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Julie Hammond (Performer/Development Director) first worked with Hand2Mouth in 2004 and joined the company in 2005. She received a BA in Theater (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) and studied additionally at the British American Drama Academy (London, UK). In Portland she has performed variously with Hand2Mouth, Fever Theater, and Shae Uisna, and at the PuppetLove! Festival in San Francisco, CA. From 2003-04 Julie assisted artist William Pope.L in development and touring of The Black Factory, later installed at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. |
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Faith Helma (Performer/Company Administrator)
is a performer, writer and company member of Hand2Mouth since its origins in 2000. She has co-created and performed in almost all of the company's original productions, and leads their vocal training and song work. She traveled to Poland in 2004 & 2005 to collaborate with Teatr Stacja Szamocin, and this year traveled with Hand2Mouth to Mexico. She has also trained with Teatr Piesn Kozla and Teatro Potlach among others, and in 2007 she won a RACC professional development grant to participate in the Transit International Women's Theatre Festival hosted by Odin Teatret in Denmark. She first learned how to sing from her mother and aunts, and she holds a degree in English from Michigan State University. |
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Erin Leddy (Performer/Press &Public Relations) is Hand2Mouth's Physical Trainer and a performer with the company since 2003. Erin graduated from Emerson College in Boston and has worked in radio and theatre on both coasts. Erin leads the company warm-ups and coordinates physical scenes and stilt-walking. Erin has choreographed stilt-work for the company's performances of Jerusalem and Jimmy Blue, which performed outdoors in the Portland area, as well as training and performing with Polish artists in stilt and movement during the creation and tour of Blue. |
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Jerry Tischleder (Performer/Tour Manager)
began performing with Hand2Mouth in 2006 and joined the company 2007. He holds a B.A. in Theater and Management (Magna Cum Laude, All-College Honors, Distinction in Theater) from St. John’s University in Minnesota. Jerry is a seasoned improv and sketch comedian, studies trapeze & acrobatics with Do Jump! and performs as a vocalist/bassist with the punk rock spectacle 25 Cent Tacos. He has had the pleasure to work and study with many amazing theatre influences including: Imago Theatre, Radiant Theatre, The Tragedies, NACL, A Business of Ferrets, In the Basement Productions, Dudley Riggs: Brave New Workshop, Second City: Los Angeles, The Groundlings, Theatre L'homme Dieu, Guthrie Theatre, The Acting Company, Central MN Children's Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Aquila Theatre Company, Diavolo Dance Theater, Theater Grottesco, and many others. |
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Jonathan Walters (Artistic Director) founded the Hand2Mouth Theatre in 2000 and functions as Artistic Director. Jonathan has directed the bulk of Hand2Mouth shows, and works closely with guest writers and the ensemble to develop new work. Jonathan worked in Poland in 1999 with street theatre Biuro Podrozy and Teatr Usta Usta, and has collaborated, trained and worked with many American physical theatres, including Sojourn Theatre, The Carpetbag Brigade and Elevator Repair Service. He has won multiple residencies at Caldera Arts, and been awarded a fellowship by the Oregon System of Higher Education to engage in theatre work abroad. As a director Jonathan has attended the Unidram Festival in Potsdam, Germany, the Reminstincje Festival in Krakow, Poland, the ATHE Conference in New York City, and the PuppetLove! Festival in San Francisco, California. His theatre work has been reviewed in Just Out, Willamette Week, the Oregonian, the Portland Tribune and the Portland Mercury.
Jonathan is a 2005-07 recipient of a Career Development Program for Directors Fellowship awarded and administered by Theatre Communications Group and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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