the people of Mira
Ali Griffith (they/them)
Ali, based in Oakland, CA, is an environmentalist by day, and roller derby player and cat dad by night. Inspired by physical storytelling, they are excited to return to the world of theatre after a long hiatus. You’ll often find Ali crafting, playing the drums, or giving you unsolicited facts about cats. They might even do some acting… if you put them on rollerskates.
Carli Hayes (she/they)
Carli Hayes is an educator, naturalist, and amateur athlete. For the past 15 years, Carli’s stages have been zoos, aquariums, gardens, parks, and museums, where they’ve leveraged storytelling, scientific inquiry, and exploratory play to connect people to place and examine what we owe to ourselves and to the world we inhabit. She hopes to bring that energy and connectedness to Mira, and is thrilled to be re-rooted in movement, music, and memory-making after so many years.
Jessilee Windhaus (she/they)
Jessilee Windhaus (she/they) is an improviser, teacher, and actor in the Sacramento area. She is the owner and founder of Windhaus Improv and works as a Teaching Artist at B Street Theater. She holds a BA in Theatre from CSUS and is the Co-Founder and former Improv Program Director of Empire Arts Collective and the Founder of That Plus Chips live sketch and improv comedy troupe. She has trained with Upright Citizen's Brigade and The Groundlings and mentored young actors nationwide as a Tour Actor/Director with Missoula Children's Theatre. Additional NorCal Improv credits include: Sacramento Comedy Spot, STAB! Comedy, Dinner Detective, and ComedySportz Sacramento. Theatre credits include: The Rape of the Sabine Women (Bike City Theatre Company), Nunsense (Lincoln Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (Runaway Stage), Robin Hood (CSUS). They’re delighted to be part of this beautiful piece!
Johnny Castro (he/they)
IG: @heresjohnnycastro Twitter/X: @johnnycastronow
Johnny Castro is a multi-disciplinary performing artist, writer, and producer splitting time between Northern California and NYC. Interests include the Looney Tunes, going for a run, and creating community through the arts. Johnny is a 2021 NYCFA Grant recipient and was selected to be a member of the inaugural 2023 Tank Theatre Producers Cohort. Johnny is the writer of How to Say Goodbye Every Day and the co-writer of the music featured in the show. Say hi if you see them in person, especially if you love Deftones.
Sydney Bradshaw Lozier (she/they)
IG: @sydneylozier
Sydney is a performer, producer, and arts educator, making community based work in the Bay Area for the last decade. They grew up dancing in a small Sacramento studio and met many of the Mira cast doing physical theater in high school. They're grateful to return to the stage with some fellow beloved alums, and looking forward to this new and continued investment in community-making and community art.
Kyle Cox (he/him)
Kyle is what you might call a science nerd. Not really sure of how he ended up on the stage for How to Say Goodbye Everyday, he’s relearning how to lose his typical analytical mindset and simply ‘play’. When he’s not sitting at a computer doing statistics, you might find Kyle in the kitchen, out on a run, or playing with his cats. Besides HTSGED, Kyle’s creative endeavors include amateur DJing, being a Game Master in Dungeons in Dragons, writing poetry, quilting, and theory crafting Magic the Gathering decks.
sabine camino (they/them)
sabine camino, also known as bine or ange, is a southeast asian diaspora enby bb who creates music, theater, fiber, and digital art. Their work has earned recognition, such as the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Art and Ethnic Studies Award (BAMPFA, 2019), Pilpinx Teaching Artist (Root Division, 2021), and Oakland Black Box Studios Fellowship (2024). Rooted in their identity as an artist, kapatid, educator, and lifelong learner, Bine is fueled by curiosity about the possibilities of collective imagination and dedication to transformative justice. Bine is music co-writer and digital artist for How to Say Goodbye Every Day.
photograph by Kim Mecate