Board President

Shermona is an award-winning actor, director, educational artist, adapter, musician and artist-activist-transplanted in Seattle by way of Kentucky. After spending 20 years in Seattle, Shermona has had a myriad of opportunities to share her artistic abilities in Oregon, Canada, Turkmenistan in addition to Washington. Shermona holds a BFA in Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts, and is an Artistic Associate for Seattle Public Theater.

Vice President

Andrea is an Accessibility Consultant at Studio Pacifica. She’s also a freelance dramaturg and has collaborated with many local theatre artists and organizations. She joined the Sound Theatre board in 2019, where she serves on the Governance committee. Andrea self-identifies as a Disabled artist and is passionate about social justice issues and the representation of the disability community in theatre.

Treasurer

Lucas is a native Pacific Northwesterner and is passionate about low-income housing and social justice, including in his work as a Senior Budget Analyst at Seattle Housing Authority. He is a fan of local theater, music, and the opera. Inspired by the power of the stage to evoke compassion and empathy in an audience, and the urgent need for the kind of work for which Sound Theatre is known, he joined the board in 2019 to further Sound Theatre’s mission. He currently serves as Sound Theatre’s Treasurer.

Secretary

Rebecca manages the graduate programs in International Studies at the University of Washington. She is a proud Seattleite who is passionate about cross-cultural communication and international education. Rebecca joined the board in 2019 as a way to blend her international work with issues of diversity, justice and power in her own community.

Stan is a Pacific Northwest native who is a self-employed eCommerce consultant after working at Amazon and The Bon Marché/Macy’s for over a decade each. He joined the Sound Theatre board in spring of 2020. Stan is passionate about local community projects and is especially proud to support Sound Theatre’s mission to promote diversity of opinion and social justice.

Alysha Curry is an Executive Assistant at Moss Adams, a public accounting firm. In addition, she is an actor and devoted theatre-goer. She has performed with Sound in You Can’t Take It With You (2018) and The School for Lies (2014). Alysha joined the board in 2020 with her spouse, and is drawn to Sound Theatre as an organization that supports its mission with action and commitment.

Kara Brown is a Payroll Specialist at RUN Studios, a video production company. Kara is an actor and avid runner who enjoys running all over the city. She performed with Sound Theatre in You Can’t Take It With You (2018) with wife, Alysha. Joining the board in 2020, Kara is passionate about representation and is eager to collaborate with Sound and their vision for the future of theatre.

Brandon JonesMooney is multi hyphenated artist from Oakland,CA. He’s a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory Of Performing Arts and Cornish College of the Arts. He’s also a founding member of the Young Hot Thespian art collective. “Young Hot Thespian Is The Regime, The Takeover Is Now.”

Ana María Campoy is a Mexican-American theatre artist, educator, and advocate. She moved to Seattle in fall 2010 to participate in Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Professional Arts Training Program and was part of TAT Lab’s inaugural class in 2011-2012. In addition to Seattle Rep, she has taught for the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Arts Impact, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Village Theatre. For the last five years, she has worked as an arts teaching mentor in Arts Impact’s Voices from the Fields program; working with public schools in migrant districts throughout Washington state. As an actor, director, adaptor, or dramaturg, she has worked for OSF, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Pork Filled Productions. One of her most cherished acting roles includes Catherine in a bilingual adaptation of David Auburn’s Proof, which she also produced and translated alongside director Arlene Martínez-Vásquez, and is now under consideration for publication. She has toured nationally in Living Voices’s solo show, La Causa. She’s developed multiple bilingual scripts for Seattle Shakespeare’s Touring Productions such as: The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, and Hamlet, the latter two she also directed. Her fifth adaptation with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Romeo y Julieta, shall be premiering this spring. She currently serves as one of five Associate Artists with ArtsWest Theatre for their 2021-2022 Season and was recently named as Associate Artist for Seattle Shakespeare Company. She is a passionate and proud advocate of the performing arts, believing that performance provides communities a voice and individuals self-exploration. At the center of her work lives the driving desire to create opportunities for artists of color, to remove economic and geographical barriers for audiences and students, and to expand and deepen our American identity. In addition to her work within the arts, she founded and now runs the volunteer collective, WashMasks Mutual Aid to provide PPE, support, and advocacy for migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families during this current pandemic (www.washmasks.org; @washmasks on Instagram).