Please help us give a wild welcome to UMTAD's new Peers and Reps!

Dance Peers: Aubrey Clark and Sophia Louwagie.
BFA Peers: Wariboko Semenitari and Taylor Barnes.
BA Tech Peer: Micah Kopecky.
BA Performance Peer: Amber Frederick.
BA Reps: Haley Dale, Raymond Niu, Killian Coffinet, Maggie Baukol, and KT Shearer.

Line 3 Student Group: https://www.misiziibirising.com/

H. Adam Harris is an actor, director, teaching artist, and cultural equity consultant. He works at the intersection of theatre, education, social justice, and community engagement. Recent theatrical credits include puppeteering and voicing the title role of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax in the U.S premiere at the Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) and The Old Globe Theatre. He’s a frequent performer with CTC: The Hobbit, The Snowy Day, The Jungle Book and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He has worked with the Guthrie Theater, Seattle Children’s Theater, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Park Square Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, and the Minnesota Orchestra. He is a proud Penumbra Theatre Company member, credits with Penumbra include The Owl Answers, The Dutchman, The Ballad of Emmett Till, and The Amen Corner. Along with serving on the Ten Thousand Things board, he is also a member of Artist Core, credits with the company include The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Dirt Sticks, The Seven, and Park & Lake. H. Adam is the Education Coordinator at the Playwrights’ Center; a resident teaching artist with the Guthrie Theater and CTC, and a freelance equity, diversity, and inclusion consultant for various organizations. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program. 

Lauren Keating is a director and creative producer of narrative film and series, new and classic theatrical work, and site-specific events. She is committed to work that centers marginalized voices and seeks to engage audiences in imaginative, personal explorations of complex and urgent questions. www.Lauren-Keating.com.

Eric Sharp is a multidisciplinary theatre artist based in Minneapolis. He has appeared onstage nationally and internationally at the Guthrie Theater, Ten Thousand Things, The Jungle Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, and the Toronto and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. He directs and teaches for COMPAS, Mu Explorations, and Penumbra Theatre Company. www.WorkSharp.org.

China Brickey, a proud Chicago native, is an Actress, Vocalist, Musician, Dancer, Teaching Artist and Stage Combatant.  This summer she was named the City Pages’ “Best Actor in the Twin Cities 2020!”  Selected pre-pandemic Twin Cities credits include Park Square Theatre (Lizzie in Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet), Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (Smokey Joe’s Café), and Children’s Theater Company (Ms. Honey in Matilda the Musical). www.chinabrickey.com.