The Team
GENEVIEVE FOWLER- DIRECTOR
Genevieve Fowler is a Chicago based director and devisor. She has been lucky enough to work in various capacities with Lookingglass Theatre, The Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater, Theater Wit, Collaboraction, Chicago Dramatists and the London based Heritage Arts Company. Her passion lies in working with often unheard voices as seen through her position as director of Still Acting Up, a senior citizens original musical theater group and work with the Special Olympics Illinois. Genevieve is a proud graduate of Vassar College and company member with Collaboraction Theatre Company.
NADJA LEONHARD-HOOPER- WRITER
Nadja Leonhard-Hooper is a New York based writer, actor, and director. She graduated Vassar in 2015 with a BA in political science and drama. Her farce “Vera & Valya and the Magical One Cat Circus” ran for three weeks at Standard Toykraft in Brooklyn. Her play Eat the Devil was developed by One Year Lease Theater Company and the Tank, and will be produced fall of 2018. She has trained with SITI company and in clowning with former members of the Jeune Lune- a company that she considers one of her greatest influences.
Kayla V. White graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a BFA in Music Theatre. She has been teaching dance, theatre, and yoga for the past 3 years to kids and adults. In 2016, she journeyed to Bali to pursue her yoga certification. Her last show was a Writing 6 show at Second City. After this project, she is headed to Thailand for a few months to volunteer at an elephant sanctuary and an organic farm, as well as teach yoga!
KAYLA V. WHITE- OPHELIA
TAYLOR DALTON- CLAUDE, SCENIC DESIGN
Taylor Dalton is a literary, visual, and performance artist from Chicago. She holds a BA in English and Drama from Vassar College.
Alex Stein is a Chicago-based actor and artist. He has collaborated with Theater Wit, MCA Chicago, Collaboraction, A Red Orchid, and First Folio. He teaches playwriting to CPS high school students as part of Silk Road Rising's outreach program. In his spare time, Alex loves to explore moments of pure play and just dance. Many thanks to Nadja and Gen for this wild project!
ALEX STEIN- HAM
VALLENTUNA- HERSELF
Vallentuna is thrilled to be making her theater debut with such a wonderful group of humans. She was born on a cold day in a Target store somewhere in the midwest, and found her way via the Amazon to this group of people. She hopes to have a long career in performance art and avoid sharp objects forever. The day she spent at the beach with the cast was the happiest day of her life so far.
Daniella Pereira is a Colombian-American, Chicago-based actress and improviser. Her most recent credits include, Letters Home (Griffin Theatre); The Taming of the Shrew (Oak Park Festival Theatre); Cymbeline (Strawdog Theatre). She received a BFA in acting at Roosevelt University (Chicago College of Performing Arts). She is represented by Gray Talent Group.
DANIELLA PEREIRA- GERTRUDE
Tony Grayson is dripping with gratitude. He usually can be seen performing surreal/sincere/sad-funny solo work, but would rather be doing things like this. Recently relocated from NYC. In his spare time, Tony enjoys making smoothies and stealing bullfrogs off the leashes of their owners while they nap quietly in parks. He then re-purposes the frogs as yo-yos (very humanely) and donates them to your children's children (for tax deduction purposes). Training: The Performing Arts Project, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, NYU ’14. Thank you for having me, and thank you for being here.
TONY GRAYSON- PAUL
