Terry McCabe has been Cit Lit's artistic director since February 2005. This is his 30th year directing plays professionally in Chicago. He was artistic director of Stormfield Theatre for four years, resident director at Wisdom Bridge for five years, and worked at Body Politic Theatre three different times in three different capacities over a span of 14 years. His City Lit adaptations of Holmes and Watson, Gidget (co-adapted with Marissa McKown), The Hound of the Baskervilles and Scoundrel Time were Jeff-nominated. He won two Jeff Citations for directing at Stormfield and has been nominated for the Jeff Award for Best Director three times, for shows at Wisdom Bridge, Victory Gardens, and Court Theatre. He has directed at many Chicago theatres either long-gone or still with us, as well as Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre and at Vienna's English Theatre. His book Mis-Directing the Play has been denounced at length in American Theatre magazine and from the podium at the national convention of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, but is used in directing courses on three continents and is now available in paperback. He is a member of the theatre faculty at Columbia College.

tmccabe@citylit.org

Brian Pastor was named City Lit's Managing Director in June 2006 after serving as business manager for a year and a half. He also serves as Executive Director for Promethean Theatre and is on the board of The Mime Company. He is also a former troupe member with Chicago dell'Arte. Brian graduated from Northwestern University and has acted with City Lit, The Mime Company, Chicago dell'Arte, Bailiwick Repertory, Strawdog Theatre, Arts/Lane, Authentic Theatre and Promethean. He recently co-adapted and starred in City Lit's world-premiere adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

bpastor@citylit.org

A graduate of Columbia College’s BFA program and the Second City Conservatory, Katy Nielsen started at City Lit in 2006 as Assistant to the Artistic Director.  After witnessing her exceptional administrative and production skills first hand the staff decided to hire Katy to coordinate and oversee several special projects, including the organizational overhaul of the theater’s dressing room and City Lit’s 30th anniversary party at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse.  In addition to her responsibilities as office manager, Katy is in charge of the annual Banned Books Week program (a collaboration with the American Library Association), production of the Art of Adaptation Festival, and developing an educational program to bring City Lit’s mission to children of all ages.  She was also once spotted on City Lit’s main stage in Puddin’Head Wilson. Katy spends her time away from City Lit at the interior design company, Ohms Designs, Inc, and as a freelance actor and performance artist.

info@citylit.org

Shawna is an actress, playwright and producer. She has worked on stages in St. Louis, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Chicago. She has been seen on the City Lit stage in Pudd'nhead Wilson, Dashiell Hamlet, Private Lives, Thin Man, Macbeth, and The Body Snatchers. She produced in St. Louis by initiating a theater program for the Lafayette Square Arts Council, presenting plays of Shakespeare, Moliere and Horton Foote in and around that historic neighborhood. In Decatur, Georgia, she produced in conjunction with Neighborhood Playhouse, and in Chicago has worked in the casting department for Chicago ScriptWorks. She trained in Chicago at St. Nicholas Theater School.

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