Lead Producer
WRITE CLUB Summer Playfest
In collaboration with Isabelle Chirls and through crowdfunding and fundraising events, WRITE CLUB provided resources, a network of artists, a venue, and like-minded community to emerging theatre-makers.
WRITE CLUB is a collective run by writers, for writers. Summer Playfest brought together early-career playwrights, directors, and actors for a festival of short plays.
Featured in AMPD Magazine.
Produced by WRITE CLUB and Isabelle Chirls
WRITE CLUB Co-Founder & Head of Operations: Akari Alishio
WRITE CLUB Co-Founder & Head of Programming: Ethan Manuel Homen
Tech Manager & Scenic Designer: Sean Lillis
Head of Marketing: Mawahib Ismail
Marketing Associate: Miki Kainuma
Video Producer: Oliver Stamatatos
Graphic Design & Branding: Kennedy Finke
Sound Programmer & Lighting Designer: Dana Freeman
Featuring new work by Zara Roy, Alec Dahmer, Katie Parkinson, Elena Messinger, Ethan Manuel Homen
Directors: Spenser Willden, John Maria Gutierrez, Brennan Urbi, Elena Messinger, Grace Castle
Ensemble: Sarah Markstein, Sara Katrenich, Niko Mauve, Carolyn Best, Alec Dahmer, Kelsey Collins, Brandon Pineda-Bayudan, Lydia Sims, Pimprenelle Behaeghel, Marisa Moureau, Mary Kate Abner
Production: The Vino Theater, August 2025
Photography by Akari Alishio
