Amber Tanaka

Co-Artistic Director

Amber Tanaka has been performing new works, old works, and works-in-progress around Seattle for the past 8 years or so. They’ve been honored to work with ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, 18th & Union, Intiman, Horse in Motion, Pork Filled Productions, and of course W.E.T. They look to break expectations anywhere they can. When they aren’t performing perhaps they are creating installation art, or wandering a mountain. Amber completed her BFA at Cornish and R.A.D.A. in 2018, and has a certificate in Computer Science from Ada Developer’s Academy. Thankful to be here, but mostly thankful you’re here.

Olivia Sharp

Managing Director

Olivia (she/her) has been involved in arts education, production, and advocacy for 20 years spanning theatre, dance, radio, music, and visual arts. She loves facilitating, realizing, and sustaining creative communities. Her most recent work has focused on event coordination and fundraising, but her deep passion comes from educating audiences, funders, and communities in order to build a future that uplifts, pays, and values our artists. Olivia was born and raised in Seattle and currently lives in West Seattle with her wife where she can often be found writing or digging in the dirt. She is a TeenTix superfan and served on one of their first teen steering committees.

Sasha Bailey

Co-Artistic Director

Sasha Bailey is a playwright, director, and performer with a penchant for interdisciplinary performance. Interests include: Magical realism, controlled chaos, and various gummy candies. You can catch Sasha’s alter-ego, Glambrosia Salad, gadding about town and making a polite mess on stages across the city.

Hannah Gibbs

Production Manager

Hannah is a Seattle-based lighting and projection designer, and a second-year company member of WET! She has had a hand in creating design work across the country, including with ACT Theatre, ArtsWest, Village Theatre, Montana Repertory Theatre, and Georgia Ensemble Theatre. She is currently working as a production coordinator with EXP Events, creating events, experiences, and really big ideas. Hannah received her Masters of Fine Arts from University of Montana in 2022, with a focus in lighting and projection design. She is passionate about showcasing the world’s stories through art and design, especially the process of bringing new works to the stage. 

Elana Lessing

Ensemble Member

Elana Lessing is a technical director and scenic designer based in Seattle and a recent graduate from University of Washington with a specialized degree in Drama Design. Elana has previously designed for UW School of Drama’s CabLab production of Frozen and Ada and the Engine along Undergraduate Theatre Society’s productions of The Goat, Remarkably Normal and others. Elana filled the role as technical director for Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE production of Jasper in Deadland, the first production on mainstage since 2020. Elana enjoys the challenge of creating art out of unexpected materials and found pieces, playing with space and the interaction between artist and audience, and facilitating stories through those spaces in between. Apart from folding complex, modular origami, Elana is often reading, crocheting, and organizing.

Sean Hendrickson

Director of Development

Monty Rozema

Resident Graphic Designer

Monty Rozema (they/them) is a queer multidisciplinary artist born and raised on the unceded lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish peoples (Seattle, Washington). They are a music lover, writer, teaching artist, performer, designer, and administrator. They have worked locally with The 5th Avenue Theatre, Taproot Theatre Company, Reboot Theatre Company, and Washington Ensemble Theatre, where they are a proud company member and resident designer. They have written for The Ugly Radio, bestcolleges.com, great weather for MEDIA, F3LL Magazine, Mag 20/20, Prismatica, and many more. In 2021, their LGBTQ+ short story “Apple” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Nelle Tankus

Literary Manager

Priya Hendry

Ensemble Member

Priya Hendry (she/her) is a performer, stage manager, teaching artist, and generally a believer that theater has the power to make and change worlds. She holds a BA from the University of Washington in Drama: Performance and Law, Societies, and Justice, and is willing to talk your ear off about the intersections between the two! Other things she loves include cats, getting lost in a good book, and afternoons spent outside in the sun.

Daisy Schreiber

Ensemble Member

Coco Justino

Casting Director

Coco Justino (she/they) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist based in Seattle and originally from Denver, Colorado. As an actor, you may have seen her in Book-It’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter or in Village Theatre’s Festival of New Works. Coco’s original plays Rat Cage, The White Gaze, and The Last Rites of Uncle Manny have been developed and/or mounted at Cornish College of the Arts, The Underground Theater, and Seattle Public Theatre’s Distillery Festival. Holding a BFA in Acting/Original Works from Cornish, Coco’s storytelling is influenced by her intersectional sexual and racial identities as well as her love for folk and rock music, horror movies, and reality TV.

Holly Vander Hyde

Marketing Director

Holly Vander Hyde (she/they) is a queer artist hailing from Palmdale, California. Since stepping out into the theatre scene in Seattle she’s been lucky to work with companies like Showtunes, Dacha, Greenstage, Jet City, NOW, and WET. They have most recently appeared in Jet City’s “Selling Seattle” and “Not Renewed.” When not on stage, you can see her spending her time agonizing over how to best spend her time (and housing pasta).

Jordan Somers

Technical Director

Jordan is an appreciator of all types of performance and has built his skill set to support and empower those that take to the stage. For the past ten years he’s worked behind the scenes in live music and film. Now, through WET, he’s returned to theatre to put his own ideas and designs on display for those in the Seattle area.

Lilia Deering

Ensemble Member

Lilia Deering (she/her) is a queer Seattle-born scenic and props artist who has created vibrant environments for a variety of contexts including stage productions, films, galleries, retail, escape rooms, and events. Lilia’s style is known for its punchy colors and textures that tickle the senses. You may have seen her recent immersive work “Enslimed” in the Museum of Museums’ restroom, or her props in the productions of Kitten & Lou. Lilia has also supported the productions of Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle Children’s Theater, On The Boards, Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Friends of Waterfront Park, and many more holding a variety of roles. Lilia holds a BFA in Dance from California Institute of the Arts and a Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Washington. 

Maddy Nibble

Production Manager

Maddy is a local queerdo, dog mom and trouble maker. They have worked all kinds of places including Pony World Theatre, Seattle Shakes, and 18th & Union as a performer, writer, and producer.