DANNY

Cosmo Reynolds (He/they) is a real life Bard doing his best. They're psyched to be playing Danny in their Fourth(ish) production of Mikki's. You can see him monthly, right here on his favorite stage, in Magic Tea Party, FUSE's TTRPG actual play show, or listen his underproduced music on Spotify. Thanks to Juliet, Mikki, and Asae for the stage time, and the opportunity to keep telling queer stories.

ALEC

Damian Luis is an actor, singer, dancer, and drag king (Woody Banter) based out of Portland, Oregon. He studied Theatre Arts at Portland State University and has performed at several local theaters including Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Lakewood Center for the Arts, and Milagro Theatre. Recently he appeared in Speculative Drama's production of Bitter Herb as The Prince and several Fertile Ground shows including What the Fox? as George. 

MADDY

Ethan began acting in elementary school by doing plays at Longview Washington's Columbia Theater with the Missoula Children's Theatre. In middle school they attended C.A.S.T (Children's After School Theater) for several years until they started going to highschool and became a student teacher of the program. Throughout highschool they performed in many productions with the Dana Brown Mainstage Theater and the Kelso High School Theater. After high school they attended classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California for several months. They later became the House Manager for Stageworks Northwest Theater in Longview, Washington for two years where they would also frequently participate in performances. Currently, Ethan works with and performs for many Portland, Oregon based companies including but certainly not limited to; Witch Hunt Theater, The Portland Stage Fright Festival, Fuse Theater Ensemble, The Chapel Theater,  The Twilight Theater Company and The American Immersion Theater Company. They also frequently work with independent film companies including; Drake Dalgleish Films, Dark Fire Productions, Love U Later Productions and Cold Blood Studios.

MIA

Hazel O'Brien is incredibly excited and thankful to have her first professional theater role be with Salt and Sage and honored for it to be in one of Mikki Gillettes plays. Before acting she has done miming, improv, and clowning. She is so excited to be able to express the trans experience on stage and is incredibly thankful for the opprotunity to do it here. She would like to extend a very very special thank you to her partner Arthur for all his support and love and hard work helping her get where she is today.

LANDON

Lennox Blodgett started acting when he was nine at a theater in Washington called Metropolitan Performing Arts. Now in college, attending PSU, he is still hooked on the theater bug, and is excited to be performing in Portland! Some of his most recent parts and performances are Mark/Bobby Jermey in Fun Home, Jack Zakowski in Fame, Crutchie in Newsies, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Fenton in Merry Wives of Windsor. He wants to thank his friends and family for always supporting him. 

CORIN

Maryellen is originally from middle of nowhere California and has been having fun getting immersed in the Portland theater scene! You might have seen her around town as Ophelia in Hamlet (Portland Shakespeare Project/TAC), Young Girl in Blood Wedding (Shaking the Tree Theatre), Lucius in Julius Caesar (Canon Shakespeare Company), and Young Misty in Who’s Who (Fertile Ground Festival/Rogue Pack). She is a graduate of The Actor’s Conservatory in Portland and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo with BA in Theatre Arts minoring in Dance and Anthropology. 

Sam

Téa Johnson (any pronouns) is a local actor, playwright, and creative. This is her first show with Salt & Sage. Some of her recent roles have included Somebody in Everybody, Tituba in The Crucible, G in Polaroid Stories, and #14 in The Wolves. She has a BA in Theatre from Loyola University Chicago and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from George Fox University. They would like to thank their wife, their family, Radar the cat, and the cast of Always Sunny in Philadelphia for providing her emotional and spiritual support during this process.

PLAYWRIGHT

Mikki Gillette is an award-winning trans woman playwright, who's thrilled to be working again with Salt and Sage. Mikki was named one of Portland, OR’s 25 Most Influential Artists by Willamette Week magazine. Her show American Girl was featured in American Theatre and voted Best Play in the Broadway World Portland Awards following its 2023 production. Other productions include The Queers (Fuse Theatre ’22), My Perfectly Valid Objections (Salt and Sage ’23) and They Them Their (Fuse Theatre ’23), and Blonde on a Bum Trip (Fuse Theatre ’24). Learn more at: mikkigillette.com.

DIRECTOR

Asae Dean has built her directing career around Shakespeare and new work. On the Shakespeare front, she has staged nearly half the canon and just completed Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, and Henry V. Her love of early modern drama is not limited to Shakespeare and she has also directed Beaumont and Fletcher and Thomas Kyd. In terms of new work, she has directed world premieres of work by Leonard Madrid, Michael Eichler, Bruce Hostetler, Heath Hyun, and - of course - Mikki Gillette. She has previously directed Mikki Gillette’s The Queers, My Perfectly Valid Objections, and No More Candy.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

R David Wyllie grew up in New York City, where he and his cruel and manipulative step-sister Kathryn attended an elite prep school. Being both rich and bored, they decided to make a wicked bet around the affections of their classmate, Annette.

However, R David became genuinely interested in Annette and began to struggle with his feelings for her, complicating their little game. Meanwhile, Kathryn sought to maintain her power and control by manipulating basically everyone at their school.
Despite his bestintentions, R David’s growing affection for Annette eventually led to betrayal, heartbreak, and tragic consequences. But hey, at least the soundtrack was full of late 90’s bops!

INTIMACY DIRECTOR

An actor, writer and director. Heath holds a MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in playwriting from Goddard College and a BA in Theatre with a focus in performance from Humboldt State University.

Intimacy Director credits with Portland Center Stage, Profile Theatre, Oregon Opera Theatre, Shaking the Tree, Fuse Ensemble, Salt and Sage and more, in addition to consulting work with Reed College, Lakewood Theatre Company and Chapel Theatre Company.

SCENIC & PROPS DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Sophina Flores (She/Her) is the founder of local QTPOC dance theatre company Roots and All Theatre Ensemble, centering marginalized identities and breaking the boundaries of realism, who you may know from Liminal, The Between Spaces, and Ritual Treatment . Recently she has worked as an Assistant Lighting Designer to Marika Kent at Portland Center Stage, and designed lights at Bag and Baggage, Passinart, Salt and Sage, The Actor's Conservatory, FUSE, Oregon Children's Theater, From the Ground Up, Crave, Lewis and Clark, Hand2Mouth, Profile, and Artists Repertory Theater. As a theatre maker, playwright, director, deviser, and choreographer, her work centers the intersectionality of identities as a neurodivergent, bisexual Puerto Rican woman, and prominently features themes of mental illness and trauma, with surrealist or magical realist motifs.

FIGHT DIRECTOR

This is Adam's first Fight Design credit with Salt and Sage. Past credits include, Fight Choreography for Grant High School's "She Kills Monsters", Assistant Choreographer on Salt and Sage's "MacBeth" and "Henriad", as well as Anonymous Theatre's "Romeo and Juliet".

He has been choreographing and training with his wife (multi award-winning Kristen Mun-Van Noy) for over eight years, and assisted at many local high schools, colleges, theatres and also 2 films in the Portland area.