Theatre
Penny Russell/Penny’s Puppets
Pronouns: she/her Penny Russell is a Puppeteer, Musician, and Teaching Artist based in Prince George’s County, MD. She is a Master Teaching Artist with Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts; and teaches Music, Drama, Puppetry, and Self-Advocacy…
Ambo Tazanu
Pronouns: she/her And so our nation’s capital has given us Ambo Tazanu, who brings her theatre and educational experience. Early Childhood Education and Theatre Arts were her fields of study at Howard University. She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre…
Ingrid Bork
Pronouns: she/her Ingrid Bork is an actor and teaching artist based in the DMV. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Theater Education and teaches at children’s theaters and schools across the DMV, including Imagination Stage, Wolf Trap, and the…
Kevin Alan Brown
Pronouns: he/him Kevin Alan Brown is an actor, director, and teaching artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. He holds an MFA from the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy at the George Washington University. He is also the co-artistic director of Red Key…
Krystle Seit
Pronouns: she/her/hers Krystle Seit is a creative, experienced arts educator, theatre artist, administrator, and program manager. A lifelong learner, she is passionate about arts integration, storytelling, all things theatre and making it, and the arts–accessible to children of all ages…
Natasha Mirny (“Happy Theater”)
Pronouns: she/her Natasha Mirny is a teaching artist, performer, stage director, and founder of Happy Theater. She is currently working as a teaching artist at several theaters and educational programs in the DC area—Inspired Child, Arts for Learning, and Wolf…
Ali Oliver-Krueger
Pronouns: she/they/Ali Ali Oliver-Krueger is a teaching artist, director, actor, classical singer, and writer/composer. As a teaching artist and arts education professional, Ali has worked with schools, opera companies, and arts organizations throughout the country, and is a residency artist…
Katherine Lyons
Pronouns: she/her Katherine is a Master Teaching Artist for the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, conducting workshops and residencies for teachers and children in the Maryland/Virginia/DC area and across the US. Katherine has worked with children…