ARTISTIC STAFF
Dominique Serrand, Artistic Director
Barbra Berlovitz
Steve Epp

FOUNDERS
Barbra Berlovitz
Vincent Gracieux
Robert Rosen
Dominique Serrand



ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Leah Cooper, Producing Director
Elisabeth Loeffler, Interim Development Director
Katy Gaynor, Development Consultant
Laura Geffre, Development Associate
Scot Covey, Marketing Director
Kelly Schaub, Interim Finance Director
Karen Ilvedson, Bookkeeper
Blake Bolan, Box Office/Administrative Manager
Joanna Schmolke, Performance Manager


PRODUCTION STAFF
Dan Lori, Production Manager
Julia Reisinger, Assistant Technical Director
Sonya Berlovitz, Costume Designer
Wu Chen Khoo, Master Electrician
J. J. Johnson, Properties Manager
Zach Humes, Sound Manager


































Barbra Berlovitz studied at the National Circus School and the Winter Circus in Paris, and she graduated from the Ecole Jacques Lecoq. She appeared in Act Without Words I & II at the Samuel Beckett Festival, in Paf at the festival of Avignon, and in more than 200 performances internationally of A Party for Two with Dominique Serrand. Barbra wrote and directed The Nitty Gritty (1982), wrote The Cloud Keeper (1984), and co-authored Heroes (1983). During the 1986 season Barbra directed Jeune Lune in the first U.S. production of a major work by Czech writer Pavel Kohout, August August, August. Barbra also directed the company in Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio (1987). She co-wrote 1789-The French Revolution: Feast of Rage, Feast of Reason (1989), an official project of the American Committee on the French Revolution that received special funding from the French Government. In the 1989-90 season she directed an acclaimed production of Thomas Bernhard's The Force of Habit, and in 1991 she staged Bertolt Brecht's little-known comedy Puntila and his Chauffeur Matti. In 1994, Barbra directed her own adaptation of Emile Zola's tragic novel Germinal. Barbra's more recent acting credits at Jeune Lune include the Gardener in The Nightingale, famed actress Francoise Rosay in Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream, Paquette in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, M. Bassinet in Honeymoon China, Milady in The 3 Musketeers, Viola in Twelfth Night, Queen Elizabeth in The Dreams, Delusions, and Nightmares of Elizabeth the Second...QUEEN, Dorine in Tartuffe, Irma in The Magic Flute, Gertrude in Hamlet, and the title role in Medea.

In 1980, Steven Epp received a B.A. in theatre and history from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. He worked for three years as a company member with Illusion Theater and In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Minneapolis. Since joining Jeune Lune in 1983, Steve has played major roles in nearly every production, including Dave in The Seven Dwarfs, Garibaldi in The Force of Habit, Robinson Crusoe in Crusoe, Friday, and the Island of Hope, Etienne in Germinal, Sganarelle in Don Juan Giovanni, and Moulineaux in Honeymoon China. Steve has designed sets, puppets, and costumes for many Jeune Lune productions, and in 1985 he made his directing debut with Christopher Columbus. He is a co-author of the award-winning Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream. Steve also co-wrote the company's recent adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, in which he played the hapless poet Pierre Gringoire. He also recently played Aramis in The 3 Musketeers, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Comte de Guiche in Cyrano and starred in our productions of Tartuffe and Hamlet.


Vincent Gracieux is a graduate of the Ecole Jacques Lecoq, and he has directed and acted with Theatre Orange and Theatre Gerard Phillippe in Paris. Before joining Theatre de la Jeune Lune, he wrote and directed children's theatre productions. A native of Paris, Vincent holds a degree in architecture. He received the Twin Cities Drama Critics Circle Kudos award for Outstanding Actor for his portrayal of Ubu in Ubu For President. In 1986, Vincent performed the lead role of M. Jordain in The Bourgeois Gentleman, and he directed Ionesco's Exit the King and the American premiere of Place de Breteuil by French playwright Alain Gautre. In the 1987-88 season, he also directed the world premiere of Gautre's Cafe Under the Earth. In the 1990-91 season, he directed Il Campiello by Carlo Goldoni and played Puntila in Puntila and his Chauffeur Matti. Vincent devised the acclaimed scenery for Children of Paradise and portrayed poet Jacques Prevert in that production. In 1994, he directed the Company in The Green Bird, which appeared in Minneapolis and at Yale Repertory Theatre. He directed Conversations After a Burial and Dashiell Hammet's detective classic Red Harvest. He also designed sets for Pelleas and Melisande. He performed in several roles, including Dom Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Athos in The 3 Musketeers, Feste in Twelfth Night, Le Bret in Cyrano, Orgon in Tartuffe, and Claudius in Hamlet.


Robert Rosen, a native of Minneapolis, studied at the Dell'Arte School of Mime and Comedy in Blue Lake, California, with noted commedia teacher Carlo Mezzone-Clemente and at the National Circus School in Paris. He is a graduate of the Ecole Jacques Lecoq. Robert was a founding member of the Theatre of Communities in 1970 and helped to develop the Guthrie Theater Outreach Program from 1972-74. From 1974-1975, he directed the Theatre Program at the Science Museum of Minnesota. He has performed with Circus Toni Boltini in Holland and Cirque de Paris, and he toured France with a street theatre show that he created with Dutch, Swiss, and American performers. With Jeune Lune, Robert directed The Cloud Keeper (1984), conceived and directed Circus in 1986, and co-wrote the script for 1789. He has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and has written numerous articles on theatre and management, including a recent article for the Journal of Arts Management. Robert played The King in The Nightingale and Barrault in Children of Paradise. During the 1992-93 season, he directed the Company in Molière's Scapin. In 1993-94, Bob adapted Gozzi's The Green Bird for the stage and designed the lighting for Germinal. He directed and co-authored the company's record-breaking adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Bob appeared as Yvonne in Honeymoon China, Cardinal Richelieu in The 3 Musketeers. He directed the Company in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, played Ragueneau in Cyrano, Laurent in Tartuffe, and The Golem .


Paris native Dominique Serrand studied at the National Circus School, the Winter Circus School, and the Ecole Jacques Lecoq. With Vincent Gracieux, he co-founded the Compagnie de Saxe, a touring theatre in western France. He and Barbra Berlovitz Desbois created A Party For Two, which toured as part of the Guthrie Theater Outreach Program in 1977. Dominique received Twin Cities Drama Critics Circle Kudos awards for his roles as Uri Ogenyenovich in 1929 and Octave in The Caprices of Marianne. Other roles include title characters in Christopher Columbus (1985), August August, August (1986), Cyrano (1989), and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1995). Dominique's directing credits with Jeune Lune include Heroes (1983), The Kitchen (1984), Lulu (1985), The Bourgeois Gentleman (1986), Romeo and Juliet (1987), Red Noses (1988), 1789 (1989), 3 Musketeers (1996), The Pursuit of Happiness (1997), The Dreams, Delusions, and Nightmares of Elizabeth the Second...QUEEN (1998), Tartuffe (1999), The Magic Flute (1999), and Gulliver, A Swift Journey (2001). In 1992, he co-wrote and directed Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream, which inaugurated Jeune Lune's new performing facility and subsequently toured to Yale Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse. He directed, co-authored, and starred in Don Juan Giovanni, a hybrid of theatre and opera commissioned by Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 1994. Acting credits include Etienne in Honeymoon China, Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the title role in Cyrano, and Polonius in Hamlet.