TRACEY ERBACHER, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Founding member and artistic director Tracey Erbacher (she/her) has a passion for fierce, feminist theater, including re-imaginings of classic texts and the development of new work. Credits with Theatre Prometheus include Twelfth Night (2014), The Second Coming of Joan of Arc (2015 Capital Fringe Festival), [all lady] Macbeth (2016), [gay] Cymbeline (2017), and Abortion Road Trip (2017 Capital Fringe Festival). She has worked with many DC theaters, including the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, The Folger Shakespeare Library, and NuSass productions. 

Tracey trained at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and graduated from Vassar College with a BA in Drama. At the Experimental Theater of Vassar College, she directed one of the nation's first productions of Caridad Svich's adaptation of Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits. 

LAUREN PATTON VILLEGAS, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Lauren Patton Villegas (she/her) is an actor, director and the Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Prometheus. Lauren has been part of Theatre Prometheus since the summer of 2014.  Additionally, she has had the opportunity to work with a number of Washington, D.C. companies in a variety of roles. She directed Theatre Prometheus’ Capital Fringe 2016 Production of Naomi Iizuka’s Good Kids, which received widespread praise. Lauren starred in Theatre Prometheus' production of Abortion Road Trip, which won Best Comedy at Capital Fringe 2017. Lauren looks forward to the company’s upcoming projects. 

Lauren is a graduate of New Orleans' Loyola University, where she earned a dual degree in Theatre Arts and Mass Communications (Class of 2014, B.A.). Lauren also studied Screen Acting at Richmond University in London, England.

CAITLIN PARTRIDGE, LITERARY DIRECTOR

Caitlin Partridge (she/her) is an actor and the Literary Director of Theatre Prometheus. Caitlin has been a member of Prometheus since 2014, when she appeared in its inaugural production of Twelfth Night as Viola. She has since appeared onstage in [all-lady[ Macbeth and [gay] Cymbeline (for which she also served as dramaturge). In addition to her literary and dramaturgical work for Prometheus, she has acted with a number of companies on the East Coast, including LiveArtDC, Boston Theater Company, Naked Theater Company, the O'Neill Theater Center, Underground Railway Theater, and Shakespeare & Company. She is passionate about theater education and has toured and led in-school workshops for Shakespeare Now!, a New England-based Shakespeare education company.

Caitlin received her B.A. in Theater Arts and History from Brandeis University and has trained at Shakespeare & Company, the National Theater Institute, and the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

ERIC MCMORRIS, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Eric McMorris (he/him) is a technician and designer with a penchant for pulling sets out of thin air. He has been with Prometheus since 2014, when he designed for Twelfth Night and took on the role of Technical Director. His design credits with Prometheus include The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, [all lady] Macbeth, and [gay] Cymbeline. Eric has also worked with companies including WSC Avant Bard, Brave Spirits Theatre, and Nu Sass Productions, for whom he is also Technical Director, and has assisted at Studio Theatre and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He currently works as Master Carpenter at Shakespeare Theatre Company, and freelances as a carpenter and electrician all around the DMV.

Eric started out as the Technical Director for the Susan Stein Shiva Theater at Vassar College, where he earned his BA in Drama and received the Molly Thatcher Kazan Memorial Prize for Distinction in the Theater Arts.

MEGAN PARLETT, ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

Megan Parlett (she/her) joined Theatre Prometheus in 2021, initially providing support as a Programming Associate before moving into the Artistic Associate role. While earning her Bachelor of Arts in Government & Politics at the University of Maryland, Megan served on the executive board of the Maryland Shakespeare Players (MDSP) as the President and semesterly Revue Coordinator. She also performed in multiple productions with MDSP, including Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Henry V, and Twelfth Night.

MARI FLUEGEMAN, DIRECTOR OF NEW WORKS

Mari Fluegeman (they/them) is a dramaturg and Director of New Works for Theatre Prometheus. Mari has been a part of Theatre Prometheus since late 2019. They’ve since dramaturged many of Prometheus’ world premieres and developmental workshops, including the wolf you feed by Darcy Parker Bruce (world premiere), Votaress by Caitlin Partridge (developmental workshop & public reading at the Kennedy Center), and Dua by Robin Berl. They love advocating for new plays and the amazing playwrights who write them. Past training includes a literary fellowship at the American Shakespeare Center; dramaturgy fellowship at the Kennedy Center New Play Dramaturgy Intensive; program ambassador for the Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep. Mari is a 2015 graduate of Centre College in Danville, KY, where they received a B.A. in Dramatic Arts and English.

ROB LEINHEISER, MANAGING ASSOCIATE

Rob Leinheiser (he/him) is a director, dramaturg, and teaching artist based in New Haven CT. He has been an Associate Artist since 2022 but has been involved in Prometheus projects since the company's inaugural performance of Twelfth Night which he assistant directed and appeared in as Feste. He received an MA in Shakespeare & Creativity from the Shakespeare Institute in collaboration with the RSC and received additional training from the British American Drama Academy and Hedgerow Theatre. He has worked as a devisor and teaching artist with Elm Shakespeare since 2018.

AMANDA ZEITLER, MANAGING ASSOCIATE

Amanda Zeitler (she/her) is a queer, feminist, DC -based playwright, actor, and occasional producer, as well as a new member of the Theatre Prometheus team. She is the winner of the Wichita State University Playwriting Award (2014), runner up for the Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences Award (2015), and a finalist for the Detroit New Works Festival (2019). Notable local productions include Weep. (Nu Sass Theatre) and Neverlanding (4615 Theatre). She has also been commissioned and produced by the National Archives, Imagination Stage, the Metropolitan School of the Arts, and the Catholic University of America. She is an alumn of Loyola Marymount University (BA, English, Class of 2012) and the Catholic University of America (MFA, Playwriting, Class of 2015).  For more information on any of her plays, please visit her profile on the New Play Exchange.

SIM NAKAMURA RIVERS, ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

Sim Nakamura Rivers (he/him) is a theatre artist based in the DMV region. Currently an MFA candidate in Performance & Pedagogy at VCU, he has worked extensively as a director, educator, and performer with a special emphasis on original works and devised ensemble creation. He received his undergraduate degree from UMBC in 2017, studying Theatre Studies and Media & Communications through UMBC's Dual Degree Program. Since then he has worked largely as a teaching artist, director, writer, and devising facilitator focusing his practice on embodied performance utilizing breath and movement. Recent projects include Whitesplaining (The ConciliationLAB), Reckoning Seeds & Bleeding Light (Fells Point Corner Theatre), I Know These Roads (IMmortal Festival, Truepenny Projects) She Kills Monsters, The Poet and the Rent (Children’s Theatre of Annapolis), All She Must Possess, Dorian’s Closet (Assistant Director, REP Stage), Adaptation & Retribution (EnsembleTwo) and The Amish Project (Assistant Director, UMBC).

SHANA LASKI, ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

Shana Laski (she/her) is an actor, director, dramaturg, and new work enthusiast who is thrilled to be a new Theatre Prometheus Artistic Associate. Born and raised in Chicago, Shana has been in DC for three years and working all over town with companies like Round House Theatre, Spooky Action, Mosaic Theatre Company, Expats Theatre, and Rorschach Theatre. She graduated with a BA in Theatre and American Studies from Wesleyan University in 2019 and is committed to telling stories that are fiercely honest, messy, and complicated. For this reason, she loves to play a well-crafted villain and can’t wait to keep championing new work in the DMV.

DANIELLE SCOTT, PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATE

Danielle (Dani) Scott (she/they) is an actor & teaching artist, who dabbles in wardrobe and other fun art forms. Dani is a new member of the Prometheus Theatre Team! They have co-directed several middle school performances and are now teaching theatre for the school year. Professional work includes: Dorra (The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield) with ExPats Theatre, Collen & Messenger (Mucedorus/zoom) with Sweet Tea Shakespeare, Anna (Dido/zoom) with Sweet Tea Shakespeare, Bel-Imperia (The Spanish Tragedy/zoom) with Sweet Tea Shakespeare, Caithleen (Bloomsday) with Washington Stage Guild, Ms. Proserpine Garnett (Candida) with Washington Stage Guild, Understudy (My Children! My Africa!) with Washington Stage Guild, Beatrice-Joanna (The Changeling) & Delio (The Duchess of Malfi) with Brave Spirits Theatre Company, Danielle (The Head that Wears the Crown) with Ally Theatre, Millie Martindale (Perfect Arrangement) Source Festival, Lucius (Julius Caesar) with Scena, and Child/Ensemble (1984) with Scena, The Mute (Fantasticks!) with New Harmony Theatre. TV: Heidemarie Hemmer (Dark Souls Ep. 102) with Story House Productions.
Education & Training: B.S in Theatre from the University of Southern Indiana (Class of 2015) MFA in Acting from The Catholic University of America (Class of 2018).