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2012-13 Executive Board
Co-Producer
Paula Polasky
Paula Polasky is currently a 3L at the Law School. She is a native Minnesotan and, despite being frozen to the ground on three separate occasions, completed her undergraduate at the University of North Dakota. After participating in TORT her 1L year as a featured dancer, Paula achieved the role of producer after insulting then producer Brad Hammer. Paula looks forward to co-producing with Sarvesh Desai this year and hopes her work is insult free, but she makes no promises.
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Co-Producer
Sarvesh Desai
Sarvesh Desai is a 2L and first time co-producer. After receiving rave reviews for his role as Boy 1 in Alawddin, he decided to retire from acting at the peak of his career and become a producer. He puts the "X" in P90X and consistently "Feels Great Can't Wait"
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Director
Dave Pascoe
Dave Pascoe grew up in Hornell, New York and graduated from the University of Rochester in 2005. He served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the
United States Navy from 2005-09 and worked as an advertising salesman and radio host at AM 1480 WLEA and 92.1 FM WCKR. Dave is excited to be part of the 11th installment of TORT. His past directing credits include Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and "Julius Caesar," Ibsen's "A Doll's House," and Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
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Head Writer
Emily Peterson
Emily Peterson is a 3L at the law school, and the head writer for this year's TORT production. She chose the University of Minnesota Law School over many, many other prestigious law schools when she heard about TORT, because she knows what really matters in legal education: thinking of inappropriate legal puns during class. Emily received her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota, and worked as a reporter at the Star Tribune before coming to law school. Both experiences were totally insufficient to prepare her for the task of writing law school musicals. Emily was also the head writer for last year's TORT production, "Alawddin: The Tale of 1,001 All-Nighters."
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Co-Music Director
Tiffany Choe
Tiffany Choe is originally from Seattle, home of Hendrix, the grunge movement, and now, hipsters with guitars! She knows all the lyrics and accompanying dance moves to every Spice Girls song. She used her newly acquired lawyering skills to convince her 85-year-old Korean grandmother to perform the Gangnam style dance for friends at her New Years party. Needless to say, with Tiffany's expert choreography from late night Youtube videos and some practice, she nailed it!
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Co-Music Director
Glenn Greenberg
Glenn Greenberg is a 2L from Weston, Connecticut. He went directly from Carleton College to law school. In addition to law school, he is
active as a composer and conductor. As a composer, his music was premiered by various Carleton College faculty members and ensembles. His piece, Penta Errant, was awarded Honorable Mention in the Duluth Superior Orchestra Nelson Young Composer's Competition. As a conductor, he has been on the podium with the Kenwood Symphony, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Minneapolis Youth Symphonies, and Carleton College Band.
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Coreographer
Amy Schutt
Amy Schutt is a 3L from Jamestown, North Dakota. She started out at an early age in gymnastics and transitioned to dance during middle school. She dance competitively in middle school and high school and took studio lessons in college. Amy has been a dancer in TORT for the past two years and is looking forward to bringing her ideas to life on stage for this year's performance. She would also like to give a shout-out to everyone on the choreography committee for their help, inspiration and endless supply of YouTube video distractions.
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Director of Costume Design
Courtney West
Somewhat new to the Twin Cities area, Courtney West calls Brandon, South Dakota home. Having graduated with her B.A. in Religion and Political Science at Gustavus Adolphus College in 2011, Courtney is now in her 2nd year of the JD/MBA program at the U. In her free time, Courtney enjoys reading non-school-related novels, baking cookies, attempting to craft things off of Pinterest, and watching reruns of NCIS. After having such a terrific time in last year's production of "Alawddin," running around on stage being utterly "talentless," Courtney is coming back this year as a chorus member and the Director of Costume Design.
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Technical Director
Steve Platt
Steve Platt is this year's technical director. You probably don't remember this, but Steve was a chorus member in last year's "Alawddin." Although this is his first experience as tech director in almost ten years, Steve is lucky to have a lot of help in building sets and acquiring props. He's a 3L now, and quite sad to be leaving law school, and TORT, behind. Remember: You want a Pepsi, pal, you're gonna pay for it.
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Treasurer
Robin Lehninger
Robin Lehninger is a 2L hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who is thrilled to be participating in her second TORT production. She was sold on UMN Law after seeing Harry Torter during the 2011 admitted students weekend and hasn't looked back since. Robin loves being a student so much that she is also pursuing her Master of Public Policy degree at the Humphrey School down the street. In the rare moments she's not somewhere on the West Bank, you can find her cheering on Gopher hockey or catching up on her (usually British) TV shows.
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VIP Liaison
Kaitlyn Adkins
Kaitlyn Adkins is a leading scholar in the field of sand kitten law. In her free time, Kaitlyn is an avid kayaker. When she gets sad, she stops being sad and is awesome instead. As VIP Liaison, Kaitlyn is working hard to get the biggest celebrity cameo in TORT history... stay tuned to see who it will be!
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