Shana Pennington-Baird (Head Coach/Director) has been working in the Pacific Northwest theatre scene for thirty years. Shana has narrated dozens of audiobook titles (under various names), national ad campaigns and countless voiceover gigs for corporate clients. She’s “Raynah” on the animated show “Magic Mixies.” Shana’s voiceover clients include Microsoft, Verizon, JP Morgan Wealth Management, Chase Bank, Keen, Tonie Box, the Seattle Channel, South Lake Union Chamber, Audible.com, Mountain Credit Union, Impossible Acoustic, and more. Shana’s performance credits include work at the Bathhouse Theatre under Arne Zaslove, 10-years with Cabaret Productions, the 5th Ave Musical Theatre, Oregon Cabaret, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Civic Light Opera, Okoboji Summer Theatre, and Book-It Repertory. Shana’s solo theatre show, Broken Wide Open, about the time her heart tried to explode in Ireland premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023 and is available on Audible.com.
Michael D Blum has been an actor and director since childhood. Over the years he has co-founded two Latino theater companies; La Compañía De Teatro De Alburquerque, Inc. in the 1980’s, and more recently Teatro Nuevo México, where he served as Co-Artistic Director for four years. His work has been seen as far afield as Europe, Mexico and South America, including a stint with the National Theater of Venezuela. He is also an award-winning voice talent in both English and Spanish, providing voices for advertising, theater, television, audio books and video games. Since arriving in Seattle a few years ago, he has worked with several theater companies including Balagan, Theater Schmeater, and GreenStage, for whom he directed “The Tempest.” He was most recently seen jumping onto the roof of a train in Pork Filled Production’s “The Tumbleweed Zephyr,” and decorating a cake on television. He occasionally regrets having chosen theater over sleep.
Samara Lerman is an award winning filmmaker and actor with twenty years of teaching and coaching experience. She has directed and produced projects in Mongolia, Ireland, Denmark and the United States. Her films and performances have screened at festivals all over the world and can be found streaming on Amazon Prime and other digital platforms. She is the recipient of a Puffin Grant and 4Culture Historic Site Specific Grant. Samara’s voiceover clients have included; Banner Bank, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Ditto, MultiCare, the Committee For Children, and Microsoft.
Troy Lund has been voice acting, on-camera acting and producing music in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years. Since studying and graduating from the University of Missouri Theatre Department, Troy has landed countless notable roles. You can hear his voice in video games: Plants vs. Zombies, the X-box Mech Warrior series, SAW I and II, Halo Wars 2 and Kid Icarus: Uprising; as well as in radio, TV and web spots for the NFL, Yahoo! Sports, Amazon, Expedia, T-Mobile, Washington’s Lottery, AAA and Car Toys.
Emily DenBleyker has been singing and acting since she was 10 years old. Equally comfortable singing musical theatre, opera, pop, jazz, and sacred music, she has performed internationally on stages of all sizes. Born in South Jersey, Emily also enjoys knitting, reading books about archaeology, and petting every cat and dog that she can.
