Marlon is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at TAPS. Marlon’s research interests include South Asian historiography, colorism and nationalisms and Sri Lankan traditional embodied performing practices like puppetry and masked drama forms.

​He has worked as a director and actor in Sri Lanka, Switzerland and the US. Selected directing credits include: Exorcism (2025),Twelfth Night (2019), The Clean House (2015), Antigonick (2014), and Rizana (2013).

More at: marlonariyasinghe.com

Shailee is a PhD candidate in Theater and Performance Studies, with a PhD minor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, at Stanford University. Her research and creative practice focus on South Asian performance, especially questions of voice, sound, gender, sexuality, and the archive. Before Stanford, she completed her MA and BA in English literature from McGill and Delhi University respectively. She has previously worked with Teesri Duniya Theatre and Imago Theatre from 2022-24 in Montréal.

More at: shaileerajak.com 

Kseniia is an undergraduate studying Management Science and Engineering. She grew up in Moscow, where she graduated with distinction from Solntsevo Arts Academy and from Pasternak Music School in piano. Her paintings have been shown in two solo exhibitions and have won international plein air competitions, and she organized "Summer Memories," a charity exhibition in support of youth eco-activism. Outside the theater, she runs BirdLab, a startup she founded that builds AI-powered devices to identify birds by sound.

Kyle is an undergraduate studying economics. He previously served as NExT's Production Manager and he is currently the President of The Stanford Fleet Street Singers as well as Stanford Students in Entertainment. Kyle has worked on over 80 productions as a director, producer, performer, and playwright.

Learn more at kylegerstel.com.