COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES
MEGAN DECHAINE ( Production Stage Manager ) is a New York City based stage manager originally from Washington State. She graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. in Theatre. She has worked with the American Dance Festival, Sleep No More, Mimi Garrard Dance, Jody Oberfelder Projects, The Anthropologists, Sara Juli, Time Lapse Dance, Dance Lab NY, Eric Taylor Dance, University of the Arts Winter and Spring Dance Series, Bellingham Repertory Dance, Kuntz and Company, Bellingham Theatre Works, and iDiOM Theater. Megan joined the Company in 2022. HANNAH EMERSON ( Producer ) completed her B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2011. She moved to NYC shortly after being awarded the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellowship at the Lincoln Center Institute. Choosing to remain in the northeast, she has held arts administrative positions at New York Live Arts and The Yard. Hannah joined Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 2014 as Company Manager and now serves as a Producer for New York Live Arts. HILLERY MAKATURA (Director of Production) graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a B.F.A. in Theater. She has been touring both internationally and throughout the U.S. since 2006. She has worked as production manager for The Actors Studio, Big Art Group, Theater Mitu and Trisha Brown Dance Company. KYLE MAUDE ( Producing Director) graduated from Drake University with a B.F.A. in Theatre. She has worked with Ballet Tech/Feld Ballets New York, The Royal Ballet School of London, Buglisi-Foreman Dance, and Lesbian Pulp-o-Rama! Ms. Maude joined the Company in 2003 and served as the Company’s Production Stage Manager for ten years, then Director of Producing and Touring for three years before becoming Producing Director for New York Live Arts in 2016. SHAY WHATSON ( Sound Supervisor ) Leshay “Shay” Watson, Recording and live sound engineer since 2012. Graduated from the Institute of Audio Research in 2015, since graduation she has had the privilege to work at some amazing venues like Apollo Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Shed, Barclay Center, PlayStation Theater, Lehman College. She has also worked with many popular artist and on TV shows like Showtime at the Apollo, Kelly Clarkson, 2021 Heisman, Wildin Out, Law and order SVU, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and many more. SERENA WONG ( Lighting Supervisor ) is a Brooklyn-based freelance lighting designer for theater, opera, and dance. Her designs have been seen at New York Live Arts, Danspace, Irondale Arts Center, and Jacob’s Pillow. She is the resident lighting designer for New York Theatre Ballet and enjoys beekeeping and bread baking.
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