The Ensemble

Danielle Deadwiler has been performing for the stage in Atlanta since childhood. Most recently, she has been seen in Jasmine Guy’s directorial debut of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf in Atlanta and Macon, GA (Lady in Yellow), as well as an ensemble cast member in Ikam Production’s El Hajj Malik. In addition, Danielle has re-energized African American neighborhoods in Atlanta through community theatre projects such as Sweet and Sour Dill and Redemption’s Road. She has studied dance and theatre with Total/Dancical Productions, Gary Harrison Studios, Spelman College, Grady High School and others.

Gaelyn Hurd grew up with modern and ballet dance training in Atlanta (Callanwolde Fine Arts Center), but by high school graduation, she was looking for something different. While her friends headed off to Tech, Emory and UGA, she prepared to attend the Maharishi University in Fairfield, Iowa. As part of their education, students eat organic vegetarian food from the dining hall, take one class at a time each month, and meditate in groups twice a day. There, under the direction of dancer and national level gymnast, Juliette Dailey, Gaelyn discovered improvisational movement which renewed her excitement for dance. Dailey teaches improv to people already committed to the practice of meditation, and uses that experience and discipline to bring out a singular focus and presence on stage. After graduation, Gaelyn joined Ms. Dailey’s company, Danza.Da and performed with them for one season, before the Iowa cold drove her home. Gaelyn joined Fly-By in 2007, and has performed in Test Flights:3 new short plays and On The Fly, our improv show.

Lillian Ransijn graduated in May 2005 from Emory University with a B.A. in Dance and Movement Studies and a Minor in Theater Studies. She advocates interdisciplinary art work, and is most interested in the combination of dance and theater. As an undergraduate she choreographed and performed an Honors Thesis entitled “Reviving Ophelia”, which explored female adolescence through a dance-theater style solo performance. For the past three years, Lillian, has been working in Atlanta as a freelance teacher and performer with Dancerkids, Fly-By Theatre, Tell-Tale Theatre, the Decatur and East Lake YMCAs. She has previously danced in the works of Gregory Catellier, Rosanne Caudle, David Dorfman, Susan Eldridge, Anna Leo, Claire Porter, Lane Salter, George Staib and Lori Teague. She currently teaches dance at Moving in the Spirit, a non-profit youth development program.

Andrea Waterstone has previously performed with Blank Stage, The Clean Air Campaign and the University of Georgia Theater Department. She has directed Grease and Guys and Dolls in Cleveland, Ga. and was a vocalist/director of instrumentation for The Ones and The Specters in Athens, Ga. Currently Andrea is the Art/Drama teacher at the Atlanta Area School for the deaf.

Joshua Waterstone works in Atlanta Theater as an actor, director and teacher. As an actor Joshua is a core-acting company member of Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theater program and has played onstage with Center Theater, Georgia Shakespeare, Push-Push Theatre, Georgia Ensemble, The Georgia Aquarium, Blank Stage, O.T.C. Improv and Essential Theater. Joshua is a certified Classical Yoga teacher and teaches yoga/meditation Sunday mornings at Nirvana Yoga in Atlanta.