Carmen Catherine Alfaro (Stage Manager) is a theatrical facilitator specializing in stage management, lighting production, and anti-ableism practices. Recent collaborations include Boston Early Music Festival (Production Stage Manager 2021-25), Boston Lyric Opera (various SM roles), San Diego Opera (SM, ASM), Institute of Contemporary Art (Lead Electrician, Electrician, SM), American Repertory Theatre (Electrician, ASM), and Brighter Boston (mentor in Lighting Production & Management since 2020). She holds a BFA in Stage Management and Lighting Design (dual) from Boston University. (she/her)

Dr. Ayshia Mackie-Stephenson (Intimacy Coordinator)  is a performance studies scholar, intimacy director for the stage, vocalist, and award-winning writer and arts educator from Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from CalArts and PhD from UMass Amherst. She uses theatre and new media to investigate race, sexuality, and human rights. Her critical and creative work have been published by Routledge, Black Camera, Qualitative Inquiry, Boston University Press, International Review of Qualitative Research, Theatre Topics, Howlround and Research in Drama Education. Dr. Ayshia has intimacy directed and/or led workshops for productions at Trinity Rep, The Huntington, Emerson Stage, Company One Theatre, LSU, and Northeastern University, among others. https://www.ayshiastephenson.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@SexyThingBand

Saskia Martinez (Scenic Designer) is a Boston-based scenic designer and scenic artist. Boston-area scene design credits include: An Irish Carol (Greater Boston Stage Company), Emma, Romeo and Juliet, (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), The SpongeBob Musical, Little Women: The Musical (Wheelock Family Theater), The Baltimore Waltz, Lemons Lemons Lemons…, Twelfth Night (Brandeis University), HER|alive.un.dead (Guerilla Opera), Ada (Babson College). They are the scenic charge artist at Emerson Stage and a teaching artist at Wheelock Family Theatre. See their work at saskiamartinez.com.  

Elmer Martinez (Lighting Designer) 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".

Anna Drummond (Sound Designer) is an award-winning, Boston-based sound designer working with theatre companies, educational institutions, and artistic collectives. Anna’s work has been seen and heard at Chuang Stage, Company One, Front Porch, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Fresh Ink, Akeem’s Alchemy, Central Square Theater, and with undergraduate and graduate level program collaborations at Boston Playwright’s Theater, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Northeastern, UMass Boston, and Brandeis. In 2023, Anna won an Elliot Norton Award for their sound design work on K-I-S-S-I-N-G with the Huntington Theatre. They hold a degree from Emerson in Sound Design & Audio Post-Production. A special thank you to the incredible team at TTO for their continued support and championing of artists from marginalized communities and providing such care. anna-drummond.com

Dante Giramma (Associate Sound Designer/A1) is a composer, multimedia artist, and sound engineer from Western Massachusetts. His work spans many mediums including fixed media, generative composition, composition for dance and film, CGI & interactive media, sound sculpture, and multimedia installation. He is incredibly invested in creating artistic experiences that are both playful and impactful, using installation work and collaboration with dancers as a catalyst to explore interactivity and physicality in art and sound.

Jo Williams (Assistant Lighting Designer / Head Electrician) is excited to make their debut with The Theatre Offensive! Other credits include: Cordially You’re Invited to the End of the World, The Great Privation and The Meeting Tree. Bonnets How Ladies of Good Breeding Are Induced to Murder, Mary Sweet Mary (Production Electrician). The Lighting Thief (Lighting Designer). How We Got On, Are You Someone to Somebody, Three Romances, 43rd Annual Evvy Awards (Asst. Lighting Designer). I Love XXX, Little Night Music, New Moon, Holiday Inn (Lighting Programmer).

Nia Safarr Banks (Costume Designer) is a costume designer based in Richmond, Virginia, whose work explores the intersection of history, identity, and contemporary performance. She has designed for productions including Hamlet at American Shakespeare Center, The Piano Lesson at Shakespeare & Company, The Glass Menagerie at Gloucester Stage, and HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT? at The Bushwick Starr.

She earned her MFA in Costume Design from Boston University and her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Banks is a two-time Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award nominee for Outstanding Costume Design for An Octoroon (2019) and A Christmas Kaddish (2022), and an Elliot Norton Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design (2026) for The Glass Menagerie at Gloucester Stage.

Danielle Ibrahim (Props Designer) is a Boston-based theater artist, technician, and educator. A graduate of Boston University, Danielle has worked with numerous companies throughout Massachusetts in a variety of roles. Select design include Scenic Designer for Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Macbeth (2025) and Dracula: A Comedy Of Terrors (Upcoming 2026), Props Designer for Moonbox Production’s Crowns (2025), Scenic Designer for Greater Boston Stage Company’s The Play That Goes Wrong, Scenic Designer for Boston Conservatory Opera Department’s Summer & Smoke (2024) and Voir Dire (2024), Props Designer for Wheelock Family Theater’s SpongeBob: The Musical (2024) and more. 

Kathy Wilson (Wig Designer) has been obsessed with the art of hair since the fifth grade—a journey that led her to earn her license at 18 and open her own doors at 27. But if you ask her, the heart of the business isn't just the stylist; it’s the family. Together with her dedicated and loving staff, she founded Salon Hairapy, a multicultural sanctuary built on the belief that no hair texture should ever be left behind.

With a background in psychology, Kathy and her team understand that the chair is a place for healing as much as styling. They’ve made it their mission to build self-esteem one client at a time, ensuring that every person who walks through their doors feels seen, heard, and meticulously catered to.

Kathy’s passion for the beauty industry knows no bounds. Her hands-on experience spans from the high-energy chaos of fashion shows and movie sets to the precision of professional photo shoots. While she loves every facet of the industry, her favorite role remains lead visionary for her talented team. Kathy is honored to be part of this production and reminds you: life may have its dramas, but your hair should always be a masterpiece.

Eddie Maisonet (Access Coordinator) is a born-and-raised Boston storyteller, access consultant, and audio describer. He uses his identities as a Black Puerto Rican, disabled, queer, and trans person to carve out space for other multiply marginalized community members to exist in public with dignity and complexity

Mikey Rose (Blind Quality Control Expert) is a low vision Audio Describer and User Expert with a background in the performing arts and a bachelor’s in social work. Show credits include: The Secret Sharer (DNAWORKS/ArtsEmerson), Wait Until Dark (Greater Boston Stage Company), Kufre N’Quay (UFOT Family Cycle), Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Speakeasy); The PROM (Open Door Theater); The Grove and Nassim (The Huntington). Mikey is a black femme-presenting non-binary person just under 5 feet with dark brown hair and brown eyes. Their hair styled with a short dreaded Mohawk.

Nala J. Wu (aka “Jae”) (In-show Audio Describer) is a proud queer trans nonbinary and neurodivergent Chinese art director and award-winning illustrator working in tabletop games. Jae specializes in character/costume design, live portraiture, and layout design. Through their work, they advocate for the positive representation of minority groups in all media. Besides art, Jae does theater, voice acting, diversity & cultural consultations, and consumes pasta at an ungodly rate.