Staff and Board

JOSH HECHT | Artistic Director
josh@profiletheatre.org
He/Him
At Profile, Josh has directed Paula Vogel’s The Baltimore Waltz and Indecent (co-production with Artists Rep), Lisa Kron’s  In The Wake and Well, Anna Deavere Smith’s Let Me Down Easy and the concert staging of Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 and the rotating repertory productions of Quiara Alegria Hudes’ Water By The Spoonful and The Happiest Song Plays Last. Other Portland productions include Mike Lew’s Teenage Dick (Artists Rep). His productions have been seen in New York at MCC Theater, The Cherry Lane, The Duke on 42^nd Street, New World Stages, Culture Project, regionally at The Guthrie Theater, the Berkshire Theatre Group, the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Signature Theatre (DC) and internationally at the Dublin Arts Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and elsewhere. His collaboration with Ping Chong and Company was commissioned by and premiered at The Kennedy Center before touring the northeast. 

His directing has received the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience and Fringe First Awards in Dublin and Edinburgh for Best Production, as well as GLAAD and IRNE nominations; his writing has received the support of the Jerome Foundation. He is formerly the Director of Playwright Development at MCC Theater and the Director of New Play Development at WET and has worked at most of the play development centers across the country including The O’Neill, New York Stage and Film, The Playwrights Center, The Lark, PlayPenn, New Harmony Project, JAW at Portland Center Stage and others. He is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect and an alumnus of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. 

He’s served on the faculty of the New School for Drama MFA Directing program, the Fordham University MFA Playwriting program, Purchase College SUNY’s BFA Dramatic Writing program and has been a guest artist at The Juilliard School, NYU’s Dramatic Writing MFA program, Carnegie Mellon’s MFA Playwriting program, University of Minnesota’s BFA Acting program and others.

JAMIE M. REA | Finance Manager
jamie@profiletheatre.org
She/Her
Jamie has had the pleasure of exploring theatre as a tool for connection and change for over 20 years. After directing in LA, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Ohio, New York, and Portland, she now serves as founding co-artistic director of The Beirut Wedding World Theatre Project. Recent local credits include Jesus Hopped the A-Train, CoHo/Beirut Wedding, Topdog Underdog (Street Scenes) and B*tch in Kitchen as part of Salt with Shaking the Tree. Jamie’s activism work has a heavy focus on survivors of sexual violence. Two local projects include the development of and tour of Telling – a piece where survivors tell their own stories with facilitated audience conversations (3 year partnership with OAASIS – a Portland based resource and advocacy organization for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse). And Made to Dance in Burning Buildings, an interdisciplinary dance/theatre piece of a survivor’s reclamation of self as she navigates PTSD.

COLIN HERRING | Line Producer
colin@profiletheatre.org
He/They
Originally a stage and production manager by trade, Colin has been fortunate enough to try his hand at many different skills, and considers himself a jack of all trades collaborator and facilitator. Recent stage and production management credits include Spear, Myra’s Story, Trade, and The Smuggler at Corrib Theatre, while they also worked for years at Greenlight Creative as an event electrician. Producing is another step in a history of new endeavors that excites and invigorates Colin as a young artist and collaborator.

Colin also comes from an organizing and activist background. With a degree in Environmental Studies from Portland State University and experience organizing with a number of local social justice and environmental groups, Colin’s pursuit of intersectional justice and empowerment of our local communities is paramount to their life goals. He hopes to continue focusing his work as a producer at Profile on the importance of equity, accessibility, and diversity of stories.

Sierra Brambila | Company Manager
sierra@profiletheatre.org
She/They
Sierra is an actor, teaching artist, and operational specialist whose work is deeply rooted in the belief that storytelling, in all its forms, has the power to transcend boundaries and illuminate the shared human experience. The last time Sierra graced the stage, you may have seen her in Milagro’s production of Bi- or in The Mermaid’s Project with Fuse Theatre Ensemble.

She has spent the past five years expanding her operational expertise in the humanitarian aid sector and is excited to bring her passion for systems and theatre together in her new role as Company Manager at Profile. Inspired by her multiracial background, she is committed to amplifying stories that emphasize representation, truth, and diversity—whether through her performances or her work in operations management.

Elliot Lorenc | Director of Communications
elliot@profiletheatre.org
He/They
Elliot is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist, musician, and Profile’s new Director of Communications! He comes to Profile with four years of experience as Marketing & Engagement Manager at Bag&Baggage productions. Elliot is thrilled to share his love of theatre, community building, and a well-written newsletter with his new Profile friends and colleagues!

As an artist, Elliot has directed: Cymbeline and Henry V by William Shakespeare at Robinson Shakespeare Company as well as Constellations by Nick Payne, and Tunnel City by Grayson Ashford both at Pacific University. He has performed in The Ballad of Aurelie the Bold with Bag&Baggage Productions, as well as Holy Name, Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, and Henry V with Salt & Sage. In 2021 he wrote The Ballad of Aurelie the Bold, performed at Bag&Baggage Productions and named one of the “top ten plays in the Portland area in 2021” by Willamette Week. When not acting, directing, or sending you emails, Elliot can be found playing Irish and folk tunes with his tenor guitar and tenor banjo across the city.

TAMARA CARROLL | Director of Community Engagement
tamara@profiletheatre.org
They/Them
Tamara is a director of theatre for all ages with a passion for thematically challenging and aesthetically compelling work. By day, they serve as Director of Community Engagement at Profile Theatre, where they focus on ways that our work can move beyond the stage and have a deeper, lasting impact. Tamara previously served as Program Director for Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Program, in collaboration with Oregon Children’s Theatre, as well as Chair of the Portland Drammy Committee (RIP Drammys). Favorite Portland directing credits include Fezziwig’s Fortune (Anonymous Theatre), Blink (Third Rail Repertory), Jungle Book (Northwest Children’s Theatre), The Delays (Theatre Vertigo), Good Kids (Oregon Children’s Theatre), This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing (CoHo Productions), and Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Action/Adventure). Tamara holds an M.F.A. in Drama & Theatre for Youth & Communities from UT Austin, and is dedicated to dismantling oppression and colonialism in theatre, education, and beyond.

Crystal Muñoz | Patron Services Manager
crystal@profiletheatre.org
She/Her
Crystal is a life-long performer, growing up in dance and choir programs before discovering her love for theatre almost 20 years ago. She has worked with Profile as an actor many times over the years, taking part in seasons featuring Sam Shepard, Sarah Ruhl, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and most recently the American Generation season featuring christopher oscar peña, Kristoffer Diaz, and Lauren Yee.

She also has an extensive background in customer service and project management, having spent a decade in the corporate world serving in reception, administrative assistance, client support, customer onboarding, account management, and software QA engineering.

Julie Hammond, CONE | Grant Writer
CONE was founded by Jen Mitas in 2018 to provide bespoke communications and grant writing services to socially engaged arts organizations. Julie Hammond joined the CONE team in 2020. Together, they have helped organizations raise over $10 million dollars to realize hundreds of public projects and programs.