Handbag Board

David Cerda
Alissa Cummings
Hugh Mathis
Chris Yourex

Advisory Board

Curt Columbus

Handbag Ensemble

Rick Aguilar
Brooke Allen
Derek Czaplewski
Brannen Daugherty
Brigitte Ditmars
Lon Ellenberger
Merrie Greenfield
Clarissa Gregg
Tina Haglund
Tim Howard
Ed Jones
BC Kalz
Rick Karlin
Steve Kimbrough
Terry McCarthy
Chad McLaughlin
Michael Miller
Al Spera
Sharon Woodfork

Curt Columbus

Curt Columbus is associate artistic director of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, and artistic director of the Chicago Park District’s Theater on the Lake. Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, he studied Russian history and culture at Yale University. Mr. Columbus’ new translations of Anton Chekhov’s plays have been published by Ivan R. Dee, including a volume of translations called Chekhov: The Four Major Plays. His adaptation of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment (with Marilyn Campbell) will be published by Dramatists’ Play Service this fall. Mr. Columbus has also been director of University Theater at the University of Chicago, where he continues to lecture in the Humanities. He is currently writing the book for a new musical, called The Sergeant with the Rose Tattoo, as well as an original play called Dream of the Dark. Mr. Columbus lives in Chicago.

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