In 2022, Transatlantic Love Affair made the decision to move to an ensemble-based, non-hierarchical model for their company structure.
Core Ensemble
Cristina Florencia Castro
Cristina Florencia Castro (she/her) is a playwright/performer/teaching artist from San Antonio, Texas who has been living and working in the Twin Cities theatre community since her graduation from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program in 2011. Cristina is currently pursuing her M.F.A in Creative Writing at Augsburg University.
Vinecia Coleman
Vinecia Coleman (she/her) is a Twin Cities based actor and playwright. As an actor, she has worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pillsbury House Theatre, The Playwrights’ Center, Frank Theatre and more. Her own plays have been developed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab, Seven Devils Playwrights’ Conference, Mad Cow Theatre, Live Girls! Theater, and several others. She holds a B.S. in Microbiology from Iowa State University and an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Idaho. You can find her plays on New Play Exchange.
Derek Lee Miller
Derek Lee Miller (he/him) is an actor, puppeteer, designer, writer and musician. He earned his B.F.A. in acting and technical theatre at Millikin University in Decatur, IL. During his time there, he founded the Last Chance Theatre, an underground experimental black box space and was awarded the school’s McNabb Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Theater. He has toured nationally as a puppeteer for Madcap Puppets in Cincinnati, OH and regionally as an actor/educator for Twin Cities companies National Theatre for Children and Teatro del Pueblo. The Yaddo Artists Colony in Saratoga Springs, NY awarded him two residencies for playwriting in 2006 and 2007. Derek was voted Outstanding Male Performance of the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival for his role in Transatlantic Love Affair’s Red Resurrected and was also part of that group’s 2012 Ivey Award-winning play, Ballad of the Pale Fisherman. He is a founding member of Transatlantic Love Affair.
Adelin Phelps
Adelin Phelps (she/her) is a stage, film, and voice-over artist and has worked and created with Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Jungle Theater, The Guthrie Theater, The Playwright's Center, Yellow Tree Theater, History Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Girl Friday Productions, Carlyle Brown & Company, Theater Latte Da, Dark & Stormy Productions, and many more. Adelin received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Coe College and studied with The Actors Workout, Guthrie Theater, from 2010-2018. She is a founding member of Transatlantic Love Affair.
Allison Vincent
Allison Vincent (she/her) is a Twin Cities-based performer, director, writer, deviser, and teacher. Allison is a proud alum of the University of Minnesota's B.A. Theater program, and teaches English at South High School. In addition to performing all around the Twin Cities, she is a core and founding member of Transatlantic Love Affair, a company member of Umbrella Collective, and a teaching artist at the Guthrie Theater. She is a founding member of Transatlantic Love Affair.
Past Core Ensemble Members
Heather Bunch (Core Ensemble Member 2011-2019)
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2012, 2016)
Ash Land (2012, 2014)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
Solitaire (2014)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
The Privateer (2017)
The Devout (2019)
the mother and the mourning song (Fresh Ink 2024)
Willie Gambucci (Core Ensemble Member 2010-2013)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012)
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ash Land (2012)
Diogo Lopes (Core Ensemble Member 2010-2018)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012, 2016)
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ash Land (2012, 2014) - Director
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015) - Director
Solitaire (2014) - Director
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016) - Director
Promise Land (2017) - Director
Eric Marinus (Core Ensemble Member 2015-2024)
Ash Land (2012, 2014)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
Promise Land (2017)
After the Fires (2020) - Assistant Director
Isabel Nelson (Founding Artistic Director 2010-2022; Core Ensemble Member 2022-2025)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012, 2016) - Director
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013) - Director
Ash Land (2012, 2014)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
Solitaire (2014) - Director
Emilie/Eurydice (2015) - Director
Promise Land (2017) - Director
The Devout (2019) - Director
After the Fires (2020) - Director
the mother and the mourning song (Fresh Ink 2024) - Director
Red and the Mother Wild (2025) - Director
Anna Reichert (Core Ensemble Member 2010-2014)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012)
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ash Land (2012, 2014) - Costume Designer
These Old Shoes (2013) - Costume Designer
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2012, 2016)
Ash Land (2012, 2014)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
Solitaire (2014)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
The Privateer (2017)
The Devout (2019)
the mother and the mourning song (Fresh Ink 2024)
Willie Gambucci (Core Ensemble Member 2010-2013)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012)
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ash Land (2012)
Diogo Lopes (Core Ensemble Member 2010-2018)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012, 2016)
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ash Land (2012, 2014) - Director
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015) - Director
Solitaire (2014) - Director
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016) - Director
Promise Land (2017) - Director
Eric Marinus (Core Ensemble Member 2015-2024)
Ash Land (2012, 2014)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
Promise Land (2017)
After the Fires (2020) - Assistant Director
Isabel Nelson (Founding Artistic Director 2010-2022; Core Ensemble Member 2022-2025)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012, 2016) - Director
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013) - Director
Ash Land (2012, 2014)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
Solitaire (2014) - Director
Emilie/Eurydice (2015) - Director
Promise Land (2017) - Director
The Devout (2019) - Director
After the Fires (2020) - Director
the mother and the mourning song (Fresh Ink 2024) - Director
Red and the Mother Wild (2025) - Director
Anna Reichert (Core Ensemble Member 2010-2014)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010, 2012)
Red Resurrected (2011, 2013)
Ash Land (2012, 2014) - Costume Designer
These Old Shoes (2013) - Costume Designer
Collaborators
Avi Aharoni
Promise Land (2017)
After the Fires - (Development Workshop 2019)
Gracie Anderson
After the Fires (2020)
Jack Bechard
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
Dante Benjegerdes
Red and the Mother Wild (2025) - Lighting Designer
Mark Benzel
5x5 (2024)
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
Amber Bjork
Solitaire (2014)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
5x5 (2024)
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
China Brickey
The Privateer (2017)
Barry Browning
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016) - Lighting Designer
After the Fires - Lighting Designer
Domino D'Lorion
After the Fires (2020)
Emily Dantuma
Emilie/Eurydice (2015) - Musician/Composer
Promise Land (2017) - Musician/Composer
After the Fires (2020) - Musician/Composer
Peyton Dixon
Promise Land (2017)
Joy Dolo
Solitaire (Development Workshop 2014)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
The Devout (2019) - Assistant Director
George Dornbach
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015)
Antonio Duke
The Privateer (2017)
Emily Dussault
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016)
Julia Gay
Promise Land (2017)
Joanna Harmon
Emilie/Eurydice (Development Workshop 2015)
Alex Hathaway
Solitaire (2014) - Musician/Composer
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2016)
Andre Johnson
After the Fires (2020)
5x5 (2024)
Mandi Johnson
The Privateer (2017) - Costume Designer
Red and the Mother Wild (2025) - Costume Designer
Emily Madigan
Promise Land (2017)
Peyton McCandless
Ash Land (2012, 2014, 2018)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015)
5x5 (2024)
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
C Michael Menge
After the Fires (Development Workshop 2019)
Emily Michaels King
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2016)
Promise Land (2017)
Natavia Lewis
The Devout (2019)
Nora Montañez
The Privateer (2017)
Gregory Parks
Promise Land (2017)
Adam Patterson
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016) - Musician
Natalie Remus (Founding Ensemble Member)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
Nick Saxton
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016)
Walken Schweigert
The Devout (2019) - Musician/Composer
After the Fires (2020) - Vocal Composition
Boo Segersin
After the Fires (2020)
Siddeeqah Shabazz
The Devout (2019)
John Stephens
The Privateer (2017)
Sam Stroup
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015) - Musician
Dustin Tessier
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015) - Musician/Composer
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016) - Musician/Composer
The Privateer (2017) - Musician/Composer
Michael Wangen
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2012, 2016) - Lighting Designer
Red Resurrected (2013) - Lighting Designer
Ash Land (2014) - Lighting Designer
These Old Shoes (2015) - Lighting Designer
Emilie/Eurydice (2015) - Lighting Designer
The Privateer (2017) - Lighting Designer
The Devout (2019) - Lighting Designer
Sally Wingert
Emilie/Eurydice (Development Workshop 2015)
Nick Wolf
Ash Land (2014)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
Harper Zwicky
Ash Land (2012, 2014) - Musician/Composer
Promise Land (2017)
After the Fires - (Development Workshop 2019)
Gracie Anderson
After the Fires (2020)
Jack Bechard
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
Dante Benjegerdes
Red and the Mother Wild (2025) - Lighting Designer
Mark Benzel
5x5 (2024)
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
Amber Bjork
Solitaire (2014)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
5x5 (2024)
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
China Brickey
The Privateer (2017)
Barry Browning
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016) - Lighting Designer
After the Fires - Lighting Designer
Domino D'Lorion
After the Fires (2020)
Emily Dantuma
Emilie/Eurydice (2015) - Musician/Composer
Promise Land (2017) - Musician/Composer
After the Fires (2020) - Musician/Composer
Peyton Dixon
Promise Land (2017)
Joy Dolo
Solitaire (Development Workshop 2014)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
The Devout (2019) - Assistant Director
George Dornbach
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015)
Antonio Duke
The Privateer (2017)
Emily Dussault
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016)
Julia Gay
Promise Land (2017)
Joanna Harmon
Emilie/Eurydice (Development Workshop 2015)
Alex Hathaway
Solitaire (2014) - Musician/Composer
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2016)
Andre Johnson
After the Fires (2020)
5x5 (2024)
Mandi Johnson
The Privateer (2017) - Costume Designer
Red and the Mother Wild (2025) - Costume Designer
Emily Madigan
Promise Land (2017)
Peyton McCandless
Ash Land (2012, 2014, 2018)
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015)
5x5 (2024)
Red and the Mother Wild (2025)
C Michael Menge
After the Fires (Development Workshop 2019)
Emily Michaels King
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2016)
Promise Land (2017)
Natavia Lewis
The Devout (2019)
Nora Montañez
The Privateer (2017)
Gregory Parks
Promise Land (2017)
Adam Patterson
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016) - Musician
Natalie Remus (Founding Ensemble Member)
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010)
Emilie/Eurydice (2015)
Nick Saxton
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2016)
Walken Schweigert
The Devout (2019) - Musician/Composer
After the Fires (2020) - Vocal Composition
Boo Segersin
After the Fires (2020)
Siddeeqah Shabazz
The Devout (2019)
John Stephens
The Privateer (2017)
Sam Stroup
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015) - Musician
Dustin Tessier
These Old Shoes (2013, 2015) - Musician/Composer
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016) - Musician/Composer
The Privateer (2017) - Musician/Composer
Michael Wangen
Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2012, 2016) - Lighting Designer
Red Resurrected (2013) - Lighting Designer
Ash Land (2014) - Lighting Designer
These Old Shoes (2015) - Lighting Designer
Emilie/Eurydice (2015) - Lighting Designer
The Privateer (2017) - Lighting Designer
The Devout (2019) - Lighting Designer
Sally Wingert
Emilie/Eurydice (Development Workshop 2015)
Nick Wolf
Ash Land (2014)
105 Proof, or The Killing of Mack "The Silencer" Klein (2015, 2016)
Harper Zwicky
Ash Land (2012, 2014) - Musician/Composer