Rachel Atkins (she/her)
Playwright Mentor
Rachel Atkins (she/her) is the scriptwriter for the multimedia educational theatre company Living Voices, with 12 shows on history and social justice in ongoing touring repertory, seen by over 4 million audience members throughout the US and Canada. Her play Black Like Us (Original Works Publishing) received the TPS Gregory Award for Outstanding New Play, two Seattle Times Footlight Awards, and was an American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award nominee. A 3-time Gregory Award nominee for Outstanding Playwright/New Play, her work has been produced extensively in Seattle and around the US, Canada, and Brazil. Rachel is a Dramatists Guild member and holds her Master’s in Educational Theatre from New York University.
Annie Lareau (she/her)
Director Mentor
Annie Lareau has been an actor and director in the Seattle area for over 30 years. For the past seven years she has served as the Artistic Director of Seattle Public Theater. Prior to that she was the Interim Artistic Director at ArtsWest as well as the Education Director at Book-it Repertory Theatre. Her directorial resume includes The Tempest (2020), Pericles (2018), As You Like It (2015), and the touring productions of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth for Seattle Shakespeare Company; My Antonia (2019), On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (2013), and various educational touring shows for Book-It Repertory; Hometown Boy (2023), Admissions (2019), The Call (2018), Vanishing Point (2017), and Grand Concourse (2016) for Seattle Public Theater. Her favorite acting roles include: Antonia in My Antonia (Book-It 2008), Nadia in Vertical Hour (2008), Mistress Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor (Seattle Shakes 2019). She has taught theater for both children and adults at Seattle Repertory Theater, ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theater and served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Cornish College of the Arts as well as a guest artist faculty member at Syracuse University. She holds a BFA from Syracuse University and a M.Ed in Arts Education from Harvard University.
Sophe Friedman (she/her)
Curriculum Supervisor
Sophe Friedman is a director and educator who most recently participated in The Shattered Glass Project 2021-2022 incubator program as a director. She directs both professionally and at an educational level as well as created and taught a class at North Seattle College called Using Devised Theatre as a Catalyst for Social Change. Sophe has worked with TSGP since 2019 where she directed A Series of Small Cataclysms and currently serves as an advisory board member. She holds her Master’s in Education from Loyola Marymount University and Bachelor’s in Theatre from Chapman University.
Rebecca O'Neil (she/her)
Program Facilitator
Rebecca O’Neil is a Seattle-based actor with a passion for equity in the theatre and a profound interest in using the theatre to tell stories about all kinds of people, at all the intersections in their lives. A 2019 of the MFA Arts Leadership program at Seattle University, she applied her classroom work to the development of The Shattered Glass Project. As well as her degree from Seattle University, she holds an MFA in Acting from University of Portland, an MA in Teaching from Willamette University, and a BA in Dramatic Arts from Mills College. Rebecca serves on the board of Theatre Puget Sound as the interim president. She is the proud mother of Jade, Gemma and Rafferty, and grandmother of Leila. Peter: I couldn’t do this without you.
Kathy Hsieh (she/her)
Teaching Artist | Cultural Competence Workshop
Kathy Hsieh (she/her) is the Racial Equity in Grantmaking Strategist for the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. A change agent in transforming the City's arts funding program through an anti-racist lens, she helped the agency earn the Seattle Management Association's first Race & Social Justice Management Award and has been a featured presenter and trainer on racial equity, identity conscious casting, and anti-racism for throughout the U.S., Canada and even for Shakespeare’s Globe in London. She is also an award-winning theatre artist and a Co-Executive Producer and founder of SIS Productions, an Asian American female-led company. She has been honored by the National Association of Asian American Professionals in Seattle as their Artist of the Year, by The Seattle Theater Writers Gypsy Awards with A Special Award of Recognition for Excellence in Playwriting, by Verizon’s Asian Pacific American Bash's Innovator Award, an International Examiner Community Voice Award in the Arts, a Gregory Award for Sustained Achievement in Theatre, and a Seattle Chinese American Citizens Alliance’s Fred Yee Citizens Award.
Jasmine Lomax (they/them)
Teaching Artist | Consent and Brave Spaces Workshop
Jasmine Lomax is a Cornish College of the Arts graduate working tirelessly to help shape the Seattle Theater Community into a healthy, creative, and collaborative environment. Some of their recent credits include The Niceties (Associate Director/ Fight Choreographer) with Intiman Theatre, Tiara’s Hat Parade (Director) with Book-It Repertory Theatre, PASSOVER (Intimacy Director/ Co-Fight Choreographer) with The Spot Sun Valley, This Bitter Earth (Intimacy Director) with Seattle Public Theater, and The Bonesetter’s Daughter (Assistant Director) with Book-It Repertory Theatre.
Ian Bond (he/him)
Teaching Artist | Consent and Brave Spaces Workshop
Ian Bond is a Seattle based fight and intimacy director, actor, and educator. His choreography has been seen at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Rep, University of Washington, Washington Ensemble, Taproot Theatre, The Shattered Glass Project, Book-It Repertory, Seattle Shakespeare, Village Kidstage, and ACT Theatre. Ian is a co-founder of PNW Theatrical Intimacy and member of Intimacy Directors and Coordinators. He is also a motion capture artist (Ghost of Tsushima) and professional Game Master. www.ianbond.org
Parmida Ziaei (she/her)
Panelist | Design Panel
Parmida Ziaei is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Seattle. Parmida has designed various interior, architectural, immersive and entertainment spaces and has been a scenic and production designer with many Seattle theaters including ACT, Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, ArtsWest, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, among others. When not designing, Parmida performs, choreographs and teaches as a movement artist. Parmida is the co-founder of Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble. parmidaziaei.com
Thorn Michaels (she/her)
Panelist | Design Panel
THORN MICHAELS has designed and assisted for 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Opera, Village Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, ACT, Santa Fe Playhouse, Kentucky Opera, Lincoln Center, San Francisco Opera, New York City Ballet, and others. She holds an MFA in lighting design from University of Washington (2016). For more about her work, please visit thornmichaels.com.
Bella Rivera (they/she)
Panelist | Design Panel
Bella (they/she) is a Mexican-American scenic artist and designer originally from San Diego, CA. Bella is passionate about utilizing theatrical design to bring underrepresented stories from creators of color to life on Seattle stages. Past projects include work with Seattle Public Theatre, Shattered Glass Project, Macha Theatre Works, ArtsWest, Freehold Theatre, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, and Village Theatre. bellariveradesign.com
Zoé Tziotis Shields (she/her)
Panelist | Design Panel
Zoé Tziotis Shields is a Greek-American, Seattle-based costume designer, actor, and Certified Life Coach. Zoé is committed to creating a space within the theatre that promotes building a shared vocabulary for actors to communicate their needs through the design process that reflects their characters and their bodies. If we want our artists to have longevity and sustainability, we must prioritize taking care of their minds, bodies, and souls, supporting actors to take audiences on a journey during every performance. Past costume design work includes work with General Gabler's Theatre, Macha Theatre Work, Book-It Repertory, ArtsWest, Seattle Shakespeare Company's Education Tour, Cornish College of the Arts, Dacha Theatre, Horse in Motion, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Intiman.
Desdemona Chiang (she/her)
Panelist | Navigating the Playwright/Director Relationship
Desdemona Chiang is a Taiwan-born American director/writer based in Seattle, WA and Ashland, OR. She works in a variety of genres, including new plays, Shakespeare, and musicals. Stage directing credits include The 5th Avenue Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and ACT Theatre, among others. Sundance Institute AAPI Fellow. American Film Institute DWW+ 2023-24. MFA Directing: University of Washington
Maureen Hawkins (she/her)
Panelist | Navigating the Playwright/Director Relationship
Maureen Hawkins has been a professional actor and director for the past 50 years. She is a member of Actors Equity and Sag-Aftra and has performed with many Seattle Theatre companies including Seattle Rep, ACT, Intiman, Parley, The Second Stage, The Empty Space, and others. She has directed several shows for Stone Stone Soup Theatre and for Pacific Play Company and recently, WANT for the Shattered Glass Project. in addition, she has directed dozens of shows at Seattle middle and high schools as a guest artist. She is currently pursuing a venue for an Equity Members Project production of "Strong Waters" by Claire Zaslove.
Claire Zaslove (she/her)
Panelist | Navigating the Playwright/Director Relationship
Claire Zaslove was born and raised in Vancouver, B.C. She earned her B.A. at Yale in English and Theater Studies, and then her M.F.A. in Directing for Theatre at the University of British Columbia.
Claire’s work as a playwright is influenced by her background as a director, and as an actress on stage and screen. A member of the Dramatists Guild, Claire is the author of several plays and translations, and a family guide to classic movies.
https://www.clairezaslove.com/
Shermona Mitchell (she/her)
Panelist | Navigating the Playwright/Director Relationship
Shermona is an actor, director, and adaptor, transplanted in Seattle by way of Kentucky. In addition to working artistically for over two decades in Seattle, Shermona has enjoyed a myriad of opportunities both nationally across Washington, Oregon, and Pennsylvania and internationally in Canada and Turkmenistan. Shermona’s work has been seen on stages at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Sound Theatre Company, ACT, Intiman Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Anything is Possible Theatre and theater simple, among many others. Shermona also serves as Co-Artistic Director for Sound Theatre Company.
John Langs (he/him)
Panelist | Navigating the Playwright/Director Relationship
John Langs has served as Artistic Director since 2016. He joined ACT in 2013 as Associate Artistic Director. Langs’ 20–year freelance career afforded him the opportunity to work with many prestigious theatre companies across the country. He has directed productions at Playwrights Horizons NY, Ensemble Studio Theater NY, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Lookingglass Theater Company in Chicago, Circle X in Los Angeles, The Resident Ensemble, New Century Theatre Company, Washington Ensemble Theatre, and Seattle Shakespeare Company. Langs received his directing degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Some of his favorite directing credits include The Shaggs Philosophy of the World (Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle Award for Best Original Musical), and Brothers Karamazov (seven LADCC Awards including Best Production of the year and Best Direction) and directing Kurt Beattie in King Lear. e\. As a dedicated fan of original work, Langs has shepherded over a dozen projects to their premier production.
Yussef El Guindi (he/him)
Panelist | Navigating the Playwright/Director Relationship
Yussef El Guindi’s most recent productions include “Hotter Than Egypt” at Marin Theatre Company, ACT in Seattle, and at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (2022-23 Henry Award winner); and "People of the Book" at ACT in Seattle. He won the American Blues Theater’s “Blue Ink Playwriting Award” for “Refugee Rhapsody” in 2021. Bloomsbury/ Methuen Drama recently published “The Selected Works of Yussef El Guindi.”
Pilar O'Connell (they/them)
Pilar is a Mexican-American multidisciplinary theatre practitioner from Santa Fe, New Mexico. They attended Cornish College of the Arts. Seattle Directing Credits: Fade (Seattle Public Theater), Las Mariposas Y Los Muertos (Forward Flux) and Terra Incognita (Annex Theatre). As a performer Pilar has been seen on the stages of Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Wooden O, The Icicle Creek New Play Festival, ActLAB, Ese Teatro, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Annex Theatre, & many others
Aidyn Trinity Stevens (she/her)
Director
Aidyn Trinity is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist whose study has focused on applied and community-based theatre. She graduated from Western Washington University in 2022 where she performed classical voice and theatre, practiced costume design, and led workshops inspired by Theatre of the Oppressed. Aidyn is excited to work in Seattle again as she grew up here and has a profound love for the Seattle performing arts scene.
Christie Zhao (she/her)
Director
Christie Zhao is a theatre director, interdisciplinary artist, and art leader. As the artistic director at Yun Theatre in Seattle, Christie's work tackles complex social issues, explores identity and culture, and challenges conventional narratives. She is passionate about documentary theatre and new work development. Past directing credit: "Caught" by Christopher Chen, “Good Enemy” by Yilong Liu, “Two Goldfish (Who Become Heroes) by Olivia Xing and Gefei Liu and "Monologues of n Women" with Yun Theatre.
Divya Rajan (she/her)
Director
Divya is a creative practitioner/warrior and a performance artiste. She loves creating site-specific, immersive, experimental, and devised works. She holds an MFA in theatre arts, is a trained cinematographer, a Scuba diver and a Reiki healer. She practices the Margolis Method. Divya designs & facilitates creative rituals through Epiphany Sutra – a world of re-imagined rituals. She also works with youth. Her cultural roots, immigrant life, & self-learned artistic pursuits significantly shape her artistic identity.
Jourdan Keith (she/her)
Playwright
Jourdan Imani Keith, Seattle’s 2019- 2022 Civic Poet, is a Pushcart nominated author. Her play, an Afro-futurist trilogy was awarded support for “The Uterine Files: Episode One” by office of ARTS and Artist Trust. Featured in Forbes and on NPR, her Orion Magazine essays, Desegregating Wilderness and At Risk appear in the Best American Science and Nature Writing Anthology, as well as text books. The founder of Urban Wilderness Project she leads its R U An Endangered Species™ Women and Whales First: Poetry in a Climate of Change campaign. A recipient of the 2022 US Water Alliance Outstanding Artist prize and a 2018 Americans for the Arts award, her TEDx Talk, Your Body of Water became the theme for King County's 2016-2018 Poetry on Buses program. Her essays and poems are in Prairie Schooner, Terrain, Cosmonaut, YES magazine and Seismic.
Lisa A. Price (she/they)
Playwright
I am a scientist and physician, who minored in musical theater dance as an undergraduate. That has lent to being a trained observer with a lyrical lens. I write to foster my life, and to affect others so that they may foster their own in a positive way.
In 2011, I had just finished a postdoctoral fellowship, and as a single mother, was raising two fabulous daughters. That year, I was 'let go' from a job that I had been at for two months. I was overqualified, they said. It was unexpected and traumatic. My blood pressure elevated and my heart would not stop racing. I turned to creating a world that I could control, dressed in my concerns, plus all the elements I love, including the natural world, order, deep relationships, magic, food and family.
My overall goal as a writer is focused on the deconstruction of calamities as well as joy, through examination of the paths which lead to them. In this way, the stories can be used as tools, as we discover ways of interjecting means to enhance joy, or interrupting dysfunction before calamities happen.
Mariah Lee Squires (she/they) and S.W. Jones (they/them)
Playwright Team
Mariah Lee Squires and S.W. Jones met at Cornish College of the Arts where they both graduated Magna Cum Laude. They began their artistic partnership shortly after graduation, particularly interested in developing new works focused on femme and nonbinary identities. They have a keen interest in storytelling that explores the theatre of questions and use their writing to, as Cesar A. Cruz said, “comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
Rebecca O'Neil (she/her)
Director
Rebecca is excited to collaborate with Jourdan and this fabulous cast to bring The Uterine Files: Episode 1 to the New Works Festival. An emerging director herself, Rebecca is the founding artistic director of The Shattered Glass Project and is grateful to the entire 2024 Incubator/Mentor Cohort for their talent and willingness to explore creative collaboration.
Machismo by Spencer Vigil, directed by Alanah Pascual
Perseus & Anemone by Monique Aldred, directed by Sadiqua Iman
Queenfisher by Natalie Schmidt, directed by Helen T. Mariam
When I Began Dying by Sarah Miri Daniels, directed by Sophe Friedman
Gallery of Perspective & Light by Darby Sherwood, directed by Alison Kozar
Somnia Feral (She/Her)
Rebecca, On the Train
Somnia Feral has acted for over 20 years on stage and in short films.
Ronnie Hill (he/him)
Daniel, On the Train
Ronnie Hill is a classically trained actor studying meisner under Robin Lynn Smith, and studied at University of Montana for Acting and Vocal Performance. Most recently on stage, Ronnie played Escalus In Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and is most know from his role where he was nominated for Supporting Male in his portrayal of Uncle Willie in Caged Bird at Book-it Repertory Theater. Ronnie appeared with The Shattered Glass Project as Earl in Want.
Camilla Kintana (she/her)
Camilla, On the Train
Camilla Kintana is an actor from Portland, Oregon, now based out of Seattle. A Fall 2023 graduate from Cornish College of the Arts in the Acting & Original Works BFA program, Kintana has recently played such roles as Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries, Thaisa in Pericles, and Alex Parker in the original film Tomorrow at Two by Daymien Bunao.
Alyssa Keene (she/her)
Madame/Lady/Peddler, Carmilla
Alyssa Keene Recent stage acting credits: Ross in Macbeth: A Rock Musical (Seattle Public), Fannie Hatter in Howl’s Moving Castle (Book-It), Maggie in Yen (ACT). Recent dialect coaching credits: Roe, The Woman in Black (WICA), A Woman of No Importance (Taproot), Sweeney Todd, West Side Story (5th Ave Theater), Little Shop of Horrors (Village Theatre), What We Were (Pony World). Recent film: Marcie’s, Anna to Anacortes. Up next: The Moors at Seattle Public Theatre.
Ayo Tushinde (She/They)
Virginia Mary/Ensemble, The Uterine Files, Episode 1
Ayo (she/they) is a Seattle artist with a passion for creating through intersectionality and inclusion, continuing to inspire vital change in our ever-shifting society. Most recently they portrayed Isabella in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure with Freehold’s Engaged Theatre Tour. They have enjoyed working with many other theaters including Seattle Shakespeare Company, Cafe Nordo, Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Intiman, Seattle Public Theater, and The Seagull Project.
Sam Prudente (He/They/Siya/Sila)
Father, Carmilla
Sam Prudente has a BA in Culture, Literature, and the Arts & an MA in Cultural Studies from the UW. Siya/sila ay miyembro ng PTAG the Philippines’ Theatre Actors Guild. Growing up in Guam & Papua New Guinea, then adulting in Manila, they’ve done plays & musicals, worked in TV, film, and advertising before moving to San Francisco & Seattle. He plans to visit friends in Paris & Austria soon and take in the Swiss and Italian Alps.
Viviana Garza (She/They/Ella/Elle)
Housekeeper/Gentleman/Girl, Carmilla
Viviana Garza (she/they/ella/elle) is a multi-hyphenate performing and theatre artist and advocate for racial and social equity. They seek to tell stories from the queer and BIPOC communities. Recent highlights: Antonia/Inez in "Quixote Nuevo" with South Coast Repertory Theatre; Jess in "Cost of Living" with Sound Theatre Company; t; Julius Caesar in "Julius Caesar" with Seattle Shakespeare Company; and Understudy for Minerva, Mate, Young Dede & American Woman in "In the Time of the Butterflies" with Book-It Repertory
Alba Davenport (She/Her)
Nia, On the Train
Alba is glad to be a part of The Shattered Glass Projects’ Plays in Progress Incubator. She is always excited to assist with the development of new works and support artists on their journey.
Jasmine Flora (She/Her)
Carmilla, Carmilla
Jasmine Flora (she/her) is a Seattle-based storyteller and showgirl with a B.F.A in Musical Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts. You can find her burlesque alter-ego, Lola California, on stages throughout the PNW and with her burlesque theatre troupe, The Dirty Darlings, queer-ing fairytales. When not on stage she can be found at 18th & Union, an arts space in the Central District, where she helps emerging artists produce their work. @jazzjazzflora
Laurence Hughes (He/Him))
Senator Chad Fox, On the Train
Laurence (he/him) is pleased to be a part of this project, returning to his wheelhouse of playing the only racist/bullying/clueless old white dude in an otherwise diverse and inclusive cast. He has appeared on numerous Seattle stages and a few more exotic ones like Prague, St Julien L'Ars & Nevada City.
Deja Culver (She/Her)
Narrator, The Uterine Files
Deja Culver is a 3rd year MFA Acting Student in the PATP at UW. She comes all the way from Dallas, Georgia. She just finished a part of her capstone in the Moors where she played Huldey, her other credits from her undergrad include: Diwata from Speech and Debate, Mayme in Intimate Apparel, and Shelly in Evil Dead the Musical. Deja is very excited to transfer her education from the program, to learning from the world.
Nabilah Ahmed (She/Her)
Laura/Young Laura, Carmilla
Nabilah Ahmed (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate artist with a background in acting, museums, media design, and production. She has collaborated with many arts organizations in her various creative capacities, including Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-it Repertory Theater, On the Boards, Seattle Modern Orchestra, WET, ArtsWest, and MoPOP. For all her artistic passions, the stage will always be her home.
Rachel Atkins (she/her)
Playwright
Rachel Atkins (she/her) is the scriptwriter for the multimedia educational theatre company Living Voices, with 12 shows on history and social justice in ongoing touring repertory, seen by over 4 million audience members throughout the US and Canada. Her play Black Like Us (Original Works Publishing) received the TPS Gregory Award for Outstanding New Play, two Seattle Times Footlight Awards, and was an American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award nominee. A 3-time Gregory Award nominee for Outstanding Playwright/New Play, her work has been produced extensively in Seattle and around the US, Canada, and Brazil. Rachel is a Dramatists Guild member and holds her Master’s in Educational Theatre from New York University.
Ziara Greathouse (she/her)
Virginia Mary | The Uterine Files: Episode 1
Ziara Greathouse is a mezzo- soprano, originally from Atlanta GA. She studied choral music education at Kennesaw State University and opera performance at the University of British Columbia. Her notable roles include Dido in “Dido and Aeneas” and Bronka in the Russian opera “The Passenger.”
Mia McGlinn (she/her)
Carmilla | Carmilla
Mia McGlinn is an actress and filmmaker. Her recent credits include Babe (Crimes of the Heart), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet, PGT), Natashya (Three Sisters, BCT), and Joy (Cinderella, PGT). She would like to thank Aidyn for the opportunity to play the charming Carmilla, Mariah Lee Squires and S.W Jones for trusting her with their words and her family for always supporting her creative endeavors.
Jessica Marvin-Romero (she/her)
Laura | Carmilla
Jessica Marvin-Romero (she/her) is a Mexican-American actress and poet thrilled to be making her debut in the Seattle theatre scene after graduating from Temple University. Some past works include Fátima in Pase lo que Pase with PlayPenn in Philadelphia and Cindy in Fefu and Her Friends (Temple University).
Meghan Ames (she/they)
Madame Perrodon | Carmilla
Meghan [she/they] moved to Seattle 5 years ago and began working with theatres around the Puget Sound including Vashon Repertory Theatre, Centerstage, and Take a Stand. After studying with clown and physical theater teachers including Chris Bayes, Giovanni Fusetti, and Philippe Gaulier, Meghan became a member of UMO Ensemble - a physical theatre group out of Vashon Island."
Bradley Goodwill (he/him)
Father | Carmilla
Bradley is thrilled to be a part of the New Works Festival. Locally he has been seen at Intiman, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Theatre Anonymous, and 14/48 Projects. He has appeared on the TV shows Grimm, Z Nation, and The Librarians. Film work includes Warmuffin, The Architect, and Burn It All.
Alba Davenport (she/her)
Nia Anderson | On the Train
Alba is excited to work with The Shattered Glass Project and playwright Lisa Price on this new piece. She believes art is capable of many things and the ability to humanize is its greatest power.
Audrey Herold (she/her)
Melinda Kramer | On the Train
Audrey’s favorite previous roles include: Susan/Witch (Always Winter, TTC), Mary Magdalene (Judas Iscariot, TAL), and Ascendant (The Veil, Dacha). She regularly tours with TTC’s Improv Team and is a proud company member & artistic producer with Dacha Theatre. BFA from TWU & MFA from Seattle U. More at audreyherold.com
James Lyle (he/him)
Senator Chad Fox | On the Train
James is a Seattle actor and playwright. Recent roles include Calendar Girls (Phoenix Theatre) and The Flight Before Xmas (Macha). His plays Red Planet Blue and Ghost Girl have been featured in Edmonds Driftwood Players new works series.
Azadeh Zanjani (she/her)
Sera/Sarah | Out of Time
Azadeh Zanjani is a Meisner trained actor and multidisciplinary artist based in Seattle. Recent credits include The Forgotten History of Mastaneh with Seattle Public Theatre/Seda Theatre, TheTitle, a short film by Naghmeh Samini, Hijab with Island Theatre and Play of Life and Death with Seda Theatre/MachaTheatre Works. When not acting, Azadeh practices architecture, paints, and sings classical arias.
Natalie Schmidt (she/her)
Trish/Miranda | Out of Time
Natalie Schmidt (she/her) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher, and Co-Artistic Director of General Gabler’s Theatre. Credits include: Hedda Gabler (Hedda; General Gabler’s Theatre), Ghost Party: Remastered (Ursula; Dacha), When Love Speaks (Thalia Dionysus; Thalia’s Umbrella), and In the Next Room (Mrs. Daldry; BAT). More at thenatalieschmidt.com!
Jasmine Ritter (she/her)
Production Stage Manager
Jasmine Ritter (She/Her) is a freelance Stage Manager. Her recent projects include working with Seattle U, ACT's Young Core Company, and Book-It Repertory Theatre. She is excited to be a part of the collaborative process that is the New Works Festival with Shattered Glass Project.
Bella Rivera (they/she)
Scenic Design
Bella is a Chicanx designer/painter. They last worked with TSGP on Want (scenic design). Projects include work with Seattle Public Theatre, Macha Theatre Works, ArtsWest, Freehold Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, WET, Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Cornish College of the Arts, and Village Theatre. bellariveradesign.com
Montse Garza (she/her)
Lighting Designer
Montse is a Latina theater artist who moved to Seattle last year after graduating. She’s worn all sorts of hats from performer to designer to director, but lighting design is the niche she’s found for herself. This is her first festival ever - designing four shows at once has been a ride!
José Amador (he/him)
Daniel Stevens | On the Train
José Amador couldn’t be more thrilled to be working on his first Shattered Glass Project production! Pre-pandemic, you may have seen his work as an actor in Cafe Nordo’s ONĒRUS; this is his first time as an actor since that entire rigamarole began. You might be more familiar with his work as a director, most recently with Theater Anonymous’ IT’S A WONDERFUL LIVESTREAM 2020, Theater Schmeater’s TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO, or amador/stokes’ world premiere of DUELS. Finally, as a playwright, his solo shows, EL HIJO PRODIGO and AGUE: A BODY HORROR, have been produced a number of times in Seattle, with another showing of both shows in repertory at 18th & Union in late October.
Riley Gene (they/them)
The Girl/The Gentleman/Doctor | Carmilla
Riley Gene (they/them) is a proud trans-fem/non-binary, autistic actor, director, and playwright based in Seattle. Riley Gene has appeared on stage with Seattle Rep, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Freehold's Engaged Theatre Tour, the 1448 Projects, Strawberry Workshop Theatre, Dacha Theatre, and more. Currently serving as the General Manager of Sound Theatre Company, Riley holds a BFA in Original Works Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts. Next up, they will be seen in Seattle Shakespeare Company's Two Gentleman of Verona.
Michael Ramquist (he/him)
Housekeeper/Art Conservator/General Spielsdorf | Carmilla
Michael (He/Him) has been fortunate enough to have performed with many theater companies in the Seattle area. He couldn't be more delighted than to be included in "Carmilla." The brave and talented people making this theater happen inspire him and teach him every day. Fangs for your support!
Tessa “Cricket” James (they/them)
Angie/Angelina | Out of Time
Tessa “Cricket” James is an actor local to the Seattle area and is honored to be able to help tell the story of the struggle of the women who have come before us. They would like to dedicate this performance to their mom, the strongest woman they know.
Chloe Monroe (she/her)
Rebecca Levin | On the Train
Chloe is thrilled to be part of The Shattered Glass Project's 2024 New Works Festival production of playwright Dr. Lisa Price's captivating new piece, "On the Train." With a passion for storytelling and a commitment to bringing diverse voices to the stage, Chloe hopes to brings depth and authenticity to this role.
Having previously collaborated with The Shattered Glass Project, Chloe is no stranger to presenting new works that challenge, inspire, and provoke thought. Her performance in the innovative "Perseus & Anemone", where Chloe last appeared with TSGP, showcased her versatility and dedication to exploring complex narratives.
