Dr. Sally Ride

Praised for her transcendent vocals (NWTheatre) and excellent soprano voice (Drama in the Hood), Christine Oshiki (she/they) is a well-rounded performer and early childhood educator in the Seattle area. A preschool teacher by day and a vocalist by night, she holds a BM in Vocal Performance from the University of Washington and a MEd in Early Childhood Education from Eastern Washington University. Christine is serving their sixth year as President on the Lowbrow Board of Directors and most recently performed in Lowbrow's Sweets by Kate as Mrs. Webster. In addition to Lowbrow's endeavors, Christine can be found singing with Choral Arts Northwest, Let's All Drink and Do Broadway, MUSING, and as a freelance soloist in the Seattle area. She enjoys spending her free time with her fiancé, Alex, their dogs, Ollie and Otis, cooking, and trying new IPAs.

Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy

Sarah Larkworthy (she/her) is a mezzo-soprano based in Seattle, Washington. She is a student of José Luis Muñoz. Recent Seattle engagements include Paride in Paride ed Elena with Puget Sound Concert Opera and Elizabeth in Sweets by Kate with Lowbrow Opera Collective. Other engagements include singing with the Seattle Opera Chorus and soloist work with Epiphany choir and Harmonia orchestra & chorus. Prior to moving to Seattle, she lived in the Washington, DC area, where she sang Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Baltimore Concert Opera and performed with the Potomac Vocal Institute. She has a BM in music and a BA in Physics from Oberlin College and Conservatory. Other notable credits include: La Contessa in Le Nozze di

Figaro and Micaela in La Tragédie de Carmen with Seagle Music Festival, Donna Elvira in Don

Giovanni with Oberlin in Italy, and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with Oberlin Conservatory.

NASA Mission Control / Ensemble Bass

Ensemble Soprano

Ashley Biehl is a classical singer and opera director living in Seattle. Recent engagements include Francesca Caccini in “Caccini’s Ghost” with Seattle Opera Creation Lab, Kate in “Sweets by Kate” and director of “Emily & Sue” with Lowbrow Opera Collective, and Queen of the Night with NOISE. They are also involved with Artemis Theater’s Interplay theater project “WTF” which seeks to bring to the theater stage all the community-building methods of Interplay, which involve movement, singing, and storytelling.

Ensemble Alto

Karen Dunstan (she/he/they) is a soprano hailing from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Karen performs in the Seattle area, most recently the Witch in NOISE’s touring production of Hansel and Gretel and Zita in Tacoma Opera’s Gianni Schicchi. Karen has also had the pleasure of performing in two previous Lowbrow OC productions: Sweets by Kate in 2024 and more than friends in 2023. Karen is passionate about inclusivity and broad access to opera, particularly with regards to queer representation, and examined the history of queer representation in opera in their 2020 video project “Someone Will Remember Us: Queer Narratives in Opera and Art Song”. 

Ensemble Tenor

Eric is a classical vocalist and actor living and working in so-called Seattle, WA on Land that is the ancestral inheritance 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; Tony in the Seattle premier of #adulting and #adulting 2, Patroclus in Achilles and Patroclus. 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. 

Collaborative Pianist / Co-Music Director

Sam Peters (he/him) is a keyboardist/music director/arranger/violist in the Seattle area. He is excited and honored to present new music in this concert after devoting a lot of time to arranging and music directing. Recent career highlights include music directing Reboot Theatre's Oliver! (Sound on Stage and Gregory Award nominee); collaborative pianist on Lowbrow Opera's Sweets By Kate and #adulting2; arranging music for Beauty And The Beast: A Christmas Panto at Centerstage Theatre. 

Stage Director / Co-Music Director

Kate Posey (she / they) is an operatic stage director, theater producer, and arts administrator whose varied work focuses on imagining a better world through art. Kate holds a BM in Applied Voice (Baylor University, 2015) and an MM in Voice Performance (University of Washington, 2017). She is the Operations and Administrative Associate at Seattle Pro Musica, and serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors for Lowbrow Opera Collective, where she also frequently stage directs and serves on the New Works Search Committee. Notable stage directing credits include #adulting, a new opera (LOC, 2019 & 2020); WINDOWS (LOC 2021); Amahl and the Night Visitors (Music on Site, Inc., 2022); #adulting2, here we go again (LOC 2022); Achilles & Patroclus, part of LOC’s 2023 production of MORE THAN FRIENDS: a triptych on queer love through the ages; Sweets by Kate (LOC 2024); and LOC's 2025 production of Sally Ride, presented as part of Seattle Opera's annual open house. Outside of arts administration and stage direction work, Kate is a frequent DIRT Corps volunteer, DSA member, yoga enthusiast, avid reader and library card holder, and recently earned a certificate in sustainable and regenerative design. 

Stage Manager