TRACEY ELAINE CHESSUM, Ph.D.: Founder, Artistic Director
Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Tracey Elaine Chessum, Ph.D, has taught music and theatre on all levels of education, winning awards for curriculum design and performance. She is equally active in the professional theatre realm, having worked as a director, producer, technical, music director and conductor for several professional theatre groups and performing artists in the southern California and Washington D.C. areas. Tracey holds a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Maryland, and her theatrical scholarship focuses on musical theatre between 1880 and the First World War (with a particular focus on the comic operas of John Philip Sousa). She is a founding Artistic Director at Pallas Theatre Collective, where she has directed The Many Women of Troy, The Comedy of Mirrors, The Tempest, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Yellow Wallpaper, code name: CYNTHIA, and Lost in Wonderland. She is passionate about developing new works of musical theatre to ensure the continuance of America’s great musical theatre tradition. Currently, she is Asst. Professor of Musical Theatre Techniques at Point Park University. Tracey is an Associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. |
ZACH BREWSTER-GEISZ: Company Manager
Zach Brewster-Geisz has been active in the Washington, DC theatre community, onstage and off, for over twenty years. He first came to Pallas as an actor in She Stoops to Conquer, and has also performed in code name: CYNTHIA and Lost in Wonderland. He’s also recently appeared at such theatres as WSC Avant Bard, Unexpected Stage Company, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, and NextStop Theatre Company. His award-winning short films have screened at multiple film festivals around the country, as well as the occasional cable channel. In addition to being a working actor, he is also on the faculty of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Washington’s only accredited professional actor training studio. |