About Bob HuppRobert Hupp is in his ninth season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage. He recently directed Dial M for Murder, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Our Town, The Play That Goes Wrong, Eureka Day, Annapurna, Talley’s Folly, Amadeus, Noises Off, Next to Normal, and The Three Musketeers for Stage. Prior to coming to Central New York, Robert spent seventeen seasons as the producing artistic director of Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock. He directed over 30 productions for Arkansas Rep ranging from Hamlet to Les Miserables to The Grapes of Wrath. In New York City, Robert directed the American premieres of Glyn Maxwell’s The Lifeblood and Wolfpit for the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble. He also served for nine seasons as the artistic director of the Obie Award-winning Jean Cocteau Repertory. At the Cocteau, Robert’s directing credits include works by Buchner, Wilder, Cocteau, Shaw, Wedekind and the premieres of the Bentley/Milhaud version of Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children, Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy, and Eduardo de Filippo’s Napoli Millionaria. He has held faculty positions at Pennsylvania’s Dickinson College and, in Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Hendrix College. Robert served as vice president of the Board of Directors of the Theatre Communications Group and has served on funding panels for the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, the Theatre Communications Group, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. While in Arkansas, Robert was named both Non-Profit Executive of the Year by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and Individual Artist of the Year by the Arkansas Arts Council. He and his wife Clea ride herd over a blended family of five children, one dog, and two cats.About Jason O'ConnellJason is an actor, writer, and director based in New York City. He recently appeared on Max's "Search Party" and played Sir Andrew in The Old Globe's 2023 production of Twelfth Night. His Off-Broadway credits include Sense and Sensibility, Happy Birthday Wanda June, Judgment Day, Pride and Prejudice, and multiple productions of his own solo show, The Dork Knight. Jason is also the co-writer of the play Cyrano (adapted with Brenda Withers), and his directing credits include productions at Joe's Pub, Theatre Row, Syracuse Stage, Playhouse on Park, Amphibian Stage, and the Hudson Valley and Texas Shakespeare Festivals. He is also an illustrator, a stand-up comic, a private acting coach, and the host of Opening Weekend Podcast.

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