Thomas Brazzle
(Co-Founder): Thomas Brazzle is an actor, writer and director originally from Texas. He got his start training in child television and commercial performance at KD Studios in Dallas, TX. After spending time studying abroad in London and Barcelona, Thomas returned to the U.S. to focus on creating new work and working in regional theatre. He has performed at The Guthrie in Minneapolis, Shakespeare and Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Connecticut Rep, The Alley and many other regional theaters. His plays have been selected for readings nationwide, and his play "Smoked" will have a world premiere with MOJOAA Performing Arts Company in 2021. Thomas also teaches theatre performance for high schoolers at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA and guest lectures at Universities throughout Georgia. He is also the Chair of Programming for the Historic Morton Theatre in Athens, GA. He graduated from Stephen F Austin State University in 2008 with a BFA in Theatre, and in 2014 from The University of Connecticut with a MFA in Acting. (www.thomasbrazzle.com)
Atalanta Siegel
(Co-Founder): Atalanta is an actor, educator, filmmaker, and currently in pursuit of becoming a certified intimacy director. Originally from Washington D.C., she began acting and teaching with Shakespeare and world-premiere plays with Lumina Studios in Silver Spring, MD. She received her BA in Theatre and English from Oberlin College, after which she was an actor, educator, and scenic technician at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. She has worked with theatrical programs that serve and engage with the psychiatric residential community, juvenile delinquents, inner-city youth, rural youth, veterans in the arts, and anti-racist initiatives. After years in New York City working in production for Broadway shows, network television, and new play development in addition to film and stage acting, she moved to Georgia for her MFA in Acting at the University of Georgia. She was the recipient of the Jane Mulkey and Rufus King Green Graduate Fellowship for creating the position of Intimacy Advisor at the University of Georgia and is working with faculty to increase awareness and incorporate the pedagogy into their artistic process. In addition to developing curriculums for undergraduate courses as an instructor of record, she has also been an education artist at Aurora Theatre, UGA Digital Film Academy, Life On Campus with CHW Productions, and Athens Little Playhouse. Her embodied research process for her thesis, Don Nigro's "The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines", was a finalist for the 4’33” Research in the Arts Competition. (www.atalantasiegel.com)