Dave Quicksall received a BA in Theater at the University of California at Santa Cruz and went on to receive an MFA in acting at UCLA. In Seattle, Dave has worked as an actor, director, and writer for ACT, Seattle Repertory Theater, the 5th Avenue, Intiman, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, and Vashon Repertory Theatre.

As a Teaching Artist, Dave has worked all over the country for the Wolf Trap Foundation in Washington DC, the Nashville Institute for the Arts, the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, and for Arts Impact. Dave’s work as a Teaching Artist has ranged throughout the Puget Sound area and the state with both Arts Impact and Voices From the Field (arts education targeted specifically for children of Migrant Workers in Central Washington).

Dave’s work as a teacher has also spanned age groups. He has worked with actors ranging from a 5 year-old child to the most seasoned professional—helping them build their craft through deepening their understanding of both themselves and the art form of performance.

Rachel Glass is a professional actress, voice artist, director, teacher, coach, and broadcaster. She currently works and has made her living in the performing arts industry for over 30 years on the stage, in film and television, radio, voiceovers, commercials, and audiobooks. 
 
She has also performed in musicals, cabarets, and revues all over the country, and underwent training with industry professionals and scholars in theatre, music and musical theatre during her college and post-graduate conservatory programs. 
 
She has undergone years of extensive, master-level, and international training in text analysis and performing of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets, having worked directly with such luminaries as Patrick Stewart, Suzanne Bertish, Tony Church, Paul Whitworth, Carol Gill, Joseph Chaikin, Audrey Stanley, David Smukler, Peter Layton, and Gary Armagnac. 

Rachel has worked as a dialect coach and language specialist, coaching adults and youth in dialects and foreign languages for more than two decades and has worked with regional theatres locally and around the country. Additionally, she coaches public speaking and has created her own program which she teaches nationally. 

She is a regular, principal company member with Aural Vision, which produces a host of live and nationally syndicated weekly radio theatre series. 

Two of the films she starred in while living in Los Angeles received top honors at the Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Malta International Film Festivals. She has worked with film directors such as Bruce Beresford, Spike Jonze, Lawrence Trilling and Adam Massey and also played principal roles in several independent films, two of which were selected and shown at the Seattle International Film Festival.