NEALIE TINLIN

Co-Founder, Artistic Director

Nealie Tinlin (she/her/hers) is a Chicago-based actor, writer, and director who has studied at Columbia College Chicago and Rose Bruford College in London. She has a passion for devised work, helping to create shows such as American Origami in collaboration with Tectonic Theater Project and If the Moon Never Came Back with Lazy Susan. On her days off, you can find her swimming in the lake (when the weather permits), buying as many books as she can carry, and drinking copious amounts of coffee.

MATTHEW MASINO

Company Member

Matthew Masino (he/him) is a theatre director and creator based in Chicago, IL. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a BFA in Theatre Directing. At Columbia, he directed several productions, including WW™D by Ana Nordwig (world premiere), Ken Ludwig's The Fox on the Fairway, Wolves by Steve Yockey, and Heart’s Desire by Caryl Churchill. Professionally, he has worked with BYOT Productions and the International Voices Project. For more than a decade, he has worked with Mrs. Suwara and the Kindergarten class at Saint Paschal Baylon School in Thousand Oaks, CA directing special Kindergarten Retold films. When not in the theatre, Matthew can be found throwing parties at the American Writers Museum, watching something gay on TV, or designing imaginary cruise ships. To explore more of Matthew's work, visit his website www.matthewmasino.com

KYLE STAFFORD

Kyle M. Stafford (he/him) is part of the next generation of American theatremakers. He served as the Founder/Artistic Director of Act One Project - Orange County’s independent student-led theatre initiative (2021-2024). With the company he directed DEATH AND OTHER GIRLY THINGS (Spring ‘21), GHOST QUARTET (Fall ‘21), SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE (Winter ‘23), THE TRAIL TO OREGON! (Spring ‘23), ALICE BY HEART (Summer ‘23, California amateur premiere), and SPRING AWAKENING (Summer ‘24). Kyle is a Theatre Management student at The Theatre School at DePaul University, and an alumnus from the Orange County School of the Arts (Acting and Musical Theatre conservatories). Chicago-based credits include: Director of LETTERS TO LIZ: OUR LIZ SWADOS PROJECT at The Theatre School and Co-Creator of FIRST YEAR FLOPS! Cabaret Series. @kylemstafford

Hannah Loessberg

Co-Founder, Artistic Director

Hannah Loessberg is an actor, playwright, producer, director, and production manager residing in Chicago, IL. She is currently General Manager at the Greenhouse Theater Center. In Acting she has played Phaedra in Phaedra’s Love, Tess in Sender, Rona in The Amateurs, Bailey in the Polar Express Train Ride and many more. Hannah loves to produce. She has been a music video producer for multiple Chicago local artists like Piwa, Martin Levy, and Keegan Konsor. She has five play publications, including Speak Up!, Woof!, Glizzy Girl Combo, Madam & Steve, an active member of her community and continues to pursue a well rounded and expansive career. Hannah loves a good night out, taking photos on her 2000s digicam, and cooking for her friends.

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madison wendel

Madison Wendel is a Chicago-based actor, stage manager, and producer currently studying Theatre Management at DePaul University. Some of her previous acting credits include Mutually Assured Self Destruction (Angel), Something Rotten (Bea), Chicago (Roxie), and Pauline (One Man, Two Guvnors). Her most recent stage management/assistant stage management credits include A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney; Dir. Joe Frantzen (The Theatre School at DePaul University), Fables for the Firelight; Dir. Leo Larson (The Theatre School at DePaul University), and Bring It On (The Norris Theatre).  In addition to her school life, she is a Co-Conceiver of DePaul University's First Year Flops!, a student-led musical theatre organization that is dedicated to uplifting first year students who have a passion for performing, regardless of major or area of study. She is so excited for the opportunity to work with such amazing artists here at Lazy Susan!

SARAH SCHORLE

Company Member

Sarah Schorle (she/her) is an Iowa native and a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, where she earned her degree in Playwriting and Stage Management. Her work has been featured in several publications, including the University of Greenwich and Columbia College Chicago’s playwriting anthologies. Her Chicago stage management credits include numerous productions with Chicago Dramatists, The Fallen Angels Hotel (Frantic Theatre Co) and most recently with Lazy Susan, Madam and Steve. Outside of theatre she enjoys hammocking at the lakefront, catching up on Love Island UK, and trying to (finally) finish Pokémon Violet. She is also an avid MUNA fan, putting their music in rotation with Adam Melchor, ABBA, and Fleetwood Mac. She is excited to be a member of the Lazy Susan Company!

MEREDITH MARSHALL

Company Member

After graduating from Columbia College Chicago in Musical Theater and Directing, Meredith lept at the chance to combine her passion for sex education and her love of theater. Now, as a Certified Consent Forward Artist through IDC and with continued education through TIE and Open, Meredith is excited to solidify herself as a Chicago-based intimacy director. Latest intimacy credits include: the latest remount of Twihard the Musical (Otherworld Theater Company), This is Our Youth, and Waiting for Lefty (Gwydion Theater Company), Madam and Steve (Lazy Susan Theater Company), and No Exit (Chicago Parks District). When’s she’s not giggling in a theater, you can find her gobbling up fantasy books, marathoning any Real Housewives franchise, and winning trivia night each with her best friends.