Christina Sajous+ (she/her)

SECOND SEASON 

Christina is grateful to be returning to Weathervane after directing GREEN DAY’S AMERICAN IDIOT in 2021. Directing: A WONDERFUL WORLD (Broadway) as co-director, A WONDERFUL WORLD (New Orleans/Chicago) as associate director, CALL ME ABIGAIL (Out of the Box Theatrics). Broadway: OTHELLO, THE WHO’S TOMMY (revival), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, AMERICAN IDIOT, BABY IT’S YOU!, HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME. Education: New York University: Tisch School—Playwrights Horizons Department (acting, directing, design). @csajous

AP PIKIBEN  (they/them)

FOURTH SEASON 

AP is a Professor of Theatre at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. They are ecstatic to be here at the Weathervane for their fourth season. This year is a little special because their partner, Alex, and them are able to share the Weathervane with their daughter, Artemis.

Jeremy Baldauf (he/him)

FOURTH SEASON

Based in Vermont, Jeremy has been a freelance technical designer for 10+ years, traveling the East Coast and beyond. He is excited to be returning for his fourth season with the Weathervane! Jeremy is also an active member of IATSE Local #481.

Rien Schlecht (she/her)

TWENTY-SECOND SEASON

Favorite Weathervane designs include The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NH Theatre Award), Guys and Dolls (NH Theatre Award), Eurydice, Buyer and Cellar, and Sweeney Todd (NH Theatre Award). Her New York theatre credits – Out of the Box Theatrics, including the Drama Desk-nominated Baby, several seasons with Theatre For A New Audience, Radio City, Mark Morris Ballet, and many other theatres and TV commercials. She designed The Mysteries at The Flea (Drama Desk nom), The Jinx for HBO, worked on The Woodsman at New World Stages, and the stage and film productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Julie Taymor. 

Alexander Pikiben (he/him)

FOURTH SEASON

Alex is a Lighting/Sound Professor at Truman State University. He is also a freelance designer based out of Minneapolis. He is glad to be at the Weathervane for another year and wishes to thank his fantastic partner, AP, and his wonderful daughter, Artemis, for letting him do his thing! #Free Palestine

Cass Burgess  (he/him)

SECOND SEASON

Cass is a multidisciplinary theatre artist and poet known for his meticulous attention to detail and unrelenting dedication to examining life’s hard truths. He is excited to return to the Weathervane for his second year as props designer. Learn more about him at cassburgess.com.

Celia Madeoy (she/her)

FIFTH SEASON 

Credits include Syracuse Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, Folger Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, Gateway Playhouse, The REV Theatre Company, and American Shakespeare Center. Trained internationally at Rose Bruford College, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Shakespeare’s Globe London. Professor of Voice & Speech at Syracuse University.

Christa LeBlanc (she/her) 

FIRST SEASON

is a NYC-based scenic designer and artist, and is excited to be joining the Weathervane for her first season! Some of her favorite past works include designing CARRIE: THE MUSICAL (MMC) and scenic charging A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Engeman Theatre). Sending love to Rosco, her cat.

Noël Coward

Noël Peirce Coward was born in 1899 and made his professional stage debut as Prince Mussel in The Goldfish at the age of 12, leading to many child actor appearances over the next few years. His breakthrough in playwriting was the controversial The Vortex (1924), which featured themes of drugs and adultery and made his name as both actor and playwright in the West End and on Broadway.

During the frenzied 1920s and the more sedate 1930s, Coward wrote a string of successful plays, musicals and intimate revues including Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Easy Virtue (1926), This Year of Grace (1928), and Bitter Sweet (1929). His professional partnership with childhood friend Gertrude Lawrence started with Private Lives (1931), and continued with Tonight at 8.30 (1936).

During World War II, he remained a successful playwright, screenwriter and director, as well as entertaining the troops and even acting as an unofficial spy for the Foreign Office. His plays during these years included Blithe Spirit, which ran for 1997 performances, outlasting the War (a West End record until The Mousetrap overtook it), This Happy Breed and Present Laughter (both 1943). His two wartime screenplays, In Which We Serve, which he co-directed with the young David Lean, and Brief Encounter, quickly became classics of British cinema. However, the post-war years were more difficult. Austerity Britain – the London critics determined – was out of tune with the brittle Coward wit. In response, Coward re-invented himself as a cabaret and TV star, particularly in America, and in 1955 he played a sell-out season in Las Vegas featuring many of his most famous songs, including “Mad About the Boy,” “I’ll See You Again” and “Mad Dogs and Englishmen.”

In the mid-1950s he settled in Jamaica and Switzerland, and enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1960s, becoming the first living playwright to be performed by the National Theatre when he directed Hay Fever there. Late in his career he was lauded for his roles in a number of films, including Our Man In Havana (1959) and his role as the iconic Mr. Bridger alongside Michael Caine in The Italian Job (1968). Writer, actor, director, film producer, painter, songwriter, cabaret artist as well as an author of a novel, verse, essays and autobiographies, he was called by close friends “The Master.”

His final West End appearance was Song at Twilight in 1966, which he wrote and starred in. He was knighted in 1970 and died peacefully in 1973 in his beloved Jamaica.

Samuel Molho (he/him)

FIRST SEASON

Samuel is a graduate of Angelo State University with a BA in Theatre. There, he focused on scenic design and construction. Some of his credits include TWELVE ANGRY JURORS (ASU) and THE CRUCIBLE (ASU), both of which he was awarded ACTF Region 6 Excellence in Scenic Design.

Sam Powers* (he/him)

SECOND SEASON

Select regional credits include: GableStage – EUREKA DAY, Act II Playhouse – PROOF, Olney Theatre – A CHRISTMAS CAROL, MWO- LEWIS AND TOLKIEN, Kennedy Center – SHEAR MADNESS, Round House – A HANUKKAH CAROL, Florida Studio Theatre – THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND.  www.sampowersstage.com | @sampowersstage

Reed Davis* (he/him)

THIRD SEASON

Reed is returning to Weathervane for his third season. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Stage Management at the University of Iowa. Previously, he has worked with Opera House Arts, First Stage Milwaukee, and Penobscot Theatre Company. Thank you to his friends and family for their support—enjoy the show!

RIEN SCHLECHT*, she/her

TWENTY-SECOND SEASON

Favorite Weathervane designs include THE TEMPEST, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (NH Theatre Award), GUYS AND DOLLS (NH Theatre Award), EURYDICE, BUYER AND CELLAR, and SWEENEY TODD (NH Theatre Award). Her New York theatre credits – Out of the Box Theatrics, including the Drama Desk-nominated BABY, several seasons with Theatre For A New Audience, Radio City, Mark Morris Ballet, and many other theatres and TV commercials. She designed The Mysteries at The Flea (Drama Desk nom), The Jinx for HBO, worked on THE WOODSMAN at New World Stages, and the stage and film productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Julie Taymor. 

HANNAH SHOWALTER*, she/her

SIXTH SEASON

This is Hannah’s sixth season with the Weathervane. Hannah graduated from Keene State College with a BA in Theatre and Dance. Last season, Hannah played Jan in GREASEI She is super excited about season 61! 

AASRITH VEERAPANENI, he/him

FIRST SEASON 

Aasrith is a rising third-year at the University of Iowa. PSM credits include THE INDOCTRINATION OF BANANAS (2025, UIowa) and 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (2026, UIowa). Select ASM credits include FRANKIE AND JOHNNY… (2025, SDT), ARGONAUTIKA (2025, UIowa), and DIE FLEDERMAUS (2026, CROpera). Go Hawkeyes.