Meet the Creative Team

LOVE PENTAGRAM by MK SHULTZ Meet the Creative Team
Playwright & Costume Designer \| MK SHULTZ* MK is a fourth year student from Lawrence, Kansas studying Theatre, Creative Writing, and Spanish. This is MK's second workshop at Iowa, following last year's The (T-)Re(x)formation. Huge thanks to Abby, Vivian, Sara, Anshika, Adam, Gabby, the cast, and the many, many people who helped this script become what it is.
Director & Scenic Designer \| ABBY WIGHT* Abby Wight is a 4th year studying English Education and minoring in Spanish and Theater. She is very excited to direct her first show at the university. Abby previously was in MedLit in Ten Minute Play Festival. She wants to thank the whole team of Love Pentagram, her family, and friends.
Stage Manager \| VIVIAN BONDE* Vivian is a third year Theatre Arts and Communications double major. Her credits at the university include directing for the 2026 10-Minute Play Festival, acting in Jellyfish Baby (Fall 2025), and stage managing Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day (Spring 2025). She is thrilled to be working with this cast and team for her final semester! Vivian would like to thank her friends, family, and mentors for supporting her in this marathon.
ASL Translator / Instructor \| GWEN DOCTOR** Gwen Docter is a first-year candidate in the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. She recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with degrees in Playwriting and Deaf Studies (PAH!) and finished her education there with her adaptation of Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic. She is so excited to have had a hand (haha) in Love Pentagram, and she says that everyone should go learn ASL from Deaf teachers, stat! Gwen sends her love to the ASL faculty at Columbia and to the Love Pentagram team for inviting her into the process <3.
Sound Designer \| ADAM DETERS*
Lighting Designer \| GABBY JOHNSON*
Assistant Stage Manager \| SARAL ELLEN* Sara is a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering and Theatre Arts. At the University of Iowa, she has been a stage manager on Grown Backwards and was a spot operator for Side Show. In high school some of her favorite shows that she worked on were The Play that Goes Wrong and Addams Family. She would like to thank her family who have supported her and driven her to be her best. Also, she would like to thank her friends who are always there when she needs them.
Assistant Stage Manager \| ANSHIKA GHURA* Anshika is a fourth-year student majoring in cinema and minoring in theatre. She has previously been a showrunner for a mini-series, directed/produced several short films, and is now proudly beginning to work in the theatre. She is thrilled to start her new life as she graduates this semester. Anshika would not have done this without the constant support of her parents, her brothers, and her friends. ‘Life is not all about the moment, it’s about the moments leading to those moments’.

LOVE PENTAGRAM
by MK SHULTZ
Meet the Creative Team

Playwright & Costume Designer | MK SHULTZ*

MK is a fourth year student from Lawrence, Kansas studying Theatre, Creative Writing, and Spanish. This is MK's second workshop at Iowa, following last year's The (T-)Re(x)formation. Huge thanks to Abby, Vivian, Sara, Anshika, Adam, Gabby, the cast, and the many, many people who helped this script become what it is.

Director & Scenic Designer | ABBY WIGHT*

Abby Wight is a 4th year studying English Education and minoring in Spanish and Theater. She is very excited to direct her first show at the university. Abby previously was in MedLit in Ten Minute Play Festival. She wants to thank the whole team of Love Pentagram, her family, and friends.

Stage Manager | VIVIAN BONDE*

Vivian is a third year Theatre Arts and Communications double major. Her credits at the university include directing for the 2026 10-Minute Play Festival, acting in Jellyfish Baby (Fall 2025), and stage managing Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day (Spring 2025). She is thrilled to be working with this cast and team for her final semester! Vivian would like to thank her friends, family, and mentors for supporting her in this marathon.

ASL Translator / Instructor | GWEN DOCTOR**

Gwen Docter is a first-year candidate in the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. She recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with degrees in Playwriting and Deaf Studies (PAH!) and finished her education there with her adaptation of Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic. She is so excited to have had a hand (haha) in Love Pentagram, and she says that everyone should go learn ASL from Deaf teachers, stat! Gwen sends her love to the ASL faculty at Columbia and to the Love Pentagram team for inviting her into the process <3.

Sound Designer | ADAM DETERS*

Lighting Designer | GABBY JOHNSON*

Assistant Stage Manager | SARAL ELLEN*

Sara is a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering and Theatre Arts. At the University of Iowa, she has been a stage manager on Grown Backwards and was a spot operator for Side Show. In high school some of her favorite shows that she worked on were The Play that Goes Wrong and Addams Family. She would like to thank her family who have supported her and driven her to be her best. Also, she would like to thank her friends who are always there when she needs them.

Assistant Stage Manager | ANSHIKA GHURA*

Anshika is a fourth-year student majoring in cinema and minoring in theatre. She has previously been a showrunner for a mini-series, directed/produced several short films, and is now proudly beginning to work in the theatre. She is thrilled to start her new life as she graduates this semester. Anshika would not have done this without the constant support of her parents, her brothers, and her friends. ‘Life is not all about the moment, it’s about the moments leading to those moments’.

*Undergraduate student.

**Graduate student.

UI Theatre is dedicated to providing hands-on theatre experience for both undergraduate and graduate students.