Born and raised in Newport, Jed got his BFA in Acting from URI and an MFA in Devised Theater from the London International School of Performing Arts. Today, he is a theater-maker, performance educator and support staff member at Bike Newport. He teaches voice and movement at Salve Regina and offers private lessons in the Alexander Technique.

Elizabeth Woodhouse (she/her) is a choral music educator and conductor with over 20 years of experience working with choruses all across the country from Denver, Colorado to Brooklyn, New York. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Newport Sings (RI), a non-profit organization that provides opportunities for youth and adults to discover the joy and power of singing in community with others. At Newport Sings she conducts Aquidneck Singers, a multigenerational treble chorus, and QUORUS, an LGBTQIA+ chorus for teens and adults. She also oversees the Newport County Youth Chorus programs and leads Community Sing, a weekly singalong program for adults with disabilities. Elizabeth has prepared and conducted ensembles at Carnegie Hall and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) as well as for a national PBS Kids Commercial.
Elizabeth is an adjunct professor at University of Rhode Island where she conducts the University Chorus and has previously taught choral methods and conducting courses. She also serves as a student teacher supervisor at Rhode Island College. A 2019-2020 Jubilation Foundation Fellow, Elizabeth received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting at The Ohio State University, where she was a University Fellow.

Rebecca is a community arts organizer, deviser, and administrator who lives in Newport. She has created original live community-based performance since 2010, mostly in Rhode Island, but other places too. After four years as the first Director of Community Engagement at Trinity Rep in Providence, RI, Rebecca moved to Minneapolis to lead Community Engagement at the Guthrie Theater where she built mutually-beneficial relationships across the Twin Cities and in greater Minnesota through art-making, responsive events, and co-conspiratorial relationships surrounding the Guthrie’s work. Today Rebecca proudly serves as the Director of Special Projects in the City of Providence’s department of Art, Culture and Tourism.
Rebecca holds a BFA in Acting from the College of Santa Fe and an MFA in Lecoq Based Actor Created Physical Theatre from the London International School of Performing Arts. She was the 2015 and 2017 RI State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellow and was named one of TCG’s One to Watch in 2019.

Casey Seymour Kim is a Rhode Island-based theatre arts performer who has performed professionally on regional stages such as the Gamm, and specializes in improvisation and working on new or original material. Some of the most joyful moments in her arts career have involved her collaborations with Jed Hancock-Brainerd and Rebecca Noon, through the theatre group Strange Attractor, and now through Center Aquidneck. Casey holds an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, teaches theatre performance at Rhode Island College, and is a member of the improv troupe Improv Jones.

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