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Michael Colucci is the founder and Artistic Director of Redtwist Theatre (formerly Actors Workshop Theatre), begun in 1994. He is a member of SAG, AFTRA, and Equity, and has been a professional actor, director, and producer in the Chicagoland area since 1985. Founded in 1991, the Actors Workshop training center has been a primary resource for beginning and working actors. Michael has directed many of the plays here including  All My Sons, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Three Hotels.
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 Andrew Jessop is the Associate Artistic Director at Redtwist. Andrew was on stage at Redtwist in A View from the Bridge (as Rodolfo) and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (as Billy). He is a native of Louisville, KY, and an alum of the Actors Theatre of Louisville internship program where he developed his skills as actor, designer, and overall theatre-guy. After brief stints in both Washington, D.C., and New York, he settled in Chicago in 2007. Andrew's primary objective will be to develop a Box Series of two or three projects per year. These efforts will focus on finding more opportunities for company members (acting, directing, writing, and designing) and will likely involve an emphasis on new work.
Jan Ellen Graves is the Media Director for Redtwist overseeing the website, printing, and general communications. She began her association with AWT in 2001. She was the project manager for the buildout of the AWT space and the Redtwist Grand Reopening renovations, designed and built the sets for all the productions from 2003 to 2005. She also directed the Jeff Recommended Aura, the critically-acclaimed The American Clock and has appeared in many shows including All My Sons, Equus, Three Hotels, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Doubt, and Marvin's Room.
Johnny Garcia is the Development Outreach Coodinator and has been associated with the company since its itinerant days. He has appeared in Praying Small, Extremities, A View for the Bridge, and True West, co-directed Three Hotels and worked behind the scenes throughout the years on various productions.