Advisory Board

Meridith C. Grundei (she/her) is a New York-based actor, improviser, director, educator, and theatermaker with a passion for devised work, non-linear storytelling, and out-of-the-box thinking across stage and screen. With a diverse range of talents, she can also be found playing an overly concerned parent in a commercial or two.

Her credits span across television, film, theatre, and voiceover work, with award-winning directors and producers around the country-she’s won some nice awards herself. In addition to her accomplishments in the entertainment industry, Meridith is the entrepreneur and founder of Grundei Coaching, a firm that specializes in public speaking and presentation skills for leaders in the tech industry. https://meridithgrundei.com/

Sandie Luna is an Afro-Latine immigrant artist, educator, and cultural steward. As Executive Director of ID Studio Theater in the South Bronx, she empowers immigrant communities through the performing arts. She also teaches in the Theater Arts and Latin American & Caribbean Studies Departments at SUNY New Paltz.
A 2024 NALAC Leadership Institute Fellow and 2023 BRIO Award recipient, Sandie has collaborated with international companies like Pantréâtre (Paris) and Stemwerk Theatre (Rotterdam). She co-founded Punto Space in Midtown Manhattan, supporting emerging artists for five years.
Her performance credits span TV, radio, and theater in both English and Spanish, including work at The Public Theater, Off-Broadway, and with LAByrinth Theater Company. She also taught in the prison system through the Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit.
Based in the Bronx, Sandie continues to create and advocate for inclusive arts.

Cory (he/him) is a resident composer and sound designer for Birds on a Wire Dance Theater and Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, and works with a variety of artists including Keila Cordova dances, Hua Hua Zhang, Echo Theater Suitcase, and as producer for Earthdance’s E|MERGE Interdisciplinary Collaborative Arts residency. Cory was the recipient of the American Association of Community Theater Sound Design Award for Bootless Stagework’s production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, and a 2015 Rocky Award recipient for collaborative contributions in the Philadelphia dance community. https://coryneale.com/

Peter’s (he/him) Brooklyn-based work encompasses dance, music, theater, and film. He has been performing and teaching nationally and internationally since 1997 throughout Central, North, and South America and Eastern and Western Europe. He currently works in various capacities with Meredith Monk and offers his Voice as Movement work privately and at Movement Research as a co-initiator of The Sounding Body series. In 2012, Peter founded the International Interdisciplinary Artists Consortium, a global network for knowledge exchange. www.petersciscioli.com www.interdisciplinaryartistsconsortium.com

isadora paz taboada is leader of ​​DA Escénica, an independent initiative for contemporary scenic creation based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. https://www.facebook.com/daescenica/about

Lisa Aurora Calderon is a multifaceted artist, cultural leader, and advocate for community empowerment. Of Puerto Rican diaspora and second-generation Scottish heritage, she grew up immersed in the natural and artistic worlds of New England and California. Inspired by her father’s passion for marine biology, Lisa studied salmon species and benthic invertebrates, later graduating from Mills College with a degree in environmental science. Lisa has a commitment to advancing women’s rights and advocating for underserved communities.

Seth (he/him) is a San Francisco-based artist who engages LGBTQ+ history as a living, breathing dialogue by researching lost legacies. His work recaptures queer stories and traditions erased from historical records to create a lasting body of evidence. Blurring the edge between art, research and activism he creates a hybrid of visual art and live performance that combines physical theater, dance, puppetry, drag, circus, installation and video. In 2007 he founded the ensemble-based company Eye Zen Presents that unearths and elevates the lost histories of queer ancestors. Our 2018 premiere of OUT of Site takes queer history into the streets in a series of performance-driven walking tours spanning 267 years which make the connections between the people and the sites where histories took place, bringing them to life in interactive, site-responsive events around San Francisco. More info @ eyezen.org

Ian (he/him) is an award-winning media and performance artist who often collaborates with acclaimed composers, directors, and choreographers to create both staged and open-ended visual and acoustic media environments in performance. In recent years he has received commissions from EMPAC, Rainin Foundation and the Creative Work Fund. https://www.ianwinters.com