Dash Perry (he/him) is a New York–based actor and teaching artist who loves helping students discover their voice and confidence on stage. Dash has performed on Netflix (Halston), Hulu (Not Okay), Peacock (Girls5Eva), and Off-Broadway in Love + Science and Patience. His stage work includes The Cher Show at Ogunquit Playhouse, Marry Me A Little at Yale Cabaret, and was a featured performer at the Met Gala directed by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin.

Malia’Kekia Nicolini (‘O ia/she/they) is kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian), they received their inoa (name) traditionally from an inoa po (mothers dream) that held both an inoa ho’ailona (symbol) and their inoa ulaleo (ancestors voice). Malia’Kekia is an artistic director, speaker, arts curriculum designer, and gratitude enthusiast. ‘Oia is the Co-Founder of Play Pathways Initiative specializing in teaching play-based strategies for the realms of education and business. Malia’Kekia is the BOLD (Building Opportunity for Leadership and Development) Co-Chair for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, Region 1. Training includes: artEquity’s BIPOC Leadership Circle, Arts & Cultural Organization Management (American Repertory Theater), BFA (Music Theater). 'Oia has collaborated with Penumbra Theatre, Company One, Indigenous Direction and more. Malia’Kekia weaves all of their experience together to empower dreams and create sustainability towards a play-integrated world. BFA (Music Theater), MBA (Mindfulness in Business). www.playpathways.com

Christopher Beaulieu (he/him) is known as “The Game Changer” and “The Playmaker” across the globe but at home he is simply known as “Dad”. He is an educator and artist with over 25 years of experience facilitating Community Building, Play Exploration rural retreats and educational residencies. Christopher is the Co-Founder of Play Pathways Initiative specializing in teaching Pedagogy of Play through professional and community development (online and in-person). Play Pathways travels throughout the US and internationally offering professional and community development and to adults and youth alike. Christopher is the Devising Chair for the board of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, Region 1. Training includes: Shakespeare & Company, Dell Arte International (Graduate), Movement Chair of SETC, Society of American Fight Directors, Pilobolus. Awards: Paddy Crean SAFD, Recognized Advanced Actor Combatant with Society of American Fight Directors. www.playpathways.com

Justyn is a Boston-based artist, currently freelancing in New England. With a Technical Theater degree from Georgia Southern University Justyn focuses on sound design. You can see his work at Wellesley Theatre Project.

Jenni Jordan is a veteran theater educator and director with over 30 years of experience in acting, movement, mask, mime, and physical storytelling. She currently leads the Theater and Dance program at Miss Hall’s School, where she has directed and choreographed an extensive range of productions and empowers students to create bold, high-quality work. Jenni’s teaching blends rigor, play, and compassion to help performers unlock their fullest expressive selves.

Sandi Carroll is an actor, educator, director, and producer. As an actor, she has appeared on Broadway in Irena’s Vow, and in major motion pictures and independent films. Sandi is co-founder of and performer in the comedy group Logic Limited, LTD., where she has created and performed Famous!, Schaden, Freude, & You, TiVo La Resistance!, Philip & Karen’s Wedding Party, and most recently, Mission: Implausible! As the Artistic Director of the Mud/Bone Collective she created, performed and produced many productions including Impossible Country, a multi-media exploration of life as a refugee in NYC based on interviews with refugees from Iraq, Rwanda, Pakistan, Egypt and Russia. As an educator she has taught Acting for the Stage and Camera, Improvisation, Audition Techniques, Clown, Movement, Devising, Shakespeare, Playwriting, Storytelling, and Dialects at NYU, American University, Penn State, Emerson College, University of Virginia, Brown University, The Shakespeare Lab at The Public Theater, The Moth, Theatre for A New Audience, Theatre Development Fund, and Theatre Lab in DC. Boston University (BFA), University of Virginia (MFA).

Sarah Nolen is a puppeteer & filmmaker from Austin, Texas. She has a Masters of Fine Arts in Puppetry from the University of Connecticut; and a bachelor's degree in Cinema-Television from Southern Methodist University, with a minor in Children’s Media. After jumping from Texas to Connecticut, Sarah worked a yearlong stint of puppet gigs in New York before moving to Boston in 2017 to become Puppet Showplace Theater’s third-ever Resident Artist. She is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Waltham, Massachusetts. Known for her versatile, witty, and innovative work across multiple puppetry styles, Sarah works as a puppeteer for both stage and screen. She has performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the off-Broadway immersive theater production of “Pip’s Island,” and toured internationally as part of the ensemble for Red Ball Theater’s Reverse Cascade. Sarah’s work has been performed at the Festival de Casteliers in Canada, the Greenwoods Puppet Festival, and on the streets of Denmark. She has performed in Puppet Slams across the country; three of her pieces were selected for the National Puppet Slams of 2013, 2014 and 2015. In addition to her training at the University of Connecticut, Sarah has been a student in many professional workshops, including Sesame Street’s Puppeteer Workshop, Sandglass Theater’s Summer Puppetry Institute, The National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and David Fino’s Brooklyn Puppet Conspiracy. In television, Sarah has worked as a production coordinator for nationally-syndicated shows on networks such as CMT & HGTV. She has experience with all sides of the camera — from developing ad campaigns for universities, production designing indie features, and directing puppet films. Most recently, she was the director of photography for the web series COZY CORNER (2020).