Carin Silkaitis is the Head of Acting in the Theatre Department at North Central College. She teaches the advanced acting courses, including Contemporary Acting, Classical Acting, and Acting on Camera. She also teaches in the Gender and Women’s Studies program. Carin is a busy working actor, director, acting coach, and photographer. Recent Chicago credits include: Mama in A Shayna Maidel (TimeLine Theatre Company), Mother in Machinal (*Jeff Nominated - Best Ensemble) and ME in I Do Today (Greenhouse Theatre Center), Holly in Visiting (Artemisia Theatre Company), Laura in The Realm (Other Theatre), Chloe in Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Eclipse Theatre Company), Dean Wreen in Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Theater Wit), Doctor Manor in Sons of the Prophet (American Theatre Company), Clem in Raggedy And (Stage Left Theatre – Leapfest), Queen Margaret in Richard III (Oak Park Festival Theatre) and Izzy in Rabbit Hole (u/s Goodman Theatre). Her favorite regional credits include: Love Letters, Dangerous Liaisons, and A Comedy of Errors. Carin recently filmed the SAG Feature Unexpected, starring Cobie Smulders and Anders Holm. She also starred in two SAG shorts entitled BEING HERE and PRECIOUS THINGS. Look her up on YouTube and check out her commercials! Carin is a proud graduate of the School at Steppenwolf. She received her MFA in performance from the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University; and her undergraduate degree from Indiana University. Carin's extensive directing resume includes opera's such as La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, and La Boheme. She also directed the world-premiere of Through the Elevated Line for Silk Road Rising in 2018, which was Jeff-Nominated for Best New Work. Carin is the Artistic Director of Other Theatre Chicago, a collective of artists telling stories about “othered” populations and their allies. Carin is proud to be represented by Gray Talent Group in Chicago. 

Alexander Tom's job as Visiting Artist and Instructor of Musical Theatre is part music director, part educator. He is the music director of North Central College's fall production, Peter and the Starcatcher and the spring production, Spring Awakening. Alexander believes it's a great opportunity to collaborate interdepartmentally with his colleagues and guest artists while forwarding the performance education of the students. He will also be faculty advisor for the senior musical, Sweeney Todd. Again, another great opportunity to collaborate but with an additional layer of teaching the process of creating and producing an entire musical. Most importantly, Alexander is a major factor of the students’ musical theatre education, industry practice, and how they experience the foundation of their musical theatre acumen: voice, performance, and fundamentals. As a visiting artist, he is tasked with bringing in new and interesting industry-based approaches that students wouldn’t necessarily receive at other institutions.

Jacob Harvey directed our recent productions of Peter and the Starcatcher and Sophie Treadwell's Machinal. His production of Machinal, a joint venture between the North Central College Department of Theatre and the Greenhouse Theater, was nominated for seven 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards- an unprecedented feat for any regional college show! Jacob, recently named on of Newcity's Players 2017, is a noted Chicago director who previous credits also include the Bret C. Harts Director & Producer Fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Co-Artistic Director for the Mechanicals in Los Angeles, and Director of Programming for the New York Musical Festival. 

Nick Thornton recently directed Other Way to Resist, a co-production with the Other Theatre Company of four world premiere plays by Chicago playwrights exploring the performance of activism, social media protest and acts of unconventional resistance. He is a freelance director, choreographer, dramaturg, and teaching artist whose recent productions include Underscore Theatre's Haymarket at the Den Theatre in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Recent Chicago credits include movement director and dramaturg of Birds of a Feather (GTC), director in Mudlark Theatre's Short Play Festival, developmental dramaturg of Miss Major Cushman (GTC), and co-movement and associate director of the Greenhouse Theater Center's Machinal (named one of the 10 best shows of 2017 by the Chicago Tribune). Nick also serves as a teaching artist at Pegasus Theatre, mudlark Theater, and Windy City Musical Theatre. 

Kristen Osborn is director of the North Central College production of Sam Chase's Opportunities of Extinction. She currently serves as the Literary and Casting Associate at Northlight Theatre in Chicago. Additionally, Kristen is the Artistic Associate and Outreach Coordinator at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. She has had the pleasure of working at the Geffen Playhouse, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Inner-City Arts, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA, Shakespeare Center Los Angeles, and many other Los Angeles theaters. In Chicago, Kristen has worked with Northlight Theatre, Writers Theatre, The Other Theatre Co., Silk Road Rising, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, and others. 

http://www.kristenosborn.com/about/

Sully Ratke is a Jeff nominated costume designer working in Chicago. She completed her MFA in stage design at Northwestern University, and her BA in Drawing and Painting and Italian at the University of Notre Dame. Sully has collaborated with various Chicago theater companies, including Steppenwolf Theater, The Lookingglass Theatre Company, Drury Lane Theater, The Griffin Theater, The Gift Theater, The Actor's Gymnasium, Twopence Theater Company, and Chicago Fringe Opera Company. 

Will Coeur is a theatrical lighting and video designer based in Chicago. His work has taken him across the country to theaters big and small such as the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, PA and Opera Southwest in Albuequerque, NM. Locally, Will has worked with companies such as Other Theatre, the Greenhouse Theater Center, and Metropolis Performing Arts Center. Will received his MFA in Theatre - Design from Western Illinois University where he explored techniques in integrating, automating, and synchronizing technology in theatre. Most summers, Will can be found designing at McLeod Summer Playhouse in Carbondale, IL. Favorite designs include Rock of Ages and Into the Woods(McLeod Summer Playhouse), Tosca (Opera Southwest), and Aladdin (Fulton Theatre).

www.coeurdesigns.net

Joseph London is an American Singer/Actor who has established himself on the stages of Opera and Broadway. Critics hail his voice as velvety, lush, rich, and dramatic. Based dually out of New York City and Chicago, he is a proud member of Actor's Equity and AGMA. Joseph has performed to critical acclaim as Mary Sunshine in Chicago the Musical. He has also performed the role in 48 states, 3 countries, and at sea aboard the cruise ship Allure of the Seas. Joseph trained at the world-famous Juilliard Opera Center.

Rebecca Wilson has been hailed as a "staggeringly talented singer" by St. Louis Magazine. Rebecca has been seen on both the musical theater and opera stages. Her credits include the opera-singing Serpent in the Joseph Jefferson-nominated "Seashore to Gutrune" in Richard Wagner's "Gotterdammerung".

www.rebeccawilsonsoprano.com

Lindsay Cummings is a Chicago actor, singer, music director, and teaching artist. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Music in musical theatre and opera performance from Arizona State University. She has worked extensively in television and musical theatre throughout the country, but teaching young artists has always been her passion. She cultivates a safe and welcoming work environment that allows students the freedom to explore their musical voice. She approaches singing and piano performance from a pedagogical and physical standpoint - you will often see her students exercising in their lessons!  Other than teaching, Lindsay has published articles on the use of exercise and kinesthetics in singing and performance, and is currently writing a book for teachers of musical theatre voice. 

Dyanna Daniels received her MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University in 2018. Her training consists of several dance genres including Urban, Hip Hop, African, Jazz, Ballroom, Spiritual, and Contemporary. Dyanna co-founded DLD Dance Company 2004 and opened DLD Dance Center in 2011. Her choreography has been featured at World of Dance Chicago, Chicago’s Carnival Choreographer’s Ball, Elgin Ties Dance Festival, Freespace Dance, Dance Chicago, Western Illinois University, College of DuPage, Going Dutch, Noumenon Dance Ensemble’s New Moves, and more. Dyanna also choreographed a Flash Mob that appeared on ABC’s Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition in July of 2013. With experience in the business, performance, choreographic, and commercial aspects of dance, Dyanna aims to offer her students diverse perspectives in any course she instructs. In addition, she strives to create a learning environment that allows individuals to excavate and cultivate the person and artist within them. 

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