Jill Hostetter (she/her)
As a senior director in a Seattle-based technology company, Jill Hostetter is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion. She understands the importance of helping people pave the pathways to opportunity having studied and worked in a predominantly male tech environment throughout her career. With a degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Seattle University, Jill’s career spans working with consumer wireless telecommunication networks, 911 call-taking and radio dispatch systems and big data management for commercial vehicle fleets. At her current company, Jill is a co-founder and executive sponsor of their women’s affinity group, ASPIRE, and actively mentors both women and men for career advancement. She is excited to be a part of The Shattered Glass Project and to extend her voice and support to the advancement of equity in the theater community.
Roxy Hornbeck (she/her)
Roxy Hornbeck is an Assistant Professor in Arts Leadership at Seattle University. Because her teaching in leadership, strategic planning, and entrepreneurship focuses on disrupting normalized expectations, The Shattered Glass Project falls squarely in line with her personal ethic of the arts in practice. As a practicing artist and producer, she is thrilled to be part of this band of womxn doing the work towards representative social change.
Sabel Roizen (they/them)
Sabel has a BA in film from Seattle University and has worked in AV and IT for multiple years, largely in a university setting that involved careful planning of sustainable resource management and services. They love finding ways to make sure systems — both social and technological — are free of barriers and well-balanced between integrity and flexibility.
In their spare time, Sabel enjoys the very stereotypical activities of crafting, finding vegan food, hiking, playing board games, photography, and exploring arts and cultural events.
Sophe Friedman (she/her)
Director (A Series of Small Cataclysms; TBD)
Sophe lives in Seattle where she is the Lead Teaching Artist and Curriculum Developer at We.APP (We. Act Present Perform), a teaching artist and director at Stone Soup Theatre, and an instructor at North Seattle College. Sophe’s greatest passion is directing and bringing stories to life.
Machelle Allman (she/her)
Machelle last worked with Jen, Carolynne, and Rebecca on Mythfest, and has been eager to see what the Muses bring next. She is a part of the on-going Brass multi-platform production and is a musician and fiber artist. She volunteers for Rain City Rock Camp for Girls and mom to a high-schooler.
Jen Smith Anderson (she/her)
As a Seattle-based playwright, actor, producer, and voiceover artist, Jen approaches her work with passion, integrity and always with a positive, collaborative disposition. Some of Jen's favorite roles include Zuzu from It's a Wonderful Life, Anna from The Baltimore Waltz and Fat Lyza from Riding the Bull.
Stacey Bush (she/her)
Stacey is an actor, costumer and fight coordinator who has been working for and on various Seattle stages since graduation from Whitman College. Recent credits include Seattle Repertory Theater, MAP Theatre, Macha Theater Works & Macha Monkey Productions, Annex Theatre, 14/48 Productions and Theater Schmeater. She is excited to be working on this show with this fabulous group of people. Much love to her family and friends.
Kim Douthit (she/her)
Kim received her BFA in theatre arts from Hofstra University and her post grad degree in Classical acting from LAMDA. She's worked as an actor, director, playwright and educator in New York and Seattle. She also works as a paranormal investigator. She is thrilled to be working with such a great and creative group!
Rebecca Goldberg (she/her)
Rebecca Goldberg is a theater artist who loves ensemble pieces and new works and is therefore thrilled to be part of A Series of Small Cataclysms. Locally, she’s worked as an actor with Pony World Theatre, Macha Monkey, Live Girls!, ReAct, and the dearly departed CHAC and Theatre Babylon. She also works as a playwright (The Twelfth Story at Annex Theatre), director (MythFest with Mytholodical Ensemble and Proof with Blank Stage Theater), and sometimes both (The Yellow Wallpaper at Blank Stage Theater). She takes a DIY approach to theater and is particularly proud of her solo show Me vs. My Subconscious.
Kirsten McCory (she/her)
Kirsten McCory is a writer, performer and voice over artist. She has spent the last three years working in the mental health field and is eager to get back to making some amazing art.
Melanee Nelson (she/her)
Melanee has been performing since childhood (acting, singing, dancing). She earned a BA in Drama from San Francisco State University and acted locally in several plays, commercials and films, then continued that trajectory in Los Angeles. After many years, she escaped to Seattle before The Biz ate her soul alive; this is her first stage performance here and she couldn’t be more excited.
Jessica Stepka (she/her)
Jess Stepka has been tromping around Seattle stages since a local institution gave her a BFA in acting in 2004. She has also spent summers spouting the likes of William Shakespeare to local residents before helping herself to their picnics. She is honored to continue sharing stories with audiences and making art with such wonderful people.
Christine Shaw (she/her)
Christine is excited to be involved with Cataclysms after participating in stages of its development over the past few years. Christine has a background in bodywork, psychology, theater and music. In the past 21 years of doing theater in Seattle, Christine has performed with: 14/48 Productions, UMO Ensemble, Theater Schmeater, Green Stage, Seattle Theater Works, Atlas Productions, Integral Dramatics, and Open Circle Theater. Favorite roles include: Eleanor in The Lion in Winter, Teresa in Memory of Water, Ms. White in Reservoir Dolls, Ruth in Pirates of Penzance, Elvira in Blithe Spirit, and WSIWYG in UMO Ensemble’s Maldoror. Thank you for supporting live performance!
Barbara Lindsay (she/her)
Barbara Lindsay’s first full length play won the NY Drama League’s 1989 Playwriting Award and was given its premiere production in London in 1991. Since then there have been more than 400 performances of her plays, monologues, and screenplays in 33 States, 13 countries, and on every continent except Antarctica. Babs is also an actress and writing coach. Thank you to Shattered Glass for your awesome support of Familiar Kill.
Maureen Hawkins (she/her)
Maureen Hawkins has enjoyed directing shows for some of Seattle’s small stages and in area schools over several decades. Familiar Kill marks her first directing project in this medium which has provided performing artists with some, albeit limited, creative expression throughout the past 10 months. She is truly thrilled to be working with this beautiful script and with these inspiring actors.
Rebecca O'Neil (she/her)
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. Rebecca is the president of the Theater Puget Sound board of directors for 2023 and previously served as treasurer. She has an MFA in Acting (University of Portland); an MA in Teaching (Willamette University), and a BA in Dramatic Arts (Mills College). She is the proud mother of Jade, Gemma and Rafferty, and grandmother of Leila. Peter: I couldn’t do this without you.
Alison Kozar (they/them)
Alison is a rising stage manager making their directing debut with All New Cells. Their next project will be as stage manager for TSGP’s production of “Loom”.
Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, and radical self-worth. Recent productions: Black Bois (The Congregation,) Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works,) The Events (Intiman,) Is God Is (WET,) and The Christians (Pony World.) Alison is a 2018 Intiman Emerging Artist. www.professionalmomfriend.com
Aliza Goldstein (she/they)
Aliza Goldstein is a playwright based physically in Orange County, CA and mentally someplace on the Northeast FL coast. She holds a B.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from New York University (class of 2013) and has a day job editing scripts for mobile games. In addition to ALL NEW CELLS, plays include LIKE A DOG IN SPACE, IZZY ICARUS FELL OFF THE WORLD, and A SINGULAR THEY. Winner: 2013 John Golden Prize for Undergraduate Playwriting; 2015 Ebell of Los Angeles Playwright Prize; 2017 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Ted Schmitt Award; 2020 SETC/Stage Rights Ready to Publish Award. This play and others available on New Play Exchange.
Kathy Hsieh (she/her)
Ruby
Kathy Hsieh is an award-winning actor, writer and director. Recent projects include many Zoomlandia ones including The 14/48 Projects’ Theater Anonymous version of It’s a Wonderful Life and Harlequin Productions’ radio version of Snow in Midsummer. She has also worked with SIS Productions, Pratidhwani, Pork Filled Productions, Raisins in a Glass of Milk, Sound Theatre, ReAct, Seattle Rep, Book-It, ACT, Intiman, Taproot, ArtsWest, Living Voices, Seattle Shakespeare’s Wooden O and more.
Molly Hall (she/her)
Molly Hall has been a theatre artist all her life as an actor, choreographer, writer, and drama educator. Favorite recent roles include Miss Honey in MATILDA (Bainbridge Performing Arts), Debra in KIMBERLY AKIMBO (As If Theatre Co.), and Tanya in MAMMA MIA! (Kitsap Forest Theater). She has her MFA in Acting from the University of Washington and is a proud co-founder of As If Theatre Co. She is thrilled to be making art in whatever way possible during this unprecedented chapter in the world, and is beyond thankful to all the artists involved with The Shattered Glass Project for making that possible.
Maycee McQuin (she/they)
Since graduating college with a degree in Theatre and Film, Maycee has adventured across the country working in both performance and production on various projects such as: Hawaii Five-0, Kong: Skull Island, Cobra Kai, and Venom. Memorable theatre roles include Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free, Valère in The Miser, and Abbie Putnam in Desire Under the Elms. New to the Seattle area, Maycee is looking forward to getting to know the artistic community here.
Christopher Schoaps (he/him)
Having been born into an acting family, Chris has spent much of his life involved in community theatre, both as an actor and costuming assistant. Most of his acting experience has been at Pentacle Theatre in his hometown of Salem, Oregon. This is his first lead role in a production, and is extremely excited for the opportunity to work with a piece that resonates so strongly with him.
Stephanie Spohrer (she/her)
Stephanie earned a BA in Theatre Performance in New York before venturing out to Seattle. Locally, Stephanie has worked with: Annex Theatre, Fantastic.Z, Parley, ReAct Theatre, Pacific Play Company, SecondStory Rep, Burien Actors Theatre, and Driftwood Players. She will be seen this fall in As If Theatre Company’s “The Cake.” Stephanie thanks The Shattered Glass Company for the opportunity to play a character who is so flawed yet complex. This play deserves to be seen.
Kay Taylor Yelinek (they/them)
Kay Taylor Yelinek began their musical training as an instrumentalist before discovering a passion for theater in high school. Beginning their college career in Seattle, Washington, they eventually graduated from AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Favorite roles performed in AMDA productions include: Helen in Fahrenheit 451 and the featured ensemble role of the Broker in Madwoman of Chaillot. Alongside music and theater, Kay enjoys writing, painting, and gaming.
Alex Kronz (they/them)
Alexandra Kronz is a Seattle based actor, choreographer, playwright, and teaching artist. “All New Cells” is very close to their heart, and they’re overjoyed to help it become a reality. Recent projects: dancing for Lucille Jun (Velocity’s Bridge Project); directing “Wormwood” an original play (18th&Union); and performing in “Orpheus & Eurydice: a Song Cycle” (streaming now DachaTheatre.com). Upcoming: “Secret Admirer” an immersive zoom play opening 3/19 (Dacha); “The Wheel” (original dance film). Insta: @alexandrakronz
Cara Thomas (she/her)
Cara Thomas (she/her) is very excited to play the role of Clotho on this new, innovative performance platform. She began her acting career in 2017 as the feisty Eunice Hubbell in Red Curtain’s presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Before the pandemic she was Sudie Patterson in John C Davenport’s Asylum in Georgia at West of Lenin. Now, Cara is looking forward to giving Clotho breath; and is sincerely grateful for this new, exhilarating opportunity.
Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)
Carolynne Wilcox is a Seattle-based actor and playwright whose plays have been produced both locally and regionally, most recently a virtual production of Clytemnestra, as well as virtual (with TSGP!) AND actual productions of A Series of Small Cataclysms (co-written with Jen Smith Anderson). Aside from a slew of virtual performances over the past year, favorite recent roles include Ana in The Clean House, Carmen in Juan Palmieri, and La Muerte in Blood Wedding. She is beyond excited to finally be unveiling Loom after originally creating it as her graduate thesis project at Towson University in 2008!
Cristin Fenzel (she/her)
Cristin Fenzel is delighted to be part of the Loom Zoom team. Cristin is a teaching theater artist who uses theater as a tool to help young people become confident, creative writers and thinkers. During quarantine, she has been teaching online theater game and creative writing classes. She has appeared on stage (and/or in the park) with The Edmonds Driftwood Players, Phoenix Theatre, SecondStory Repertory, and The 14/48 Projects. If you are in the market for a new pair of shears, she highly recommends Joyce Chen’s life-changing “Unlimited” kitchen scissors — seriously, look them up!
Aimee Decker (she/her)
Aimee is thrilled to be part of this terrific project for The Shattered Glass Project. Before venturing into acting, she studied dance in Montana, worked in theatre and television in New York, and had a few run-ins with the law here in Seattle. Aimee has recently performed with Mythodical Ensemble, REBATEnsemble, and the multimedia steampunk series BRASS! created by John Longenbaugh. She would like to thank Rebecca, Carolynne, and the Fates who have made this all come together.
Marcenus "MC" Earl (he/him)
M.C. is a graduate of USIU San Diego's B.F.A. Acting Program. He started working with Cornerstone Theatre Company in Los Angeles in 1993 and became an ensemble member in 2008, appearing in over 16 productions. Cornerstone community collaborations M.C. has appeared in include Broken Hearts, For Here or To Go?, and For All Time. He appeared as the title role in The Langston Hughes Project at the Watts Village Theater, and at the Mark Taper Forum in Uzazi.
Alex Kronz (they/them)
Alexandra Kronz is a Seattle based teaching artist whose own creative work spans playwriting, dance, choreography, drag and theatre. Their generative and pedagogical approaches are informed by their experience as a queer woman in the arts, their passion for social justice, and their academic background in Socio-Linguistics and the Psychology of bias. In addition to serving as TSGP’s Director of Education, Alexandra teaches online theatre workshops for LGBTQIA+ and allied youth at the Rainbow Center Tacoma, teaches freelance partner dance lessons, and is a member of the 2021 Teaching Artist Training Lab cohort. Their recent performance work includes: acting in Dacha Theatre’s interactive zoom play Secret Admirer, dancing for Lucille Jun in Velocity’s The Bridge Project, and writing/directing Wormwood, their original evening length play, at 18th & Union’s Springshot Festival.
Nolan P. Chapa (he/him)
Nolan P. Chapa is eternally grateful for his first opportunity to perform with The Shattered Glass Project. He is even more grateful he could remain a part of this production despite moving back to Texas. He received his BA in Drama from Texas Woman's University. Some of his favorite roles include The Fire Chief (Bald Soprano), William (Lovesong), and Adam’s roles (Complete Works of Shakespeare abridged).
Hannah Coleman (she/her)
Hannah Coleman is thrilled to be making her Shattered Glass Project debut with such an incredible cast and crew. She studied Theatre Arts at Western Washington University and has performed with SecondStory Repertory, GreenStage, and Twelfth Night Productions. Some of her favorite credits include: Saint Joan (Dunois), Into the Woods (The Baker's Wife), and Charlotte's Web (Wilbur). She would like to thank her friends, family, and Jack for their constant support and love.
Bob Downing (he/him)
Bob Downing is a Seattle-based actor who has performed with the Seattle Shakespeare Company, 14/48 Theater Festival, Greenstage, Dacha Theatre, InD Theatre, Bainbridge Performing Arts, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Ghostlight Theatricals, ACT1 Theatre, the Lesser-Known Players, and others. He is also a union organizer, folk singer, and father of a teenager.
Sadie Gingold (she/her)
Sadie Gingold was most recently seen as Meg in A Wrinkle in Time (Shoreline Community College) and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Productions). She’s been acting her whole life and has performed at 18th and Union, Bainbridge Performing Arts, Edmonds Driftwood Players, Seattle Public Theatre, and Kitsap Forest Theater. She loves reading Shakespeare plays, cuddling her cat, and spending time with her family. She plans to study acting in college.
Ivan Guillermo (he/him)
Ivan Guillermo was Mikhail in an immersive experience “Last of the Tsars” at the Stimson Green Mansion in Capitol Hill before COVID. The immersive piece ran for one month before shutting down. Since then, Ivan has focused on his hobbies such as photography and video games. Graduating from Seattle University in 2019, he finished his time at SU having been in nine mainstage productions, various student-led productions, student films, and an internship with the Seattle Shakespeare Company in “King Lear”.
Wiley Basho Gorn (he/him)
Basho Gorn is a director, dramaturg, text coach, and teaching artist. His work focuses on developing a personal connection to heightened language both on and off the stage. Directing credits include: house of sueños: an audio drama (Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Rough Magic podcast), Twelfth Night (Fern Shakespeare Company, Seattle WA), It Will Be Now (18th&Union, Seattle WA), As You Like It (ACT Theatre, Seattle WA) and The Tempest (Taksu Theatre Co. Brooklyn NY). Dramaturgical credits include: Bring Down The House Pt 1&2, As You Like It, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland OR), Richard III (Seattle Shakespeare Company and upstart crow collective, Seattle, WA). Wiley is an affiliate artist of upstart crow collective and received his BFA from the School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Sydney Haas (she/they)
Sydney Haas is a Seattle and NYC based theatre artist and writer. She works primarily in costume and prop design and also dabbles in dramaturgy and stage management. Recent credits include Marisol, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents, The Misanthrope at Seattle University and Novenas for a Lost Hospital at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. She holds a BA in Theatre and English from Seattle University and is an upcoming MFA candidate for the writing program at Pratt Institute.
Molly Hall (she/her)
Molly has been a theatre artist all her life as an actor, choreographer, writer, and drama educator. Favorite recent roles include Miss Honey in MATILDA (Bainbridge Performing Arts), Debra in KIMBERLY AKIMBO (As If Theatre Co.), and Tanya in MAMMA MIA! (Kitsap Forest Theater). She has her MFA in Acting from the University of Washington and is a proud co-founder of As If Theatre Co. She is thrilled to be making art in whatever way possible during this unprecedented chapter in the world, and is beyond thankful to all the artists involved with The Shattered Glass Project who have lent their energy and talent to make that possible.
HanaSara Ito (she/her)
HanaSara Ito was born in Japan and raised in Hawaii. She currently resides in DC where she works for a progressive think tank, but previous to the pandemic was an actor living and working in Seattle.
Caitlin McCown (she/her)
Caitlin McCown is a director, stage manager, actor, scenic designer and digital streaming manager. She has been working in professional theatre for over 20 years and has worked locally with Macha Theatre Works, Fantastic Z Productions, Seattle Public Theatre, Theater Schmeater, Island Stage Left, Harlequin Productions, West of Lenin, and Twelfth Night Productions. Caitlin is the Managing Director of Many Hats Theatre and the Associate Production Manager for Village Theatre in Issaquah.
Maycee McQuin (she/they)
Since graduating college with a degree in Theatre and Film, Maycee has adventured across the country working in both performance and production on various projects such as: Hawaii Five-0, Kong: Skull Island, Cobra Kai, and Venom. Memorable theatre roles include Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free, Valère in The Miser, and Abbie Putnam in Desire Under the Elms. New to the Seattle area, Maycee is looking forward to getting to know the artistic community here.
Alison Kozar (they/them)
Alison Kozar (they/them): Alison is a multidisciplinary theatre artist facilitating brave storytelling through sound design, stage management, and directing. Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, and sans serif fonts. Recent projects include: Drinking Gourd (Hansberry Project,) All New Cells and Loom (Shattered Glass Project,) Is God Is (Hansberry Project and WET,) Black Bois (The Congregation and On the Boards.) Alison is a 2018 Intiman Emerging Artist. www.professionalmomfriend.com
Rebecca O'Neil (she/her)
Rebecca has a closet full of many hats: actor and mom are two of her favorites. She also enjoys the chaos of running a theatre company, directing ten other talented actors, and collaborating with several fabulous crew members. After earning her third master’s degree, she quit her job and started The Shattered Glass Project just in time for a pandemic. If that don’t tell ya, nothin’ will. Much love to Peter, Jade, Gemma, Raff, Leila, Mom and Dad.
Bella Rivera (she/her)
Bella is a scenic artist based in Seattle, WA, and holds a BA in Theatre from Seattle University. Recent credits include Production Designer for Oedipus the King and Sex by Mae West (Play Your Part). Bella is excited and grateful for another opportunity to continue making theatre in a digital medium.
Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)
Carolynne Wilcox is delighted to be gracing the virtual boards for the 3rd time with SGP, following A Series of Small Cataclysms in October and Loom in March. Other recent, virtual roles include Frida Kahlo in Spanish(!!!) in Humberto Robles’ Frida Kahlo: Viva La Vida with Latino Theatre Projects, and Maggie in Honoring Choices with Grief Dialogues. She looks forward to touring Frida to Mexico and Latin America once things open up!
Marissa Wyll (she/her)
Marissa Wyll is delighted to be playing Margaret in this production. Past credits include Henry IV (parts 1 and 2) with Greenstage, Polka Dots with Parachute Players, and countless science demonstrations on Pacific Science Center's live science stage. Marissa has degrees in biology and theatre from Western Washington University and this fall will be headed to Ireland for an MA in theatre practice with University College Dublin and the Gaiety School of Acting.
Hang Chen (he/him)
Hang Chen is an international student from China who graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a Bachelor's degree in General Business. He has lived in Seattle for a year and is a graduate student pursuing his MFA at Seattle University. He also works as a fashion entrepreneur and runs an online shop, focusing on Japanese fashion.
Shana Bestock (she/her)
Shana is a writer, educator, theater artist, and non-profit leader based in Seattle,WA. She has directed over 200 productions with youth ensembles and overseen over 120 professional productions. Currently she serves as the Producing Artistic Director of Penguin Productions, facilitating creative adventures in community arts to fuel the future with a focus on youth development and leadership, gender equity, and environmental justice. She is also a Fulbright Specialist, working internationally at the intersections of theater, social justice, and community building. From 2001-2018 Shana was Seattle Public Theater's Artistic and Education Director, a position she founded and an organization which she helped lead from community theater to national professional artistic recognition. She was a member of the ArtEquity cohort of 2016-17 and of the Leadership Tomorrow Class of '21, engaging with cross-sector leaders around regional issues through an equity lens. Through her facilitation and leadership, she strives to increase our capacity to connect, reflect, and create in order to make a more curious, compassionate and creative world. www.penguinproductionsseattle.org, www.shanabestock.com
Francesca (Cessa) Betancourt (she/her)
Francesca (Cessa) Betancourt is a performer, intimacy director, producer, and educator/facilitator. Cessa is originally from the Southwest but is now based on the East coast. She has worked as an artist and facilitator in Ireland, India, the Philippines, New York, Washington, Wisconsin, Maryland, D.C. and Florida. She holds two BAs from Western Washington University in Theatre Arts and Sociology, and has trained in Applied Theatre at City University of New York. She identifies as mixed-race/bi-racial, Cuban/Latinx/Hispanic, white, cisgender, female, and queer. Cessa is the artistic director of a recurring storytelling event and podcast called "she is FIERCE: stories from the female and genderqueer perspective" and is a founding member of HERON Ensemble, an interdisciplinary theatre collective. Her work is based in social/emotional learning, trauma informed arts practice, social justice, compassion, access, autonomy, and physical storytelling.
Andrew Lee Creech (he/him)
Andrew’s (he/him) a Black storyteller and content creator, hailing from Seattle, Washington. He’s the creator of The Legacy Plays Project--a nine-play, multi-century-spanning meditation on the journey of Black Americans through pivotal moments of American History. Select Awards/Nominations: 2020 Semifinalist for the Ashland New Plays Festival (Riverwood), 2018 Gregory Awards People’s Choice Nominee for Outstanding New Play (JOURNEY WEST! The Legend of Lewis & Clark). He’s developed programming and networking events for playwrights through his work with theatre organizations The Scratch, The Dramatists’ Guild of America, and Rain City Projects. Andrew holds a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts.
Inda Craig-Galvan (she/her)
Inda Craig-Galván is a Chicagoan who lives in Los Angeles, where it’s warm. Her plays include Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Geffen Playhouse), I Go Somewhere Else (Playwrights’ Arena), and a hit dog will holler (JAW 2021). Her work has been developed at the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Ojai Playwrights Conference, OSF’s Black Swan Lab, and recent honors include Kesselring Prize, Jeffry Melnick New Playwright Award, and Kilroys List. Current commissions in the works: Old Globe (San Diego) and Primary Stages (New York). Inda is also a TV writer on Demimonde, the upcoming HBO series created by JJ Abrams. MFA in Dramatic Writing, University of Southern California.
Rosa Joshi (she/her)
Jasmine J. Mahmoud (she/her)
Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud is a curator, playwright, and historian of art and performance. She is Assistant Professor of Arts Leadership at Seattle University, where she teaches courses including “Public Policy and Advocacy in the Arts” and “Black Lives Matter: Art Leadership, Theory, and Practice.” Her work engages performance studies, theater history, race, gender, policy, and geography. Her writing appears in academic and popular journals, including the South Seattle Emerald where she writes about BIPOC artists. Committed to arts advocacy, she serves as a Washington State Arts Commissioner, board president of Intiman Theatre, and a board member of On the Boards.
Alma Davenport (she/her)
Alma is a playwright and the founding artistic director of Brown Soul Productions, a theatre providing a platform that nurtures and amplifies the voices of women of color through the development and production of new creative works. She is the Playwright Mentor for the TSGP 2021 Director and Playwright Incubator/Mentor Program.
Amy Poisson (she/her)
Amy Poisson is primarily focused on world premiere plays by female+ artists. Selected work includes 17 Minute Stories, Macha’s Livestreamed Season, The Fifth Wave by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every; Blood Water Paint and Smoke & Dust by Joy McCullough; Sheathed by Maggie Lee (2019 Gregory Award winner for Outstanding New Play; 2019 Gregory Award nominee for Outstanding Actress in a Play); Happy, Happy, Happy… by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every; Plays by Maggie Lee: The Flight Before Xmas at Macha and Seattle Public Theatre, A Hand of Talons, The Clockwork Professor and The Tumbleweed Zephyr produced by Pork Filled Productions.
Monique Aldred (she/her)
Monique Aldred is an actor and singer. Her credits include Pygmalion, The Originals, Witch Prison, A Very Die Hard Christmas, and Avenue Q. Monique has also been a member of the Seattle Ladies Choir since 2012. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and playing pub trivia. Her capacity for memorizing random facts was finally rewarded when she competed as a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2014.
Sarah Miri Daniels (she/her)
Sarah Miri Daniels is a playwright, performer, and director from Atlanta, GA. She received her B.F.A in Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts. Sarah believes in the power of story as truth, and always seeks to create works that hold many kernels of truth. She is continually inspired by the surreal, magical, and odd. She recently had her play WANDERWOMAN produced by Cornish College of the Arts in their New Works Festival.
Sophe Friedman (she/her)
Sophe is a Seattle based director and educator originally from Colorado. She holds a MA in Education from Loyola Marymount University and a BA in Theatre from Chapman University. Most recently Sophe directed A Series of Small Cataclysms with The Shattered Glass Project. She directs both professionally and at an educational level as well as created and teaches a class at North Seattle College called Using Devised Theatre as a Catalyst for Social Change. Sophe is so excited to be returning to the TSGP cohort!
Helen T. Mariam (she/her)
Helen T. Mariam is a director, screenwriter, and independent film producer. She is the writer and director of the short films Insufficient and Relationship Demons (Finalist, Best Filmmaker, Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge). The Noise Made By People, a short film she wrote and produced, screened at the Port Orchard Film Festival, the Burien Film Festival, and the Local Sightings Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award.
Alison Kozar (they/them)
Alison Kozar (they/them): Alison recently made their directing debut with All New Cells. Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, and radical self-worth. Alsion primarily stage manages, and has recently begun to take work in sound design. Recent productions: Loom (TSGP,) Black Bois (The Congregation,) Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works,) The Events (Intiman,) Is God Is (WET,) and The Christians (Pony World.) www.professionalmomfriend.com
Kit Lascher (all pronouns)
Kit Lascher is a Seattle director, writer, and performer. Known for their distinctive “trash wonderland” style, they pride themselves on being able to make costumes and set pieces out of unusual materials and create entire worlds from unexpected places. They studied theatre at UCLA’s school of Theater, Film, and Television before moving to Seattle in 2016 and participating in the performance world ever since. They are passionate about theatre as a site for social change.
Alanah Pascual (she/her)
Alanah Pascual is a director, playwright, and performer from San Diego, California. She strives to tell stories that excite her, push the limits of what is usually seen on stage, and show all sides of humanity. Alanah is proud to be a Filipina Cuban American. She recently directed her first full length play, MoonWomb and is currently working on a project surrounding the women of Shakespeare. Alanah has performed with Pork Filled Productions, REBATEnsemble, and Cornish College of the Arts.
Natalie Schmidt (she/her)
Natalie Schmidt is a Seattle-based actor and writer. Originally from Arizona, she holds a B.A. in Theatre from Arizona State University. Natalie’s short play Grid Unlocked premiered at Dacha ’Round the Clock. The Necklace, a short film she co-wrote, screened at the Seattle 48-Hour Film Project. She has acted on the stages of Hello Earth, Thalia’s Umbrella, Dacha, Burien Actors Theatre, Seattle Jewish Theater Company, and Arouet, as well as in several independent films.
Darby Sherwood (she/her)
Darby Sherwood is a playwright, adapter, and dramaturg currently studying at the University of Washington. Her plays have been performed at the University of Washington School of Drama, Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwrights Festival, Radial Theater Project at 18th & Union, NowHereThis Seattle, Gallery 7 Theatre’s Abby Theatre Festival, Metea Theatre, and Illinois Speech Performance in the Round. Her plays and short stories have been published in two Smith & Kraus anthologies (Best Women’s Monologues 2021 and Laughter is the Best Medicine), Fleas on the Dog Magazine, and The Headlight Review (published by Kennesaw State University). www.darbysherwood.com
Spencer J. Vigil (he/him)
Spencer J. Vigil is a Transgender playwright and poet from Seattle Washington. His work strongly focuses on disrupting canonical interpretations grounded in whiteness and bringing representation, understanding, and authenticity to contemporary theater in an imaginative and bold way. Vigil strives to bring light to underrepresented communities, as well as minority groups, in his writing. His most recent publications can be found in Allegory Ridge, and Washington’s Best Emerging Poets Anthology.
Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)
Carolynne Wilcox is a Seattle-based actor and playwright whose plays have been produced both locally and regionally, most recently a virtual production of Clytemnestra, as well as virtual (with TSGP!) AND actual productions of A Series of Small Cataclysms (co-written with Jen Smith Anderson). Other TSGP projects have included a production of her play Loom, and an appearance as Leonato in the virtual production of Much Ado About Nothing. favorite recent roles include Ana in The Clean House, Carmen in Juan Palmieri, and La Muerte in Blood Wedding. Other recent, virtual roles include Frida Kahlo in Spanish(!!!) in Humberto Robles’ Frida Kahlo: Viva La Vida with Latino Theatre Projects, and Maggie in Honoring Choices with Grief Dialogues. She looks forward to touring Frida to Mexico and Latin America once things open up!
Drew David Combs (he/him)
Drew David Combs is an actor and playwright based in Seattle. He is a proud member of Parley playwriting group, which has staged several of his scripts such as Mount Saint Nothing and Little Brother’s Body. Favorite onstage credits include Josh in the Intiman’s John Baxter is a Switch Hitter, Adam in Boy with fantastic.z, and Ben in Parley’s microproduction of Death in the Digital Age.
Maggie Lee (she/her)
Maggie Lee is a Seattle playwright who creates imaginative new worlds on stage in genres like science fiction, horror, and fantasy, with productions in Seattle, New York, Seoul, Chicago, and San Francisco.
She is currently the Resident Playwright at Macha Theatre Works, a board member of Rain City Projects (an organization supporting PNW playwrights), and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Her plays are available on New Play Exchange and published by Mneme Press (mnemepress.org).
Megan Brewer (she/her)
Megan Brewer is a London-based theatre director originally from Seattle, WA, USA. She has worked in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, United States, and Russia. She primarily directs and facilitates devised pieces, adaptations, new plays, and physical theatre. Megan has an MFA in Theatre Directing from East 15 Acting School and has previously trained at GITIS in Moscow, Russia and UW in Seattle, USA. You can check out her previous work at megancbrewer.com.
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth (she/her)
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth is the Creator and Artistic Director of Parley, a playwrights’ group. Education: UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, PCPA. Teaching: Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Alliance Theater, New York Film Academy, Seattle University, SMU, Freehold Studio/Lab, Freehold’s Ensemble Training Intensive; Engaged Theater Residency at WCCW. Her plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and elsewhere. As a director, she has helmed over 70 world premieres in the last seven years.
Gemma O'Neil (she/her)
Gemma O’Neil is an artist, writer, and learner of the world and all of its entities and oddities. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Gemma has been drawing as well as painting with acrylics since she was a child. Gemma spends a lot of her time practicing intentional body movement— running, walking, dancing, cycling and roller skating. She works in the field of childcare and considers it extremely important to educate the worlds’ youth with nurturing care and an open heart! Kindness, humor, love, light, acceptance, and social justice govern Gemma’s own little universe, and she hopes that those values emanate as best as they can through yours as well.
Monique Aldred (she/her)
Monique C. Aldred is a Black actor, singer, and playwright. Perseus & Anemone is her first produced play. Her acting credits include Tartuffe, Much Ado about Nothing, Pygmalion, The Originals, and Avenue Q. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and playing pub trivia. Her capacity for memorizing random facts was finally rewarded when she competed as a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2014.
Troy Piscioneri (he/him)
Troy Piscioneri is a Brazilian-American aspiring actor and model. Born in São Paulo, Brazil.
As a kid Troy loved to participate in artistic projects in school, but never pursued it professionally. After finding a supporting community, Troy gained the confidence to pursue his dreams, and started auditioning for fashion shows and acting projects. Troy is honored to bring Max (They/Them) to life in the Machismo play by Spencer Vigil.
Dana Winter (they/them)
Dana is thrilled to be making their Seattle stage debut as part of TSGP's Ghosts ensemble. They recently earned their MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University, and hold a BA in Theatre Arts from Central Washington University. When not onstage or backstage, you can find Dana working on one of several creative projects with friends, immersed in a D&D campaign, or in the crowd supporting live music (hopefully towards the front).
Rachael Uyeno (she/her)
Rachael Uyeno was last seen on a Seattle stage as Emilie in Dacha’s the Moors. She recently spent a summer with Original Practice Shakespeare Festival in Portland playing a variety of roles including Ophelia in Hamlet, Isabella in Measure for Measure, and Touchstone in As You Like It. She received her MFA in Western Performance at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Chih-Hung Shao (he/him)
Lighting Designer
Chih-Hung is the technical director at 18th & Union and a young professional lighting designer in Seattle area. His most recent lighting design was Puss in Boots, directed by Vince Brady. Other lighting design credits in the US include Fermin’s Great Book of Dreams(Uheights Theatre-Auditorium), What We Were(12th Ave Arts-Mainstage), A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Jones Playhouse), Women of Lockerbie(Penthouse Theatre), and Rosmersholm(Jones Playhouse).
Sadiqua Iman (she/her)
Sadiqua Iman is originally from Chattanooga, Tom, but has made her home here in Seattle as a theatre and dance artist over the past 8 years. Sadiqua Iman is a stylist/ costume designer and director. She is founder of Earth Pearl Collective, a group of queer black women dedicated to healing their communities through creative collaborations. Through Earth Pearl she has produced Tail Feather, a boilesque ballet, Sovereign queer black woman festival, C.L.I.T. (consciously learning intimacy together) podcast, and an all women of color cast of A Streetcar Named Desire.Most recently Sadiqua directed August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean at the Chattanooga Theatre Center and completed her MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University.
Trystan Allys-Miranda (he/him)
Trystan is a recent Cornish grad, receiving a BFA in acting with an emphasis in Musical Theatre, and super excited to be working with The Shattered Glass Project on this production. He hopes to create more theatre that uplifts the voices we rarely hear in the mainstream. Recent credits include Underling in the The Drowsy Chaperone and Clover in Animal Farm both produced by Cornish.
Chloe Iman Monroe (she/her)
Chloe says: “I am new to the Pacific Northwest and looking to release some creative energy and excited to get back into a creative spaces after these last couple of years. I have been fortunate enough to stay busy through the pandemic with virtual creative projects and my real estate work.”
Maycee McQuin (they/them)
Since graduating college with a degree in Theatre and Film, Maycee has adventured across the country working in both performance and production on various projects such as: Hawaii Five-0, Kong: Skull Island, Cobra Kai, and Venom. Memorable theatre roles include Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free, Valère in The Miser, and Abbie Putnam in Desire Under the Elms. Fairly new to the area, Maycee is excited to join forces with the arts community in Seattle.
Monika Elmont (she/her/they/them)
Monika Elmont (she/her/they/them) is excited to work on When I Began Dying by Sarah Miri Daniels with The Shattered Glass Project. Previously they’ve played Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov in The Bear with Virtual Theatre 2020, Cora Flowers in Parlor House: A Hauntingly Halloween Delight by Cassandra Moselle, Far Walker in This Show Is About Progress by Carol Louise Thompson, and Teacher Amy in Quarantine Waldo with Pineapple-Shaped Lamps virtual comedy show. Monika performed in solo shows such as, The Concise Family Seder and Gelty Pleasure at The Pocket Theatre and The Rendezvous. They have a BFA in Theater with a concentration on Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts. You can catch Monika in their free time writing poetry, making earrings out of cute miniatures, and hanging out with their girlfriend Flannery and cat Bubbah.
Aurelio Valdez-Barajas (he/him)
Aurelio Valdez is a Mexican-American Seattle born Hip Hop artist with a potent style. With a range of topics spanning from politics and history to identity and his upbringing, Aurelio’s music focuses on what it means to truly embody Hip Hop culture by empowering himself and his people. Aurelio is trying out acting which is a different art discipline.
Nicole Lockett
Nicole is an actor, director, and producer of stage, film, and radio. She is thrilled to take part in her first production with The Shattered Glass Project. Previous stage credits include: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bluebeard, Night Watch, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, A Gogolplex, Major Barbara, Terminus, You Can't Take it With You, Once in a Lifetime. When not creating art, Nicole works as an immigration paralegal and volunteers with various organizations in the region.
Andrea Lowry (she/her)
Andrea Lowry (she/her) is an empathetic theater artist who grew up under the vast Kentucky skies. Based in Seattle, she is a 2021 graduate of Cornish College of the Arts with a BFA in Original Works. She is honored to breathe life into this new play with her incredible collaborators. Seattle Productions include: Everything You Touch with Washington Ensemble Theatre and Come to Me my Leopards with LiveGirls! Theater. Love to Sandy and Chris.
Sydney Kaser (she/her)
Sydney Kaser is delighted to make her debut with The Shattered Glass Project and is honored to be involved with their incubator program. She has performed locally with the Driftwood Players, SecondStory Repertory, the Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College, the Phoenix Theater, and Kitsap Forest Theater. Most recently she originated the role of Lizzy Bennet in Virtual Theatre 2020’s production of Pride & Prejudice: a new musical. By day, she works in healthcare administration.
Vahishta Vafadari (she/her)
Vahishta is so happy to be working with great people at The Shattered Glass Project. Credits include Ghost Party (Dacha Theatre) in Seattle, and in Chicago her Jeff Nominated performance as Anne Lister in I Know My Own Heart (Pride Films and Plays), Top Girls (Remy Bumppo), and Cyrano (BoHo Theatre). Vahishta is also a teaching artist, dialect coach, and received her MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. She's represented by The Actors Group vahishtavafadari.com
Anubhuti Sood (she/her)
Anubhuti Sood is thrilled to be part of The Shattered Glass project! Her debut role as Girl in Valentin Krasnogorov’s Let’s Have Sex! introduced her to the world of theatre and remains her favorite onstage credit. When not in rehearsals, Anubhuti is an avid reader and painter. She is grateful to her friends and family for their continued love and support as she dabbles in all that she is most passionate about.
Merri Ann Osborne (she/her)
Merri Ann has performed in the US and abroad. Favorite roles include Miss Pat 'The Colored Museum' (San Jose, CA), 'The Scarlet Letter, A Musical' (LA, CA), singing in the parody band 'Fun Chicken' (Japan), Audrey 2, 'Little Shop of Horrors' (UK) and Khan Noonien Singh (Seattle, WA). As the Executive Director of The Mahogany Project, she enjoys collaborating with artists. New works are her passion and she’s excited to be in Perseus and Anemone.
Ana N. Rusness-Petersen (she/her)
Ana N. Rusness-Petersen, the founder of Ana Noelle Creative Productions, is an arts leader, theatrical producer, and creative-placemaker. She has worked over two decades as a collaborator, producer, director, stage manager, box office manager, and all-around artist and production resource for theatres, performance venues, record labels, and festivals in Fargo, Chicago, Seattle, and Austin. Since graduating with her MFA in Arts Leadership (Seattle University), she has been bouncing between projects in Fargo, Austin, and Seattle.
Josh Rodriguez (he/him)
Josh Rodriguez has been acting since 2004, when he was hired by "The Murder Myster Dinner Playhouse" in Virgina beach. Upon moving to Seattle in 2005, he stared in a student film titled "Random", and later acted in a 48hr film entry short titled "$ell Your $avior". From 2010 to today, he has been part of the comedy group Turbo Turkey Sketch and Improv, who currently do monthly shows at "The Rendevouz" in Downtown Seattle. He also part of "Cornucopia Productions" (Created by the Founder of Turbo Turkey) which has written and performed 5 original plays in the past 6 years.
Jennifer Faulkner (she/her)
Jennifer Faulkner is grateful for the opportunity to work with writer Natalie Schmidt and director Helen T. Mariam on their seminal production of “Queenfisher”. The generous actors in the cast have made the process full of serious fun and Jennifer wishes to thank every one of them. In February, Jennifer will be performing at 18th and Union in Radial Theater’s North American debut of “Meet Me At Dawn”.
Ian Bond (he/him)
Ian Bond (he/him) is a Seattle based actor, fight and intimacy director, and educator. He has performed with ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Sound Theatre Company and others locally. His fight and intimacy direction has been seen at the University of Washington, Washington Ensemble, Book-It Repertory, and Seattle Shakespeare. Ian is also a motion capture artist and a professional Game Master.
Cara D. Thomas (she/her)
Cara is thrilled to be returning to the stage in this short play festival as Oceanica in Monique Aldred's Perseus and Anemone. She was last seen on stage as Sudie Patterson in the world premiere of John C Davenport's Asylum in Georgia. She is very grateful for the opportunity to have fun on stage again.
Sofia Ayala (she/her)
Sofia Ayala has recently graduated from the University of Washington and has two homes in Seattle and Guadalajara. She is super excited to be working on this project with TSGP.
Bobbi Kindred (they/them)
Bobbi Kindred, artist and storyteller, is a Feminist Studies Ph.D. student at the University of Washington. They are the author of “This (Boi)yant Body” Narratives of a queer Black boi and the waters that carry them” and are currently working on a manuscript for a play centering the experiences of Black folk recovering from addiction. They have acted with the African-American Shakespeare Company in SF and have played “Lady in Purple” in Ntozake Shange's ""For Colored Girls”.
Kelsey Boulton (she/her)
Kelsey Boulton is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University where she most memorably played Juror #10 in Twelve Angry Women and Sala in Letters to Sala. Favorite local credits include Linda Rotunda in Savage in Limbo and Sister Ava in Sister of the Dark Heart. She is very excited to be working with the Shattered Glass Project.
Helen T. Mariam (she/her)
Director
Helen T. Mariam is a director, screenwriter, and independent film producer. She is the writer and director of the short films Insufficient and Relationship Demons (Finalist, Best Filmmaker, Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge). The Noise Made By People, a short film she wrote and produced, screened at the Port Orchard Film Festival, the Burien Film Festival, and the Local Sightings Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award. She is a member of the 2021 TSGP Incubator/Mentor Program, where she directed Queenfisher by Natalie Schmidt.
Sandra L. Holloway (she/her)
Sandra L. Holloway, director, choreographer, theater artist.
Sandra has worked with directors, choreographers, actors, musicians, dancers, and theater makers who have had great impact on her work. Her most recent credits include a staged reading of The Tragedians for Avant Bard Theater Company, The Transcendence for Macha Theatre Works, a staged reading of Bounce, #Woke for Mosaic Theater Company in Washington, DC: Also, for Mosaic Sandra directed and choreographed Marie and Rosetta. Gospel at Colonus for Avant Bard, Miss Fortune Has Green Eyes at Theater 4 Seattle, Black Pearl Sings at Metro Stage and many others. As an artist/activist, Sandra focus' her work on young adults making social change using the arts in the Atlas Performing Arts Centers’ City at Peace Program in Washington, DC where she facilitates the process of turning social issues into theater. Sandi is excited for the opportunity to present Privileged with The Shattered Glass Project and to have the opportunity to work on an Alma Davenport script.
Sandi is the recipient of the National Association of Regional Ballet Choreographers Conference Award, helped secure the Mayors Arts Award in Arts and Education for the City at Peace program, GAEA Foundation Sea Change Artist Award for Arts and Activism, the 2015 Paula Giddings Arts Award and was a 2014 Presenter at Alternate ROOTS Week Festival.
Jessica Chisum (she/her)
Playwright
Jessica Chisum is a Seattle-based actor, playwright, teaching artist and voice actor. She is extremely grateful for the opportunity to develop FIRE COUNTRY with The Shattered Glass Project. FIRE COUNTRY was originally commissioned as a one-act for the Olympians Festival In San Francisco. Jessica's plays have most recently appeared on Seattle stages with the 14/48 Festival and LG! Theater. In San Francisco, THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT premiered as part of THE MORRISSEY PLAYS produced by SF Theater Pub. Her play THE KINGDOM OF CAMULOS will be workshopped later this year. Other plays include SUPERGIRL, YELLOWED, INSERT QUARTER HERE, and PHOEBE PHOENIX SAVES THE WORLD. She is a graduate of Cornish College's Original Works Program and was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Bob Downing (he/him)
Martin/Omi
Bob is excited to return to the Shattered Glass Project, where he played Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing last year. Other favorite roles include Tom Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts), and Brutus, Cassius, Mark Antony & more in The New Shakespearience presents Julius Caesar. Bob lives happily in south Seattle with his wonderful family.
Merri Ann Osborne (she)
Luisa
Merri Ann has performed on stage and film in Japan, the UK and US. Favorite roles include Salacia, ‘Perseus and Anemone’ (Seattle, WA), a rapping Puritan 'Scarlet Letter, The Musical' (LA, CA), various roles 'The Colored Museum' (San Jose, CA), vocalist in the band 'Fun Chicken' (Osaka, Japan), and as a martial artist with Afro Puffs, ‘Enter the Afros (LA, CA). New projects are one of her passions. She’s also a writer and producer with The Mahogany Project. www.mahoganyproject.org.
Ezra Parker (he/him)
Roman/Remus
Ezra Parker is very excited to be performing in The Shattered Glass Project’s Fire Country as Roman and Remus Silva. Ezra has performed previously in numerous high school productions including Flower Drum Song as Sammy Fong, and Grease as Vince Fontaine. While studying at the University of British Columbia, Ezra fell in love with ballroom dancing and now competes in events across North America. He wishes to thank his aunt Rebecca for being a theatrical inspiration, and for introducing him to The Shattered Glass Project.
Kelly Merdinger (she/her)
Raina/Beto
Kelly is thrilled to be a part of the “Fire Country” cast! She has loved exploring acting through classes with Freehold Theatre and participating in Dacha Theatre’s 24 hour play festival Dacha ‘Round the Clock. Kelly is a mental health counselor and is passionate about helping people become their most authentic selves. She finds great joy in creative expression that celebrates the complexities of being a human and is honored to be a part of this project.
Maureen Hawkins (she/her)
Director
Maureen Hawkins has enjoyed directing shows for some of Seattle’s small stages and in area schools over the last several decades. As an Equity actress, she has performed on many Seattle stages including Seattle Rep, ACT, Intiman, Village, Parley, Woman Seeking and Empty Space Theatres. A proud member of SAG/AFTRA, she is also a voice and screen actor. Having directed a Zoom reading of Want (then titled Familiar Kill) in 2021, she is honored to help bring Babs Lindsay’s thoughtful play to live theatre audiences. Maureen’s gratitude and admiration go to Rebecca for her intelligent and diligent building of Shattered Glass and to Babs for her beautiful writing and her generous input and encouragement.
Barbara Lindsay (she/her)
Playwright
Barbara Lindsay’s first full length play won the NY Drama League’s 1989 Playwriting Award and was given its premiere production in London in 1991. Since then there have been more than 400 performances of her plays, monologues, and screenplays in 33 States, 13 countries, and on every continent except Antarctica. Babs is also an actress and writing coach. Thank you to Shattered Glass for your awesome support of Want.
Playwright - Darby Sherwood (she/her)
Darby Sherwood is a playwright, adapter, and dramaturg currently studying at the University of Washington. Her plays have been performed at the University of Washington School of Drama, Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwrights Festival, Radial Theater Project at 18th & Union, NowHereThis Seattle, Gallery 7 Theatre’s Abby Theatre Festival, Metea Theatre, and Illinois Speech Performance in the Round. Her plays and short stories have been published in two Smith & Kraus anthologies (Best Women’s Monologues 2021 and Laughter is the Best Medicine), Fleas on the Dog Magazine, and The Headlight Review (published by Kennesaw State University). www.darbysherwood.com
August Luna (they/them
Ames/Alett
August Luna (they/them) has been acting since they could talk. Favorite roles have included Cecily (Importance of Being Earnest with Shoreline Theatrical Society), Eleanor Collins (Ghost Party with Dacha Theatre), and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet with Young Shakespeare Workshop). They are a company member with Dacha Theatre and are currently attending cosmetology school to become a stylist for theatre and film.
Bella Rivera (they/she)
Scenic Designer
Bella Rivera (they/she) is a Latine scenic and props designer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Seattle University. Bella began their theatre journey in high school and has since worked on productions as a Scenic Paint Lead, Fine Arts Painting Lead, Scenic Carpenter, Assistant Designer, Props Designer, and Scenic Designer. Recent credits include work with The Shattered Glass Project, Elgalen Productions, Seattle Public Theater, ArtsWest, and Seattle Shakespeare Company. bellariveradesign.com
Kathy Hsieh (she/her/hers)
Ruby
Kathy Hsieh (she/her) is an award-winning theatre artist recently in Sound Theatre’s Gaslight (Angel Street) (Bella), Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Drum & Colours’ Hamlet (Gertrude) and As You Like It (Phebe), Book-It’s audio adventure The Three Musketeers (Constance & Kitty), and Macha Theatre Works’ Notes for My Daughter and Snow Woman. She has also worked with SIS Productions, Pratidhwani, PFP, ReAct, Seattle Rep, ACT, Intiman, Taproot, ArtsWest, Seattle Public Theater, Living Voices, WET and more.
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Ronnie Hill (he/him)
Earl
Ronnie Hill is a local Seattle Actor/Singer. Some of his more recent work around town include appearances at Seattle Public Theater, Lakewood Theater, and Book-it Theater where he was nominated for an award for acting excellence by Seattle Theatre Writers for one of his favorite roles as Uncle Willie in Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
Jennifer Faulkner (she/her/hers)
Janelle
Jennifer Faulkner (Janelle) is elated to be working on Want with this kind and talented group. Memorable Seattle roles include: Alcyone in Queenfisher (Shattered Glass), Agatha in The Moors (Dacha), Margarita in The Master and Margarita (theater simple) and Faeriestruck (Annex). Up next for Jennifer is Meet Me at Dawn at 18th & Union (Radial Theatre). She wishes to thank her most essential family members (Jonathan, Lucille and Cash) for their generous love and support.
Alison Kozar (they/them)
Stage Manager
Alison is a multidisciplinary theatre artist specializing in directing, stage management, and sound design. Recent projects: Intiman's Two Mile Hollow , and All New Cells and Gallery of Perspective and Light, both with The Shattered Glass Project. Selected past projects: Intiman's The Mystery of Irma Vep and The Events, dani tirrell's Black Bois, WET's Is God Is, MAP Theatre's Year of the Rooster. Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, radical self-worth, and antifa. professionalmomfriend.com
Carolina Johnson (she/her)
Lighting Design
Carolina is excited to join the Shattered Glass Project for their first production and to continue getting back into the swing of lighting stages! Carolina’s work could be seen recently in Reboot’s production of Cabaret with Theatre off Jackson. Design highlights from the olden days before we all became epidemiologists include The Brothers Paranormal with Pork Filled Productions, Sweeney Todd with Reboot and Silhouette and Rovers! at Annex Theater. Thanks to all for the chance to keep making new art!
Jana Blumberg (she/her)
Ensemble
Jana is honored and delighted to perform in TBD: A Celebration! This is her first time working with The Shattered Glass Project and she is looking forward to experiencing and creating a devised theatre performance for the first time. She wants to give a big thanks to Sophe and Darby for giving her this chance. Jana is a Chicago transplant of 6 years. She has performed in over 10 productions since living in the Seattle area.
Eliane Rodriguez (she/her)
Ensemble
Eliane Rodriguez (she/her) is a Seattle-based collaborator, actress, and designer. Select credits: WWU New Works Play Reading: Work by Brian Quijada, co-directing The Meme and [other things] play: a devised piece, and participating in #HereToo-WWU in collaboration with Tectonic Theater Project. Eliane believes theater is a doorway through which we create empathy, and community by being held responsible for the way we move through the world. She thanks God, her family, and collaborators!
Sammy Weinert (she/her)
Ensemble
Sammy is a Junior in the Drama and Linguistics programs at the University of Washington. She believes strongly in the fluidity of self expression (gender and otherwise). They are honored to be a part of this show’s creation, and excited to tell these stories with you today! Select credits include: Passage (UW School of Drama), The Taming of the Shrew (PAFAC Shakespeare Festival), and Lies, Lust, and Labor Day: A Sketch Show (The Collective)
Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)
Ensemble
Carolynne Wilcox (she/they) is delighted to be working on her 4th TSGP show, the first representing on an actual stage (rather than Zoom)! An actor/playwright/producer with an MFA in Original Works/Devising (Towson U), TBD is right up her alley. Most recent stage appearances include The Book Club Play at Village Theatre, Pariah with Sound Theatre Company and Frida Kahlo: Viva La Vida (in Spanish) with Latino Theatre Projects. Much love to Ian, Echo and Clio.
Jess K Smith (she/her)
Intimacy Director
Jess K Smith (she/her) is a freelance director, intimacy director with Pacific Northwest Theatrical Intimacy, Founding Artistic Director of ARTBARN, and Chair and Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Puget Sound. She creates work which has been featured on stages in New York, Seattle, Portland, Anchorage, on the streets of Prague, and in a black box in Cape Town. She received her MFA in Directing at Columbia University under Anne Bogart. www.jessksmith.com
Eliane Rodriguez (she/her/hers)
Costume Design
Eliane Rodriguez (she/her) is a Seattle-based collaborator, actress, and designer. Design credits include Graffiti Dance at Western Summer Theatre, Better Days: A Devised Piece, and HO_E. Eliane believes clothes and visual communication are an authentic expression of our souls and imagination. She holds a BA from Western Washington University and double majored in Communication Studies and Theater with a concentration in performance. Eliane thanks God, her family, and her collaborators.
Kirk Hostetter (he/him)
Photography
Kirk is an architect, photographer and filmmaker based in Seattle, Washington. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech in 1993. His photographic work examines environments that humans construct for themselves, their uses, intimacies, and implications, and how time imprints and alters these relationships. His ongoing project on the Duwamish River is a direct result of these interests, as well as an extension of years spent on the industrialized rivers of his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Visit www.kirkhostetter.com.
Lara Kratz (she/her)
Graphic Design
Lara Kratz is a Seattle-based graphic designer with a career that spans over 20 years of work with major Seattle-area brands, but also has a background in theatre, including Ferndale Repertory Theater, and Redwood Curtain Theatre in California, participating as an actress, stage manager, and in both costume and scenic design. She served on the TSGP board from 2019-2020. Lara is proud to be a part of The Shattered Glass Project, because she firmly believes in advocating for the increased representation of women in the theatre world, both on stage and behind the scenes.
Morgan Grody (he/him)
Fight Choreography
Morgan Grody is a fight choreographer, stunt performer, and actor. His work aims to reveal the true gravity of violence, from its effect on the body to its impacts on witnesses and communities at large. Morgan is also a proud Cornish College of the Arts and International Stunt School alum. He has been choreographing locally since 2016 and is pursuing a Stage Combat teaching certificate to make combat training more accessible for performers.
Kevyn Jordon-McKind (she/her)
Scenic Design & Carpentry Intern
Kevyn Jordon-McKind (she/her) is currently working on getting her BFA in Performance Production with an emphasis in Technical Direction at Cornish College of the Arts. Some of her skills include carpentry, scenic design, and scenic painting. Though she is pursuing technical direction she is enthusiastic about all scenic elements in theater. When not working on productions you can find her teaching her rabbit tricks, learning new crafts, and watching musicals.
Alison Kozar (they/them)
Director
Alison is a multidisciplinary theatre artist specializing in directing, stage management, and sound design. Recent projects: Intiman's Two Mile Hollow , and All New Cells and Gallery of Perspective and Light, both with The Shattered Glass Project. Selected past projects: Intiman's The Mystery of Irma Vep and The Events, dani tirrell's Black Bois, WET's Is God Is, MAP Theatre's Year of the Rooster. Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, radical self-worth, and antifa. professionalmomfriend.com
Jessamyn Bateman-Iino
Properties Design and Set-Dressing
Jessamyn Bateman-Iino (they/them) is a Seattle area prop master and stage manager. Past favorite shows include Jesus Christ Superstar (Reboot Theatre) and The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion (ArtsWest). They also make cute and creepy crafts, which can be found at mutinyhall.com.
Aliza Goldstein
Playwright
Aliza Goldstein is a playwright based in Orange County, CA and just happy to be here. B.F.A. Dramatic Writing, New York University (2013). Plays include IZZY ICARUS FELL OFF THE WORLD and A SINGULAR THEY. Winner: 2013 John Golden Prize for Undergraduate Playwriting; 2015 Ebell of Los Angeles Playwright Prize; 2017 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Ted Schmitt Award; 2020 SETC/Stage Rights Ready to Publish Award. Find me on New Play Exchange!
Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)
Carolynne Wilcox is a Seattle-based actor and playwright whose plays have been produced both locally and regionally, including virtual productions of Clytemnestra, virtual productions with TSGP of Loom and A Series of Small Cataclysms (co-written with Jen Smith Anderson and also produced IRL pre-pandemic). She recently appeared at Book-it as Adele in In The Time of the Butterflies; other favorite roles include Ana in The Clean House, Carmen in Juan Palmieri, and La Muerte in Blood Wedding. Carolynne is an Associate Artist with The Shattered Glass Project.
Alison Kozar (they/them)
Director
Alison is a multidisciplinary theatre artist specializing in directing, stage management, and sound design. Recent projects: Intiman's Two Mile Hollow , and All New Cells and Gallery of Perspective and Light, both with The Shattered Glass Project. Selected past projects: Intiman's The Mystery of Irma Vep and The Events, dani tirrell's Black Bois, WET's Is God Is, MAP Theatre's Year of the Rooster. They are an alum of the 2021 TSGP Incubator/Mentor Program and a current TSGP board member. Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, radical self-worth, and antifa. professionalmomfriend.com
Buddy Todd (they/them)
Buddy Todd has acted, directed, and choreographed throughout the Seattle region with organizations such as Pork Filled Productions, Pacific Play Company, Renton Civic, Theatre 9/12, Bainbridge Performing Arts, Edmonds College, Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theatre, FantasticZ, and more. Buddy is also a teaching artist with Studio East and Seattle Children's Theatre.
Cara Thomas (she/her)
Cara is a Seattle area actor who honors her experience being a part of the Shattered Glass Project theatre company (TSGP) programs. As a member of one of many marginalized community groups, Cara appreciates the essential work TSGP contributes to the community. She believes in and supports TSGP’s mission, and she looks forward to adding her unique perspective to furthering the company’s prominence in the community. Cara’s has had the pleasure of serving as Secretary and Vice President of Education for Toastmaster’s International, and as the Membership Coordinator with the Northwest Christian Writer’s Association This has prepared her with the organizing, networking, planning and other functions needed to assist in the continued success of The Shattered Glass Program.
Cristin Miller (she/her)
Cristin Miller is delighted to support the work of The Shattered Glass Project. She moved to Seattle in 2014 after spending 18 years working as an actor in New York City. She is passionate about the inclusion of diverse artists at all stages of theater creation and critically examining how theater is generated, produced, viewed, and incorporated into the fabric of life. She has appeared onstage locally at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre and at Seattle Public Theater most recently as Macbeth. She is a 2019 graduate of the Seattle U MFA in Arts Leadership program and a parent, educator, arts administrator and arts advocate.
Emily Stone (she/her)
Emily Stone is an artist, teacher, and community activist who loves striving to make art that is activism. Most recent original projects, solo show Their Eyes Get Big and duet A Lonely Realization, explored institutional and individual responses to sex and gender based violence. That theater can be a space for sharing joy, abundance, and truth is what brings her back again and again! In Seattle, Emily has performed at the University of Washington, On The Boards, Macha Theatre Works, and workshopped her original show with The Shattered Glass Project. She is thrilled to be a teaching artist at the Seattle Children’s Theatre and the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Emily holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Washington and a BS in Molecular and Environmental Biology from UC Berkeley. Her other passions include building supportive community ties with unhoused neighbors, community organizing in general, book clubs, local history, house plants, hiking, and whales.
Kristina Washburn (she/her)
Kristina holds a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. After graduation, she spent a summer at the New Actors Workshop in New York City, and since then worked in marketing and public relations at Seattle’s ACT and Intiman Theatre. (You may have heard her as the voice of Tiny Tim in radio ads for ACT’s production of A Christmas Carol.) She has served as Fundraising Chair and PTSA President and Vice-President for both Capitol Hill Co-op Preschool and Madrona Elementary. She looks forward to working with The Shattered Glass Project because she believes theatre is the most present, dynamic, human form of storytelling, and it is past time to lift up the voices that have been silenced.
Sophe Friedman (she/her)
Sophe lives in Los Angeles as an educator and director. Previously she lived in Seattle where she was an educator and director to children- adults with Stone Soup Theatre, North Seattle College and Speak With Purpose. With The Shattered Glass Project, she has directed A Series of Small Cataclysms; participated in the 2021 Incubator/Mentor Cohort as a Director; and currently serves as the Curriculum Coordinator for the 2023-24 Incubator/Mentor Cohort. Sophe was on the 2023 advisory board and is thrilled to continue to serve on the 2024 advisory board.