HADLEY EVANS NASH
Artistic Director
Hadley Evans Nash is a director, actor, teaching artist, playwright, and the Founder and Artistic Director of Brick by Brick Players and Safely Thus. She champions Theatre of Joy in the Traumatized Body: theatre that sees those that have experienced trauma not just as victims, but as full humans capable of immense and revolutionary joy, and creates work that invites actors and audience members to claim their space and to reinvigorate the fullness of their bodies and physical experience. She can be often found in the woods or deep in a good conversation with her dear friends and collaborators.
JO RUTH ROQUE
Resident Artist + Publicity Manager
Jo Ruth Roque is an actor, musician, writer, and photographer from Greenville, SC. Jo has been on both sides of the stage as Ariel in The Tempest, Feste in Brick by Brick's Twelfth Night, and The Witch in The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe; and as the props and set construction apprentice for the Omaha Community Playhouse. Jo has also been the fiddler for the Nebraska-based Cajun blues band The Prairie Gators, as well as the solo project BearBard, which, like all the best things, started as a dream in a friend's living room.
LOGAN MCCARTY
Resident Artist + Elder Care Outreach Manager
Logan McCarty is a theatre artist from Hattiesburg, MS, where they received their B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Southern Mississippi. They have trained and performed at New Moon Theatre, Playhouse on the Square, Theatre Memphis, and Tennessee Shakespeare Company, to name a few. Besides their work in connecting Brick by Brick's outreach program Safely Thus to elder care organizations across Minneapolis and St. Paul, they have also served for various productions as assistant director, costumer, and assistant stage manager. Logan is drawn to excellent storytelling, whether through plays, performance art, or a good old fashioned game of D&D.
KATIE BOOTH
Resident Artist + Fundraising Manager
Katie Booth is a Minneapolis based actor and costumer with a passion for unconventional, accessible theatre. Her work focuses on the restorative nature of theatre, especially within communities that have been historically excluded from the arts. Katie’s ongoing work with Brick by Brick Players includes acting as resident artist and fundraising manager, along with her roles as Viola in Twelfth Night, Regan in King Lear, and Guiderious in Cymbeline. In addition to theater, Katie enjoys singing with her choir, Minnesota Choir Collective.
MAREN DAHL
Resident Artist + Safely Thus Curriculum Editor
Maren Dahl is a Minnesota-based theatre artist with a passion for classical theatre. Maren is a graduate of Lawrence University, where she studied theatre and psychology with an emphasis in trauma-informed drama therapy. Her work with other companies has included The Art of Reconciliation and Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford. She was most recently spotted at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival as a singer in Decantus.