Resident Artists have an ongoing history of working on stage and behind-the-scenes of Artists Rep’s main stage productions. They collaborate with administrative staff on education, community engagement, new play development, and fundraising efforts. The Resident Artist title is offered by the Artistic Director in appreciation of each artist’s achievements with ART and in the spirit of continued collaboration. These multidisciplinary theatre makers are deeply committed to ART’s success, share organizational values, and participate in decision-making processes that impact the theatre’s mission and its future.
Allen is currently resident artist at Artists Repertory Theatre where he previously served as Artistic Director for 25 years. Besides directing many productions at Artists Rep, Allen directed at many professional theaters throughout the Northwest. As an actor Allen...
Andrea Stolowitz is a three-time winner of the Oregon Book Award in drama. Her plays have been developed and presented nationally and internationally at theaters such as The Long Wharf, The Old Globe, The Cherry Lane, and New York Stage and Film. The LA Times calls...
Andrea is so excited to perform her second show with Artists Rep after performing in A Civil War Christmas last season. She is a native of Miami, Florida. She is also a former Portland Playhouse Apprentice. She was last seen in Building the Wall with Triangle...
Ayanna (She, Her, Hers) is a professional actress based in the Pacific Northwest. She is a Resident Artist of Artists Repertory Theatre, member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA and recipient of the Round 14 TCG and Fox Fellowship Foundation grant for...
She/her/hers Born and raised in Taiwan, Barbie discovered her passion for acting in 2003 as an exchange student in Eugene. After earning her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon, she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from Southern Methodist...
Bobby Brewer-Wallin (he, him, his) Resident Artist. Professor of Theatre. With an MFA in costume design from CalArts, he joined the faculty at Willamette University in 2000. He teaches courses in Costume Design, Global Fashion History, and seminars on the subjects of...
Carol Ann has been stage managing for 20+ years and is currently a resident artist at Artists Repertory Theater in Portland, Oregon. While at ART she has stage-managed: The Weir, Art, The Shape of Things, Copenhagen, Top Dog/Underdog, The Lobby Hero, Mercy Seat,...
E. M. Lewis is an award-winning playwright, teacher, and opera librettist. Her work has been produced around the world, and published by Samuel French. Lewis received the Steinberg Award for both How the Light Gets In and Song of Extinction, and the Primus Prize for...
Gregory is currently Theater Program Director and Associate Professor of costume design, make up and choreography for the University of Portland Drama Department and one of Artists Rep’s Resident Artists. He moved to Portland after a successful run as an Associate...
JoAnn’s directing credits for Artists Rep include Ballerina, Birdsend, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Vanya, Blackbird, The Gin Game, Grand Concourse, and I and You. Other directing credits include The School for Lies and Boom (Theatre Vertigo); Macbeth (Quintessence...
A native of San Diego, CA, John first worked at Artists Rep on Jack Goes Boating in 2011. He has since appeared in The Motherfucker with the Hat, Exiles, The Invisible Hand, The Liar, Grand Concourse, A Civil War Christmas, Trevor, The Talented Ones, An Octoroon, The...
Currently living in Portland, OR, Josie is a resident artist with Artists Repertory Theater. She’s an international creator of theater arts, who moves in several circles. As proud member of the LineStorm Play Writes Collective, she is the author of Petite Dames,...
Kevin is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep and the co-founder of the The Red Door Project. Kevin has enjoyed working on the American stage for more than 30 years. Regional theaters include American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, San Jose Repertory Theatre,...
Kristeen received her BA from Centre College in Danville, KY and received her MFA in lighting design from Wayne State University, Hilberry Company in Detroit, MI. She joined the ART staff as Associate Producer and Production Manager in 2016 and was Production Manager...
Lava Alapai (She/Her) is a playwright and director, born in Okinawa, Japan, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her recent directing credits include School Girls, or; the African Mean Girls Play for Portland Center Stage, The Chinese Lady, The Revolutionists, and An...
In her five seasons at Artists Rep Megan has designed: scenery for The Humans, Caught, The Importance of Being Earnest, American Hero, Feathers and Teeth, The Understudy, and Xmas Unplugged, scenery and projections for Exiles and The Skin of Our Teeth, and most...
Michael is Artistic Director of Portland Shakespeare Project, a Resident Artist at Artists Repertory Theatre and the resident Shakespeare teacher with The Actors Conservatory. Well known in Portland as an actor, director and teacher, Michael received a Bachelor of...
Chelle sprouted roots in the Portland Theatre Community 15 years ago. In the time since she has had the distinct joy of collaborating with companies including Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Theatre Vertigo, Staged!, and...
Pancho Savery is Professor of English, Humanities, and American Studies at Reed College, where he teaches courses on modern and contemporary drama, African-American literature, American literature and culture, and American Indian fiction. He has published essays on...
Sarah Gahagan is a multimedia artist and costume designer for theatre and dance, as well as being a design instructor and resident costume designer at Portland Community College. Sarah has collaborated with many of Oregon's beloved arts organizations including: Artist...
Sarah Lucht is an actor, educator, and workshop facilitator. A Resident Artist since 2013, Sarah first appeared at Artists Rep in The Artificial Jungle some 30 years ago. Since then, she has appeared in numerous productions including most recently as God/Usher in...
Sharath (he/him/his) was raised between Appalachia and India while spending the following years studying across Europe and New England. Before arriving in the Pacific Northwest, he spent nearly a decade as a lead sound designer in New York City. Design highlights...
Susannah is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep where she has performed in many productions, and serves as Music Events Specialist. In other theatrical endeavors, she recently appeared as Mistress Hibbins in Scarlet at Portland Playhouse, and Mrs. Lovett in Portland...
Val grew up in Wheaton, IL just outside of Chicago. At the age of four she realized that her imagination was pretty cool, so she spent most of her childhood and adolescent years playing make believe as much as possible. Luckily her parents thought this was a positive...
Vana has been involved with Artists Rep since 1981 when she and a small group of fellow theatre artists started the new company in the Portland World Young Women's Christian Association. Since that time, she has worked on several different Portland stages and seen...
Vin Shambry is a published writer, acclaimed storyteller, International actor, and director. I am truly honored to be an artist in residence at Artists Repertory Theater for the last several years. This opportunity to be part of such incredible work in the Mercery...