Troy, USA

Lawrence Siulagi is a performer, director, playwright, sound designer, projection designer and music composer from San Diego where he pursued a Bachelors degree in the Dramatic Arts (directing emphasis) at San Diego State University; and film editing and marketing at the University of Southern California.

On stage Mr. Siulagi was recently in Bag&Baggage’s productions of Deathtrap (as Sidney Bruhl) and Romeo & Juliet/Layla & Majnun (as The Sayyid) and is proud to be an Associate Artist with the acting company. Previously he was in Portland Actors Ensemble’s production of Antony & Cleopatra (as Alexas) and Portland Opera’s Tosca (as Roberti). Other favorite stage roles include Iphigenia in Aulis (as Agamemnon), The Mikado (as The Mikado), Waiting for Godot (as Pozzo), and A Flea in Her Ear (as Carlos Homénides).

After college he founded Actors for Actors Theatre Co. where he directed and produced six plays—including the world premiere of Conversations With The Adversary by Mack Owen—in various San Diego playhouses. He taught drama and a Greek Acting workshop at San Diego Junior Theater. He produced and directed their Footlighters troupe at SDSU’s experimental theater in a night of one-acts.

When he’s not acting Lawrence is the resident sound designer for the Milagro Theatre where he designed recent shows Wolf At The Door (dir. R. Martinez) and Judge Torres (dir. M. Koshnevisan). He composed original music for three national touring shows as well as sound designs for shows in their last five seasons. Most recently he designed sound for Red (dir. S. Andrews) for Crave Theatre.

As a projection designer, his recent shows include Bell, Book and Candle (dir. S. Palmer/B&B); Óyé Oyá (dir: E. Fadul/Milagro); Not My Revolution (dir: L. Moldovan/Headwaters); and As You Like It or, Love In a Forest (dir: C. Greer/B&B) and The Island in Winter or, La Isla en Invierno (dir: S. Palmer/B&B).

As a playwright, he debuted his play Sea/Sick at Bag&Baggage’s SoloFest at The Vault Theatre.

When he’s not performing or designing he works as a web developer at Lewis & Clark College.

Paulina is a latinx writer, actor, visual artist, and musician. She has had the great privilege of working with Lawrence at Milagro Theatre in 2019 and 2022 and is honored to support him as assistant director of Troy, USA. Paulina spent seven years of her childhood in Hillsboro. She graduated from Glencoe High School in 2006, where she benefited from the musical and dramatic arts expertise of the wonderful Dan Harry, Jeanine Stassens, and Vance Sele. Paulina is delighted to be back.

With over 30 years in theatre, Jim is pleased to be part of the staff here at Bag&Baggage, adding Production Manager to his duties as Technical Director and Lighting Designer. Jim has worked professionally as a Production Stage Manager and Stage Manager (Civic Light Opera Seattle, Spokane Interplayers, Stumptown Stages); Technical Director, Lighting and Set Designer (Innovation Theatreworks, Tower Theatre, Portland Actors Ensemble); Properties Artisan; and all-around Theatre Tech (the list goes on and on...) — in venues as small as 99-seat black box theaters, and as large as the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics as well as lighting the World’s Largest Building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, for New Year’s Eve 2018. Basically, he has yet to meet a theatre tech job he didn’t like — or at least enjoy! Jim has also taught technical theatre at PCC Sylvania and has held numerous administrative positions in theatre during his career. In his free time, Jim loves to travel, explore great food, and enjoys working off steam swinging a Fly Rod on the river or Italian Military saber at his local HEMA gym, Sala delle Tre Spade. Jim looks forward to being able to help nail down some good storytelling and bring the 2021-2022 B&B Season to light!

Ephriam completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Omaha, Nebraska at Creighton University. This is his fifth season with Bag&Baggage as stage manager for over 20 productions and events. Ephriam is thrilled to work alongside the incredible cast and crew of Bluebeard. When he is not wandering about the stage, Ephriam also enjoys cooking, camping, kazoo-ing, and singing silly songs with his sisters. He would like to thank Bag&Baggage, Nik, Rosemary, and his parents.

Elizabeth is a recent theatre graduate from Pacific University of Oregon. Her recent work has included stage management and assistant stage management for the Pacific Theatre Department, and Splendid Caper. She has also recently done some sound design, and assistant director work in her community theatre. This is Elizabeth’s second production with Bag&Baggage, and she would like to say THANK YOU to the entire cast and crew for their kindness. She would also like to thank her family, for supporting her starving artist career path and being all around amazing, and thank her former teachers of the arts, for encouraging her the whole way through.

Garrett is excited to be working on their first production with Bag & Baggage. Garrett Brown graduated from Pacific University in 2017 with a BA in Anthropology, with a double minor in Theatre and Gender & Sexuality Studies. They have collaborated with many theatres in Portland in various roles, including, but not limited to, Artist Repertory Theatre, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Fuse Theatre, and Original Practice Shakespeare. A multidisciplinary theatrical creator, Garrett's resume includes design, building, production, acting, as well as writing. To learn more, please visit www.garrettbrownprodutions.com

Sophina holds a BA in Theatre and Dance from Amherst College. She is the founder of local dance theatre company Roots and All Theatre Ensemble, centering marginalized identities and breaking the boundaries of realism, who you may know from productions such as Liminal and The Between Spaces. As a Lighting Designer, a sampling of her shows include Medea, Dr. Faustus, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Proof, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Alkestis and Fiddler on the Roof. Most recently she worked as an Assistant Lighting Designer to Marika Kent at Portland Center Stage’s Gem of the Ocean. As a theatre maker, playwright, director, deviser, and choreographer, her work centers the intersectionality of identities as a bisexual Puerto Rican woman, and prominently features themes of mental illness and trauma, with surrealist or magical realist motifs.

Melissa splits her time between heading the costume shop at Pacific University and designing for  local area theater companies. She has designed for several production companies including Lakewood Center for the Performing Arts, Defunkt Theatre, Open Hearts, Open Minds and is also the Resident Costume Designer for Bag&Baggage Productions. She holds a B.S. in Apparel Design from Oregon State University, where her interest in costumes for theater began. She graduated in 2008 and moved to Portland to pursue her career in the apparel industry. There, her passion for costume design was reignited. Her recent works include The Wolves with Pacific University, and Camelot with Lakewood Center for the Performing Arts. Melissa thanks Bag & Baggage for this engaging partnership.

Mandy received her B.A. and M.A. in English from Stanford University. On the design side at Bag&Baggage, she directed (and edited the film) The Ballad of Aurelie the Bold, designed the costumes for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), edited the audio production of Hay Fever, and choreographed A Clockwork Orange. You may have also seen her there onstage, in The Measure of Innocence (Ensemble), Romeo & Juliet/Layla & Majnun (Lady Capulet), Death and the Maiden (Paulina), Deathtrap (Helga), La Isla en Invierno (Doris), and Much Ado About Nothing (Margaret/Dogberry). Recent design work elsewhere  includes projection design for Duende De Lorca (Teatro Milagro); costume design for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Heathers, Reefer Madness, and The Mystery of Irma Vep (Funhouse Lounge); and costume design for Body Awareness (Twilight Theatre). When not doing all that, Mandy teaches children’s theater and group exercise, and has been doing a whole lot of visual art these days. She recently published her first book, called Managed Mischief, about improvisation and creativity.

Miranda is thrilled to be here at Bag&Baggage Productions for the first time as the wig designer! Miranda has wig designed for shows such as “The Odd Couple” and “Murder on The Orient Express” at Lakewood Theatre Company. Miranda has also done wig work for companies such as Portland Center Stage, The Northwest Children’s Theater, and Sarasota Opera House.

Learning all they know theatrically from a team that includes one of B&B's very own, Myke is thrilled to be aboard the newest production this spring, they've collected over 6 years of experience as a lighting technician/designer and are thrilled to be back in full swing!

Kylee is a second-year student at MHCC getting their Associates of Applied Science degree and will be graduating in 2023. Kylee has been involved in the theatre arts since 2016, and they have loved every minute of it. Kylee's favorite on stage role was "Stepmother" for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and their favorite off stage role was Assistant Stage Manager for the musical Avenue Q, during winter term at MHCC.

Elliot is a performer, director, musician, applied theatre practitioner, and current Marketing and Communications Associate for Bag&Baggage! He’s been with Bag&Baggage for nearly three years now, and has occupied such diverse roles as Emerging Artist, assistant stage manager, lighting designer, sound designer, costume designer, bartender, box office manager, writer and actor. He was most recently seen as Aurelie in The Ballad of Aurelie the Bold, for which he also served as playwright. He is thrilled to be working in the position of Marketing and Communications associate and can not wait to connect more deeply with B&B supporters, and the wider Hillsboro community!