The Doyle and Debbie Show

Conceived and Written by Bruce Arnston
Scenic Design- Kevin Depinet
Lighting Design- Keith Parham
Sound Design- Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen
Costume Design- Annie Freeman

 

Bruce Arntson is a Nashville-based musician/writer/composer who has fronted numerous R&B, rock and country bands over the past 40+ years. His first foray into film and television was with the "Ernest" franchise (Ernest Scared Stupid, Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern, It's Ernest, etc.) for which he wrote, composed and acted. He co-wrote and starred in the cult film Existo, which is where he first worked with his friends Jenny Littleton and Matt Carlton. The Doyle and Debbie Show is his first full-length theatrical endeavor.

 

Kevin Depinet (Scenic Design) is a Chicago based designer where he designs for Steppenwolf, The Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, The Royal George Theatre, The McCarter Theatre, The Court Theatre, The Arden Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory, Denver Theatre Center, Writers Theatre, Drury Lane, Yale Repertory, Indiana Repertory, American Players Theatre, Chicago Children's Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Fox Valley Repertory, The Marriott Theatre and Illinois Shakespeare. He also designed scenery for Michael Mann's Film Public Enemies (Universal Studios). He was the Associate designer for the original tony award winning August Osage County. Kevin Will be designing Bob Falls Iceman Cometh at the Goodman and Detroit at London's National Theatre in the Spring. He is also an adjunct professor of design at DePaul University. He studied at Ball State University and the Yale School of Drama.

 

Keith Parham (Lighting Designer)  is a company member of TUTA Theatre where recent credits include Baal, The Wedding, and Uncle Vanya. Other credits include Homebody/Kabul (National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia); Karen O's Stop the Virgens (St. Ann's Warehouse); A Minister's Wife (Lincoln Center Theatre);Three Sisters (Classic Stage Company); Adding Machine (Minetta Lane Theatre, Obie and Lortel Awards for Design); Mistakes Were Made and Red Light Winter (Barrow Street Theatre); The Edge of Our Bodies (Humana Festival); Carters Way, Sunset Limited and Red Light Winter (Steppenwolf); Red, The Seagull, Mary, Ghostwritten, and Gass For Less(Goodman); and Million Dollar Quartet (Goodman and The Apollo). He has also designed for The Alley Theatre, Shakespeare on the Sound, The Milwaukee Repertory, Trinity Repertory, Northlight Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Opera Theatre and The Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

 

Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen  (Sound Design) Broadway credits include music composition and sound for The Miracle Worker, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Speed of Darkness, music for My Thing of Love and sound for Superior Donuts, reasons to be pretty, A Year with Frog and Toad, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Hollywood Arms, King Hedley II, Buried Child, The Song of Jacob Zulu, and The Grapes of Wrath. Off-Broadway credits include music and sound for Inked Baby, After Ashley, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Boy Gets Girl, Red, Space, Marvin's Room, sound for Jitney, Family Week, Juvenilia, Brundibar, The Pain and the Itch  and music direction and sound for Eyes for Consuela and Ruined.  They have created music and sound at many of America's resident theaters (often with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre) and at several international venues.

Annie Freeman (Costume Design)  Innovation, insight and wry wit often characterize the costume designs of Annie Freeman. Her many years as a sculptor, designer and performing artist provide a unique approach to her work in theatre. Productions include The Tennessee Dance Theatre, The Dark Horse Theatre, The Nashville Shakespeare Theatre and the Nashville Opera just to name a few. Her Texas upbringing and professional experience preparing costumes for The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum provide authentic inspiration for creating the costumes for The Doyle and Debbie Show, her favorite and most fun costuming job so far!