Tom Chou will be graduating from UC Irvine with a drama degree. He has many interests in the theatrical arts, and so far has been very involved in acting, lighting design and sound design. Tom is greatly looking forward to being part of the Cornerstone team, and is eager to further expand his theatrical experience. He also cannot wait to begin learning more about community work.
Christopher Dills I am a graduate student currently pursuing my MFA in scenic design from Boston University. I am from North Carolina and grew up just north of Atlanta Georgia. If I were a type of pen I would be a black, fine tipped, Uniball pen.
Liz Foster-Shaner is a Phd candidate in Theatre Research at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research interests include community-based performance, theatre for social change, and basically anything else that deals with art or people on the margins. Originally from Northern CA, Liz is very excited to return to her native land, even if it is a bit South of her hometown of Jenner, CA.
Melissa Friesen is Associate Professor of Theatre and Communication at Bluffton University in Bluffton, Ohio, where she teaches theatre courses, directs the plays and musicals, and serves as department chair. When she has time, she enjoys traveling, reading novels, playing Settlers of Catan, and making a valiant effort at the Wii game Michael Jackson: The Experience. She is looking forward to the Cornerstone Institute, which kicks off a fall semester sabbatical studying models of community-based and devised performance.
My name's brent grihalva, and I've been thinking about changing the "h" back to a "j". My grandfather changed our family name when immigrating here from Ecuador in the 1950s, so the white statesmen wouldn't pronounce it "Gr-ee-jawl-vah." I'm interested in getting back 22 years of a lack of "Gr-ee-jawl-vah". I've never been a big recreational book reader, but I've always been an excited and critical recreational people reader.
Amy Hubbard I am the part time administrator of a small private foundation. In a past lives I was a properties crafts person, a business executive and have served on a number of non-profit boards including the Minnesota Fringe Festival and the Grand Rapids Ballet. I am joining friends in the creation of a new community based theater in Minneapolis but first I will be off to Petaluma in the fall to apprentice with a furniture maker for a year. I live in Minneapolis, MN with my husband, Geoff; dog, Boo; cat, Felonius and canary, Jake.
Angie Kamel I'm interested in cultural understanding through the arts and more specifically, performance. I feel theatre can educate and challenge as well as entertain. I think it's just as interesting to watch people who don't chose this as a profession as those who do. I want art in everyone's life, every day. I love rehearsal. I live in Seattle, WA and am proud to work at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Before moving to Seattle, I lived in various deserts where the sun always shined. If I could bring the sun, and clearer street signage, to Seattle it would be the perfect city.
Anna Sophia Kunin I was born into a verb; my initials spell the word "ask." I constantly ask questions and explore answers because I'm deeply curious about the world; how it is and how we might transform it. Born in L.A., raised in Minneapolis, I'm eager to return to the land of my mother's stories and continue discovering myself as an artist, a thinker and a traveler among new communities. I can't live without chocolate, coffee or a notebook to doodle in.
Birdie James Believes in magic. Likes to play.
Siobhan Maycraft I am a community theatre practitioner from London UK. I create theatre with young people, old people, disabled people and anyone else who wants to work with me. I love what I do and am also very excited about furthering my skills at this summers Institute. I'm rarely seen without a smile on my face and I also love dancing and making as much noise as possible!
Daniel Penilla Born and raised in the gritty suburban streets of Anaheim, Orange County. My desire to change the world through art led me east to New York City to study at Circle in the Square Theater Conservatory. I believe that theater can encompass various mediums and that art is a vehicle for activism and social change. I have recently rekindled my childhood love for creamy peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches.
Sabrina Sikes Thornton is Cornerstone’s Associate Director of Development. At the moment, she is interested in exploring the intersection between Art and Therapy and Art and Education, among other things (her interests fluctuate about every 3 months). She is so excited about the theater-making and learning opportunities that are encompassed in the Institute – and is also excited about the new journey she is on as a newlywed.
My name is Mary Tilden and I’m a rising senior at the University of South Carolina. Born and raised in South Carolina, I love the South but also am very excited to move away from it in order to gain new perspective. I hope to start a theater company one day that possibly focuses on community engagement.
Denver Vaughn is a recent graduate of UC Irvine where she achieved Honors in Acting and Directing. She works with several companies in the Northern California region, including The Alternative Arts Collective (or TAAC for short), a small company she began with her friend after graduation, and her mother's company, Roseville Theatre Arts Academy, where she has taught workshop programs and performs in their children's theatre company. Denver is short, energetic, focused, and loves building forts and climbing things. Most of all, Denver looks forward to being a part of a new community of artists and people, growing in the craft of theatre creation, and meeting tons of exciting and diverse people.
Lily Wolff hails originally from Cornwall, England and, later, the South of France as the result of two ex-pat American parents. She is a recent graduate of the Theatre program at the University of Texas at Austin with focuses in Acting and Directing and hopes to pursue a career as a director both in the United States and in Europe.
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