Starla Kovar

STARLA KOVAR joined OpenStage Theatre in spring 2005, working behind the scenes in OpenStage etcetera's production of Extremities as stage manager and board operator. Currently in her thirteenth season with OpenStage, she most recently designed properties for Every Brilliant Thing, served as the assistant director and set dresser for Avenue Q, stage manager for Steel Magnolias, designed properties and set dressing for The Flick, served as the assistant director/stage manager for Outside Mullingar and the assistant director for True West, and has taken on the roles of stage manager and assistant director for The Book of Liz, assistant director for The Seafarer, Dirty Blonde and Enchanted April, and properties designer and set dresser for Bug. Other roles with OpenStage etcetera include production manager for Rag and Bone, assistant director and stage manager for True West, assistant director for Desperate Affection and stage manager for The Six That Fell. Starla received the OpenStage OPUS Award for Outstanding Properties Design and Set Dressing for Bug and also received a 2016 Director's Award for Outside Mullingar.