serves as General Manager for UW-Madison's University Theatre. Previous positions include Program Manager for the National Theatre Conservatory (Denver, CO) and Program Director for boththe UW-Milwaukee Professional Theatre Training Program and the University of Hartford's Hartt School Theatre Division. She arrived in Madison in 2006 from the University of Kansas, where she served as Director of Audience and Ticketing Services at the Lied Center. Michele holds an MFA in Arts Administration from Brooklyn College. She is a founding member of Renaissance Theatre Company in Milwaukee, WI and has been a board member for several not-for-profit organizations around the country.