• Read more about Full Circle Dance Company

Full Circle Dance Company is a multiracial ensemble dedicated to presenting diverse stories, tackling real-world issues, and creating physically and emotionally powerful performances for a broad audience. In addition to performing frequently throughout Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia, Full Circle has performed in Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Taking on important issues faced by our communities, Full Circle's choreography reflects diverse approaches and perspectives—inviting audiences to see and understand challenges in new ways.

• Read more about Madeleine Jansen

Versatile violinist Madeleine Jansen, hailing from Mount Airy, Maryland, has been praised by the San Francisco Classical Voice for her interpretation of composers from Dvorak to Brubeck. Her multi-faceted career as a performer and educator has brought her around the United States and abroad, where she has appeared in a diverse array of venues ranging from prisons to the world’s most prestigious concert halls.

• Read more about National Players

National Players is America’s longest-running touring theatre company and the signature outreach program of Olney Theatre Center, a Helen Hayes Award-winner and one of two state-designated theatres in Maryland. This distinctive ensemble stimulates imagination and critical thinking by producing classic plays and literary adaptations in invigorating ways for audiences of all ages. National Players serves all corners of Maryland and the country, and the ensemble performs for a diversity of audiences from students to the general public, the elderly, and the incarcerated. 

• Read more about Katherine Lyons

     Katherine Lyons is a Master Teaching Artist for the Wolf Trap Foundation conducting workshops and residencies for teachers and children in the Maryland/Virginia/ DC area and across the US.  As a Teaching Artist, she has worked with children Pre-K through High School for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Walters Art Gallery, Peabody Institute and Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

• Read more about Renee Collins Georges

Renée Collins Georges was one of the last Raelettes to “hit the road” with Ray Charles and His Orchestra in a singing career that has taken her all over the world. Renée is a vocalist and children’s songwriter with a passion for kids and Jazz.