2025/2026 Teaching Artists

Sandy(she/her)  is the founding Artistic Director of Seattle’s Performers. Sandy has had a love of theatre since she was a small child, and has participated in several regional theatre productions. At age14, Sandy started her first theatre company Leap of Faith Theatreworks and provided musical theatre training to students for free during the summers. In 2000 Sandy was recognized for her volunteer service as the Prudential Sprit of Community Award recipient at the White House in Washington D.C. Sandy studied Music and Theatre at the University of the Ozarks and holds a degree in Early Childhood Education from North Idaho College and Child Development Psychology/Music from the University of Idaho. Sandy also studied in England, where she met her husband Marr, who hails from Gambia, West Africa. They have 3 children. Bailey 20, Sierra 17 and MarrSean 10 After years of teaching private voice, piano and vocal music in Seattle Public Schools, Sandy wanted to open a children’s musical theatre program. In 2010 Seattle’s Littlest Performers was established in and there has been no looking back. As the students at Seattle’s Littlest Performers grew, so did the company and Seattle’s Littlest Performers became Seattle’s Performers in 2013. Over the last 13 years SP has produced over 25 productions, and Sandy has been at the helm of them all. She also leads the SP ELITE program where the performers have won excellence in Acting in 2019 and 2020, Best Overall Performance in 2021 and Excellence in dance in 2022. In looking to the future of the program, Sandy’s goal is to keep providing as many opportunities as possible for performers. 

Annie (she/her) is a teaching artist and performer. Annie studied various styles of dance throughout her youth until spinal surgery forced her out of the dance studio. Hoping for a way to continue dancing despite limited movement, Annie discovered the magical world of musical theatre and the rest was history! She began her professional career touring throughout Europe and Asia with The Young Americans, an international outreach program that brings music and dance to students of under-funded schools. Upon returning to the United States, Annie studied at the University of Washington, pioneering the new Musical Theatre Program and received her B.A. in Musical Theatre and a minor in Dance. Since graduation, Annie has taught dance and theatre classes throughout Seattle and the Eastside. She has taught for the UW’s Department of Dance and several local dance studios, as well as choreographed and directed productions for young actors. Annie’s performance credits include The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Mamma Mia!, Kiss Me, Kate, and Man of La Mancha, Village Theatre’s My Fair Lady, Seattle Opera’s The Magic Flute, Tzeitel in Aurora Theatre Company’s Fiddler on the Roof, Charity in UW Musical Theatre’s Sweet Charity, and countless appearances with the UW Dance program. Annie is also a certified member of the Youth Protection Advocates in Dance.

Carly (she/her) has been a part of Seattle's Performers since 2017. Directing our first production of The Little Mermaid, as well as Guys and Dolls. Carly also co-directed James and the Giant Peach JR.. and Shrek JR. at West Woodland Elementary and co-directed Willy Wonka JR. at North Beach. Carly grew up in Spokane WA and caught the performance bug early.  She booked her first professional role in a musical at the age of 8 and never lost her passion and spark for the stage.  Carly relocated to Seattle where she studied Vocal Performance and Music Theory at Cornish College of the Arts. Carly is a member of Actors Equity and has performed with professional musical theatre houses across the PNW.  Recent notable roles: Clara - The Light in The Piazza (Showtunes), Arista/Ariel U/S - The Little Mermaid (5th Avenue Theatre) Grace - Cinderella (Village Theatre). As a vocalist, she has performed with the Esoterics (Grammy award winning choir) for over 10 years, is a returning soloist with the Ranier Symphony, and leads and performs with the vintage harmony group Blush Fox Trio

Caleb (He/Him) ) is a Seattle native with 10+ years of experience. He found his love for the arts at a very young age and was infatuated with acting in all forms. He began acting classes at the age of 15 and has been performing in both theatre and film ever since. He has worked with youth ages ranging from 3-24 teaching preschool, nannying, tutoring, case management for homeless youth, & educational theatre. His favorite theatre roles include Mischa Bachinski in Ride the Cyclone, Johnny in American Idiot, Billy Nolan in Carrie, The Baker in Into the Woods, Kurt Kelly in Heathers, Caldwell B. Cladwell in Urinetown, Reverend John Hale in The Crucible, Fagin in Oliver!, and Sky in Mamma Mia!. Caleb also volunteers at Ballyhoo Theatre on the Youth Advisory Board and has been Stage Manager for Ruthless!, Light Board Operator for Fun Home, and assistant directed The Lightning Thief, Urinetown, and Six: Teen Edition. Seattle's Performers direction credits include Willy Wonka Jr., Frozen Jr, 101 Dalmatians: KIDS, and 13 Jr. Favorite roles in film include Manic Pixie Dreams, And the Dawn, The Mesmerism: Inferno, Cardboard Swords, Worst Date Movie, and the PBS television series Biz Kid$. He loves to share his love for acting and is so happy to be a part of the Seattle Performers team!

Fiona (they/them) is a professional actor, multidisciplinary artist and poet who hails originally from Olympia, Washington. They are a recent graduate of UC Irvine's MFA Acting program and a 500hr certified yoga teacher (Rishikesh Yoga Teacher Training Center). Fiona has also trained with Gecko Theatre and Chris Evans/Babel Theatre in London, England, doing physical theatre, contact improvisation and devising research. 

They were most recently seen in Portland Playhouse's "The Wolves"(#11) and you can see them in D Theatre's upcoming production of "Men On Boats" (Seneca Howland/Just Jim) and Lit Immersive's Christmas Production "Mr.Kringle's Inventionasium"(covering multiple tracks). During their years in Portland and Southern California they worked with a number of professional theatres and assisted in script and character development for multiple pieces in festivals for new work as well as Cahoots Theatre Northern Ireland's collaboration with Segerstrom Center for the Arts. They also performed as a vocal artist in different jazz bars and city events and sang with the jazz ensemble, PDX Collective, on their Oregon and Idaho tour in 2018.

Throughout Fiona's summer as Theatre Director at Kingsley Pine's camp and years of instructing acting, voice/speech and movement at UC Irvine their love for teaching only grew.  They are thrilled at the opportunity to give back to the community that raised them through Seattle Performers. Fiona's passion for performance stemmed from the youth theatre camps they attended growing up in the Northwest and they seek to encourage and raise up other young people in their formative years as well.

Luciana(she/her) McCadden is a professional actress SATED RJ (Sindicato dos Artistas Rio de Janeiro.) and a zumba instructor. She was in several theatrical works in Brasil and taught drama for kids in the favela project in Rio De Janeiro. She has danced professionally in music videos (Sir mix A Lot) The night Still Young (Shan Coleman) and  more. She performed in The House Cleaning. (Burien Little Theatre) and in LA had the lead role in  “The Clean House”.

 She has also been in TV shows on Telemundo. She was also featured on the local TV program "New Day" on king 5 for her work in the Brazilian Kid play. La Dentro Da Mata. (Kirkland Performance Center). She loves Drama. Acting is one of the things she loves most in the world.