Education Programs Faculty
Angela Rinaldi
Teaching Artist
Angela Rinaldi
Angela Rinaldi (she/her) has been a Teaching Artist at Seattle Children’s Theater since 2003, teaching Musical Theater, Actors Toolkit, Sketch Comedy and Drama Quest and directed Once on this Island for SCT’s summer season in 2009. She studied dance at Cornish College and has taught theater classes at Youth Theater Northwest, Kidstage Everett, Stone Soup Theater, The Evergreen School, Spectrum Dance Theater, Evergreen City Ballet, and Whitman College Summer Dance Programs. Angela has served as Resident Music Director and Choreographer for Chinook Middle School and Bellevue High School and is excited to return with the BHS students to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland this summer. She has written Dracula, A Gothic Musical for BHS and it has been an annual production since 2015. Angela has composed over 275 songs for Variety Plus Theater, which she cofounded with her husband in 1995, writing and producing original musical adaptations of classic children’s tales. www.varietyplus.org. Angela currently serves as Principal Musician at Spectrum Dance Theater, Dance Musician at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Cornish College, and STG’s Dance for Parkinson’s. As a proud member of the Musician Association Local- 76, she is promoting her Meditation and Ballet CD’s which can be found on Apple Music, iTunes, and Spotify. www.angelarinaldimusic.com.
Beth Pollack
Teaching Artist
Beth Pollack
Beth Pollack (she/her) is a Seattle-based performer, dramaturg, teaching artist, and arts administrator. A longtime SCT collaborator, Beth is a graduate of SCT’s Apprenticeship Program, and was both a Drama School Intern (Summer 2014) and a Drama School student. As an educator, Beth has worked with Seattle’s Young Shakespeare Workshop, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Jet City Improv, ACT Theatre, and Dacha Theatre, where she is a proud company member. Beth holds a BA in Theatre Studies and the Historicization of Dramatic Literature from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and would be happy to explain what that means. More at www.beth-pollack.com.
Brighid Leonard
Teaching Artist
Brighid Leonard
Brighid Leonard (they/them) is a theater-educator and playwright from Missoula Montana. Most recently, they have worked as a long term theater substitute at Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, and Aki Kurose Middle School in Seattle. As an educator Brighid is interested in the ways theater can create community, inspire action, and give students the opportunity to tell and interact with their own stories. Brighid likes to create plays independently [Slievenamon (2022)] as well as collaboratively [Untethered (2023), No Disrespect in the Ladybug Camper (2021)]. In 2022, Brighid worked with another playwright and two songwriters to create “Untethered”, a queer musical that went on to be a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference, and win the KCACTF Region 7 Music Theatre Award. When not working, Brighid likes to cook, swim, and fabric paint.
Carly Squires Hutchison
Teaching Artist
Carly Squires Hutchison
Carly Squires Hutchison (she/her) is a passionate teaching artist, director, and choreographer who has been teaching drama, dance, and musical theatre in Seattle since 2013. Carly has taught with Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Evergreen School, Creative Dance Center, Village Theatre, DASSdance, Foundry10, Backstage Dance Studio, Spectrum Dance Theatre, and at Central Washington University where she earned her BFA in Musical Theatre and Minor in Dance Performance. Carly has directed and choreographed throughout the greater Seattle area. Additionally, Carly has performed locally with SCT, Village Theatre, StoryBook Theater, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Musical Theatre, Wooden O (Seattle Shakespeare), and SecondStory Repertory. Carly brings a buoyant and positive attitude to her teaching and loves seeing her students grow. She says, “The arts are a way to connect communities and get to know people from all different walks of life. While exploring our theatrical selves we are learning to work together, take turns, speak kindly towards ourselves and others, and have fun while trying something new.” Carly is currently earning her MA in Theatre Education through University of Northern Colorado.
Dave Quicksall
Teaching Artist
Dave Quicksall
David Quicksall (he/him) has been a Teaching Artist in Theater for 30+ years. He received his MFA in Acting from UCLA and has worked professionally in the theater as an actor, writer, and director across the country. As a Teaching Artist, David trained with The Bernstein Center and its affiliate, the Nashville Institute for the Arts. David also taught for five years as a Wolf Trap Artist, working in Head Start Centers in both Nashville and at the Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. In Washington state, David has been a Teaching Artist for Arts Impact, the Seattle Shakespeare Company, and for Seattle Children’s Theatre. In 2020, David worked in partnership with Arts Impact and Creative Start to develop state-wide curricula for arts-infused lessons in theater and Social Emotional Learning. David has been a Teaching Artist and Actor at SCT since moving to Seattle in 1998. As an actor at SCT, his most memorable performance was in the 2011 and 2015 productions of “Robin Hood,” with the 2015 production performing on Broadway at the New Victory Theater in New York City.
Delvin (DJ) James
Teaching Artist
Delvin (DJ) James
Delvin (DJ) James (he/him) is a San Antonio native and has had the opportunity to refine his performing craft and study via a successful career performing, touring, and teaching over the past decade. He is an award winning performer in theater for young audiences and also former Glee Club Director at a private music school for excellent youth. With a love of art and interest in the avenues of its expressions, DJ “wears many hats” and holds close to his heart the opportunities he has also been able to be behind the table (stage management, choreography, sound design). ‘Everyone wants to be understood, and sometimes, when words fail, art is there to speak for us’.
Ellen Dessler Smith
Teaching Artist
Ellen Dessler Smith
Ellen Dessler Smith (she/her) is a local actor/ director who has worked on many stages around town including (but not limited to): Village Theatre, Reboot, Seattle Musical Theatre, ArtsWest, Bainbridge Island Performing Arts, and is on the board of ReAct Theatre. She has toured schools around the country with Living Voices and Small Change Original Theatre. Is a teaching artists for Stone Soup Theatre and works with The Criminal Justice Training Center, UW Medical Center, Effective Arts, and Life Center NorthWest as a scenario actor. She rounds out her theatre work with being a voice over artist and emcee.
Emily Stone
Teaching Artist
Emily Stone
Emily Stone (she/her) is a performer and teacher who grew up in Miwok Territory by the Cosumnes River (Sloughhouse, California). Coming to SCT this summer straight out of the MFA in Acting program at the University of Washington School of Drama, Emily has found some of her greatest fulfillment in teaching and working with students at UW. She thrives on helping students discover confidence and joy in performance, and to learn to access and trust their own innate creativity and intelligence. She is delighted to be able to work with young artists at SCT. Outside of performing on UW’s stages, in Seattle Emily has performed at On The Boards, Macha Theatre Works, and workshopped an original show with The Shattered Glass Project. She also holds a B.S. in Molecular and Environmental Biology from UC Berkeley. Her other passions include building supportive community ties with unhoused neighbors, community organizing in general, book clubs, local history, house plants, whales, and visiting the gorgeous waters and forests of this land.
Hana Oh
Teaching Artist
Hana Oh
Hana Oh (she/her) is a theatre educator and artist in the Seattle area. She got her BS in Interdisciplinary Arts for Children from SUNY Brockport, where she also minored in Theatre and took part of school productions. As a firm believer in the power of storytelling – and a storyteller herself – Hana hopes to empower students to explore their imaginative worlds and create their own narratives. It is one of her joys in life to witness their ideas spark and to accompany their creative journey. When she is not teaching, she can be found working backstage or in the booth for productions with local theatres. Outside of the theatre world, she you can find her reading, crocheting, exploring the city, or thrifting.
James Schilling
Teaching Artist
James Schilling
James Schilling (he/him) is an actor, playwright, and educator based in Seattle, WA. He has taught with Village Theatre KIDSTAGE in Everett and with Seattle Children’s Theatre, and has participated for several years in Freehold’s Engaged Theatre Tour to bring shows and workshops to incarcerated people throughout Washington. He is honored to return to SCT and share his passion for collaborative storytelling and for education surrounding mental health and social emotional wellness through theatre. James earned his B.F.A in Theatre - Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts in 2018 and is an avid tabletop roleplayer.
Jay Chavez
Teaching Artist
Jay Chavez
Jay Chavez (they/them) is a Seattle based playwright, educator, and all around theatre maker. Through the power of Red Bulls they earned a BA in Theatre from Western Washington University, concentrating in Directing, Dramatic Writing, and Education. They are the founder and artistic director of Haus of Hazard Theatre Productions which does free theatre in the PNW. They were crowned the unofficial title of Lil’ Miss Kennedy Center for their play “how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma)” which was awarded The KCACTF National Undergraduate Playwriting Award 2020 and the David Mark Cohen National Award in 2021. “how to clean” is featured in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, a first of it’s kind anthology of Trans plays written by Trans playwrights for Trans people. It’s been over two decades and Jay is still chasing the knowledge of how wind works. As a freelance teaching artist they have taught with ACT’s Young Playwright Program in 2019, Fairhaven Middle School’s after school program in 2018-2019, and as a Teaching Assistant in Western Washington University’s Playwriting Program in 2018-2021. When they aren’t working, they love to drink coffee, write bad adaptations of classic plays, and cooking delicious meals their mother describes as “too spicy”. They are super excited to work at Seattle Children’s Theatre and bring joy and compassion to theatre.
Jayne Hubbard
Teaching Artist
Jayne Hubbard
Jayne Hubbard (she/they) is a theatre educator, director, playwright, and actor in the Seattle area. In 2019, they graduated from Seattle Pacific University, concentrating in Theatre Performance and Music. They specialize in teaching acting 101, text work, audition technique, viewpoints, and physical theatre. Jayne believes that every classroom is a place for embracing risk and vulnerability while maintaining physical and emotional safety. Outside of their work with SCT, Jayne teaches for Seattle Shakespeare Company and Taproot Theatre Company. When not doing theatre-y things, you can find Jayne playing pinball or playing with their cat, Boop. jaynehubbard.com
Jillian Faulk
Teaching Artist
Jillian Faulk
Jillian Faulk (she/her) is Seattle based actor and teaching artist originally from Richland Washington. She attended Central Washington University where she majored in Theatre Performance, and specialized in neuro-diverse theatre education. She has been on several stages in the area and is passionate about all things related to the arts. She currently lives in Kirkland with her partner and beloved cat.
Jo Ben-Shmuel
Teaching Artist
Jo Ben-Shmuel
Jo Ben-Shmuel (she/her) is a Seattle-based actor and teaching artist who centers queer joy, accessibility, and compassion in her work. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts, and has been involved in theatre since early childhood. She is dedicated to honoring the queer experience as that of joy and educating students of all ages on the importance of generosity in theatremaking.
Josh Padilla
Teaching Artist
Josh Padilla
Josh Padilla (he/him) is excited to return to his teaching artist roots at Seattle Children’s Theatre. Josh holds a BA in theatre from New Mexico State University, his home state, and has been living and performing as a theatre artist and musician in Seattle for the past 10 years. Josh finds inspiration in the always ambitious students that he has taught and the community of musicians he gets to collaborate with on a weekly basis. Josh has been a teacher in the Rainier Valley for three years, with the final year being the performing arts specialist. He learned through teaching that his true passion is helping others and facilitating problem solving in tangible ways for people of all ages, but especially children.
Katie Beddoe
Teaching Artist
Katie Beddoe
Katie Beddoe (she/her) has a passion for process-based theatre arts. Her classrooms always have a focus on social justice, mental health, and the creative ownership of young people. And of course, there's always a LOT of laughs! In every class, she encourages students to grow their strengths as individual performers and members of their communities. In addition to dramatic arts, Katie loves to make art with her hands and embraces the opportunity to introduce a variety of artistic mediums to the theatre-making process. She has a BA in Applied Theatre, and is a certified Mental Health First-Aid practitioner. When working with SCT, you can find her teaching Creative Drama, Acting, Devising, and SEL-focused classes with all ages! She also participates in Engagement and Schools programming off-site.
Kenyon Meleney
Teaching Artist
Kenyon Meleney
Kenyon Meleney (he/him) is an performer, writer, teacher, and all-around creative born and raised in Seattle. Having come up through SCT’s Drama School and various other theaters in the area, he went on to earn his BA in Theater from Occidental College in Los Angeles. Before and after graduating, he taught acting and Shakespeare around both Seattle and LA, including Taproot, Harlequin, and A Noise Within, until deciding to pursue an MFA. In a complete about-face, Kenyon was thrust into the world of devised performance and education with The Pig Iron School in Philadelphia, and hasn’t looked back. Combining a plot- and objective-driven theater background with a formal education in more abstract ways of creating has manifested in a deep passion for original storytelling, world-building, and character-creation. When he’s not teaching or performing, Kenyon is working on a sci-fi radio drama, playing D&D with his friends, or hiking amongst giant trees. Coming up, his MFA capstone project, “The Tri-State Coalition for Symmetrical Intelligence presents the Very Large Magnet Quenching Particle Collider Grand Opening Ceremony” will see a return with performances in fringe festivals around the country next year. Coming back to SCT is a wild blast from the past and he’s thrilled to be returning as a teaching artist!
Kyleigh Archer
Teaching Artist
Kyleigh Archer
Kyleigh Archer (she/they) is a director, designer, puppeteer, and theater teaching artist. Graduated from Cornish with B.F.A in Theatre, in both the acting and technical realms; they have spent the last 8 years working with school districts and non-profits to bring the joys of theater, story telling, and improv to students. They are currently the Artistic Associate at Broadway Bound and a teaching artist at Seattle Children's Theatre.
Maia Nowack
Teaching Artist
Maia Nowack
Maia Nowack (they/them) grew up in Seattle, where SCT was a big part of developing their love for theatre. They graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Theatre, where they discovered their love for teaching. Maia is returning to SCT after some time away and completing an MA in Dance Pedagogy at the University of the Arts in Helsinki, Finland. Maia was also a drama school intern in 2015 and a teaching artist apprentice at SCT, and has experience teaching dance, movement, and drama to students of all ages. Maia is passionate about creating welcoming, inclusive spaces where students can expand their creativity. When not working, Maia can be found knitting, crocheting, and enjoying the beautiful PNW nature.
Marty Smith Cubine
Teaching Artist
Marty Smith Cubine
Marty Smith Cubine (she/they) is a multi-hyphenated actor and teaching artist. After receiving her BFA in Musical Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts, she settled in Seattle to be a full-time performer and arts educator. They have been on stage at SCT in The Little Prince, in the touring show Ghosted, and have also acted in productions at ACT and Harlequin theatres. As an educator, Marty has taught every age from 3 years old to adults and specializes in bringing social-emotional learning into theatre and arts education. Marty lives in the Bothell area with her husband, dog, fish, and tortoises.
Megan Garcia
Teaching Artist
Megan Garcia
Megan Felise Garcia (she/her) is a Performer, Teaching Artist, and Choreographer based in Seattle, WA. She was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i where she trained in Hula, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Musical Theatre, Jazz, and Modern Dance. She has an extensive background that ranges in volunteering with children and professionally teaching Academic and Artistic Programs. For the 2021 – 2022 School Year, Megan was an Elementary School Drama Teacher with the Hawai’i Department of Education. She is also a 200-Hour Certified Yoga Teacher and Barre Instructor. Megan has taught for Redmond Academy of Theatre Arts, South End Stories, Seattle Theatre Group, and was a “Choreographer Mentor” for the 5th Avenue Theatre’s Rising Stars Production of Something’s Afoot. Aside from teaching, Megan has performed with Trial and Error Productions’ Hope to Hiroshima Project with Gabrielle Kazuko, ZTHEORY Heels Dance Company, Zay’s Baes Performance Company, Tint Dance Festival, Local Short Films: Harmony of a Feather and A Whole New World In Focus, and Ballet-Burlesque Company Verlaine and McCann onstage. This season, Megan performed Flying Choreography as the "Ariel Double/Ensemble'' for Theatre’s Disney’s The Little Mermaid (The 5th Avenue Theatre).
Tatyana Emery
Teaching Artist
Tatyana Emery
Tatyana Emery (she/they) is a Tufts University graduate invested in creating community through theatre education. As a theatre maker, Tatyana seeks to create safe classrooms in which students feel comfortable to write and rewrite their personal narratives-bringing to life the stories that inspire them on stage. As an educator, they are proud to have worked with organizations such as The Theater Offensive, Central Square Theater and Tufts Children’s Theatre in building strong youth ensembles where students are invited to embrace the theatre of the everyday.
Teaching Assistants
Allyndreth Smyth
Teaching Assistant
Allyndreth Smyth
Allyndreth Smyth (they/them) is a rising senior at the University of Washington in Seattle as a History and Drama Design major. They have been enjoying theatre since before they could talk, and went from being onstage in the early years to finding a love of props and directing in high school that they are now honing in university. Allyndreth is a huge movie and musical nerd, and could spend hours discussing adaptations for the screen and stage, especially if it’s about DC comic books! They love spewing random facts to anyone who will listen, and telling stories through art to connect with others.
Ariel Rose Horton
Teaching Assistant
Ariel Rose Horton
Ariel Rose Horton (she/her) is a Seattle actor/educator who loves supporting children to explore, create, and play through theatre. Ariel moved to Seattle after earning a B.A. in Theatre Performance and Creative Writing from Whittier College. For the past few years, she has toured bullying prevention plays to students across Washington as a member of Taproot Theatre’s Road Company. Off-road, Ariel has performed on Taproot’s main stage and with other local companies including Greenstage Shakespeare and Dacha Theatre. When she’s not performing or teaching, Ariel loves planting plants, listening to audiobooks, and taking long naps with her dog-son, Louie.
Chloe Williams
Teaching Assistant
Chloe Williams
Chloe is a theater practitioner from Wilmington, Ohio. Her goal is to make theater accessible and enjoyable for thespians of all ages through the creation of inclusive environments. Her focus and passion lie in theater education and stage management, something she has been able to practice during her time at Ohio Wesleyan University. While Chloe is not practicing theater, she enjoys cooking, baking, and trying new kinds of ice cream.
Claira Eastwood
Teaching Assistant
Claira Eastwood
Claira Eastwood (she/her) is an actor and educator based in Seattle, WA. She holds a BA in Strategic Communication with a minor in Drama, and is currently pursuing her Masters in Teaching. Claira was a member of the 2023 Drama School Internship program and is so thankful to be sticking around. As an educator, she especially enjoys working in process-based theatre arts, as well working with viewpoints, improv, and devising. Her work has an emphasis on consent-based artistry and social-emotional learning.
Elise Andrew
Teaching Assistant
Elise Andrew
Elise Andrew (she/her) Kiowa and Chichimeca, Current North Seattle College student and a proud member of Red Eagle Soaring Youth. With Aspirations in arts and stage management, I have spent 7 Years with Red Eagle Soaring, delving into various facets of theater, from script writing to stage management, set design, and acting. Fun Fact I love video games, I enjoy playing them in my free time with my siblings.
Madeline Lipkin
Teaching Assistant
Madeline Lipkin
Madeline Lipkin (she/her) is thrilled to be joining the Drama School team! Having spent the entirety of her high school and college years in and around the theater, she is buzzing to return to the enthusiasm and fun of the theater world. Previously, Madeline worked as a Studio & Programs Coordinator at a visual arts nonprofit in San Francisco, as well as in research and office management in her home state of Massachusetts. Her ideology towards working with children has always centered around agency, self-efficacy, and learning from mistakes, values she learned and embraced in her theater education. She's energized by SCT's mission and can't wait to contribute to the Theatre's legacy!
Miranda Haines
Teaching Assistant
Miranda Haines
Miranda Haines (she/her) is a trained stage manager, actor, and self-taught photographer. Originally from Sacramento, California. She has been involved in theatre since early childhood and there found a passion for the arts and storytelling. She is proud to have worked with great theaters in the Seattle area such as the 5th Ave Theatre, as a head usher and Broadway Bound Children's Theatre, as a stage manager. She hopes to pursue screenplay writing and directing in the future!
Ruby O'Malley
Teaching Assistant
Ruby O'Malley
Ruby O'Malley (she/they) is an actor, improviser, and musician from Honolulu, Hawaii. They just graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Acting. She was raised by a theatrical family & has been in many productions throughout her life, and plans on making her relationship with theater a lifelong practice. Ruby loves how theatre builds community, and hopes to explore the intersection between theatre and collective action by creating art with people of all ages.
Willa Barnett
Teaching Assistant
Willa Barnett
Willa Barnett (she/her) is an educator, storyteller, and musician from Seattle, WA. She holds passion for collaborative creation and as a proudly disabled artist works to prioritize accessibility within the classroom. As a former SCT student, she is thrilled to have the chance to return as an educator and continue a tradition of joy and empowerment through theatre arts. She recently graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, with a degree in Theater Studies. When she is not teaching or making, you can find her playing with dogs, traveling, or reading at the park.
Education & Engagement Department Staff
Aiyana Mehta
Engagement Programs Manager
Aiyana Mehta
Aiyana Hewitt Mehta (she/they) is an arts administrator and musician. She started her arts administration journey in 2018 at the Walla Walla Symphony. During her time there, she discovered her passion for community engagement and continued on to become Community Programs Manager at Seattle Opera. Aiyana plays trombone and has played with groups such as Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra and Philharmonia Northwest. She is thrilled to be working at SCT as the Engagement Programs Manager and looks forward to continuing to connect with her community through a youth-focused lens.
Brianna Canning
School Partnerships & Programs Manager
Brianna Canning
Brianna Canning (she/her) is the School Partnerships and Programs Manager at Seattle Children's Theatre (SCT). She joined the SCT community in June 2021 as a Teaching Artist intern, and then was welcomed to the Teaching Artist faculty starting in the fall of 2021. Before diving into the world of theatre education, Bri focused on stage management and production management, both at her college and on a regional level. She moved to Seattle after graduating in May 2021, eager to join the theatre community. In addition to working as a Teaching Artist with SCT, Bri has also worked as a residential faculty member and after-school supervisor at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bellevue, WA. Brianna completed her undergraduate education at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where she received a BA in Government and Legal Studies, and Latin American Studies. While in college, she was a Head Proctor for Residential Life, President of the student theatre group on campus, and worked for the Bowdoin College Department of Theatre and Dance in various capacities. In addition, Bri was invited to study abroad at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in Mérida, México, in the Spring of 2020 where she fully engaged in the Spanish language and Mexican culture. Brianna is ecstatic to be working full time at SCT. She loves theatre for its unique capacity to cultivate empathy, and produce social and political change through storytelling and community-building. Additionally, she is passionate about providing opportunities for young people to create, imagine, and learn about themselves and others. In her free time, Brianna enjoys baking and eating cookies!
Gabriela Tatone
Drama School Operations Manager
Gabriela Tatone
Gabriela Tatone (she/her) is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University where she got her BA in both Theatre and Sociology, researching how child-geared arts programs emphasize inclusivity. After graduating, she started her journey with SCT as a Teaching Artist Intern in 2020 and transitioned into Teaching Artist Assistant soon after. With her passion for inclusive educational theatre, she has worked in a variety of positions such as director and choreographer at The Performer's Academy in her home state of California, International Intern at Chickened in London, and Acting and Musical Theatre Interns at Tacoma Arts Live. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to continue working with SCT and hopes to grow even more as a theatre educator and administrator!
Jess Zaslove
School Partnerships & Programs Coordinator
Jess Zaslove
Jess Zaslove (she/her) is a born-and-raised Seattle theater kid. With a passion for ethics, language, and playing ultimate frisbee, she graduated from Whitman College with a degree in Philosophy and a minor in Politics. She returned to her hometown to serve with City Year AmeriCorps at an elementary school, and has since found her way to Seattle Children’s Theatre as a Project Coordinator for its 50th Anniversary marketing campaign. Jess understands the power that theater has to cultivate empathy, awareness, and creativity in its community, and she values this in SCT’s impact on our youth. She is excited to bring her background in education, community building, and logistical prowess to SCT’s Education & Engagement team. Outside of work Jess loves books, baking, and art!
Tiffany Maltos
Director of Education and Engagement
Tiffany Maltos
Tiffany Maltos (she/her) is the Director of Education & Engagement at Seattle Children’s Theatre, former Staff Writer for TYA Today, and a founding member of the BIPOC in TYA Advisory Board. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 2011 with a degree in Interdisciplinary English/Theatre and focus on Theatre for Young Audiences. She received her Teaching Certificate in 2012 and taught in a high school before officially transitioning her career to theatre. Tiffany was an SCT Drama School Teaching Artist Intern in 2013 before returning to her hometown of San Antonio, TX, where she was the Education Department Manager at The Magik Theatre and a teaching artist for The Classic Theatre. Upon moving to the Pacific Northwest, Tiffany served as a board member for Theatre Puget Sound from 2017 – 2020 and is a current trustee of the TYA/USA Board. In 2021, Tiffany was named in American Theatre Magazine’s Role Call for her practice as an administrator, teaching artist, and arts activist. Tiffany has been featured as keynote moderator, contributor to Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Futures for Theatres for Young Audiences, speaker for the Listen, Learn, Lead webinar series (TYA/USA), and TIMEOUT with Brodrick (podcast).