Meet The Ensemble
Tasi Alabastro
Tasi Alabastro is an actor, livestreamrunner, and multi-disciplinary digital artist whose work focuses on creating impact through visual storytelling. He was recently featured in the SF Chronicle Datebook highlighting his efforts with local arts organizations as it pertains to virtual programming. His online content on Twitch and Youtube focuses on storytelling and interactive programming to engage his audience and deepen community relationships. In addition to having the honor of being published in CONTENT Magazine, and Tayo Magazine, he is also the recipient of the 2019 Leigh Weimer’s Emerging Artist Award and the 2018 SVCreates Emerging Artist Laureate. He is a proud member of the Red Ladder Theatre Company and is currently working with inmates in state prisons as part of the Arts-in-Corrections program; The program hopes to re-engage participants with their creativity and imagination. To find ways to support the journey, reach out by visiting tasialabastro.com or by tweeting him at @tasialabastro. | twitch.tv/kreenpananas
Jeffrey Lo
Jeffrey Lo is a Filipino-American playwright and director based in the Bay Area. He is the recipient of the 2014 Leigh Weimers Emerging Arist Award, the 2012 Emerging Artist Laureate by Arts Council Silicon Valley and Theatre Bay Area Director's TITAN Award. Selected directing credits include The Language Archive and The Santaland Diaries at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Vietgone at Capital Stage, As a playwright, his play Writing Fragments Home was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwright's Conference and a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwright's Conference. In addition to his work in theatre he works as an educator and advocate for issues of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. For more: www.jeffreywritesaplay.com
April Culver
April Culver is an actor, marketing professional, and Midwest transplant. She loves spreading the word about great theatre and works as Marketing and Publicity Manager at New Conservatory Theatre Center and as Marketing Director for Silicon Valley Shakespeare. Some of her favorite acting credits include Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rose of Sharon in Grapes of Wrath, Viola in Shakespeare in Love, and Mrs. Givings in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) (SFBATCC Nomination, Principal Actress). April is ecstatic to work with the talented bunch at ODS as they navigate the future of digital storytelling.
Steve Muterspaugh
Steve Muterspaugh is excited to be messing around in this virtual space for a good cause! His most recently directing credits include It’s Only a Play at Hillbarn Theatre, and The Three Musketeers at Douglas Morrison Theatre in Hayward. Other Bay Area directing credits include: The Odd Couple at Jewel Theatre Company, where he previously served as Deputy Artistic Director; Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (former Associate Artistic Director), where he also headed the Steve Muterspaugh Shakespeare on Tour program for 5 seasons, directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and Hamlet. When not directing, Stephen is the Artistic Operations / Company Manager at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and a graduate of the actor training program at PCPA.
Julianna Garber
Julianna Garber is a rising junior studying directing at the University of Michigan. Prior to attending university, she co-founded Upstage Theater, a Bay Area theater group focused on providing opportunities for teens to interact with all sides of theater production. Previous directing credits include, Water By The Spoonful (Assistant Director to Geoffrey Packard) and Falsettos at University of Michigan, as well as Punk Rock, Spring Awakening, and Julianna Garber not Heathers directing, at Upstage you’ll likely Theater. find her When in rehearsal for a cappella group Amazin’ Blue or performing in various shows. Favorite past roles include Natalie in Next to Normal at The Refuge, and Ilse in Spring Awakening at Exit Left Co.
Isabella Waldron
Isabella Waldron is a recent graduate of Scripps College and an emerging playwright/actress. Her work centers around intergenerational stories and ferocious women. In quarantine times, Isabella's writing might have been seen on the first episode of Our Digital Stories or as a finalist in Mixily Presents The Classics: Reimagined. She's a member of the 24 Hour Plays 2020 Nationals Cohort (tune in August 11; tickets now available online!). Other plays include Jawbone, Things I Never Told the Stars, and Gentle, Angry Women. Isabella is a proud alum of the National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center. In addition to writing and acting, Isabella is also a poet, pianist and baker.