Carolyn Minor (she/her) is a storyteller and educator in film and theater with a B.A. with distinction from UVA.

In Richmond, Carolyn has performed in short films NHU Dawn, I Am Heather, and EarthGate, worked wardrobe department on short films Triggered I and Triggered II, HMU and casting for Repercussion(s), and script supervisor and fight choreographer for This Again. Her days are spent as a full-time Associate Faculty member at SPARC.

As an advocate for empathy, she is grateful to reach new audiences through her work in film and theater.

Kelsey Nerrie (she/her) is an award-winning filmmaker and writer based in Richmond, VA. Her career spans twenty years, both in and out of the film industry, to include seven years launching and managing a localization team at Deluxe. She has been an in-house and freelance script reader for much of that time.

Kelsey’s filming and writing styles stem from a love of dark humor, flawed characters, and dry wit amid tragedy. She does not tie herself down to a single genre but instead aims to explore the hard truths of being human in ways that will make an audience think.

R Jay (he/him) is a filmmaker and photographer based in Virginia.

He has been capturing stories since he was a kid, shooting black-and-white photos on an old film camera and recording my friends with a Hi-8 camcorder. Since college, R Jay spent years working in I.T. while constantly honing his craft on sets and behind cameras in his free time. 

Every single role R Jay has held, from production assistant, to D.I.T., to editor, cinematographer, writer, and director, has taught him something that makes the next project better.

Production Coordinator

Salimah (she/her) is a Richmond-based creative entrepreneur and multidisciplinary producer, holding a Master's in Television Production from Boston University and a Master's in Statistics from the University of Victoria.

In 2026, she returned to entertainment, founding Gopher the Gold Productions, home to her creative projects, including Write 7 in 7, a screenwriting competition, and its companion podcast, which she produces, featuring table reads of the winning scripts. She has since acquired writing, acting, and producing credits including A Willing Participant, Bad Grief, What the Hell?, Ooga Ooga and Other Hearfelt Emotions, and her directorial debut, This Again, with multiple additional productions currently in the works.

Production Designer

Nicole (she/her) is a singer, designer, actor, director, writer, and teacher originally from Austin, Texas. Rest assured, she lives in Richmond right now!! Her recent endeavors include: performing original music under the name “pearl & the weird girls” (@pearl.weirdgirls), production designing indie feature film Midnight Courier by Andrew Chi Nguyen (@midnightcouriermovie), and teaching musical theatre at SPARC. In the near future, you can find her starring in indie film Clingstone by GL Moses (@clingstonefilm), directing her own music videos (once she is done editing them), or behind the bar at 5th Wall Theatre!! In her time in Richmond, she has been lucky enough to perform in Rent, Descendants, Wayfinding, and more at VCU, and made her professional debut in Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley at Virginia Rep. Most recently, she took the stage as Joyce in SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical at Dogwood Dell

Adrianna Quaide (she/her) is an actress from Silver Spring, MD and is based in Richmond, VA. She attended VCU for her BFA in theatre performance. She recently played Deborah in the action comedy Midnight Courier (dir. Andrew Chi Nguyen), which is in post-production. Adrianna works at Agecroft Hall, where she combines her love for performing and history.  

Sarbajeet (He/Him) is a thespian from Richmond, Virginia, with strong roots in India, with 15 years of professional theatre experience in Directing and acting.

He is the founding artistic director of the Indian Theatre company Theatre On Your Own & has directed four plays that have seen over 100 shows across the country, garnering national recognition at the META awards in India. He started his professional theatre with the late Mr. Ratan Thakore Grant and is trained as a physical performer/director by the late Veenapani Chawala (Aadishakti Theatre Lab, India. He is also a trained Hindustani classical singer (guru, Tapashee Banarjee). 

Justin Piaoan is a First Generation Filipino American Filmmaker, Actor and Musician from Richmond, VA. He has trained at The Neighborhood Playhouse with Serena Ebony Miller, and Improvisation with The RVA Comedy Coalition. His goal through acting is to create the identity of a Filipino American while opening up the public space to share full lived diverse experiences on screen. He is best known for his role as Young Sang on Disney+ Hulu Control Freak, The Artist in Swisher Sweets Roll To Refresh Campaign, and will be in two Feature Films that have yet to be announced.