Mark Lococo (Director of Scenes) has served as Director of Theatre at Loyola University for the past eight years, during which time he has directed Lost in Yonkers, Urinetown, Measure for Measure, Pippin, As You Like It, and Mneumonic on Loyola's stages. He has directed extensively in Chicago, and has been nominated four times for Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Direction. He is a proud member of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), and the Society for Directors and Choreographers (SDC).

 

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Sarah Gabel (Director of Scenes) is Professor of Theatre and chairperson of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts (DFPA). She teaches various courses in acting and theatre pedagogy and was the director of the DFPA’s production of Much Ado About Nothing. Dr. Gabel has long be interested in Historical Dance and recently participated in two, week long workshops in Historical Dance at both Stanford University and the University of California in Santa Barbara. Loyola directing credits include last year’s production of Domestic: three Plays by Women and Cabaret as well as She Loves Me, fml: or How Carson McCullers Saved My Life, Hot Mikado, Illuminating Voices, Into the Woods, Little Women the Musical, Misalliance, Cinderella, Sweeney Todd, Assassins, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods (a second time), West Side Story, Three Penny Opera, A Chorus Line and Baby. Professional credits include direction of Third for Apple Tree Theatre, Bleach for 13Carrat Productions, The Fantasticks, for Touchstone Theatre, The Infernal Machine, for The Eclipse Theatre, Climbing the Volcano, for Piccolo Theatre and Absurdopera composed by music colleague Gustavo Leone.