A Midsummer Night's Dream

Solvin Sigurdson (Oberon) is delighted to welcome you to this enchanting production of Midsummer Night's Dream. He is a 3rd year graduate student doing research in robotics, which really just means he always wanted to be a Skywalker. Solvin has appeared in EXPLiCIT's productions of The Real Inspector Hound, Twelfth Night, and The Importance of Being Earnest, TACIT's production of Earth Data: The Musical, and looks forward to more theatre at Caltech. He hopes that you enjoy the show, and that you find the places in your life where a little fairy mischief might be exactly what you need...

Eitan Levin (Starveling) is a graduate student at Caltech. He has previously served as EXPLiCIT's president and appeared in its production of The Real Inspector Hound. He is delighted to see so many EXPLiCIT shows on campus.

Dylan King (Theseus) is a graduate student in Mathematics. He is from North Carolina and outside of the department (or theater) enjoys running and swimming. He also works as a Teaching Assistant for many undergraduate courses at Caltech, where he does his best to share his enthusiasm with his students.

Christopher Girt (Francis Flute/Thisbe) was raised in a rural Oregon barnyard at the edge of the wilderness, Christopher apparently had an affinity for the dramatic. Trained as an architect, he has thrown himself into theatre and performing as another form of creative expression. In addition to some film work, he has been lauded for his stage performances as Chubukov in Chekhov's The Proposal and Egeon in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors at Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Mr. Dussel in The Diary of Anne Frank at Westminster Community Playhouse, Charlie Cowell in Meredith Willson's The Music Man as well as Henry Irving in Christopher Durang's The Actor's Nightmare at Young Stars Theatre Academy including most recently as Rooster Hannigan in the Broadway version of Annie. It is wonderful to be back on stage with Caltech. Thank you Max and EXPLiCIT!

Todd Brun (Puck) received his Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech in 1994 and is now a professor at USC and a visiting professor at Caltech, working on quantum computing. His first role with Caltech theater was as Mordred in Camelot. Since then he has been in 23 shows at Caltech as actor or director. He played Prospero in The Tempest and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing; his most recently directed shows were the EXPLiCIT productions of Major Barbara and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Todd has gained many things from Caltech theater, but by far the most important is his lovely wife, Cara King, whom he met in The Importance of Being Earnest.

Ankan Mukherjee (Peter Quince) is a 3rd year PhD student in Applied Physics at Caltech. He is working on quantum hardware and devices on 2-D material platforms. He has been active on stage since elementary school and has been a member of EXPLiCIT for over 2 years now. Currently the president of EXPLiCIT, he has previously acted in The Importance of Being Earnest and is happy to produce and act alongside the jovial mechanicals in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Sara Magdalena Gomez (Titania) is a first year applied physics graduate student at Caltech. While by night she enjoys answering questions such as "To be, or not to be?" through acting, by day she works on the scientific counter part "Alive, or dead?" through quantum computing. In her free time she also enjoys dancing, reading, and unhinged side-quests with her friends. She hopes you enjoy the show and thanks you for coming to her first ever Caltech production.

Max Gorbachev (Lysander) wants to thank all the cast and crew for their patience and dedication. Special thanks go out to Brian Brophy, Ankan Mukherjee, Mahak Mathur, Caltech Robotics club, and the whole crew of Caltech Ramo auditorium, without whom this production would have been a pain in the derrière on a scale of 10 or simply not possible in its current form. The biggest thanks go out to Max's wife, the future Nobel Laureate in Physics, who also happens to be the most beautiful woman on Earth (No, she didn't make Max write this).

Grace Davis (Hermia) is thrilled to join EXPLiCIT for the first time, and she delightedly welcomes you to this production of A Midsummer Night's Dream! Grace is a junior undergraduate studying chemistry, and she researches polymer behavior in complex environments with the wonderful Datta Lab. She's also a captain of the Caltech Swim & Dive Team and an active member of the Caltech Catholics. When she's not in the lab, library, or pool, you can find her reading a book at the Huntington Gardens, swimming in the ocean, or wandering local farmers' markets in search of new succulents for her dorm-room garden.

Max Gorbachev (Director/ Sound Tech) wants to thank all the cast and crew for their patience and dedication. Special thanks go out to Brian Brophy, Ankan Mukherjee, Mahak Mathur, Caltech Robotics club, and the whole crew of Caltech Ramo auditorium, without whom this production would have been a pain in the derrière on a scale of 10 or simply not possible in its current form. The biggest thanks go out to Max's wife, the future Nobel Laureate in Physics, who also happens to be the most beautiful woman on Earth (No, she didn't make Max write this).

Finn Swanson (Light Tech) is a freshman undergraduate student studying electrical engineering. He enjoyed helping out with lighting on his high school's theatre productions and is excited to continue that at Caltech. He has done lighting for The Importance of Being Earnest and The Three Sisters previously at Caltech.

Cara King (Media & Outreach) has played four of Shakespeare's women and ten of his men over the years. Her female roles include Celia and Paulina; her male roles include one-fifth of Richard II's army. (No wonder he lost.) She met her husband, Todd Brun, while doing her first play at Caltech; this is her 16th.

Elena Scire (Set Design) has worked on Explicit/Tacit plays since 2012.