CHRISTOPHER ELLINGER (founder & Artistic Director) since 1981 has been a presenter, author, and consultant in philanthropy promotion, including launching the Bolder Giving Initiative. He also coaches individuals and couples, and has a black belt in aikido.

ANNE ELLINGER (Business Director) performed for eight years with the women's world music band, Libana. She and Christopher co-founded the nonprofit More Than Money and the Zing Arts for Social Healing Initiative. They live with their son by beautiful Spy Pond in Arlington, MA.

ANNIE HOFFMAN worked for 20 years as a potter and the last 15 years as a yoga teacher and mother. She manages Art and Soul - a space in Cambridge MA for creative/expressive arts.

FELIX TREITLER is a Licensed Clinical Independent Social Worker and has a private practice in Psychotherapy and Life Coaching. Felix is an experienced actor and has appeared in print ads, commercials, videos, film, plays, and has his own talk show on Cable TV.

JENNIE ULIN is an actor, singer, mother, and Libra, whose listening skills and use of metaphor informs her characters. She joined TST to be part of an artistic community that helps heal other communities.

JESSICA CHANCE is an actor and writer in the Boston theatre scene since 2001. A graduate of Emerson College, she is now combining the worlds of theatre and healing through her work towards a Master's Degree in Mental Health counseling, and Expressive Therapies.

JOHN LAPHAM teaches performance and visual arts to children and adults. He did Roy Hart Voice work and is performed with the Performance Cult in Boston. He is also a long-term activist.

JONATHAN WYNER is a recording producer and mastering engineer, as well as a divorced, loving parent. He plays the tuba and french horn, runs obsessively, and loves it!

KATHY SIMMONDS works as a clinician, trainer, and activist in the field of reproductive health. She has played in various improvisational theater groups and classes in Boston since the mid-90s.

MARIA THEREZA SCHAEDLER is a Brazilian actress and singer with a BA in International Relations. Maria graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC and is currently working on her master’s in Intercultural Relations at Lesley University and writing her thesis on Social Theatre.

MARY ELIZABETH WHEELER is an improvisational vocal and performance artist, songwriter, song leader, and healer with 22 years experience in Authentic VoiceWork. Co-creator of the SpiritSong process and the “Mystic Soul” CD, she teaches privately in Cambridge.

MONICA TECCA has been performing traditional and improvisational theatre for 20 years. She is completing a degree in Intercultural Relations focusing on theatrical methods for community building and conflict resolution.

NANCY CAPACCIO has over ten years experience as an improv actor, in addition to experience in scripted theater and hospital clowning. She co-stars in the indie film, "Fences and Fingernails." Professionally, she works as a consultant in new product development.

REBECCA DEGRAW is a professional dancer. She has a Master's in Dance/Movement Therapy and is currently working with children.

TERESA DINABURG began her career onstage at age 15, with the circus. In 1998, she co-created a trapeze act which toured North and South America and Europe, and she performed for six years in Germany's thriving Cabaret scene. Teresa is completing a degree in Expressive Therapies at Lesley University.

TONIA PINHEIRO holds a BA in Legal Services and an MA in Organizational Management, but her main roles in life are as healer, singer, percussionist, poet and "Wake Up Artist."

UKUMBWA SAUTI is an adjunct faculty member in television at the AI/New England Institute of Art. He is also a media literacy educator working with teens and adults, as well as with Project Think-Different. He is a musician, percussionist, and composer.

WILL CHALMUS, AKA Will C., is dedicated to the arts for social change. He recently graduated from Brandeis where he founded their Playback Theatre troupe. Although hip-hop music is his preferred medium he takes pleasure in his theater, dance, poetry, and stepping experience.

ZHALEH ALMAEE works with Improbable Players, a theatre company dedicated to educating young people about substance abuse prevention. She graduated from Emerson College in Theatre Studies and is a certified domestic violence advocate.