Direction
The Last Five Years
Greendale Community Theatre, January 2024
Production Staff
Director and Set Design: Tim Backes
Music Director: Tom Reifenberg
Stage Manager: Natasha Bernovich
Lighting Design: Ryan Barry
Sound Design: Jake Israel
Costume Design: Darcy Devens
Press
“Why You Should See Greendale Community Theatre’s The Last Five Years,” from Milwaukee Magazine
Photo
Daniel Persino and Jamie Mercado
Taken by Anne Kenny Photography
Embers
Independently produced at Wulff Lodge, July 2023
Production Staff
Director and Set Design: Tim Backes
Stage Manager: Natasha Bernovich
Press
“Sparks Fly in New Play Embers” from Stage on a Page
“Into the Fire with Embers at South Milwaukee’s Grant Park” from The Shepherd Express
“Tim Backes on EMBERS” from The Small Stage
Photo
Alyssa Booton
Taken by Alison Calteux Photography
Songs for a New World
All In Productions. April 2018
Production Staff
Director and Set Design: Tim Backes
Music Director: Alison Bekolay
Stage Manager: Allison Kasprovich
Lighting Design: Jim Padovano
Sound Design: Adam Qutaishat
Costume Design: Molly Mason
Choreography: Stephanie Staszak
Photo
Indalecio de Jesus Valentin, Jamie Mercado, Patrick Jones, and Laura McDonald
Taken by Mark Frohna
Next to Normal
All In Productions, September 2017
Production Staff
Director: Tim Backes
Music Director: Julie Johnson
Stage Manager: Kathy Staats
Lighting Design: Mike Van Dreser
Sound Design: Derek Buckles
Costume Design: Christy Siebers
Set Design: Mitch Weindorf
Set Construction: Tom Backes
Prop Design: Katie Young
Press
“Next to Normal brings mental illness near home” from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Musical Suburban Middle-Class Madness with All-In” from The Small Stage
“Family Meets the Challenge of Mental Illness in ‘Next to Normal'” from The Shepherd Express
Photo
Steve Pfisterer, Austin Dorman, and Carrie Gray
Taken by Mark Frohna
Contact
Connect with Tim to inquire about direction or other artistic work on your upcoming production.