Kate Cares is very excited and proud to be a company member of Collision Theatre which has served as her artistic home for many years. She is a graduate of the acting program at The Theatre School at Depaul University and has also trained at Carnegie Mellon and with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. Kate has worked with many companies in Chicago including Greasy Joan & Co., Wing & Groove, Brown Couch Theatre, and Open Eye Productions (where she is also a company member). She would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the amazing artists who have colloborated and supported this wonderful company and to her Collision family.
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Jason Fleitz is a co-founding member of Collision Theatre Company. He has appeared on stage off-Broadway, in Chicago and Washington D.C.. He is proud to hold a B.F.A. in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He currently resides in Brooklyn, forming one-half of CTC's NYC contingent.
Libby Ford is a graduate of the Theatre Studies program at The Theatre School, DePaul with a focus in Directing and Dramaturgy. She has traveled abroad to study art and culture in Paris, France and attended Odin Week at Odin Teatret in Holstebro, Denmark to work with director Eugenio Barba and his company. As a director, dramaturg and collaborator Libby has worked with Around the Coyote, Collision, Dark Tag Productions, Estrogen Fest, Greasy Joan & Co., New Theater Collective, Sansculottes, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, The Mill and the side project. Along with her work with Collision, Libby is the Associate Artistic Director of Greasy Joan & Co. and the Community Programs Coordinator at Steppenwolf Theater.
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Mary Grill, originally from Chicago, now resides in New York where she currently performs and writes comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and the People's Improv Theatre. While in Chicago she performed for Second City as a member of the Second City House Ensemble, and with "Self Centered Girl," a sketch team with whom she wrote and performed. As a member of the theatre community of Chicago Mary worked with Collision Theatre Company, Greasy Joan & Co., Chicago Dramatists, New World Repertory Theatre, and Walkabout Theatre Company. Mary has trained with Anne Bogart and the SITI company, and holds her BFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University.
