Multi-instrumentalist, Akili Jamal Haynes, has performed with Illinois Jacquet (Swing), Lester Bowie (Mixed genres), Wynton Marsalis (New Orleans), Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Mixed genres), McCoy Tyner (Modern Bebop), the Mingus Big Band (Bebop), Nana Kimati Dinizulu (Ghana), Lenny Kravitz (Funk/Rock), Stephen Scott (Bebop), Lamine Toure & Group Saloum (Senegales Sabar/Mbalax), Sidi Muhammed Camara (Mali), Isaura Oliveira (Bahia Brazil), Sory Diabote (Mali), Fred Woodard Collective (Bebop/Mixed genres), Taina Asili (Puerto Rico), Fulani Haynes (Bebop/Mixed Genres), and Stan Strickland (Mixed Genres), among others. Akili is cultivating his multi-genre band called A Slice of P.A.I. (Positive African Images), which combines the ancient rhythms of the African continent with Funk, Rhythm and Blues, Hip-Hop, and Bebop. With the diverse backgrounds and musical histories of it’s personnel, the group is able to authentically infuse the many rhythmic creations and genres of Africans around the world into one sweet healing sound. PAI is a group that concentrates on creating original music and presenting the works of composers of African ancestry. PAI has performed concerts and lecture demonstrations for communities and schools in the Greater Boston Area. Most recently supporting the Green House Growers of the Dudley Greenhouse, bringing music to students of the Martin Luther King School and participating in a Community Music Center of Boston sponsored music festival called Feté de la Musique. P.A.I. is currently working on a multi-media project called Metamorphosis of the Blues and a feature film called Becoming Chibuzo, which tells the story of Akili Jamal Haynes, a child prodigy, forced to play trombone, who puts it down to pursue the dreams of his youth.
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Rebecca Schneebaum, she/her (Dialect Coach) is an actor and Designated Linklater Voice Teacher who works hard so her dog lives a comfortable life! She has performed with the LAByrinth Theatre Company, American Repertory Theater, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Brown Box Theatre Project, and many others. Rebecca has also worked as a dialect and voice coach for numerous theatres, youth theatres, and universities throughout the east coast. Currently, she teaches Linklater voice on the acting faculty at Emerson College and Boston Conservatory at Berklee. As a voice/dialect coach, her core value is to honor the whole context and subtle complexities that comprise a complete human life and are revealed through each person’s voice. Rebecca holds an MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College, a BFA from Emerson College, and completed her voice designation with Kristin Linklater at the Linklater Voice Center, Orkney in 2017. RebeccaSchneebaum.com
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Aurelia Lyman (Properties Designer) is thrilled to be back in the world of props after a few years away. She would like to extend a great many special thanks to everyone who lent their old equipment and took the time to explain this unique science.
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Kristin Loeffler (Scenic Design) Recent credits include The Emperor’s New Clothes, A New Musical, at Harvard/A.R.T., Familiar and Assistance at A.R.T. Institute, and Our Dead Dear Drug Lord with Off The Grid Theatre Company. Ms. Loeffler has designed scenery and costumes for many theaters in Boston and beyond including Greater Boston Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, New Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Centastage, The Theatre Offensive, Barrington Stage Company, Sugan Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Boston College, Wellesley College, Brandeis University, and University of Rochester. She has taught design and painting to students of all ages. She holds an M.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.
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