Lauren Bloom is pleased to return to Portland Center Stage after appearing in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2023 and Macbeth in 2019. Previous credits include The Actors Company Theatre (NY), the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Capital Stage (Sacramento), and Just Theater (Berkeley). Locally she has appeared with Profile Theatre, CoHo Productions, and in staged readings at Artists Repertory Theatre and Portland Shakespeare Project. She received her M.F.A. from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.  She is currently the Executive Director of Portland Revels. For K&O.

Leif couldn't be more honored to be a part of this incredible cast, crew and show of Virginia Wolf?!  Some previous shows at PCS include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ragtime, 39 Steps, Our Town, Astoria Parts 1 & 2, Oregon Trail, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Christmas Memory/Winter Song.  Other theaters Leif has performed at include, Clackamas Rep, ART, Pixie Dust, Lakewood, Third Rail, Broadway Rose, Profile, and Portland Playhouse.  Outside the Portland area he has performed with Denver Center of the Performing Arts, and Montana Rep.  Film and television credits include, Leverage, Portlandia, and Evil F...ing Clowns.  Leif thanks Marissa for this opportunity, his wife Susie for everything, and you for being here!

Ashley is thrilled to return to Portland Center Stage for this beast of a play. Recent theatrical credits include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really (Portland Center Stage at the Armory), and Reggie Hoops (Profile Theatre). Feature film credits include Song of Summer and His Monster. She co-owns the studio facility and production company, Desert Island Studios, which has produced and developed work that has screened at film festivals like SXSW, Filmfort, and Tribeca. Her directorial debut, AT SKYVIEW ENTERPRISES, premiered at Screamfest LA in 2024. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. @ashleysongofficial, @desertislandstudiospdx, ashley-song.com

Ben is a Portland-based actor, director and musician, last seen on the PCS stage as Benny in RENT. Locally, Ben has performed with Portland Center Stage, Portland Playhouse, Third Rail Repertory, Broadway Rose, Profile Theatre, Lakewood Theatre, and many others. He currently serves as a theatre professor at George Fox University. Ben is also an active singer-songwriter and composer whose music can be found on Spotify and elsewhere. More about Ben’s work and upcoming projects can be found on his website, bentissell.com.

Edward Albee (1928 - 2016) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramatist and theatrical producer best known for his play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was educated at Choate School and at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He wrote poetry and an unpublished novel but turned to plays in the late 1950s. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? premiered in 1962, won immediate acclaim, and established Albee as a major American playwright. In addition to writing, Albee produced a number of plays and lectured at schools throughout the country. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996 and a Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2005.

Marissa is currently in her sixth year as artistic director of Portland Center Stage, where she was named one of Portland’s “25 People Shaping the Arts in Portland,” by Willamette Week. Her programming at PCS has included development and world premiere productions by major national playwrights, including Sean San Jose, Lauren Yee, Christina Anderson, Kristina Wong, and Brittany K. Allen. Marissa previously served as associate artistic director/new works director at KCRep and artistic director of Crowded Fire Theater in San Francisco. Select directing credits include Fire in Dreamland by Rinne Groff (The Public Theater; world premiere at KCRep); Man in Love by Christina Anderson (KCRep, world premiere); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt 2B by Kate Hamill (west coast premiere) and Twelfth Night, Or What You Will and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare (PCS). Marissa held the Bret C. Harte Directing Fellowship at Berkeley Rep, and has a degree in drama from Vassar College.

Peter Ksander is a scenographer and designer whose work has been presented both nationally and internationally. He was a founding curator of the Incubator Arts Project in NYC, won an Obie award for the scenic design of Untitled Mars (this title may change), and a Bessie award for the visual design of This Was the End. Recent Portland credits include set designs for A Seagull, Il Re Pastore, Cardiac Organ, Apoptosis, The Americans, The Cherry Orchard, and Fronteriza. Previously with PCS, he designed the sets for Twelfth Night, Or What You Will, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. He holds a MFA from CALARTS, is a Professor at Reed College and is a member of the Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE).

Ahmad is a Costume Designer for TV, Film, and Theater, from Nayarit, MX, operating out of the NW. Best known for costuming award winning shows like Portlandia and Baskets, as well as Shrill, Chad, Criminal and an upcoming film titled Unholy Trinity, among others. “I have a passion for what I do and I love telling stories through color and texture, detailing how clothes impact so much of who we are, and how we view ourselves. We are a community first, and keeping that in mind helps me remember to work on projects that empower, engage, and challenge our views on important topics.”

Sarah is delighted to return to Portland Center Stage. Previous PCS credits include Coriolanus, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, Crossing Mnisose, Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility, Major Barbara, and A Christmas Memory/Winter Song. Sarah has designed lighting for productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playmakers Rep, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Guthrie Theater, Asolo Repertory Theatre, KCRep, City Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater, and many small rooms across Chicago. She has taught lighting design at Northwestern University, Columbia College Chicago, and Willamette University. She holds an M.F.A from Northwestern. Sarah lives in Portland.

Rory Stitt is a Lingít interdisciplinary artist whose work incorporates music composition, production, sound design, poetry, visual and performance arts. He is known predominantly for his work on the stage both as a singer songwriter and musical theatre actor. Notable venues include Joe’s Pub (the Public Theatre), the Cutting Room, the Bitter End, and the Living Room – all in New York City; the Kennedy Center in Washington DC; and the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles. He performs and composes regularly for Perseverance Theatre in his hometown of Juneau, AK where he was the recipient of an Andrew W. Mellon Artistic Fellowship during the 2004-05 season. Rory is currently based in Portland, OR.

Kristen Mun-Van Noy was born and raised on the island of Oahu where she started her theatrical stage combat training. She has been training and working in the field of theatrical stage combat for almost 20 years. She owes her training to Dueling Arts International and her time as assistant fight choreographer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (09-10) with resident Fight Director U. Jonathan Toppo. She has received multiple Awards for Best Fight Choreography. Her work in stage combat led her to work in Theatrical Intimacy. She is studying with Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE) and Intimacy Directors and Choreographers (IDC). Her work in theatrical intimacy has made her a better fight choreographer and artist.

Alex is a Portland-based scenic designer, happy to be joining the Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf team. Be sure to see The Light downstairs in the studio to view her work! Other credits include with Shaking The Tree Theatre (We Wrote This With You In Mind), Artists Repertory Theatre (Sapience), Third Rail Repertory Theatre (Middletown Mall, The Music Man), as well as designs with Profile Theatre, Orpheus PDX, Oregon Children’s Theatre, The Theatre Company, Portland Shakespeare Project, PassinArt, Broadway Rose Theatre Co., Bag&Baggage Productions, Crave Theatre, Imago Theatre, The Actors Conservatory, and others. She has production designed for clients such as Visit Seattle, Intel, and the Portland Timbers. More at designbyalexmeyer.com.

Dana is so excited to be back at Portland Center Stage! Previous shows at PCS include NASSIM (Stage Manager); Twelfth Night; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; What the Constitution Means to Me; Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really; Young Americans; It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play; tick, tick … BOOM!; Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Assistant Stage Manager); RENT; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Redwood; and In the Heights (Production Assistant). Dana has also worked at Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland Playhouse, and The Old Globe. Dana graduated from The Ohio State University (Go Bucks!) and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.

Erin MacGillivray (she/her) is a Portland area stage manager and costumer. Her most recent stage management credits include stage managing for Portland Revels: Norse Fire and being a production assistant for Diné Nishłį at Native Theatre Project. From 2022 to 2024 she was the Production Stage Manager for Oregon Children’s Theatre’s Young Professionals Company, where she mentored teens in stage management and costume design. She currently does wardrobe for Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s 2024-2025 season. Erin studied at Whitman College, where she graduated with a BA in Theatre and Classical Studies. This is her first full production at Portland Center Stage, and she is excited to join the team!