Vanessa DeSilvio (she/her) is a Dallas-based stage, commercial, and television actor and voice over artist. She speaks fluent Spanish as she was raised in a Venezuelan household and strongly identifies with being Latinx. She holds an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University, and has taught introduction to acting and speech and diction classes at SMU, University of North Texas, and KD Conservatory. Vanessa is a member of Actors Equity Association and her theater credits include: Sense and Sensibility, A Christmas Carol, Death of a Salesman (Dallas Theater Center); Mariachi Girl (Dallas Children's Theater); The Moors, Susan and God (Theatre Three); Smart Pretty Funny (Amphibian Productions); Tomorrow Come Today (Undermain Theatre); Se Llama Cristina (Kitchen Dog Theater); Milagritos (Cara Mia Theatre Company); The Winter's Tale, Coriolanus, Cyrano de Bergerac (Shakespeare Dallas:). Television credits: The Leftovers, Queen of the South, American Crime, From Dusk Till Dawn TV Series. Voice over credits include numerous audiobooks on audible.com as well as animation and commercial radio spots in English and Spanish. She is represented by The Mary Collins Agency. Vanessa's other passion is being a wife to Doug and a mother to her two sons, Anthony and Domenic.

Whitney LaTrice Coulter (she/her) Actress. Costumer. Aspiring Director. She/Her. Creative Black Nerd. QWOC. Whitney is so excited to join the Statera Mentorship Team! After 7 years in the DFW, Whitney has numerous credits to her name, most recently T’wana Jepson in A LOVE OFFERING (Kitchen Dog), Holly Burrell in FOXFIRE (Theatre 3), Adiel/Ruth in CARDBOARD PIANO, Emilie in THE SUBMISSION (Proper Hijinx), BRIDGES:LGBTQ (Flexible Grey), Sophie in RUINED, Adelaide Bell in HER SONG (Echo Theatre). Other local credits: Minnie in PARADE (Watertower), Myrlie Evers/Claudette in MISSISSIPPI G'DAMN (SDCC), Pirate Queen in JONAH (Undermain), Jubilee Theatre: SUNSET BABY (Nina), SEVEN GUITARS (Ruby), THE COLOR PURPLE (Olivia/Ensemble), JUBILATION II, BLACK BOY FLY (Vanessa), KNOCK ME A KISS (Yolande Du Bois) and COMPANY (Marta). Costumer credits: Jubilee Theatre - The First Noel and Nina Simone: Four Women, Echo Theatre - Hurricane Diane and The Monarch, Cry Havoc – Sex Ed. 

Caitlin Galloway-Chapa (she/her) is a Dallas-based Latina actor, writer, and teacher with a passion for inclusivity in the arts! She is so excited to be a part of the DFW StateraArts team! A Texas native, Caitlin holds a B.F.A. in Acting from Southern Methodist University and is also a graduate of Booker T. Washington’s theatre program. She has taught, directed, and performed across north Texas and beyond, working with theatres including: Casa Mañana, Lyric Stage, Mainstage Irving, Contemporary Dallas, Proper Hijinx, and Lily & Joan. When not performing, Caitlin can be found writing YA Fantasy and spending time with her partner Jon and their adorable dogs.

Felicia Bertch (she/her) is a theatre artist and educator in the DFW area. She holds a BA in English from Wheaton College and an MFA in Acting from The University of South Carolina. She studied physical theatre arts at L’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques LeCoq in Paris and received her Vinyasa Yoga Certification in New York City. Her areas of specialization are Movement, Devised Theatre, Physical Theatre, Mask, Clown, and Shakespeare. Felicia has lived and worked professionally as an actor, director, clown and model all over the country and abroad. She has taught, directed, devised and choreographed at various institutions, including Wheaton College, The University of South Carolina, The University of Chicago, and Columbia College as well as in Tanzania, East Africa, and is currently on faculty and the Head of the BFA Performance Program at The University of Texas at Arlington. She is also a Company Member, Producer, and Undergraduate Program Director for Wheaton Shakespeare in the Park in the Chicago area. She is represented by Kim Dawson Agency in DFW and Lori Lins in Chicago. Felicia likes stories and laughter. She does not like olives or standing still. She is rarely bored. www.feliciabertch.com.

Alle Mims (she/her) is a San Diego native who came to Dallas after high school. She studied acting at Collin College and Texas Woman's University, where she graduated Cum Laude 2016 with a BA in Drama. Since graduating, she has worked in and around Dallas, acting with companies such as Theatre Three, Shakespeare Dallas, and L.I.P. Service, as well as doing commercials for GM Financial, Slack, and Dell. She is currently a company member of Lily & Joan and is represented by Kim Dawson Agency. Alle's political activism started at a young age and has since merged with her theatrical artistry. She is a founding member of the Not In Our House DFW Chapter, which is currently adapting the Chicago Theatre Standards for her city. The Standards are meant to make the theatre a safe place to make dangerous art and work specifically to protect non-union theatre artists working in professional and community spaces. She is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion both on and off-stage, in media, and in life. She hopes her career can serve as an example for any queer kids of color who are questioning their place in the arts and academia. Alle plans to return to school and pursue a graduate degree. 

Emily Scott Banks (she/her) is a member of Actors Equity who has been in or led over 90 professional shows since returning to the Dallas/Fort Worth stages nearly 20 years ago. Most recently she directed Ada and the Engine at Stage West, and this past spring brought Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke home to its birthplace at the historic Margo Jones Theater at Fair Park. This past year, Emily directed Foxfire at Theatre Three, reprised the one-actor Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol at Stage West to a sold out run; appeared as “Agatha” in The Moors at Theatre Three,  “Angel” in Angels In America - Perestroika at Uptown Players, directed Sarah Ruhl’s Stage Kiss at Circle Theatre in Fort Worth, and played “Madame Ranevsky” in The Cherry Orchard for The Classics Theatre Project. Her many area directorial credits include the critically acclaimed The Big Meal/ The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord/ and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for WaterTower Theatre; the award-winning Stupid F*cking Bird/ Life Sucks./ An Iliad/ and The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence for Stage West. Emily has won awards for her work in both disciplines, including multiple DFW Critics' Forum Awards, and Best Actress of the Year nods from Dallas Observer, D Magazine, and TheaterJones.