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Joni joined BroadwayWorld in 2016 after over twenty-five years of involvement in the Central Texas theatre scene.  She has worked as a company member and educator for Pollyanna Children's Theatre. She is a B Iden Payne nominated director whose acting and directing work has been seen in Austin with her own theatre company NxNW Theatre Company, Austin Children's Theatre, The Sam Bass Theatre in Round Rock, The Georgetown Palace, and The Temple Civic Theatre. Joni's diverse directing portfolio includes You Can't Take It With You, Steel Magnolias,The Marriage of Figaro, and the award winning I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change. As an actor, Joni has been seen in dozens of productions including Arcadia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Man Who Came To Dinner, The Taming of The Shrew, and Hay Fever. Joni is also a spiritual director (not too be confused with theatre director) chaplain and professional photographer. She lives in Cedar Park TX with her wonderful wife Tammy and their rescue dog, Edgar. 

Sabrina Wallace is an Argentine executive advisor, critic, writer, and theatre advocate based in Austin, Texas. An Olivier Award-winning producer of Dear England and Drama Desk Award-winning producer of The Prom, she has also co-produced 13 Going on 30 - the musical, which will make its North American debut in Toronto in 2026.

Her investment portfolio spans acclaimed productions including the Tony Award-winning The Outsiders, Sunset Blvd., Company, and The Inheritance, alongside UK favorites such as Evita, Dreamgirls, and Dr. Semmelweis, among many others.

Committed to the arts, Wallace champions original, thought-provoking work that reflects the diversity of the human experience. Her debut play, At the Edge of Nowhere, will receive a staged reading in September 2026.

Tyler Mabry is an award-winning composer, music director, and pianist based in Austin, TX, where he holds the position of Education Music Director for the historic Paramount Theater. His short opera, “Ray Bradbury, Age 12, at the Carnival in Waukegan, IL” premiered in 2025 with One Ounce Opera, and was named one of the “Top Ten Shows of 2025” by the Austin Chronicle. Mabry has composed numerous sacred choral works, including three choral anthems published by Hal Leonard. He has been nominated three times for a B. Iden Payne award for Best Original Score, winning in 2017 for the aerial rock spectacle Agent Andromeda. Tyler Mabry holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in piano performance from the University of the Ozarks.

Victoria “Vikki” Schwarz is a BroadwayWorld Austin reviewer, musician, composer, conductor, educator, and theater artist with more than three decades of experience in the performing arts. Her work includes published sacred choral compositions, theatrical composing and arranging, music direction, sound design, conducting, and performance, and she currently serves as Music Director and Composer/Arranger for Archive Theatre and Diverse Space Youth Dance Theatre. She has been nominated for B. Iden Payne and BroadwayWorld awards, winning Best Sound Design Of A Play Or Musical
with Tyler Mabry for HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Bottle Alley Theatre Company. An elementary music specialist and longtime church musician, Vikki brings a practitioner’s perspective to her reviews, with particular appreciation for the actors, directors, designers, musicians, technicians, and creative teams who make live theatre possible. She is delighted to champion the vibrant and diverse performing arts community of Central Texas.