Dior Davenport, Seattle: Dior is excited to begin her first year with Living Voices.  Dior graduated from Washington State University where she performed in the productions A Raisin in the Sun as Lena Younger and Death and the King's Horseman as Iyaloja.  After graduation she moved to Los Angeles where she attended the American Musical Dramatic Academy and Playhouse West Acting School.   There she went through intensive training in Dance, Movement, Stage combat, and the Meisner Technique.  Dior is also a member of the Tribes Project and the founder of D'Vine Artist (www.dvineartist.org).  Dior is honored to be playing the part of Ruby Hollis in The Right to Dream and is looking forward to the journey ahead.

Sylvie Davidson, Seattle:  Sylvie Davidson is a Poulsbo, WA native and a graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, IL. Having interned with Living Voices in 2004, she is pleased to be joining the company as an actor. Sylvie has performed locally with LG! Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, and ACT. She is also a Planetarium and Stage Science Teacher with Pacific Science Center.

Marcel Davis, Seattle:   Marcel Davis is truly honored to be performing in his seventh year with Living Voices. A Seattle native, Marcel broke into acting 9 years ago while performing with Seattle's own Nu Black Arts West Theatre. With Nu Black, Marcel was blessed with the opportunity to perform in Ghana, West Africa for Panafest '05. Marcel completed training in 2005 as a recipient of the Freehold Theatre Lab Diversity Scholarship Program. Other stage credits include Crooks in 'Of Mice and Men', Willie in 'Master Harold...and the Boys'; both with Seattle Public Theater, Jerome in 'Bobby and Jerome'; (world premiere with Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center), and Bernard in 'Death of a Salesman'; also with LHPAC. Although Marcel's background is in theater, the past few years have been very fruitful with lead and supporting roles in both television and independent film projects. Most recently, Marcel appeared in a co-starring role in TNT's hit show 'LEVERAGE.' Marcel was also cast for a lead supporting role in an Indie Sci-fi feature, 'The Last Colony'; which shot in LA, and is scheduled to premiere in the fall of 2010. Marcel would like to thank Living Voices for its continued commitment to keeping history alive in the minds of youths and adults.
"Art is vision...It must lead somewhere. It must lead to the enrichment of life." (Unknown Rastafarian Sculptor)

Dan Dennis, Music Composer, Virginia:  Dan began with Living Voices as one of the original Dust Bowl boys portraying Mark Dobson in Journey from the Dust.  After touring throughout the US for several years, he moved into production work for Living Voices, composing and recording music for La Causa, Native Vision, Island of Hope, and most recently Hear My Voice.  In Seattle, Dan has performed as actor, singer,and musician with Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle Opera, Intiman Theatre, and others.  He has written many musical scores for Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Theater Simple, Capitol Hill Arts Center, and Open Circle Theater.  He helped create and has performed STARBALL (a dreamy musical astronomy show) at some of the world's best known planetaria including New York's Hayden Planetarium, Chicago's Adler Planetarium, and at La Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias in Valencia, Spain.  He is a member of Actor's Equity Association and is currently teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University where he will receive his MFA in Theatre Pedagogy.

Ellen Dessler, Seattle:  Ellen is proud to start her third season with such a fabulous company. She also tours the country with Effective Arts (an adult training company using interactive drama.) She is a board member of ReAct were she has performed in multiple shows including both runs of School House Rock: Live! Seattle area theatres: ArtsWest, Village Theatre, Theatre Schmeater, Bellevue Civic, CLO, Harlequin (Olympia), Annex, Second Story Repertory, Open Circle, and Interplayers Ensemble (Spokane). Toured with Small Change Original Theatre (based in Minneapolis) and in Alaska with Princess Cruise Lines and Tours. A graduate of University of Washington and New York's Circle in the Square (summer workshop).

Campbell Echols, new York City: Campbell is thrilled to be performing with Living Voices. She is a writer and an Equity actor who trained at the Guildford School of Acting & Dance in Surrey England and earned a BA (Hons) in Theatre Studies from Rose Buford & University of Manchester in the UK. After performing and traveling with the Classical Theatre Company in England, Campbell returned home to work in the Washington, DC, performing with the Glen Echo Dance Theatre Arts Lab, Source Theatre, Georgetown Theatre Company, DCAC and Shakespeare on the Green. Now living in New York City, Campbell has worked with Manhattan Theatre Source, Collective Unconscious Writers Project and with Boo Arts. She most recently finished work on two short films: The Underground and The Other Side of Tomorrow.

Lily Gladstone,  Seattle: Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet/Nez Perce) graduated with a BFA in Acting and a Minor in Native American Studies from the University of Montana in 2008.  Most recently, she completed a year-long tour with the Montana Repertory Theatre's production of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.   Born and raised on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana, Lily is excited to be a part of an expanding presence of Native voices in the performing arts.  In the words of Alice Benally's grandmother, "To speak a thought is to give it power." Therefore, to carry one through to performance gives it exceptional power.  To perform the stories of real people and real experience carries a heavy responsibility.  It is with this belief that Lily is both honored and humbled to be a part of Living Voices.  She hopes that through Native Vision, she can in some way honor this story of extreme adversity, extraordinary resilience and, ultimately, of healing.

Elizabeth Falzone, Managing Director,  Seattle:   I'm a full-charge bookkeeper with over 20 years experience in a variety of businesses and nonprofits.  I have a Bachelors of Science from Illinois State in Multidisciplinary Studies.  I studied Adolescent Education, Mathematics, and Science and never figured out what I was meant to be! I'm currently attending Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry in the Masters of Pastoral Studies program.  In addition to my work at Living Voices, I'm a part-time employee and active parishioner/volunteer at St. James Cathedral in Seattle.  I've been working for Living Voices since 2001.  (Go Cubs!)

Kristen Foster, Denver:  Kristen is a Denver-based Equity actress who has had extensive experience both in New York City as well as regionally.  While in New York she worked with Tony award winner Marion Seldes in Edward Albee's Off-Broadway and NY Premiere of The Play About the Baby.  She has performed a number of roles in children's theatre and enjoys Shakespeare as well, where favorites include include playing Olivia in Twelfth Night and Hamlet in Hamlet.  Kristen is an Occupational Therapist and teaches hatha yoga, kids yoga, and pre-natal yoga.

D.J. Gommels, Music Composer, Seattle:   D.J. has been a pianist, arranger, conductor, and music director in theatre for over 20 years. He has worked in numerous venues for summer stock, regional, dinner theatre and touring productions throughout the United States.  D.J. has also enjoyed a career in opera and is a frequent soloist with orchestra ensembles across the United States and Canada as well as many opera companies.   D.J. received his training from the University of South Dakota and The Peabody Conservatory.  He has received numerous awards and citations for contributions to music and musical theatre. Currently D.J. works in Seattle at the Cornish College for the Arts as an accompanist and instructor.

Aaron Goodson, Atlanta:   Originally from Seattle, Washington, Aaron has graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, with a BFA in Drama and double major in Africana Studies. He can also be seen on stage with Progress Theatre ( www.ProgressTheatre.com). He is very excited to be working with Living Voices and is always looking for ways to use his art towards education and social activism.