Our Team
Riley Hartmann
Associate Artistic Director
(He/Him) is a disabled theatre-maker of many hats, based in Santa Cruz, CA, and is thrilled to be creating accessible, inclusive theatre. He acts, sings, dances, writes, dramaturg-s, and more! He is passionate about disability justice, and hopes to be able to help others who've felt excluded from the theatre world find their home here too.
Katie Zeisl
Managing Director
(She/Her) has over 15 years of experience in the disability theatre space in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the former Director of the School of Theatre & Special Events at the College of Adaptive Arts and a past Buddy Coach at Angels on Stage. Katie earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts from San Jose State University with concentrations in acting and theatre education. She has also received professional certificates in Diversity and Inclusion through Cornell University/eCornell, Project Management from Google/Coursera, and Meeting and Event Planning at San Francisco State University’s College of Extended Learning. As an actress, Katie has performed in City Lights New Play Readers Series and Epic Immersive Theatre’s productions of “Matthew Briar and the Age of Resurrection” at San Jose History Park. Her credits also include “March” at the Dragon Theatre, “From the Notebook of July 12, 1782" at SJ Real (formerly San Jose Rep), and several roles for Guerilla Wanderers Films. Katie was San Jose State University’s Spring 2010 Kaucher Mitchell Fellow in Storytelling and Oral Interpretation. Continuing her support of the program, she has served as a preliminary judge, giving feedback to each performer, at the biannual Kaucher Mitchell Matthis-Swanson storytelling and oral interpretation events since 2011.
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Chloë Angst
Associate Artistic Director
(They/She) is an actor, musician, theatremaker, artist, and the founder of BAD Musical Theatre. They hold a BM in vocal performance from California State University, Sacramento and an MA in applied anthropology from San Jose State University. They have performed across genres from choral to punk. As a genderqueer and Latinx individual, their goal is to disturb gender binaries, promote anti-racism, and challenge traditional white ideas in community and semi-professional theatre. They endeavor to demonstrate to the Bay Area theatre scene that social constructs must not stand in the way of sharing artistic talent with audiences. They believe that the process of presenting impactful stories on stage should no longer remain static with the ways of the past. Representation in all forms MUST be the new normal, in order to keep musical theatre interesting, electric, relatable, inclusive, and thriving. This undoubtedly includes actors who are neurodivergent and/or disabled. www.chloeangst.com
Lauren Doyle
Artistic Director/Founder
(They/She) is a queer, disabled, and neurodivergent playwright, actor, director, producer, fundraiser, and theatre-arts nerd whose work is based in the South Bay. Lauren holds a BA in Art History & Visual Culture and a minor in Theatre Arts with summa cum laude honors from San Jose State University and an AA in Art from Modesto Junior College. Their plays have been produced throughout the South Bay Area, by companies including Silicon Valley Shakespeare, City Lights Theater Company, More Más Marami Arts, SJREAL at the former San Jose Repertory Theatre (The Hammer Theatre), San Jose State University Theatre, and SPOTLITE Stage Company. Lauren has performed as The Duchess of York in "Richard III" (SVS), Sister Helen Prejean in "Dead Man Walking" (San Jose State University), and Petra/Peter Quince in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (San Jose State University) and has been acting and writing creatively since they were eight years old. They served as Artistic Director of SJSU's SPOTLIGHT Stage Company from 2015-2016 before stepping down to deliver their first child. Lauren has been a practicing theatre artist for over thirty years and believes in social justice, gender equality, disability rights, queer representation, and all forms of accessibility and inclusiveness in the arts world.