INDA BLATCH-GEIB (RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER)
Inda Blatch-Geib’s work as a costume and production designer for over 1,000 theatrical, commercial, and film releases has spanned 37 years and crossed 4 continents. Production and Costume Design has included commercials for Krylon, Bryant & Stratton, Footlocker, The West Virginia Lottery’s national award-winning campaigns, The Ohio Lottery, Microsoft, Under Armor, McDonalds, TroyBuilt, Meijer, and The Original Mattress Factory as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 1970’s and 1980’s themed videos, national spots for the team, and design for on court half-time shows including their mascot shield design and pyrotechnic sword. Live performance and festival design include Machine Gun Kelly’s US and European Tours as well as ESTFEST and Wolstein Arena productions. Specialty projects include microphone stand designs for MGK and Bear. Print designs have included set styling for Harper’s Bazaar UK Scarlett Johansson cover and spread as well as catalogue set styling for Foundations and Kilgore Trout. Additionally, Ms. Blatch-Geib’s designs have been showcased in exhibits at The Smithsonian Institute with film projects including Ohio Art Direction of The Signal staring Laurence Fishburne and Production and Costume Design of The Con. Theatrical Design includes Production & Costume Design for the special off- Broadway Production of Kris Kringle, The Musical, Costume Design for the Cleveland Play House production of Native Gardens, as well as multiple productions for the Colombian National Opera. Music Video Production and Costume Design includes Machine Gun Kelly’s Alpha Omega and Let You Go releases. Locally, Inda has been the Resident Designer for Karamu House, Cleveland Public Theatre, Magical Theatre Company, and Cleveland Institute of Music. Her company, Inda Blatch-Geib Designs, offers Costume & Production Design services as well as Prop, Set, and Costume rental and custom fabrication.
BENJAMIN GANTOSE (RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER)
Benjamin Gantose is a lighting, scenery, and installation designer. A Cleveland native, Benjamin attended the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati where he studied Theatrical Design and Production with an emphasis in Lighting Design. His work spans ballet and modern dance, scripted and devised theatre, musical theatre, opera, and theme parks. This is his seventh season as Resident Lighting Designer at Cleveland Public Theatre where his designs have included Gloria, Fire on the Water, Everything is Okay (and other helpful lies), Red Ash Mosaic, Br’er Cotton, Barbecue, Incendiaries, in a word, Exact Change, There is a Happiness that Morning Is, Akarui, and Cut To Pieces. Benjamin’s work has been seen around Cleveland at Cleveland Play House, Theater Ninjas (now Maelstrom Collaborative Arts), Beck Center for the Arts, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, Mamaí Theatre Company, Baldwin Wallace University, Cleveland State University, and Verb Ballets, and nationally. Associate Design work includes lighting and scenic designs at Cincinnati Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Ballet Hawaii, Cain Park, Lakeland Civic Theatre, and Inlet Dance Theatre.
MYA LOPARO (RESIDENT GRAPHIC DESIGNER)
Mya Loparo is a graphic designer, illustrator and multidisciplinary artist. In addition to designing for Cleveland Public Theatre, she creates whimsical, eclectic, and nostalgic designs for clients like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2021 Induction), Beachland Ballroom and Tavern, "Cleveland Scene," and the band Crumb, for their "AMAMA" music video. As a Fall 2024 House of Gül Graphic Design Fellow, Mya studied directly under founder and globally celebrated creative director Ali Godil. Her work was featured on graphic design podcast "kelliot," hosted by critically acclaimed designers Elliot Ulm and Kel Lauren, who said of Mya's work, "This makes me want to run into oncoming traffic, it's so good."
Mya holds a BFA in Illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art. CPT was a natural next step after graduation, as diversity and accessibility drive her work as a queer, ADHD designer. Mya draws inspiration from her love for music, vintage fashion and design, and nature.
To keep up with Mya's creative endeavors, follow her on Instagram @myaloparoart and explore her portfolio at myaloparo.art.