Anita Montgomery (Director)

Trista Baldwin (Playwright)

At SCT: The Diary of Anne Frank, The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Into the West, The Cat in the Hat, James and the Giant Peach.  Broadway: Les Misérables, Man of La Mancha, Never Gonna Dance. National Tours: Billy Elliot, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Cabaret, Mamma Mia!. Seattle Rep: Familiar, A People’s History, King Charles III, Disgraced, Lizard Boy, The Piano Lesson, Good People. Seattle Opera: Wagner’s Ring Cycle (twice!), Il trovatore, Pearl Fishers, Parsifal, Lohengrin, Iphigenie en Tauride.  The 5th Avenue Theatre:  Man of La Mancha, Singin’ In The Rain.  Spoleto Festival USA: Eugene Onegin, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, La Cenerentola, Kepler.  A proud English major and member of Actors Equity Association.

Elizabeth Stasio (Production Assistant)

Liz is a local stage manager, born and raised in the Seattle area who grew up coming to see shows at SCT. Above Between Below is her second show with the company, after last season's The Lamp Is The Moon. Other stage management and backstage credits include work with West of Lenin, Sound Theatre Company, Annex Theatre, Fantastic.Z Theatre Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, and Taproot Theatre, among others.

Michael K Hase (Scenic Designer)

Mike is the Technical Director for SCT.   Some of his favorite set designs are for The Wrestling Season (SCT in 2001) and Tuck Everlasting and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie at Honolulu Theatre for Youth.  In addition, Mike has many projection designs.

Pete Rush (Costume Designer)

Pete has an extensive background in designing costumes and scenery for theatre.  Recent Seattle productions include The Government Inspector for Seattle Shakespeare Company; Romeo and Juliet, The Legend of Georgia McBrid,e and Bad Apples for ACT; The Picture of Dorian Gray and Welcome to Braggsville for Book-It Repertory; Hir at ArtsWest, RENT and Jasper in Deadland at 5th Avenue Theatre, plus productions for Taproot Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Seattle University, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, and Seattle Public Theater.  Regional credits include:  Hangar Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble.

Chris R. Walker (Sound Designer)

Chris is very happy to be returning as resident sound designer for SCT. In Seattle, he has designed at The Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, Intiman, and The 5^th Avenue. In California, he’s designed at The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, and ACT (San Francisco). He spent seven seasons as the resident designer at American Repertory Theatre in Boston, designing over forty productions while there. He has also designed in New York, Houston, Philadelphia, Princeton, Providence, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Phoenix, as well as internationally in Singapore, Taiwan, and Moscow.  Commercially, he has designed for Intel, Harvard University, Starbucks, and Popcap Games. He holds a degree in Classical Piano performance from Cornish College of the Arts.

Meredith Berlin (she/her), lead teacher of the CAST program, has enjoyed teaching SCT drama school students of every age and level for over twenty years. She has performed as an actor and dancer on stages in Seattle and Washington DC. She is also a director, choreographer, and is the author of The Ghost Light Kids Get Hooked, an adventure inspired by her experiences behind the scenes at SCT and other theaters. Meredith has received grants from both the Seattle and King County Arts Commissions. Her two children (now adults) enjoyed participating in SCT drama school programs from age 4 through high school.

Brodrick Santeze Ryans is a Teaching Artist with over 3 years of experience in Musical Theatre. A strong believer in the power of theatre education in schools, Brodrick regularly works with theatres and communities with their students teaching them to express their creativity in an open and friendly environment. Brodrick also enjoys a good Netflix binge or reading a good book/script.

Amber Wolfe (She/Her) is a teaching artist and performer. Over twenty years in teaching has allowed her to work with many communities and taught her that theatre skills can grow life skills. The moment Amber treasures is when a student does something they didn't think they could do.  She is passionate about bringing theatre to the community that doesn't just entertain, it begins a conversation about serious issues. This will be her third tour with an SCT and Kaiser Permanente educational touring program. She has worked with Seattle Children's Theatre, Studio East, Youth Theatre Northwest, Seattle Repertory, Book-It Repertory, Centrum, and Freehold Theatre. Like her students over the years, Amber is now working toward doing something she isn't always sure she can do, start a new career as a law enforcement officer.

Kyleigh Archer (She/Her) is a director, designer, and theater teaching artist. Graduated from Cornish with B.F.A in Theatre, in both the acting and technical realms. She has spent the last 6 years working with school districts and non-profits to bring the joys of theater, story telling, and improv to students.

Colin Briskey (He/Him) a KP/SCT teaching artist, throughly enjoyed his first year working with SCT and KP. Outside of SCT Colin is an active voice teacher in the Seattle and Tacoma areas as well as a performer of mainly musical theater, with some straight theater and operetta in the mix. Currently Colin is pursuing Speech-Language Pathology coursework at the University of Washington in hopes of becoming a singing voice researcher and rehabilitation specialist for professional singers. He looks forward to returning next year to worked on Ghosted with SCT and KP. Colinbriskey.com

Teaching Artist

Teague M. Parker (He/Him/His) is an actor, playwright, improviser, producer, and teaching artist thrilled to be a part of SCT! A graduate from Western Washington University, he founded Come Up Productions which highlights up-and-coming artist, while bringing Free Theatre & Live Events to the Washington community. He also brings performance & Improv wellness workshops/classes/training to various groups, organizations, and people looking to develop a better love and awareness of themselves. He’s sending all the best vibes to each and every one of ya!

Shalonia Rosen (she/her) is a graduate from the University of Idaho with her BFA in Theatre & Film. She is thrilled to be joining the team at Seattle Children’s Theater as an education apprentice. Having fallen in love with theatre and creating from a young age, Shalonia finds a lot of joy in inspiring future generations of artist and people. Previously Shalonia has worked as a kindergarten aid, pre-school teacher, camp instructor for Discover Day Camps and Kinder Camp at the Woodland Park Zoo and is a teacher for Drama Kids International.

Amber Tanaka (she/her/they/them) is thrilled to be a Teaching Artist with SCT/KP. She received her degree from Cornish and R.A.D.A majoring in Theatre with an emphasis on Original Works. However, her interests span over many art forms, and she considers herself a multidisciplinary artist. She has performed with various theatres around town, helps run her own company, and has participated in a couple of art shows this past year. She looks to break expectations anywhere she can, and dreams of creating a new form of performance that is inclusive over many barriers.