Ty Ruwe, Stage Manager 

ty ruwe they/he (Stage Manager) is a Boston born, New Haven based stage manager who is excited to be coming back home! Selected stage management credits include:  Macbeth in Stride, Spunk, and Furlough’s Paradise (Yale Rep); Memnon (Classical Theatre of Harlem); The Pirates of Penzance (Cape Repertory Theatre); Fairview (Speakeasy Stage Company); Ada and the Engine (Central Square Theater); Lemonade: A Fresh Pressed Musical (Trustus Theatre). ty received his B.A. in psychology from Smith College and will soon be finished with their MFA in Stage Management from the Yale School of Drama (once that pesky thesis gets written…).

afrikah selah, Assistant Stage Manager

afrikah selah (they/them) is thrilled to make their ASM debut with the Theater Offensive on GODBODY! afrikah is a theatre multihyphenate whose work strives to make room for dialogue, connection, and intimacy through dramaturgy, writing, producing, and other ways to bring the work to life. Explore their love for new work and experiential art at itsafrikah.com.

Peyton Tavares, Scenic Designer

Peyton Tavares (Scenic Designer)  is a freelance designer located in Boston. She is so excited to be with TTO for her first production! Her favorite credits include:  English (The Alley Theatre) Job (SpeakEasy Stage) Let The Right One In (Actors’ Shakespeare Project) Upcoming: Latin History For Morons (Stages Theatre Houston)  MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University.  BA in Scenic Design and Directing from Marymount Manhattan College.  Website: Peytontavares.com | Instagram: Peyton5656

Elmer Martinez, Lighting Designer

Elmer Martinez is a Puerto Rican-Dominican American interdisciplinary working theater artist, poet and dancer. Born in Lowell, MA he developed in the spoken word, theater and street dance communities before completing his BFA in Theater Studies focused on Lighting Design with a minor in Dance in 2019 at Emerson College. Boston based, Elmer has traveled the world for 15 years as a guest artist, educator, events producer, lighting designer, poet, DJ and dancer. Is multi-award nominated in the field of theater lighting.

Some of Elmer’s recently featured Lighting Design Credits Include:

Actors Shakespeare Project: Macbeth The Theater Offensive: Queer Republic Festival, Isabel, The Best Part of Night is Black  Boston Conservatory at Berklee: She Kills Monsters Company One: The Meeting Tree, Haunted, Black Super Hero Magic Mama, Interrobangers Lyric Stage: The Light, Art  Northeastern University: Twelfth Night, Everybody, The Bacchae SpeakEasy Stage Company: Case for the Existence of God Brandeis University: Everybody, Wolf Play New Repertory Theater: Nina Simone and Hip-Hop Greater Boston Stage Company: Popcorn Falls VLA Dance: In the space between, For Nina Connecticut College: The Moors, Ophelia The Boston Globe: Globe Live Passion Fruit Dance Co: Dance Within Your Dance, Trapped, Dimensions.

Elmer currently enjoys teaching advanced lighting design with Brighter Boston. Producing his monthly club arts series "The Amplify'd Series" and his annual social arts festival "Rebirth Jam".

Constant Dzah, Audio/Visual Designer

Constant K. Dzah is a Ghanaian sound designer and audio engineer who holds an M.F.A. in Sound Design from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and a B.F.A. from the University of Ghana. His work spans theatre, dance, live music, and video across the United States and Ghana. Design credits include Furlough’s Paradise and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Yale Repertory Theatre) and Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner (Yale Cabaret); he is currently Associate Sound Designer at Long Wharf Theatre. Constant uses sound and image as narrative and spatial tools, exploring memory, identity, and cultural connection. | Instagram: dzide_