Shana Pennington-Baird

Shana Pennington-Baird (performer/playwright) has been working in the Pacific Northwest theatre scene for twenty-seven years. Shana is the director/founder of the Seattle Voice Academy and has narrated over 40 audiobook titles (under various names), national ad campaigns and countless voiceover gigs for corporate clients. 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.

David Hunter Koch

David Hunter Koch (director) began his performing career as a singer, musician and bandleader, performing in various ensembles throughout the West coast and Canada and as an opening act for comedian Steve Martin, the Dave Brubeck Quartet and jazz legend, Jon Hendricks. Since 1979, he’s been performing and directing for leading US regional theatres including: Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space, ACT Theatre, The Group Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre,5th Ave. Theatre, Anchorage Performing Arts Center, and MetroStage in Alexandria, VA. In 1989 he created the Cabaret de Paris, Seattle’s preeminent Cabaret theatre, where he produced and directed over 60 musical productions, which garnered two-dozen critics awards. In 1993 he founded Cabaret Productions, an event production company that created live entertainment, film and video for Fortune 500 companies.  Since 2004, David has been a free-lance director and producer as well as a corporate event consultant and emcee with his new company, HunterKoch Productions, based in Seattle.

Robertson Witmer

Robertson Witmer (sound design, music composition, concertina, accordion) is a musician, composer, and sound designer from Seattle, Washington. Theatrical credits include Dracula, Romeo + Juliet (ACT); Black Beauty, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Tosca (filmed production, Seattle Opera); Comedy of Errors, Bring Down the House (Seattle Shakespeare Company); The Ghost of Splinter Cove (Children’s Theatre of Charlotte); and Greenwood (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater). His sound designs have also been heard at Seattle Rep, Village Theatre, Spectrum Dance Theatre, and Teatro ZinZanni. Rob also plays accordion with several bands, including The Love Markets, “Awesome” and Carrie Clark and the Lonesome Lovers. Rob is a lecturer in sound design at University of Washington School of Drama, and a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829.

Dave Pascal

Dave Pascal (sound mixing, bass) plays bass with The Love Markets, Carrie Clark and the Lonesome Lovers, Show Brazil, and The Jazz Police. He performs regularly at The Fifth Avenue Theatre, ACT and other theaters, and in nightclubs, recording studios, and as backing for national touring acts. Dave has many album credits as a producer and engineer, and his work as a composer, producer, sound designer, and music director includes Emmy-winning TV projects, award-winning educational multimedia, and theatrical productions in Seattle and around the country.

Jeff Caldwell

Jeff Caldwell (music director, piano) returned to Seattle after spending 13 years in New York City on the faculty for the Juilliard School Drama Division as musical vocal coach, worked at NYU’s Tisch School and CAP21 programs, and taught at AMDA as a voice teacher and staff accompanist.