Company Bios
Cast:
Sofia Ayala is a Seattle actor from Guadalajara who has performed for film, stage, and commercials. She is also a singer and musician, most recently performing with eSe Teatro in Alma Llanera and in Ingvar! A Musical Furniture Saga with Latitude Theatre.
Kasper Cergol is an actor/model based in Seattle, WA. His theatrical focus lies in new works, with experience as a literary manager for We Need New Plays and as a recurring actor with Parley Productions. His most notable acting roles include All New Cells (The Shattered Glass Project), Tenderness (Annex Theatre), and Killer Connection (Marin Vision). His most notable modeling work includes Crushworthy and Fae Fest. Kasper also participated in Framing Device: The Edvard Munch Plays, playing a sad beach lad and a dead(?) body. He is excited to be back and working with Latitude on this project again! His work can be followed via his website or on Instagram @kaspercergol.
Wendy Cohen - is currently appearing in Framing Device: The Salvador Dali Plays with Latitude Theatre. This is her first production on the Latitude stage.
Kai Curtis - Despite thinking that this production was based on the works of Dolly (Parton), Kai s excited and grateful to be involved. He has been seen over the past decade on stages around the sound, including Cafe Nordo, Annex, and many others with lax security. Favorite recent roles include whatever he's been doing with No Refunds Productions. Favorite recent rolls include dinner, hoagie, and kaiser. For more information on where he's been, where he is, and where he's going, check out https://kai.actor.
Riley J Ellis is thrilled to be making her Latitude Theater debut! An actor, director, and creator, she holds a BFA in Acting and Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts, and currently serves as the Theater Apprentice at Seattle Public Theater. Some of her favorite credits include Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Wendy (Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls), and Phoebe Tristan (Two Catchers, Seattle Public Theater Distillery Festival). @rileyjellisss
Rowan Gallagher is a working director, actor, dramaturg, and dialect coach in and around Seattle. They are as Artistic Ensemble member and board member with Latitude Theatre, and Rowan has directed with Latitude in the past two Victorian Christmas Cards festivals, and assistant directed Klingon Christmas Carol last season. Rowan has also acted in a few productions with Latitude including Monstrous Regiment, and Miss Holmes. They are very excited to be acting once again Framing Device: The Salvador Dali Plays!
Kit Goldsworthy (she/her) is so excited for her first time working with Latitude on Framing Device. Typically, you can find her on stage dancing with Sister Kate Dance Company, bringing Simon Astor’s wild characters to life with No Refunds Productions, or spreading cheer during the holidays as one of the Sugarplum Elves. When she's not performing, you can usually find her at the sewing machine, figuring out some new costume trick to put on stage for Marxiano Productions at the Triple Door (most recently for Bohemia). When the curtain closes on Framing Device: The Salvador Dali Plays, you can find her performing next in The Water Bear at TPS Black Box and her costumes at Seattle Vice at The Triple Door.
Joshua Holguin is a PNW artist living in Everett, and he is enthusiastic about being an ensemble member with Latitude Theatre! Previously seen in A Klingon Christmas Carol (wIlqInS), Framing Device: The Edvard Munch Plays (Edward/Johannes). Joshua frequently takes stage combat classes from Freehold and regularly attends Monday Night Fights put on by Latitude. Please enjoy these surreal days and nights.
Katherine Oberg (she/they) is delighted to be joining Latitude once more with Framing Device: The Salvador Dali Plays. A proud member of Latitude Theatre's artistic ensemble, they have previously been on the company's stage in A Klingon Christmas Carol as veSIwIq as well as Victorian Christmas Cards, playing the Water Queen, Simone Owl, and Robin. Other performances include ensemble roles in The Tempest, A Winter's Tale, Twelfth Night, and As You Like It with Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Penny in The Flight Before X-Mas with Macha Theatre Works. They earned their B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts. For Dad
Naleisha Pedro-Rabena is honored to be working in her first production with Latitude Theatre! Naleisha's been acting since high school, but in Seattle, she has previously worked with ReAct Theatre, Pork Filled Productions, Freehold Theatre, Copious Love & Theatre Battery. Big thanks to her family, friends, cast & crew and to God for everything. More at @naaleisha on Instagram.
Rachael Uyeno is a Seattle-based actor who occasionally moonlights as a stage combat instructor/choreographer and visual artist. Past credits include Jurassic Parking Lot (the Habit), The Master and Margarita (Dacha Theatre), and In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (Honolulu Theatre for Youth).
Montana West Rizzuto - After gracing the stages of Honolulu for 10 years, Montana is excited for his debut on the stages of Seattle! His most recent roles include Eddie and Dr Scott in The Rocky Horror Show, Laurinda Summerford in Pageant, and Hertz Klinemann in Rock of Ages. Though his usual fare is in musicals, Montana is thrilled to be a part of Latitude Theatre's intimate Framing Device, and is looking forward to working with the lovely people of the Seattle theatre community!
Playwrights:
Jaq Babb (they/them) originally hails from Fresno, CA ("Smile when you say that!"), succumbing to a four year stint in LA as a singer-songwriter before wandering to the greater Seattle area and eventually secreting away in the fae wilds of Whidbey Island. They have a BA in Theatre and Acting, an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics, and a DIY in Tiny Living. Favorite recent performances include Maledict in Monstrous Regiment with Latitude Theatre, Death the Diviner with Magpie Artists’ Ensemble, and Lucius in Titus Andronicus, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and Minette in Bold Stroke for a Husband with Island Shakespeare Festival. A multidisciplinary creature at their core, Jacq busies themself with photography, visual arts, design, and writing when not traipsing across a stage.
Kelleen Conway Blanchard is a playwright with a penchant for the creepy and monstrous side of humanity. Her work has been produced at Annex Theatre, MAP Theater, Seattle Immersive Theater, Pony World, Spit and Vigor, Strand Theater Company, Seattle Playwright's Collective, the 14/48 Festival, FringeACT, Seattle Public Theater, Mirrorstage, Copious Love, and many others. Her 2012 femme-sploitation women’s prison takeoff Kittens in a Cage received rave reviews and spawned an acclaimed webseries. Her work has also been heard on several radio programs including; The Ugly Radio and Battle Crow Collective. Check out her story telling with Animals Saints and Sinners at 18th and Union.
Noah Fletcher(he/him) can normally be found on stage, but he is excited to see his first short play come to life! Noah has most recently been seen on stage as Eddie in The Wild Party with Sound Theatre Company, the Elephant Gerald and Zappy Squirrel understudies in The Pigeon gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Marcus in Ingvar! A Musical Furniture Saga with Latitude Theatre, Anthony in Sweeney Todd with Harlequin Productions, Artie in Sunset Boulevard with Showtunes Theatre, in Stranger Things: The Experience in Seattle, as well as touring around the greater Seattle area in The Innkeepers Christmas with Taproot Theatre. Up next is Chicken in Chicken Tinders with Copious Love Productions and Gaisma Theatre Group! Noah received his BFA in Screen Acting with a minor in Musical Theatre at Chapman University. When he isn't acting, he is usually playing ball with his dog, Rover.
Montse Garza is a bilingual Latina director, writer, actor, and lighting designer raised in south Texas by the border. She earned dual Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Theater Arts from MIT, then moved to Seattle, where she spent three years working in both tech and theatre before deciding to leave her tech job and pursue art full-time! She is an Artistic Ensemble Member with Latitude Theatre and a Company Member at eSe Teatro, where she works to uplift Latine voices. Currently, Montse is performing as Juliet in an educational tour of a bilingual production of Romeo & Juliet with Union Arts Center. Coming up this summer, she will direct the English translation of the Colombian play Complemento, a co-production between Latitude and eSe Teatro! montsegarza.com
Hannah Nikka Odsinada (she/they) is a writer and theatre artist based on Duwamish land in Seattle, WA. She is a librettist with American Opera Initiative (2025/26), for which her opera The Mold and I (Dan VanHassel, composer) was commissioned by Washington National Opera. Her work has also been supported by Seattle Opera. Hannah is an alum of Seattle Opera's Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab and Freehold Theatre's Playwriting series. She made her onstage Latitude Theatre debut as Ruth (U/S) in Ingvar! A Musical Furniture Saga and was delighted to return, this time as a playwright. (www.hannahnikkaodsinada.com)
Julieta Vitullo is a Seattle-based bilingual writer, playwright and typewriter artist born and raised in Argentina. Her novel La huella de tu nombre (“The Imprint of Your Name”) won the University of Mexico in San Antonio’s first prize for a novel written in Spanish in the U.S. and is forthcoming in 2026 with Arte Público Press. She’s the protagonist and co-script writer of the award-winning documentary La forma exacta de las islas. Her work has appeared in Into the Void, The Fabulist, Hawaii Pacific Review, The Massachusetts Review and elsewhere. She’s a resident playwright at eSe Teatro, and her plays have been read and produced in and around Seattle, including the most recent Cornelia’s Visitors. She’s thrilled to be making her Framing Device debut alongside Salvador Dalí!
Directors:
Christopher Kidder-Mostrom (he/him) is directing his 5th play for Latitude Theatre, and his 66th play overall. He is the Artistic Director of Latitude Theatre, and a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. He has a BA in Theatre Arts and Political Science from Morningside University, and an MFA in Playwriting from the University of New Orleans. He is also an actor, playwright, fight choreographer, educator, and literary translator of Spanish plays from the 19th century. If that’s not enough, he is an avid curler (rocks, brooms, ice, etc) and gardener. His play A Klingon Christmas Carol had its PNW premiere this past holiday season, and will return as Latitude’s holiday offering again in December 2026.
Sirius Linton (he/she) is excited to return to Latitude in a different capacity to the Framing Devices, this time as a Director. You may have seen Sirius around town as Seyton in Bainbridge Island’s Macbeth last summer at Bloedel Reserve, and his last Framing Device work of Bathing Boys, Sirius has directed a few times before, notably with Student One Acts at North Central High School , and Every Man, at Seattle Pacific University. Sirius is a local actor and playwright in town making work that speaks to the human condition and joy of living.
Jasmine Lomax is a Cornish College of the Arts Original Works graduate working tirelessly to help shape the Seattle Theater Community into a healthy, creative, and collaborative environment. Celebrating their debut with Latitude Theatre, they are more than thrilled to present Is This a Good Thing? Some of their favorite credits include Fat Ham (Intimacy Director) with the Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Niceties (Associate Director/ Fight Choreographer) with Intiman Theatre, Tiara’s Hat Parade (Director) with Book-It Repertory Theatre, PASSOVER (Intimacy Director/ Co-Fight Choreographer) with The Spot Sun Valley, This Bitter Earth (Intimacy Director) with Seattle Public Theater, and The Bonesetter’s Daughter (Assistant Director) with Book-It Repertory Theatre. For fun, follow them on Instagram (@jasmineissublime) for more information on upcoming projects and to take a peek at their work with Delta Dental of Washington as the Tooth Fairy!
Tagen Mathews is an Actor and Director with a soft spot for dry humor, Stage Fights and a good ol' fashioned Whodunit. He had a great time in the acting ensemble of the Last Framing Device festival and is thrilled to rejoin the process on the other side of the table. Huge thanks to Chis, Ali and everyone at Latitude for the opportunity, and to Salvador Dali for the sick paintings.
Jennifer Nielsen is excited to be working with the talented creatives at Latitude again. Previously, she was props master for Monstrous Regiment. A theatre educator/director for over 30 years, Jennifer has been spending her retirement fulfilling a lifetime goal of acting with Seattle area theatre companies including As If, Edmonds Driftwood Players, Centerstage and Red Curtain. Most recently she appeared at BPA in The Highest Tide. She would like to thank her kids and grandkids for their love and support. Enjoy!
Jordan-Michael Whidbey is here to direct and can't wait to see what the whole festival has for us. They are regularly an actor and director here in Seattle. You can usually find him at Seattle Public Theater in Jurassic Parking Lot and A Very Die Hard Christmas. Otherwise they are playing dungeons and dragons in the actual play shows, "Dice Jailers" "Queer Quests" and "Tellers of Tales". If that isn't enough of his voice for you, they are also often a voice actor on the podcast "The Ugly Radio". Jordan loves to tell stories in any way shape and form.
Production Crew:
Sam Williamson is thrilled to be returning to stage manage another show with Latitude! Previously, she stage managed Framing Device: The Edvard Munch Plays (2025), Ingvar! A Musical Furniture Saga (2025), Monstrous Regiment (2023) and is a part of the Artistic Ensemble. Other notable shows include: Ain't Misbehavin' (2026), Lewis & Tolkien (2025), Sister Act (2024), and Black Coffee (2022) all with Taproot Theatre. Enjoy the performance!
Stacey Bush (she/her) is Seattle born and raised, and has worked as an actor, costumer, director, and fight director for a wide swath of companies both large and small in Seattle and the surrounding areas since the last century. Stacey is a Latitude Theatre Artistic Ensemble Member and created violence for Terry Pratchett’s Monstrous Regiment, INGVAR! A Furniture Musical Saga, and A Klingon Christmas Carol; understudied for Miss Holmes and directed for Framing Device: The Edvard Munch Plays. Stacey founded and is the Managing Director for Performers’ Forge who will be producing the third annual Seattle Sockeye Stage Combat Workshop later this summer.
Aiken Bömers-Muller is an artist, organizer, and public defender based in Seattle. You can find more of his work through musical acts like Spätzer and Pissaunt, or through his organization REALMOREREAL which hosts the annual CAMPBIENT Arts residency.
Nolan Spencer is excited to make his Latitude debut lighting Framing Device: The Salvador Dali Plays. Nolan last lit Annex theater’s production of Curiosity and The Bird and the Bug’s production of Animal Farm. He has also done work with Cornish College of the Arts, Emerald City Trapeze Arts and Julia’s on Broadway. When he’s not designing lights he can occasionally be found on stage, such as in Dacha’s production of The Master and Margarita or Cornish’s production of Fun Home.
Alex (Alexandra) Kronz is a Seattle based intimacy director, choreographer, stage/film combat enthusiast, dancer/actor, educator and writer. Intimate moments are opportunities for powerfully truthful storytelling. Alex believes incorporating playfulness, analysis and actor agency is the best recipe for purposeful, sustainable and trauma-informed staging choices. This is their first show with Latitude Theatre and they’re grateful to already feel like a part of the community - what a stellar group of artists! Recent intimacy direction or coordination highlights: Blood Brothers (stunts and intimacy - an original short film to be released) Heathers at University of Washington Stage notes (Feb 2026), Frankenstein at UW UTS (Dec 2025), ACT Theatre’s The Wave, and What Came After (intimacy, fight and dance choreo - Jul 2025). For future updates on Alex’s original work and upcoming performance schedule, check their insta: @alexandrakronz
