About Us

PHOTOGRAPHER, BOARD SECRETARY

ACTOR, DIRECTOR

Darreyl Atkins is an ensemble member and has been with Three Brothers Theatre for over a decade. In this time he has worked on many shows on and off stage and is excited to continue his theatrical journey.

CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (221), DIRECTOR, ACTOR

Mark is an accomplished theatre artist in the Chicagoland area. He currently serves as the Director of Production at ChiArts, an ensemble member at 3B, and is an Artistic Associate at The Artistic Home.

WTF COORDINATOR, PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR

Ben Braun is a Milwaukee-based writer and actor. He has written and performed in several productions for Three Brothers, where he is proudly an ensemble member. Past credits as a playwright include Somebody's Child and Puzzle of Puzzles.

BOARD TREASURER

PLAYWRIGHT, BOARD MEMBER

DC Cathro is a Chicago-based playwright, actor, and director from the Washington DC metropolitan area. His musical "Till," written with award-winning composer Leo Schwartz, was one of three winners in the 2016 Main Street Musicals Festival, selected by Gregory Mosher, and was also accepted into the 2019 New York Musical Festival (NYMF). "The Book of Merman," another musical written with Leo Schwartz, enjoyed a five-month run Off-Broadway. In 2014, he became the only playwright to have two shows in the Pride Films and Plays Festival in Chicago, IL; "Pen, A Musical" (with Schwartz) and the comedy "Family Holiday." DC's works have been read at theatres and festivals across the U.S. and U.K., including The William Inge Festival in Independence, Kansas, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and St. Luke's Theatre, Off-Broadway in New York City. His published works are available through Broadway Licensing, StageRights.com, and Smith & Kraus Publishers.

STAGE MANAGER, CHOREOGRAPHER, COSTUME DESIGNER

BOARD CHAIR, ACTOR

Jane is thrilled to be a 3B board member and infrequent actor with credits including Secretary of Defense in "Night of the Living Dead" and militia member in "The Last Man on Earth."  She is a lifelong supporter of the arts.

VICE CHAIR

ACTOR, DIRECTOR

Sammi is a Chicago suburb-based actor and a new member of the Three Brothers ensemble. In real life, she works in healthcare content creation and marketing. Her dream is to be a professional jigsaw puzzler/board game player/cat hang-out-with-er. 

BOARD MEMBER

BOARD MEMBER

Lamaiya is a Dance and Yoga faculty member and the Performing Arts Community Engagement (P.A.C.E.) Program Coordinator at the College ofLake County and Artistic Director of L-Theory Collective Dance Company. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Studies at Columbia College Chicago, Graduate Degrees in Adult and Community Education and in Executive Development for Public Service, and is a Doctoral Candidate at Ball State University, all of which inform her dedication to inclusion through equitable access to community engagement in the Art of Dance. She has presented on dance and diversity, the evolution of American Social Dance, and Black Dance in America at universities and conferences across the country and American cultural centers in China. She brings a unique perspective to the stage, studio, and beyond, identifying as a visually impaired, African-American female Dance Educator navigating the ever-changing world of professional dance, dance education, and community programming.

ACTOR

Kelsey Lesseig is a Chicago-based actor and a newly appointed ensemble member here at 3Bros. When not onstage, she can be found working as a barista, reading, running, or hanging out with her cat, Remy.

COSTUME DESIGNER

Diane has costumed many shows at 3B including Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (2022), Guys on Ice, Come Undone, The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, The 39 Steps, and 35MM. She shares her love with Phil, Sarah, Sharon, and Evan.

CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (221), ACTOR, DIRECTOR

McKenna is an award-winning theatre artist who was born and raised in Waukegan. She has worked in professional theatre for over 7 years in both Georgia and Illinois.

ACTOR, DIRECTOR

Mike has been an ensemble member at Three Brothers for nearly eight years. His first play was The Lost World in 2015. He has participated in nearly twenty plays and sketch comedy shows during his time at the theatre. He is a lifelong resident of Waukegan. Not by choice, its just that no other community will allow him within their borders. His closeness, geographically, to the theatre allows the Three Brothers directors to include someone in their plays with ties to the community. This does not explain, however, why he is almost always late and pretty much the last to arrive for rehearsals for every play he is in.

STAGE MANAGER

Patty can frequently be found button pushing/running around backstage. 3B credits include 35MM, The Play that Goes Wrong, Boeing Boeing, and The Creators.

STAGE MANAGER

PROPS DESIGNER, ACTOR, BOARD MEMBER

PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR, DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR

Cait is an artist, author, educator, and Waukegan native. They were part of the first ever Waukegan Theatre Festival and have been haunting the halls of Three Brothers ever since.

ACTOR, WRITER

Taylor is a Chicago-based actor and writer who has worked with countless theaters and companies throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. She tends to make people laugh, cry, and question how she can contort her face in so many ways. When she isn't creating, she enjoys reading, taking care of her many (many) plants, and saying hi to every dog she passes.

DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, SCENIC DESIGNER, MASTER CARPENTER

Jim is excited to be an ensemble member here at Waukegan’s own Three Brothers Theatre. He hopes his efforts continue to support Three Brothers as they grow an expanding base in downtown. 

ACTOR, DIRECTOR, WEBSITE DESIGNER

Originally from Madison, now based in Chicago, Caitlin is also a storyteller, improviser, and educator. She’s pretty outdoorsy for a theatre person and loves a good DIY project.

ACTOR, SOUND DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, FILMMAKER

BOARD MEMBER

ACTOR

SEASON PRNODUCER, MUSIC DIRECTOR, SINGER, ACTOR

Pascale, a seasoned performer, has graced stages throughout the Chicagoland area. She was thrilled to discover Three Brothers a few years ago and has since embraced them as her new theatre home. When not participating in Three Brothers productions, Pascale can be found captivating audiences in her own self-produced cabaret shows.

ACTOR

CO-FOUNDER, ACTOR, DIRECTOR, DESIGNER

Richard W. Adams is an Iowa-born, Chicago-based Swiss Army knife. He is one of the founders and ensemble members of Three Brothers, where he has appeared in countless shows. Personal favorites have included Bernard in Boeing Boeing, Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace, Voldar in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Elwood P Dowd in Harvey, and most recently Chris in The Play that Goes Wrong.

CO-FOUNDER, PLAYWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, ACTOR, DESIGNER

Caroline is one of the co-founders of Three Brothers Theatre and is currently a Warren-Newport Public Library trustee. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Goucher College, and National Louis University.

CO-FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

You can go ahead and blame it all on Josh.

BOARD MEMBER

BOARD MEMBER