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EBONI BELL DARCY DIRECTOR

Eboni is a Stage Director, Choreographer and Theater Administrator from Houston, TX. She is the Inclusion, Engagement, and Training Director for Stages in Houston where she heads the advancement of equity, diversity, and inclusion through educational, artistic, and community programming. In 2020, Stages, with leadership from Eboni and in partnership with Art Equity, conducted a year-long Anti Racism Facilitation training for the Houston Arts Community. Eboni is a member of the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund Steering Committee. BFA: Sam Houston State University. She is a co-founder of the youth theater Iconotheatrix. Member of the 2021 Houston Anti-Racism Facilitation Cohort trained by ArtEquity. 2021 ArtEquity BIPOC Leadership Circle Member. Credits include: Stages: Plumshuga (Co – Director, New Work) Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Director), You Are Cordially Invited To Sit-In (Producer), Panto Little Mermaid (Choreographer), Fatherland (Stage Director, New Work), Panto Hansel & Gretel (Director, New Work). Houston Grand Opera: Katie: The Strongest of the Strong (Director and Choreographer, New Work), Marian’s Song (Assistant Director, New Work). Iconotheatrix: Director/Choreography: Spring Awakening, Chicago, Rent, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Choreography: Heathers: The Musical, Carrie. Express Children’s Theatre: Freedom Train (Director).

TAMARA L. HONESTY SCENIC DESIGNER

Tammy is excited to return to her artistic home of The Human Race Theatre! This show marks the 15th show she has designed here in the last 18 years. A few of her favorite designs at HRTC include  Gloria: A Life!, Banned from Baseball, Family Ties, Crowns, Other Desert Cities, Becky’s New Car, Lombardi, and Managing Maxine. She also enjoys designing theatre for young audiences, having designed ten shows for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Educational Touring Company. This past fall, she designed the world-premiere of  The Memory Exam, and it was her Off-Broadway debut. Tammy’s designs have earned awards and recognition regionally, nationally, and internationally. Her work has been showcased in World Stage Design 2013 & 2022 digital gallery, the USA-USITT Prague Quadrennial Digital Gallery Exhibit (along with her student’s work), USITT, and USITT Ohio Valley’s Peggy Ezekiel Board’s Choice Exhibit. Her designs have been on stages from New York City to the Midwest as far south as Florida and on PBS.

Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Scenic Design at West Virginia University’s School of Theatre & Dance.  She is a native Ohioan with a B.A. degree in Theatre from Wilmington College of Ohio. Tammy earned her Master of Fine Arts in Scenic Design from West Virginia University. Tammy is an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) at both the regional and national level. Tammy has served as the Vice President of Education & Training. Currently, she is the chair of USITT’s Women in Theatre Group. Being involved in the various facets of USITT has helped her become a better educator, designer, and professional.

Tammy is also a member of USA Local 829 as a scenic designer. In addition to designing scenery, Tammy has been a scenic artist for River City Scenic and 3dx Scenic Studios where she was also a project manager. Examples of her painting talents have been cruising the world on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, and Norwegian Cruise Lines, and on display at various corporate theatre events. Most recently, Tammy and a student team at Kent State University painted a nearly full-scale 3D-printed replica of Pio Fedi’s Liberty of Poetry which was on display at the Ellis Island National Immigration Museum. In 2018, the book she co-authored, The Fake Food Cookbook, was published.

Check out her website at  www.tammyhonesty.com   

L’AMOUR AMEER COSTUME DESIGNER

L’Amour Ameer, born and raised in Dayton, Ohio would eventually end up calling New York home. He would not do so before becoming the first male dancer to start the legacy of male dancers with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company where he performed under the direction of Jeraldyne Blunden for five and one half years. Before becoming a concert dancer with DCDC, L’Amour was well established as both a professional independent model and designer. His first taste of building costumes for the stage came when he was asked by Jeraldyne to execute pants for the male dancers days before a world premiere that he was to perform in as well. After L’Amour’s stint with dancing he would then be propelled into the life of fashion full time where he is now proudly a Multi Award Winning, Touring and Celebrated International Fashion Designer. This would be through a twenty-two year relationship with Johnson Publication Inc. in Chicago with the Ebony Fashion Fair where he created show stopping garments that placed him in the ranks of other top fashion designers from around the world and has obtained the Government’s Award of California for his achievements in the fashion industry. L’Amour Ameer is now back with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company but this time he is back as the Wardrobe Director and Costume Designer. He is now in his seventh season in this position while still maintaining the operations of his own company NŪ House of Fashion.

JOHN RENSEL LIGHTING DESIGNER

John is the long-term Resident Lighting Designer for The Human Race Theatre Company, Muse Machine, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Pops series, and the Dayton Opera Association. He also serves as the long-time Technical Director for the Fraze Pavilion and has provided advanced technical production coordination, lighting designs, automation programming, and performance operation services for many artists and productions that have visited that venue. John also has a diverse dance lighting background, having provided lighting designs and technical production services for many years to The Dayton Ballet and Dayton Contemporary Dance Co.  John’s national credits include a lighting design package for a National Touring Production of the Elton John/Tim Rice collaboration Aida.  Some of his most recent local credits include all the designs for The Human Race’s season at the Loft Theatre; Muse Machine’s productions at the Victoria Theatre and the Dayton Opera Association’s season at the Schuster Center.  At 70, John just had his tonsils removed. Ouch!

ANTONIO LOPEZ SOUND DESIGNER

Antonio is a sound designer as well as the lead audio and video technician at Stages in Houston, Texas. Originally from Lorain, Ohio, he moved to Houston, Texas in 2014 as an intern and has worked his way through the company to the Lead Audio and Video technician at Stages. Antonio also works as an electrician and carpenter on the side when he is not at Stages. Sound designs include You Are Cordially Invited: To Sit in, Panto Hansel & Gretel, Murder For Two at Stages, Galapagos at Open Dance Company, Two Mile Hollow at Rouge Productions, Carrie the Musical at Iconotheatrix as well as All Shook Up at Memorial High School. Assistant sound design for Miracle on 34th Street A Live Musical Radio Play, Life Could Be a Dream, River Bride at Stages Repertory Theatre, and Into the Woods at Kinkaid High School.

MARK TYNAN* Production Stage Manager

Mark is thrilled to be back in his native Ohio and able to see his great nephews, Elliott, Gabriel, Rowan, and Luca (and the rest of his family) in person rather than on the Facebook.  Mark got his BFA from Wright State University with his first two years at The Ohio State University.  He is a proud 37-year member of Actors’ Equity Association.  His career includes Radio City Music Hall, subbing on Broadway, national and international tours, regional theatre and corporate events.  It is an honor to be working with The Human Race Theatre Company, very grateful.  

RACHEL HEINE* Assistant Stage Manager

Rachel (she/her) is thankful for the opportunity to return to The Human Race after working on 2022’s production of  Who’s Holiday! National Tours:  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rock of Ages 10th Anniversary Tour, The Illusionists, 42nd Street, Once. Off-Broadway: Primary Stages.  Regional: Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), Columbus Children’s Theatre, Contemporary American Theatre Company (Columbus, OH). Education: Otterbein University.

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