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Joanna Harmon (co-director)

LAS credits: all 13+ productions since 2010
Other MN credits: The Guthrie Theater, The Children's Theater Company, Minnesota Jewish Theater, Theater Forever, Walking Shadow, Dangerous Productions, Red Eye Theater
National credits: Montana Shakespeare in the Parks/Schools, Florida Repertory Theater
Awards: Ivey Award for Live Action Set (2011, 2015)
Training/Education: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program

Eve Schulte (dancer and co-director)

LAS credits: The Sparrow, The Half-Life, Crime and Punishment
Other MN credits: James Sewell Ballet
Awards: 2016 MN Sage Award nominee for her work Any Offered None
Training/Education: Minnesota Dance Theatre, U of MN B.A. English

Kaelyn Brandt (intern)

Education: National Theater Institute, Bard College at Simon's Rock B.A. Theater Studies and Performance

Blake Nellis (dancer)

LAS credits: The Sparrow
Other MN credits: ARENA Dances, Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theatre, Curio Dance, Rosy Simas, Taja Will
National credits: Walker Art Center Choreographer's Evening 2012, 2014; Other: I love athletics, the circus, singing, acting, playing piano, photography and filmmaking; I'm a renaissance artist: www.blakenellis.org
Awards: MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant 2015, MRAC Next Step Grant 2013
Training/Education: Luther College, BA Theatre/Dance

Noah Bremer (Artistic advisor)

LAS credits: Co-founder and co-artistic director; as director: The Sparrow, The Half-Life; Crime and Punishment, My Father's Bookshelf, Unhinged, The Big Lowdown, The Percussionist, Before Dark, Exposure, Hello remember me?; as performer: Devilish Dances, Basic North, Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus, Deviants, Desiderare, Piano Tuner, The Happy Show, Please Don't Blow up Mr. Boban
Other MN credits: director of The Soap Factory's Haunted Basement ('12-'15), assistant director and actor at Guthrie, Children's Theater Co., Kom Hit! collaboration with Sally Rousse and American Swedish Institute
National credits: Beatles' LOVE and Varekai by Cirque du Soleil
Awards: CityPages Artist of the Year 2005
Training/Education: MN University B.A. Theater, Dell'arte International School of Physical Theater - Blue Lake, CA

Torre Edahl (dancer, production manager)

LAS credits: The Sparrow, The Half-Life
Other MN credits: Collective Unconscious Performance, Dangerous Productions, SEVEN Dance
Other: Managing Director, Live Action Set; Managing Director, ARENA DANCES
Awards: Art(ists) on the Verge Fellowship 2015-2016 (Northern Lights.mn/The Jerome Foundation)
Training/Education: Carleton College, B.A. Dance, B.A. Sociology/Anthropology

Zoa Dru (production assistant)

MN credits: HUGE Improv Theater, Pillsbury House Theatre, Theatre Unbound, Kom Hit! American Swedish Insititute, TigerLion Arts, Bedlam Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Training: Theatre Forever, Theatre Coup d'Etat, HUGE Theater, Actors Theater of Minnesota, Brave New Workshop, Children's Theatre Company apprentice
Education: Macalester College, LCC of Eugene Oregon - acting.

Nathan Gebhard (dancer)

LAS credits: debut;
Other MN Credits: Savage Umbrella, Swandive Theatre, TigerLion Arts, Open Window Theatre, Bedlam Theatre, National Theatre for ChildreN
National credits: The Coldharts
Other: Freelance videographer, Co-director of Spaceheater
Training/Education: Hamline University B.A. Theatre Arts/Digital Media Art

Deanna Gooding (dancer)

LAS credits: The Sparrow, The Half-Life
Other MN credits: James Sewell Ballet, ARENA DANCES
National credits: Oakland Ballet, Burnswork
Training/Education: San Francisco Conservatory of Dance

Linnea Mohn (composer and musician)

LAS credits: The Half-Life
Other MN credits: Crime and Punishment pre-show salon
Bands: Rogue Valley, The Alpha Centauri, Coach Said Not To, Aby Wolf, Dessa, Twinkie Jiggles Broken Orchestra
Awards: Regional Emmy for writing in and Ensemble/Comedy
Training/Education: BA in Theater Arts from Augsburg College

Jennifer Mack (dancer)

LAS credits: The Sparrow
Other MN credits: Alternative Motion Project, Borealis Dance, Cathy Wright, Christopher Watson Dance Company, Cities Classical Dance Ensemble, Continental Ballet, Curio Dance, Dance & Other Behaviors, Deborah Jinza Thayer's Movement Architecture, Eclectic Edge Ensemble, James Sewell Ballet, Jagged Edges Ensemble, Kinetic Kitchen, Lily Verlaine Productions, Lisa Conlin, Minneapolis Ballet Dancers, MN Opera, Minnesota Dance Exchange, Moving Arts Ensemble, Offleash Area, Rainy Day Cabaret, Ray Terrill & Dancers, Renovate, Rhythmically Speaking, Rochester Dance Company, Rosy Simas Dance Project, Soltice River, Spandrel, St. Paul Ballet/St. Paul City Ballet, Vanessa Voskuil, Vox Medusa Dance Company, & Walker Choreographer's Evening
National/International: Dwight Rhoden, Harvest Contemporary Dance Festival, Jodi Melnick, Kim Robbards Dance Company, & Szeged National Ballet
Commercial: Aveda, Best Buy, Cost Cutters, & Sherwin Williams Paint
Training: Ballet Arts, BDC, Cunningham, JLDS, Milwaukee Ballet, Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Peridance, Rochester Ballet School, Steps, Traffo, Trisha Brown, ODC, & Zenon
Education: UW-Stevens Point (Magma Cum Laude) B.A. Dance Performance & B.S. Arts Management & International Studies
Awards: Eau Claire WI-Cultural Arts Grant, Bukolt Dance Scholarship & MBC/S Merit Scholarship
Other: Dance Educator & Choreographer for 15 plus years, proud to live in NMPLS, Mom of 3 year old, Zuzu & Engaged to cook/musician: Matt Marka! Special Thanks: Jim & Sue Mack.

William Harmon (lighting artist)

LAS Credits: The Big Lowdown (2016), The Sparrow, The Half-Life, Crime and Punishment, Unhinged, Basic North, The 7-Shot Symphony
Other MN credits: Illusion Theater, Dangerous Productions, Transatlantic Love Affair
National credits: Gulfshore Opera, Opera Naples, Theatrezone

Jeff Wirth (Master of Ceremonies)

MN credits: Live Action Set; HUGE Improv Theater; National Credits: Cirque du Soliel; Blue Man Group; Disney Imagineering; Chicago Improv Festival; Colonial Williamsburg; Training/Education: UC Irvine, Pacific Western University M.F.A. Theatre; Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College

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Joanna Harmon (co-director)

Eve Schulte (dancer and co-director)

Kaelyn Brandt (intern)

Blake Nellis (dancer)

Noah Bremer (Artistic advisor)

Torre Edahl (dancer, production manager)

Zoa Dru (production assistant)

Nathan Gebhard (dancer)

Deanna Gooding (dancer)

Linnea Mohn (composer and musician)

Jennifer Mack (dancer)

William Harmon (lighting artist)

Jeff Wirth (Master of Ceremonies)

photo credits:
Bill Cameron (Kaelyn, Zoa, Linnea, Blake, Jennifer, Nate)
Galen Higgins (Joanna, Eve, Noah, Torre)
Joanna Harmon (William)

design credits:
Joanna Harmon (Eve, Kaelyn, Zoa, Linnea, Blake, Jennifer, Nate, William)
Galen Higgins (Joanna, Noah, Torre)

UNSET ENSEMBLE BIOS

Joanna Harmon (co-director)

Eve Schulte (dancer and co-director)

Kaelyn Brandt (intern)

Blake Nellis (dancer)

Noah Bremer (Artistic advisor)

Torre Edahl (dancer, production manager)

Zoa Dru (production assistant)

Nathan Gebhard (dancer)

Deanna Gooding (dancer)

Linnea Mohn (composer and musician)

Jennifer Mack (dancer)

William Harmon (lighting artist)

Jeff Wirth (Master of Ceremonies)

photo credits:Bill Cameron (Kaelyn, Zoa, Linnea, Blake, Jennifer, Nate)Galen Higgins (Joanna, Eve, Noah, Torre)Joanna Harmon (William)

design credits:Joanna Harmon (Eve, Kaelyn, Zoa, Linnea, Blake, Jennifer, Nate, William)Galen Higgins (Joanna, Noah, Torre)

photo credits:
Bill Cameron (Kaelyn, Zoa, Linnea, Blake, Jennifer, Nate)
Galen Higgins (Joanna, Eve, Noah, Torre)
Joanna Harmon (William)

design credits:
Joanna Harmon (Eve, Kaelyn, Zoa, Linnea, Blake, Jennifer, Nate, William)
Galen Higgins (Joanna, Noah, Torre)