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Teal Farias

I am Mexican queer dancer and community organizer that lives for pleasure activism and building community through dance.  I moved to Olympia almost 5 years ago from Mérida, Yucatán, México,

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Maren McBeth

Maren McBeth (she/her) came to a love of theatre via Shakespeare and to Olympia Family Theater via her daughter encouraging her to sign up for Adult Improv, and has been

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Luz Gaxiola

Luz Gaxiola is a clown, musician, and theatre artist based in Olympia, WA. She studied at the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre, the San Francisco Clown Conservatory, and the Flying

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Elizabeth Lord

Elizabeth Lord brings many years of theater experience to the Olympia Family Theater classroom. She has has acted in and directed numerous plays over the years having worked with Prodigal

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Chuck Meares

For 50 years, Charles (Chuck) Meares has been involved in theatre, entertainment, and education. His professional training in theatre arts began at the age of 14, at the Actor’s and

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Alexa Ryle

Alexa Ryle has participated on and off stage since Olympia Family Theater’s very first production, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 2006. She played Ditzy Daisy and also Stage Managed for

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Mandy Ryle

Mandy has been a part of OFT camps since the very first one! She has taught many camps such as The Sneetches, The Bunyip, and Cloudy With a Chance of

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