National Philanthropy Day 2026 | Presented by AFP Orange County at Soka Performing Arts Center

Heather Woodhouse is a London-based playwright, actor, and poet. She is best known as the co-producer and co-writer of the theatre company Woodhouse & Roderick, which she operates alongside director T J Roderick. Her writing frequently tackles heavy, personal topics like mental health (specifically OCD), modern relationships, and vulnerable queer identity through meta-theatrical and absurdist lenses.

TJ Roderick is a London-based, queer, working-class theatre practitioner originally from the South Wales Valleys. A 2022 graduate of Goldsmiths University of London, Roderick's artistic practice focuses heavily on staging new writing and championing stories rooted in working-class experiences. They are the Co-founder and producing artistic director of Woodhouse & Roderick, an independent theatre company. Further credits include: Lightbulbs (Jack Studio Theatre / Norwich Arts Centre / The Brockley Jack) The Pact (Asylum Chapel Peckham) Waterdweller (hARTslane Gallery) Don (Golden Goose Theatre) In His Words (The Bread & Roses Theatre) Plaything (The Pen Theatre)

Liam Walton-Bell is a London-based queer working-class theatre creative, lighting designer, director, and technician who graduated with a BA in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London