Project Director: Rachel Bowditch
Dramaturg: Karen Jean Martinson
Narrative Specialist: Steven Beschloss
Choreographer: Saza Kent
Assistant Director: Clara Kundin
Assistant Dramaturg: Thomas Underdal
Clara Kundin is a theater-maker and educator. She received her B.A. in theater from St. Olaf College and continued her studies in physical theater at the École Jacques Lecoq and mask and butoh at the École du Jeu in Paris. She is a current MFA student in Theater for Youth and Communities at Arizona State University. New York Theater: Luna Eclipse (spit&vigor), The Jewish King Lear (Metropolitan Playhouse), Doomocracy (Creative Time), {my lingerie play} (Rattlestick Theater), Helena in The Rover and The Naked Tempest (Torn Out Theater), Lake Victory (GYM at Judson), The Lysistrata Project (Irondale Center). Directing Credits: Sammie & Gran (Climate Change Theater Action/ASU), Loudmouth (The Tank/Rebel Playhouse), cards. (Permafrost Theatre Collective), The Donors (site specific), and The One and Only Sarah Stonely (Thought Bubble Theatre Festival). Clara served as the Founding Executive Director of Rebel Playhouse from 2016-2019.
Sam Briggs (she/her) is an educator and theatre maker from the East Coast. She has a BA in English Education from Westfield State University and an MA in English Literature from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English. She is currently an MFA candidate in Arizona State University's Theatre for Youth and Community program. Before returning to graduate school, Sam taught high school English and ran a theatre program at a regional high school in Central Massachusetts. She has produced and directed over fifteen plays and musicals with high school students and adults in both educational and community settings. Sam is the editor for AATE’s ElevAATE and the co-director of outreach for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project. Her current research centers on critically-engaged drama-based pedagogy for social transformation in secondary classrooms and teacher education.
Sarah “Saza” Kent is the Co-Founder/Artistic Director of EPIK Dance Company (est. 2007), a group of artists who combine street and concert dance with elements of hip hop theatre, spoken word, media and song to tell stories and spread a message. With EPIK, Saza created eight original evening-length works that premiered to sold-out theaters statewide. EPIK offered school residencies, workshops and classes throughout the community and was awarded the Phoenix Mayor’s Arts Award as well as two nominations for the Governor’s Arts Award for Arts Education. Saza received her MFA in Dance and BFA in Dance Education from ASU, and has taught on the faculties of ASU, GCC, MCC, Dobson High & Willow Canyon High. She served as the founding Artistic Director/Spokesperson for the Be Kind People Project for 5 years where she developed and managed “The Be Kind Crew,” a hip hop dance crew consisting of over 50 dancers that visit K-8 schools nationwide to deliver the message that “It’s cool to be kind.” Saza choreographs & teaches nationally for universities and professional sports teams (NBA, NFL, WNBA), and has been featured in two national commercials (Verizon, 5-hour Energy), as well as Dance Teacher, Dance Spirit, and Dance magazines. Saza is a founding member of DBR Lab, a collective of artists from different disciplines who work with artist/composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) to design pieces that are published, performed and toured. She is the Creative Director of DBR’s “Dorsey Lane,” an artist live/work space in Tempe, Arizona. She currently resides in Northern Arizona with her husband and two daughters.
Project Director: Rachel Bowditch
Dramaturg: Karen Jean Martinson
Narrative Specialist: Steven Beschloss
Assistant Dramaturg: Noah Delgado
Clara Kundin is a theater-maker and educator. She received her B.A. in theater from St. Olaf College and continued her studies in physical theater at the École Jacques Lecoq and mask and butoh at the École du Jeu in Paris. She is a current MFA student in Theater for Youth and Communities at Arizona State University. New York Theater: Luna Eclipse (spit&vigor), The Jewish King Lear (Metropolitan Playhouse), Doomocracy (Creative Time), {my lingerie play} (Rattlestick Theater), Helena in The Rover and The Naked Tempest (Torn Out Theater), Lake Victory (GYM at Judson), The Lysistrata Project (Irondale Center). Directing Credits: Sammie & Gran (Climate Change Theater Action/ASU), Loudmouth (The Tank/Rebel Playhouse), cards. (Permafrost Theatre Collective), The Donors (site specific), and The One and Only Sarah Stonely (Thought Bubble Theatre Festival). Clara served as the Founding Executive Director of Rebel Playhouse from 2016-2019.
Becca Levy is an educator, theatre artist, and stage manager who facilitates educational programming and theatrical productions that create community, celebrate culture, and foster creativity for people of all ages. She is a current MFA student studying Theatre for Youth & Communities at Arizona State University. Prior to graduate school, Becca worked as a teaching artist, stage manager, and certified yoga instructor in Chicago after earning her BFA in Stage Management from Western Michigan University. She is a proud ensemble member at Strawdog Theatre Company where she’s worked on the creative team of over a dozen productions. Other production credits include work with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Emerald City Theatre, Jackalope Theatre Company, Red Theater, and more. Becca also tours as the North American Company Stage Manager of Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience with Starvox and Seabright Productions.
Sam Briggs (she/her) is an educator and theatre maker from the East Coast. She has a BA in English Education from Westfield State University and an MA in English Literature from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English. She is currently an MFA candidate in Arizona State University's Theatre for Youth and Community program. Before returning to graduate school, Sam taught high school English and ran a theatre program at a regional high school in Central Massachusetts. She has produced and directed over fifteen plays and musicals with high school students and adults in both educational and community settings. Sam is the editor for AATE’s ElevAATE and the co-director of outreach for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project. Her current research centers on critically-engaged drama-based pedagogy for social transformation in secondary classrooms and teacher education.
Project Director: Rachel Bowditch
Dramaturg: Karen Jean Martinson
Narrative Specialist: Steven Beschloss
Assistant Dramaturg: Noah Delgado
Clara Kundin is a theater-maker and educator. She received her B.A. in theater from St. Olaf College and continued her studies in physical theater at the École Jacques Lecoq and mask and butoh at the École du Jeu in Paris. She is a current MFA student in Theater for Youth and Communities at Arizona State University. New York Theater: Luna Eclipse (spit&vigor), The Jewish King Lear (Metropolitan Playhouse), Doomocracy (Creative Time), {my lingerie play} (Rattlestick Theater), Helena in The Rover and The Naked Tempest (Torn Out Theater), Lake Victory (GYM at Judson), The Lysistrata Project (Irondale Center). Directing Credits: Sammie & Gran (Climate Change Theater Action/ASU), Loudmouth (The Tank/Rebel Playhouse), cards. (Permafrost Theatre Collective), The Donors (site specific), and The One and Only Sarah Stonely (Thought Bubble Theatre Festival). Clara served as the Founding Executive Director of Rebel Playhouse from 2016-2019.
Becca Levy is an educator, theatre artist, and stage manager who facilitates educational programming and theatrical productions that create community, celebrate culture, and foster creativity for people of all ages. She is a current MFA student studying Theatre for Youth & Communities at Arizona State University. Prior to graduate school, Becca worked as a teaching artist, stage manager, and certified yoga instructor in Chicago after earning her BFA in Stage Management from Western Michigan University. She is a proud ensemble member at Strawdog Theatre Company where she’s worked on the creative team of over a dozen productions. Other production credits include work with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Emerald City Theatre, Jackalope Theatre Company, Red Theater, and more. Becca also tours as the North American Company Stage Manager of Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience with Starvox and Seabright Productions.
Annie Ethington recently completed her Bachelors in Theatre with a concentration in acting. Growing up, Annie would go on road trips with her mom every summer across the United States to go hiking at various national parks, and at each park they visited, Annie would discover again and again how beautiful and precious the environment is, and how influential climate change is, even in her own lifetime. She remembers what real monsoons were like in the summers of Arizona, and that’s what she misses the most from the result of Anthropocene. She loved waking up to seemingly endless days of gentle rain that would keep the summer time temperatures pleasant, the air clean, and the desert thriving. Annie is eager to work with Rachel and apply her skills as a creator and her love of the environment in the devising process for something as important as Anthropocene.
https://annethington.com/
Ty is headed into his fourth year at Arizona State University. He is currently attending for his B.A in Theater, concentrating in acting along with a minor in Film Studies. He is a transfer student, coming from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He initially spent his first two years in university at the University of Calgary. Ty has worked on many short films at ASU, and is working toward gaining more experience on the stage as well. He has background training in acrobatics, as well as immense experience with multiple forms of martial arts including boxing, kickboxing, and muay thai.
Kristina Friedgen is a director, deviser, choreographer, and teaching artist. Recent credits: Freaky Friday at The Little Theatre of Alexandria (Katherine Blake), the youth premiere of Wonderland at Strathmore Music Center with Young Artists of America (Director), and the AriZoni award-winning production of Everybody at ASU (Director). www.kristinafriedgen.com
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