Brian Thorstenson’s
Batt and Bass on the Road

Brad Anderson-Smith studied acting at Willamette University, where he first met Brian Thorstenson. He appeared on stage in the U.S. national tour of Threesixty Theatre’s Peter Pan and Singin’ in the Rain at the Berkeley Playhouse. He flailed tirelessly to land commercials for Comcast, Apple, Square, and The Hartford, and was more than willing to reenact questionable decisions on I Almost Got Away With Itand World’s Astonishing News. Film credits include Women Like You, Tales of Everyday Magic, CXL, and Tell.

Brian Thorstenson is a San Francisco based writer, teacher, deviser,  and performer. Brian was a founding member of The Z Collective and one of the first resident artists of the Z Space. He is an alumni of the Resident Playwright Program of the Playwrights Foundation and one of the founding members of 6NewPlays. Recent work has included The Twilight Aristocracy with Detour Productions and Weaving the Rope, They Traveled, an installation with visual artist Tim Gleason. He regularly works with a wide variety of artists including choreographers, visual artists, and musicians. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and is a Teaching Professor in Playwriting and Devised Theater at Santa Clara University.

Tracy Ward began her Directing career as a young girl with numerous puppet and dog shows in her backyard in the SF Bay Area. She continued her studies in Acting at Woodside High School and at UCSB, where she then found her passion and changed her focus to Directing. She holds an M.F.A. from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television. A busy Freelance Director in the Bay Area, she focuses on New Work, most recently focusing nearly entirely on directing new work by women playwrights. She has taught Directing at UCLA, Santa Clara University, Foothill Conservatory, and the Academy of Art University, and SF State Cinema. 

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