Audacious Raw Theater

KATIE BERGER WOOD is a theatre educator, musician, playwright, and composer based in the Atlanta area. After graduating from Northern Kentucky University with her BFA in Musical Theatre Performance, she performed professionally all over the country from Minnesota to Florida to New York City, before discovering her real dream role - Ms. Katie! She holds her Masters in Theatre Education from the University of Northern Colorado and currently teaches at City Springs Theatre Company and Firefly Theatrical. Her original musicals have been produced in Tampa, Atlanta, and New York City, and her most recent work, Willow Wood, had its world premiere at the Nashville Children’s Theatre in the summer of 2023. When she is not at the theatre, you can find her with a cat on her lap and her nose in a book.

ERIC DECKER'S theatrical career began on May 1st, a few decades ago, at Lanesboro resident Peggy Hanson and Frank Wright's wedding reception; Eric and Denny Bell committed to restarting the Lanesboro Community Theater with summer melodrama performances in Sylvan Park; LCT now has full seasons in St. Mane!  Since then, he has founded Absolute Theatre (Rochester, MN) and earned his MA in Theatre from the Chicago College of Performing Arts.  While directing nearly 100 shows regionally, he has recently fallen in love with sound design as an opportunity to supplement and shape works of art.  While sometimes this means he's in charge of the doorbells and lion roars, he has also been able to dabble in dozens of genres and create soundscapes to tell entire stories.  New works and devised theatre are particularly noteworthy to his growth, as the collaborative process is rewarding beyond measure to him. He has been a Core Member of the A.R.T. Ensemble since it's inception!

JULIANA FRICK is an award-winning physical theater artist, acrobat, and former musician based in Berkeley, CA. She is a founding core member of UpLift Physical Theatre and the director of Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Company. She grew up touring with Circus Smirkus, studied music and storytelling at Hampshire College, trained with James Donlon and Leonard Pitt, and completed the Professional Training Program at Dell’Arte International. Her work has been supported by Theatre Bay Area, NET/TEN, the Puffin Foundation, and the U.S. State Department. Juliana is a late-deafened adult and a mother to a delightful 7-year-old.

HANNAH GAFF is an international theatre creator, therapeutic clown, movement director, and teacher. She was a 2022 Fulbright Scholar at the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Cairo, a 2023 Fulbright Specialist in Pakistan, and has taught physical theatre courses and performed around the world. Hannah is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Acting at Vassar College in New York and an Alexander Technique Teacher. In collaboration with non-profit organizations such as Clowns Without Borders, the Medical Clown Project, and ClownCorps, Hannah performs in hospitals, on the street, and in care centers locally and internationally, offering laughter relief to children and families who have experienced a crisis. Compelled by the transformative power of play, she seeks to facilitate play spaces and collaborative performances that foster connection, shift perspectives, and nurture a deeper understanding of our shared human experience. (hannahgaff.com)

Hannah will participate as an online consultant this year!

CATHERINE (CATIE) GLYNN is the founder and Artistic Director of A.R.T. (Audacious Raw Theater.) She is an actor, director, author, and devised theater maker. She has performed worldwide in various works, from the classics to original solo works. Her passion is creating and collaborating. She holds M.F.A.s in acting from UT-Austin and the University of Delaware's Professional Theatre Training Program and is certified in Pilates. She is also a Leadership Presence Coach, and she takes the power of theatrical training to the corporate sector. She teaches storytelling at Harvard Business School and trains Ph.D. students for the job market at Yale, the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, and the Haas School of Business at Berkeley. Following There is a Field, she will act alongside her husband in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt. She makes her home in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

NICHOLETTE ROUTHIER is a founding core member of UpLift Physical Theatre, currently based in St. George, UT. She received her MFA in Ensemble-based Physical Theatre from Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in 2010 and is a certified Embodiment Teacher by John Wineland and Kendra Cunov. In addition to her work with UpLift, she produced “The Vagina Monologues” in three U.S. cities as a part of V-Day, the global movement to stop violence against women. www.nicholetterouthier.com

HILARY WILLIAMS  

Hilary Williams is always honored to be a part of ART! Hilary is an actor, writer, and educator based in Chicago. She has worked with companies such as Rivendell Ensemble, Steep Theatre, BackRoom Shakespeare, The Hypocrites, and Northlight, and she is a company member of The Bramble. And a Core Ensemble Member of A.R.T.. She teaches sexual assault prevention with Catharsis Productions and is a certified death doula. She is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf and is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent. Her new fiction podcast, "World Gone Wrong," is out on all those places you get your podcasts. Take a listen! And the most enormous thanks to Catie for giving her a reason to say "YES." To find out more about her, check out hilwill.com. 

JEROME YORKE  Jerome has 20 years of national and international professional acting and performance experience from Bali, Indonesia, to Abu Dhabi, UAE. His physically based work and approach to theatre making and performance blends imaginative storytelling, social justice, movement, puppetry, and clowning. He is a core UpLift Physical Theatre member, a core member of A.R.T. (Audacious Raw Theater), and an Alexander Technique teacher. He holds an MFA in Physical Theatre from Dell'Arte International and is an Associate Professor of Physical Theatre for the University of Dayton Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology program.