Creatures & creators

80+ students, faculty, staff & alumni and grant artists immersed in the fields of art, chemistry, computer science, digital media, engineering, English, neuroscience, theater, women’s and gender studies and more came together to infuse Frankenstein 2029 with life, passion and an indomitable spirit.Frankie2029_Group_Photo

Photo credit: Chuck Zovko

FRANKENSTEIN 2029 CAST, CREW, and CREATURES

Edward W. Ahart ’69
(Victor Neurotech General Counsel)
Board of Trustees at Lafayette; attorney; past chair of Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP
Heman Matharu ’18
(Dr. Victor “Frankie” Frankenstein 2029)
Physics, mathematics, and economics
Dana Ahern ’15
Psychology/art
Sony Mathew ’17
(Mary Shelley)
English; art minor
Jillian Andres ’16
(Claire Clairmont)
Government and law/psychology
Robert S. Mattison
(Walton)
Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art History
Mai Ao ’16
Computer science/art
Toby Maynard
(Video)
Video media manager, Communications Div.
Mary A. Armstrong
(Mary Wollstonecraft)
Associate professor of women’s and gender studies and English; Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Angelo Mejia
(Sailor)
Senior at Easton Area High School
Luis Aviles ’17
(Felix/Henry)
Theater/music
Alex Merriman ’16
(Creature)
Art major, English minor
Candace Beach ’15
(Elizabeth)
Psychology/women’s and gender studies
Sami Meyerson ’15
(Tattooed Lady and Assistant Stage Manager, The Silent Mistress)
Theater
Allison Blatt
Operations director, Williams Center for the Arts
Jessica Moody
(Lighting Designer)
Lighting designer from Allentown
Amy Blythe
Program manager, career services
Chanel Mowatt ’17
(Safie)
English/anthropology/sociology major, theater minor
Julia Brennan ’17
(Mary Shelley, Production Designer, Victor Neurotech Hologram)
Art
Maureen Mulrooney
Joseph Bubba
(Sailor)
Junior at Easton Area High School
Ben Munisteri
(Choreographer)
Directs Lafayette’s Choreographers on Campus Initiative; choreographer-in-residence and adjunct instructor of dance
Sean Cavanagh ’18
English
Madison Murray ’16
Art/Spanish
Kathleen Clayton
Visiting instructor of English
Mara Natale ’16
(Bride 2029/Dance Captain)
Film and media studies/English
Catherine Corbin ’18
Neuroscience
Katherine Nelson ’15
(Forest Creature)
Psychology
Mario Cozzubbo
Associate director of plant for trades
Cindy Notaroberto
Administrative assistant, film and media studies, and theatre dept.
Rebecca Curran ’16
(Lizzie)
Anthropology and Sociology/English
Michael O’Neill
(Producer)
Associate professor, department head of theater
Stevie O. Daniels
(Goddess, Birth Myth Hall)
Author, Wild Lawns: Alternatives to the Traditional Front Lawn;
Associate director of college communications
Michiko Okaya
Director of Lafayette art galleries
Cameron Darkes-Burkey ’18
(Thug/Sailor)
Chemical engineering
Kathleen Parrish (Sparkling Neuron)
Director of content strategy, Communications Div.
Tom DiGiovanni
(Composer)
Pianist and composer, teaches music at Phillipsburg High School
Sohrab Pasikhani ’18
Mechanical engineering
Renan Dincer ’16
Economics/computer science
Rachel Paul ’16
(Assistant Stage Manager, Mary Shelley’s Apartment)
Government/law and art
Lia Embil ’17
(Protester)
Studio art/film and media studies
Danielle Pena ’15
Art
Elena Esch ’18
Neuroscience
Mike Pennella
(Web and social media)
Mellon visiting digital artist
Torera Fagbenle ’17
(Sailor)
Jennifer Philburn
Marketing director, Williams Center for the Arts; coordinator, Mellon Global Arts Initiative
Bianca Falbo
(Dramaturg)
Associate professor of English, director of the College Writing Program
Allison Reich ’15
(Young Mary Shelley)
Art
Timothy Frey
(Sound Designer)
Sound engineer for Lafayette theater and Williams Center performance series
Rob Root
(William Godwin)
Professor of mathematics
Nestor Armando Gil
(Scientist)
Assistant professor of art
Joseph Rothschild ’16
(George Gordon, Lord Byron)
English/theater
Jorge Daniel Godoy ’15
(Homeless Man)
Mechanical engineering
Luis Schettino
(Scientist)
Assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience
Aidan Guilfoyle ’15
(Forest Creature)
Art/psychology
Jennifer Schroeder ’15
(Protester)
American studies/art major; health and life science minor
Olivia Hadley ’16
(Forest Creature)
Studio art
Kathryn Schwacha ’16
(Bearded Lady)
English/women’s and gender studies major; music minor
Meryl Hahne ’18
(Assistant Stage Manager)
Biology
Jenna Seybert ’15
(Media and public relations)
Integrated marketing and design
Nikelia Haines ’15
(Freak)
Theater
Diane Windham Shaw
(Reader)
College archivist, director of Special Collections
Gary Hassay
Student
Lila Silver ’17
(Protester)
English
Jeff Helm
(Scenic Designer)
Associate professor of mechanical engineering
Wendy Sterling
Gallery assistant, Williams Visual Arts Building
Alexandra “Alex” Hendrickson
(Minister)
College chaplain and director of religious and spiritual life
Joe Swarctz
Artist, custodian
Keaton Holappa ’16
(Percy Shelly)
Mechanical engineering and studio art
Leslie Tintle ’16
(Bride)
Art/environmental studies
Erin Hopwood
(Costume Designer)
Community member
Kristine Todaro
(Sparkling Neuron)
Director of special projects/media relations, Communications Div.
John Hopwood
(DeLacey)
Community member
Jim Toia
(Director, Walton’s Ship)
Artist, director of Lafayette’s Community-Based Teaching Program
Ed Kerns
(Concept Design)
Clapp Professor of Art, abstract artist
Christiane Conn Tomik ’03
Associate director of alumni relations
Colton Kirkpatrick ’15
(Stagehand)
Government/law major, religious studies minor
Tatiana Troxell ’16
(Assistant Stage Manager, Walton’s Ship)
Studio art/film and media studies
Gavin Knox ’17
(Victor Frankenstein/co-author, assistant director)
English/psychology major, theater minor
Zach Tysinger
(Technical Director)
Scott Kovacs ’16
(Assistant Stage Manager, The Lab)
Film and media studies
David Veshosky
(Reader)
Associate professor, engineering studies program
Ryan Kraus ’15
(Production Stage Manager)
Government and law/theater
Ha Vu ’17
(Projection designer)
Film and media studies/anthropology and sociology
Marissa Laws ’18
(Caroline Frankenstein, Iceberg Dancer)
Neuroscience major, math minor
Nancy McCreary Waters
(Marta Rose Dupont Tesserae, Lab Coordinator)
Biology professor
Sandy Leavy ’15
(Bouncer, The Silent Mistress)
Economics/medieval, renaissance, and early-modern studies
Suzanne Westfall
(Co-author/director)
Professor of theater
Chun Wai Liew
(Scientist)
Associate professor of computer science
Ben Williamson ’16
Art/film and media studies
Adam MacHose
Arts campus technology coordinator
Luke Waynne
Community member, photographer
Kim Malm
(Sailor)
Visiting instructor in art department
Lauren Young’17
(Margaret Saville)
Film and media studies/computer science
Kim Maniscalo
(Choreographer)
Artistic director of dance, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
Willem Ytsma ’16
(Prometheus 2029)
Mechanical engineering and art
Gina Marini ’17
(Marketing and public relations, artist)
English
Eric Ziolkowski
(Old man)
Manson Professor of the Bible; Department head/co-chair of the medieval, renaissance, and early modern studies program
Anna Maria Marzullo
(Sparkling Neuron, Reader)
Piano instructor, music department