Director

Stacey earned her PhD from Indiana University before moving to Berlin as a fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service. She spent five years as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Loyola University Chicago and, for thirty-two years, served as Associate Professor of Theatre at Trinity University, where she recently retired from teaching theatre history, dramatic literature, and performance. She has directed more than fifty productions in both academic and professional settings, including work with AtticRep, the McNay Art Museum, and the Classic Theatre of San Antonio. In 2019 and 2022, Stacey was one of three faculty leaders of Trinity in Germany, a seven‑week summer study abroad program focused on German theatre and dramatic literature in Berlin. Her scholarship on German theatre, political drama, and educational theatre has appeared in books and in regional and national journals, and she is currently translating the post‑war diary of influential German stage director Erwin Piscator.

Production Stage Manager

Trevor began his entertainment career as an acrobat in the Edmonton Opera’s production of The Mikado in 1991.  He parlayed that experience into an acrobatic and performing career that spanned 23 years and six countries with such acclaimed companies as Dragone Entertainment and Cirque du Soleil.  After retiring from performing full-time, Trevor worked as a Show Manager and Artistic Director in San Diego, California. His show, Cirque Electrique went on to win the IAAPA award for Best Show in 2017.  Trevor is proud to have worked at the Tobin Center in a variety of roles since 2021 and is excited and thankful to be a part of 100A Productions. All of us at the Tobin and 100A are grateful for Trevor’s recent return from his adventure as Company Manager of House of Dancing Water in Macao, China.

Bob Jones

David Connelly is pleased to return to 100A Productions after directing its premiere event, The 39 Steps, and most recently the ATAC Award–winning Talley’s Folly. He began his professional theatre career in Chicago, working with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago/Festival of Perth/Broadway), the Goodman Theatre, The Pointe Theatre Company, and the Famous Door Theatre Company.

In San Antonio, David’s directing and performance credits include work with Attic Rep and the San Antonio Public Theatre. He recently retired after 22 years with the North East School of the Arts, where he established the Acting curriculum for the Musical Theatre program and directed more than sixty productions.

In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter named the NESA theatre program one of the top ten high school drama programs in the nation, and in 2019, David was a finalist for the Tony Awards’ Excellence in Theatre Education Award.

Jennifer Jones

Gloria Sanchez‑Molina received her BA in Theatre from the University of the Incarnate Word. She appeared in 100A’s inaugural production of The 39 Steps and returned this season in Greater Tuna. Her AtticRep credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Martha), God of Carnage (Veronica), The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (Stevie), Hell Cab (Ensemble), and Lydia (Rosa). Other notable roles include Santos y Santos (Veronica), Enchanted April (Costanza), and The Cherry Orchard (Pischik).

Mark Stringham is the current Chair and Producing Director of Theatre Arts at the University of the Incarnate Word. He returns to the 100A stage after receiving an ATAC Award for his performance in Talley’s Folly. Mark has worked extensively in San Antonio and at regional theatres across the country, with credits including A Christmas Carol, Mr. & Mrs., The Tens, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, My Fair Lady, and Pizza Theology at Actors Theatre of Louisville; My Fair Lady at Cleveland Play House; Runway 69 and Antony and Cleopatra (directed by T. Alvin McCraney) with RSC/New Dramatists; Bellwether at the Public Theatre, NYC; The Rose Garden with Atlantic Theatre Company; Illyria the Musical and Macbeth at the Virginia Shakespeare Festival; and A Flea in Her Ear, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Cape Cod Critics Circle Award), The Fantasticks, and Taming of the Shrew at the Monomoy Theatre. His San Antonio credits include Our Town, The Merchant of Venice, The Lion in Winter, and Bound by Truth with the Classic Theatre of San Antonio; Footloose at the San Pedro Playhouse; and Altered State Bar and Princess Bribe with Ethics Follies. Mark holds an MFA from Ohio University and a BA from the University of the Incarnate Word. All his adoration and gratitude to Candice: A too.

Pony Jones

Eva Laporte is a California-born theatre artist who has returned to San Antonio after working extensively around the country. She holds a degree in Acting from the University of Northern Colorado and has trained with the National Theatre Conservatory, the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Academy, and the Moscow Art Theatre. Nationally, Eva has developed new work with playwrights including Edward Albee, Philip Dawkins, and Mark Medoff, and she served as a mentor for the Young Playwrights Festival at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Her directing highlights include Four Places by Joel Drake Johnson and 9 Circles by Bill Cain with The Surround Project, Rebecca Gilman’s Dollhouse at Stages Repertory Theatre, and Post by Eric James, as well as San Antonio productions such as Brilliant Traces at the San Pedro Playhouse and Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses at the Sheldon Vexler Theatre. As an actor, Eva received an ATAC Award for Best Actress for 100A’s Talley’s Folly; additional credits include Outside Agitators (premiere) with 20% Theatre Co.; Woof (premiere) at Main Street Theater; Uncle Vanya and Ubu Roi at Classical Theatre Company; Auntie Mame at Stages Repertory Theatre; Crimes of the Heart, Bus Stop, and Moon Over Buffalo at Texas Repertory Theatre; Romeo & Juliet with the Shakespeare Globe Centre of the Southwest; The Glass Menagerie at the Classic Theatre of San Antonio; Mr. Marmalade and Just A Kiss (premiere) with Attic Rep; Doubt, The Underpants, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the Church Theatre; The Crucible, Taming of the Shrew, Female Transport, The Clearing, A Company of Wayward Saints, and Chinamen/The Two of Us at the Sheldon Vexler Theatre; and State Fair, The Women, Carousel, Intimate Apparel, Sky Girls, and Lobby Hero at the San Pedro Playhouse. Eva has been recognized with multiple Alamo Theatre Arts Council Awards, including Best Actress* and Best Director**. She and her partner, Zach Lewis, operate a theatre pop‑up project dedicated to contemporary plays. We encourage you to find more at www.thesurroundproject.com