Daniel Adams,  New York: Daniel, A Texas native, holds a BA in theatre with an emphasis in acting from St. Edward's University in Austin, TX. There he spent four summers teaching and creating curriculum for educational camps for children of all ages. The camps focused on acting, movement, Shakespeare and basic musicianship. He was also the showcase Director for the Texas Arts Project in '08. Favorite acting credits include: Huck in Big River, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Beethoven in Dog Sees God, the Balladeer in Assassins and Brit Craig in Parade. His performances have garnished two Critics Table Awards from the Austin Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman.

Leya Adler, New York:   Leya is excited to be performing with Living Voices. She considers herself a theatre practitioner with a love for acting, directing, and teaching theatre.  Leya holds an M.A. from NYU in Educational Theatre with an emphasis in directing. She completed her undergraduate studies at Florida State University in Theatre with an acting emphasis. Past favorite roles include Jesse in Night Mother, Six Doctors in Reckless, Nurse in Romeo and Juliet and Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream whereby she was awarded recognition through the English Speakers Union. Directing credits include, The Would be Gentleman, Flowers for Algernon, I Never Saw Another Butterfly , and  A Shayna Maidel,. Her production of A Shayna Maidel won the Ellie Weisel honorable mention award in 2004. She most recently directed the second cast of the Off-Broadway production of Last Jew in Europe. She has also taught acting full time at a school for the arts in Florida and continues to teach in the New York area.

Earl Alexander,  Seattle: Earl first performed with Living Voices in 1999, and has traveled the country performing "The Right To Dream".  He holds  a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts.  He has performed in various theatre productions, on camera and voiceover work over the years, one of his favorite projects is portraying the voice of Louis in the "Left 4 Dead" video game series.  Earl is excited to continue performing the Right To Dream this upcoming year.

Jamie Askew, Associate Director, New York: Jamie Askew has been performing with Living Voices since 2004 and in New York and regional theatre productions for the past nine years.   Recent roles include: Lady Lurewell u/s - The Constant Couple (The Pearl Theatre Company) Louka u/s - Arms and the Man (The Pearl Theatre Company),  Elaine - Birdbrain (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and Choub - The Viy (HERE).   Jamie is a graduate of Mary Washington College, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Shakespeare Intensive), and was in the apprentice companies of Williamstown Theatre Festival and Actors Theatre of Louisville

Rachel Atkins, (Script Writer) Seattle:   In addition to being the Scriptwriter and Education Director for Living Voices, Rachel Atkins is a master teaching artist for Seattle Repertory Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Arts Impact, and the Washington State Arts Commission. Rachel has adapted numerous productions for Book-It's mainstage and touring seasons, and was an Annex Theatre Hothouse 2004 playwright. Her plays have also been seen locally at Seattle Children's Theatre, The Empty Space Theatre and 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival. Previously, she was the Scriptwriter/Dramaturge and Director of Education for Ardeo Theatre Project in St. Julien l'Ars, France. Rachel has over 16 years of writing, teaching and directing experience in Seattle, New York and France with the aforementioned theatres, as well as The Empty Space Theatre, Pilgrim Center for the Arts, Youth Theatre Northwest, Creative Arts Team, Bertschi School, Northwest School, Group Health Cooperative, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington Outreach, King County Libraries & Seattle Public Schools. She graduated from Dartmouth College and holds her Masters in Educational Theatre from New York University.

Christine Avila, Los Angeles:   Christine Avila was an original cast member of the Mark Taper  Forum's ZOOT SUIT, and, recently, performed at the Kirk Douglas Theater in DOGEATERS. Recent screen credits: RAISING THE BAR, HEROES, E.R., HOUSE, and LIAR, LIAR .   Christine performed the role of "Antonio" in MERCHANT OF VENICE for LA Women's  Shakespeare Co..   She was also in the original
cast of South Coast Rep's LA POSADA MAJICA. Christine is a eight time invitee to  the Sundance Playwrights Festival, a founding member of We Tell Stories and The Classical Theatre Lab, and an Associate Artist at the former LATC.   Other regional theater credits:  Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, San Jose Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Colorado Springs Shakespeare, Pasadena Shakespeare Company and Bilingual Foundation for the Arts. Awards: Two  Dramalogue Awards; Teacher Of The Year (UCLA Extension); two citations from the City of L.A. (SIPA & Fred C. Nelles School for Boys). She graduated from UCLA, and studied with Sandy Meisner and Bill Esper at the Neighborhood Playhouse. She has
taught at UCSB,  USC and UCLA,  and is an Associate Teacher  at the Steve Eastin Studios .  She is a member of THE ACTORS GANG.

Britt Boyd, Seattle:  According to her mother, Britt learned to sing before she could talk, a talent that went unappreciated until she got cast in her first paying show. Performing has taken her around the world and back to her hometown of Seattle, where she spends her days opening young minds to the joy of theatre. A graduate of the University of Washington, she is a musical theatre historian and avid stage combatant. Britt is thrilled to return for her third season at Living Voices.

Natalie Burgess, New York: In addition to being performer with Living Voices, Natalie Burgess is a performer, composer, playwright and mask and puppet designer specializing in theatre for young audiences. She is the Artistic Director of Paper City Productions, a New York City theatre company which utilizes her handmade designs and original songs and scripts presenting new stories to family audiences. She holds a BA in Psychology from Sonoma State University and an MA in Educational Theatre from NYU. She is thrilled to be a part of Living Voices - bringing quality educational theatre to audiences of all ages.

Susanna Burney, Actor/Director, Seattle: Susanna Burney is proud to be a part of Living Voices since 2003.  For the past 20 years she's made Seattle her home.  Favorite Seattle performances include, Chorus in Electra, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Phebe in As You Like It (Seattle Shakespeare Company); The Laramie Project (Empty Space); Jacques in As You Like It and Emilia in Othello (Wooden O); locally she's also worked with Seattle Children's Theatre, Book-It Rep, Empty Space, Annex and more. Susanna has performed in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Portland, Maine, and at the Edinburgh Festival. She also directs, and is the founding artistic director of Our American Theater Company, dedicated to producing great American plays.  Susanna received her BFA in acting from Boston University.

Gavin Cummins, Seattle:  Gavin has been appeared on numerous local stages including, Book-It Rep, Washington Ensemble Theater, ArtsWest, Harlequin, Wooden O, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Annex Theater, Theater Schmeater, Next Stage and others. Gavin is also a puppeteer working with Thistle Theater, "Magic Teakettle", "Gingerbread Boy" and others as well as with Brian Kooser in "UFO the puppet show" and "Dracula: A Case Study". Gavin is also the Artistic Associate with Our American Theater Company. All his love goes out to D.