Sarah Mikayla Brown
Executive Producer/Interim Board President (Board Member)

Sarah Mikayla Brown was Student Body President of Sts. Leo-Seton in Lafayette, Louisiana at 13 years of age. While she tried to repress that part of her by becoming an accomplished actor, writer and improviser throughout her high school (Academy of the Sacred Heart), college (UL Lafayette, Acting Up!), and post collegiate years in Chicago (Tantalus Theatre Group, Corn Productions, Rude Mechanicals, Quest, Annoyance Productions), her administrative tendencies haunted her still. She has managed to combine her right and left brain into one glorious project – The Chicago Fringe Festival. Mikayla is an ensemble member with Cult of the Stage Monkey Chicago.

Vinnie Lacey
Associate Producer/Board Vice-President (Board Member)

Vinnie Lacey is an improviser, producer, writer, comedian, fashion model, commercial actor, jiu jitsu champion and artist. His Catholic comedy, Hopelessly Devoted, was recently featured at the Capital Fringe Festival in DC: hopelesslydevoted.blogspot.com. He creates entirely tasteless funnies with his sketch team Cell Camp: cellcampcomedy.com. He knows Fringe is well past due in Chicago and is proud to help serve it to ya'll.

Anne Cauley
Volunteer Coordinator, Advisory Board Chair (Board Member)

Anne Cauley is thrilled to be a part of the first Chicago Fringe. When not obsessing about the magic of fringes, she is the Individual Giving Manager at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. On past adventures, Anne has worked/performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, interned at the Kennedy Center and Berkshire Theatre Festival, and volunteered at the IndyFringe, where she awarded herself the "Traveled the Furthest to Fringe Volunteer Award."

Adrienne Guldin
International Recruiting Coordinator (Board Member)

Adrienne Guldin is the former Board President of Tantalus Theatre Group. She has worked in a number of capacities in the theatre world, including production management, stage management, design and performance. In her spare time, she enjoys decyphering idiomatic differences in the English language.

Amanda Dodge
Secretary, Database Manager (Board Member)

Amanda Dodge is American by birth, yet southern by the grace of God. She moved to Chicago in March of 2004 and is currently living in Irving Park. Her favorite part about Chicago is any day that doesn't snow and is over 75 degrees. She and Sarah Mikayla both attended the University of Louisiana and that's where they met. She is happy to be on the Chicago Fringe team as their lovable Secretary.

Stephanie Miller
International Applicant Coordinator

Stephanie Miller has a BA in Theater from Loyola University Chicago and works in the field of study abroad. Previously laboring under the impression that French student visas were difficult to negotiate, Stephanie now realizes that the U.S. visa process makes French student visas look like a cakewalk. She is however, up to the challenge. Aside from sending U.S. students abroad, and bringing international theater artists here, she occasionally gets to travel herself, and loves it.

Laura Shatkus
Theatre Community Liaison

Laura Shatkus is jumping up and down like a cheerleader with sparkly pom-poms about the Chicago Fringe Festival. She is a local actor who has appeared on stage with The Gift, Mary-Arrchie, Silent Theatre Company, Red Twist, Polarity, Theatre Hikes, and Janus among others and is an avid seer of plays, knower of people, and promoter of free and cheap theatre. After travelling to the London Fringe Festival in 2004, she fell in love with the international and communal nature of the Fringe and has wanted Chicago to have one ever since. Rah! Rah! Go Team!

Rachel Staelens
Production Manager

Rachel Staelens is delighted to be working on the first Chicago Fringe Festival. She has been stage manager for CerquaRivera Dance Theatre since 2007 and recently stage managed Alice with Nothing Without a Company and Ambrose Bierce: Tales & Times with Lincoln Square Theatre along with directing in Point of Contention Theatre’s ChAos Festival. Upcoming productions include assistant directing/stage managing Vanishing Points with Point of Contention. Rachel graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a BFA in Theatre Direction. She would like to thank her friends and family for their continued love and support and assures them that - as always - she will return all calls when the show is up.

Jessica Landis
Travelers Coordinator, Archivist

Jessica Landis is an actress and improviser who is thrilled to have made Chicago her new home. She has been lucky enough to train and play at many local theatres including iO, the Annoyance, Gorilla Tango and ComedySportz. She produces and performs with FrankenReagan at a Monday improv showcase at Mullen's on Clark.

Luke Harmon
Special Events Coordinator

Luke Harmon: Actor, Artist, Producer, ASU Theatre Alum, Arizona Native, Man's Man

Tracy Wray
Volunteer Coordinator

Tracy Wray graduated in 2007 with a B.A. in Theatre for both acting and directing , and with minors in communication, philosophy, and ethnomusicology. Upon Graduation, Tracy moved to London where she worked as a bartender for the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre. Some of her previous directing credits include Wendy Wasserstein's Heidi Chronicles, Nicky Silver's Pterodactyl, and Josh Mikel's Bethlehem Motor Community featured as the opening show for American College Theatre Festival in 2007. Her favorite acting roles include Elaine from Nature and Purpose of the Universe; Bella from Charles Mee's Big Love; Marina from Joe Cacaci's production of History of Cardenio - The Lost Shakespeare Play; & Mother from Machinal. You can see Tracy as Nurse Ratched in The Consortium Project's upcoming production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Viaduct Theatre.

Sean Chang
Intern

A junior at the Latin School of Chicago, Sean is extremely excited to be involved with Chicago’s first Fringe! He fell in love with theatre freshman year after doing his first play, and fringe fests this summer after seeing another city’s exciting festival. He enjoys quirky, experimental theatre, helping the folks at Steppenwolf Theatre Co stay hip with teens, and red velvet cupcakes.

Samay Gheewala
Merchandise Coordinator

Samay Gheewala has performed improv and scripted theater on the East Coast, West Coast, and the Coast of Lake Michigan. While studying towards his undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester, Mr. Gheewala co-founded the award-winning In Between The Lines improv troupe, and served as its first business manager. He is also a graduate of the DePaul University College of Law.

Pete Van Loon
Business Manager (Board Member)

Pete Van Loon is a consultant that moved to Chicago two and a half years ago. He has experience working in several industries including energy, financial services, and retail, but absolutely no exposure to theater organizations. He is looking to change that and is excited to help make the first Chicago Fringe Festival a success. Outside of work, he likes to travel, compete in triathlons, and play violin.

Stacy M. Coyne
Marketing Director

A Chicago native, Stacy migrated to the East Coast to serve as Marketing & Advertising Coordinator for Boston Ballet. In 2009 she returned to the Midwest to join the marketing team at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where she developed and launched their social media campaign. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where her theatre and dance credits included Cabaret, Hair, and Neil Simon's Rumors, Stacy found the opportunity to join the inaugural staff of the Chicago Fringe Festival irresistible. In her spare time she practices yoga and anglophilia.

Roy Gonzalez
Street Marketing Director

Roy has booked and promoted every band you've never heard of since he was sixteen years-old. The Chicago Fringe Festival seemed like a great place to incorporate theatre along with his many years of DIY marketing experience. When not performing in shows, Roy can often be overheard proclaiming his love for his home state of Texas.