has been designing lighting and sound for more than 40 years. Credits include the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Cabaret Theater, Broadway Rose Theater, Formations Dance Project, and the Britt Festival. He is emeritus faculty of the Department of Theatre Arts at Southern Oregon University and holds an MFA in lighting and sound design from the University of British Columbia.

has almost three decades of work with various theater companies in California where she has worked as a technical director, prop mistress, lighting and sound operator, and stage manager. Sue has a lifelong love for live theater, has passed that passion on to her daughter, and also enjoys sharing it with her three young grandchildren.

has been involved in theatre since 1984, acting in 25 plays including Of Mice and Men, The Odd Couple, Matchmaker, and The Sound of Music. Television credits include numerous documentaries of the Charles Ng Serial Murder Case. As a musician, Mitch played percussion with Santana, Joan Baez, Mickey Hart and the Baba Olatunji Band. He was a volunteer carpenter for Habitat for Humanity of Tuolumne County for 10 years. Mitch was in law enforcement for 31 years and a detective for 20 years.

worked at OSF for 25 years in most areas of costuming and designed costumes for 17 productions. Other theatre design work includes The Denver Center, Portland Center Stage and ACT in San Francisco. Her film and television experience includes Lonesome Dove, Return of the Jedi, Howard the Duck (!) Heaven’s Gate, An Officer and a Gentleman, Blow Out and Guilty by Suspicion. Currently, Claudia works as a freelance designer/stylist. Film costume design: My Name Is Bruce, Calvin Marshall, Redwood Highway, and Black Road, among others.

theater experience began in St. Louis, designing and building costumes for 11 different theater companies. Included in that group were five seasons with Circus Flora, two of which were at the Spoleto Festival. She was the crafts artisan at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis and designed shows for their Imaginary Theater Company. Betsy was a crafts artisan for OSF from 2009-2022.

has been editing/writing professionally for thirty plus years. Her experience ranges from advertising to organizational communications to book publishing. Her English BA comes from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside; she split college between there and the University of Chaminade, Honolulu, Hawaii, where she first realized the joy—and practicality—of putting her skills to work as an editor. She opened her firm, Bauman Wordsmiths, in 2005.

is delighted to join the RTC team. A retired college English and linguistics teacher, Pam has long been a student of language, both on and off stage. She was an OSF company member for six years, serving first as volunteer and event coordinator and then later as bartender and members lounge host. She loves living in Ashland, where she works part-time for a local winery and enjoys walking the mountain trails with her dog, Allie.

retired in 2022 after a career in graphic design, education, and software development. He has a deep love of theater and has worked as an actor, director, designer, and scenic artist. Mark studied acting at American Conservatory Theatre, and in collaboration with several classmates was the founding General Director of the Pacific Theater Ensemble (now called Pacific Repertory Theatre) in Santa Monica. He has performed with several theatre companies, including Marin Shakespeare, TheatreWorks, and Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts.

is RTC’s marketing director. She acted in Circle Mirror Transformation in 2023, and realized through that experience that she wanted to continue working with Jessica Sage and spread the word about the incredible art RTC is making. She is passionate about reaching new audiences and continuing to grow the amazing theater community in beloved Ashland. Contact her at marketing.roguetheatercompany@gmail.com

has been an actor and fight director at OSF for 30 seasons. As a fight director, he has also worked at Studio 54, the Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, The Folger Theatre, A.R.T. Boston, Dallas Theatre Center, The Guthrie Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Portland Center Stage, Portland Opera, and Seattle Repertory Theatre.

has been an actor and lecturer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 31 seasons, including dramaturging nearly 60 productions. Other acting credits include Colorado and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, Old Globe at San Diego, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, A Contemporary Theater in Seattle, American Conservatory Theater, and Marin Shakespeare Company, among others. He has acted in 88 full productions of all Shakespeare's 38 plays, more than 100 roles. Barry has written After Dinner Shakespeare and Shakespeare Insult Generator. He has recorded several books on tape, including Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

has been a photographer for most of his life and is happy to work with all the creative people at RTC. He came to Ashland in 2016 from Los Angeles where he finished his long career in newspapers as chief technology officer at the Los Angeles Times. He has become an active photographer in Ashland with credits at OSF, SOU Athletics, Ashland.news and the Rogue Valley Times. He also does work for a number of local businesses. www.palermini.com.

is an Oregon-based visual artist, received her MFA in theatre from the University of Delaware, has worked in various cities, including New York City where she worked at MTV.  Laney got her dream job at OSF, shifted her focus to film, and ended up making more than 200 films for OSF. She is passionate about independent film, having had 16 films accepted to the Ashland Independent Film Festival, and is a recent recipient of the Lee Fuchsman award for her body of independent film work. She is thrilled to be working with RTC once again!

A theatre educator and director for over forty years, Kathleen has earned recognition at the local, state and national levels. In 2021 she was awarded the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA) Medallion Award for distinguished leadership and service. Her teaching and directing experience includes colleges, universities, and high schools. Kathleen’s high school groups performed at the Scotland Fringe Festival, where her production of Working received a five star review. She is a reader for the Ashland New Plays Festival, and an OLLI Arts Liaison. Professional directing credits include Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley.

has lived in the Rogue Valley for 26 years and is a life-long supporter of the arts. A retired English teacher, Cyndy spent her 25 years in the high school classrooms at Ashland, Grants Pass, and Roosevelt School of the Arts in California. She has taught all levels of English as well as Theater Arts, Advanced Humanities, Journalism, and Film as Literature. She received her education at California State University Fresno, Southern Oregon University, and the University of Cambridge, U.K. Cyndy has been a reader for the Ashland New Plays Festival and a teacher advocate with the Oregon Education Association where she was recognized in 2015 with the Barss/Wohlers Members Rights Award.

is a freelance writer/editor, social media consultant, and avid hiker. She is a group exercise instructor with a passion for spin, and live theater brings her great joy.

was the casting director at OSF for 15 seasons. Other theaters include Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum (including Taper Too, Taper New Works, Juneteenth, P.L.A.Y.), Ojai Playwrights Conference, Geffen Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Ahmanson Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Pasadena Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, others. In film and television, Joy has cast Terri, Easier with Practice, Stephanie Daley, The Business of Strangers, Interview with the Assassin, The Tao of Steve, Lush, The Independent, Perdita Durango, Quarterlife, The Men’s Room, Off Centre, The Mullets, others. She is an adjunct professor at SOU and California Institute of the Arts.

is a writer, director, and performer. She was a long-time company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where she worked in various administrative positions, including a stint as literary assistant. She holds a bachelor of fine arts in theatre from SOU.

joins RTC with a background of supporting theaters and trails. He assisted in loading/striking sets and shop work for professional and community theaters in Olympia, Washington. Ken volunteers for the Washington Trails Association, leading or assisting crews in various projects.

After 40 years in Washington DC, where he worked in both private industry and in the federal government, Ahmad "Omar" Maiwandi has found a new home in Ashland, where he enjoys writing, cooking, traveling, visiting with family and friends, and volunteering for RTC. He is fluent in three languages and conversant in two more.

is delighted to support the wonderful artists at RTC! She first appeared onstage in Cleveland before relocating to Washington and embarking on a career teaching drama. Upon retirement, she returned to the stage in Olympia and Aberdeen in various productions before moving to Ashland.

has gathered experience from years of performing in everything from community theater to touring dinner theaters to off-Broadway and summer stock. Pam has grabbed every opportunity to learn and grow. She narrated for the Library of Congress's program “Talking Books” for 20 years and has been a commercial audiobook narrator ever since. After moving to the Rogue Valley, theater called her back, and she is now a founding board member and actor with Collaborative Theatre Project.

has lived on and off in Ashland more than over 35 years. Her away time was spent mostly in East and Southern Africa and Southeast Asia as an organizational development consultant with NGOs and the UN. When home in Ashland, she loves hiking, biking, getting involved in politics, and volunteering for Rogue Theater Company. She studied speech/theatre at Marquette University as an undergrad and international communications at Stanford for her MA.

was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and got a masters in education at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Joan moved to Ashland in 2012 and has been a big supporter of all the wonderful theater here—especially RTC! She also enjoys volunteering at Asante Hospital in Medford, as well as traveling the world and spending time with her adorable grandson.

worked at Walker School from 1985–2001. She joined OLLI in 1997 where she taught writing classes, is a past president, continues to attend classes and help out. She has volunteered at Britt, is a long time OSF volunteer, and is delighted to be a part of RTC.

moved to Ashland from Seattle in 2005, has been a volunteer with OSF, and now loves being on the team at Rogue Theater Company.

has been a long-time volunteer with OSF and is now on the team at Rogue Theater Company.

has been involved in various aspects of theater and film since his early school days. An Ashland resident since 2007, Mark has been an avid volunteer at OSF, AIFF, and Britt. He is happy to be on the RTC team!

has supported live theatre since ushering her first musical at Los Angeles Philharmonic Theatre in 1952. Since moving to the Rogue Valley Andi has supported OSF, Cabaret Theatre, Camelot Theatre, CTP. She is delighted to be a volunteer at RTC.

Moving to the Rogue Valley in 2010 allowed Lucy to volunteer at OSF, the OSU extension, and now luckily at the Rogue Theater Company.

Tracy has just moved to Ashland after a lifetime of visiting every year. Tracy started in theatre administration in college and is thrilled to be rediscovering her passion for theatre as a volunteer with the RTC team!