Abbey Swiedom has pursued acting ever since she was 9, from performing at the Texas Shakespeare Festival to acting as an ancestor in a performance of the Addams Family musical. Now a senior in high school, her enjoyment of acting has also spread to the film world. Most recently, she starred in a short film produced by a Cornish College student! She is thrilled to be able to work as Stage Manager on the play Love and Information. She thanks her parents for always supporting her acting pursuits and shenanigans. Thank you so much to everyone for attending our performance of Love and Information!

Shelley caught the drama bug early, playing the top left incisor in the hit musical Poor Old Molar in third grade. In the last couple years, she played crabby Rosemary in Macha Theatre’s Flight Before Xmas, Gonzolo in the Public Works adaptation of The Tempest, and Aunt Em in Public Works Workshop of a new musical, Emerald City. Shelley double-majored in Theatre and English in college, received her MA in English at Purdue, and completed a Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Oregon. She has been teaching at Seattle Central since 2003. She is grateful for her fantastic biological family, her local family for their support, and her amazing students, who never give up. She also thanks Steve and Darrell, who make everything at school better; the Intiman Theatre folx, who are delightful cohabitators and collaborators; and the AHSS office staff and deans, who explain and support with good humor and patience. Thanks to all of you for coming to the production and supporting our program.

Vrindha is not only a model, dancer, and actor in our production, but is also our marketing director. She has had a variety of marketing experience and has worked with notable brands as their marketing team including Red Bull, where she had organized multiple events. Her biggest event was - From the top, on International Dance Day 2023, where she organized a dance workshop event, collaborating with 3 renowned academies and managed a crowd of over 150 attendees. Now she hopes that her marketing tactics for this event pay off and bring you here, to enjoy every bit of our production.

Jonah is a theatre tech student at Seattle Central who is proud to be in his first design role in a play! He has previously worked as run crew on The Wolves at UW, and currently works part-time as an IATSE stagehand. Outside of theatre, he enjoys hiking and baking. He would like to thank his theatre tech professor Steve Coulter for his advice and support, and his fellow designers Galaxy Saskill and Evon Hussein for their amazing work on this amazing play.

Evon is a First year here at SCC, this is actually her first show at the Erickson theater. She is currently working as the assistant stage manager and was also one of the head set designers for this showing of love and information. She has been in love with theater for awhile now from being in the stage crew to being on stage. They like to read books and watch movies in her spare time but do hope to be making and starring in movies in ten years time but time will only tell.

Jordan is an avid theatre watcher and this is her first time working on a production. Broadway musicals are what first sparked her love for stage performance. She is a lover of music from many genres and languages. Jordan would like to thank the cast and crew of Love and Information for working hard and creating a fun environment. She would also like to thank all of the supportive and kind teachers out there, their presence in the world is crucial. Jordan thanks her friends and family for the joy, comfort, and love they add to her life. Lastly, she thanks the audience for supporting the arts and our team!

In “Love and Information,” I am an actor and set designer. I’ve been in a couple of plays before and have always enjoyed theater. I’m most passionate about music, I love to sing and play instruments. I am also an advocate for the LGBTQ+ Community. Working on this play has been a lot of fun thanks to everybody who has worked on it, especially Shelley (our director)!

Galaxy is excited to show such a fun and quirky play to loved SCC peers. She has performed in many plays and musicals previously, and works hard as a competitive hip-hop dancer with the D & G dance company. But today, she is glad to take a step off the stage and into the light booth for the first time. Much appreciation for Evon and Jonah, whom without, her silliness might have prevented us from finishing all our jobs on time. Enjoy the show, and don't forget that you are loved.

Amir is a dancer/model, tech sound in our Love & Information play. Ever since freshman year when Amir discovered K-pop, he’s been obsessed with dancing and performing. Amir performed at every event and talent show till senior year, and when he joined drama, he played a funny, rich jeweler and fell in love with it.

Aaliyah is a creative who brings her unique life experiences to her art. Until moving to Seattle for high school, Aaliyah had the unique experience of living exclusively on islands - Sri Lanka, Singapore, Xiamen (China), and Whidbey Island, WA. She has defied convention in her schooling, spending her early years almost entirely outdoors, commuting by ferry to middle school, and sampling four different approaches to high school before ditching high school altogether in favor of Seattle Central College. Aaliyah is beyond grateful for the opportunity to work with the wonderful cast and crew of Love and Information. In particular, she wants to thank the Tuesday/Thursday group (a.k.a. the Wrang-Banglers) for being so supportive and welcoming, and Shelly and Abbey for being the best directors ever. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Evelyn is super excited to be doing her second show with Shelley, and her first year with the Intiman Technical Theater and Social Justice Program! She is currently in the various scenes, Secret, Lab, Linguist, Sex, and Small Thing. She has not only been working in acting for over 10 years, but also working in costuming and sewing. She hopes to fulfill her passion in costume design and illustration after or even during college! She is grateful for meeting new friends and making new memories throughout this show and program, and thanks you for coming hopes you enjoy the show! <3

His name is Francis Xavier St. Cyr, but you and everyone else can call him Francisco. Francis started acting in the late years of high school. He started with a few classes that involved technical work and acting work. Soon he got a role in the spring play of 2022 and fall play of November 2022. The first play Francis played in was called Pippin for the spring play. He would be a background character who not only danced but sang most of the songs with the chorus throughout the play. Soon after, Francis would go on to become a secondary character in the play Imaginary Invalid. Which involved a French patient being diagnosed by multiple doctors only to know he is very well, but his brother was not so well. Francis would play as the evil doctor who tricked the lead character the most, the doctor's name was Purgon. Francis soon started taking acting classes in college to pursue his dream of acting, voice acting, and story building.

Nguyen has loved plays and musicals since 2018 and always wanted to participate in a play production but it was not that popular in her country. So as an international and a second years student in SCC she now has an opportunity in working on a play and planned to contribute as much knowledge as she can to the stage layout. She thanked the actors and everyone that was involved in the production, who have been all amazing and did their best in rehearsal and building up the play.

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Hamza is diving into the world of theatre tech for the first time. He's usually found tinkering with electronics or experimenting with new coding languages in his spare time. He's grateful for the opportunity to learn and contribute to the production. Thanks to everyone involved for their guidance and support!

Bilal is a future software engineer and computer science major. He is a junior in high school, and is at SCC in the Running Start program. In his free time, he loves working on cars and developing video games.