Creative Team

Vin Shambry, Director

Vin Shambry grew up in Portland and has traveled the world as an artist and creator. Director credits include the hit show Othello the Remix, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Home, a World premiere in Cairo, Egypt, and Performed with the US State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Arts Envoy. As an executive producer, esteemed writer, and acclaimed storyteller, Vin's multifaceted talents have shone in film and television, with credits including the 2024 Sundance darling "Sometimes I Think About Dying" and the captivating series "Tickets." With a passion for community-building and a flair for the dramatic, Vin's artistic journey is as diverse and compelling as the stories he brings to life on screen and stage. He performed on Broadway as Tom Collins in "Rent" and recently wrapped filming on “Outdoor School,” a feature film based on his life growing up in Portland and his experiences with housing insecurity. Vin is also the Artistic Directory of the Beautiful Historic Alberta House.

Victoria Alvarez-Chacon, Stage Manager

Victoria Alvarez-Chacon is back with Corrib wearing a different hat! You may remember her on the stage as a troubled nun in Eclipsed. She is so pleased to be on this side of the table, lending different skills to this stunning production. 

Victoria attended school in California, and the prestigious internship in Louisville KY before moving to Windy, Chicago. She was persuaded to help a Friend start an outdoor Shakespeare company which landed Her in Oregon back in 2016. In her time here she has designed and moderated escape rooms, milked goats, acted with Oregon Adventure Theatre, Bag & Baggage, PassinArts, and many more all worth mentioning. After leaving Her full time Deck Managing position at Portland Center Stage Victoria jumped on over to Artists Repertory Theatre to help them with their transition back into the old building.

Victoria is truly thrilled to stagemange for this production and work with this incredible group of people. See you all at the Beach!

Kyra Sanford, Scenic Designer

Kyra Sanford is a freelance scenic designer, props master, carpenter, and painter in the Portland area, working for theatres such as Bag&Baggage, Broadway Rose, 21Ten, Milagro, PassinArt, and various others. She is the technical director and resident scenic designer at Clark College. She received her BFA in scenic design from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. Instagram: @sanfordscenic 

Wanda Walden, Costume Designer

Wanda Walden (she/her/her)has costumed for 4 decades, with an extensive amount of credits: Wanda is resident Costumer at PassinArt Theatre Company established in 1982  credits include  Annual Black Nativity, God's Favorite, Yohen, Blues for An Alabama Sky, Seven Guitars, Two trains Running, A song for Coretta Portland Playhouse - Notes from the field, Amelie, Passing Strange, Matilda, The Sounds of Afro-litical Movement, Bella: An American Tall Tale, Barbecue, Chicken & Biscuits, Crowns. Penumbra Theatre Minneapolis, MN Theatre- Paradise Blue, Third Rail Repertory Theatre- Infinite Life. Tacoma Little Theater, From The Mississippi Delta, Portland Center Stage-It's A Wonderful Life, Gem of The Ocean, The Ripple & The Wave That Carried Me Home, School Girls, or African mean Girls Play. Portland Opera -Shizue: An American Story, Beatrice, Central Park Five. Artist Repertory  Theatre - The Children, Skeleton Crew, An Octoroon, We are Proud to Present. Wanda is a Visual Artist who has a studio in Oakland, Ca where she resides.

Kelly Terry, Lighting Designer

Kelly Terry is a Portland-based lighting designer for theatre, dance, and events. After graduating with honors from Florida State University, she launched a career that has included designing for everything from modern and original theatre (Next to Normal, James X, Jesus Hopped the A-Train), and elaborate ballet productions (Snow White, Cinderella, A Midsummer Night's Dream), to innovative classics (The Romeo and Juliet Project, Cabaret). Her work could be seen most recently in Profile Theatre’s production of The Oldest Profession, under the direction of Jamie Rea. These days she works with Greenlight Creative, lighting everything from small weddings to massive corporate events. She would like to thank her ever-patient husband/ALD for his support and genius. 

Rory Stitt, Sound Designer

Active primarily as a composer and sound designer, Rory has also worked extensively as an actor, orchestrator, and music director. He has performed his solo work at the Kennedy Center (D.C.), Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre (NYC) and been represented at the MIDEM music festival in Cannes. Hear his work at www.rorystitt.com

Kristen Mun-Van Noy, Fight Director

Kristen Mun-Van Noy was born and raised on the island of Oahu where she started her theatrical stage combat training.  She has been training and working in the field of theatrical stage combat for almost 20 years and since 2012 she has been working as a fight choreographer and teacher in the city of Portland, OR.  She owes her training to Dueling Arts International and her time as assistant fight choreographer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (09-10) with resident Fight Director U. Jonathan Toppo. She has received multiple Awards for Best Fight Choreography. Outside of Portland she has worked at Utah Shakespeare Festival and Idaho Repertory Theatre. 

Pancho Savery, Dramaturg

Pancho Savery, Dramaturg, is Professor of English, Humanities, American Studies, and Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies at Reed College, where he teaches courses on modern and contemporary drama, African-American literature, American literature and culture, and American Indian prose. He has published essays on Ralph Ellison, Saunders Redding, James Baldwin, Adrienne Rich, Robert Creeley, Ezra Pound, Samuel Beckett, Paula Vogel, Tennessee Williams, Sarah Ruhl, Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, Mike Lew,  Lucas Hnath, Euripides John Berger, Allen Ginsberg, Sonia Sanchez, Federico Garcia Lorca, and others. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Alberta House (chair), Artists Repertory Theatre (chair), Boom Arts (chair), Clackamas Rep, Corrib Theatre (chair), Original Practice Shakespeare (secretary), P.E.T.E. (chair), Portland Playhouse, Third Rail, and Our Children Oregon (secretary). He has worked as dramaturg at Artists Repertory Theatre, Clackamas Repertory Theatre Coho Theatre, Corrib Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Profile Theatre, and Third Rail Repertory Theatre. Additionally, he is Literary Dramaturg at Artists Repertory Theatre, and Literary Manager at Corrib and Third Rail. He is a member of The Modern Language Association, LMDA, TCG, and the Jazz Journalists Association. He is also past Vice President and President of PDX Jazz. His poems have appeared in The First Anthology (ed. A.R. Ammons), The Dandelion Review, The Oregonian, Hanging Loose, Hubbub, and Robert Creeley: The Poet's Workshop. He recently acted in NPR's Circle Round Club, and he is the co-host of the podcast Radicals with Age.

Rebecca Lynn Davis, LCSW, LiCSW, Trauma Specialist is a drama therapist and an Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Social Work at Portland State University. She holds advanced degrees in Social Work and Educational Theatre from the University of Southern California and New York University, and discovered drama therapy after a career in performance, drama education, and arts-based activism. Rebecca is the co-founder/director for artic LLC (anti-racist, trauma informed care), a consulting and training organization devoted to decentering whiteness as the focal point for healing. Rebecca currently leads drama therapy trainings through DvTPDX (www.dvtpdx.com), and still works as a drama and psychodynamic psychotherapist. She is thrilled to be bringing new skills to familiar settings on this run of Pass Over.

Olivia Mathews, Assistant Stage Manager

Olivia Mathews (she/they) is a performer, director, deviser, teacher based in Portland, OR. Olivia’s work is process focused, rigorous, expressive and devoted to collaboration as a means of practicing community and self-advocacy. Most recent performance credits include ENDURANCE the boat, the show (CoHo Theatre), From A Hole in the Ground (Corrib Theatre), Blood Wedding and Forbidden Fruit (Shaking the Tree Theatre). Directing credits include Precipice (Vanport Mosaic), The Americans (PETE), and the 2023 Youth Devising Residency (H2M). She also holds a certification from Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble’s Institute for Contemporary Performance.

Napp Jones, Pre- and Post-Show Music

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Jo Pierce, Costume Assistant

Jo is delighted to be working with Corrib Theatre, after a long absence from theatre.  Past credits include three seasons of costuming and wardrobe management for the Country Dinner Playhouse of Denver. She also worked several years as Assistant Costume Designer for Emmy Award winner Garland Riddle in Los Angeles for both television and live theatre projects. She holds an MFA in Theatre with a minor in costuming from the University of Arizona in Tucson. 

Alberta House Managing Director: Matthew Kerrigan

Sound Engineer: Akitora Ishii

Graphic Designer: Kira Johnston

Box Office: Wynee Hu and Jo Pierce

Load-in and Strike Crew: Kevin Grgurich and Scott Snipes