Antigone

As Presented by the Girls of St. Catherine's

By | Madhuri Shekar
Director | Sarah Short
Stage Manger | Isabelle Louis
Lighting | Kate Landry
Scenic | Ashley Nguyen
Costumes | Jordan Herbert
Props | Michael Brown Jr.


Rendy Garrett

Rendy Garrett

Rendy Garrett (Greta) is a senior Theatre (performance) major and Mass Communication minor. Previous credits include the spring 2023 Geaux Film, There’s Something Wrong in Sugarland, and the associated short film, Just Passing Through. She has performed in productions with the Hopkins Black Box Theatre including In the Spirit of Twain and Alice: A Parable. She is currently working on the fall 2023 Geaux Film, The Grey Area.


Hailey Wendelstedt

Hailey Wendelstedt

Hailey Wendelstedt (Marilyn) is a junior Theatre (performance) Major. Previous credits include Loyola University Chicago's production of Painting Music and Everybody. She is an active member of Pi Beta Phi and LSU's physical theatre club. She also serves on the executive board of the women's non-profit Level Ump and works to get women involved in Umpiring.


Ansel Wilder

Ansel Wilder

Ansel Wilder (Mr. Reed) is a senior Theatre (Performance) major and a member of the Ogden Honors College. Previously, he has appeared in the LSU Lab Season productions of To Stand in The Water and The Goat (Or Who is Sylvia), and he will be directing and starring in a piece for the upcoming LSU Physical Theater Showcase. He has been a member of the LSU Improv Club since his freshman year, currently serving as the club’s Member at Large.


Ella Labaj

Ella Labaj

Ella Labaj (Susan) is a junior Theatre (Movement) major with a minor in Dance. Previous credits include Swine Palace Theatre Craters, LSU’s 2023 Dance and Physical Theatre Showcase, LSU Mainstage’s Airness, and LSU Mainstage’s At The Wedding. She is also the current public relations chair for the Physical Theatre Club. Ella currently works as a choreographer for film and television and dance teams across the country.


Jalia Martín

Jalia Martín

Jalia Martín (Tamsin) is a junior Theatre (performance) major and Spanish minor. Previous credits include Swine palace's Rachel.


Amber Boutte

Amber Boutte

Amber Boutte (Lily) is a junior Theatre (performance) and Film and Television dual major. Previous credits include LSU Theatre’s devised play: Bloom Girl. She is currently costume designing the fall 2023 Geaux Film, The Grey Area, and gaffed last spring’s Geaux Film, There’s Something Wrong in Sugarland.


Emily Lyons

Emily Lyons

Emily Lyons (Anna) is a junior Theater (performance) major. This is my first show at LSU and I'm excited to be apart of it.


Sarah Short

Sarah Short

Sarah Short (Director) is a senior Theatre (performance) major. Previous credits include LSU Theatre Mainstage’s Airness and At the Wedding, as well as LSU Theatre Lab’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Other Desert Cities, and To Stand in the Water. She also performed in Theatre Baton Rouge’s Murder on The Orient Express and Rocky Horror Show.


Isabelle Louis

Isabelle Louis

Isabelle Louis (Stage Manager) is a senior Theatre (Design & Technology) major and Communication Studies minor. Previous credits include LSU Theatre Mainstage’s Airness and At the Wedding, LSU's 2023 Dance & Physical Theatre Showcase, and TBR's Rock of Ages. She also serves as the secretary of the Physical Theatre Club and Public Relations | Outreach Chair of the University Theatre Alliance.


Haley Hughes

Haley Hughes

Haley Hughes (Sound Designer) is a senior Theater (design and technology) major. Previous credits include Swine Palace’s Craters, Assistant LSU Mainstage’s At the Wedding, LSU Lab Season’s Belleville. She will be the Assistant Scenic Designer for Swine Palace’s Book of Will and the Sound Designer for LSU Mainstage’s Marburg in the spring.


Michael Brown Jr.

Michael Brown Jr.

Michael Brown Jr. (Props Designer | Asst. Scenic Designer) is a senior Theatre (Design & Technology) major, Interior Design and Architectural History minor. Michael is also currently involved in the main stage production of ROE as the shows Paint Charge. Working on this lab show has been an absolute blast for him and he hopes you all enjoy it. Lastly, he wants to thank everyone who has continued to make his dream a reality and has supported him along the way.


Kate Landry

Kate Landry

Kate Landry (Lighting Designer) graduated from LSU in May 2023 with a degree in Theatre Technology and Design (and a minor in History if you can believe it). Previous credits include Swine Palace’s Craters and Sweat, LSU School of Theatre’s Dream Logos, LSU Mainstage’s The Wolves, LSU Lab Theatre’s Belleville, LSU Musical Theatre Club’s Heathers, God Gun!, and Ascension Community Theatre’s productions of Matilda the Musical and Significant Other.


Ashley Nguyen

Ashley Nguyen

Ashley Nguyen (Set Designer) is a senior Film and Television major. Previous credits of LSU Lab shows include Other Desert Cities, The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, and The Wolf Play. Within the film world, she has worked as a production designer for LSU Geaux Films including Araignée, 783 Bowman Avenue, and The Dream List. She is a part of Chateaux Rouge Cinemax, a Baton Rouge owned production company. Upcoming projects include two of LSU Geaux Films: Hello, Moxie and Rush.


Jordan Hebert

Jordan Hebert

Jordan Hebert (Costume Designer) is a senior Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising major, concentrating in merchandising and minoring in business administration. Previous credits include: The Great Gatsby, A Streetcar Named Desire, Student Body, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, and Belleville. Upcoming credits include Dead City.


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