Daye Thomas

Daye Thomas (they/them) is a theatre artist, cultural organizer, and planning analyst whose work centers on storytelling, equity, and connection. They currently serve as Engagement Director for Corrib Theatre, which is the Irish theatre in the PNW, and are on the board of Roots and All Theatre Ensemble, a QTBIPOC dance-theatre company, who recently commissioned Daye to co-write their first-ever musical for Stage Fright Festival, ‘You’re the One In Here’! Over the past eight years, they have worked across sound, devising, directing, engineering, stage management, and performance–basically every theatre job except lighting. Beyond the stage, Daye helps out in community with Concerned Artists of the Philippines (Portland), coordinating arts-based workshops, kultural performances, grassroots fundraising, and cross-cultural partnerships, with a focus on research and education. They are excited to join PATHWAYS amidst their diverse background, as they often wrestle with how to capture the complexity of identity, politics, and art.