Kat Corrigan (she/her) graduated from the University of Connecticut with her B.F.A. in Acting last May. In her time at UConn, she produced the Dramatic Arts Department’s annual 24 Hour Playfest, managed her acting cohort’s senior showcase, and developed several independent projects including her own adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull wherein the characters were portrayed by puppets. Other credits include assistant directing Hurricane Diane at Hartford Stage and assistant stage managing Woody Sez at Theaterworks Hartford. Kat is excited to build upon her theater production skills at Seattle Rep this season.

Arden DeForest (he/him) is a stage manager and intimacy director born and raised in Seattle. He recently graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. in Sociology and Theatre, with a focus in stage management. He has had the opportunity to stage manage Everybody and The Play That Goes Wrong (Pomona College Theatre Department), and assistant stage manage Two Gentlemen of Verona (Seattle Shakespeare Company), among others. For three years he served as artistic director of the undergraduate theater company The Green Room, and is finishing his certification in intimacy direction through Intimacy Directors and Coordinators. When not in the theater, you can find him baking, ballroom dancing, or playing with his beagle, Scout. 

Annabelle Iredale (she/her) is a stage manager, actor, and theater collaborator from Rhode Island. She is a recent graduate of Middlebury College with a B.A. in Theatre (acting) and one in Neuroscience. Her stage management experience includes working with Trinity Repertory Company, Adirondack Theatre Festival, The Gamm Theatre, and Burbage Theatre Company. She has also worked as an actor in RI, VT, and NYC and is thrilled to be continuing her educational journey on the west coast!

Bernice (she/her) is a scenic artist from Southern California. She acquired her skills at Cal Poly Pomona, where she received a B.A. in Theatre Design and Technology; however, she inherited her creative start at a very young age, watching films with a deep fascination for set design and color. With this new concept came a new dream of producing work within the film and theater industry, specifically art direction. Her most recent project was her set design for Our Dear Dead Drug Lord by Alexis Scheer, produced at Cal Poly Pomona. She highly encourages everyone to peek at her work at scenicdesignbybernice.com

Anna Shih (they/she) is a Seattle-based lighting designer and technician. They are a graduate of the University of Washington with a B.A. in drama design and B.S. in computer science and are a company member of Dacha Theatre. Select works include: Athena (ArtsWest), Emma (Dacha Theatre), Suessical: Youth Edition (Youth Theatre Northwest), Airness (UW School of Drama), and Monologues of N Woman (YUN Theatre). When they have free time, they knit, do stage combat with friends, and drinks too much tea. She would like to thank her family, friends, and mentors for all their continual support.

Jayna Shoda Meyer (she/her) is an interdisciplinary theater artist with a strong background in community facilitation and new works. As an actor, director, and facilitator, she aims to bring underrepresented stories to the stage and views theater as a medium for radical healing. Jayna is an alumna of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s FAIR Program, assisting on Desdemona Chiang’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest, and of the Stage Director & Choreographer Foundation’s Professional Development Program as the SDCF Directing Observer on Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin (Broadway). As a member of Breaking Wave Theatre Company in Guåhan, she co-directed, devised, and performed in WE WILL NOT GO SILENT, an original work about the climate crisis from the perspective of the Pacific that was recently awarded a National Theatre Project Grant from the New England Foundation of the Arts. Jayna is a graduate of Boston University with a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts. jaynashodameyer.com