Chantal Pavageaux — Director of Walking in Memphis... and God of Our Fathers
Chantal Pavageaux is a multi-media artist working in installation, performance and textile art, as well as a freelance director and playwright. After training at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she was the assistant director for the dance theatre company Witness Relocation and the avant-garde company Target Margin Theatre. She also collaborated with the TEAM as a writer and dramaturge on the award-winning
Particularly in the Heartland. In 2007 she moved Minneapolis to be the assistant director for Tony award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune. The long, cold winters inspired Chantal to begin sewing and return to her love of needlework, glitter and making things. Her theatrical work expanded and began to involve sculpture and installation. She created the The Love Party, a series of performances with environmental installations originally developed at the Red Eye Theatre, and The Political Party, an election-night interactive pot-luck performance with performer/artist Jake Margolin. For the Twin Cites Chekhov Festival she wrote and directed
tres bitches –or—i wanna go to moscow, a new adaptation of
The Three Sisters involving cheerleaders, line dancing, and an ongoing Power Point presentation led by an expert on the play. As a member of the Tofte Lake Center Emerging Artist Residency and the Mabou Mines/Suite Resident Artist Program she collaborated with artists Jake Margolin, Nicholas Vaughan and Zachary Humes on
The Breezy Pines, a collection of pieces, installations and performances about mobility and connection. Chantal is currently developing an interactive dinner party about muses, artists, waitresses and dreamers.
J. Michael Feldman — Co-writer of God of Our Fathers
Writer/comedian J. Michael Feldman has performed across the states and internationally. He founded the NY-based sketch comedy troupe “Fresh Meat,” working with Kevin Allison of MTV's The State. He's created and performed 5 solo shows, touring comedy festivals in New York, Montreal, San Francisco, Minnesota, Jerusalem, and Melbourne. His work has toured the college circuit, performing at over 100 universities throughout the U.S. His two most recent solo shows, “J. Michael Feldman MADE IT!” and “Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over” has had sold-out runs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, the Improv Olympic, and the Comedy Central Stage in LA.
Matt Kalin — Composer of original music for God of Our Fathers
Matt Kalin is a lifelong musician with training in classical and jazz performance and composition from Columbia University, the California Institute of the Arts, and the MacPhail Center for the Arts. He has also studied Jewish Philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Matt has performed in nightclubs, community centers, and other settings around the United States and Europe and has taught music, creativity, and spirituality to students of all ages. Matt currently runs a music production studio in Minneapolis, where he has produced album-length CDs and demo EPs for regional artists. In 2005, Matt released a collection of his own music for young children and their families, Feelin' Good, and expects to complete a secong album for kids by the end of 2007. More information about Matt and his music can be found at
www.mattkalin.com.
Croft Vaughn — Technical Director of Walking in Memphis...
Most recently, Croft was the assistant director for the smash hit romantic comedy
JOY at the producers club. He wrote and directed,
They Want Us Dead, We Can't Stay Here! which saw a sold out performance at Dixon Place. Other original works include
Shepherd a classical hero myth and gay love story,
Chunky Gold an adult fairy tale, and
Flight Light a dance meditation on the paradox of a kite's string. He enjoyed a four-month performance-internship with Big Dance Theatre, performing a work in progress at Jacob's Pillow. Croft worked with downtown theatre artists Ken Nintzel, David Neuman, Stacey Dawson, Jordan Allen-Dutton, Penny Arcade, and Synaesthetic Theatre. His performance venues range from P.S.122 to The Duplex Cabaret, from Dance Space Center, to Blue Heron Arts Center and throughout the U.S. He toured with W.T.E. Theatre Company to Edinburgh's Fringe Festival 2003, with plans to return this August. Croft was the assistant Director for the
Snoopy! Concert at Symphony Space featuring Broadway's Sutton Foster. Croft is a graduate of NYU's Experimental Theatre Wing at Tisch School of the Arts.
Meg Keene — Creative partner for Walking in Memphis...
Meg Keene currently works as a Equity Research Associate in San Francisco, covering west coast financial institutions. Her primary love is innovative philanthropy and fundraising. Previously she worked as the Associate Director of Fundraising and Operations for the New York Musical Theatre Festival, as a Development Associate for Theatreworks/USA, and in the development office of the Manhattan Theatre Club. She helped to found Zoo Theatre where she worked as a Managing Director, producing several events including a world premiere of
Dreaming of Norton at Theatre Row, and a benefit featuring a mini-concert by Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul & Mary. She directed and taught at New York's Children's Theatre Company. She worked closely with Jon Ross in the development process of
Walking in Memphis: The Life of a Southern Jew, and directed the shows first iteration. Meg graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
