Jean Goto, New York:   Jean Goto, a native New Yorker, is a graduate from NYU's drama department.  She is a founder of The Anthropologists, a movement based theater company performing in New York City.  Her theater projects include Give Us Bread (The Anthropologists), Strange Attractors (The Flea), Pelops Children (Adam Marple), Falling (Flux Theater Ensemble), Guidance (Small Pond), 365 plays/365 days (Ma-Yi Theater), The Christopher Columbus Project (Katherine and Friends), and The Potato Play (Milk Can Theater).  Her various film projects include Race Riot (Comedy Central Pilot), The Greatest Cubist Ever (NYU), Simple Days (NYFA thesis film), Antithesis (CCNY grad film), and Dinner Date (Jesse Ash Productions).  She also recently did voice-over work for Pretending to Work (Dennis Liu).

Jen Grigg, San Francisco:   Jen has been a member of Living Voices on and off since 2001. An avid traveler, she has performed on stages from Seattle to New York, New Mexico to Louisville and is proud to have acted in the Humana Festival of New American Plays. She is the curator of FUSION Theatre's new play festival, The Seven, and for the past three summer's was a stage combat and dialect instructor at Albuquerque Academy. Favorite roles include  Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Catherine in Boston Marriage, Rebecca in The Long Christmas Ride Home. Mrs.Grigg holds a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts and is also a nationally certified massage therapist.

Kathy Hsieh, Development Director, Seattle:  Kathy Hsieh is the Community Liaison for the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs for Seattle. She is also one of the original founders, creators, and producers of SIS Productions. Kathy sits on the Freehold Studio/Theatre Lab Diversity Scholarship Committee, on the Advisory Board for ReAct, and on the Fred Hutchinson Research Center's Chinese Women's Cancer Project. She has also served as Development Director for Living Voices for ten years. Kathy is one of the original founders of Theatre Puget Sound, and has served as Treasurer for the League of Fringe Theatres, Board President for ReAct, and Board President for the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation where she helped to create their Summer Youth Leadership Program. An award-winning actor, playwright and director, Kathy spent seven years touring the United States and Canada presenting over a thousand performances of Within the Silence for Living Voices. Her script B4 was selected won Honorable Mention in the National Works of Merit Playwriting Contest 2007 and was selected as part of the International Centre for Women Playwrights' "Chicago Her-rah Festival 2007." She is also featured in The Dramatist Magazine's July/August cover story as one of "50 to Watch."

Elgin Kelley, Denver: Elgin has appeared as Miep at the Denver Center Theatre Company in The Diary of Anne Frank  for which she received a Marlowe Award for Best Supporting Actress, Denver Center. Other area work includes 4 seasons at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival ( Love's Labours Lost, Around the World in 80 Days, As You Like It, Othello & more), and the Avenue Theatre (Dog Sees God for which she was honored with a Henry Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play, and Ovation! & Marlowe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comic Role, Oleanna,  Beyond Therapy, and  Metamorphoses), in addition to many other companies and roles. Elgin enjoys Theatre for Young Audiences specifically, and spent the last six years as an Actor and Workshop Instructor at the Denver Children's Theatre in such productions as Sleeping Beauty, Ramona Quimby, and Rikki Tikki Tavi. Her performance as the brave mongoose, along with her portrayal of Desdemona in Othello and an Irish Immigrant in The Crimson Thread gained her Best Year by an Actress in 2005 from the Denver Post.

Rachael McClinton, Artistic Director, Seattle:   Rachael McClinton is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Living Voices. She received her theatre training at SUNY Purchase in New York and at Bennington College in Vermont. For two years she toured with children's theatre programs, including World of Wonder for the Denver Natural History Museum. While in Colorado, Rachael received outstanding notices for her work in the role of Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank which was presented in conjunction with the Anne Frank national touring exhibit. As artistic director and performer, Rachael regularly presents Through the Eyes of a Friend, schedule every booking, and trains and manages the entire company of performers.

Michael McClinton, Producer, Seattle:   Received his degrees in Theatre and Mass Communications from the University of Denver.  His skills have been instrumental in the creation of Living Voices and its unique programs.  Television work includes KUSA in Denver, WNET in New York, and KOMO, KCTS, KCPQ and FSN in Seattle as well as the Denver Center Media Center at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.  He is currently a promotions producer at KCTS 9 (PBS) in Seattle.  Michael has performed in touring educational theatre in Kids Kronikles and Tales Folks Tell with Seven Ages Productions in Colorado.  Seattle credits: Beside a Celtic Fire and The Investigation.  Michael has produced all of Living Voices' programs as well as creating our posters and performs Journey from the Dust.

Suzu McConnell Wood,  New York: Suzu McConnell-Wood is thrilled to be performing in "Within the Silence" with Living Voices.  Suzu, a theater professional and arts educator with a B.A in Drama and Arts Education from Leeds University, is currently pursuing her Masters in Applied Theatre with CUNY/SPS and the renowned Creative Arts Team.
  As a director she led Vital Children's Theatre for three seasons and directed the Off Broadway shows "The Bully" and "Pinkalicious - the Musical."  Suzu has been a Teaching Artist since 2001, teaching and creating curriculum for grades Pre k-8 on subjects including  Math through Art and Drama and Conflict Resolution.  As a performer she has devised and performed in Drama in Education (D.I.E)
programs in schools throughout UK.   In the US, Suzu is the Curriculum Supervisor for Kids Creative, overseeing the peace and creative arts After School Program in NY Pubic Schools.

Ken Mochizuki, Script Writer, Seattle:  Ken is the author of three children's picture books, Baseball Saved Us, Heroes, and Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story.  Baseball Saved Us was the winner of the Parent's Choice Award, the Washington State Governor's Writers Award, and was named "Best Multicultural Title of 1993" by Publishers Weekly.  Ken is a Seattle native.  He received his degree in Communications from the University of Washington and spent several years as a journalist.  Ken travels around the country giving presentations to schools and educational groups.

Elizabeth Rainer, New York: Elizabeth has been a company member of Living Voices since 2001. She currently performs Through the Eyes of a Friend, The New American, The Island of Hope, and Hear my Voice. Most recently, Elizabeth revised her role as Janis in Love, Janis at The Downstairs Cabaret in Rochester, New York. She has acted in plays across the country at such theaters as The Roundabout Theatre Company, The Arizona Theatre Company, The Cleveland Playhouse, The Denver center Theatre Company, The Marine's Memorial Theatre, Theatre Aspen, Curious Theatre Company, The Arvada Center, The Nomad Theatre, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre and New York Art Theatre. Screen Credits include Jack Goes Boating (Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman), Silver City (Directedby John Sayles) and The Five. Television credits include "As the World Turns" and "America's Most Wanted" . Elizabeth received her MFA in acting at Southern Methodist University.

Marisol Sanchez,  New York: Marisol graduated from San Diego State University where she obtained a dual Bachelor's Degree in Theatre, Film and Television and Spanish. Marisol was accepted to attend the British American Drama Academy in Oxford , England where she was fortunate enough study under top actors such as Fiona Shaw and John Barton. In 2007, she graduated from University of Florida with her Master of Fine Arts degree. She taught college theatre courses while completing her degree in performance. While residing in Seattle , she has worked in various theatre companies as an educator and actor. Marisol completed her Education internship and Teaching Artist training apprentice program at the Seattle Children's Theatre, where she studied under Karen Sharp, Education Director for the Seattle Children's Theatre.