Seraphine Terryberry – Associate Director

Seraphine Terryberry (she/her) is a teacher, writer, and director with a deep love for comedic storytelling and a knack for chaos coordination. She trained at The Second City Training Center and graduated as valedictorian from The Second City Film School—making her, quite literally, certified to be funny (a responsibility she takes very seriously).

She later joined The Second City teaching faculty as a writing instructor for both adults and youth and also served as Facility Supervisor at Franklin Park Arts Center, where she oversaw countless performances and events, including the first Bob Ross art exhibit.

Seraphine recently toured France as a performer for a TIE program and looks forward to returning to the Chicago area and putting her certification to serious use.

Jen Smith – Production Manager & Stage Management Faculty

Jen Smith (she/her) is happy to continue her working relationship with the Cherub program after teaching Stage Management last summer. Jen was very familiar with the program after working side by side with the Cherubs while she was the Production Manager for Northwestern’s Wirtz Center a number of years ago.  Since Northwestern, Jen has worked with DePaul’s Theatre School where she graduated as a Stage Manager/Production Manager.  Jen has long working relationships at many Chicago theatres including Lookingglass (Production Manager), Chicago Shakespeare (Director of Production) and The Goodman Theatre (Asst. Prod. Mgr.). Jen warmed up for a bit and worked with Arizona Theatre Company, producing in both Tucson and Phoenix but returned to the Midwest to work with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre as General Manager. Jen is currently back in the freelance world and most recently was the interim Production Manager for University of Illinois Chicago.  She is also the Production Manager for Haymarket Opera Company. When not a thespian, Jen works with glass. You can follow her at jensmithglass on Instragram.

Krista Ploger- Assistant Production Manager

Krista Ploger (She/Her) is looking forward to joining the team at Cherubs this summer as Assistant Production Manager. She is a Chicago area based stage manager and a recent graduate of Illinois State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Theater Production Design and Technology with a focus in stage management. While at Illinois State, Krista was also Production Manager for the student production company Freestage. Recent stage management credits include Arsenic and Old Lace, Into the Woods, and The Suspicious Butler.

Mark Boergers – Core Faculty

Mark Boergers (he/him) is a producer, director, educator, facilitator and artistic advocate based in Chicago, IL. He served as Chair of Visual and Performing Arts and Artistic Director of the theater program at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, WI.  He also is co-founder of Shakespeare on the Ridge in Evanston, IL as well as the former producing Artistic Director of The Arc Theatre in Chicago, IL.  Mark has worked as a Casting Assistant for Paskal-Rudnicke Casting in on-camera casting for television, film, online and commercial projects.  Mark is passionate about facilitating artists’ processes and showcasing them to audiences to ignite community dialogue and shared emotional intelligence.  Mark holds his BS in Business and Theatre from Marquette University and his MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University.  markboergers.com

Ryan Kitley – Core Faculty

Ryan Kitley (he/him) is thrilled to be joining The Cherubs for the first time this summer. Ryan has been acting, teaching, coaching, and directing in Chicago for nearly 30 years. He is adjunct faculty at DePaul, and teaches with many other programs around the city. Favorite Chicago theater credits include Inherit the Wind, Objects in the Mirror, Roe, Support Group for Men (Goodman), Lettie (Victory Gardens), Romeo and Juliet (CST), Assassination Theater (MBC), Burn This, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (SGT), Transformations 2000 (Piven), The Big Funk (Clock Prod.), among others. Ryan received a Jeff award for best ensemble in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Shattered Globe Theatre, a Jeff nomination for best supporting actor in The Big Funk, and best actor nomination for his work on the film Guidance. Ryan is the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from The Theatre School at DePaul. Film and television credits include The Chi, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Proven Innocent, Boss, Empire, Detroit 1-8-7, Turks, Early Edition, Dig Two Graves, Guidance, among others. Ryan holds an MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul. Represented by Gray Talent Group, he is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

Brennan Roach – Core Faculty

(he/him) is a theatre artist and educator currently based in Chicago, IL. He has collaborated with numerous theatre institutions as well as high school and university programs across the United States and Europe as an actor, director, teacher, and movement designer. He has trained with many global artists and theatre companies including SITI Company and the Suzuki Company of Toga in Japan. Brennan is the Director of the theatre program and Fine Arts Department Chair at Jones College Prep in the heart of downtown Chicago. He is passionate about helping young people find and give voice to their stories through the creation and performance of original work. He received his BFA from The Boston Conservatory, his MA from Northeastern Illinois University and his MAT from Rockford University, IL

Cassie Slater – Core Instructor

Cassie Slater (she/her) is a mother, a teacher, a maker, a director, and an award-winning actor and singer. Cassie has worked extensively in the development of new musicals and has been a featured vocalist at Lincoln Center, Birdland, Joe’s Pub, and Merkin Concert Hall. In 2009, she won the New York Music Theater Festival’s Next Broadway Sensation Competition, which led to her solo show Chimera at Joe’s Pub. Cassie’s autobiographical play with music, How To Lobster, premiered as part of Steppenwolf Theatre’s LookOut Series in the spring of 2023. She created the award-winning early childhood music and creative play program, Stomp and Shout Kids, in 2012 which continues to encourage joy, social emotional learning and authentic creativity with the early childhood set in Chicago and beyond. She was the Educational Director for Sunrise Arts Group in Shanghai China for three seasons and has taught and directed for multiple young people’s programs across the US. Cassie is a proud recipient of a Jeff Award, a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University and a long time member of Actors Equity.  Her greatest achievement is being mom to sweet Winona. www.CassieSlater.com

Tim Giles – Directing Faculty

Tim Giles (he/him) is an actor, director, and educator. He’s very excited to be returning to Cherubs in a new capacity for 2026. He has served as a Core Instructor for two years and is pumped to be joining the team of directors for this summer. He holds a BFA from Rutgers University and an MFA from the University of South Carolina. He is deeply invested in constructing educational environments that encourage students’ creativity and which invite them to investigate what is possible in theater. Most recently he has taught at Pomona College where he also co-directed The Play That Goes Wrong and directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He recently received his certification in teaching clown from The Clown School in Los Angeles and tries to bring the chaotic joy of clowning to everything he works on.

Claudia Kinahan – Directing Faculty

Photo & Bio Coming Soon!

Sofia Ubilla – Directing Faculty

Sofia Ubilla (she/her) is a South Florida-born Costa Rican director, theatre artist, and administrator. She is currently a First Year MFA Directing Candidate at Northwestern University and is so excited to be joining Cherubs this summer. Past directing credits include Yerma (Northwestern University), The Amethyst and The Peridot (Fordham University), Aztec Pirates, or the Insignificance of Life on Mars (Chain Theatre), A Few Good Men, Sweat (SUNY Brockport), Saguaros (JACK), The Girls (Dixon Place), Valor, agravio y mujer and Cloud Tectonics (Fordham University). Past assistant and associate directing credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theatre Mobile Unit), Dirty Laundry (WP Theatre), we are continuous (Geva Theatre), Los empeños de una casa, La Conducta de la Vida (Repertorio Español), and Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage). She was the Spring 2025 and 2023 Directing Fellow at Geva Theatre and has worked on a variety of projects with WP Theatre, INTAR Theatre, Bay Street Theatre, Hedgepig Ensemble, Latinx Playwrights Circle, and Microteatro Miami. She graduated from Fordham University with a BA in Theatre and Spanish Studies. |www.sofiaubilla.com|

Oskar Westbridge – Directing Faculty

Oskar Westbridge (they/them) is a director, teaching artist, and occasional sound designer. This will be their fifth time working with the Cherubs program, having directed DECOMPOSED THEATRE last summer. Other directing credits include “Rossum’s Universal Robots” and “Frankenstein” as a guest artist at Triton College, and “Knights of the Group Project” for Improv Playhouse’s TYA program. As an educator, they’ve taught at Lookingglass Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, DePaul University, UIC, and the Park District of Oak Park. Oskar is a graduate of the Theatre School at DePaul University, and a proud alumni of Directors Lab North 2024 https://www.oskarcywestbridge.com.