Melissa Stephens

Melissa Stephens is a comedian, writer, and director from the Peach State. Melissa is a founding member of IAMA Theatre Company, has been a member of Groundlings’ Sunday Company, and regularly performs stand-up around Los Angeles. She has written, and will be performing her one-hour special, “Homebrew”, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2021. Her directorial debut, “PEEN”, was a Vimeo Staff Pick, and the short series she has written and directed, “Finding The Asshole”, was chosen to show at Slamdance and is currently in development to go to series with Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) producing. Melissa is a writer for the AMC series “Soulmates”, which comes out in 2020. She’s currently in development on several film and television projects.

For more details about her experience—both behind and in front of the camera—visit herIMDB page orwww.melmstephens.com to check out her newest short film Travis.

Sarah Utterback

SARAH UTTERBACK moved to LA in 2004, and hit the ground running with the recurring role of Nurse Olivia on Grey's Anatomy. Shortly there after, she became a co-founder of IAMA Theatre Company and has appeared on stage with IAMA in the West Coast premiere of Daniel Pearle'sA Kid Like Jake and the world premieres of Leslye Headland's Cult of Love, The Accidental Blonde and Surfer Girl. Other theater credits include Mud (dir. Janicza Bravo), North of Providence, Il Bidone, Ladybird, Hamlet, BASH, Taken in Marriage (Steppenwolf Garage), Full Circle (NYU mainstage), and Macbeth (RADA).  TV & Film: Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, Mysteries of Laura, Cold Case, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, Family Guy, Pathlights and My First Time Driving.  Training: RADA, The School at Steppenwolf, BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Cymbre Walk Sklar

CYMBRE WALK SKLAR is a 2 time Emmy nominated Casting Director and Executive. She is currently the Head of Casting for Netflix Feature Animation. 

Prior to joining Netflix, Cymbre was a Casting Director at DreamWorks Animation TV where she earned 2 Emmy nominations for her work on "She-Ra & The Princesses of Power" and "Archibald's Next Big Thing". She cast over 30 series which can be seen across multiple platforms such as Netflix, Hulu and Peacock. 

Cymbre previously worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation as the Casting Associate on such films as “Tangled”, “Wreck It Ralph”, “Frozen”, “Big Hero 6″, and “Zootopia”.

Before moving to Los Angeles, Cymbre partnered to form The Group Entertainment, a NYC based independent management/production company and Associate Produced “Mentor” which premiered at Tribeca in 2006.

Cymbre earned a MFA from the prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program at USC where she was awarded the Peter Stark Filmmaker Award for producing her short film “Stuffed.

Cymbre also has a BA in Theater from Marymount Manhattan College. 

She was the Producing Director for IAMA Theatre Company for 10 years and currently serves on the Board of Directors. 

Keliher Walsh

Keliher Walsh: 2015-16 Jerome Fellow.  Her work includes, Proof of Circling, Desire Line/Plymouth Rock, Idols of the Cave, Year of the Rabbit, Fifth World, and INDIGO.  She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theater, in New York and Los Angeles where  YEAR OF THE RABBIT was produced in 2012 and was nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn prize. IDOLS OF THE CAVE  presented at  Blank Theater Living Room Series in 2015. IDIGO at The Playwright’s Center, in 2016. She is the winner of the Kentucky Women’s Writers Conference.  As an actor she’s appeared on Broadway, regional theaters across the country, TV and Film. She directed the premiere of Louise Munson’s Play, DO LIKE THE KIDS DO both in LA and in NYC.

Jamie Wollrab

Jamie Wollrab recent credits include Tod in the West Coast Premiere of Stockholm, The Son in Adam Rapp’s Nocturne theatre, then starred in the west coast premiere of The French Waitress by John Patrick Shanley. Film: I Won’t Say I Love You & Punching Bag directed by Jamie Anderson and Always Remember Me directed by Nell Teare. Other theatre: Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Glass Menagerie, Red Light Winter, North of Providence, Mud, Miss Julie to name a few. Jamie is a proud member of IAMA theatre company and is the Artistic Director of The Triptych Theatre Group.

Christine Woods

CHRISTINE WOODS is best known for her work on television, most recently the HBO series and television movie Hello Ladies starring opposite Stephen Merchant. She was featured in this season of AMC’s The Walking Dead as well as NBC’s About a Boy, co-starring David Walton and Minnie Driver. Previously, Christine recurred opposite Matthew Perry on NBC’s Go On and was a regular on NBC’s Perfect Couples and ABC’s Flash Forward. Other television credits include The Odd Couple, Bad Teacher, The Closer, House M.D, NCIS, Cold Case, Necessary Roughness, Castle, In Plain Sight. This year, she is featured in Demetri Martin’s film directorial debut Dean, also starring Mary Steenburgen and Kevin Kline. Christine is a native of Orange County, California and studied musical theatre at the University of Arizona.