Siobhan O’Loughlin

Show Runner, Performer, Producer

Siobhan O’Loughlin (she/her) is an immersive maker who works and creates in Los Angeles and New York City. Her site specific, immersive piece, Broken Bone Bathtub, toured globally for five consecutive years with over 600 performances in 40 different cities, was featured in PBS’s Emmy Award Winning Documentary Series Immersive.World, clocked top ten lists for theatre experiences from the Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Examiner, and The Houston Chronicle. Broken Bone Bathtub is the recipient of the 2019 Immersion Award for Most Transformative Experience. In that same year, she crowdfunded $40k by herself to produce the documentary chronicling the journey of this small but mighty project.

She is the show runner of Please Don't Touch the Artist (PDT). Every single PDT experience has been written and performed by Siobhán, with the exception of a few collaborative pieces (such as Joe Joenliness, which was co-written and co-performed by her genius brother, Shane O’Loughlin). PDT is the recipient of No Proscenium’s Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in 2020.

Siobhán is the founder and Captain of The Misfits for Democracy, a group of progressive artists and activists running harm reduction phone banking missions to support Democratic candidates in crucial, life-or-death-threatening races, including Joe Biden for President, Jon Ossoff for Senate, and Gavin Newsom’s recall defense.

Jamie Johnson (Jarj)

Joker, Communications Director

Jamie Johnson (he/him) is a Maryland raised, Brooklyn-based performance artist, technician, and coordinator. He's been an international corporate live events and theatrical professional for more than a decade. In short; Jamie's practice centers on the subtle joys of curiosity coupled with the power found in sincerity and vulnerability.

More of Jarj's work can be found here: https://linktr.ee/jarj

K. Woodzick

Production Assistant

Woodzick (they/them) is a theatre-maker and digital storyteller currently living in Northern Wisconsin. They are the founder of The Non-Binary Monologues Project, and have written articles for American Theatre Magazine, which also distributes their Theatrical Mustang podcast. Woodzick is currently the Artistic Producer for the Nicolet Players.

Learn more by visiting woodzick.com.

Amelia Way (Mellie)

Technical Director / Sound Designer

Mellie (she/her) is a sound designer/sound engineer extraordinaire and interdisciplinary artist based in NYC. Born and raised in Delaware, Mellie will be graduating from Fordham University in May 2021 with a degree in Theatre Design and Production. Passions include: film scores, viola-playing, funny TikToks, and theatre-making. Past sound design credits include: Valor, Agravio y Mujer, The Most Massive Woman Wins, Dark Play or Stories for Boys (Fordham University), Dark Play or Stories for Boys (Edinburgh Fringe Festival).

Check out her current work on Instagram @ameliawaydesign

Brendan Leahy

Sound Designer

Brendan is a theatrical technical director who creates scenery for live events, retail, and immersive marketing. He currently serves as the Lead Assistant Project Manager for ATOMIC Design, a live events production, construction, rental, and design firm based in Lititz, PA. Through ATOMIC, Brendan has been managing teams that translate creative collaborations into technical designs and project plans. The core of Brendan's practice lives in the development of creative evolution amongst collaborators. He specializes in converting traditional "analog" workflow practices to digital ones using technology and data; his process of digitizing workflow pairs with his respect for emotional intelligence. Under Brendan's supervision, his teams focus on creative thinking, while computers handle workflow and data management. Brendan's technical designs have been on tour with Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, on-screen with MTV, WWE, in flagship stores in New York with Nike, or Ray-Ban, and now, in 2020, on the small-scale immersive Zoom screen.