Delilah Blake - Creator, Artistic Director, Head Writer, Producer (and chief mad scientist)
As an entrepreneur combining business and theater, Delilah has created original sketch and musical comedy shows for over 25 years, cultivating performers and writers from all walks of life. She has run her own theaters in Times Square, New York and Houston, Texas, and brought her humor into companies around the world. Whatever topic she is exploring, the spirit she brings to her shows is best summed up with, “Happy are those who can laugh at themselves, they will never cease to be amused”. She has applied this philosophy to “Now That You’ve Seen Me Naked”, creating a musical comedy that tickles, inspires and makes everyone appreciate each other more.
Fran Goldsmith - Producer, creative consultant (and chief muse)
Fran is a guide and mentor for people, messages, shows and movies that are close to her heart. Over the last 30 years she has run her own multi-million dollar business, and been coach and business advisor to start-up solo practitioners, entrepreneurs running multi-billion-dollar businesses, CEOs, senior executives from Fortune 100 companies, college students, and lots of performers and artists. She has been on this show’s journey from the beginning and is its biggest fan. She often manages to find the best seat at its many incarnations, laugh the loudest and wear many behind-the-scenes hats. Her mission is deeply connecting people with themselves and each other, bringing greater awareness, curiosity and prosperity into their lives.
Brian Chambers, Director
Brian has been a professional actor, director and acting coach for over ten years. He started out as a young performer touring locally and internationally with The Royal Danish Academy, Mexico City Symphony and Houston Symphony Chorus. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree from Texas Tech University, he continued working in the theater and film industry. When not performing, he enjoys teaching and directing artists in productions with theaters in the Houston area. Originally from Valencia, California, he moved to Houston in 1991, where he lives with his wife Misty and two dogs. Brian is thrilled to have been brought on to this wonderful creative team and is looking forward to audiences seeing this production. Brian's deep thought for the moment: "Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection." - Victor Hugo
Mitch Pengra, Music Director
Mitch Pengra, M.A., is a collaborative pianist, artist, and educator in Houston, Texas. He
has taught students of all abilities for over 30 years and serves as music director, coach,
and accompanist for theatre students, singers and instrumentalists. Self-expression and learning through the journey are fundamental to all his projects. Mitch has years of experience impacting professional and student productions at Stages, TUTS, Wildfish, Queensbury, and HSPVA. Past productions include Shrek, Sweeney Todd, Little Shop of Horrors, Zoomsicals, Grand Hotel, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Matilda, and Always, Patsy Cline.
Sarah Sneesby, Choreographer
Sarah is a Director, Choreographer, Movement Director, Teacher, and Movement and Intimacy Practitioner in theatre for the stage. She has an MFA in Movement: Directing and Teaching through The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a research emphasis on embodied linguistics. She also trains annually with Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE). Sarah grew up studying ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, and partnering work. Over the past two decades, she has journeyed from the 'dancer who acted' to the 'physical actor who could tell stories with their body' to shepherding others to tell stories with the instrument of their body. Sarah's time in London took her backgrounds in theatre, dance, and choreography, and began transforming those separate skills into one of a movement specialist for both the classroom and stage. She strives to empower actors to take a holistic, embodied, and collaborative approach to the creative process. Past shows: Macbeth (Director, Movement Director), She Loves Me (Director), Liberators, an American Musical (World Premiere: Director and Choreographer), Gideon and the Blundersnorp (Co-Director, Choreographer), Newsies (Choreographer), Little Shop of Horrors (Choreographer), Seussical (Choreographer), The Fantasticks (Choreographer). sarahsneesby.com