Anna is a Cincinnati-based actor, educator and comedian. She received her B.S. in Theatre Education from Xavier University. See her in "Date Me!" at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. 

Rowan Salem (MFA) is a dance artist and educator originally from Massachusetts, currently based in Ohio. Rowan earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Choreography and Performance as a Teaching Fellow/Gretchen Moran Scholar at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her work and teaching are influenced by Humphrey/Limón technique, contact improvisation, compositional improvisation, and floorwork forms. 

She is a recipient of ArtsWave’s 2023 Black and Brown artists grant for her work, Viewpoints Embodied: Middle Eastern Voices in Cincinnati. Current teaching affiliations include Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, and Cincinnati Ballet Academy. Rowan is a co-founder of Synergy Dance Series, funded by ArtsWave and National Endowment for the Arts.

Joe Mitchell (he/him) is very proud to be a teaching artist with American Legacy Theatre, and to help facilitate My Block, My City with the artists of Price Hill. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Education from Xavier University, where he participated in theatre productions as an actor, designer, and technician. Since graduating, he has been a teaching artist with Cincinnati Academy of Performing Arts and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, in addition to working at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Art Equals in Covington, KY. Joe is originally from Milwaukee, WI, where his educational theatre experiences inspired him to pursue work building those environments for more young artists.

Da’Shawn Mitchell is a dynamic dance educator, choreographer, and community arts leader based in Cincinnati, Ohio. With over a decade of experience teaching and mentoring dancers of all ages, Da'Shawn specializes in Hip-Hop and urban dance styles, blending technical precision with storytelling and self-expression. He is the founder of Soul Syndicate Hip-Hop Dance, a movement dedicated to preserving the authenticity of Hip-Hop culture through performance and freestyle.

Currently, Da'Shawn teaches weekly classes at Elementz Youth Hip-Hop Arts Center and collaborates with American Legacy Theater, where he helps students at Oyler High School develop and perform original works reflecting their community experiences. His teaching philosophy centers on building confidence, teamwork, and resilience through movement.

Da'Shawn’s professional background includes choreographing for competitive teams, leading workshops, directing showcases, and performing on national stages, including appearances on BET's 106 & Park as well as auditions for America's Best Dance Crew. His passion for dance education and community empowerment continues to inspire the next generation of artists and athletes.

Elijah Webster is a Cincinnati-based artist with a passion for social justice, inclusion, and inspiring people to use their own creativity as an avenue for change.

Eli was first introduced to American Legacy Theatre as a sophomore in high school, where he got to be a part of the first ever rendition of the In Classrooms Students Create Change program, where he got to go through the process of creating his own original show, similar to what these community members got to do in this process. That was a life-changing experience for him, and he has been drawn to the American Legacy Theatre mission ever since. Throughout the years, Eli has worked on a variety of projects for ALT, such as working as a Teaching Artist in various school-based programs, stage management, tech operations, and performance booking before finally getting the opportunity to become a member of ALT’s full-time staff last year!

Outside of his deep love for doing all things theatre, Eli loves training dogs, playing music, lifting weights, and arranging acapella scores!

Alysun Ogilby is a Kindergarten teacher at Pleasant Ridge Montessori and she produced four shows with Jumpstart Theater. She came out of the womb singing show tunes and reciting monologues. This project has taken the cake. She has gotten to write and work with her own children and create something really wonderful from scratch! Her favorite part of directing is watching kids find their voice in the characters, but with this show, they got to create the whole moment AND make it come to life. It is beautiful to watch them blossom as a performer. She is also a huge fan of creating the choreography.

When she is not at PRM, she is hanging with her kids, reading books, swimming, or playing pickleball. She would love to thank ALT for giving them the opportunity to work together to write something real and honest. She’d also like to thank her kids because they put up with her countless in-home, unasked-for performances of all her favorite show tunes and prep for the stage. They inspire her to be a better human.

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http://meganmurray.org

Megan Murray is a recent graduate of Wright State University, where she earned her BFA in Acting and minor in Dance. She is a Cincinnati local and you may have seen her in Jersey Boys as Francine (Warsaw Federal Incline Theater) or as Mary Delgado (La Comedia Dinner Theater). She has a passion for teaching, acting, singing, and dance. 

https://www.insideout-transart.org/

Jay DeFazio (he/him) is an artist, author, and licensed educator. He creates courses and workshops on arts integration, creativity, communication and storytelling through art.

In 2020 Jay received ArtWorks’ Emerging Artist Award and launched “Inside Out,” a trans visibility and empowerment project that still continues today.

Jay is the author of You Only Live Twice: A Memoir in Two Genders. The book will be released this summer and is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org.

https://www.studiokroner.com/

Mary Kroner has done a lot of different things in her life, from co-owning Ruth’s Parkside Café to running a small arts program to setting ceramic tile, for example. She has studied movement and theatre, is a songwriter and storyteller and produces performance pieces when moved to do so.

Over the course of the past 3 years, she has raised nearly $10,000 with her one woman show, X Marks The Spot, for local non-profits doing environmental work. Her main thing is stirring up community, and this performance has been a new angle for her. She is very grateful to Tom Reese for jumping in with both feet and his big heart on this project.

Tom Reese has always been a hop, skip or a jump away from the Theatre. As a teenager learning mime and improvisation with The Street Kids, in a Cincinnati neighborhood non profit group is when and where it all started. Developing original works supports his mission to play along as a mime, actor, director, puppeteer, poet and adjunct faculty, teaching artist and all around dreamer. Tom has an appreciative spirit for everyone and is often flabbergasted at almost everything else.

He has contributed as an instigator of fun for such groups as Fairview Impromptu Band Improv Theatre, Mimelight, Stone Soup Improv, On-the-line improv, Front Streep Cabaret and Valley Ridge Studio, Voices from the Earth Inc., My Nose Turns Red Theatre Comapany, Intuition Theatre Company, Cincinnati Story Theatre Company, Actors Alliance of San Diego, Comedy Sportz (Columbus), Cincinnati Arts Allocation Grant Recipient, Madcap Puppet Theatre and Cincinnati Recreation Commission. The invitation to work with Mary on an original theatre project is a privilege and a delightful excuse to step out of retirement….again.

https://www.flynndance.org/

Megan Flynn is a Cincinnati-based choreographer, performer, and educator with an MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine, and a BFA from Tulane University. She has performed and presented work nationally and internationally, including in Austria, Scotland, England, Ireland, Russia, and Spain. Megan was most recently the Director of Dance/Artist-in-Residence at Union College and served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Muhlenberg College from 2013–2022. She is a member of The NADINE Project, a choreographic collective directed by Libby Nye and Janet Soares, and has performed with David Parker & The Bang Group, Eliza Miller Dance, Kathy Westwater, and EgoArt, Inc.

Megan’s choreography has been presented at festivals and venues across the U.S. and abroad, and she continues to create and perform regularly. She currently teaches at Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy and has also taught at UC Irvine, MiraCosta College, and Milton Academy, among others. A certified Pilates instructor since 2007, Megan trained under Lawson Harris of Half Moon Pilates and brings her somatic expertise into all areas of her teaching and creative work.

https://www.britnibicknaver.com/

Britni Bicknaver is an artist, educator, history buff, and a seventh-generation Cincinnatian. A member of the storied Publico Gallery, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Academy of Cincinnati and a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati School of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. 

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Traditionally trained in sculpture and drawing, Bicknaver also works in the medium of sound, creating pieces from audio tours to soundtracks of found objects. Her work is fueled by concepts such as history, memory, arcane information, and the revelation of inner worlds.