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Michael Cruz
Director
This is Michael's 5th year at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences where he teaches, directs, and serves as the Performing Arts Department Chair. Michael has directed over 30 productions with young people and has taught with the Kimberton Waldorf School (PA), Pacific Crest School, The Northwest School, Youth Theatre Northwest, Eastside Preparatory School, Old Globe (San Diego), Seattle Public Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), and People’s Light and Theatre (PA). Michael holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Arts from the Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Acting Program and spent over a decade performing on the professional stage, most notably with the Old Globe in San Diego and People’s Light & Theatre Company outside of Philadelphia where he was a member of the resident company.
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Brooke Mihlstin
Production Stage Manager
Brooke is a junior at Seattle Academy. This is Brooke’s first show being a Co-PSM and over the last two years, she has done technical and stage management work for multiple musicals and productions. Even though the productions have gone virtual, Brooke has found her second family in the theater community and is grateful for the friendships and memories that have been created. When Brooke isn’t behind the scenes, she enjoys playing on the SAAS girls’ golf team and is a co-leader of the ukulele club.
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Zola Morris
Production Stage Manager
Zola is a junior at Seattle Academy who has been on the stage management team since her freshman year. This is her fifth show at SAAS but her first as a Production Stage Manager and she is pleased to say that it has been an absolute blast. She has also worked on Songs For A New World, Stardust, Twelfth Night, and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later as well as a random sprinkling of other SAAS events. She is so grateful to the wonderful director, cast, and crew of Passage for a spirited and spicy couple of months. Zola is so happy to have been a part of this crew and this family, and she cannot wait for the theater that has yet to come.