Bios of the Cast, Creative & Production Teams

CAST

BRENDAN BARGER± (he/ him – English Army/A Scottish Boy/Kintyre/Ensemble) is a current senior at Tamalpais High School where he has been a part of CTE for four years. As a student, Brendan has been a part of many shows inside and outside the classroom, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 42nd Street, Yield, and much more.

ALDO BILLINGSLEA* (he/ they – Siward/Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at MTC. Previously he appeared in Scott Kaiser’s Splittin’ the Raft, McCraney’s In the Red & Brown Water, O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape, and Othello. Billingslea also briefly served as an MTC Board Member. He resides in Santa Clara with Renee Billingslea, his visual-artist wife. They teach at Santa Clara University, she teaches art while he teaches acting.

DANIEL DUQUE-ESTRADA*

(he/him – Egham/Luss/ Ensemble) was first seen at MTC as Fitzwilliam Darcy in last season’s Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley. Other theatres include WP Theater and PlayCo (off-Broadway), as well as two seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center (Brierley Resident Acting Company 2013–2016), CalShakes, and Trinity Repertory Company, where he is currently a member of their Resident Acting Company since 2017. He holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from Brown University/Trinity Rep.

JACK HOCHSCHILD± (he/him – The Boy Soldier/Ensemble) is a 16-year-old Junior at Tamalpais High School, where he has been performing at Conservatory Theatre Ensemble (CTE) for the past two years. He is also an honors theatre director and a board copresident of CTE. This spring, he will be stage manager of a CTE production. Jack is excited to be making his professional debut in Dunsinane.

KIRA KEANE± (she/her – English Army/The Hen Girl/ Ensemble) is a Senior in the Conservatory Theatre Ensemble at Tamalpais High School. Through the program, Kira has worked as an Actor, Stage Manager, and Honors Theatre Director, aiding in the production of five shows during her Junior year. She also dances at Happy Feet Dance School, plays flute in the Tam High Jazz Band, and is a Varsity Pole Vaulter on the Tam Track and Field team. She is thrilled to be a part of this process with Marin Theatre Company and is excited to be making her professional debut.

MOLLY LYONS± (she/her – English Army/Ensemble) is a Senior in the Conservatory Theatre Ensemble at Tamalpais High School. She has worked as an Actor, Front of House Manager, Prop Designer, Soundboard

Operator, and various other production jobs. She also is a Varsity Hurdler on the Tam Track and Field team. Molly was very excited for the opportunity to work in a professional program at Marin Theatre Company.

JOSH ODSESS-RUBIN*

(he/him – Malcolm/The Sergeant/A Scottish Soldier/ Ensemble, Fight Captain) is a Berkeley native delighted to be making his professional Bay Area debut. His most recent credits include Oliver on the final season of NBC’s “This is Us,” and Vlad in the upcoming film Good Bad Luck. Regional Theatre: Sense and Sensibility, Photograph 51, Our Town (South Coast Repertory); Red Herring (Portland Stage); Romeo and Juliet, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (American Stage); The Comedy of Errors (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare); Animal Crackers, Bad Jews, When the Rain Stops Falling (Cygnet); The Imaginary Invalid (A Noise Within); A Christmas Carol (Sierra Rep); As You Like It (Shakespeare Orange County); My Name is Asher Lev (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); The City of Conversation (Coachella Valley Rep); Twelfth Night, King Lear, Midsummer (New Swan Shakespeare); Richard II (Yale Rep). Josh has also developed new works with theatres such as Playwrights Horizons, The Old Globe, Ars Nova, HERE Arts, Culture Project, Theatre of NOTE, Boston Court, and the 2022 Ojai Playwrights Conference. Film/ TV: “Hacks” (HBO Max), “Physical” (AppleTV+), “My Crazy Ex” (Lifetime), A Girl from a Box, The Descendant. BA–Yale, MFA–UC Irvine. XO to C. For my dad. LISA ANNE PORTER* (she/ her– Gruach/Osborn/ English Army/Ensemble) has performed with numerous theatres throughout the country. Most recently, she has been seen in Fefu and Her Friends at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)., Eureka Day at the Aurora Theatre Company, The Eva Trilogy and A Bright Half Life at the Magic Theatre and Twelfth Night at California Shakespeare Theatre. She has been the Resident Director as well as the Co-Head of Voice and Dialects for the SF production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. As a teacher, she most recently served as Head of Acting and Dialects in the MFA program at A.C.T. She has an M.F.A. in Acting from A.C.T., a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and is a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher.

MICHAEL RAY WISELY*

(he/him – Macduff/English Army/Ensemble) An awardwinning actor, Michael Ray is well known to Bay Area audiences with a career that spans 3 decades. Recent roles include Bill in August:Osage County for SJStage, Iago in Othello at African American Shakespeare, Ray in Blackbird for PacRep, and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for SF Shakes. Off-Broadway, international, and regional credits: 59e59 Theaters (NYC), Teatro Santa Ana (SMA), Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Magic Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Center Repertory, TheatreWorks, Marin Shakespeare, and many others. He also works in film, television and radio. Most recently, he can be seen in the final season of the Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why. Find out more on michaelraywisely.com

DAVID GREIG (he/him – Playwright) David Greig has been Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh since 2015. A playwright, screenwriter and theatre director, his original plays and adaptations have been performed at many of the UK’s major theatres, including the Royal Lyceum, Traverse, National Theatre of Scotland, Pitlochry, Royal Court, National Theatre, RSC and West End, as well as on Broadway and internationally. His awardwinning work includes Cover My Tracks (Old Vic); Lanark (Lyceum, Edinburgh International Festival); The Events (Actors Touring Company/Young Vic, Traverse Theatre & Vienna); Glasgow Girls (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow; Off West End award for Best New Musical); The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Tron Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland); Midsummer (Traverse Theatre, Soho Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, UK & international tours); Dunsinane (RSC at Hampstead Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland); Damascus (Traverse & Tricycle Theatres); Miniskirts of Kabul (Tricycle); The American Pilot (RSC, Soho & Manhattan Theatre Club). Adaptations include Under Another Sky (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Touching the Void (West End, Bristol Old Vic, Royal Lyceum & tour); Creditors (Donmar Warehouse, BAM NY); The Suppliant Women (Royal Lyceum, Young Vic & national tour); The Lorax (Old Vic); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Broadway & Sydney); The Bacchae (Edinburgh International Festival, Lyric Hammersmith); Tintin in Tibet (Barbican, West End & national tour). JASSON MINADAKIS (he/ him – Co-Director, Co-Scenic Designer) is beginning his 17th season as artistic director of Marin Theatre Company, where he has directed The Sound Inside, The Catastrophist, Mother of the Maid, Sovereignty, Oslo, Shakespeare In Love, Thomas and Sally, Guards at the Taj, August: Osage County, The Invisible Hand, Anne Boleyn, The Convert, The Whale, Failure: A Love Story, the world premiere of Lasso of Truth, The Whipping Man (San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Best Production and Best Acting Ensemble), Waiting for Godot, Othello: the Moor of Venice, The Glass Menagerie, Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice, the world premiere of Libby Appel’s adaptation of Chekhov’s Seagull, Happy Now?, Equivocation (SFBATCC Award, Best Director), the world premiere of Sunlight, Lydia, The Seafarer, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Streetcar Named Desire, said Saïd, Love Song, and The Subject Tonight is Love. As artistic director of Actor’s Express Theatre Company, he directed The Pillowman, Bug, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Echoes of Another Man, Killer Joe, Burn This, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Blue/Orange, and Bel Canto. As producing artistic director of Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, he directed Jesus Hopped the ’A’ Train, Chagrin Falls (2002 Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Production), and numerous others, including 19 productions of Shakespeare. Regional credits include The Whipping Man at Virginia Stage Company, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hamlet at Georgia Shakespeare, Copenhagen at Playhouse on the Square (2003 Ostrander Theatre Award for Best Dramatic Production), and Bedroom Farce at Wayside Theatre. He is a Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

ROB LUTFY (he/him – CoDirector) was last at Marin Theatre Company in 20142015 as the National New Play Network Producer-inResidence. Formerly as the Associate Artistic Director at Cygnet Theatre in San Diego, he directed 18 plays and produced 42 others over seven seasons. He was awarded the 2019 Craig Noel Award for Director of the Year. This season at Cygnet Theatre he will direct the world premieres of The Little Fellow by Kate Hamill and Sharon by Keiko Green. At Cygnet he was the head of new play development where he commissioned 20 plays by writers including: Miranda Rose Hall, Herbert Siguenza, Nathan Alan Davis, and Leah Nanako Winkler. He has developed plays at Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, The Theatre at Boston Court, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The John F Kennedy Center, The O’Neill Theatre Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Burning Coal Theatre, The Hub Theatre and Dual Rivet Dance Company. He has taught classes at San Diego State University, Grossmont College, and UCSD. He was the 2012-2013 William R. Kenan, Jr. Directing Fellow at The John F. Kennedy Center. Rob is a graduate of the directing program under Gerald Freedman at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Special thanks to his west coast parents, Rick and Cheryl Brandon.

IMPLIED MUSIC/CHRIS

HOUSTON (he/him – Composer) is a pianist, composer, producer, and sound designer. He performs and records as Implied Music. He is the veteran of decades of solo and ensemble performances in jazz, rock, traditional, and classical styles. He teaches piano and composition and has lectured on music at Boston Ballet and San Francisco State University. Chris has written and recorded music for picture and stage for almost fifty years. He has numerous credits for theater composition and sound design in the Bay Area, New York, and nationally. Chris has scored feature and documentary films. He has developed library music for PBS television and NPR radio. He is the recipient of seven ASCAP Plus awards, five Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Awards for composition and sound design, as well as the Arty award for sound design.

PENINA GODDESSMEN

(she/her – Vocal Composer) is a second year Technology in Music and Related Arts student at Oberlin Conservatory. She studied the cello growing up at The Crowden School of music, and started composing music in eighth grade. Throughout high school she began learning music production from her long time collaborator and teacher Chris Houston. Her main instrument is now her voice and the computer, however she still plays a lot of cello. Her vocals were a part of the music in MTC’s previous production Mother of the Maid. She has a background in folk music, but her work for Dunsinane is her introduction to singing and composing in Gaelic. Her solo music can be found under the name Goddessmen on various streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music.

ZOË SWENSON-GRAHAM

(she/her – Fight/Dance/ Movement/ Intimacy Director) is thrilled to work with Marin Theatre Company for the first time! She returned to the states in 2015 after living in London for nearly seven years, where she worked as an actor and dancer, and trained as a stage combat instructor and fight choreographer. Skilled in

over a dozen weapons, Zoë served as stage combat choreographer and teacher around the UK, including the Royal Opera House, Soho Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, Guildford School of Acting, Royal Welsh College, Southwark Playhouse, British American Drama Academy, and stunt work for Derren Brown: Apocalypse (Channel 4). Since returning to the Bay Area, she has choreographed and taught with the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco Playhouse, Hillbarn Theatre (San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nomination for fight choreography), Marin Musical Theatre Company (TBA Award finalist for fight choreography), Sierra Repertory Theatre, Youth Musical Theater Company, Mountain Play, and Shotgun Players. Zoë is lucky to work as a director, dance choreographer, and fight choreographer around the Bay Area.

JEFF KLEIN (he/him/they – Co-Scenic Designer) joined Marin Theatre Company as an Asst. Technical Director in 2006, but since 2015 has been the Technical Director. Before his time at MTC, Jeff had worked in various aspects of live entertainment since 1999, from theme park shows in Texas to IATSE union work and other professional theatre companies in the SF Bay Area. His great passion and humbling privilege are participating in many creative endeavors. He obtained a B.A. in Humanities at Schreiner College in 1998.

BROOKE JENNINGS (she/ her – Costume Designer) is an award-winning costume designer, fiber artist, and educator living in San Francisco. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz’s Theater Arts Masters Program, her collaborations with directors, playwrights, and artists birth dynamic and groundbreaking new work across the theatrical landscape, marrying classic techniques with cutting-edge technology. Her work has been seen on stages across the country, including Magic Theatre (asst. designer: Monument, A Lie of the Mind, Bad Jews), American Conservatory Theater (TiJean and His Brothers–MFA Program) San Jose Stage Company (The Great Leap), Shotgun Players (Vinegar Tom, Arcadia), San Francisco Playhouse (Barbecue, The Effect, Colossal, The Nether), We Players (Pyschopomp, Caesar Maximus, Roman Women, Ondine), Center REP (Dance Lessons), FaultLine Theater (Maggie’s Riff, Dead Dog’s Bone), Virago Theatre (The Singularity— New York Premiere), Custom Made Theatre Company (Belleville, Sam and Dede—SF and NY Premieres), and Santa Cruz Shakespeare (Asst. Designer, A Year with Frog and Toad).

MIKE POST (he/him – Lighting & Projection Designer) is happy to return to Marin as a designer for Dunsinane, after designing Lighting and Projections for last season’s The Sound Inside. While he was serving as MTC’s Director of Production, he also worked as a lighting and projection designer for Guards at the Taj, Oslo and Sovereignty. He also has worked with lighting, sound, and projection at New Conservatory Theatre Center with The View Upstairs, Cardboard Piano, and Avenue Q. At Sonoma State University, Mike was brought in to light Sweeney Todd. Prior to his time in the Bay Area, he lived and worked in Atlanta where he was the resident designer at Georgia Shakespeare as well as having designed many shows at other theatres in the area. He served as Production Manager at the Center for Puppetry Arts and designed

several shows there as well. Currently, Mike holds the position of Associate Professor of Lighting, Sound and Projection at The University of Montana in Missoula.

WILL McCANDLESS (he/ him– Sound Designer) is honored to return to Marin Theatre Company where he designed sound for Fences, I and You, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and The Whipping Man (a co-production with Virginia Stage Company). His sound designs have been heard throughout the Bay Area at American Conservatory Theater, Aurora Theatre Company, California Shakespeare Theater, Center REP, and Magic Theatre. Will is also a former Collective Member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, where he fell in love with all things theatre audio back in 2006. Will went on to manage the sound and video departments for South Coast Repertory and Berkeley Rep. During the early days of the pandemic, Will added recorded media to his skill set by helping his friends at the Mime Troupe with their foray into radio plays. That led Will to the popular PRX podcast Skeptoid where he is currently the sound engineer. Will, his wife Sarah, and their 2 awesome kids currently live and play in Bend, Oregon.

SCOTT HORSTEIN (he/ him– Dramaturg) Freelance dramaturgy credits include Greenway Court, Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, South Coast Rep, San Diego Rep, Playwrights Foundation, Native Voices at the Autry, Watts Village Theater Company, Alter Theater, and the Old Globe, where he dramaturged for Arthur Miller on his penultimate play Resurrection Blues. New York credits include Port Out, Starboard Home with foolsFURY at La Mama, and Good Bobby with Greenway Court at 59E59 (Off-Broadway). Scott was formerly staff dramaturg for Cornerstone Theater Company and for the Black Dahlia Theater. He has dramaturged or produced productions for leading playwrights including Nathan Alan Davis, Larissa FastHorse, Sheila Callaghan, Sarah Ruhl, Octavio Solis, David Edgar, Austin Pendleton, and James Still, and for leading directors, including Nataki Garrett, Bill Rauch, Mark Lamos, and Kyle Donnelly. Directing credits include Native Voices and East West Players. He serves as Professor of Theatre Arts at Sonoma State University, where as Arts Dramaturg he created the campus Arts Integration Program, which brings roughly 2,000 students to campus arts events each year, and has been praised by international and award-winning touring performers. Recipient of LMDA’s Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy. MFA in Dramaturgy from UCSD.

CHRISTINE ADAIRE (she/ her– Vocal/Dialect Coach) is the former Head of Voice at American Conservatory Theatre. She is a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher, trained by the world-renowned voice authority, Kristin Linklater. She has worked as an actor, voice/dialect coach, and director in many American regional theaters, including The Old Globe, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman Theatre, Lyric Opera (Chicago), Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf, Court Theatre, American Players Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience (NYC), Santa Cruz Shakespeare, and La Jolla Playhouse. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association for over thirty years. Christine has held faculty appointments at DePaul University, National Theatre School of Canada, University of Massachusetts–Amherst,

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Roosevelt University. International teaching credits include: Shanghai Theatre Academy, Toi Whakaari (New Zealand), King’s College (London), Institut del Theatre (Barcelona), Birmingham City University (U.K.). Her current area of research and writing is gender affirming voice. She works with transgender/ gender diverse individuals so they can inhabit the voice that expresses their gender identity. She is a contributing writer to the 3rd Edition (2019) Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/Gender Diverse Client: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide, (Plural Publishing).

LIAM RUDISILL (he/him – Props Designer) is a carpenter and props maker who has been working with Marin Theatre Company since moving to the Bay Area in 2014. He’s excited to be back at full capacity as Assistant Technical Director and Props Lead for the company this season. Recent design credits include Boys Go to Jupiter (Word for Word at Z Space), The Sound Inside (MTC), Pass Over (MTC), Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (MTC).

NICK CARVALHO* (he/ him – Stage Manager) is excited to stage manage his first production with Marin Theatre Company. His recent credits include the world premiere of Monument, or Four Sisters (a sloth play) (Magic Theatre), The Cherry Orchard and Cinderella: A Fairytale (Town Hall Theatre), as well as Head Over Heels, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Seussical: The Musical, and Our Lady of 121st Street (Diablo Valley College). Nick earned two Associates degrees from Diablo Valley College in 2021 and has served as the Stage Management Advisor since 2021. He was awarded three certificates of merit in stage management from KCACTF for his work on Our Lady of 121st Street, Seussical: The Musical, and The Book of Will. Nick is also the Assistant Technical Director and a Production Supervisor at El Campanil Theatre. Nick’s upcoming credits with MTC include Two Trains Running and Justice.

JO DAVITA ORTIZ* (they/ them – Assistant Stage Manager) is the assistant stage manager and has been stage managing for 5 years at an academic, community, and regional level. Their favorite part about stage management is bringing the shows together from pre-production through closing. Credits include School of Rock, Funny Girl, All the Great Books [Abridged], The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged], The Agitators, and Crumbs From the Table of Joy.

DARIA PERKOVA (she/ they—Asst. Costume Designer/Wardrobe Crew) is a Bay Area native costume designer. She has designed, stitched and run wardrobe for many theatres around the Bay. Her most recent design works include Anton Chekov’s Uncle Vanya at Chabot College, and How Black Mother’s Say I Love You at Theatre Rhinoceros. She is the Costume Shop Manager and Wardrobe Lead here at Marin Theatre Company.

BEN CLEAVELAND (he/ him – Tam High Partner and CTE Co-Program Director) has produced over 190 productions at Tam High’s Conservatory Theatre Ensemble (CTE), an inclusive and non-audition program, which is the largest and busiest high school drama department in the United States. Many Tam Drama alumni work in television, on the stages of London and Broadway, and in recent films such as Black Panther and Oppenheimer. Ben has co-led sixteen Global Studies Trips to London for students to experience live theatre and professional workshops. Awards include the 2023 Marin County Teacher of the Year, the Redwood’s Terwilliger Award for Excellence in Teaching, the County Golden Bell for Innovative Curriculum, the Milley Award for Creative Contributions to the Community, North Bay Theatre’s Teacher of the Year. Ben majored in Acting at Cal Arts and attended Tam Drama. Film and television work includes featured and guest star roles on all the major networks and HBO. This coming year he will appear in the feature film Sour Milk, directed and written by past students. Stage credits include leading roles at American Conservatory Theater, Shakespeare Festival Los Angeles, SF Shakespeare Festival, TheatreWorks, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, TheatreFirst, and Word for Word.

JULIANNA REES (she/ her – Tam High Partner and CTE Co-Program Director) is a professional director, coach, mentor, and Equity actor. She coaches social media influencers and runway models who have millions of followers. Actors she has coached have been in Tony Award-winning musicals, on network and Netflix series, and in major-release motion pictures such as Bumblebee and Openheimer. Each year, she coaches actors, directors, designers, and stage managers into the world’s top training programs. She also serves as a thesis advisor for Interviews, Presentations, and Branding for Fashion, and Architecture and Interior Design students at California College of Art. Julianna studied and performed under Paul Sills, the founder of Second City. She graduated from UC Berkeley, and studied semiology and film at the University of Paris IV. An Equity actor, she has appeared at the California Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Sacramento Theater Company, CentralWorks, and Marin Theatre Company, where she has also directed. Julianna is CoProgram Director of Tam High’s award-winning Conservatory Theatre Ensemble, where she produces plays, manages visiting professional artists, and oversees design and production. Each year, she produces the Lovejoy Project, a devised play celebrating the creativity of Tam’s Special Day students, who perform alongside drama students in the Caldwell theater.

ELLA COX± (they/them – Asst. Director Apprentice) is a senior currently attending Tam High. They fell in love with directing as a student director at CTE. When not in rehearsal they work at the Cine Arts Sequoia theatre in downtown Mill Valley and enjoy sneaking in to watch a movie when it’s quiet. They are a founding member and current president of the Tam Unified Film Festival club (TUFF) at Tam High. They love creating in both performing and visual arts. In the future,

they plan to attend film school in Los Angeles where they want to pursue screenwriting and film directing.

RUBY ROTH± (she/they – Dramaturg Apprentice) is a junior and the co-president of her class in the Conservatory Theatre Ensemble at Tam High. In the past she has acted in numerous Shakespeare plays, and played Cordelia of King Lear and Katherine of The Taming of the Shrew in the 2021 CTE production of Shakespeare’s Women. Out of theatre she reads, writes, and studies war poetry, literature, and translated works. When not reading or working they can be caught daydreaming and watching the sky. Later in the year Ruby will be acting in Orlando, performing at CTE, and directing plays of her own devising.

MTC LEADERSHIP

JASSON MINADAKIS

(he/him—Co-Director, Co-Scenic Designer, Artistic Director) See Co-Director bio.

MEREDITH SUTTLES

(she/her—Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer) joined Marin Theatre Company as its new Managing Director in April of 2021. Meredith is an arts leader with an extensive background in creative and performing arts in the areas of development, management, strategic planning, fundraising, and performance. She has held senior leadership roles at TheaterWorksUSA, Soho Repertory Theatre, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and the New York City Opera. Meredith is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and former EmcArts: Arts Leaders as Cultural Innovators (ALACI) Fellow. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a Steering Committee Member of the Black Theatre Commons and currently serves on the Board of Directors of vibe Theater Experience (Brooklyn, NY). As a visionary leader known for her ability to win community support, develop key coalitions and build strong relationships with a shared sense of purpose, she is passionate about devising meaningful ways to address and further the goals of MTC.

NAKISSA ETEMAD (she/her— Associate Artistic Director) is the Associate Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company (MTC) and an Iranian American dramaturg and producer, and French translator specializing in new BIPOC plays and musicals for 30 years. She is a Resident Artist of Golden Thread Productions, Regional VP Metro Bay Area for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), and a member of MENA Theater Makers Alliance and the Anti-Oppression Task Force of LMDA. Recent MTC credits include Producer for The Catastrophist, Brilliant Mind, Hotter Than Egypt, and Casting Director for Georgiana and Kitty and MTC shows for the past two seasons. She selected, produced and dramaturged the