MARCH 15–17, 2024

Spring Break

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Round House Theatre’s Teen Performance Company
The 22nd Annual Sarah Metzger Memorial Play

By Joe Calarco

On the first night of spring break, 19 teenagers celebrate friendships, nurse broken hearts, and challenge assumptions as they search to find their unique place in the world. With empathy and humor, this candid dramedy examines the seemingly small moments that lead to life-changing decisions as each character learns who they really want to become.

For a digital version of the program, please CLICK HERE.

The Round House Theatre Teen Performance Company is a pre-professional program for the next generation of theatre artists. Round House gathers the region’s most creative young theatre artists and provides mentorship to them as they work on a play at our theatre. Selected students shadow productions on the Round House stage, attend events and master classes with Round House company members, and work closely with professional artists and practitioners at every step of the process.

The program culminates in The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play, which is directed, designed, stage managed, and performed by high school students. The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play was established by the Metzger family and friends to celebrate the memory of Sarah Metzger, an inspiring and active member of the theatre community, who was killed in an automobile accident during her freshman year of college.

Cast

Scout Amakali

Cody/Quinn

Oli Baker

Brett

Kathryn Batitto

Jesse/AJ

Syd Riva-Clement

Allison Evans

Noah Green

Aster Kuklova

Lark Jeffers

Isabelle Jones

Joshua Pinchback

Rosie Robertson

Evvaleen Robinson

Scout Amakali

Cody/Quinn

Scout Amakali (Cody/Quinn) is a freshman at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) and is excited to be performing with the Teen Performance Company for the first time! At B-CC High School, she performed The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon as The Devil” and The Talking Fish. When Scout isn’t acting, she loves to surf, snowboard, and skateboard. She also enjoys reading and playing video games in her spare time too. She started her theatre journey in seventh grade at Irons Jr. Highschool, located in Texas, and has taken as many theatre classes and extra curriculars ever since, in her efforts to continue her love for performing and learning as much as possible about theatre.

Oli Baker

Brett

Oli Baker (Brett) is a Freshman at Montgomery Blair High School and is thrilled to be performing with Round House Theatre’s Teen Performance Company for the first time. At Eastern Middle School, they played the role of Duke Senior in As You Like It, and were a part of the chorus for Much Ado About Nothing. They’ve also participated in many programs at Imagination Stage in Bethesda. When they are not acting, Oli likes to run, read, write fantasy fiction, and play Dungeons & Dragons.

Kathryn Batitto

Jesse/AJ

Kathryn Batitto (Jesse/AJ) is a Senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and is excited to be performing with Round House Theatre’s Teen Performance Company for the first time. At BCC, she has played Juror #7 in Twelve Angry Jurors and Mary Girard in The Insanity of Mary Girard, and has participated in student films. She has performed in Twelfth Night, The Hello Girls, Urinetown, The Prom, and Carrie with The Theatre Lab; The Internet is Distract--Oh Look A Kitten! and Bat Boy with Imagination Stage; and a reading of Votaress with Theatre Prometheus. When not on stage, Kathryn likes to help with stage crew and do stage makeup. In addition to her theater training, she takes voice lessons with Lucia Lanave.

Syd Riva-Clement

Pi

Syd Riva-Clement (Pi) This is Syd’s first time performing with the Teen Performance Company. She had been in many productions such as The Little Prince as the snake, Once upon a mattress as Princess Winafred’s understudy, and many more. They have worked both on stage as an actor and off stage as a technician, sometimes both. They are so grateful to have such an amazing opportunity to be an actor here at Round House Theater.

Allison Evans

Andie

Alison Evans (Andie) is a junior at Washington-Liberty High School and is thrilled to be performing with the Teen Performance Company. At W & L, she played the role of Annabella Smith in The 39 Steps, Sasha in The Election, ensemble for The Prom and Sweeney Todd (currently in rehearsals), and participated in A Play in a Day for the past two years (writing and performing an original play in 24 hours). She has also performed in A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon and other ensemble roles with the Shakespeare Theater Company’s Summer Camp program.

Noah Green

Corey

Noah Green (Corey) is a homeschooled senior and is excited to be performing with the Teen Performance Company for the second time, after playing Deacon/Sully in the debut of Girlhood during last season. Noah gives credit to TPC for helping him prepare his pursuit in a BFA in college this fall. His past work includes Theatre Lab’s Summer Youth Conservatory (debuted Michael in the premiere of Tell Me Something Good); Barrie School (King Sextimus in Once Upon a Mattress); Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre (Shylock in Something Rotten); and Shakespeare Theatre Company Henry IV Intensive (Rambures/Pistol). When he’s not acting, Noah spends time analyzing stories and characters from TV, books, movies, and mythology, as well as creating characters and stories of his own.

Aster Kuklova

Kai

Aster Kuklova (Kai) is a freshman at Quince Orchard High School and is excited to be performing at Round House Theatre with the Teen Performance Company for the first time. In his middle school, Aster played ensemble roles in both Shrek the Musical Jr. and Frozen Jr. Aster has also performed in Mary Poppins Jr. at the Kentlands Arts Barn summer education programs. When not acting, Aster also enjoys making art, writing, and coding games.

Lark Jeffers

Finn/Charlie

Lark Jeffers (Finn/Charlie) is a freshman at Montgomery Blair High School and is thrilled to join the Teen Performance Company this year. Some previous credits include Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Round House Theatre; Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus and A Christmas Story at Silver Spring Stage; and The Children's Hour at Greenbelt Arts Center. Recently, Lark appeared in Blair’s production of Caesar & Cleopatra as well as directed Eastern Middle School’s production of Addams Family. In addition, they participated in the Roundlings ensemble at Round House last year and are a teen educator. They have trained in Shakespeare and contemporary theater at Blue Lake Fine Arts camp. They are also a violinist and are part of College Park’s Youth Orchestra.

Isabelle Jones

Sam/Frankie

Isabelle Jones (Sam/Frankie) is a senior at BCC High School and is excited to be returning for her second year with the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre, where she previously performed as Marlene in the world premiere of Girlhood. At BCC, she has played the roles of Narrator in The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, Juror #3 in 12 Angry Jurors, and has danced in Chicago, Mean Girls, and is excited to continue dancing in The Prom. Other DC credits include her role as Medea in Randy Baker’s adapted Medea: A Tale of Teenage Tragedy at the Theatre Lab this past summer. Isabelle would like to thank her family and friends for their continued support!

Joshua Pinchback

Ricky/Cam

Joshua Pinchback (Ricky/Cam) is a 16-year-old junior at Arundel High School. This is Joshua’s first time performing with the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre. He’s had plenty of experience with working for University of Marlyand’s Junior Academy of Performing Arts, and Theatre Lab! He’s played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Sheldon in The Prom, was part of the Ensemble for Carrie, and he’s played Prentiss in Peter and the Star Catcher! One of Joshua’s favorite things is music. Some of his favorite artists consist of Sza, Lana Del Ray, and Bjork!

Rosie Robertson

Dylan/Jules

Rosie Robertson (Dylan/Jules) is a Sophomore at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School and is so delighted to perform in her first show as a part of the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre. Recently, she has had the honor of being featured as Sophie K. in Mean Girls with her school theater program, as well as Torrey in Freaky Friday, and Ada/Tommy Boy in Newsies with Camp Ballibay. Aside from theater, Rosie loves making and playing music; writing/singing for several bands (most notably her band Indecisive Panic) and playing violin for her school’s Symphonic Orchestra. She also enjoys working in film, helping and creating several student short films and attending the TRYKA Film Coalition at Imagination Stage.

Evvaleen Robinson

Krys/Ty

Evvaleen Robinson (Krys/Ty) is a freshman attending Montgomery Blair High School and is excited to be working with the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre for the first time. Her most recent role was in Blair Theatre’s original fusion of Shakespeare’s Julius Cesar & Cleopatra, and she will be in Blair’s upcoming Black History Month production Sankofa. She starred as the leading roles of the Witch and Baptista in Sligo middle school’s production of Into the Woods and Taming of the Shrewrespectively, and played Thisbe in Midnight Summer’s dream during her time there. When not acting, Evvaleen enjoys making music and writing songs, using both vocals and piano. She’d like to pursue musical theatre in the future and further study more dance styles.

Creative Team

Joe Calarco

Soa Andriamananjara

Eve Cintron

Abigail Graef

Ana Ewachiw

Lucinda Chase

Myla Leung

Properties Designer/Run Crew

Maya Morales

Dramaturg/Assistant Director

Zoe Becker

Stage Manager

Georgia Parry

Assistant Stage Manager

Stevie Lewis

Assistant Stage Manager

Grayson Aasheim

Run Crew

Lois Proeller

Run Crew

Joe Calarco

Playwright

Joe Calarco (Playwright) is a multiple award-winning director and playwright. Off-Broadway credits include Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol (Drama Desk nomination); the world premieres of Boy and In Transit (Drama Desk nomination) at Primary Stages; The Burnt Part Boys and Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky at Playwrights Horizons; the world premieres of The Summer of the Swans and Sarah, Plain and Tall at the Lucille Lortel; the world premiere of The Mistress Cycle for The New York Musical Theatre Festival; the world premiere of Fugitive Songs; and the first New York revival of Bury the Dead and The Memory Show for The Transport Group. He is the adaptor/director of Shakespeare’s R&J, which ran for a year Off-Broadway and earned him a Lucille Lortel Award.

Regionally, Joe has won Best Director Barrymore Awards for both Ordinary Days at 11th Hour Theatre Company and The Light in the Piazza at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Other shows at PTC include The Last Five Years (Barrymore Award Best Musical), Elegies (Barrymore nomination), and M. Butterfly. At Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, he has directed Assassins (Helen Hayes Award), the world premiere of Nijinsky’s Last Dance (Helen Hayes Award), Side Show (Helen Hayes Award), Urinetown (Helen Hayes Award), Gypsy (Helen Hayes nomination), God of Carnage, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Flick, and John, among others and the world premieres of Nest, The Gulf, The Boy Detective Fails, and Cake Off, as well as the world premieres of his own plays Walter Cronkite is Dead and In the Absence of Spring, which premiered in New York as the inaugural production of Second Stage’s New Plays Uptown series under his own direction. Other regional work includes the world premiere of Lincolnesque as well as The Glass Menagerie at the Old Globe; the world premieres of the musicals The Burnt Part Boys, The Memory Show, and The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (also book writer), as well as Kiss Me Kate, Breaking the Code, Romance in Hard Times, Ragtime, A Doll’s House Part 2, Into The Woods, Sister Sorry (world premiere), Waiting For Godot (Berkshire Critics Association Award), and A New Brain at Barrington Stage Company where he is an Associate Artist; The Circus in Winter and LMNOP at Goodspeed; the world premiere of Short Order Stories for Charter Theatre in Virginia; and the world premiere of The Religion Thing at Theater J in Washington D.C. At the O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference, he has directed Broadcast; The Toymaker; Sarah, Plain and Tall; In Transit; Picnic at Hanging Rock; and The Shadow Sparrow. He is the director of Twice Charmed: an original twist on the Cinderella story for Disney Creative Entertainment, and his reworking of Ring of Fire: the music of Johnny Cash toured the U.S for over a year.

As a writer, his published work includes Separate Rooms (TRW and included in the Best Stage Monologues of 2020), A Measure of Cruelty (TRW and included in the Best Stage Monologues of 2013 and nominated for a Carbonell Award as Best New Work), Walter Cronkite is Dead, Shakespeare’s R&J (DPS), and In The Absence of Spring (Playscripts and included in The Best Stage Scenes of 2004). He has written a number of plays for teens, including Winter Break (DPS), Spring Break (DPS), 17 and 18 (Playscripts), Signature in the Schools Volumes 1&2 (Concord Theatricals), and the soon to be published 295N, Smile Lines, 12 Million Footsteps, The Spoken Word, and UnResigned, all for TRW. Other adaptations include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theater Company), which he has reworked once again for eight actors as Well Met by Moonlight and will soon be published by TRW, and Antigone Renewed, which had its first workshop at the National Theater in London.

He is the book writer for the musicals The Mysteries of Harris Burdick with composer Chris Miller and lyricist Nathan Tysen, which had its West End premiere in conjunction with Mercury Musical Development and its U.S. premiere at Barrington Stage Company, for Golden Gate with composer/lyricist Richard Pearson Thomas (developed at Second Stage and Lincoln Center), and he was a contributing book writer of the Drama Desk Award nominated The Audience (The Transport Group). His current work in development includes The Circus in Winter with composer/lyricist Ben Clark, and A Rhythmic Me with collaborators Jared Grimes and Mark Meadows.

He served as Director of New Works at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, as resident playwright at Expanded Arts, Inc. for two years, and as Resident Director at Barrington Stage Company. He has been a Joseph Papp artist in residence at Second Stage, sat on the Executive Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), is one of New York Theatre Workshop’s "usual suspects," is a Drama League directing fellow, and is a member of The Dramatists Guild.

Soa Andriamananjara

Director

Soa Andriamananjara (Director) is a junior at the Holton-Arms School and is excited to make her Teen Performance Company and directorial debut! At Holton-Arms, she has acted as Florence in Poof! and as Wickham in The Crazy Cowgirls of Pemberley Ranch. She led Little Women (the musical) as Marmee at Imagination Stage’s Musical Theatre Conservatory. Outside of acting, she has also written various one-act plays, including Moscow, which had a staged reading at the Tank Theatre in New York. When not in the theater, she enjoys writing, watching films, and hosts a show called Soup with Soa.

Eve Cintron

Costume Designer

Eve Cintron (Costume Designer) is a Junior at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, she is thrilled to be able to participate for the first time as a designer for Round House Theater. She has previously worked in lighting design for several BCC productions including Chicago, Mean Girls, and 12 Angry Jurors. As well as mentoring for lighting design for Deal Middle School's Matila Jr. and Silver Creek's Shrek Jr. She has appreciated having the opportunity to learn about costume design and other facets of theatrical composition. In her free time, she likes pursuing other artistic activities including playing music and drawing.

Abigail Graef

Lighting Designer

Abigail Graef (Lighting Designer) is new to the Teen Performance Company and very happy to be working with Round House Theatre on this production of Spring Break. While attending Walt Whitman High School, Abby worked with lights for many plays and musicals, including The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Abby has two cats, Slinky and Zeke, which she loves very much.

Ana Ewachiw

Projections Designer

Ana Ewachiw (Projections Designer) is a sophomore at Montgomery Blair High School and is thrilled to be participating in her second show with the Teen Performance Company. Some of her prior work includes being an Assistant Stage Manager for TPC’s Girlhood, performing in the presentation of No Character Limit with the Roundlings ensemble, and performing in the ensemble of Blair Theatre’s production of Into the Woods. During her free time, she enjoys creating digital and traditional artwork, as well as working on her own animation projects. She puts her heart and soul into character creation and loves to write from time to time. She hopes you enjoy the visuals she’s created with the help of the design team.

Lucinda Chase

Sound Designer

Lucinda Chase (Sound Designer) is a Senior at Annapolis High School and is thrilled to be returning to Round House Theatre after designing last year’s production of Girlhood. She has also worked as sound designer for Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre’s productions of First Date and Head Over Heels and has acted as Sound Board Operator for multiple other productions. Lucinda has also stage managed a variety of productions with the Annapolis High Drama Co, including Mamma Mia!, Hello Dolly!, and A Murder Is Announced. She’s excited to continue her studies in theater and sound design at Swarthmore College in the fall.

Myla Leung

Properties Designer/Run Crew

Myla Leung (Properties Designer/Run Crew) is a Junior at Winston Churchill High School. She loves the arts and humanities, and is passionate about the intersection between arts and social justice. She is also interested in environmental advocacy, sustainability, and research. Myla was previously a fellow for the Strathmore x Wolly Mammoth Theatre Arts and Social Justice Fellowship and is excited to contribute to the Teen Performance Company’s production of Spring Break! (She/Her)

Maya Morales

Dramaturg/Assistant Director

Maya Morales (Dramaturg/Assistant Director) is a Senior at Watkins Mill High School and is excited to be working with the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre. She interned at Olney Theatre Center as an Assistant Director for the production of The Ballad of Sun and Snow and Forgive. During her spare time, Maya is dedicated to screenwriting, in a form of passion of bringing stories to life.

Zoe Becker

Stage Manager

Zoe Becker (Stage Manager) is a Sophomore at School Without Walls High School and is thrilled to be working with the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre for the first time. She has stage managed in the past for Levine Music Theatre, where she was an assistant stage manager for The Little Mermaid Junior and stage manager for Bright Star. When she’s not stage managing, Zoe enjoys creative writing and her work can be found (or is forthcoming) in Cloudy Magazine, JGirls Magazine, and elsewhere.

Georgia Parry

Assistant Stage Manager

Georgia Parry (Assistant Stage Manager) is a senior at the McLean School. She has stage managed four shows at McLean: Newsies, Addams Family, Leading Ladies, and Leaving Iowa. She has also worked at Montgomery College’s Summer Dinner Theatre as an assistant stage manager for Something Rotten. Additionally, she has been a light and sound board operator at Ovations Theatre for three shows: Jekyll & Hyde, Spring Awakening, and Frozen Jr. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Stevie Lewis

Assistant Stage Manager

Stevie Lewis (Assistant Stage Manager) is a Sophomore at Stoneridge School of the Sacred Heart. She has worked in projections in These Shining Lives, and as a member of the stage crew in The Lightning Thief.

Grayson Aasheim

Run Crew

Grayson Aashiem (Run Crew) is a sophomore at Bethesda Chevy Chase high school and is thrilled to be working with the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre! This is his second year in TPC, after previously being props manager and now a lighting board operator. He also works on plays at his high school, including the popular musical Mean Girls, and is currently working as a set builder for the musical The Prom.

Lois Proeller

Run Crew

Lois Proeller (Run Crew) is a Junior at Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School who has loved working with the Teen Performance Company for the first time. Born in Altanta, Georgia, Lois has studied sound design and production at the Alliance Theatre. In her spare time, Lois can be found playing the cello or holding up comically large boom mics for her latest short film.

Mentors

Ryan Rilette

Director Mentor

Danisha Crosby

Director Mentor

Taylor S. Payne

Costume Design Mentor

Jessica Utz

Costume Design Mentor

Peter Leibold VI

Lighting Design Mentor

Matt Neilson

Sound Design Mentor

Hailey LaRoe

Projections Design Mentor

Joseph Musemeci

Properties Design Mentor

Naysan Mojgani

Dramaturg Mentor

Ian Anthony Coleman

Cast Mentor

Che Wernsman

Stage Management Mentor

Margaret Warner

Stage Management Mentor

Delaney Bray

Crew Mentor

Chris Hall

Crew Mentor

Ryan Rilette

Director Mentor

Bio coming soon.

Danisha Crosby

Director Mentor

Bio coming soon.

Taylor S. Payne

Costume Design Mentor

Taylor Payne (Costume Design Mentor) Prior to joining Round House Theatre as the Costume Shop Manager, Taylor designed costumes, ventilated and styled wigs, applied makeup, and built costumes/crafts for theatre, film, and opera in San Diego, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and China. While pursuing a freelance career, Taylor also found a love for education; Taylor has taught courses at East Los Angeles College, San Diego State University, AMDA LA, in addition to working with the California Educational Theatre Association to encourage theatre artistry with Southern Californian high schools. While at Round House, Taylor is continuing to pursue her research in dying, painting, and textile art, as well as freelance projects. www.taylorspayne.com

Jessica Utz

Costume Design Mentor

Jessica Utz (Costume Design Mentor) is a DC-based Costume Designer and Technician whose work can also be seen at Perisphere Theatre (Costume Designer: Hazardous Materials, The Storehouse); Montgomery College (Costume Designer: The Visit, Cabaret, In The Heights); Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Associate Costume Designer: Incendiary); Theater J (Associate Costume Designer: This Much I Know); Constellation Theatre Company (Assistant Costume Designer: Orlando); and as a stitcher, craftsperson, first hand, and tailor at Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Round House Theatre, and many more. You can also see her work on Instagram @jessicautzcostumes

Peter Leibold VI

Lighting Design Mentor

Peter Leibold VI (Lighting Design Mentor) is a lighting and projection designer based in New York City. Peter has mentored the lighting students for the Teen Performance Company for the last three years. He has worked across the country at theatres, including The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Ford’s Theatre Society, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Andy’s Summer Playhouse, The Spoleto Festival, and many more. Peter won the New Hampshire Theatre Alliance award for Best Lighting for his work with Orange Grove Dance at Andy’s Summer Playhouse and was a finalist for Live Design’s Design Achievement Awards, also for his work with Orange Grove Dance. See more of his work at www.peterleibold.com

Matt Neilson

Sound Design Mentor

Matt Nielson (Sound Design Mentor) returns to Round House Theatre as a Teen Performance Company mentor, where design and composition credits include Homebound, Spring Awakening, The Legend of Georgia McBride, The Book of Will, Two Trains Running, Around the World in 80 Days, and A Prayer for Owen Meany. DC-area credits include Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, the Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, Theatre Alliance, CATF, and The Smithsonian. Off-Broadway credits include The Public Theatre, Lincoln Center, and 59e59. Regional credits include Denver Performing Arts Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, Portland Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and Barrington Stage Company. Film/TV credits include Those Who Wait, The Hero Effect, Elbow Grease, From Hell to Here, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and Delivery.com. Matthew has won five Helen Hayes Awards and several regional theatre and film festival awards. CuriousMusic.com.

Hailey LaRoe

Projections Design Mentor

Hailey LaRoe (Projections Design Mentor) is excited to be working with Round House Theatre for the first time as a mentor with such a fantastic group of students! Hailey is a Lighting and Projection designer, based in the DC-area since 2018. Her recent Lighting credits include Las Herman’s Palacios, Fuego Flamenco 2023, and Principe y Principe at Gala Hispanic Theatre; School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Nunsense A-Men!, and Ride the Cyclone at NextStop Theatre; Golden Fish and Cyrano de Bergerac at Synetic Theatre; Hazardous Materials at Perisphere Theatre; and Monstress at Flying V. Her recent Projection designs include Nancy at Mosaic Theatre; Bathing in Moonlight and Kumanana at Gala Hispanic Theatre; and Monsters of the American Cinema at Prologue Theatre. Haileylaroedesigns.com

Joseph Musemeci

Properties Design Mentor

Joseph Musemeci (Properties Design Mentor) is thrilled to return to Round House Theatre, where he served on staff (ATD, TD, Production Manager) from 1985-98 and designed scenery and lighting for nearly two decades. Round House highlights include the scenic designs for A Year with Frog and Toad, The Weir (Helen Hayes nomination), Elektra (Helen Hayes nomination), and Heathen Valley; as well as scenery and lighting for The Pavilion and The Swan. Other DMV credits include Crystal Creek Motel (Helen Hayes nomination) and You, or Whatever I Can Get with Flying V; Arms and the Man, EndGame, The Good Doctor, and Memoirs of a Forgotten Man at Washington Stage Guild; and Frosty the Snowman, Flat Stanley, and Three Little Birds at Adventure Theatre/MTC, including the Off Broadway transfer and national tour of the latter. Joseph has served on the faculties of Hood College, Montgomery College, UMD College Park, and The Lab School of Washington, and operates ProScenia Design, in Frederick, Maryland. https://www.facebook.com/proscenia.design/

Naysan Mojgani

Dramaturg Mentor

Naysan Mojgani (Dramaturg Mentor) is Round House Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director, in which capacity he serves as in-house dramaturg and leads Round House Theatre’s new work program. As a theatre scholar, director, and dramaturg, Naysan has worked on new and classic work with theatres around the country, including Arena Stage (where he served as Literary Manager), La Jolla Playhouse, MOXIE, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Theatre Squared, Malashock Dance, and Signature Theatre, and has taught at UC San Diego and George Mason University. Naysan holds a PhD in Theatre & Drama from UC San Diego, and a BA from Carleton College.

Ian Anthony Coleman

Cast Mentor

Ian Anthony Coleman (Cast Mentor) is thrilled to mentor such a talented group of young actors. He currently serves as a Lead Teaching Artist with Round House Theatre and as Performing Arts Director at Barrie School. Directorial credits include The Big 1-0 (A Virtual Musical), The Seal Wife, Once On This Island, The SeussOdyssey with Round House Theatre Education; Bye Bye Birdie at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School; Crowns at Creative Cauldron; Almost Maine, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Alice in Wonderland, Once Upon A Mattress and Honk! at Barrie School; Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Peter and the Starcatcher, 10 Ways To Survive Life In A Quarantine, and She Kills Monsters Virtual Realms at Whitman Drama. DC area credits include Father Comes Home from the Wars at Round House Theatre; Grand Hotel, Blackbeard, and The Color Purple at Signature Theatre at Signature Theatre; Oliver! at Arena Stage; Singin' In The Rain, On The Town, and My Fair Lady at Olney Theatre Center; Peter & The Starcatcher (2018 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble), The Wild Party, and Aida at Constellation Theatre Company; Wiley and The Hairy Man (2016 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding TYA Production), Beauty & The Beast, and Looking For Roberto Clemente at Imagination Stage; Me...Jane at Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences; Dorian’s Closet at Rep Stage; HAIR! and Dogfight at The Keegan Theatre; Once On This Island at Creative Cauldron; Urinetown, Montgomery: A Staged Reading (Kennedy Center Page-To-Stage), and Flip Flop 3: A Cabaret at Monumental Theatre Company. National Tour credits include Amazing Grace (Broadway Musical, First National Tour), Big Nate: The Musical (First National Tour), and A Few Good Men (Irish National Tour). He is a proud native of Washington DC and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with his B.S. in International Relations and Politics, minoring in French & Francophone Studies.

Che Wernsman

Stage Management Mentor

Che Wernsman (Stage Management Mentor) is elated to be back for her 8^th season as Resident Stage Manager at Round House Theatre and as Stage Management Mentor for the Teen Performance Company! Che has worked as an AEA Stage Manager in the DC/Baltimore region for more than two decades, with shows at Round House, The National, The Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Imagination Stage, Theatre J, Studio, Everyman, Rep Stage, Center Stage, Metro Stage and Olney Theatre Center. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Virginia Tech.

Margaret Warner

Stage Management Mentor

Bio coming soon.

Delaney Bray

Crew Mentor

Delaney Bray (Crew Mentor) is a sound designer and engineer, happily lending both skill sets to this production. Previous work at Round House Theatre includes The Mountaintop, August Wilson’s Radio Golf (Associate Designer), Next to Normal, The Tempest (Front of House Mixer) and Quixote Nuevo (A2). Additional credits include Cinderella: A Salsa Fairytale at Imagination Stage; Hurricane Diane at Avant Bard Theatre; Beastgirl, and Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie at the Kennedy Center; as well as audio engineering credits at Shakespeare Theater Company, Constellation Theater Company, and Studio Theater.

Chris Hall

Crew Mentor

Bio coming soon.