Ben Shaw is an Orchard co-founder and is excited to be making his directorial debut with Saint Joan. He's acted and produced for four of the company's productions so far (Missing, A Doll's House, Thomas Tallis, Twelfth Night). As an actor, he's worked regionally at Theatre at Monmouth (Othello, Macbeth, Learned Ladies, My Father's Dragon), Kansas Classical Repertory Theatre (The Mousetrap) and the Adrienne Theatre (Dirty Hearts). In the Twin Cities, Ben's worked at ‪History Theatre‬ (Sisters of Peace), Open Eye Figure Theatre (A Prelude to Faust), Theatre Coup d'Etat (Rogue Prince), ‪Guthrie Theater‬ (A Christmas Carol, The American Clock), and others. Mostly, though, Ben's a big fan of Mack and Julian.

Sarah is a freelance stage manager and dedicated dog mom. Saint Joan is Sarah’s third show with The Orchard, having previously stage managed Thomas Tallis and Twelfth Night. Sarah holds degrees in theatre arts and technical theater as well as English literature. Other Twin Cities stage management credits include shows at The Guthrie, The Illusion Theater, Theater Unbound, Artistry, Minneapolis Musical Theater, Theater in the Round, Lyric Arts, Lakeshore Players and many more.

Lily Hart is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s history and English department. She is passionate about exploring historical narratives through theater, and moving work outside of museums and making it more approachable. So she is happy to take what she’s learned in internships like those through the Handel & Hendrix Museum and the Westminster City Archives and bring it home to the Twin Cities theater community. She will be pursuing her masters in dramatic writing in the fall.

Alex Clark is a freelance lighting designer and photographer with an MFA in lighting design from the University of Minnesota and a fascination for how light interacts with our world. Previous lighting designs include:The Call Of The Wild (Anoka High School), Singing In The Rain (Phipps Center), When The Shark Bites (Chronofone Productions), and How To Avoid Burnout in 73 Minutes (Open Eye). Previous assistant designs include: Three Little Birds (Children’s Theatre), The Barber of Seville (Minnesota Opera), A New Brain (Artistry), Guys And Dolls (Guthrie Theatre), and Matilda (Children’s Theatre).

Jorie Kosel returns to The Orchard after also costuming Twelfth Night. She is a freelance actor and costumer designer in the Twin Cities.