Kristen is thrilled to be returning to Second Thought stage, where she was previously seen as Sister in the 2023 fall production of Anne-Tig-Uh-Knee and as TWO in the 2024 fall production of hang. Her recent credits include Romeo & Juliet and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare Dallas), The Play That Goes Wrong (Stage West & WaterTower Theatre), Radiant Vermin (Kitchen Dog Theater), La Maupin (PRISM Movement Theater), Us/Them and Founders, Keepers (Echo Theatre), Lipstick (Flexible Grey Theatre Co.), and The Seagull (Eccentric Bear Theater Co.). Kristen holds a BFA in Acting from SMU and is represented by Kim Dawson Agency. See Kristen next in Theatre Three’s production of The Lion in Winter. Finally, she would like to thank her husband, Parker, for his unwavering love and support. You can find Kristen (and her three beautiful cats) on IG @kristenlazarchick

Jeffrey is an actor, director, designer and serves as Artistic Director of Theatre Three in Dallas. Previous work at STT includes designs for Great God Panand Straight White Men; directing for Lobster Alice and workshop performance for Booth. On stage, he was last seen in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at T3. Favorite directing assignments for Theatre Three include She Kills Monsters, Hands on a Hardbody, On the Eve, The Farnsworth Invention, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, and Tally’s Folly. He has worked with many professional theaters in the metroplex including Casa Mañana, Shakespeare Dallas, Trinity Shakespeare, Circle Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theater, Undermain Theatre, Dallas Children’s Theatre, Stage West, and WaterTower Theatre, to name a few. He has appeared in numerous TV shows and films, including Landman, Parkland, American Crime, Queen of the South, Crash, Friday Night Lights, and Distant Vision with Francis Ford Coppola. In addition to being Theatre Three’s Artistic Director, he is the Executive Artistic Director of The Drama Club. When he finds time he’s a fly-fishing, rafting, photography, and outdoors fanatic.

Rodrigo is a Texas native from Brownsville with a deep passion for storytelling and theatre. He has worked behind the scenes as a stage manager on Dallas productions including Como Agua Para Chocolate and Persona, and previously interned with Hair at The Old Globe in San Diego. Rodrigo recently made his Dallas acting debut in A Dallas Hedda. He is currently part of the Associate Director program at Second Thought Theatre and serves on the board of Teatro Dallas, where he advocates for socially conscious work and amplifying underrepresented voices.

Gabriela is beyond thrilled to be back at her favorite space and place, Second Thought Theatre! She hopes the spooks and scares keep you guessing and wondering what or who could be NEXT! Previous SM Credits include; Othello with Shakespeare Dallas, Jekyll & Hyde with Lyric Stage, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity with Circle Theatre, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord and Anne-Tig-Uh-Knee with Second Thought; Stede Bonnet: A F*cking Pirate Musical with Theatre Three, Stronger than Arms, Things Missing/Missed with DGDG and Undermain Theatre, Echoes Scream Whispers, The Savage Seconds, The Bippy Bobby Boo Show productions, Just Girly Things with Danielle Georgiou Dance Group; and Andi Boi, Little Women: The Musical, A Wrinkle in Time with the Dallas Children’s Theater. She wants to thank her family and friends for their endless support. “Inspire with Enthusiasm!”

Katie could not be more thrilled to be returning to Second Thought to be a part of such a powerful new play! At STT she previously stage managed Is Edward Snowden Single?, One Flea Spare, and Pass Over. Other SM credits include Next to Normal (Theatre Three) and Man Cave (Kitchen Dog). She is also a director and has directed The Grown-Ups (Kitchen Dog), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Dallas), and Feeding the Cat, Incorrectly, Several TImes Over (Echo Theatre). Katie is a Lead Teaching Artist at The Playground Acting Program and teaches the T3 Learning Lab at Booker T. Washington HSVPA. She holds a BFA in Theatre from SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts.

Danielle is an interdisciplinary artist whose work expands across visual art, dance, video, theatrical design, pedagogical engagements, and ritual. She is a director of theatre, dance, and opera and a choreographer of movement, fights, and intimacy. She has worked at numerous DFW theatres, including Theatre Three, Dallas Theater Center, Undermain, Kitchen Dog, Stage West, Second Thought, Echo Theatre, and on films and commercials. She was the Associate Artistic Director of the Undermain Theatre from 2019-2022. Since 2011, she has been the Artistic Director of the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group. She has a Ph.D. in Humanities-Aesthetic Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas. She is a Professor of Dance, Humanities, and Visual Art at Dallas College-Eastfield campus. In addition to her current work on Incarnate, she is producing the Faculty Dance Concert at the Dallas College and is the Fight Director for The Dallas Opera’s production of Carmen.

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Claudia is a Sound Designer based in Dallas, Texas. Recent works include: The Niceties (Theatre Three), The Last Five Years (Circle Theatre), Twelfth Night (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Xanadu (Theatre Three) Laughs in Spanish, (Horizons Theater - Atlanta) and H*llo K*tty Syndrome (Undermain Theatre). Much love to Austin and Georgia. @claud_jenkinsmartinez

Jamie is a DFW-based lighting designer for theatre, dance, opera, and immersive performance art. Recent design credits include: The Tragedy of Carmen (Tulsa Opera), Welcome Mat 2 - People 0 (Artstillery Dallas), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Circle Theatre), La Boheme (Fort Worth Opera), Carmen (Wolf Trap Opera, assistant designer), Beauty and the Beast (Texas Ballet Theatre, associate designer), Mozart + Stravinsky’s: Petrouchka (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, associate designer), and Natural Shocks (Echo Theatre). He has been the Master Electrician at Undermain Theatre since 2019, and the Master Electrician at Circle Theatre since 2022. He received his BA in Theatrical Design from the University of North Texas.

Sarah is a performance designer specializing in costume design and technology, a fiber artist, and an Associate Professor at Baylor University. She is grateful to be working at Second Thought Theatre with this incredible group of artists. Recent work in the metroplex includes Heroes of the Fourth Turning at Second Thought, Penelope at Stage West, I am an Island for Watering Hole Collective, and Cruel Intentions at Stage West and Uptown Players. Sarah has worked as a designer for theatre, opera, film, and dance in Seattle and in Central Texas and she has a passion for sustainability and the dramaturgical work inherent in theatrical design.

Leah Mazur, MFA University of Kansas, is a multidisciplinary scenographer (scenic/lighting/costume designer) and visual artist based in the DFW metroplex. Select credits include productions at Spinning Tree Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Kansas Repertory Theatre (Kansas City), Lake Dillon Theatre Company (Colorado), Cape May Stage (New Jersey), Anacostia Playhouse, Scena Theatre (Washington D.C.), Amphibian Stage, Theatre Three, Altar’d Playhouse, SheDFW, Stage West, Undermain Theatre, Circle Theatre, Dallas Theater Center (DFW), Art Haus (New York), RuPaul’s Drag Con (Los Angeles), and Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland). She is currently head of the Design & Technology BFA program in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Texas at Arlington. IG: @lmazur Lmazurdesign.com

Ashley is a native of Austin, Texas and a Senior BFA Theatre Design and Technology major at Baylor University. She recently had the pleasure of working as the Scenic Charge Artist and Properties and Community Outreach Assistant for Young Festival Stage’s production of Androcles and the Lion, as Assistant Costume Designer for Baylor University’s production of Describe the Night, and as Assistant Scenic Designer for Baylor’s production of The Thanksgiving Play. She is so grateful for the opportunity to work with everyone on INCARNATE!