Annie Fitzpatrick last appeared at Ensemble Theatre in Hands on a Hardbody, where some of her favorite credits include Morning Sun, The Wolves, Luna Gale, Next Fall, Rabbit Hole, and String of Pearls. Locally she appeared at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati Pops. She has worked with various regional theatres including Indiana Repertory Theatre, American Stage, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Geva Theatre, Florida Stage, Florida Studio. Her TV and film credits include Chicago P.D., Those Who Kill, Army Wives, White Noise, Dark Waters, Mr. Manhattan, Hauntology, The Old Man and the Gun, Fun Size, Milk Money, and the upcoming films Liz Here Now and Mastermind.

Rupert Spraul makes his debut at Ensemble Theatre. His previous work includes Hamlet, Richmond Shakespeare Festival; “Master Harold”…and the Boys, Falcon Theatre; Romeo and Juliet, Classic Theatre of Maryland; As You Like It, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Macbeth, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks; Small Engine Repair, Clifton Performance Theatre; A Case for the Existence of God, Know Theatre of Cincinnati; and various film work including Netflix’s Shirley. Rupert co-founded One Off Productions, where he directed Romeo and Juliet: A Fool’s Paradise and Happy Birthday, Wanda June.

Adam Rapp is an award-winning playwright and director. He is the author of numerous plays, which include Nocturne (American Repertory Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop); Finer Noble Gases (26th Humana Festival); Stone Cold Dead Serious (A.R.T.); Blackbird (The Bush, London); Essential Self-Defense (Playwrights Horizons/Edge Theatre); Kindness (Playwrights Horizons); The Metal Children (The Vineyard), The Hallway Trilogy and Through the Yellow Hour (Rattlestick); The Edge of Our Bodies (36th Humana Festival); Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling and The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois (The Atlantic); Wolf in the River (The Flea), and Red Light Winter (Steppenwolf, Barrow Street Theatre), for which he won Chicago’s Jeff Award for Best New Work, an Obie, and was named a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. He made his Broadway debut with The Sound Inside (Studio 54), which received a 2020 Outer Critics Circle Honor for Outstanding New Broadway Play and went on to be nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play. The Sound Inside was commissioned by Lincoln Center and received its world premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He also wrote the book for the Broadway musical The Outsiders. His playwriting honors include Boston’s Elliot Norton Award, The Helen Merrill Prize, The 2006 Princess Grace Statue, a Lucille Lortel Playwright’s Fellowship, the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Award, and The Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Brain Isaac Phillips (he/him) is thrilled to be returning to Ensemble Theatre where he last directed Red Velvet and was last seen onstage in Outside Mullingar. Brian’s recent credits include Twelfth Night, Prague Shakespeare Company; Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Merrimack Repertory Theatre; and The Play That Goes Wrong, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Mr. Phillips proudly serves as Producing Artistic Director & CEO at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Brian c. Mehring (he/him) has designed more than 100 productions at Ensemble Theatre. His favorite productions include Thom Pain (based on nothing), Next to Normal, 33 Variations, Freud’s Last Session, and I Am My Own Wife. Mr. Mehring’s regional favorites for set design include The Last 5 Years and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Henry IV, Part 1, The Georgia Shakespeare Festival; and I Am My Own Wife, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Peterborough Players, and Florida Studio Theatre.

Maria Fernanda Ortiz Lopez (she/her) returns to Ensemble Theatre having designed costumes for Fiona: The Musical and The Match Game. A native of Mexico City, she studied fashion design in Mexico and earned her MFA in costume design and technology at the University of Cincinnati. Maria worked as a production assistant on Apple TV’s The Afterparty and won best wardrobe at the Tombstone film festival for the short film On Earth as It Is in Heaven, an 1800s western short film. Her latest design jobs include The Witch and tick, tick… BOOM!, The Carnegie; Alice by Heart, Sinclair College; The Latinx Vote, The Studio Theater; and Legally Blonde, Short North Stage.

Trey Tatum (he/him) is a playwright and composer who makes silly things about serious stuff. He is the resident composer for the Off the Hill Touring Series at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Trey is one-half of Queen City Flash, a theater company currently in residence at Playhouse in the Park. Ongoing projects include the audio dramas ZOiNKS! and Have Monster, Will Travel, available wherever you get your podcasts. Upcoming projects include two new Choose Your Own Adventure-style plays at Playhouse and Xavier University. Trey lives in Cincinnati and makes theater and mischief with his wife, director Bridget Leak.

Shannon Rae Lutz  (she/her) earned her Master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music in 1996 and became Properties Master at Ensemble Theatre. Trained as a performer, she first appeared on ETC’s stage during the 1988-1989 New Works Festival. In 1991, she was granted an ETC internship. Now the Director of Apprentice Programming, she is honored to guide ETC’s essential ensemble: The Professional Acting Apprentice Company. Shannon would like to thank D. Lynn Meyers, Ruth Sawyer, and the Cincinnati theatre community and patrons for their generous, supportive, and tenacious spirit.

Jacob Dowell (he/him) is thrilled to be in his second season at Ensemble Theatre, this time as technical director. Jacob is a graduate of Morehead State University where he received a BA in theatre. Some previous technical direction credits include Kinky Boots, The Who’s Tommy, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Jacob would like to thank his family, friends, and cat (Ronnie) for their continued support

Margot Whitney (she/her) is thrilled to be back at Ensemble Theatre family! Her previous credits include Sweat on Broadway and the first national tours of Clue, Mean Girls, Come From Away, Bright Star, The King & I, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and War Horse. She has worked with The Public Theatre, Signature Theatre Company, New York Stage and Film, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, La Jolla Playhouse, Virginia Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati during the 2012-2013 Season, and Cincinnati Ballet. Margot received her BFA from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.

Lexi Muller (she/her) is delighted to be back at Ensemble Theatre, where some of her credits include include I Need That, The Garbologists, Fun Home, and The Wolves. Other regional credits include Sex with Strangers, The House, Legendale, and 26 Pebbles with the Human Race Theatre. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and a graduate of Wright State University, where she received her BFA in Stage Management.