Meet Our team

Associate Artists

WHAT ARE ASSOCIATE ARTISTS?

These artists began their relationship with The Birth Play Project through one full production process. They now participate in monthly meetings, take advantage of training opportunities, and serve as ambassadors for the BPP in the larger community. Associate artists are not paid for their association alone, but they are paid for productions and eligible for paid leadership roles.

WANT TO GET INVOLVED?

If you are interested in becoming an associate artist, send us an email at birthplayproject@gmail.com.

Meet the Artists

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    Seth is a Birth Play Project veteran, having worked in some capacity on I With Things New Born, Aquelarres, Mary's Wondrous Body, and most recently Measure for Measure. By day, he manages, writes, directs, and occasionally stars in educational performances for children of all ages at The National Theatre for Children. Seth believes that every story is actually a birth story, every play is actually a birth play, and that understanding these stories is an essential part of making our world a better place.

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    Isabella is an actor, writer, and improviser in the Twin Cities who strives to make work that gets audiences out of their comfort zone. She originated the title role in Mary’s Wondrous Body and most recently played Isabella in Measure for Measure. Isabella is a company member with the Brave New Workshop, and she made her Park Square debut in Between Riverside and Crazy. Isabella is committed to engaging with birth stories because famously, everyone had to be born. It is the most universal of experiences, we all have a birth story. 

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    Arcadia is a California-born actor who relocated to Minneapolis for the tropical weather.  She made her BPP debut with Measure for Measure (2024). Recently seen in various BARd Shakes productions as well as Gray Mallard’s Romeo and Juliet. Theatre that is exciting, challenging, and thought-provoking is at the heart of her artist mission. BPP captures these qualities time and again and Arcadia is grateful to be a part of the ongoing thought partnership with hopes of bringing reproductive justice into common vernacular. When not onstage she enjoys dancing around the kitchen and taking care of animals. 

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    Joni is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and movement artist. She is thrilled to continue making dynamic art with the BPP! She is also a central member of Mixed Precipitation, bringing joyful outdoor opera everywhere from farms to city centers across Minnesota, and a frequent performer with Twin Cities physical theater group Combustible Company, helping devise numerous shows blending the boundaries between dance, text, and music. When not working on music you can find her gleefully riding her bike through the city or across the country! www.jonigriffith.com

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    Robert is an artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily working in drawing, printmaking, and theatre. His work explores queer perspectives on masculinity. In 2020 he received two B.A’s from the University of Minnesota in Theatre and Visual Art. He was the puppet designer for the BPP’s Aquelarres, for an alleged Theatre Company, and most recently for Alex Church’s Dutch: Made in America. His work can be seen at www.robertmcgrady.com

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    Gillian (Gigi if you’re nasty) is a Minnesota born and raised actor, singer, and writer. BPP credits include Measure for Measure (Lucio/Mariana) and both iterations of Mary’s Wondrous Body (u/s Mags & Mary, Asst. Director in 2023). She used to be veryvery scared to give birth someday, and now she is not. She credits that entirely to her time with this beautiful company. She is braver for it, and hopes to watch that empowerment ripple out into the community at large.

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    Tia is a theatre artist and writer who has worked with the BPP on both sides of production, for Aquelarres and both iterations of Mary’s Wondrous Body. They most recently appeared in Theatre in the Round’s How to Catch Creation. This year Tia is writing two plays while raising two small humans. The plays will probably be done first.

  • Madeline is a Minneapolis-based writer and theatre creature. Her writing has appeared onstage with the BPP and in the Minnesota Women’s Press. She has directed, choreographed, taught, and/or acted with Shakespearean Youth Theatre, Minnesota Shakespeare Theater, Theatre Elision, Combustible Company, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, and Geva Theatre Center, among others. Madeline holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota. She was raised in Rochester, NY by an educator and a women’s health nurse, as well as a robust local theatre community, and is grateful to carry their leadership forward through the BPP. www.MadelineWallTheatre.com