Rainbow Theatre Project

Christopher Henley (The Drag)

Christopher Henley is a founding ensemble member with WSC Avant Bard (formerly Washington Shakespeare Company, founded 1990) and was artistic director from 1996 until early 2013. In The Washington Post, chief theatre critic Lloyd Rose grouped him among directors that have made DC a wonderful town for Shakespearean production (June 9, 1995). He has accepted an unprecedented three Theatre Lobby Mary Goldwater awards on behalf of WSC, and for the past three years, has served on the panel selecting artists to participate in the Source Festival.

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Chris Griffin (Die Mommie Die!)

Chris Griffin, is the Artistic Director of Hope Operas, a serialized theatre festival that presents five new productions every year in episodic format while raising money for local nonprofits. He is a playwright/performer whose work has been seen in DC, New York and Los Angeles. His plays include 20 Million Breaststrokes to Earth, Cameltoe & Beavershot, TarXXXanadu, sGuIrReL and Vanilla Lattez. Back in the day he co-founded DC's premiere pervpunk theatre company, Cherry Red Productions.

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John Moletress (Say You Love Satan)

John Moletress is the Founding Director of force/collision, a performance ensemble dedicated to collaboration and interdisciplinary work, and is an associate artist at Steel River Playhouse in southeastern Pennsylvania, an educator for the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, and a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Previously, he was awarded the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre for his co-founding of Factory 449, and has been a multiple recipient of funding awards.

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Delia Taylor (Long Island Sound)

Delia Taylor has many local theatre credits, including directing Twelfth Night and The Taming of the Shrew for WSC Avant Bard (formerly Washington Shakespeare Company). She is associate producer of Theater J and there directed world premieres of There Are No Strangers and Sleeping Arrangements. She's been a frequent guest artist at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, where she directed The Women and Agnes of God, and teaches at The Theatre Lab for which she directed student productions.

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Jay Hardee (The Postcard)

Jay Hardee has directed for WSC Avant Bard (formally Washington Shakespeare Company): Les Justes, The Gnädiges Fräulein, Richard III (co-director), Every Young Woman's Desire, Small Craft Warnings, and Red Noses (co-director).  He also directed There is a Happiness that Morning Is for the 2013 fallFRINGE and co-directed Secret Obscenities for the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival.  He was assistant director for Woolly Mammoth's After Ashely, and is also a popular actor. He dedicates everything he does to his husband and their twins.

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Rick Hammerly (Yank! The Musical)

Rick Hammerly is a founder and the current producing artistic director of Factory 449, a Helen Hayes Award recipient of the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company. A DC-based artist for the past 26 years, he has worked as a director, producer and award-winning filmmaker. As an actor, he has received three Helen Hayes Award nominations (Angels in America, Me and Jezebel), winning the award for his portrayal of Hedwig in Signature Theatre's production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He currently attends American University.

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Christopher Janson (The Short Plays)

Christopher Janson is a founding member of Catalyst Theater Company. He has directed Catalyst's critically acclaimed productions of No Exit, Endgame, and The Altruists. He has also performed at Studio Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Source Theatre, Actor's Theatre of Washington, Olney Theatre's National Players and The Smithsonian Institution. In addition to these acting credits, he has written and produced several plays for The Smithsonian Institution and The Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

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