Allison Pistorius is thrilled to make her Amphibian debut. LORT credits in Dallas and beyond include Constellations with TheaterWorks Hartford; Constellations, Clybourne Park, Sense and Sensibility, and The Wolves with the Dallas Theater Center; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The House of the Spirits, When We Are Married, and A Christmas Carol with the Denver Center Theatre Company.  In the Dallas/Fort Worth area, she has worked at Stage West, Circle Theatre, Trinity Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Dallas, Second Thought Theatre, Theatre Three, and WaterTower Theatre, receiving multiple D/FW Critics Forum Awards for her work.

Also a passionate theatre educator, Allison has taught acting at SMU, UNT, and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and she will be joining the faculty at the University of Houston as an Assistant Professor of Acting in the Fall.

Mitchell Stephens is an actor, choreographer and movement artist based in DFW. Mitchell is happy to be back at Amphibian after working on She Wolf, Cyrano, Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins. Mitchell’s work spans the country and all over the metroplex. Recent Credits include Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, The Great Distance Home, Silent Sky, Lord of the Flies (WaterTower Theatre), Reykjavík (Kitchen Dog Theatre) La Maupin: The French Abomination, Everything will be Fine (Prism Movement Theatre). Mitchell is a proud facilitator for De-Cruit, using Shakespeare to treat Post Traumatic Stress and specializes in incarcerated veterans with Amphibian.

Felicia Bertch is pleased to return to Amphibian having most recently performed with the ensemble of Julia Pastrana. She received her MFA in Acting at the University of South Carolina and studied physical theatre arts in Paris at L’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques LeCoq as well as in NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Italy. Felicia has lived and worked professionally as an actor, clown, and model all over the country and abroad. She has taught, directed, devised, and choreographed at various institutions and theaters nationally and internationally, including Wheaton College, The University of South Carolina, The University of Chicago, Columbia College, and in Tanzania, East Africa. Felicia is currently on faculty and the Head of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Texas at Arlington. She continues to work as a professional theatre artist and model in the DFW and Chicago areas. She is represented by Kim Dawson Agency here in DFW and Lori Lins in Chicago.

Monalisa Amidar is delighted to be making her Amphibian debut. She recently appeared in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Dallas Children’s Theater and worked with IMPRINT Theatreworks and Shakespeare Dallas. She holds an M.A. in Visual & Performing Arts from UT Dallas and a B.A. in Theatre from Pepperdine University. Monalisa is represented by Kim Dawson Agency.

Credits at Amphibian Stage include: Northside Hollow, A Lost Leonardo. Some credits DFW include: How is it that We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice, Madame Bovary at Undermain Theatre, Quixote at Shakespeare Dallas, Our Town at Circle Theatre, Holmes and Watson at Stage West. Washington DC credits include: Edge of the Universe Players II: Entertaining Mr. Sloane; Shakespeare Theatre: Tartuffe U/S, Tempest U/S Appeared; Taffety Punk: Hamlet, Constellation Theatre:  36 Views, Gilgamesh, Zorro, Ramayana; Forum Theatre; The Pillowman, Angels in America I and II, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Mad Forest; Theatre J: Born Guilty, Our Suburb; WSC Avant Bard: Night and Day, Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Bacchae, Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Folger Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Keegan Theatre:  Buried Child; Scena Theatre: Hedda Gabler;  Fountainhead Theatre: Fit to be Tied, Betrayal. Training: Southern Methodist University’s MFA Acting.

Telvin Griffin was born and raised in Texarkana, Arkansas. Growing up education has always been the number one priority that his parents instilled in him. He’s always had a microphone in his hand whether it be talking to imaginary audiences at home pretending to be late night hosts or pretending to be preacher, which was truly the beginning of this becoming a natural for him. Griffin grew up in church playing the piano and saxophone during his time in the middle school and junior high bands. While attending high school, Telvin learned how to speak in front of a camera, being selected as the school’s news anchor for morning announcements. After graduating high school he attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to study broadcast journalism where he was also on the football team as a walk-on wide receiver for three seasons. After graduating college he started working with his first agent in Dallas, Texas, so he could be closer to more acting opportunities, which proved to be a great decision. In just the short span of his career so far, Telvin has booked many national commercials and television projects including a national Dodge Ram and Wing Stop campaign currently running, the hit CW series Dynasty, Fox’s Deputy, and the Emmy-Award-Winning ABC comedy Black-ish. Telvin’s latest film, Babylon (Paramount Studios) starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Eric Roberts to name of a few and directed by Academy Award winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land), will be limited released December 25^th, 2022 and wide released January 6^th, 2023. Griffin’s goal and purpose in life is to inspire others no matter what their calling in life might be. One strongly held belief is if you just stick to your dreams and goals, with hard work and consistency and waiting on God, all will come to fruition.

Evan is a Fort Worth-based actor, photographer, and designer. His work has been seen at the Dallas Theater Center, Second Thought Theatre, Undermain Theatre, Stage West Theatre, Trinity Shakespeare Festival, Amphibian Stage, and more. Evan holds a BFA in Acting from Texas Christian University. Evan is represented by the Kim Dawson Agency.

Acting credits include productions at Stage West Theatre, WaterTower Theatre, Stages Repertory Theatre, Trinity Shakespeare Festival, Amphibian Stage, Uptown Players, Second Thought Theatre, Theatre Three, Undermain Theatre, Shakespeare Dallas, Kitchen Dog Theater, and RADA among others. He has directed Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Hir, Like a Billion Likes, The Nether, Deer, Mr. Burns a post-electric play, International Falls, and Orlando, all for Stage West, as well as Bright Half Life for WaterTower Theatre and The Moors for Theatre Three. He also works as a voice actor with FUNimation. Garret has a BFA in Musical Theatre from Sam Houston State University.

Nicholas Reed is thrilled to make his debut at Amphibian Stage. Nicholas, a Fort Worth native, fell in love with the stage at age 5 and has been performing ever since. Recently, Nicholas has returned from his second National Broadway tour in A Christmas Story – The Musical as Randy, his first was Finding Neverland as Michael Llewelyn-Davies.

Francisco Grifaldo was born in Mexico City. He has always aspired to share his unique story and experiences through his acting. Francisco graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor in Fine Arts, specializing in performance. This is Francisco’s first regional theater role and could not be more grateful to be a part of this cast. Some of his favorite roles include playing Bernardo from West Side Story, Sam from Grace, and Charlie Cowell from The Music Man. His most recent work is starring as Juancho, in a new A24 produced Netflix show called Mo, which will begin streaming August 24th so be on the lookout!

Brock Huerter is an actor, singer, and dancer stationed in the DFW metroplex. He got most of his training from the University of Texas at Arlington where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre. Though he found theatre later in his life, he has been given many opportunities to play roles such as Younger Brother in Ragtime, as well as Franklin Hart Jr. in 9 to 5 throughout his years at UTA. He is also trained in, and seeking interest in, Camera and Shakespeare work though singing on stage will always feel like his home.

Hannah Valdovinos is so happy to be working on this show with Amphibian! Acting credits include Our Town (DTC), The True History… of Julia Pastrana (Amphibian Stage), In the Heights (Firehouse Theater), West Side Story (Stolen Shakespeare Guild), Summer and Smoke (Classics Theatre Project), and Romeo & Juliet/Twelfth Night (Trinity Shakespeare Festival). She also works as a costume designer in the area, most recently for Witch and Lifespan of a Fact (Stage West), & is a graduate of TCU with her BFA in Acting.

Jay Duffer directed The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) for Amphibian both in 2014 and 2017, and Babbette’s Feast in 2019. He will direct Marie Antoinette in our 2022 season. Past Amphibian acting credits include Wittenberg, The Nosemaker’s Apprentice, The Mystery of Irma Vep and the workshop production of David Davalos’ Daedalus (Retitled A Lost Leonardo). He has professional acting and directing credits spanning several decades and has performed in theatres from Off-Broadway, to regional theatres, to productions overseas. Jay has been involved in new works and script development with Threads Theatre Company (serving as a Founding Member and the Executive Director of New Works), Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source, Kaleidoscope Theatre Company, Fort Wayne Civic Theatre and Brooklyn based The Artful Conspirators. His play, Asleep in the Arms of God, received its world premiere in November 2017 at the Box Theatre in Riverside, CA produced by New Threads Productions (CA). His play, Big Girl, Little World premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival. His latest play, naked, was included in Amphibian’s inaugural SPARKFEST in the summer of 2021. Prior to joining Amphibian as Managing Director, Jay was Associate Professor of Theatre and Department Chair at Huntington University in Indiana. At HU, he directed a wide variety of approximately 50 plays and musicals while heading the theatre program. Jay currently teaches Directing for the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas Arlington. He is a member of Actors Equity Association and is an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Brian Clinnin is a Scenic Artist, a Designer, and a Professor of Theatre Design & Technology at Texas Christian University. His recent credits include Shakespeare in Love, Misalliance, The Tempest (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Eliot- A Soldier’s Fugue (Water Tower Theatre), Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet (Trinity Shakespeare Festival), Company and Home (Jubilee Theatre), Stupid F-ing Bird (Stage West) and Picasso at The Lapin Agile (Circle Theatre). Prior to this, he worked at Chicago Scenic Studios, creating scenery for projects such as ABC-7 Chicago State Street Studio Set, CBS Sports Set, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Chicago Field Museum, and The Adler Planetarium. He has trained at the University of Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The University of Kansas, from which he holds a BFA in Illustration and an MFA with honors in Scenography. To view work, please visit www.clinnin.com.

Born in Mexico City, Laura Anderson Barbata is a Mexican transdisciplinary artist currently based in New York and Mexico City. Since 1992 has initiated long-term projects and collaborations in the Venezuelan Amazon, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and the United States that address social justice and the environment. Her work often combines performance, procession, dance, music, spoken word, textile arts, costuming, papermaking, zines and protest.
Her work is in various private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; el Museo de Arte Moderno, México D.F.; and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Recipient of the Anonymous Was a Woman Award; grants from FONCA Mexico; Mario Trujillo García Defense for Human Rights Award, Mexico; Rockefeller Bellagio Artist in Residence, among others.

Her work for theater includes Leonce and Lena, 2002, Amphibian Stage; The Qyixotic Days and Errants Nights of the Knight Errant Don Quijote, 2015, Amphibian Stage; Companionship, 2019, Forth Worth Opera; and Marie Antoinette, 2022, Amphibian Stage.

Laura Anderson Barbata teaches at MIT/Art, Culture and Technology program in Cambridge, and is Honorary Fellow of the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies LACIS Program. University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the College Art Association where she also serves as VP for Diversity and Inclusion.

David Lanza has been sound designing in DFW for some time now, is excited to still be sound designing, and looks forward to sound designing more in the future.  He also loves the Phibs always and forever.  Pro-tip: eat half of your cookie now, and save the other half for a late night snack after the show.  Follow David Lanza Audio on Facebook or go to www.DavidLanzaAudio.com to learn more.  Or look up my LiveJournal I had in high school. Love to Nikki, Maggie, Peter, and the Oxford comma.

Adam Chamberlin (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be returning to Amphibian Stage Productions. He is the managing director of theatre production and associate professor of lighting and sound design for the Department of Dance and Theatre at the University of North Texas. Previously, he has taught as an assistant professor for the dance department at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is currently serving on the Leadership of the Lighting Commission for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology as awards coordinator and poster session co-coordinator. Previously, he has held the positions of vice-commissioner of special projects and light lab designer. He has designed lighting for companies including The Latin Ballet of Virginia, Shakespeare Dallas, Oklahoma City Rep., One World Theatre, Stage West, K-Dance, Kitchen Dog, and WaterTower Theatre. He was a founding member of Dysfunctional Theatre Company in NYC and Amaranth Contemporary Dance in Richmond, VA. In addition, he is a founding member of the Beyond the Sock Puppetry. He holds an MFA in theatrical design from the University of Texas at Austin.

Philip Vilar, a New York native, is a creative designer specializing in lighting and media design for live entertainment. They graduated from Meadows School of the Arts at SMU in Dallas, TX where they earned a Master of Fine Arts in Stage Design and now is the Director of Technical Theatre at Dallas Independent School District. Some recent projects they have done are projection designs for The Laramet Project as a guest designer for Baylor University, Church and State at Stage West Theatre; Lighting and projection design for Overbooked at Prism Theatre Company; Lighting Design for The Immigrant at Theatre Three.  

Kaitlin Hatton is excited to be working with Amphibian Stage again! Recent props designs include Ann (WaterTower Theatre), La Medium (FW Opera), Baba, Spaceman, Marie Antoinette (Amphibian Stage Productions), Kodachrome, Fences, Young Frankenstein, An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf, The Glass Menagerie, The Last Wide Open, and One Man, Two Guvnors (Circle Theatre). Recent stage management includes I’m Proud of You, The Other Josh Cohen, Tiny Beautiful Things (Circle Theatre), Marjorie Prime, Handle With Care, Between Riverside and Crazy, Witch, On The Exhale (Stage West), Baba, Spaceman, The Hollow, Egress, Hans & Sophie, She-Wolf, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Babette’s Feast, Lonely Planet, and Artist Descending A Staircase (Amphibian Stage Productions). Kaitlin holds a BFA in Theatre – Design and Technology from Texas Wesleyan University and teaches Stage Management there. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and received the 2019 Live Theatre League Bill Garber Young Artist Award.

Elaine Cox is the Associate Director of Development and Resident Dramaturg at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. She also teaches Arts Administration at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music. She is excited the be back at Amphibian Stage after working as Dramaturg on Jay Duffer’s play, naked, as part of Spark Fest 2021.

In addition to teaching Acting and Voice & Speech at Western Washington University, and previously at New York University, Evan is a professional actor, director and voice coach who has been seen on stage and screen both regionally and in New York City. Evan was a co-founder and Artistic Associate of New York’s Strange Sun Theater and is currently the Artistic Director of American Theater Northwest in Bellingham, Washington.  Some of his most exciting recent productions have been Vocal Coaching for Rosalind Reynolds’ series of new works with the IDioM Theatre Company, directing the premiere production of J Chavez’s how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma), and acting in the new play Just Once with Bellingham TheatreWorks.  Evan is thrilled to be back in Fort Worth with Amphibia, after working with the ‘Phibs in productions of The True History of…Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World; Animals Out of Paper; This is How it Goes; Miss Witherspoon; A Leopard Complains of Its Spots; The First Day of School; Fully Committed; and Below the Belt.  

Matthieu M worked as a graphic designer for more than 10 years before deciding to reconnect himself with craftsmanship. Now working as a fashion designer in New York City, he has launched an Atemporal Ready-To-Wear Collection for women. “Matthieu M” is a high-end sustainable brand made of candid reaffirmed lines and very subtle colors in a sleek style. All garments are made in NYC in a very limited-edition. For the last four years, Matthieu has collaborated on numerous projects with Laura Anderson Barbata and is happy to continue that collaboration on Marie Antoinette with Amphibian Stage.

Jeff Stanfield is a graduate of Texas Christian University. After spending eight and a half seasons with Dallas Children’s Theater, he is pleased to have returned to Fort Worth with Amphibian Stage. You may have seen him on stage under the open Texas sky at the Hip Pocket Theatre in such productions as Love Letters to a Raven, Loop the Loop, In Watermelon Sugar, The Lake Worth Monster and Don Quixote.

Ashley Oliver is a Designer, Actor, and Director from Arlington, TX. This is her first time working with Amphibian Stage and is grateful for the opportunity. She holds a BA in Drama from Prairie View A&M University and has been working in theaters around Dallas/ Fort Worth for 15 years. She has worked on such shows as Cake Ladies, Little Women, Ann, Fetch Clay Make Man (Dallas Theater Center), Amazing Grace, Hurt Village, Dot, Do No Harm (Soul Rep Theatre), Bootycandy, Mr. Burns Post-Electric Play, Deer (Stage West), Shakin the Mess Outta Misery, Flight (Jubilee Theater) and Erykah Badu’s One (Hu)man show (TBAAL) and many other shows.  “A word equal a thought, a thought an idea, an idea an action, an action can change the world.”-Claude McKay

Landry Strickland is a BFA graduate of Oklahoma City University. He is currently a freelance lighting designer and electrician in the DFW Area. Past credits include lighting supervisor for the Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: De La Frontera tour, assistant lighting designer for Public Works Dallas: Odyssey, and electrician for the Oklahoma City Ballet, Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Children’s Theater, Uptown Players, Diversified Media Group, Lighting Guy Enterprises, Zero Productions, and Wylie ISD.

Lauren Harrison is an aspiring actress and director from Grand Prairie, TX. She is currently a Junior B.F.A. Acting major with a double minor in Directing and Props Fabrication at Oklahoma City University. Her recent roles include An Enemy of the People (Billing) with OCU School of Theatre, A Raisin in the Sun (Beneatha) with Theatre Arlington, and Macbeth (Witch) with Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park.