Stage Management Showcase 2022

Alana Barker

Alana Eden Barker is a New York City-based stage manager from West Simsbury, Connecticut. 

Alana is a soon-to-be graduate of Syracuse University, where she has earned a B.F.A. in stage management and minor in public communication studies. She spent her last semester at the Tepper Semester in New York City; there, she interned with SoHo Playhouse and helped spearhead the first annual Lighthouse Series New Work Festival. She has also interned with Playhouse on Park, Syracuse Stage, and Jermyn Street Theatre (in London’s West End). 

Alana has a passion for experimental work and spent her senior fall adapting Marsha Norman’s play ‘night, Mother into an immersive production for her Renee Crown University Honors Program thesis. She also enjoys patron-facing positions and has worked in the box office and front-of-house worlds at Syracuse Stage, SoHo Playhouse, and Lincoln Center. 

Alana is making her Off-Broadway debut as the production stage manager for The Office! A Musical Parody after graduation and is looking forward to beginning her career in New York City. This fall, you can catch her setting sail with Virgin Voyages as a production stage manager on their newest fleet of cruise ships. 

When she isn’t working, you can find Alana cooking, journaling, or FaceTiming her twin brother and older sister. 

Abby Boglioli

Abby (she/her) is an artist hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area.

She is graduating with a degree in stage management and minor in fine arts from Syracuse University. Though Abby has spent her years studying theater, her career interests lay in television and film production. She recently got picked to attend the Aaron Sorkin Los Angeles Experience week in March of 2022, where she got to meet industry professionals and learn more about the television and film world. This week proved to be very successful, and Abby now plans to move and begin a career in Los Angeles in the fall. 

In her final semester at the Tepper program in New York City, she had the opportunity to intern with Visceral Productions on their new off-Broadway show, ¡Americano!. 

Currently, Abby works as a baking class teacher at the nationally recognized bakery Milk Bar. She fills her spare time doing intricate nail art for her Instagram page, screaming her heart out at concerts, or binge-watching every show created by J.J. Abrams.

Lauren Krohn

Lauren Krohn (she/her) is a Chicago-based stage manager. Lauren grew up in Chicago and is excited to be launching her stage management career in her hometown.

Most recently, Lauren has interned at A Red Orchid Theatre for spring of 2022, assistant stage managing two shows: The Moors by Jen Silverman and the world premiere Last Hermanos by Exal Iraheta. In addition to her work at AROT, recent stage management credits include The Nutcracker and Cinderella with Syracuse City Ballet, Matilda with Syracuse Stage, and Die Liebe der Danae and Mister Rogers’ Operas with Pittsburgh Festival Opera. Recent other credits include lighting designer for the Quarry Theater’s productions of The Pitchfork Disney and This is Our Youth, and assistant director for an independently produced, immersive production of Marsha Norman’s ‘night, Mother.

This May, Lauren will graduate from Syracuse University with honors standing and two majors: a B.F.A. in stage management and a B.A. in psychology. This summer, she will travel to Berlin, Germany, to stage manage two productions with the Berlin Opera Academy: Die Fledermaus and Hansel und Gretel. Lauren looks forward to returning to Chicago after the summer to continue her theatrical career!

Andi Voigt

Andi Voigt is a lover of the arts and currently based in New York City. She hails from Duluth, Minnesota, and upon graduating from Syracuse University with a B.F.A. in stage management will be returning to reconnect with nature as head counselor at her childhood summer camp. 

While at Syracuse University, Andi was a stage manager, assistant stage manager, production assistant, assistant director, and stage management intern. At the Tepper Semester, Andi was lucky to be the stage management intern and the audience services intern at the York Theatre Company.

Andi is extremely interested in the music industry, which is why she was the lighting intern at the Westcott Theater, a music venue in Syracuse, for over a year (pre-pandemic). While there she busked lights for opening acts and smaller headliners, assisted with load ins/outs, and assisted visiting artists with various tasks as needed, all while learning as much as she could about life on the road from the touring artists. Upon returning to New York in the fall, Andi hopes to get more involved in the music scene here by working at a venue and eventually be tour manager for a small band she cares deeply about.

In the next five years, Andi hopes to be traveling the world and gaining as many new experiences as possible, while forming meaningful connections with the people who cross her path.