CReaTIVE TEAM

ANNALISE ALBRIGHT WOODS

(she/her) is excited to be working with the Young Professional Company again after recently designing Twelfth Night and Alex Getting Better. Annalise has worked for a number of local companies, including Shaking the Tree, Artists Reparatory Theatre, Playwrights West, Coho Productions, Theatre Vertigo, and Many Hats Collaboration. Annalise received an MFS in sound design from the California Institute of the Arts and an MS in Educational Leadership from Portland State University. Love to Oliver and Jeff.

OLIVIA CHESHIRE is a first year young professional and a junior at Sunset Highschool. This is her first time with a YP Production as the Stage Manager. She was most recently Olivia in Sunset Highschool’s Twelfth Night. This is not her first time working with OCT, she was also in last year’s mainstage production of Last Stop on Market Street. She is incredibly grateful for this opportunity from Dani Baldwin and the mentorship from Erin MacGillivray & Andrea White. This show has been a joy working on and is one-of-a-kind thanks to the dedication of both the cast and crew.

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Thuy Chau

is a sophomore and thrilled to be a lighting apprentice for The Mad Ones. They have studied theatre at NW Children’s Theatre, and are currently a first-year Young Professional. Apart from theatre, Thuy enjoys making music, dancing, baking, and going on walks. Thuy would love to give a thank you to all of the wonderful, talented people working on The Mad Ones for all of their dedication and inspiration!

ERIN MACGILLIVRAY is a Portland area stage manager and costume designer. Her previous work with Oregon Children’s Theatre includes production stage management for WROL and Twelfth Night, and being the Production Coordinator for DNA. She has also stage managed for Original Practice Shakespeare and Milagro, as well as been a production assistant at Artists Repertory Theatre. As a former YP, Erin is thrilled to be able to mentor young stage managers!

MARION HAZELWOOD

(she/her) is minorly obsessed with the art of costuming; a passionate playwright; occasional actor; and an emerging director, who sees theater as equal parts unrivaled pleasure and deft weapon in the fight for social change. Beloved previous adventures include a reading of her play Three of Swords at Portland State University, directing a staging of Carolyn Gage’s Cookin’ with Typhoid Mary, studying improv at Portland Actors Conservatory, costume designing Sense and Sensibility in Alaska, and singlehandedly teaching, writing, and directing for a children’s theater program in the USVI. The Mad Ones is Marion’s fourth show with OCT.

DANI BALDWIN is the Artistic Director of the Young Professionals Company at OCT. She frequently acts, directs, and designs for OCT. Most recently, Dani directed and choreographed Jasper in Deadland (YP Co.) and directed the Drammy Award-Winning A Year With Frog and Toad (OCT mainstage). Outside of OCT, she has performed with Love Street Playhouse, Sojourn Theatre, Chianti Club Presents, Tapestry Theater, and Miracle Theatre; plus, she’s a regular improv actor with Kaiser Permanente.

Don’t miss the final production of the YP Season!

April 21 - May 7, 2023

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The Young Professionals Company is made up of dedicated theater students ages 14–18 who have been selected to participate in a year-long mentoring program, where they receive advanced training through exposure to a wide range of college-level workshops and professional development.

For more information, please visit octc.org/yp-company.