Wendy Lement co-founded Theatre Espresso in 1992. She served as Producer of Wheelock Family Theatre, where she directed award-winning productions of Pippi Longstocking and The Taste of Sunrise. Prior to her appointment at Wheelock, she was a long-time Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Theatre Department at Regis College, where she directed over thirty productions, including: Dancing at Lughnasa, Importance of Being Earnest, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and Steel Magnolias, which won a Moss Hart Award. Her production of The House of Bernarda Alba won the 2000 New England Region's American College Theatre Festival, sponsored by the Kennedy Center. 

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Wendy's chapter "Theatre-in-Education as Catalyst for Civic Dialogue" was published in the 3rd edition of Learning Through Theatre, published by Routledge (2013).She is co-author of And Justice for Some: Exploring American Justice through Drama and Theatre, published by Heinemann Press (2005). Wendy's children's book, Keri Tarr: Cat Detective, was published by Breakaway Books (2004). Her plays include: Woman with the Red Kerchief, Salem's Daughters, King George III vs. Ruth Blay, Voicings: The Story of the Rosenberg Case, Dolphins: The Myth of Persephone, The Legend of the Christmas Rose, and Keri Tarr: Cat Detective (based on her children's book), which won the American Alliance for Theatre and Education's 2002 Unpublished Playreading Project. Wendy holds a Ph.D. in Educational Theatre from New York University.

Kortney is a native of St. Louis, MO, but has been working as an actor, director, and teaching artist in Boston since 2002. Recent projects include Two Gentlemen of Verona (Commonwealth Shakespeare), Harriet Jacobs and the World Premiere of From Orchids to Octopi (Underground Railway Theater), Pippi Longstocking and Aladdin (Wheelock Family Theatre), Voyeurs de Venus (Company One), Doubt(Gloucester Stage Co.), After Mrs. Rochester (IRNE for Best Supporting Actress, Wellesley Summer Theatre) and the role of Barbara Demarco in the long-running hit Shear Madness. Films include “The Makeover”, “R.I.P.D.”, and “The Proposal”. In recent years, Kortney has been the Artistic Director of Deana's Educational Theater Company, Associate Director of Education for Wheelock Family Theatre, and the Associate Director for City Stage Co. of Boston, where she co-directed the professional performances on KidStage at the Boston Children's Museum. She is currently the Education Manager for Central Square Theater.

Randy Biagas-Hill is an up-and-coming actor based out of Boston, MA. Born and raised in New York City, Randy has been performing since he was eight years old. Randy attended Brown University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts and Performance Studies. While at Brown, Randy performed in at least one show every semester, including as Leroy Barksdale/ Herb Forrester in Lynn Nottage’s By the Way, Meet Vera Stark and as Graffiti Pete in Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. He has worked alongside acclaimed directors Carl Hancock Rux and Kym Moore as well as esteemed playwright Ifa Bayeza. He has a passion for improvisation and is looking forward to bringing that passion to Theatre Espresso.

Shelley has been involved in over 100 productions as a theater educator, actor, director, technician, producer, and artistic director. His credits include New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Hanover Theatre, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, Lyric Stage, Gloucester Stage Company, Charles Playhouse, Stoneham Theatre, The Village Theatre Project (founding member and Executive Committee), Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Harvard University), The Theatre Coop, Lyric West, and Boston Theatre Works. Regional credits Olney Theatre Center, Barnstormers Theatre, Oldcastle Theatre, Foothills Theatre, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Mt. Washington Valley Theatre Company, and Pioneer Valley Summer Theatre. Shelley earned his BA from Vassar College and Master's in Theatre Education from Emerson College. He was the full-time drama teacher at the Pike School in Andover, teaches currently at Concord Academy, and has worked extensively in both public and private schools throughout the greater Boston area. Shelley was the General Manager and Artistic Director of Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston and is the Artistic Director of Theatre Espresso.

Danny is thrilled to be entering his eighth season as a member of Theatre Espresso. As an actor, he has performed at a variety of theatres in the New England area, including Wheelock Family Theatre, The Company Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Priscilla Beach Theatre, Speakeasy Stage Company, Norwood Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston and Reagle Music Theatre. Danny divides his time between acting and teaching and directing and has had the good fortune to teach with such companies as Watertown Children’s Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, New Art Center in Newton, North Shore Music Theatre and City Spotlights at The Wang Center For The Performing Arts. The veteran of three national tours, Danny is a graduate of Boston College and continues to keep busy in video and commercial work in addition to his work onstage.

Amanda began her journey with Theatre Espresso by interning with the company during her junior year at Regis College, where she earned a BA in History and Theatre. Upon graduating, she joined Theatre Espresso and has been a company member ever since. She has worked with many Boston area theaters including Gloucester Stage, Boston Playwrights’, Wheelock Family Theater, Underground Railway, Nora Theatre Company, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT), Cape Rep, Publick Theatre Boston, Orfeo Group, Commonwealth Shakespeare, New Rep, and The Modern Theatre. She has also worked with The Outfit in NYC and Philadelphia, American Stage in Florida, and was a founding member of the Harbor Stage Company. Amanda also performs in improv-based training programs at Boston Children’s Hospital, helping medical professionals improve communication skills in challenging medical situations. Television: Olive Kitteridge (HBO), Boston's Finest (ABC Pilot) Film: Sea of Trees. Amanda is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA.

Emily joined Theatre Espresso in 2019. She has been acting around the Boston area since she was five years old. She earned her BFA in Acting and holds a music theatre concentration from Boston University. While there she spent her junior year abroad studying Commedia dell'arte and physical theatre at Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Emily has worked with Shakespeare and Company, Wheelock Family Theatre, New Rep BCAP, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Central Square Theatre, The Asian American Playwright Collective, Open Theatre Project, Fresh Ink Theatre, Collective Hysteria, Boston Conservatory, and Creative Arts. When not acting Emily is an outdoor and nature enthusiast. She is a certified Wilderness First Responder and Long Trail Thru-Hiker class of 2021.

Liz is an actor, educator, children’s theatre director, clown and otherwise gig juggler. She is thrilled to be joining the Theatre Espresso family. Liz has worked for various companies in and around Boston, performing in Boston’s hit Shakespeare show for seven years as well as The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Bay Colony Shakespeare Company, and more. She has toured the country (with a couple international stops as well) with Missoula Children’s Theatre, American Family Theatre and The National Theatre for Arts and Education. Liz studied classical acting in London at The British American Drama Academy and received her B.A. in Fine Arts from Saint Michael’s College. In 2018, she attended the Month-Long Intensive at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA. Liz is also a proud new clown with the Laughter League–the resident troupe of hospital clowns at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Matthew has been acting, directing and choreographing throughout the Boston area since graduating from Boston College in 2004; BA in English, concentration in Theatre Arts.  Area acting credits include:  The Music Man, La Cage aux Folles, Hello Dolly and Joseph...Dreamcoat (Reagle Music Theatre), Urinetown (Lyric Stage and Massasoit Theatre Co.), Gypsy (Footlight Club), She Loves Me (Arlington Friends), Swing! (Acting Up) and Still Life with Iris (Regis Theatre Company). He has directed and choreographed for The Longwood Players, Open Door Theater, Newton Country Players, Apollinaire Theatre Co., Curtain Call and The Performing Arts Connection and is the Artistic Director of Artbarn Community Theater, a youth theatre in Brookline.

Jamie Lin (she/her) is a transplant originally from the SF Bay Area and is thrilled to join Theatre Espresso! She's acted with many Boston-area theaters since 2017, playing roles as varied as Queenie the Cat (Honk!, The Footlight Club) and Lt. Sulu (Gender-Swapped Star Trek, PMRP), among others. In recent years, her focus has been behind-the-scenes as a director (Radial Gradient, Samuel-Lancaster Productions) and playwright (The Ghost of Keelung, AATAB / Pao Arts Center / Chuang Stage). She also serves as the EDI Coordinator for Theatre@First. Offstage, she is a graphic designer & avid D&D player.

Victoria Omoregie is an actor, and a poet born in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in
Dorchester and received her BA in Acting at Boston University “22. Victoria is an artist who
believes in the power of identity and knowing where you come from, to know where you are
going. Her previous credits include: The Bomb-Itty of Errors (Actors’ Shakespeare Project),
Anthony and Cleopatra (New York Classical Theatre), LORENA: a Tabloid Epic (Boston
Playwrights Theatre), The Legend Of Georgia McBride (Boston University), In The Red and
Brown Water (Boston University). Outside of theatre Victoria is a lover of Hip-Hop, Jazz, Blues,
and Poetry! Her artistry is often fueled by music, her faith, Black history, and life. To learn more
or contact Victoria visit her website www.victoriaomoregie.com

Dan is delighted to be joining Theatre Espresso in their mission to inspire critical thinking in students through interactive theater. Dan is a Boston based actor, writer, musician and voice teacher who has had the pleasure of working with numerous fringe and large stage theaters in the area including: Reagle Music Theatre, Wellesley Rep., History at Play, Bad Habit Productions, Maiden Phoenix, Arts After Hours, Imaginary Beasts and others. Favorite Boston area credits include Robbie Fay in A Man of No Importance (Bad Habit Productions) Enoch Snow in Carousel (Reagle Music Theater), Jamie in The Last Five Years (Arts After Hours), Jasiu in Polish Joke (Titanic Theatre Company), Rhode in Three Sisters (Wellesley Summer Theater), and Edwin Ayer in Speakyeasy Circus (Boston Circus Guild and ART). Dan received a dual Bachelor of Music from Ithaca College in Vocal Performance (concentration in Opera and Jazz) and Music Education. As a writer, Dan’s works have been produced locally by The Boston Circus Guild, and ART.

Rebecca Schneebaum (she/her) is an actor, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher, and theatre maker—Working hard so her dog has a comfortable life! As an actor she has performed with LAByrinth Theatre Company, American Repertory Theatre, The Huntington Theatre, Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Actors' Shakespeare Project, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Brown Box Theatre Project, and many others. She has taught with Wheelock Family Theater, Central Square Theater, Pine Street Players, and Brown Box Theater Project. She currently teaches Linklater Voice at Emerson College and Boston Conservatory at Berklee. As an actor, as a teacher, as a human being in this world, Rebecca seeks to collaborate in ways that value the wellbeing of each person through a personal commitment to antiracist, trauma informed, and consent based creative work. She received her BFA in Acting from Emerson College and is a pandemic graduate of Brooklyn College (MFA Theater). She was designated by Kristin Linklater at the Linklater Voice Center, Orkney in 2017. RebeccaSchneebaum.com

Lewis joined Theatre Espresso in 2008. He has worked at various theatres in the Boston area – recent productions include Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT), where he has performed for the past 3 seasons, No Exit at Payomet in Truro, Brecht’s The Life of Galileo at Underground Railway/Central Square Theater, Playboy of the Western World at Wellesley Summer Theatre. Other credits include Pinter’s No Man’s Land (IRNE nominee, Best Supporting Actor) (American Repertory Theatre); Doubt (Gloucester Stage); The Importance of Being Earnest, A Number, The Underpants, The Glass Menagerie (Lyric Stage); Arcadia (IRNE nominee, Best Actor), Comedy of Errors, Troilus and Cressida (Publick Theatre); Silence, Cyrano (New Rep); Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.); Butley (Huntington Theatre); Julius Caesar, title roles in Hamlet and Macbeth (Shakespeare Now); The Mousetrap (Stoneham); The Weir (TCAN); A Perfect Ganesh (Vineyard Playhouse). Film and television credits include The Company Men (with Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones), Don McKay, Underdog, Pink Panther 2, Laddie in Louisa May Alcott (PBS), Brotherhood (Showtime). Lewis performs with several interactive training programs at Boston Children’s Hospital and IPEP (Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice), helping medical professionals with communication skills in particularly difficult medical situations. Lewis also produced the documentary LEADING TO WAR (www.LeadingToWar.com), about the build-up to the Iraq War. Lewis studied theatre and film studies at Cornell University and received his MFA from the American Film Institute (AFI).