Youth Classes & Workshops

Marci Lucht (she/her, they/them) is an actor, director and teaching artist who currently resides in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. Her teaching artist residencies include Yellow Tree Theatre, The Matchbox Theater and Windom Bilingual Learning Center. She also works as a Youth Coordinator for Penumbra Theatre’s Summer Institute. Local theater credits include Actors Theater of Minnesota, Classical Actors Ensemble, Full Circle Theater and Old Log Theatre. She recently got a puppy named Arlo — a Catahoula Leopard mix who is the most adorable dog you’ve ever seen.

Jessica Rau (she/her) has been making wigs, coiffing hair, painting faces and thinking about the performance of cultural esthetics since 1997. She has trained with renowned wig makers, cosmetologists and makeup artists throughout the U.S. and worked for many theaters and operas, including the Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater and Metropolitan Opera. As owner of Jess Rau Wigs, her purpose is to use her creative eye for detail, curiosity and physical dexterity to uplift and inspire others, express history and social conversation through the vehicle of hair and makeup design, and give artists a catalyst to fulfill their genius and uniqueness. Rau holds an M.S. degree in Anthropology, focusing on memory culture and the performing arts, and she is a recipient of the Joy M. Query Prize for Excellence in Social Sciences. She has held several director and manager roles for organizations including The Cedar Cultural Center and the Minnesota Orchestra. She is also a co-founder of Valkyrie Music Collective, a group that advocates for women of all gender, racial and sexual identities in an effort to increase women’s power in the music industry. Rau believes that no story can be told onstage or in the streets without the use of visual imagery of the self.

Aimee K. Bryant (she/her) is an actor, vocalist and teaching artist. Her artistic practice is rooted in improvisation, collaboration and soul.

Gabrielle Dominique (she/her) is a South Minneapolis native and graduate of St. Olaf College where she earned bachelor’s degrees in Theater and Dance. She works as a performing and teaching artist in the Twin Cities and has recently performed at the Guthrie Theater (South Pacific, A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls), the Ordway (West Side Story, Cabaret Series: Gotta Dance!), Minnesota Opera (Flight), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (Mamma Mia!), Jungle Theater (Ride the Cyclone), Children’s Theatre Company (I Come From Arizona), Theater Latté Da’s 2017 NEXT Festival, Artistry Theater and Visual Arts (Oklahoma!, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater (Terra Incognita, Twin Cities premiere) and Flying Foot Forum (Cookaphony). She has been a company member with St. Paul’s Wonderlust Productions since spring 2018 and was featured in its recent production of Our House: The Capitol Play Project and the “Overachievers” web series. When Dominique isn’t onstage, she works as a freelance teaching artist and choreographer. She especially loves working with theater students at Spring Lake Park School District 16, Anoka Middle School for the Arts and SOAR Regional Arts of St. Michael. She can’t wait to meet you and start dancing with you. Her motto (for life, as well as dance) is “When in doubt, right is right.”

Max Wojtanowicz (he/him) is a performer, playwright and educator based in the Twin Cities. He has taught acting, musical theater and audition prep at St. Olaf College, Yellow Tree Theatre, Guthrie Theater, St. Cloud Civic Center, Plymouth Playshop and Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute. He currently serves as an educator and evaluator for Spotlight Education with Hennepin Theatre Trust and enjoys sharing his love of musical theater. Learn more at www.maxwojtanowicz.com.

Jessica Rau (she/her) has been making wigs, coiffing hair, painting faces and thinking about the performance of cultural esthetics since 1997. She has trained with renowned wig makers, cosmetologists and makeup artists throughout the U.S. and worked for many theaters and operas, including the Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater and Metropolitan Opera. As owner of Jess Rau Wigs, her purpose is to use her creative eye for detail, curiosity and physical dexterity to uplift and inspire others, express history and social conversation through the vehicle of hair and makeup design, and give artists a catalyst to fulfill their genius and uniqueness. Rau holds an M.S. degree in Anthropology, focusing on memory culture and the performing arts, and she is a recipient of the Joy M. Query Prize for Excellence in Social Sciences. She has held several director and manager roles for organizations including The Cedar Cultural Center and the Minnesota Orchestra. She is also a co-founder of Valkyrie Music Collective, a group that advocates for women of all gender, racial and sexual identities in an effort to increase women’s power in the music industry. Rau believes that no story can be told onstage or in the streets without the use of visual imagery of the self.

H. Adam Harris (he/him) is an actor, director, teaching artist and cultural equity consultant who works at the intersection of theater, education, social justice and community engagement. He recently directed the regional premiere of Redwood by Brittany K. Allen at the Jungle Theater. Harris is the Education Coordinator at the Playwrights’ Center, a resident teaching artist with the Guthrie Theater and Children’s Theatre Company, a board member at Ten Thousand Things, and a freelance equity, diversity and inclusion consultant for various organizations.