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Lexie Jones is a current Sophomore and Theater Major at the University of Maryland where she is also a member of the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House and the Honors Humanities Program. With the School of Theater, Dance and Performing Arts Studies she has performed in the musical “She Loves Me” (Ilona Ritter) directed by Nick Martin, as well as “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf” (Lady in Orange Understudy) directed by Fatima Quander and Ama Law. This is her first professional performance

(She/her) Broadway: Les Misérables. National Tour: Avenue Q. Other favorites: Nancy in Oliver!, Sally in Cabaret, Kim in Miss Saigon (Henry Award), The Perfect Game, Once, Come From Away, Almost Heaven, Writing Kevin Taylor, The Porch on Windy Hill, Law & Order, and all the roles originated and developed in workshops, festivals, and readings. Proud UMD alum and AEA member. Representation matters. @ejzimmerman47

Jane Margulies Kalbfeld has performed in New York, London and in the DC/VA/MD region. She teaches singing, acting, and audition preparation in her private studio. Founding artist of Signatories, casting director at 1st Stage (Fairfax County), assistant director: The Suicide, The Violet Hour, The Game of Love and Chance, The Prisoner of Zenda, By the Bog of Cats, Mauritius, and co-director PIG FARM. Jane was a student of the legendary Stella Adler (New York), apprentice teacher in the London Studio of Helena Shenel and Richard Alda in Classical and Bel Canto Vocal Pedagogy.  BFA in Drama from NYU and certified at the highest level in Somatic Voicework, The LoVetri Method© from the Shenandoah University Graduate Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute. She has a deep knowledge of Musical Theatre repertoire and brings special emphasis to the exploration of lyrics in all vocal genres, and all dramatic texts using the actor’s tools of script interpretation.

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Erica Everett was born in Philly, trained in London, and is based in a different city every 3-or-so years. Acting credits onstage include A Chorus Line, West Side Story, and Cards on the Table (SALT Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play) at Cortland Repertory Theatre, The Rocky Horror Show at Bucks County Playhouse, Spring Awakening at Theatre Horizon, Xanadu (BroadwayWorld Philadelphia Nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical) at Mazeppa Productions, Little Black Dress at Barons Court Theatre, and Swansong at the Barbican. Film credits include Ether’s Paradise, My House, Guardians of Loch Ness, Sh*thead (Maverick Film Awards Nomination for Best Supporting Actress), and The Rumperbutts. Erica's voice has been heard on the Amazon feature film Tuya Culpa, and Sigue Mi Voz, Anything animated series, on BBC Radio 3, and in the podcast Undertow: Blood Forest. Erica studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and dramaturgy at Birkbeck, University of London. Erica thinks women (with and without vaginas) are the bee's knees and is so proud and grateful to be a part of this production.

Dr Sara Imershein, co-founder of Meadow Reproductive Health and Wellness, is a board-

certified Ob-GYN with over 45 years’ experience and a MPH in Health Policy. She closed her Washington DC private practice in 2015 to concentrate on abortion education, advocacy and clinical care. Dr Imershein is Clinical Professor at GWU School of Medicine where she is faculty advisor for several student groups and teaches the curriculum on early pregnancy loss, including abortion. She has held leadership positions in the American College of Ob-Gyn and DC Medical Society, frequently testifying on health legislation, visiting Capitol Hill and speaking in the community at local law, medical, public health and secondary schools discussing women’s health, reproductive rights and Jewish Law on abortion.

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Dr Imershein served on the board of Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL) until 2024 and sits on the boards of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Meadow Reproductive Health, and Grace Reproductive Fund.  Dr Imershein has been featured or quoted in multiple media outlets including the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, BBC World News, Slate, Washingtonian … even a cameo in PINK’s music video: Irrelevant.

Betsy Struxness is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and creative leader. Raised in Kansas

City, MO (KC Ballet, Lyric Opera, Starlight Theater) and with a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School, Struxness forged a career in New York on Broadway, appearing in Wicked, Memphis, Leap of Faith, Scandalous, and originating hit shows like Matilda and most notably, Hamilton. Struxness’s career extends to stage, screen, and in classrooms as actor, voice actor, director and choreographer. Her voice can be heard on commercials, audiobooks and in video games such as Red Dead Redemption II, Shing, and Elder Scrolls. Her debut pop album, Physical Attention, which she co-wrote, isavailable on all music platforms. As an adjunct professor at USC, Struxness has worked with the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and USC’s School of Dramatic Arts where Struxness instructed theater dance technique as well as choreographed and co-directed the Summer Theater Conservatory Showcase for multiple years. A New Yorker at heart, Struxness is now based in Los Angeles and teaches, directs and choreographs throughout the country. Follow her @be_strux on IG or find out more at www.betsystruxness.com

Shruthi Mukund is making her stage debut—and yes, she’s been performing since she was a kid on TV! She’s co-Director & Producer at Natyabhoomi, blogs at Shrumommy Arts Manager, and as Olney Theatre’s Director of Community Engagement, she loves connecting communities, mentoring artists, and sprinkling a little arts magic wherever she goes.​​​​​​​​​​​

Actor and producer based in New York City. Acting credits include: Off-Broadway: 10x20 (Atlantic Theater Company) Regional: One in the Chamber (The Lounge Theater, LA), ModRock: The Musical (El Portal Theater), The Four-Faced Liar (Actor’s Playpen, LA) select TV/film include: “John Mulaney’s Everyone’s in LA,” “L Word: Generation Q,” Dirty John: Betty,” “Afterburn/Aftershock,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” and “The Four-Faced Liar.” Producing credits include the Slamdance hit “The Four-Faced Liar” which won the HBO Audience Award for Best First Feature and David Mamet’s play The Anarchist (NY, LA) starring Felicity Huffman and Rebecca Pidgeon, directed by Marja Lewis-Ryan. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School.

Renee Elizabeth Wilson is a Washington, DC–based actor. Her recent and notable theatrical credits include American Fast (Theater Alliance), Radio Golf (Roundhouse Theater), Intimate Apparel (Theater J), Ain’t No Mo’ (Woolly Mammoth), Milk Like Sugar (Mosaic Theater Co), and Metamorphoses (Folger Shakespeare). Additional work includes productions with Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, Imagination Stage, Constellation Theatre Co, and Hook & Eye Theatre Co. Renee holds a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is an alumna of Duke Ellington School of the Arts.​​​

Yani Marin is a proud daughter of Cuban immigrant parents. She began her professional career at the age of nine, dancing with the esteemed NYCB, and later graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She toured the world with Beyoncé as a backup dancer in The Beyoncé Experience, where she met her wife, Divinity Roxx. Soon after, Yani landed her first Broadway show, West Side Story, where she had the opportunity to understudy and perform the role of Anita, awakening her passion for acting.  Additional Broadway: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Wicked, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. TV: Jack Ryan, Empire, The Blacklist, Tommy, Blue Bloods, NCIS: LA, Criminal Minds, One Bad Choice, Smash.

(She/they) DC area: Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Theatre Company); She The People (The Second City at Woolly Mammoth); The Figs (Rorschach Theatre); The Last Burlesque (Pinky Swear Productions); Mary Shelley’s Monsters (Congressional Cemetery & Bob Bartlett); Proof, The Farnsworth Invention (1st Stage); Dante’s Inferno, Beauty and the Beast, A Trip to the Moon (Synetic Theater); Sign Language (Source Festival); and Coffee & Prejudice (Zeitgeist Festival: mercimax with Shakespeare Theatre Company). Other credits: As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and Our Town (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); and Another Kind of Silence (PlayPenn). Additional credits: The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Taffety Punk. Education: BA in Theatrical Translation from Gallaudet University and MFA in Classical Acting from George Washington University/Shakespeare Theatre Company. Instagram: @katinthewings

Divinity Roxx stands out as a transformative and inspiring figure in the music industry, known for her extraordinary bass playing and dynamic artistry. Her career includes touring with 5-time Grammy award-winning bassist Victor Wooten, and serving as the bassist and Musical Director for Beyoncé. Her solo work and family-centric albums have earned two Grammy nominations. Her compositions have been adapted into children’s books by Scholastic and featured on television and in the theater. From writing a new work for the Peter Rabbit franchise to co-writing, producing, and performing the theme song for the Emmy-nominated PBS Kids’ show, Lyla in the Loop, Divinity continues to showcase her creative synergy across disciplines. As a fervent advocate for musicians' rights, Divinity pushes for inclusion and equality in the industry, mentoring emerging talents and fostering an environment where diverse voices thrive. Divinity's genre-spanning sound combines elements of funk, hip-hop, and rock, breaking conventional barriers and inspiring musicians worldwide.

Liz Osborn, theatre and TV/movie actress, has worked extensively at theatres across the country, as well as in multi-award winning movies, TV shows, commercials and industrials. She also produced and starred in the DC premiere of the Helen Hayes Nominated show “One in the Chamber”. She’s thrilled to be putting her producing and acting skills towards fundraising efforts for Meadow!

Lauren Gardiner is a Broadway and West End investor (Parade, Enemy of the People, Romeo + Juliet, Clarkston), a producer (@LemonadetheMusical), and a booking agent for GRAMMY-winning children’s music artists. As a lifelong theatre lover, she is grateful and inspired to be able to bring The Vagina Monologues, a timeless and meaningful piece of art, to a new audience in a time when it is more important than ever to amplify voices of ALL types of women. This show is dedicated to all the people who have had the privilege of being served by Meadow Reproductive Health and Wellness.