
Our Artists

Co-Artistic Director, Founding Member
Elizabeth van den Berg
Elizabeth has directed over 35 productions in the DMV. As an actor, she toured the US with Oliver!, and performed on many DC stages. She received a Gold Medallion from the Kennedy Center in 2006 and 2015. Elizabeth is Professor Emeritus of the Theatre Arts Department at McDaniel College, and a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA.

Managing Director, Founding Member
Tariq O
Tariq coordinates fundraising, operations, and marketing for the company. He served as a Founding Co-Producer on the company's first production, MEDEA, which won Best Drama at Capital Fringe 2024. He is an actor-in-training, having recently completed the core curriculum at the Studio Acting Conservatory in Washington, D.C.
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Producer, Founding Member
Brian Franchell
Brian is a producer-at-large with Songs of the Goat. He was an original producer on the company's first production, Ben Power's MEDEA at Capital Fringe 2025.
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Head of Finance & Producer
Darnell Eaton
Darnell has 15 years of experience as an improv performer and teacher with Washington Improv Theater. He has performed in numerous local productions as part of the Capital Fringe Festival, Nu Sass Productions, Pinky Swear Productions, the Atlas Intersection Festival, and more.

Production Director for Antigone
Kate Debelack
Kate is an actor, director, & educator. She directed Sailing on String as part of the Kennedy Center Performances for Young Audiences season and created/directed By the Seashore with Arts on the Horizon. Other directing credits: One Minute Play Festival, Capital Fringe. Acting credits include: the Shakespeare Theatre, Studio Theatre, Cherry Red, Taffety Punk, and more. Kate studied at Western Washington University & the Studio Acting Conservatory, where she now teaches.

Production Director for MEDEA
Michael Chamberlin
Michael Chamberlin is a Washington, DC based theatre director whose productions combine passionate acting, intimacy of performance and arresting design to create experiences that are fierce, funny, visceral and immediate.
He was the company's inaugural production director, directing Ben Power's MEDEA at Capital Fringe.
Affiliated Artists
Khalid Abayomi
Vincent Brown
Silas Gordan Birgham
Nick Cabrera
Carlotta Capuano
Michael Chamberlin
Maureen Elizabeth Dawson
John Elmendorf
Erika Eldrenkamp
Robyn Freeman
Maryanne Henderson
Semaj Kelly
Tiana Lockhart
Rachel Manteuffel
Monica Meinert
Michelle Norris
Elizabeth Pierotti
Dustin Sardella
Joseph Wilson
Sia Li Wright

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