Guys and Dolls

Adam Karsten**

Adam Karsten**

In addition to being Coachella Valley Repertory’s executive artistic director, Adam Karsten is an award-winning director for stage and screen. He has earned a reputation for the creation of stylistic works and defined concepts. While directing and producing works for the Emmy Award-winning performing arts series, “Live From Lincoln Center” and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Karsten’s projects, programs, films and documentaries have aired nationally and internationally. He has directed musicals, plays and other theatrical works Off-Broadway and regionally as well as touring productions. He has also conducted Broadway workshops. Karsten was the artistic director for the film and stage companies A2K Productions and A2K Theatricals in New York City. He was the artistic director and co-founder of Manhattan’s Conflict of Interest Theatre Company in downtown New York. Karsten was also managing artistic director of Weathervane Playhouse, the oldest professional stock theatre in Ohio.

**A Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

Karen Sieber**

KAREN SIEBER** (Choreographer)

Karen Sieber is an award-winning choreographer and educator.

Born in Switzerland, her training spanned from Zurich Dance Theater, London Studio Center (England), Raza Hamadi’s Ballet Jazz Art (France), Matt Mattox’s JazzArt (France), to Steps on Broadway. 

Starting her career as a dancer she appeared in numerous Broadway National and International tours including Some Like It Hot (starring Tony Curtis); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Cats; Mack & Mabel; Singin’ In The Rain; Cabaret; Grease and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. 

Choreography credits include The Karlin Theater in Prague (Holmes, The Legend-world premiere),; CVRep (The Light in the Piazza; Jesus Christ Superstar; Cabaret; Summer Sessions with the Bones Brigade-world premiere);TUTS (Into The Woods; Whatever Happened to Baby Jane;-Assoc.); Goodspeed Musicals (Very Good Eddie-Assoc.); Symphony Space (Luigi Gala); 3 Broadway Workshops; and the Guggenheim (Works & Process). Film credits include indies” Still Here”; “Losing Face”; ResistDance; and Hallmark/NBC (“A Christmas Carol” starring Kelsey Grammer; Assoc.). She has taught dance at Marymount Manhattan College, AMDA, Ithaca College, US Performing Arts Camps and at various dance studios throughout Europe and the US.

Stephen Hulsey

Stephen Hulsey

Stephen is thrilled to be returning for another exciting season at CV Rep! For CV Rep, Stephen was music director for Next To Normal, Jesus Christ Superstar, Light In the Piazza and, most recently, for Christiane Noll’s solo show as well as Assistant MD for Cabaret.  Stephen recently conducted West Side Story In Concert for Dezart’s opening gala as well as Falsettos. Regional music director/conductor credits include Sweeney Todd, Ragtime, Titanic, Into The Woods, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder, Assassins, A Little Night Music, Chess, Tommy, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q, A Chorus Line, Les Miserables, The Producers, Forever Plaid, Songs For A New World, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Urinetown, Carrie, Beauty and the Beast, Hunchback of Notre Dame, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, The Secret Garden and Rent to name a few.