Since moving to Chicago from Los Angeles, Sara has worked as an assistant stage manager on I Wish to Apologize to the People of Illinois and At the Center. She has also stage managed Truth in Context, property designed The Spirit of ’76, art directed Chagrin Falls, and acted in Nautilina. Sara makes regular appearances at No Shame Theatre.

Sara got her start when she was cast in her camp’s production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as part of the factory fence. Trained in the Meisner technique at Green Shirt Studio, improv at iO, and in Neo-futurism at the Neo- Futurarium, she  wrote and performed the prize-winning, two-woman show, Ankle Boots: Absurd Miniature Memoirs at the 2014 Chicago Fringe Festival.  She earned her B.A. in Sociology from Western Washington University.

Jack is a proud member of The Agency where he produces the Basement Series, a monthly theatrical event in a basement. Performance credits with The Agency include I’m Falling in Love All the Time, I Wish to Apologize to the People of Illinois, The Spirit of ’76, and Hellcab. Jack is also an instructor at Green Shirt Studio. 

Gino’s involvement with The Agency began with his understudy part in the 2017 production of Chagrin Falls. Gino became a member of the Collective in 2018 and joined the Core Company later that year. Gino is a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program and is the President and founder of Chicago based IT Consulting firm MacHero. In his current role of Executive Director, Gino is focused on further developing the Agency’s organizational structure and strategic plan.

Cordie is an actor and director with The Agency. She received her BA from The University of Southern Mississippi, where she assistant taught Meisner under Sean Boyd (3 out of the 4 years she studied there.) She has been teaching Meisner Levels 1-5 at Green Shirt Studios since 2016. Cordie has written, acted, directed, and stage managed all over the Chicago since she arrived in 2012. For The Agency, she has performed in Mackerel Sky as part of The Basement Series, and directed I’m Falling In Love All The Time, Tres Bandidos, and Hellcab (2018).

Regina Linn previously appeared in Six Characters in Search of an Author, Betty’s Summer Vacation, Anatomy of Gray, and several iterations of both the Agency’s Basement Series and Dirty Little Secret 24 Hour Play Festival. Regina also starred in the 2018 production of Hellcab. 

Cody is an actor, playwright, director, and resident poster designer for The Agency. He is a graduate of the University of North Texas where he received his BA in Theatre Arts. While in college, Cody co-founded Sundown Collaborative Theatre, a successful non-profit theatre company, and served as Artistic Director for five years.

Cody has written, directed, produced, and acted in dozens of shows appearing on stages in DFW, New York, and Chicago. As a playwright his work has been seen at the Out Of The Loop Fringe Festival and the New York International Fringe Festival. His play, Truth in Context, was nominated for Best New Wok by the Jeff Awards.

For The Agency, Cody has appeared in I Wish to Apologize to the People of Illinois, Chagrin Falls, Sweet Chariot for the Basement Series, and wrote and acted in Tres Bandidos. 

Ellie graduated in 2012 with a BFA in Lighting Design from DePaul University and has been working the storefront theatre scene ever since. Some of her favorite past designs for The Agency include Chagrin Falls, At the Center, Truth in Context, Hellcab, and Tres Bandidos. Other credits include Belfast Girls with Artemesia Theatre, Faces of Eurydice with CUBE Ensemble, and The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at Triton College. www.ellielightstheatre.com

George Ellzey Jr. has a BFA in English and Theater from Bowdoin College and is a former Green Shirt student. Past credits include Wait, I’m a Racist!? (Rogue Shark Pictures), Off the Rails (Artigianale Films). George is motivated to expand the narrative of minorities in film through his screenwriting and his production company, ROME Production Group.

Kelly Levander is thankful to be associated with The Agency Theater and its incredibly supportive environment towards new works and developing artists. Aside from The Agency, Kelly has had the privilege to work with Eclectic Full Contact Theatre (company member), Provision Theatre, Muse of Fire, Arc Theater, Metropolis PAC, and Artemisia while in Chicago. Kelly has also performed with many regional theaters across the country including: Virginia Stage Company, The New York Fringe, Theater of the American South, and the A. D. Players. She is thankful to her husband Joe and her two lovely children who willingly support her passion -which reaches a little level of crazy- for theater and the arts. Everyone, please, go see new works of theater, they are changing the dialogue of our community and our world! Find Kelly online – www.kellylevander.com.

Reggie is a newish member to the Agency. After partaking in the past two productions of Hellcab, he has decided to take on a few more responsibilities, and help usher the Agency to a new level. Originally a Floridian, and graduate of the FSU Asolo Conservatory, Reggie has had the opportunity to ply his trade on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line…and to his surprise, there is not much of a difference. A few credits include Hellcab with The Agency and Pericles, Henry V, and Cymbeline with Muse of Fire.

Sommer is a co-founder of The Agency, a certified instructor of the Meisner Approach to Acting, and co-founder of Green Shirt Studio. Sommer has made her mark in the improv/comedy, theatre, and production worlds and has worked with theatre superstars including Mary Overlie, Ping Chong and Dr. Jonathan Miller. She was assistant director to Michael Patrick Thornton on the world premiere of David Rabe’s Good for Otto at The Gift Theatre and to Dexter Bullard on Annie Baker’s The Flick at Steppenwolf Theatre. For The Agency she has directed Chagrin Falls, co-directed Nautilina, and acted in Paradise Lost, Out of Tune Confessional (which she also co-wrote), and At the Center. She has directed short plays with The Gift Theatre and The Arc Theatre, as well as producing/directing The Tritonysia Play Festival at Triton College. She received her Bachelor’s in Theatre Arts from the University of Iowa and has a Master’s of Fine Arts degree in Acting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Andrew holds an MFA in Acting from DePaul University and a postgraduate diploma in acting from The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. He became a certified instructor of the Meisner Approach by completing the two-year certification process taught by author and master Meisner teacher Larry Silverberg. Andrew co-founded Green Shirt Studio with Sommer Austin, where he trains Chicago actors in the Meisner work. In addition to Green Shirt Studio, he teaches acting at the Theatre School at DePaul University as well as theatre history at Triton College.

As a founding member of The Agency, he regularly writes, directs and performs. For The Agency he wrote and directed I Wish to Apologize to the People of Illinois and At the Center. He wrote and starred in each incarnation Out of Tune Confessional and directed Clifford Odets’ Paradise Lost, Copi’s Four Twins, and Huck Poe’s The Spirit of ’76. 

Tim is a founding member and company manager of The Agency. Tim’s past credits with The Agency include Paradise Lost, Out of Tune Confessional, and the world premiere of The Spirit of ’76. Other favorite acting credits include A Little Night Music at the Circle Theatre and Alive and Dead in Indiana with the Village Players. With Andrew Gallant, Tim co-wrote and co-directed two of the company’s world premiere plays: I Wish to Apologize to the People of Illinois and At the Center. He studied the Meisner acting technique at Green Shirt Studio and The True Acting Institute.