Amanda Meyers - Founder
Amanda Meyers is an LA-based creative director specializing in interactive and site-specific theatre. In 2022, Amanda founded A Party at Anna’s to pull more Gen-Z artists into the world of immersive.
Recent stage management credits include Capital W and Studio Dream Factory, and original immersive works have featured live musicians, improvised scenes, audience transport, and even a noise complaint or two (successfully negotiated). When it comes to Party At Anna’s, Amanda’s mix of structure and spontaneity leads to inventive, resource-maximizing productions that punch above their weight.
After a dance with filmmaking during Covid, Amanda also shoots the occasional music video, serving as director, editor, or DoP for USC Pop Vocal Alumni. Literal dance background includes 10+ years as a competition dancer at The Elite Dance & Performing Arts Center, and continued training locally at spaces like Movement Lifestyle. Amanda holds a BFA in Theatre & Performance from Emerson College, where ambitious student theatre projects were pulled off on a tight budget and tighter timeline.
If you’re looking for a strategic, tenacious, and artistic mind to pull into your producing team, you’ve come to the right place.
Ryan Watts - Writer, Director
Ryan Watts (Emerson College 2023, BFA Theatre Performance and Education) has worked with Party at Anna’s on: Transparency (co-writer/director), Beverly Anna’s Magnum Opus (co-writer/director), and On the Rocks (PSM). A three year creative collaborator with Amanda Meyers, Ryan currently works as a guest director at WHSTE, Wayland MA.
Ryan also works as a bunk counselor and lifeguard at Seeds of Peace for both the domestic and international camp session. With Seeds of Peace, Ryan often pulls on this interactive theatre background to generate team games that facilitate creative thinking and collaborative problem solving.
Lorelei Barcelos - Performer, Writer
Lorelei Barcelos is a theatre-artist based in Boston, MA. Her recent work includes directorial debut as writer/director of PRUNE (FringePVD 2024, winner of “Audience Favorite: Social Commentary” award). Before graduating from Emerson College in 2024, Lorelei worked as a management intern with the Hobgoblin Theatre in Los Angeles. There, she was honored to handle high frequency of bookings and get to know the greater LA theatre community. Party at Anna's Credits include Transparency (Maya), Beverly Anna's Magnum Opus (Stacey J), and the original workshop and cast of On The Rocks (Maya).
Devany Pitsas - Aesthetic Lead
A New Hampshire native, Devany received a BA in Global and Cultural Communications from Suffolk University. Interwoven with the artistic community of Emerson College, her vintage, timeless, tactile aesthetic pulled her into the world of technical theater. Primarily, Devany works as the US/UK Program Director at Seeds of Peace.
Joanna Harmon - Instructor
Joanna Harmon has worked across the country as an actor, teacher, director, and producer with a myriad of companies including The Guthrie Theater, The Children's Theater Company, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Cirque du Soleil, and The Interactive Deep Dive. She has created numerous interactive productions across the country that have included 1-100 participants and have spanned lengths of 4 minutes to 4 days. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program.
Jeff Wirth - Instructor
Jeff Wirth is the director of the Interactive PlayLab, a training and research laboratory for live interactive performance experiences. Jeff has consulted for Cirque du Soleil, Blue Man Group, and Disney Imagineering. He wrote the book, Interactive Acting and has created over 100 interactive performances. Jeff's eclectic background includes ballroom dancing, computer programming, and clowning for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. Learn more at www.InteractivePlayLab.com.