creators

  Leyla DeMolina (Lulu) is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary theater and film artist. She is an actor, a dancer, a writer, a baker, and a competitive crossword puzzler. Leyla is drawn to immersive, experiential work that incorporates movement practices, collaborative storytelling, and explorations of the senses. Leyla has worked with Third Rail Projects, SheNYC Arts, Manhattan School of Music, and as a kid's summer theater teacher. Some recent project highlights include performing in a collaborative devised piece with the Underground Skills Exchange (May 2022) and acting in the play "Miss Memphis" for the Rogue Theater Festival (June 2022). She is a Shakespeare nerd, companion to a cat named Paloma, and an eternal thalassophile. Leyla holds a BA in Theater Arts and Performance Studies from Brown University. 

Stephen Kalpin (Kyle) is an actor and playwright based in Hartford, CT. Recently, he has performed as Chuck in She Kills Monsters at Hole in the Wall Theater in New Britain, and in multiple productions with New Zenith Theatre Company: Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hugo in Tuck Everlasting. Stephen is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University, where he studies both English and Theatre Performance. While at CCSU, he performed in such roles as Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Conrad in Stupid F**** Bird.

Maggie Tumiotto Jackson (Linda/Root Witch) is an actor, singer, dancer, and performance artist based in Queens, New York. For many years, she performed concert dance, plays, and musical theatre behind the proscenium, but now works primarily in interactive theatre. She is involved on an ongoing basis in immersive dinner theatre with The Murder Mystery Company, and serves as a standardized patient actor in several New York area hospital systems. Having worked as a Girl Scout camp counselor for nine summers in her home state of Tennessee, Maggie feels very at home in the outdoors, and loves the mutual teaching-and-learning process of working with children and young adults. You can read more about Maggie at www.maggietumiottojackson.com!

Katherine Braun (Production Manager/Understudy) is a New York based Stage Manager and Actor. Originally from Adelaide, Australia she moved to New York to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she graduated in 2016. In Australia Katherine graduated from the Adelaide Center of Performing Arts with a degree in Stage Management and Technical Production.  She has worked professionally as a Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager, touring both nationally and internationally. Australian companies include State Theatre Company of South Australia, Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, State Opera of South Australia, Patch, Brink Productions, Adelaide Arts Festival, WOMAD.  Her acting credits include, The Chekov Trilogy (F2T), The Constant Wife, Habeas Corpus, The Dancers, Summer Brave (AADA), Mrs Warren’s Profession, Othello, Medea, Absurd Person Singular (AADA Studio). New York based Stage Management/Tech Production include the 2022 Tribeca Festival. Katherine is part of the expert team at Pivot Dancer (@pivotdancer), where she is specializes in pointe shoe fitting, both in New York and internationally.