MISSION
Centered around compassion, courage, and care, Theatre Prometheus invites artists and audiences to engage in queer and feminist art, both new and classic. We enkindle exploration and revolutionary empathy through practice, performance, and the nurturing of our person-first artistic community.
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HISTORY
Theatre Prometheus was founded in 2013 by a group of local artists, including Joanna Cross and current Artistic Director Tracey Erbacher.
In March of 2016, Theatre Prometheus officially became a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. Thanks to their sponsorship, all donations to Theatre Prometheus are tax-deductible.
In July of 2016, the Share Fund at The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region awarded Theatre Prometheus with a grant in support of our 2016 season. In September of the same year, the Awesome Foundation awarded us a grant for the production of [gay] Cymbeline.
"The direction, acting, performance style, and stage arts...are utterly beguiling."
-DCMetroArts on [gay] Cymbeline
STAFF
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 is also co-lead producer of District Fringe, of which she is also a founder. 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.
Photo credit: Brian Knapp Photography
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.
AMANDA ZEITLER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Amanda Zeitler (she/her) is a queer, feminist, DC -based playwright, actor, and occasional producer, as well as a Managing Director at Theatre Prometheus. 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 teaches playwriting at University of Mary Washington. 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 her plays, please visit her website or her profile on the New Play Exchange.
ILEANA BLUSTEIN, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC PRODUCER
Ileana Blustein (any pronouns) is a Programming Associate for Theatre Prometheus. Ileana received their dual degrees in Theatre Performance and Physics from American University in 2020. Since then, they have been a freelance theatre artist and educator. Ileana is a theatrical generalist, gaining experience in as many different disciplines as possible including producing, directing, dramaturgy, lighting, wardrobe, and stage management. They have worked with Studio Theatre, Theater J, Wildwood Summer Theatre, STC’s Academy for Classical Acting, and American University. They are also a teaching artist and inclusion facilitator with Imagination Stage.
Photo Credit: Noah Bogdonoff
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.
SHANA LASKI, LITERARY DIRECTOR
Shana Laski (she/her) is an actor, director, dramaturg, and administrator who is thrilled to be Prometheus's Literary Director. Her credits with the company include: Dua (Assistant Director/Movement Director) and The Pliant Girls (Choreographer). Since moving to DC from her hometown of Chicago, she has worked all over town with companies like Arena Stage, Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Theatre J, Mosaic Theatre Company, and several others. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the 2022/2023 Round House Artistic Apprentice. She 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 and socially relevant classics in the DMV.
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.
MICHELLE MARIE LYNCH, DIRECTOR OF CLASSICS
Michelle Marie Lynch (she/her) is a dramaturg, playwright, producer, and director. Her dramaturgy credits include Octet at Studio Theatre, Night Garden at The Kennedy Center, tempered at 4615 Theatre, the Q-Fest and Jingle in July festivals at Adventure Theatre, and North Wind at Rapid Lemon Productions. Her commissioned plays include From Cinders to Ella and Willow’s Bend at Adventure Theatre. In recent years, Michelle has worked as the Artistic and Literary Associate for Folger Theatre, as a script reader for Studio Theatre and The Kennedy Center, as a Dramaturgy Career Mentor for Theatre Washington, and as a judge for the Helen Hayes Awards. In 2024, Michelle completed the Kennedy Center Directing Intensive with mentors Kelsey Mesa and Raymond Caldwell. Most recently, Michelle was the Assistant Director for Much Ado About Nothing at Faction of Fools. In all artistic adventures, she carries love and gratitude for the incredible artists of the DMV. On social media @michellemarieici
BENJAMIN EISENHOWER, GRANT COORDINATOR
Benjamin Eisenhower (he/him) is a dedicated arts administrator with extensive experience in supporting arts and cultural organizations based in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He is happy to join the Development team at Theatre Prometheus. He received a BA in Theatre Arts from Susquehanna University, and has been serving arts and cultural organizations nationwide in his role as a Support Specialist at SMU DataArts since 2019.
MARLEY KABIN, PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATE
Marley Kabin (she/her) is a DMV-based actor/theatrical collaborator and is thrilled to join Theatre Prometheus as a Programming Associate! She appeared onstage with Theatre Prometheus in the Spring 2024 world premiere of Dua: The Monster’s Story. Previous work with local companies includes Voices Unbarred, Ally Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, and Avant Bard. When she’s not onstage, Marley can be found event coordinating for Theatre Washington, voice acting for indie podcasts, and collaborating with screenwriting students at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda. She has her BA in Theatre from the University of Maryland College Park, and currently studies with Tom Todoroff in NYC. Website: MarleyKabin.com; Instagram: @marleykabin
JALICE ORTIZ-CORRAL, PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATE
Jalice Ortiz-Corral (she/her) is a writer, director, and stand-up comic from Baltimore. She studied in London, where she earned an MA from Royal Holloway University and an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. After completing the 2020 Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab, she returned to Maryland where she has directed at many local theatres. Jalice participated in the 2023/24 Horticulture Playwrights Workshop, and is a member of Baltimore Center Stage’s 2025/26 Lab 410 Playwrighting program. She is currently the Marketing Coordinator at Everyman Theatre.