Breadcrumbs at off the WALL productions

Virginia is co-founder and Executive Artistic Director of off the WALL and Viva Holding, Iceland. A native of New York City, Virginia grew up in New Jersey and is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Drama Department. She has studied acting, voice, and movement in both New York and London (National Theater, Bristol Old Vic), and in Los Angeles with the legendary Stella Adler. Her play Shaken & Stirred was the first play ever produced by off the WALL (2007). A relative newcomer to southwestern PA at the time, Ginny initially played all four roles. She subsequently rewrote Shaken & Stirred for four actors, and the play had a successful run at Theater 54 in New York City in October of 2011. Her full-length play Without Ruth had its world premiere with off the WALL in May 2013. This play was adapted to the one-woman solo piece, Mother Lode, that ran in repertory at off the WALL in 2016, had its New York City premiere in February of 2018 at Urban Stages, and its international premiere at Tjarnarbio Theatre, Reykjavik, in 2023. Acting credits - NYC: Tin Church (The Chain Theater), What Kind of Woman (Nancy Manocherian’s the cell), Shaken & Stirred (Theater 54), ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Perry St. Theatre), Camelot Revisited (Theater for the New City). Syracuse Stage: Ah, Wilderness!, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Kennedy’s Children, among others. off the WALL: Shaken & Stirred (Various), Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Martha), Season’s Greetings…! (Jocelyn), Agnes of God (Martha Livingstone), ‘night, Mother (Thelma), The House of Yes (Mrs. Pascal), The Other Place (Julianna), Well (Ann), Ghosts (Mrs. Alving), Byhalia, MS (Celeste), What Kind of Woman (Nora). Virginia is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., The League of Professional Theatre Women, International Center for Women Playwrights, and Actors’ Equity Association.

Erika Cuenca is the Associate Artistic Director for off the WALL and the General Manager for Carnegie Stage. Some of Erika's favorite local performance credits include: Gloria (Hatch Arts Collective); Travesties (PICT); The Diary of Anne Frank, L'Hotel (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Tigers Be Still, Opus (City Theatre); August: Osage County, A View From the Bridge, (Playhouse REP); Closer, The Red Shoes (Quantum); Lebensraum, Mazel (JTOP); Hoard, The Carols (Co- Director/Producer), World Builders, Byhalia, Mississippi, 4.48 Psychosis, Scared of Sarah, Or,, A Feminine Ending, Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Other Place, How I Learned to Drive, Agnes of God, Stop Kiss, Shaken and Stirred (off the WALL Productions). Erika is a graduate of Point Park's Conservatory of Performing Arts and a member of Actors' Equity Association.

Ingrid Sonnichsen has been an actress for over fifty years, working on Broadway (Best Friend), Off-Broadway (Dylan, Measure for Measure) and in numerous regional theaters nationwide (the Guthrie, the Mark Taper Forum, Long Wharf, the Huntington, ART, the Charles, Ford’s Theater, etc.) She was a member of the Shear Madness companies in Boston, Pittsburgh, and at the Kennedy Center for ten years. She has appeared in national commercials, taught acting in Japan, directed in South Africa (WE and Them), and taught acting at Carnegie Mellon for twenty years. In 1995, while teaching acting at Harvard, she was awarded a Certificate for Distinction in Teaching. In 2012, Ms. Sonnichsen received the College of Fine Arts Award for Distinguished Teaching from Carnegie Mellon. She currently works with Point Parks graduating Seniors. Ms. Sonnichsen co-authored two books: Buy This Book, It’s Deductible: A Guide to Performer’s Taxes and The Source, (a guide for theater professionals in the New England region.) Locally she has appeared in Comedy of Errors at the Pittsburgh Public, The Credeaux Canvas at the City Theatre, Major Barbara, The Dead and Hedda Gabler for PICT, and The Crucible, Le Grand Meaulnes and Far Away for Quantum. Ms. Sonnichsen directed The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs, Inky, Behalia, Mississippi, The Pink Unicorn, Scared of Sarah and Mother Lode for Off the WALL at Carnegie Stage. The production she directed of Orphans was named one of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ten Best Shows of 2018, and this year’s Witch was voted “Best New Play or Musical” by Broadway World Pittsburgh.

Juliette Louste graduated from the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, with a master degree in Choreography. Working on and around the stage since 2004, she has worked as a dancer, choreographer and improviser as much as technical director, technician and light designer, and even as a distributor. Established in Iceland since 2015 she works with independent projects as much as the main theatres, and outside the country. She has worked on numerous art festivals, and is currently the technical director of the Reykjavík Dance Festival, among others, running shows in Europe, USA, South Africa, Ivory Coast, China and Brazil. She also managed her own company, Juliette Louste Company, and is the associate producer of ViVa Holding. Over the next few months, she is the technical director of Tjarnarbíó and the head of Stage and Light departments at the National Theatre of Iceland. In 2023, she was the first woman to be nominated for the Icelandic Theatre Awards as light designer, as well as a choreographer. In 2025, she premiered an autobiographical dance piece, FLÆKT.

Stephanie Mayer-Staley is a Scenic Designer and an Idea Artist whose work ranges from scenic and lighting design to installation, land art, painting, photography and stone masonry. Originally from Germany, her art often reflects the desire for cross-cultural understanding. Ms. Mayer-Staley’s work has been produced, displayed and honored in the USA as well as in Germany. Recent local Theatrical Designs Include “Stand By – an allegory” with CorningWorks Dance Company which will tour to LaMama Theatre in NYC next summer and “A Moon for the Misbegotten” with Quantum Theatre. In addition to “Breadcrumbs” Stephanie is currently working on “The Tempest” which Quantum Theatre stages this summer at the Carrie Furnace.

Owen Hindley (he/him) is a digital artist, creating award-winning work for stages, screens and spaces using software, electronics, and sound. His work is grounded in live performance, building reactive systems that convey both playful narratives and spectacular stylised representations of natural forces. He is the co-founder of creative studio Huldufugl, based in Reykjavík, Iceland. His work has been awarded and exhibited at Raindance, Sónar, A MAZE, Imagine Film Festival, Stockholm, Reykjavík and San Diego Fringe Festivals, OFF Milano and Design March Reykjavík. As a collaborator he has worked with artists such as Imogen Heap, OKGO, Bonobo, Dustom O’Halloran, and brands ranging from Mercedes to Samsung, Google to Microsoft, Oculus Studios to HTC. For these he has creating cutting-edge work from pinata-smashing robots to online interactives for audiences of millions.

Íris Thorarins is an Icelandic composer, vocalist, and electronic artist whose work integrates organic instrumentation with modern sound design. Iris began her musical training on the violin at an early age, progressing to formal studies in vocal performance and music production. Complementing her artistic foundation, she holds academic degrees in project management, art management and marketing, which inform her approach to large-scale, multidisciplinary collaborations. Her compositions often utilize acoustic instruments—including the guzheng, violin, and harp—alongside atmospheric synths and electronic textures. She has released several albums either as a solo artist or as a part of collaborative projects. Iris is a multidisciplinary artist, with a current focus on interdisciplinary projects combining different art forms such as music, dance, and technology. Her portfolio includes scoring work for virtual reality, theatre, audio poetry, art installations and short films. Official website: https://www.iristhorarins.com/

Laura Irene Young is an actor, director, costumer, and writer who works across film and theater, particularly in independent and experimental productions. She has performed with Off the Wall Productions in the play When Jesus Divorced Me, which she wrote and is currently published through Next Stage Press. Her previous costume design credits include What Kind of Woman (Off the Wall), Avenue Q and Three Brothers (MadCow Theatre), Shatter and Punslingers(Orlando Fringe), and Hairspray, Annie, and Bugsy Malone (Shine in the Limelight). For more information, visit www.lauraireneyoung.com

Adrienne Wells is pleased to be working with off the WALL on this production. Ms. Wells has worked as a Stage Manager, Production Manager, and technician in live theater, educational tours and events, opera, jazz, fashion, television, special events, and festivals. In Pittsburgh she has worked with Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera, Carnegie Mellon University, Point Park University, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, Kinetic Theater Company, and Flyspace among others. Ms. Wells serves as the Chair of the Stage Managers’ Association and is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.

Caroline Hall is thrilled to be working with off the WALL on this production! A recent graduate of Gordon College (Massachusetts), she is excited to be joining the Pittsburgh theatre community. Recent Pittsburgh stage management and assistant stage management credits include First Lady (PICT), A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (The Theatre Factory), and The Smuggler (PICT).

Jennifer won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play, The Nether, which premiered with Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles and won the Ovation Award for Best New Play. The Nether was produced Off-Broadway by MCC Theater and in London by Headlong Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre, transferring with Sonia Friedman Productions to the West End at the Duke of York Theatre. The play has since been produced in 34 countries and translated into 19 languages, and ran in 2024 at the Berliner Ensemble. Other plays include Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, which premiered at the Humana Festival of New Plays, and FROGGY, which premiered at CenterREP in February 2025. Jennifer has developed work at the Banff Centre, Sundance Theatre Lab, P73 and the O’Neill Playwrights Conference. For television, she has written on Netflix’s Hemlock Grove and Mindhunter. She is repped by CAA and Gramercy Park Entertainment. Jennifer is an alum of New Dramatists in New York City, founder of The Playwrights Union in Los Angeles, and currently lives in Austin.