About Us

Our Company

Our company is growing all the time. So far we are:

Patrick Kenney

Artistic Director

Patrick is the founding artistic director at Fine Print. He first developed a passion for making new plays while working with the Purple Rose Theatre Co. in his hometown of Chelsea, Michigan. Patrick is a professional actor with experience on stage, film and television, and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. Patrick also works as a freelance writer, most frequently for the magazine Chicago Health. patrickkenney[at]thefineprinttheatre.org

Emmi Hilger

Associate Artistic Director

Emmi Hilger is thrilled to join the Fine Print team! She is a Chicago area director who loves collaborating with playwrights and the Artistic Director of Something Marvelous, a festival of magical realism. For Something Marvelous, Emmi has directed The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl, References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot by José Rivera, the workshop of Koalas by J. Joseph Cox, Sunrise: Ardmore Beach by Hallie Palladino, and Sheltered by Laura Nessler. Recent directing credits also include Love in the Time of Bumblehive by Jeff Tabnick (Stage Left’s Leapfest), Sand Castles by John Green (RhinoFest), 10 Things by Scott Tobin (Collaboraction’s Sketchbook), The Lover by Harold Pinter which she co-produced in association with Walkabout Theater Company and Punk Grandpa, a solo show by Laura Scruggs that has performed across the country. Emmi has worked extensively on new plays with Chicago Dramatists, Piccolo Theatre, 20% Theatre Company, Women’s Theatre Allicance, Pegasus Players, and Strangeloop Theatre. www.emmihilger.com

Heather Bodie

Associate Producer

Heather is one of the co-founders of The Fine Print. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Theatre Arts, and studied Improv and Musical Improv at The Second City Training Center. She is a member of the all-female improv group Eleanor and performs often with her folk rock band MIDWEST. Heather participated in the Iowa new play festival four years in a row as both an actor and a director, and is one of the co-founders of the undergraduate directing program at the University of Iowa.
heatherbodie[at]thefineprinttheatre.org

Jarrod Bainter

Production Manager

Jarrod has been involved in starting and developing theatre companies since 2002, while working at The Apollo Theatre in his hometown of Peoria, IL. He currently works as a theatrical designer and technician in the greater Chicago area. Talents and experience include lighting design, scenic design, projection design, stage management, scenic carpentry, and scenic painting.
jarrodbainter[at]thefineprinttheatre.org

Shannon Wheaton

Outreach Coordinator

Shannon has been working as a human rights activist for nearly five years. In addition to her work with Amnesty International, she has volunteered with the Enough Project, Invisible Children, Equality Across America, the Genocide Intervention Network, and RefugeeOne. As Outreach Coordinator, Shannon creates partnerships with local nonprofit organizations dedicated to bettering the lives of others. These partnerships provide an opportunity to raise awareness of political and social issues featured in Fine Print productions.
shannonweaton[at]thefineprinttheatre.org

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Resident Artists

Alex Huntsberger

Literary Manager

Alex is a graduate of Oberlin College. He works around town as a dramaturge and assistant director. He also works with Chicago Commercial Collective and reviews shows for Centerstage.

Adam Gramling

Webmaster

Adam is a songwriter that loves web design, bicycles and old books.

Gretchen Kelley

Photography

Gretchen received a BA, with a focus in photography, from Montana State University. She developed a love for portraiture, specifically with a passion for studio work, and has assisted a number of professional photographers in Montana, Minnesota and Illinois, eventually deciding, in blissful naivete, to try her hand at her own photography business; gretchenkelleyphotography.com. She is thrilled to be one more element that helps bring the inspiring, confronting and transforming stories of local playwrights to the Chicago audience.

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Associate Artists

Emily Gann

Co-Founder

Emily is an actor in Chicago and a teacher with Chicago Public Schools. With Heather Bodie, she co-wrote Fine Print’s flagship production, “At Ease”.

Caleb McAndrew

TD/Design

Caleb is one of the original members of The Fine Print, serving as business & technical consultant from the time of its founding. He is a house carpenter at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and technical director at TimeLine Theatre Co.

Jonah Rubash

Videography

Jonah is a filmmaker in Chicago. He works with Magnanimous Media, a rental house and production company in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

Christian Stokes

Social Media

Christian is an actor and writer who’s been active in the Chicago theatre scene for several years. He played Doc in Fine Print’s inaugural season production of The Xylophone West. www.facebook.com/ChristianJStokes

Mark Penzien

Movement

Mark is an actor, stuntman and fight choreographer in Chicago. He is a member of Appetite Theatre Co.

Amy Sweet

Marketing

Amy is a manager with Lettuce Entertain You. She was instrumental in launching Fine Print’s marketing activities, and remains a consultant with the company.

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Playwrights

David Himmel

Playwright

David is principal of Himmel, Ink, managing editor of Chicago Health magazine and the author of A Camp Story.

MT Cozzolla

Playwright

Writer and director MT Cozzola is a member of Courier12Collective and Chicago Dramatists, and she keeps a story blog at midwesternrobot.com.

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Directors

Aaron Graham

Director

An actor, director, writer, and teacher, Aaron is a founding member of the Improvised Sondheim Project and teaches at The Second City Training Center.

J. Cody Spellman

Director

Cody is a freelance director and dramaturg based in Chicago. He recently worked on The Blue Room (Co-Directed with Brian Posen) at Stage 773, and assistant directed Jonathan Berry for The Knowledge at Steep Theatre. jcs.virb.com

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Actors

Taryn Wood

Actor

A.J. Miller

Actor

Stephen Cefalu

Actor

Stephen is currently touring with Letters Home, Griffin Theatre Company. In early May he will be performing in MPAACT’s sketch comedy show Reality Check.

Dave Belden

Actor

Dave Belden appeared as Dad in The Fine Print’s production of BOY SMALL. Other stage credits include CHARLES IVES TAKE ME HOME (Strawdog Theatre); THE JEWELS (TUTA); CYRANO at Chicago Shakespeare, where he also appeared in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW and LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST; UNCLE VANYA (Court Theatre); THE TELL-TALE HEART (Blair Thomas & Co.); THE SANDMAN (Oracle Theatre); THE THREE SISTERS and LADY CHAPLIN & HER TRAMP (Piven Theatre); EARTH TO MARGARET (Acorn Theatre); and SHOPPERS CARRIED BY ESCALATORS INTO THE FLAMES (Viaduct Theatre). Film credits include the independent feature EYE OF THE SANDMAN and the short film BLOOD. Dave is a violinist in the folk & roll band Midwest and the Chicago Sinfonietta, and has performed with the Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and San Francisco Ballet. Dave directed Jonathan Baude’s COUNTER for the 2014 Citizens Play Festival.

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Board of Directors

Phil Winkelman

Chairman

Tim Wolfe

Vice Chair

Rick Kalvin

Treasurer

Heather Bodie

Ex Officio

Marilou Barden

Honorary

Jordan Burghardt