ALEXANDRA HARBOLD (Dramaturg, Discussion Moderator) has served as dramaturg on PTC’s Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, The Lehman Trilogy, What the Constitution Means to Me, Mary Stuart, The Lifespan of a Fact, Sweat, Oslo, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Sting’s The Last Ship, I Hate Hamlet, An Inspector Calls, and Of Mice and Men. Current projects include directing The Heart of Robin Hood and co-creating a new project with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Artistic Director Daniel Charon. Harbold is Co-founder and Co-artistic director of Flying Bobcat and Assistant Professor of Directing for the University of Utah’s Department of Theatre. AlexandraHarbold.com 

VANESSA BRUTSCHE is Assistant Professor of French at the University of Utah, specializing in French cultural memory from 1945 to the present. She teaches courses on the histories and memories of the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Algerian War, as well as on urban life in modern and contemporary France.

DR. ALLI MARTIN (she, her, hers) serves as the Director of Social-Emotional Learning for Salt Lake City School District.  She earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah. Alli volunteers as a member of the Board of Governors for the Human Rights Campaign and is a co-founding member of Friends, Allies, and Mentors of the LGBTQ+ community (FAM). Through her work with FAM, Alli regularly provides professional learning experiences to educators on issues of intersectionality and supporting LGBTQ+ youth.

KAREN AZENBERG (Director, Prayer for the French Republic) This marks Karen Azenberg’s 13th season as Artistic Director at PTC. Favorite projects include last season’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and The Lehman Trilogy, as well as the world premiere of Alabama Story, the regional premiere of Sting’s The Last Ship, and Newsies, The Play That Goes Wrong, and The Rocky Horror Show. Originally from New York, her work there includes Lyrics and Lyricists (92nd St. Y), Blocks (a collaboration with Jonathan Larson) Prom Queens Unchained, and choreography for Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle (Roundabout Theatre Company). Among her other credits are over 15 productions of West Side Story and she has worked with Indiana Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Goodspeed, Theatre Aspen, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. Karen is a past president of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and is a proud Mom to Alexander and Emelia.