Jared has been an actor, director, technician, and theatre maker in the Chicagoland area since 2017. He is enamored with the power and romanticism of language. Simply put, he believes words are like food: the basics will do and are important, but why simply bake a potato when you can make latkes (ironically, he is a mediocre cook who hates grocery shopping). In his time before founding Black Cat Theatre he worked with a plethora of theatres and ensembles in the area in various capacities: Third Eye Ensemble, Victory Gardens, Oil Lamp Theatre, Court Theatre, The Artistic Home, Towle Theatre, A Crew of Patches, First Folio, Big Noise Theatre, Three Brothers Theatre, and Janus Theatre, to name a few. He firmly believes that an artist should be well rounded and work at many different levels in the theatre to foster empathy and insight in such a collaborative field. In his free time he hosts a Survivor themed podcast, game masters a dungeons and dragons group, and plays beach volleyball.

Cee Scallen is a proudly queer-sapphic theatre artist, arts educator, and Black Cat Theatre co-founder. They have a decade of performance experience and theatrical training from the Guthrie Theater, Carleton College, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, National Theatre Institute, and Moscow Art Theatre. Cee’s artistic passions lie in centering queer stories, art as activism, and making theatre more accessible to all artists. When not doing BCT shenanigans, you can find Cee teaching early theatre education and sexual abuse prevention/consent education to students across Chicagoland, performing as an actor and dancer, and bothering their feline daughters at home.

Cori Lang is a theatrical jack-of-all-trades and aspiring master of all things literary adjacent. As the literary manager of Black Cat, she strives to support both productions and playwrights with integrity and grace.Chicago dramaturgy credits include work with the Goodman Theatre as the Literary & Dramaturgy Intern, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, and Idle Muse Theatre Company. Cori’s short play, the jacaranda tree, was produced by Black Cat Theatre as the company’s inaugural project. They have also served in various administrative positions for companies like Midsommer Flight and the choir La Caccina. When Cori is not in the theater, they can be found working as a barista at a local coffee shop or swinging around a longsword in the Italian tradition—incidentally two activities that are more or less theatrical.

Kelly Jacqueline (she/her) is a Chicago-based actor, technician, teaching artist, and proud member of Black Cat Theatre! After graduating from Illinois State University in 2020, she has worked with various companies throughout the Chicagoland area, including Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Surging Films and Theatrics, Highland Park Players, and Big Noise Theatre. When not performing herself, you can find her teaching and directing children’s theatre to students aged 3-14 with Skyline Children’s Theatre. Kelly is passionate about finding new life in known works, exploring queer art and stories, and giving opportunities to artists to learn and grow through new experiences.