Director

Originally from Houston, Texas, Seattle-based opera director and Lowbrow Opera Collective co-founder & Vice President Katie Kelley holds a BM in Applied Voice from Baylor University and an MM in Voice Performance from the University of Washington. Notable performance credits include the titular role of La Calisto (UW, 2015), Orphée in Orphée et Eurydice (UW and Pacific MusicWorks, 2016), Judith in Red Lake (Deseret Experimental Opera Company, 2016), Genovieffa in Suor Angelica (Seattle Modern Opera Company, 2019), Siri in #adulting, a new opera (LOC, 2019 & 2020), and Gretta in Breakfast (LOC, 2020). Directing credits include #adulting, a new opera (LOC, 2019 & 2020), WINDOWS (LOC 2021), and Music On Site, Inc.’s 2021 Opera Scenes Showcase. This season at LOC, Katie is assistant directing LOC’s Diary of a Madman, directing MARThA and #adulting2, here we go again, and is serving on the New Works Search Committee.

Tony

Eric is so excited to be returning to Lowbrow to reprise Tony! Eric is a classical vocalist and actor living and working in so-called Seattle, WA on Land that is the ancestral inherentice of the Duwamish People. Some of his favorite roles include: Dr Frank n' Furter in The Rocky Horror Show; Matt in b.a.r.e.: a Pop Opera; David Posner in History Boys; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni; Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore; The Sorceress in Dido and Aenaes; and the Floor in a scene from #adulting2 that one time. When he is not singing, Eric can be found brewing meads and liqueurs, crafting incense and oils, and dancing in a forest glade with the god Dionysos, wine splashed and delirious with ecstasis. Though, come to think of it, he's usually singing then, too. Badly.

Ruth

A nomadic army brat, Christine Oshiki made Washington home nearly 17 years ago. Christine gained first-hand experience on the stage and behind the scenes through Olympia-based performing arts company, Capitol Playhouse. Christine moved to Seattle in 2012 to attend the University of Washington, where she earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Upon graduation, she worked as a director and after-school coordinator at Seattle’s Performers, a children’s theater company in U-District. This eventually led her to seek a teaching position at St. Thomas School in Medina in their Early Learning Center, where she currently teaches preschool.

In 2018, Christine co-founded Lowbrow Opera Collective, a non-profit arts organization that seeks to revive the genre of opera. She is serving her second year as the President on the Board of Directors and occasionally performs in Lowbrow’s productions. Along with teaching and navigating the non-profit world, Christine recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a Master of Education in Early Childhood Education. Christine enjoys spending her free time with her wonderful partner, Alex, and their dog, Oliver (Ollie), trying new things, cooking, and enjoying a good IPA.

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Devorah Detzer is a lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest on ancestral Duwamish territory. Prior to university, she studied Suzuki cello and played the roles of Chino (West Side Story), Emmett Forrest (Legally Blonde), and Roger Davis (RENT). In 2016, she began studying classical voice performance at the University of Washington under the instruction of Cyndia Sieden. While an undergraduate, she performed the roles of Giove (La Calisto), Figaro (Marriage of Figaro), and Baritone 1 (Hydrogen Jukebox), sung with the University of Washington Chamber Singers, and directed the a cappella group Hounds of Music. She is an advanced guitarist and lyric poet. Detzer began transition in April, 2021. She now works in a local nursery, learning to care for her many plants and supporting her many artistic projects. She enjoys a long, enriching partnership with Lowbrow Opera Collective.

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Nic is a Seattle-based tenor and studies with Dr. Kari Ragan. He received his BM in Vocal Performance and BA in Music History from the University of Washington. He has served as chorus member for Pacific MusicWork’s productions of Semele, Die Zauberflöte, and Orphée et Eurydice, as well as Bellevue City Opera’s production of Le nozze di Figaro. He is the co-founder of Lowbrow Opera Collective and has felt endless fulfillment in bringing new opera to the PNW and to have helped build such a cool community of artists. In his spare time, he likes to snuggle with his cats, bake tweats for his fwiends, and smash the patriarchy.

Drew

Alex is a Seattle-based Baritone originally from Alameda, California. He received his BA in Business from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Although a business major, Alex was heavily involved in UPS’s school of music as a member of the Adelphian’s concert choir, singer in the small chamber choir Voci d’Amici, president of the Timberfolk A cappella group, and vocal student who took lessons from Dr. Steven Zopfi. Expecting to continue his choral pursuits post-graduation, the realities of adulting and a global pandemic quickly put all group-related singing plans on pause. Now, a few years since his last official performance, Alex is thrilled to be making his debut with Lowbrow and he couldn’t be more ecstatic to be working with this wild and wonderful cast. He wants to extend a special thank you to his friends, family, and partner Christine for continuing to encourage him to get back out there and perform.

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Olivia Kerr is a Seattle-based Soprano originally from Ohio. She received her BM in Vocal Performance at the University of Toledo, and is pursuing her MM at the University of Washington.

She is excited to return to Lowbrow after performing "Count to Ten" in their virtual production of Windows last year.

She has performed the roles of Suor Genovieffa and Le Novizie in Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica, L'écureuil/La Chatte in Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les Sortiléges, Pamina in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Lauretta in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Isabel/Madeline in Henry Mollicone's The Face on the Barroom Floor, Laetitia in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief, Laurie Moss in Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land, Ninfa in Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, and Monica in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium.

She has been a featured soloist in works such as Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Gioachino Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Johannas Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem and Zigeunerlieder.

In her spare time, Olivia likes to cook, play video games, make memes, go "pspspsps" to nearby cats, sing karaoke at dive bars, and take alarmingly long naps.

Ensemble, Ho, Drew’s mom, Charlene

As a singer, Amy has had a grand ol’ time f*cking around and finding out with Copious Love, Book-it Theatre, Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, The Esoterics, and now thankfully this gaggle of weirdos!

Outside the black box she can be found either teaching folks how to patch a flat tire and take the lane or in the kitchen messily cooking something odd she found in a neighbor’s yard.

Collaborative Pianist

After studying viola and composition for his undergraduate degree at University of Delaware, Sam found his true calling for organ music and accompanying voice during his graduate studies at Syracuse University where he began organ lessons. After graduation he continuously worked as church organist in various locations and as a rehearsal pianist for diverse community choruses in Ithaca, NY. Currently Sam freelances as a keyboardist and music director for several local theatre companies including Twelfth Night Productions, Centerstage Theatre, and HEARTS: Health & Arts. Sam is super excited to collaborate with Lowbrow Opera Collective again!

Lighting Designer