Justin Kirkeberg
Artistic Director/Founder
Justin has over 20 years of experience in theater. He spent his early
career performing in New York City, as a company member with Full
House Theater and Circle in the Square, as well as an associate
member of the Public Theatre, among others. As a director his work
has traveled the country extensively and he has helmed more than
40 professional, educational, and community theatre productions.
He holds a BFA in acting from NYU.
Seraphina Stone (Richardson)
Principal Playwright/Founder
Seraphina has two MFA degrees in Theater. One in Directing, and the
other in Playwriting. She has recently directed at the Idaho
Repertory Theater, and the Kenworthy Performing Arts Center.
Recent directing credits include One Flea Spare, Fat Pig, and
Savage in Limbo. She just returned to her home town of St. Paul, MN
to continue her work In the theater. As a playwright her work has
been produced in New York, Wyoming, Minneapolis. She was
awarded Best Play of The Year, by Lavender Magazine in 2002.
Maxine Klein
Artistic Collaborator
Maxine is the author of Space and Time for Actors (required text in
most American theater training programs). She is an Obie Award
winning director and playwright, and a frequent contributor to the
Candid process. In 2002 Candid Theater produced the professional
premiere of her play Ambush, a startling and honest look at the Bush
administration and the political climate of the post-9/11 world.
Mark Joseph Perry
Associate Artistic Director
Mark is a dramaturg and director who has worked nationally on more
than 25 productions. He has studied Shakespeare for 7 years,
including an active exploration of The Folio Technique developed
by Barbara Gaines and Kate Buckley, has been a guest lecturer at
DePaul University, and has had work published by DePaul, The
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Parent Magazine, Philadelphia Theater
Company, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Shelly Domke
Artistic Collaborator
Shelly has been a company member with Candid since 1998. She
was featured in the world premiere of Found Naked and served as
acting coach and assistant director on several other productions. A
director in her own right, she headed the premiere of Seraphina's Her
Frail Colored Heaven.
Who's Who
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In 1998 Seraphina Richardson and Justin M. Kirkeberg formed Candid as a way to address their political
concerns. Although originally conceived as a platform for their particular voices, Candid's immediate
success brought them into contract with other theater professionals seeking a similar mouthpiece. Thus an
ensemble was born. Over the years Candid has collaborated with a wide range of artists to create work
and has gone on to receive vast critical and popular acclaim.
concerns. Although originally conceived as a platform for their particular voices, Candid's immediate
success brought them into contract with other theater professionals seeking a similar mouthpiece. Thus an
ensemble was born. Over the years Candid has collaborated with a wide range of artists to create work
and has gone on to receive vast critical and popular acclaim.