The Voices
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Adam Qutaishat (Any/All) is a multiracial, non-binary artist based in Milwaukee. Adam’s podcast work includes experience as an audio engineer, producer writer, actor, director, and composer. Adam’s podcast Vigil (a part of the Fable & Folly Network) was an official selection at the 2022 Minnesota Webfest. Other podcasts Adam created and produced include The All-Arcadians, S-Double-H, WAIP, and the upcoming Athlos. Adam has worked in the audio department for Dog Investigator, The Worsener, Doc Danger and the Danger Squad, and Ten Days in a Madhouse. Adam has been a cast member of many podcasts and audio plays including Dracula, The Wanderer, Unwell, Ten Days in a Madhouse, Vigil, and The All-Arcadians. Adam’s other work includes music and lyrics for the musical children’s book Finding Me, co-writer of the musical Micro with Heidi Joosten, playwright of the multi-media play Absent. Director and producer of the musical concept album An American Mythology, and composer and lyricist for the animated mini-opera The Meaning of Christmas as part of the 2022 Decameron Opera Coalition. Adam is the Associate Artistic Director for Music Theatre of Madison, Artistic Associate for All In Productions, and Programming Manager for Sunstone Studios. Learn more at adamqutaishat.com.
Roles: Alectryon, Hermes, Triton
Annie Passanisi (She/Her) is a professional speaker, sales trainer, author, podcast host, and collector of weird instruments. Learn more at anniepruggles.com.
Roles: Euterpe
Anya Clingman (She/Her) started telling stories as the eldest sister reading books to her siblings so that when she was asked at the age of 10 to be the puppeteer in an upcoming children’s production, she knew just how to make each character's voice distinct and engaging. This sparked a love of performing that brought her to Chicago where she graduated from The Theater School at DePaul University with a BFA in Performance in 2007. While Anya continues to work in the DIY theater scene of Chicago, her love of story-telling has taken her into the classroom. Having graduated with her Master’s in Education from Loyola in 2012, she has been fortunate enough to teach the arts and humanities across this city as well as across the globe in Cambodia. She currently teaches Civics to 8th Graders, where she presents to them the stories of our country and this windy city to interrogate and derive their own conclusions. But her most cherished role is that of mother, where she has a standing appointment each night before bed, bringing stories to life. Anya thanks her husband and their community for their unwavering love and support.
Roles: Baucis, Calliope, Pythia the Oracle of Delphi
Brandon Boler (He/Him) is a professional actor, model, and producer based in Chicago. Raised in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, he has always enjoyed collaborating with a diverse and inclusive group of people. He enjoys being able to work on national and regional commercials, and theatres, as well as developing new theatrical and film projects. He’s currently represented by BMG Talent and recently became a SAG-AFTRA member in April of 2023. He is a company member of Invictus Theatre Chicago and is also an Artistic Associate with Cabinet of Curiosity. Thank you Rachel, Tate, and the cast and crew who have welcomed him and helped create this moving retelling of the Mythologies. Follow him on Instagram @brandboler, or his website www.BrandonBoler.com.
Roles: Zeus
Chris Zamiar (He/Him) Returning to his first artistic passion after eleven years, Chris was last involved in Rough House Theatre's production of Into The Uncanny Valley at the Den Theatre as Isaac. Before that he had been an actor since the age of twelve and studied performance and direction at Bradley University, where he co-founded the student-led Ministry of Experimental Theatre. Theatre has always had a hold on his heart, so he still remained involved as the house manager for the Fly Honey Show, a burlesque-cabaret-dance experience. He is not only excited to be returning to performance but also to be doing it as a voiceover actor, where he gets to put what he has learned from ActOne Studios to good use. In his regular day-to-day, he is a software devops engineer, father and husband. Chris is doing more to chase his bliss, and exercising his creativity again is definitely a channel to fulfill this desire. He hopes you all enjoy the show!
Roles: Ameinias, Philemon, Prometheus
Dave Fink (He/Him) is beyond humbled and extremely happy to be a part of the Psychopompos team! Part actor, part musician, part educator (and all Fink), he’s been working professionally in these combined areas in and throughout Chicago since 2007. Additionally, Dave is also a PreSchool teacher and teaches the PeeWee PreSchool Program at Lakeshore Sport and Fitness Association in Lincoln Park, where he’s been shaping young minds since 2018. He’s not on social media (for better or worse), so if you’d like to stay up to date on what’s up, feel free to write him at Finkus5@gmail.com
Roles: Hephaestus, Narkissos
Elizabeth Ellis (She/Her) is thrilled to work on Psychopompos - A New Mythology! She most recently performed in Congo Square Theatre’s production of How Blood Go at Steppenwolf Theatre’s 1700 Theater. She played Moira in Shapeshifters Theatre’s production of And Neither Have I Wings to Fly, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Acting Irish International Theatre Festival. Elizabeth’s other performances with Shapeshifters include Moll, The Castlecomer Jukebox, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Elizabeth has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Second City's Children's Theatre, Stage Left Theatre’s Leapfest, the Bailiwick Arts Center, EstrogenFest, Stages at Theatre Building Chicago, 20% Theatre’s Snapshot Festival, Tympanic Theatre, and in the improvisation show The Game of Love at London's Canal Cafe Theatre. Elizabeth is also a produced playwright, and her work has been part of the Abbie Hoffman and the Around the Coyote festivals. Elizabeth also plays a number of musical instruments, is a graduate of DePaul University, and studied at the Royal National Theatre Studio in London.
Roles: Hera, Medusa, Queen Niobe of Tantalus
Julian "joolz" Stroop (They/Them) Ah, a stranger, quick, come in from the cold… have you met joolz? joolz makes art. joolz plays games. Sometimes joolz makes other things. Strange, terrible, unspeakable things. You may know them from their D&D actual play podcast The Pod Has Been Cast, have seen them on stage with companies like Chicago Immersive, Filament Theater, Strawdog Theater Company, or perhaps even more recently: screaming silently in your own nightmares. When they aren’t polymorphing into other creatures/things, you may find them doodling monsters, writing stories, or making games.
If you’re feeling brave, follow them on Instagram @itsjoolz and checkout The Pod Has Been Cast, wherever fine podcasts are sold.
Roles: Aphrodite, Nyx
Mandyn E. Mueller (He/They) is thrilled to be a part of the Psychopompos cast and team. Born and raised in Michigan, he has been an award-winning dancer, performer, and artist his whole life. He graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a major in theatre and a minor in fine art and moved to Chicago in 2013. Since then, he has been involved as a performer in a variety of shows including The Fly Honey Show, the Windy City Players touring production of Cinderella, the Toy Soldier and ensemble dancer in The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque, and as a featured tap dancer in Show Pole! at the Newport Theater. He had the pleasure of assistant stage managing for Floor Show at the Chopin Theater and most recently joined the 2023 cast of Comedy Dance Chicago.
As most of Mandyn’s work is extremely physical, he is honored to be broadening his talents and working with his voice in new ways for this podcast. As a proud transgender performer, Mandyn is overjoyed to be working alongside this group of talented and diverse artists on such a queer, inclusive, and powerful project.
Roles: Alcimenes, Eros, Marsyas
Marie Tredway (She/Her) is a Chicago-based director/actor/choreographer. Marie is passionate about being an advocate for marginalized voices through her work and storytelling. Directing credits include the staged readings of Cannibals vs Kung Fu Zombies (Goodman Theater), Black Box(Victory Gardens Theater), and The Fixer (Steppenwolf) through Our Perspective: Asian American Play Readings, Young Playwrights Festival (Milwaukee Chamber Theater), Spring Awakening, Love and Information, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Three Brothers Theater), and The Invisible Hand (Carthage College). Theater performance credits include: Jeff Recommended Not One Batu (Nothing Without A Company), Chicago AfterDark(Artistic Conspiracy), and Wild Boar (Silk Road Rising). Marie currently recurs on Chicago Med as Nurse Trinidad “Trini” Campos. She is honored to be part of the Psychopompos world that Tate has lovingly created and is so excited to finally share it with everyone!
Roles: Artemis, MEDEA THE WITCH OF COLCHIS
Miguel Long (He/Him) is absolutely honored to have been a part of Psychopompos’ growth through the years. Miguel is a Chicago native artist and Company Member at @trapdoorthtr, where he was most recently seen in Bowie In Warsaw (Trap Door). He is also the Co-Director and choreographer of Nana opening 4/11 at Trap Door. Find him on insta - @miggysmalls225
Roles: Ganymede, Orpheus, Pan
Paige Hauer (She/Her) is a Chicago-based artist with strong roots in theatre, dance, and voice starting at a young age and going on to earn her BFA degree from Viterbo University for Musical Theatre. She was last seen onstage at the prestigious Paramount Theatre in Rock of Ages under the brilliant direction of Amber Mak. You can catch Paige singing backups for the popular Chicago cover band, Radio Gaga (@radiogagatour). Between the hectic actor life of auditioning and performing, she managed to co-found the all-female-led cover band, The Divas (@thedivaschi), under the production company Up and Coming Chicago, also founded by the women of the band. For bookings, check out upandcomingchicago.com. Paige is thrilled to be collaborating now and once again with the deliciously talented Tate A. Geborkoff on the newest iteration of Psychopompos. This is an opportunity for queer art to shine and invigorate the soul of the listener. Paige has never been a part of a more diverse and inclusive production. Psychopompos is not just a Piece, it’s a Revolution.
Roles: Persephone, Tisander
Pixie Leona (She/Her) has worked in many stages in the Chicagoland area. She’s worked at ETA, FJT, BNT, Interrobang. Steppenwolf, Northlight to name a few. She’s also been on The CHI, Chicago PD, and Southside. During the pandemic, she did virtual and audio plays with Artemesia, BNT, and Sideshow. She is very excited to play with all the players of Psychopompos.
Roles: Arakhne, Demeter, Ekho
Ryan Tang (He/Him) is a multidisciplinary artist, with a focus on choreography and found movement vocabulary that is accessible to artists of all experience levels. He has been with this project for several years and over many different iterations. Ryan is truly drawn to this specific brand of storytelling. With a passion for new works and development, Ryan's past works include The Almost Emperor of the Unofficial Deestrick of Lake Michigan (Cats Cradle Theatre), Millennial Church (Workshop), Baked! The Musical (CMTF), Queer Eye A Musical Parody (Second City), Billy Elliot (MTW), Down the Moonlit Path (NWaC), THAW, and The Fly Honey Show (Company and Associate Choreographer).
Roles: Apollo, Iasion, Icarus
Shayne Patrick (He/Him) is excited to be a part of Psychopompos. He is a classically trained actor, attaining a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from UW-Green Bay and completing a year-round acting internship with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Career highlights include co-hosting the award-winning children’s program, Cultural Horizons, as well as receiving the Lee Dougherty Ross Debut Artist Award (for his performance in Skylight Music Theatre’s Ruddigore). Along with acting, Shayne is also an accomplished vocalist and musician. He has incorporated his guitar work into several theatrical productions and has most recently composed music for local music group Sorry We’re Open as well as the Music Theatre of Madison’s An American Mythology. Over the past decade, Shayne has become especially interested in and passionate about voice-over. Along with contributing to Psychopompos, he also provides narration for the episodic podcast Tubular Teens with Titans and for the superhero, audio fiction thriller, Vigil.
Roles: Amphion of Thebes, Daedalus, King Cadmus of Thebes, Poseidon
Tate A. Geborkoff (He/They) is an acclaimed multi-disciplinary queer artist working and living in Chicago.
As an actor, he has performed on stages across Chicago in both experimental and classic theatrical experiences, and his work as a voice actor has appeared in podcasts, radio dramas, on the Whiskey Radio Hour, and other digital mediums. Other productions include Down the Moonlit Path (Broadwayworld Chicago Award for Best New Work/New Adaptation), Rebecca and Robbie Do Nothing at a Bar (The Last Abbiefest), A Heart of Tweed (Chicago Fringe Festival), Chicago AfterDark (The Charnel House), And the Snow Came Down (Step Up Productions). You can follow them on instagram at @adjinntonic.
Roles: APOLLONIUS OF RHODES, Ares, Jason of the Argonauts, Thanatos
Taylor Dariarow (She/They) is humbled and excited to have the opportunity to join this incredible group of artists on Psychopompos - a new mythology all the way from her home in Los Angeles, CA! Taylor attended the University of Florida receiving her BFA in theater performance, during which she had the honor of performing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as Arlene in the musical Baby. After graduating she moved to Chicago where she went through the Second City Conservatory and Music Conservatory programs and began acting in experimental theater and straight plays. Her band, Glitter Moneyyy, has performed all over the Midwest and Chicago, most recently at The Empty Bottle for Waldo’s Fest and Thalia Hall for The Fly Honey Show. Glitter Moneyyy, once lauded as the “Best New Artist” in the Chicago Reader, recently released their third album, Intrusive Thots, available on all streaming platforms.
Roles: Psyche
Theo Zucker (Any/All) is a Chicago-based actor, writer, and all-around artist. She performs regularly with Stone Soup Shakespeare, a company that brings imaginative, magical Shakespeare productions to small and rural communities in the Midwest. As a writer, Theo’s plays have been featured in multiple readings and productions in Chicago, including their short play The Plants, as well as full-length plays Alive! and Delta. Theo also writes poetry, short stories, and fiction, and hopes to publish writing in the near future. He holds a deep love for nature, and is happiest outside in the sun. Theo is thrilled to help bring Psychopompos to life!
Roles: Eris, Eurydice, Harmonia
Valerie Lyvers (She/Her) has loved being a part of Psychopompos since the original staged reading nearly a decade ago. Her pre-COVID/pre-baby work includes solo performances with Solo Crowd, several characters in Down the Moonlit Path, produced by NWAC, and many festival performances including Abbie Fest and the Chicago Fringe Festival.
When she’s not making art, Valerie works as a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist at Racine Acupuncture in her new hometown of Racine, Wisconsin. In her free time, she can be found hiking and traveling with her husband and baby.
Roles: Athena, Daphne, Dionysus, HANDMAIDEN