Joe Bowden | Director of Photography, Desert Island Studios
Joe Bowden is a mixed Asian American writer, director, cinematographer, and founder of Desert Island Studios, which is a sound stage and full service production company based in Portland OR. His film credits include shorts, features, and music videos such as Private Chat (Dir. DP) Two Detectives, (Dir. written by) The feature film Song of Summer, (DP) Planet #5 (Dir. DP written by) Color Theories (DP) At Skyview Enterprises (DP) Casualties (DP), and Empano Gleasium, (Dir. DP, written by), which is premiering at Portland Panorama in 2025.
Alan Cline | Video Designer
Alan is a video designer and technician living and working in Portland, Oregon. His work has previously been featured with Profile Theatre in their production of The Baltimore Waltz, as well as with Portland Playhouse, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Artist’s Rep, Third Rail Rep, and others.
Cullen Elliott & Saibi Khalsa | Sound Designers
Cullen and Saibi (Weirdbird Sound Design) Are a design team based out of Portland Oregon. Saibi grew up in Santa Fe and studied sound design at both Sarah Lawrence College and Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Cullen studied sound at Southern Oregon University, they met while working at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and have been making art together ever since! Recent credits include Laughs in Spanish (Santa Fe Playhouse) Notes From The Field (Portland Playhouse), and As You Like It (Cal Shakes). This is their debut design with Profile Theatre and it’s been an absolute joy so far!
Kristeen Willis | Lighting Designer
Kristeen is excited to be designing lights for Profile Theatre again. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and her Master of Fine Arts in lighting design from Wayne State University, Hilberry Gateway in Detroit, Michigan. Kristeen is a proud member of United Scenic Artists and has been an educator, a designer (lighting, scenery, sound, props), technician, technical director, production manager, and most recently a project manager for commercial lighting controls. She is a resident artist with Artists Repertory Theatre, and has designed locally and regionally and has won several Drammy Awards in both lighting and scenic design.
Ahmad Santos | Costume Designer
Ahmad is a Queer/Latino Costume Designer for TV, Film, and Theater, from Nayarit, MX, operating out of the NW. Best known for costuming award winning shows like Portlandia, Baskets, as well as shows like Criminal, and Chad. He has costumed theatrical moments for various theaters including Portland Center Stage, Profile, Artist’s Repertory Theater, and Corrib for various features like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Mother Russia, and Witch, among others.
“I love telling stories through my design work, and exploring how to relay those stories in topical ways that both inspire and evoke conversation.”
Alex Meyer | Scenic Designer
Alex is happy to be joining the Tiger Style! team! Previously at Profile, she has designed for Mother Russia and Samsara. Other credits include with Portland Center Stage (The Light), Artists Repertory Theatre (Sapience, The Bed Trick), Third Rail Repertory Theatre (Precipice, Middletown Mall, The Music Man), and Shaking The Tree Theatre (We Wrote This With You In Mind), as well as designs with Orpheus PDX, Oregon Children’s Theatre, The Theatre Company, Portland Shakespeare Project, PassinArt, Broadway Rose Theatre Co., Bag&Baggage Productions, Crave Theatre, Imago Theatre, Hand2Mouth, and others. She has production designed for clients such as Visit Seattle, Intel, and the Portland Timbers. She is a proud recipient of this year’s 1/52 Project grant. More at www.designbyalexmeyer.com.
Rebby Yuer Foster | Assistant Director
Rebby Yuer Foster (they/them) is a director, actor, & producer based in Portland, Oregon. Recent directing credits include, We Wrote This With You In Mind (Shaking the Tree Theatre), In A Different Reality She’s Clawing At The Walls (Shaking the Tree Theatre), MODELMINORITY (Shaking the Tree Theatre). Rebby is a former Acting Apprentice at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville ‘18-19. They grew up in Seattle, Washington and received their B.A. in Theatre & English at the University of Portland.
Cassie Greer | Stage Manager
Cassie Greer (she/her) is excited and grateful to be working with this fantastic team of artists on Witch! A theater-maker-of-all-trades, Cassie received her training in the MFA Acting program at Florida Atlantic University; the BA Theatre, History, and Music programs at Goshen College; and in the 9th Certification group of Fitzmaurice Voicework® teachers. She has worked professionally around the country as a stage manager, actor, director, designer, administrator, educator, and facilitator, and is thrilled to be returning to the booth at Profile after last spring’s Mother Russia. Find details on her various interests and projects past, present, and future at cassiegreer.com. Big love and thanks to the whole Profile team, and to Tylor and Gwen. @cassiegreer
Bets Swadis as Evgeny
Bets (they/them) is a theatre artist based in Portland, OR. Originally from Philadelphia, local performance credits include: Leaf in Spelling Bee* & Alvin in Band Geeks! (BRTC); Hal in Proof (PCTG); Dad / Jard in In The Basement and Bex/Brad/Claudia in Best Available, PCS’s JAW Festival & Margaret Mead in Hair (PCS).*
(*BWWAward Nominee, Best Supporting Performer in a Musical.)
As a playwright, Bets’s work was published in Masque & Spectacle, a literary journal. A workshop production The Mighty Marching Meerkats premiered during FUSE’s 2024 OUTWright Fest; Brave/Enough was produced in April 2025 by PDXPlaywrights as part of Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival 2025.
Bets is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Ashley Song as Katya
Ashley is stoked to return to Profile Theatre (and be directed by Josh for the first time!) after appearing in Reggie Hoops in 2024. Previous credits include Portland Center Stage at The Armory, Portland Shakespeare Project, Corrib Theatre, 21ten Theatre, and the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works. Locally she has appeared in the staged readings of unbound: a bookish musical and Half, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at PCS and The Other Place at 21ten Theatre. She received her BFA from New York University. She is also the co-founder of Desert Island Studios. IG and TikTok: @ashleysongofficial @desertislandstudiospdx
