Jenn Kidwell: original projects – we come to collect: a flirtation, with capitalism (The Flea Theater/UTR Under Construction, Woolly Mammoth Weissberg Commission), Those With 2 Clocks (The Wilma Theater), Underground Railroad Game (2017 Obie Award for Best New American Theatre Work; 2018 Edinburgh Fringe First Award)

OPP - The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Co.), Ocean Filibuster (PearlDamour), Eternal Life Part 1, Fat Ham (2021 film) and Antigone (The Wilma Theater), Syllabus for Black Love (jaamil olawole kosoko), Home (Geoff Sobelle; 2018 Bessie Award), Adrienne Truscott’s Still Asking for It (Joe’s Pub), Superterranean, Fire Burns Hot: Little Reno!, I Promised Myself to Live Faster and 99 Break-Ups (Pig Iron Theatre Company). Published in “Black Body Amnesia” and movement research Performance Journal #45 and at hyperallergic.com. 2015, 2021 Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant, 2016 Pew Fellow, 2017 Independence Fellowship, 2020 Ruthie Award & Hodder Fund Grant, 2023 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grantee.

Danny Wilfred (he/they) is thrilled to make his Theatre Exile debut! A few theater credits include: Off-Broadway: The Appointment (Fetus/Michael) WP Theatre. Regional: Gay Mis (Parmesan) Jaffe St Queer Productions; Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Panto (Mean Flower) People’s Light; Cabaret (Emcee), A Funny Thing... Forum (Lycus) Highlands Playhouse; Sister Act (Eddie Souther) Media Theatre; Shrek (Donkey) Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; A Chorus Line (Richie Walters) John W. Engeman Theater. Tour: Flashdance (C.C., North America/New Zealand), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Papa Who u/s), A Christmas Story (Ensemble). BFA Musical Theater, University of Michigan. IG: @wannydilfred

Kishia Nixon is a Barrymore award-winning actress/performer from Philadelphia. She is a member of the Tony award-winning Wilma theater HotHouse company. Some Recent theater credits include: Holy Grail of Memphis,The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and Clyde’s(Arden Theater Co );Amsterdam (Theater Ariel) Green Eyes,The Strange Play (Tennessee Williams Festival); Say it ain't so (Revolution Shakespeare ); Fabulation or the Re-education of Undine,The Comedy of errors (Lantern Theater Company); The Comedy of errors (Shakespeare in Clark park) Thank to everyone working on this production! Black lives matter.

Ontaria Kim Wilson is a multi-hyphenated artist based out of Philadelphia, PA. She holds an MFA in Directing and she is an Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing at DeSales University.

Credits

Half God of Rainfall (Wilma Theatre);Rennie Harris Puremovement; Eve and Teddy Pendergrass (Choreographer/ Dancer); Moreno (Interact Theatre); Les Blancs (Egopo Classic Theatre); Blood At The Root (Temple University)

Alien Nation (Williamstown Theater Festival); Wine In The Wilderness (Egopo Classic Theatre); School Girls or The African Mean Girls Play (Arden Theatre); Fences (PA Shakespeare Festival); The Ways of White Folks (Egopo Classic Theatre); American Fast (Interact Theatre); Ramayana (Egopo Classic Theatre); For My Man (TV ONE); Les Blancs (Egopo Classic Theatre)

;As You Like It (Shakespeare In Clark Park); The Ways of White Folks (Egopo Classic Theatre);From Okra To Greens A Different Type of Love Story (Temple University); If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be A Muhfucka (Temple University); The Proposal (Temple University)

Theatre Exile debut! A proud UArts alum and former professor, Chris has designed sets and props throughout Philadelphia for almost 25 years earning four Barrymore nominations for Best Scenic Design: Torch Song at 1812 Productions, Man of La Mancha at Delaware Theatre Company, Alice in Wonderland at People’s Light and Time Is On Our Side at Simpatico Theatre. He has also designed sets and/or props for Spiegelworld’s The Hook in Atlantic City and Disco Show in Las Vegas, Desaparecidas LLC con La Familia, Milwaukee Rep, Power Street Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, Philadelphia Theatre Company, InterAct, Inis Nua Theatre Company, EgoPo Classic Theatre, Gunnar Montana Productions, Bristol Riverside Theatre, University of the Arts, Arcadia University, Villanova University, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Tribe of Fools, and Delaware Shakespeare Festival. Chris is a proud member of the Society of Prop Managers, Local USA 829 and the Executive Board of Philadelphia Scenic Works. www.chrishaigdesigns.com

Natalie Robin (she/her) is a lighting designer, labor organizer and educator. She is the full-time organizer for United Scenic Artists, Local 829, IATSE, of which she is a proud and longtime member. She is the co-author of Theatre Work: reimagining the labor of theatrical production which investigates the question of artmaking, specifically theatrical production, as work. Previously she taught at several institutions of higher education, most recently the University of the Arts. She believes everyone should have the protections of a union. She has had many longtime artistic homes, and one of the longest is Target Margin Theater, of which she is an Associate Artist. Natalie loves musicals. www.natalierobinlighting.com

A graduate of Temple University (BA, MEd). Melody is happy to be back for another season at Theatre Exile.

Credits include: Camp Siegfried, Case for the existence of God, Abandon, The Light, Wolfplay at Theater Exile, American Fast with InterAct, Dreamgirls with Theater in the X, In Search of the Kitchen Gods with 1812 Productions, Group!, Janet Wide Awake and Ok Trenton with Passage Theatre. Transworld, Publik Private with Playpenn.

Other companies include: Power Street, PAPA, Kimmel Center, Opera Philadelphia, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Ballet X, Modero Dance Co. Asian Arts Initiative.

Certified Advanced Actor Combatant with Fight Directors Canada and SAFD. Member of Chinatown Dragon boat team. Philadelphia Suns Volleyball and Lion Dance. Part of the NO ARENA Coalition.

Miranda M Watkins (they/them) is thrilled to be back with Theatre Exile! Their recent stage managing credits include, One Monkey Don't Stop No Show with Theatre in the X, An Army of Lovers with Azuka Theatre, and A Case For The Existence of God with Theatre Exile.

LeVonne Lindsay (Costume Designer) is the Costume Shop Manager for the Lang Performing Arts Center at Swarthmore College. LeVonne received her B.S. in Fashion Design from Philadelphia University and her M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of Maryland, College Park. A recipient of the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship at Arena Stage from 2001-2003, she became the Resident Designer for the African Continuum Theatre from 2002-2004. Since returning to Philadelphia, some recent design credits include Arden Theatre Company: Radio Gulf, Into the Woods, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Ragtime, The Bluest Eye, Gem of the Ocean; Wilma Theater: Kiss, Kill Move Paradise; Philadelphia Theatre Company: The Garbologists, Sweat; InterAct Theatre Company: Selling Kabul. Other regional credits include productions at Arena Stage, The Hangar Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Indiana Repertory Theater, The Everyman Theater, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Theater, Trinity Repertory Theater, and Indiana Repertory Theater.

Nana Nimako has designed props and set pieces for Theatre in the X’s summer productions of One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (2024), Zooman and the Sign (2023), Dreamgirls (2022), The West Philly Meeting (2021), The Beast of Nubia (2019), The Colored Museum (2019), and The Wiz (2018). Nana has also designed props for the company's co-production of Pass Over (2021) with Theatre Exile.

Natali Merrill is a sound and technology designer and engineer excited to return to Theatre Exile! Based in Philadelphia, she has been the sound designer for productions including Ghost Ride (Agile Rascal Bike Theatre), Siluetas (Power Street Theatre), Broads (1812 Productions), Spring Awakening (Bryn Mawr College), High Noon (Ninth Planet), Shakespeare’s R&J (New Light Theatre Company), Fucking A (Swarthmore College), Riot Antigone and Cabaret (Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges). She has worked with Theatre Exile, 11th Hour Theatre Company, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, New Century Theatre Company in Seattle, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. A graduate of Haverford College with a major in physics, she researched and wrote a thesis on acoustics in performance halls with RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany. She is also a singer and composer. www.nmerrill.com