River Sanders | they/them
River (they/them) has worked as an actor, director, choreographer, writer, stage manager, production manager, teaching artist, and dramaturge at companies around the Bay Area including Palo Alto Players, Children’s Fairy Land, the Oakland Theatre Project, SPARC, Townhall Theatre, NCTC, and Theatre Rhinoceros. Recent directing work includes Guillermo Reyes’ Bad Hombres (Theatre Rhino) and the first ever staged reading of Justin P. Lopez’ The Re-Education of Fernando Morales (Townhall Theatre). Other directing credits include Little Women (Emerson College), Legally Blonde (Hillbarn Theatre), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Irvington Conservatory). They are also the author of an award-winning thesis that explores the ways Latine artists are advocating for equity and change in the theatre industry. They are deeply invested in creating theatre that openly challenges white supremacy culture both in content and in process. They are currently serve as the Production/Literary Manager at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City. Emerson BFA Musical Theatre ’20.