Staff | Touring Theater Company Brown Box Theatre Project

Kyler
Taustin

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Kyler Taustin

Kyler Taustin is the co-founder of Brown Box Theatre Project and has served as the Executive Artistic Director since its founding. Originally hailing from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Kyler has first hand knowledge of challenges faced by those living in areas where cultural opportunities are limited and distance is a barrier to access of the arts. Kyler received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts and soon thereafter founded Brown Box Theatre Project to return home to invigorate a culturally vibrant community in his hometown. For Brown Box, Kyler directed all 6 installments of Outdoor Free Shakespeare (Cymbeline, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night). Contemporary productions Kyler directed include Brilliant Traces, Lab Rats, Echoes, Two Wrongs, The Nina Variations, Some Explicit Polaroids, and Two Rooms. As part of the Boxer Shorts series, Kyler directed Capricho, Play, and Talk to Me Like the Rain. Kyler was the co-director for both devised bi-lingual collaborations with Brown Box’s Mexican sister company Ícaro Compañia Teatral (When We Lived Together in the Belly of the Whale; No Soy Lo Que Soy). Kyler is honored to lead Brown Box as it strives to serve communities up and down the east coast as it has his home region.

Alex
Lonati

PRODUCER

Alex Lonati

Alex Lonati holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies: Directing and Journalism from Emerson College, where she spent four years hosting Standing Room Only, the Best of Broadway and Beyond, on 88.9 WERS. She is currently the Development Operations and Special Events Manager at SpeakEasy Stage Company, on the board of the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, and in the Arts Administration Masters program at Boston University. Alex was named the Greater Boston Theatre Community Member of the Year by ArtsImpulse in 2016.

Talia
Curtin

MARKETING DIRECTOR

Talia Curtin

Talia Curtin, a Boston-based director, actor, and administrator, has served as the Marketing Director for Brown Box since 2014. Talia studied theatre, english, and art at Connecticut College, and completed a Marketing Fellowship with SpeakEasy Stage Company upon graduating. Talia’s directing credits include BOXER SHORTS II (Tape, Springtime, Bliss; Brown Box), Clybourne Park and R&G Are Dead (AD) (Longwood Players), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Connecticut College), and Giving and Taking (SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Theatre Marathon). In Boston, Talia has appeared in The Walk Across America for Mother Earth (Angie, The Circuit Theatre Company) and The Who’s Tommy (Specialist’s Assistant, The Footlight Club).

Rebecca
Schneebaum

EDUCATION DIRECTOR

Rebecca Schneebaum

Rebecca Schneebaum is a Boston based actor and teaching artist. Locally she has performed with American Repertory Theatre, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Brown Box Theatre Project, Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Israeli Stage, Fresh Ink Theatre, and others. Apart from her education work with Brown Box, Rebecca is an affiliated faculty member at Emerson College, she teaches students ages 7-18 at Wheelock Family Theatre, and coaches voice and dialects for various companies and schools around the Boston area. She holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson and has trained at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA. She is currently in the middle of the Linklater voice designation program training directly with Kristin Linklater.

Cameron
Torres

TOUR MANAGER

Cameron Torres

Cameron Torres is a Boston based actor and playwright. Cameron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Studies with a concentration in Acting from Emerson College. Acting credits include Angles in American Pt. 1, Jerusalem, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, A Winter’s Tale, James Franco and Me (World Premiere), and Brown Box’s 2016 Free Shakespeare Tour of Cymbeline. With knowledge of Brown Box’s model and the knowledge of the communities and venues visited through his time on Cymbeline, Cameron joined Brown Box Theatre Project’s administrative staff as the Tour Manager in 2016.

Olivia
Caputo

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

Olivia Caputo

Olivia Caputo got her start with Brown Box as an actor in Boxer Shorts II and is proud to be joining the staff as a development associate. Other credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Smith Street Stage, NY), Twelfth Night and Original Practice Two Gentlemen of Verona (Theatre Under the Stars, NH), Speak About It (Portland, ME), and production assistance on Choice (Huntington Theatre Company). Originally from Massachusetts, Olivia received her B.F.A. in drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with minors in English and American Literature and Spanish language.

Hannah
Pryfogle

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Hannah Pryfogle

Hannah Pryfogle is a Boston transplant from the Bay Area of California. She is a proud alumnus of Emerson College, where she studied musical theatre and arts management. She is also the Patron Relations Coordinator at Fresh Ink Theatre Company and directs throughout the city.

Tonasia Jones

ARTIST OUTREACH MANAGER

Tonasia Jones

Tonasia is a Actor, Producer, and Director in the Boston area. She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She has had the pleasure of working on her craft in Washington DC, Alexandria VA, Boston MA, and England.

She graduated from Emerson College’s BFA Acting Program in 2015. She is dedicated to collaboration and changing the perspectives of diversity, ethnicity, and gender norms through theatre. Her goal is to utilize theater in making uncomfortable conversations happen. She strives to make today’s theatre genuinely reflect and mirror the world as it is “now”.

Her roots in classical theater have given her amazing opportunities of traveling England, Washington DC, and Boston. Her previous endeavors have enabled her to work for amazing Boston Theater organizations such as Arts Emerson (Creative Producer), Huntington Theatre (Casting/Producing Apprentice), and Bad Habit Productions (General Manager), and The Theater Offensive (Programs Administrator).

Outside of theatre Tonasia has passions for Boxing, Indian food, and Post Impressionism Art. She is extremely excited to start working with Brown Box Theater Project as their new Artistic Outreach Manager.

Ben
Heath

MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

Ben Heath

Ben Heath graduated from Emerson College with a BA in Acting and Directing, and has since been working in Boston as an Actor, Fight Choreographer, and Filmmaker. He has worked with Brown Box in the past and is excited to help further their mission on the administrative side as the Marketing & Development Associate.

David
Berger-Jones

OUTREACH ASSOCIATE

David Berger-Jones

David Berger-Jones is very excited to be a part of the Brown Box marketing team. He has previously been seen with Brown Box as Norbert in Blue Window and Des in The New World Order, part of the first installment of Boxer Shorts. Originally from North Carolina, he attended Carnegie Mellon University where he received his BFA in Acting. Now calling Boston his home, he hopes to use his skills in theater to provide the community with the same comforting wonder he experiences every time he sees a new piece of art performed to perfection. Brown Box is where that can be achieved.

Sloth
Levine

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

Sloth Levine

Sloth Levine is a recent graduate of Emerson College with a BA in Theatre Studies: Directing & Playwriting. Sloth has served as the Assistant Stage Manager for Cymbeline with Brown Box. Their directing credits include The Hobbit and James and the Giant Peach at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, Marvelous Oz (Kidding Around), and Safety Exits (EmersonStage). Writing credits include Marvelous Oz with Bridget Driscoll and Murder at the Carlson’s with Madison Gerringer (RareWorks). Sloth also has costume designed The Little Prince (Kidding Around) and Bold Girls (RareWorks).

Allison
Raynor

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

Allison Raynor

Allison Raynor is a Boston area writer, educator, and arts administrator. Her plays and poetry have been brought to local and national stages. Her latest play Safety Exits recently debuted at the NewFest New Works festival at Emerson College, from which she is a proud alumnus.

The Team

OUR TALENT

Kyler Taustin

Alex Lonati

Talia Curtin

Rebecca Schneebaum

Cameron Torres

Olivia Caputo

Hannah Pryfogle

Tonasia Jones

Ben Heath

David Berger-Jones

Sloth Levine

Allison Raynor

Kyler
Taustin

Alex
Lonati

Talia
Curtin

Rebecca
Schneebaum

Cameron
Torres

Olivia
Caputo

Hannah
Pryfogle

Ben
Heath

David
Berger-Jones

Sloth
Levine

Allison
Raynor