Sean Doyle is a composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and educator. He writes music for the concert stage, collaborative works for theater and dance, songs that live on record, and music for commercial media. Sean earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Institute (Johns Hopkins University), and BM & MM degrees from the State University of New York at Fredonia. Since 2015 he has taught composition, theory, and musicianship at American University (D.C.), where he has also served as director of the Music Program. 

Sean originally hails from Long Island, NY. www.seandoylemusic.com

Sara Brown is a set designer for theater, opera, and dance. Selected designs include The Day at Jacob’s Pillow; Hagoromo at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Fellow Travelers and La Rondine at the Minnesota Opera;World of Wires at The Kitchen in NYC and Festival d’Automne in Paris; Prince of Providence at Trinity Repertory company in Providence, RI; Der Freischütz with Heartbeat Opera in NYC; The Mother of Us All at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She holds an MFA in set design from the University of Virginia. She is an Assistant Professor at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Music and Theater Arts where she has been since 2008. You can see samples of her work at www.sarabdesign.com.

Olivia Weber (she/her) is a D.C.-based producer, innovator, and researcher originally from Seattle, WA. In collaboration with Britta Joy Peterson, current producing credits include Exquisite Frame, And Now, Hold Me, and A Model for Staying With. Olivia is also the Founder of Dancespace, a platform connecting dance professionals with workspace. Her research has been presented through the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center and University of Maryland with support from the American University Center for Innovation’s Incubator and American University Eagle Endowment Fund. She graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Business Administration, with a specialization in Digital Innovation, and Dance, from American University. oliviajweber.com

Evan is a lighting designer and musician. Originally from Bainbridge Island, WA, he currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Frequent collaborators include zoe | juniper and Britta Joy Peterson. He is a company member of CabinFever and he plays in the Seattle-based rock group Heavy Petting. He is the recipient of the 2020 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship and a graduate of Yale School of Drama. evancanderson.com

Bailey Trierweiler is a non-binary, East-Coast based sound designer, engineer, and artist. They are passionate about uplifting marginalized voices and engaging community through thoughtful collaboration and various forms of media. Bailey works as a Sound Associate with UptownWorks as a designer, editor, and mix engineer for many forms of live and pre-recorded performances. BFA from University of Colorado Boulder, MFA Candidate at Yale School of Drama.

Daniela Hart is a New York City based sound designer currently pursuing an MFA in Sound Design at the Yale School of Drama. She founded UptownWorks in 2015 and it has grown into a full service production company specializing in telling stories through media and arts. Daniela enjoys working in a variety of roles from day to day including sound designer, composer, film editor, producer, and director. www.UptownWorksNYC.com

Noel Nichols (Assoc. Sound Design, UptownWorks). Noel (she/they) is a sound artist, engineer, composer, and designer for a variety of platforms and media. Recent sound engineering: I Hate It Here (Studio Theatre), A Voice In The Dark (Yale Cabaret), Vapor Trail (MIT). Recent theater sound design: In His Hands, Fun Home (Yale School of Drama), We are Proud to Present…, How to Relearn Yourself (Yale Cabaret), Latinos Who Look Like Ricky Martin (Yale Summer Cabaret), The Prisoner (PSE, Yale Repertory Theatre), Counting Pebbles (Faultline Ensemble). Select NY Credits include Underground Railroad Game, Sundown Yellow Moon,(Ars Nova, Sound Supervisor), Ghost Card (Fullstop Collective, Sound Design), The Love of the Nightingale (Atlantic Theater Co., Asst. SD) and others. BA from Arizona State University, MFA Candidate at Yale School of Drama.  NoelNicholsDesign.com

Elizabeth Mak is an interdisciplinary theatre artist and designer. She believes in the power of visual and experiential storytelling in addressing issues of social justice and climate change. Recent digital projects include Houston Grand Opera's Hansel and Gretel (compositor) and HBO's The Lady and the Dale (animator). Selected live performance regional credits include Miss You Like Hell (Baltimore Center Stage); Tiny Houses (Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Bridges of Madison County (Philadelphia Theatre Company); The Phantom Tollbooth (Weston Playhouse). New York City designs include work with the Public Under the Radar Festival, The Barrow Group, New Ohio Ice Factory, TWUSA, HERE Arts Center, and IATI. She is a resident designer with Albany Park Theater Project Chicago (Port of Entry, Ofrenda), a graduate of Yale School of Drama, and a member of IATSE Local USA829 and Wingspace Theatrical Design. elizabethmak.com

Katerina Vitaly (she/her) is an NYC-based Russian multimedia artist working with video design, live performance, and illustration. Inspired by music, community art and dance, Katerina’s work centers around mental health and queerness. Her latest credits include: This American Wife (Fake Friends and FourthWall Theatrical), In Your Shoes (Georgetown University), Proximity (TheaterWorks Hartford), Everything is Wonderful (The Juilliard School), Home For The Holidays (Broadway Cares). www.katerinavitaly.com

Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal is a dance artist who was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area. He was a 2016-2018 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence and a 2020 Dance and Process participant at The Kitchen. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Maryland, College Park.

Aaron Tucker is a cinematographer who is passionate about simple human stories, told through bold perspectives. He strives to create images that feel lived in and convey a sense of art, soul story and journey. aaronmtucker.com

Jordan is a filmmaker based out of the DC area. After graduating from Howard University in 2020, Jordan started his own video production company called Betine films. Betine films specializes in making product videos and commercials for a variety of businesses and people in the DMV area. Jordan worked as the B camera operator on this project. @jordanbetine betinefilms.com

Katie Williams is a designer, artist and cat mom living in Chicago. She is currently working on her Masters Degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in Visual Communication Design. She studied Studio Art (Painting) as an undergrad at Carleton College and incorporates her fine art skills into her design practice, effectively marrying the two.

Lauren Jessica Brown (she/her/hers) is an avid traveler, a gifted conversationalist, and an excitable collaborator. Lauren DC based creative, with a wildly varied and interdisciplinary practice, including dance, photography, UX/UI and jewelry making. Lauren studied dance and sustainability as an inter-institutional student between CCD and MSU in Denver, CO. She then transferred to American University and graduated as part of the inaugural class of dance majors. Performance venues include the CPRD Theater and Tivoli Historic Building in Denver, CO, and in Washington DC; The National Gallery of Art, The Greenberg Theater, and The Katzen Art Center.

Currently, Lauren works as a freelancer, focusing on photography and design. When off the computer, she is either biking, making music, or researching her next furniture restoration project. She is always looking for her next opportunity to get creative with others! http://www.laurenjessicabrown.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/LJBMakingStuff

Amanda Blythe serves the Washington, DC arts community as an artist and administrator. Classically trained in ballet, she first experienced modern dance and contact improvisation in college where she studied under Chris Aiken, Peter DiMuro, Colleen Thomas, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Tania Isaacs and many others. She currently dances with Britta J. Peterson, Heart Stück Bernie, RebollarDance, and Spacetime Dance, as well as collaborating on independent projects. Prior credits include Extreme Lengths Productions, Human Landscape Dance, UpRooted Dance, Nancy Havlik’s Dance Performance Group, ClancyWorks Dance Company, and DancEthos. Amanda also has experience as a graphic designer, visual artist,marketer, social media manager, photographer, videographer, Q&A facilitator, podcast host, and is willing to try anything once. Akblythe.com

Carolyn Hoehner (she/her) is a dancer, actor, and maker in Washington, DC. Her creative research centers on audience empathy and using radical hospitality as a form for performance. She believes in the art of a good dinner party. She was a 2019 fellow and 2021 mentor at Art Omi Dance, a 2017 choreographer in Doug Varone’s DEVICES cohort, and a 2016 artist-in-residence at the Trinity Fellows Academy. She has performed work by Zoe Scofield, Alex & Xan Burley, Scott Putman, BodyCartography, Jenny Boissiere, Ryan Corriston, Sonia Rafferty, Shannon Hummel, and Ann Sofie Clemmensen. Her creative work has been presented by Gibney Dance, Dance Place, The Richmond Dance Festival, Situations Gallery NYC, the Academy Art Museum…as well as in her own living room. She holds a theater & dance degree from James Madison University and is a graduate of the Studio Acting Conservatory. As an arts administrator, she has held positions in programming at Dance Place and the John F. Kennedy Center. Currently, she dances & collaborates with Britta Joy Peterson, Robert Priore, and Tariq O’Meally. For mostly content of her cat Toulouse, a ginger cat who lives with Carolyn in her Navy Yard studio apartment, you can follow her on instagram @carohoehner.

William Keiser is a TV screenwriter and former dancer. A graduate of Pacific Northwest Ballet School and Princeton University's program in dance, he has danced works by Alexei Ratmansky, Bill T. Jones, Ohad Naharin, Mark Morris, and Shannon Gillen. In DC, he has worked with Dance Institute of Washington, NACHMO DC, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, Roundhouse Theater, Haus of Bambi, and Britta Joy Peterson. Now a full-time screenwriter, he is working on a teen dramedy that exposes the ballet world's inner workings with drama and humor. Connect with him on TikTok @williamskeiser.

Dylan Lambert (he/they) is a DC-based contemporary performer and administrator. A graduate from American University in Washington, DC, Dylan studied Business Administration and Dance and, as a member of the American University Dance Company, has performed in works by Michel Kouakou, Zoe Scofield, Erin Foreman Murray, Cynthia Gutierrez Garner, and Meredith Rainey. Professionally, Dylan has danced for Britta Joy Peterson, Ben Levine’s Extreme Lengths Productions, Madeline Maxine Gorman, and Terre Dance Collective.

Sydney Lemelin was born in California under a libra moon. At 18, she crossed the Mason Dixon line to study dance at The University of Maryland, College Park. She spent four years finding the zeitgeist, finding her feet, and finding the best pair of thrifted sweatpants. Sydney has presented her work at Dance Place, Victorian College for the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and UMD’s Second Season. Highlights from her dance career include fancy footwork with BANDportier, site specific back bends at Castillo de San Cristóbal with Pearsonwidrig Dancetheater, and ball changing through orchids at the National Botanical Garden with Heart Stück Bernie. Sydney is the volunteer coordinator for The Field Center where she transforms creative chaos into spreadsheets.

Candace Scarborough is a performer, choreographer, and teacher based in Baltimore, MD. She received a B.A. in Dance from the University of Maryland, College Park where she was a recipient of the Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship. She has performed with AndaryDance, Graham Brown, Denise Leitner, Ashley Thorndike-Youssef, maree remalia-merrygogo, Helen Simoneau Danse, and PearsonWidrig DanceTheater. Candace is currently dancing for Kendra Portier, Tariq O’Meally, Robert Priore, and Orange Grove Dance. In 2017, Candace became a certified Gaga teacher under the artistic direction of Bosmat Nossan and Ohad Naharin. She has taught Gaga classes extensively in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas, London, Manchester, Tel Aviv, Toronto, and Atlanta. Candace’s choreography has been presented at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, The Clarice, Dance Exchange, Joe’s Movement Emporium, and Baltimore Theater Project, in addition to Highways Performance Space with Los Angeles-based performance artist Samantha Mohr. In 2019, she received a Rubys Artist Grant to create velvet pony, in collaboration with Samantha Mohr and Philadelphia-based musician Liz DeLise.

Vyette Tiyais a D.C.-based dancer and collaborator. Through movement research, improvisation as practice, and melding different forms, Vyette seeks to tap into the subtleties and extremities of sharing our authentic selves. Vyette is invested in community-engaged dance and social commentary, utilizing performance as means for shared knowledge and personal connection. A graduate of American University, Vyette studied international relations and dance, where she honed her skills in contemporary and jazz, blended with her background in African dance, freestyle, and urban choreography. Vyette has performed on stages and in site-specific works, including at the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art, Dance Place, the Kennedy Center, Georgetown Waterfront, and Katzen Arts Center. Connect with her at vyettetiya.com

Zoe Wampler is a Movement Artist, Teacher, and Arts Administrator based in the DMV. A native of North Carolina, she has slowly been making her way up the east coast - receiving her BFA in Dance & Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019 and moving to Washington, DC the following fall. As a performer, Zoe has had the pleasure of working with Snap Soup Dance, Choreographers Collaboration Project, Extreme Lengths Productions, and Britta Joy Peterson. Her creative work has been presented at ACDA Mid-Atlantic South Conference Gala (Raleigh, NC), Hind Gallery (Richmond, VA), Ascending Choreographers Showcase (Edgewood, MD), Koresh Artist Showcase (Philadelphia, PA), and Dusklit Interactive Art Festival (Sugarloaf, NY). She is a Teaching Artist with Tippi Toes© DC and Jane Franklin Dance.

Amber Lucia Chabus (she/her) is a DC Metro area based artist who finds joy moving her body in spaces with other creatives. Amber graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2018 with degrees in Dance and Kinesiology. She has performed with ReVision dance company, Heart Stück Bernie, darlingdance, CityDance DREAM, DanceTheYard, and Orange Grove Dance. Recently, Amber was part of the inaugural Dance Metro DC Performance-in-Progress cohort, and she has had choreography shown at Island Grown Dance and the Built on Stilts Festival (Martha's Vineyard) and at Dance Place and The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (Washington D.C.) When not dancing/creating or keeping up with Dance Place’s brand in print and digital marketing materials as their Communications Manager, Amber also finds joy in keeping her personal brand consistent with cats, watermelon, and the color pink. @amberlucia96

New York-based cellist, singer, and improviser Iva Casian-Lakoš performs across the US and Europe with interdisciplinary, genre-bending ensembles Synesthetic Project, hear|say, eco|tonal, and Ensemble Illyrica. Iva’s versatile repertoire ranges from classical cello to boundary-stretching new works, involving choreography, singing, acting, and improvisation. Iva enjoys close working relationships with many composers and premiered music by Joan La Barbara (Bang on a Can Marathon), Wang Lu, Erika Dohi, John Ling, and David Crowell (Rites of Spring Festival), Mak Murtic (Scena Amadeo), and James Budinich. She also collaborates with visual artists, videographers, and dancers in interdisciplinary projects, often via the Vienna-based artist collective Synesthetic Project.

Iva performed as soloist with Columbus Symphony Orchestra, New Albany Symphony, and SEO Symphony Orchestra, collaborated with members of JACK, Emerson, Calidore, and Ying quartets in chamber performances, and appeared in concert halls around the US, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center (Bruno Walter), Jordan Hall, and Kennedy Center (Millennium). She was also invited as soloist/chamber musician to Bang on a Can Marathon, Scena Amadeo, Hidalgo Festival, Hvar Festival, Rites of Spring Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, Barnes Ensemble, Ensemble Evolution, Vivo Music Festival, and Lake George Music Festival.

Jessica Bauer, violin, has a Bachelor’s degree in Music and Psychology from The American University in Washington, D.C. and a Master’s of Music and an Artist Diploma from NYU Steinhardt. Bauer has most recently studied with Laura Hamilton, former associate concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Giora Schmidt, a prominent soloist. She has studied under numerous teachers at Manhattan School of Music, where she attended Precollege from 1999-2013. These teachers include Ms. Christina Khimm, Mr. Grigory Kalinovsky, and Mrs. Julie Becker. Bauer is the former concertmaster of the NYU Orchestra and NYU Broadway Orchestra. She has won the concerto competition at American University twice, with both the Sibelius and Tchaikovsky violin concertos and was fortunate to perform both with the AU Symphony Orchestra.

Bryan Campbell is a composer/engineer/sound designer for SignalSounds NYC, an independent music house which produces and composes music for advertising and film working with clients such as Google, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, PBS, Gimlet and The Leadership Conference onHuman and Civil Rights. Bryan began studying music formally in high school,availing himself to many musical situations. Playing in pit orchestras,various county jazz bands, attending summer jazz camps and learning marimba in orchestra. In 2004, he moved back to New York City to attend the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and completed his BFA in Jazz performance in the spring of 2007. He has had the privilege to study privately with Ben Street,Jonathan Kreisberg,Vic Juris,Chris Cheek, Steve Cardenas and Lage Lund, all who shaped his musical direction and ideas. Bryan has performed at the Frick Museum, Gramercy Park Hotel, Rockwood Music Hall, Shapeshifter Lab, The Garage, Club Bonafide and Wolffer Estates. He has had the honor and pleasure of playing with legendary Vibraphonist Teddy Charles, Randy Brecker, Alex Sipiagin and Martin Bejerano. He finished his masters degree at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in the spring of 2014 , studying under Antonio Hart, Michael Mossman, David Berkman and privately with Paul Bollenback. In the Spring of 2018, he released his debut record “Places Never Known”.