Assistant Prop Shop Manager/Artisan
Assistant Prop Shop Manager/Artisan for Tempest (2026), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (2026), Witch (2026), As You Like It (2026), Our Town (2026), Twelfth Night (2026), The Hound of the Baskervilles By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by Steven Canny & John Nicholson (2026), and Bold Stroke for a Husband by Hannah Cowley(2026). Assistant Prop Shop Manager/Artisan for A Christmas Carol 2025.
Prop management and artisan for The Prom and Pride and Prejudice with Tantrum Theater.
Graduate Degree: Ohio University – Properties Technology MFA
Undergraduate Degree: Technology and Production- Frostburg State University
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GRACE EASTERDAY (Assistant Prop Shop Manager & Props Artisan) is thrilled to be working on her first Fall season here at the American Shakespeare Center. Recent works have included Prop Management and Artisan work at Tantrum Theater for productions of The Prom and Pride and Prejudice. Education: Ohio University Alumni, MFA, Props technology. She is grateful to her friends, family, and fiancé for being the best cheerleaders.
Betrayed and cast out, Prospero summons the storm that brings his enemies back into his grasp. Now he has to decide what to do with them. William Shakespeare's The Tempest returns for the Blackfriars Playhouse's 25th anniversary.
Life, love, marriage, loss—and the moments in between. In Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, the people of Grover’s Corners remind us that the smallest details often carry the deepest meaning. A timeless American classic that asks: Do we ever realize life while we live it?
Escape to the Forest of Arden, where Rosalind takes charge, Orlando carves love into trees, and Shakespeare lets comedy run wild with moments that remind us sometimes you have to lose yourself to find yourself.
A cheating husband. A clever wife. A scandal rewritten. Hannah Cowley’s A Bold Stroke for a Husband lights up Madrid with secrets, social satire, and a woman in disguise who’s three steps ahead.
Sherlock Holmes’ most chilling mystery gets a gloriously funny twist. In this madcap comedy, The Hound of the Baskervilles unleashes slapstick surprises, rapid-fire quick changes, and theatrical chaos that will leave you howling with laughter.
Shipwrecked and disguised, Viola stumbles into a love triangle in a clockpunk Illyria that spirals out of control. Add wild parties, forged letters, and yellow stockings, andTwelfth Night becomes Shakespeare's most mischievous comedy of mistaken identity.
Celebrate the holiday season with A Christmas Carol, a heartwarming production that reminds us of the joy, generosity, and togetherness of the holiday season.