CREATIVE

raphers in New York City, where she also trained at the Atlantic Acting School. Overbey is a cofounder of Austin Community Ballet, partner in First Street Studio, director of Red Nightfall Productions and artistic advisor with Ventana Ballet.

Benjamin Randall (Projection Designer – why they are the way that they are; Blue, Contrapposto, Blue) is an interactive media designer, sofware engineer and third-year M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate. Afer earning a B.S.A. in Computer Science, he began to explore interactive real-time media systems. His work explores generative art, multimedia storytelling and live music community. Design credits include A Million Alien Gospels (PIVOT; Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022), In Sisters We Trust, or My F*cked Up American Girl Doll Play (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022) and Rite of Passage (Suite 650, 2023).

Gavin Strawnato (Lighting Designer – Live as ONE; Blue, Contrapposto, Blue) is a first-year M.F.A. in Theatre (lighting design) candidate. He has experience designing scenery and lighting for plays, musicals and dance. Recent credits include The Last Five Years and Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre West Summer Repertory, 2022), as well as Fun Home and Stop Kiss (Middle Tennessee State University Theatre; 2022, 2021). Assistant design credits include Shakespeare Gala (Butler Opera Center, 2022) and Camelot and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Studio Tenn Theatre Company; 2022, 2021).

Ido Tadmor (Choreographer – Live as ONE) is a world-renowned Israeli dancer/choreographer who danced with acclaimed international companies the Bolshoi Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, among others. He is the former artistic director of The Israel Ballet and is the Presidential Fellow in Dance at Chapman University. Tadmor was the 2011 winner of the highly respected Landau Prize in Israel for life achievement, as well as the lead judge on So You Think You Can Dance Israel and a guest choreographer on Dancing with the Stars Israel. For four decades, Tadmor has represented the State of Israel around the world as the Ambassador of Dance of Israel.

Daniela Mendes Albert (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Edinburg, Texas where she studied dance at Dancentre of Edinburg. There, she trained in ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, tap, ballet folklórico, Irish dance and hip hop. Recent credits include performing with the New York-based company Ballet Nepantla (2023) and Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022).

Sabrina Blackwelder (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive background in dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020), Evolution (2022) and Fall For Dance (2021).

Mia Blitz (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a pre-health professions certificate at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Long Island, New York and attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts while also training in a variety of styles at Kanyok Arts Initiative. Recent credits include TEDxUTAustin and Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2021-2022).

Evan Carlson (Dancer – Live as ONE) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance’s Dance Repertory Theatre include Failures in Holding the Multiple (Fall For Dance, 2022) and Of Mutants and Madmen (PIVOT, 2022). Carlson was also dance captain for the B. Iden Payne awardwinning production of Disney’s Newsies The Musical (Zilker Theatre Productions, 2022).

Rebecca Carrillo (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She recently trained with New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts over the summer of 2021. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020), del corazón nace el enjambre (2021), Contronymic Living (Fall For Dance, 2021), Enjoy. (Fall For Dance, 2021) and Quake: The Revival (Fall For Dance, 2022). She was a student choreographer for the Fall For Dance (2022) piece digital-esque.

Megan Davidson (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Her most recent credits include A Riverside Tale as part of the M.F.A. thesis Tales of WaterWomen (2022) and Quake: The Revival and digital-esque as part of Fall For Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022).

Faith Davis (Dancer – Live as ONE; Archival Team) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has spent summers dancing with Houston Ballet, Ballet West and Texas Ballet Theater. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include head in the clou… (Fall For Dance, 2021), A Million Alien Gospels (PIVOT, 2022) and Failures in Holding the Multiple (Fall For Dance, 2022).

Catherine Dishington (Dancer – Live as ONE) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major also pursuing a B.S. in Communications Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Miami, Florida and danced with Miami Dance Collective, where she trained in a variety of styles and techniques. Recent credits include Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022).

Emily Figueroa (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a second-year UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2022).

Alejandro Frederickson (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. Some of his recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include (Re)current Unrest (2020) Contronymic Living (Fall For Dance, 2021) and digital-esque (Fall For Dance, 2022).

Elizabeth Garza (Dancer – Live as ONE) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has studied ballet, contemporary and jazz extensively with dance mentors Peter O'Brien and Alex Ossadnik, among others. She has also trained with Ballet Austin and Houston Ballet. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include digital-esque (Fall For Dance, 2022) in addition to Evolution (2022).

Brock Gayaut (Archival Team) is a B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. His most recent dance credits include performing with Dance Repertory Theatre in pieces by Charles O. Anderson as part of PIVOT (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022) and Erica “EG” Gionfriddo as part of Fall For Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022).

Jordan Gilbertson (Dancer – Live as ONE) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Dorothy O'Shea Overbey’s A Million Alien Gospels (PIVOT, 2022); Charles O. Anderson’s Of Mutants and Madmen (PIVOT, 2022) and (Re)current Unrest (2020); Jesse Zaritt’s Contronymic Living (Fall For Dance, 2021); Matthew Deshon James and Ciera Ray’s Enjoy. (Fall For Dance, 2021); Gesel Mason’s burst! (2021) and Erica “EG” Gionfriddo’s In the Ether (2020).

Noemie Gschwendtner (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. They have an extensive background in dance. Prior to UT Austin, they trained in classical ballet at SLK Ballet School in New York.

Aída Hernandez-Reyes (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. Currently, they teach and dance with the local Austin dance company Paracosm Dance. HernandezReyes' recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Contronymic Living (Fall For Dance, 2021), Sawubona and Let Them See (PIVOT, 2022) and Witchcraf (Fall For Dance, 2022).

Sheila Jackson (Dancer – Live as ONE; she/ her) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Her recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include A Million Alien Gospels (PIVOT, 2022) and Failures in Holding the Multiple (Fall For Dance, 2022).

Hayley Jeansonne (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in numerous styles of dance. Recent credits include multiple works with Dance Action’s S.E.E.D.

Sarah Johnston (Archival Team) is a UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a first-year transfer student, having graduated from Kilgore College with an associate’s degree in fine arts. Johnston was a member of the 81st line of the Kilgore College Rangerettes. In her second year studying at Kilgore, she was a member of the seventh generation of the Industry Dance Company, a pre-professional modern dance company under artistic director of Angela Aulds.

London Lack (Dancer – Blue, Contrapposto, Blue) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major also perusing a B.A. in the Plan II Honors program at The University of Texas at Austin. She is from San Angelo, Texas, where she danced with Ballet San Angelo and trained extensively in ballet and contemporary dance. While EMERGE (Dance Repertory Theatre, 2023) is her first performance with Texas Theatre and Dance, her previous credits include the role of "Sugar Plum Fairy" in The Nutcracker (Ballet San Angelo, 2021).

Lorna Luciano (Dancer – Blue, Contrapposto, Blue) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a pre-physical therapy certificate at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas and danced with Quenedit Ballet School and NB Dance and Company, where she trained in various styles. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Pop Refuge (Fall For Dance, 2022), in addition to Dance Action's S.E.E.D. (2021, 2022).

Gabriela Machado (Dancer – Live as ONE) is a B.S. in Exercise Science major also pursuing a B.A. in Theatre and Dance with an emphasis in dance performance and choreography at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Miami, Florida, attended the dance studio Miami Dance Collective and was captain of her high school dance team, where she trained in multiple styles. Recent credits include Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022).

Isabella Mao (Dancer – Live as ONE) is a fourthyear B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance. She is also pursuing a B.S. in Exercise Science. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Let Them See (PIVOT, 2022) and Enjoy. (Fall For Dance, 2021).

Sarah Matney (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Dallas, she has spent the last 18 years studying a wide variety of dance styles through school, studios and intensives. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In The Ether (2020), Cositas (Fall For Dance, 2021) and Mo’Movement/ Meant in 3 (Fall For Dance, 2022), as well as multiple projects with Dance Action’s S.E.E.D.

Victoria Angelina Montemayor (Dancer – Blue, Contrapposto, Blue) is a first-year transfer B.F.A. in Dance major with plans to pursue a B.A. in Exercise Science. She grew up in Laredo, Texas and danced with the Laredo School of Contemporary where she trained in a variety of styles in dance. This will be Montemayor’s first performance with Dance Repertory Theatre.

Makaila Natividad (Dancer – Blue, Contrapposto, Blue) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in communications at The University of Texas at Austin. She grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and danced with Prisma Dance, where she trained in a variety of styles and techniques. Her recent credits include Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022).

Lexie Nelson (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in both dance and singing. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Contronymic Living (Fall For Dance, 2021), Club KINGDOM (PIVOT, 2022) and multiple projects as part of The Cohen New Works Festival and A Recipe for Action (Vesper).

Ellie Newton (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Dance and B.A. in Psychology double major at The University of Texas at Austin. She previously trained under instructors including Kristin Nicolaisen, Cheryl Copeland and Danielle Storey. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include works by Charles O. Anderson, Erica Gionfriddo, Gesel Mason, Jesse Zaritt and Leah Cox.

Andrea Orta (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a third-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in Mexican American and Latino/a Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in various dance styles. Recent performance credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Cositas (Fall For Dance, 2021), Club KINGDOM and Let Them See (PIVOT, 2022) and Quake: The Revival and Pop Refuge (Fall For Dance, 2022), in addition to Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2022).

Arianna Puente (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a minor in kinesiology and health education at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Dance Action's S.E.E.D. (2021-2022), Evolution (2022) and Witchcraf (Fall For Dance, 2022)

RyAnne Rovelo (Dancer – Renaissance Futura) is a B.F.A in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in various dance genres including ballet, hip-hop, acro, jazz, modern and contemporary, among others. Recently, she was a dancer in WhirlWind Dance Company’s WyND Program under the instruction of Joshua Manculich. She has also served as assistant for Michelle Leagans Power Intensives. She recently choreographed a piece in Dance Action’s fall showcase.

IvyCamille Sampson (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a first-year B.F.A. in Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include …but you could’ve held my hand (2022).

Moria Joy Small (Dancer – Renaissance Futura; Archival Team) is a third-year student with interests in dance, poetry and education. She has recently performed in the NAACP Gala, Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker Suite (Ballet Afrique) and Fall For Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022).

Skyler Tepedino (Archival Team) is a fourthyear B.F.A. in Dance major. Tepedino graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she was part of Repertoire Dance Company 1 and 2. Tepedino has performed with Bombshell Dance Project and competed in dance for nine years. She studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and has worked with Jennifer Archibald, Jenny Durbin Smith, Misha Gabriel, Chloe Arnold, Mike Minery, Jessica Hendricks, Matt Luck, Justin Giles, Andrew Winghart and Ryan Lewis.

Emma Ofelia Valdez (Dancer – Live as ONE) is a B.F.A. in Dance and B.S. in Applied Movement Science double major at The University of Texas at Austin. Her recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Cositas (Fall For Dance, 2021), Contronymic Living (Fall For Dance, 2021), In the Ether (2020) and del corazón nace el enjambre (2021), as well as performances in Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. and co-choreographer for Evolution (2022).

Makenna Wallace (Dancer – why they are the way that they are) is a second-year B.F.A. in Dance major also pursuing a B.S. in Exercise Science at The University of Texas at Austin. She is from Dallas, Texas and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she trained in various dance techniques. Recent credits include dancing and choreographing for Dance Action’s S.E.E.D. (2021-2022) and Fall For Dance (2022).

REHEARSAL ASSISTANT (WHY THEY ARE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE)

CAMILLE WILTZ

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO

J.E. JOHNSON

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO

KAREN MANESS

TPA* SENIOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

SCOTT BUSSEY

PROJECT MANAGER, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO

DAVID TOLIN

OPERATIONS MANAGER, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO

JASON LEE HUERTA

PROPERTIES MANAGER, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO

CAROLYN HARDIN

LEAD FABRICATOR, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO

HANK SCHWEMMER

PROJECT SPECIALIST, TPA* FABRICATION STUDIO

ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY

GRADUATE PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

DANIEL RUIZ BUSTO

TERE GUERRRO CARDOSO

TENZING ORTEGA

ALEXANDER ROCKEY

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS

KATHRYN CLARK

MORGAN RANDALL

PRODUCTION LEADS

ZOE BIHAN

SYDNY DEMEYER

ISABELLA HOLLIS

ROXOLANA KRYWONOS

JONAH MAUGHAN

FABRICATION PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

LEAH AUSTIN

NAHLA BELTRAN

BENJAMIN CERVANTES

BRIDGETTE CLIFFORD

MARI DALTON

LAUREN HEAD

ESTELLE N ISAAC

VICTORIA JEFFERSON

AUSTIN C LIVINGSTON

AUSTIN LUCHAK

MELODY LUNA

FAITH C MITCHELL

DEZMON B MYERS

HANNAH NELSON

BEN NUNN

NATHAN JOSHUA RAMOS

GABRIEL GOMEZ REYES

NATALIA RODENZO

HANNAH SHEPARD

PETER VANBENTHUYSEN

VICTORIA V. VARGAS

CASSIDY MADALYN WEN

JULIA YELVINGTON

PROP STOCK MANAGERS

EZRA-ROSE BOLENDER

LEILA RABAH

SCENERY/PROPS CREW

EMILIO MEJIA

DREW PHILLIPS

COSTUME PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR

NANETTE ACOSTA

COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES

SAMANTHA GASHETTE DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES

DRAPERS

JENNIFER BALL

SARAH BARBOUR POUA YANG

FIRST HANDS LUCIA CALLENDER KATIE CONCANNON MARISA LAWRENCE

STITCHERS

JACOB BENIAM SOPHIE DIETERLEN

RACHEL GREEN

SAVANNAH HOLLOWAY RAYCE RISCH

COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN

TANYA OLALDE

COSTUME CRAFTS ASSISTANTS

ARIES LIMON

JULIE WEBB

COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO ASSISTANTS

MEAGAN BEATTIE AMANI TURNER

COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO

CREW SUPERVISOR

CALIFORNIA THORSON

COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO

CREW

LILY FALCONER ANGEL HERNANDEZ MEGGIE HUNT

KATYA LOPEZ

DYLAN MARINEZ FIGUERO MOLLY MASSON ERICKA PUGLIESE OLIVIA SALDANA

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR DESIREE TOWNES

WARDROBE CREW CHIEFS PARIS FULKS KATIE MILLER

WARDROBE CREW CLAIRE ANSTEY BRIDGETTE CLIFFORD GRACE FALCONER LIZZEY UFOMADU

COSTUME STOCK SUPERVISOR DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES

COSTUME STOCK ASSISTANTS MEGGIE HUNT LAYLA ISAAC

TPA* LIGHTING SUPERVISOR SARAH CANTU