Penelope Hinds is a rising senior studying musical theatre at the University of Miami. She has done theatre her whole life, working on styles such as Musical Theatre, Shakespeare, commedia dell'arte and more. Some of her favorite roles include Kalliope in Languna Playhouse’s She Kills Monsters, Jaques in As You Like it, and Chris Gorman in Neil Simon’s Rumors. Penelope looks forward to working with Sabrina Washburn once again, and is excited to spread Elevate’s message to a wider audience!
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Co-playwright and co-director
Christina D. Eskridge, Founder and Executive Director of Elevate Theatre Company, is thrilled to be writing and directing Part 4: Health of Sex and Connection. Pulling from her background as a performing artist, teaching artist, director and public health professional, holding a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UC Berkeley, Christina is working to fuse her two passions of health and theater together. Additionally, Christina is producing this 4-part Elevate Winter Series to Redefine the Stage, ensuring we continue experiencing live theater, in a socially distant and innovative manner. Now more than ever, we need stories to entertain, inspire, educate and call us to action. Christina is excited to ELEVATE these stories, bring together public health and advocacy experts and engage in dialogue with the audience.
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Sabrina Jacob Washburn is a performer, director, choreographer, playwright, and educator. She most recently ran a theatre program at an independent high school in Manhattan for ten years, where she taught acting and directed annual plays and musicals. She was also an adjunct teacher at New York University in the Educational Theatre program and spent many years working with international students in Switzerland. Her work with young people in various settings has ignited a passion for creating challenging work for emerging adults, as well as performances that span theatrical genres. BA: Emerson College, MA: New York University.
Read moreAlberto Denis
(BA in Theater/Dance, Rhode Island College, summa cum laude)
Stage Manager
A company member of Third Rail Projects since 2011, Mr. Denis has been an original collaborating cast member in several of the company’s preeminent works including their Bessie’s Awards winning “Then She Fell”. .Most recently he completed a 37 sold out run of “Confection” commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC in 2019. Throughout this time he has also supported his burgeoning career as international male burlesque sensation GoGo Gadget, with featured performances at almost 7 years of the New York Boylesk Festivals, featured in the 2012, 2013 & 2016 London Burlesque Festivals, performances in Boston, New York City, Denver, Toronto, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. Mr. Denis is a hyphenate and has served as Technical Director, Stage Manager, Producer, Sound Engineer, Theater Electrician, and Guest Professor within the Dance and Theater sectors for the past 20 years.
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