Aan Yátx'u Sáani: Noble People of the Land

Sarah Campen - story box website project director

Sarah Campen grew up in Sitka and on Killisnoo Island.  She now migrates between Taas Daa (Lemesurier Island), Juneau, and Hawaii.  Sarah is a multi-media artist, teaching artist, and facilitator whose work explores complexities of human communication and relations between people and place. She has worked with communities across Southeast Alaska to facilitate community-based solutions to natural resource concerns. Sarah teaches dance and theater, and designs collaborative installations (most recently One Hundred Days - One Hundred Voices at The Canvas Community Art Studio in Juneau). Sarah is a member of the 2018 Center for Performance and Civic Practice's Catalyst Initiative Program.

Ryan Conarro - story box website project director

Ryan Conarro is an interdisciplinary artist, journalist, educator and facilitator whose work centers on storytelling, documentary and community engagement, and collaborative approaches to devising performance. Raised in an Army family, Conarro moved from New York to Nome in 2001 as a journalist for KNOM Radio, then to Juneau. He’s a collaborator with several Alaska arts, education, and media organizations. The TCG Leadership Fellowship brought Ryan to Ping Chong + Company in 2014, where he served as Artistic Collaborator in Residence, Creative Producer, and Education & Community Projects Associate until Summer 2020. Recognitions include Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award; Ann Shaw Fellowship for Arts Education; Connie Boochever Fellowship; and 3 Alaska Broadcasters’ Association Goldie Awards. 

Miciana Hutcherson - story box website collaborator for “aan yátx’u sáani” and “when the salmon spoke”

Miciana Hutcherson (Community Engagement Collaborator). Miciana Alise was born and raised in Juneau, where she grew up participating in local theater and performance art. She is currently studying Film through Arizona State University and recently participated in the Sundance Film Festival through their internship program. She has been a voice in social justice movements throughout Alaska and the lower 48 and served as Tlingit & Haida’s Emerging Leader to the Executive Council 2016-2017.  

Frank Henry Kaash Katasse - story box website collaborator for “aan yátx’u sáani”

Frank Henry Kaash Katasse is Tlingit from the Tsaagweidí clan. Frank is an actor, director, producer, improviser, educator, and playwright. Frank received his Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Hawai’i: Mānoa. Frank currently serves as the Board President of Juneau Douglas Little Theatre (JDLittletheatre.org) and has been involved with Perseverance Theatre (PT) since moving back to Douglas in 2008. His body of work at PT includes a dozen productions including World Premieres of Alaska Native themed plays (Battles of Fire and Water, Cedar House, Reincarnation of Stories, Our Voices Will Be Heard, and William, Inc.). In 2017, Frank was selected to be part of Perseverance Theatre’s “Writers Circle” as well as the Playwright in Residence at La Jolla Playhouse. In the spring of 2017, PT produced the rolling world premiere of Katasse’s play They Don’t Talk Back.

LILlian petershoare - story box website collaborator for “Juneau Voices”

Heather Hardcastle - story box website collaborator for “when the salmon spoke”

Sue Schrader- story box website collaborator for “juneau Voices”

Since retiring as a veterinarian, wilderness guide, and conservation activist, Sue has pursued work in the theater realm as her “encore career.” For the past 10 years, she has served as stage manager, assistant stage manager, and run crew on multiple Perseverance Theatre productions, most recently, The Elaborate Entry of Chad Deity.