Associate Artists
Core Collaborators
“All of these extraordinary actors have been with us for two seasons or more and have been an integral part of each of our productions. We highly value their unceasing work ethic, strength, vulnerability, courage, generosity, passion, and skills as collaborators. We look forward to continuing to work and grow together, and empower them to shape the artistic processes and culture of ISC Santa Fe.” —Ariana Karp, Artistic Director
Mairi Chanel
Lynn Goodwin
Amy Meilander
Breshaun-Birene Joyner
Alexander Lane
Geoffrey Pomeroy
Clara West
Mairi Chanel
Previously for the ISC: Queen Elizabeth in Richard III (2023); Autolycus, Jailer in The Winter’s Tale (2022); Dionyza, 2nd Sailor in Pericles (2022); Menenius Agrippa, Roman Soldier in Coriolanus (2021); Portia, Metellus Cimber, Cinna the Poet, Plebian in Julius Caesar (2021); Isabella in Measure for Measure (2019); Gadshill in Henry the Fourth, Part One (2019); King of France, Knight/Lear’s Gentleman in King Lear (2018).
Bio: Mairi Chanel spent her childhood summers attending the performances of Shakespeare in Santa Fe at St. John’s College, and has been obsessed with Shakespeare’s vibrant characters and language ever since. For her, all acting has been a means to Shakespeare.
She has been performing on Santa Fe (and a few California) stages for 13 years, with some favorite roles outside the ISC including: Macbeth in Macbeth (&Sons Theatre); Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Santa Fe Shakespeare Society); Agnes in She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms (Ad Astra Theatre/&Sons Theatre); Mrs. Daldry in The Vibrator Play (Santa Fe Playhouse); Weird Sister/Lady Macduff in Macbeth (Santa Fe Playhouse); Nyx/Creon in Out of Thebes (Theaterwork); Karen Wright in The Children’s Hour (Santa Fe Playhouse); Karlie in Luna Gale (Adobe Rose Theatre); and Itchy the Dalmatian Puppy in 101 Dalmatians (Acequia Madre Elementary School).
Mairi is a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of &Sons Theatre, which was nominated for Best of Santa Fe despite only being able to produce one in-person show before the 2020 quarantine. In 2021, as part of &Sons’ digital programming and the Santa Fe Summer Shakespeare Festival, Mairi wrote, directed, and virtually premiered her first full-length play, Lay Our Scene: An Interactive and Highly Inaccurate Re-telling of Romeo and Juliet.
Her time outside theaters is filled with drawing imaginary people, playing a lot of Dungeons and Dragons (including running an after-school program at The May Center for Learning), dabbling in stand-up, and playing the ukulele with mediocre skill, but intense joy.
Lynn Goodwin
Previously for the ISC: Paulina in The Winter’s Tale (2022); Volumnia in Coriolanus (2021); Marcus Brutus in Julius Caesar (2021); Goneril in King Lear (2018).
Bio: Lynn Goodwin is a director, actor, writer, and teacher. She spent fourteen years based in NYC, working off-Broadway, in regional theaters, and in film.
As a member of The Ensemble Studio Theater (until c.1996), she acted in developmental workshops and productions, working directly with playwrights such as Horton Foote, Richard Greenberg, Romulus Linney and Jackie Reingold.
In New Mexico, Lynn has acted with the College of Santa Fe’s professional play development workshop and local theaters. With playwright Dale Dunn, she serves as Co-Artistic Director of Just Say It Theater, teaching and collaborating with artists intent on keeping live theater alive. She directed: Just Say It Theater’s productions of Constellations and The Big Heartless; Aliens (for Ironweed Productions); and eight collaborative, original theater pieces, with students from La Mariposa Montessori, New Mexico School for the Arts, Santa Fe Indian School, The Girls School, and Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
She earned a BA from Yale University, an MFA from Columbia University, and an advanced certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA.
Breshaun-Birene Joyner
Previously for the ISC: Antigona, Time in The Winter’s Tale (2022); Cerimon, Bawd, Diana in Pericles (2022); Virgilia, Citizen, Roman Soldier in Coriolanus (2021); Casca, Plebian in Julius Caesar (2021); Provost in Measure for Measure (2019); Lady Percy in Henry the Fourth, Part One (2019).
Bio: Breshaun-Birene Joyner is a performer and educator. As a performer, in addition to her most recent work with ISC Santa Fe, her favorite roles include the Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (John Waldron Arts); Bernada Alba in The House of Bernada Alba (John Waldron Arts); and Anne Bonney in Ken Ludwig’s Treasure Island (Cardinal Stage Company).
As an educator, Breshaun has taught for over twenty years in traditional and non-traditional learning environments from Shakespeare performance summer camps for kindergarten students to teacher education college classrooms. She was also the Education Director for several years at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, a non-profit performing arts theater dedicated to the production and development of new plays.
Breshaun currently teaches eighth grade English at Santa Fe Preparatory School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She holds a MA in Children’s Literature from the University of New Mexico and is pursuing additional graduate work in Shakespeare pedagogy, specifically designing curriculum applying Shakespeare in interdisciplinary contexts.
Alexander Lane
Previously for the ISC: Richard III in Richard III (2023); Rogero in The Winter’s Tale (2022); Pericles in Pericles (2022); Sicinius Velutus, Volscian in Coriolanus (2021); Murellus, Soothsayer, Octavius Caesar, Plebian in Julius Caesar (2021).
Bio: Alexander Lane grew up in Santa Fe and spent over a decade in New York City and Chicago before the pandemic brought him home. Chicago credits include Hamlet and Othello (The Gift Theatre); Balm In Gilead (Griffin Theatre); directing and producing several productions of the international theatre project Theatre Uncut; and punkplay (Steppenwolf Garage Rep). He was also a member of the new plays company Pavement Group. New York credits include Romeo And Juliet (Shakespeare In The Park/Public Theater); Antonin Artaud's The Cenci (Hotel Savant); and What The Thunder Said (River To River Festival/bluemouth inc.). Television credits include Chicago Med and Chicago Fire. Film credits include the award-winning short Blue Boy by New Mexico filmmaker Andy Kastelic that premiered at AMFX. He is a graduate of the University Of New Mexico and the School at Steppenwolf Theatre; and is represented by Mitchell & Associates Talent here in New Mexico.
Since moving back to Santa Fe in 2020, he has been absolutely thrilled to find the ISC - his ideal Shakespeare collaborators - right in his own backyard. Life is strange and wondrous. He also acted with the New Mexico Actors Lab in The Seafarer and has been an assistant teacher with the Upstart Crows' Youth Shakespeare Festival for the past two years. Most recently he participated in the Creative Startups/Vital Spaces Innovation Challenge - an internationally recognized accelerator for creative businesses - on behalf of the ISC. He believes in the potential of the Santa Fe arts community and it's his new dream to be a part of its growth and sustainability.
Geoffrey Pomeroy
Previously for the ISC: Richard III and Composer in Richard III (2023); Leontes in The Winter’s Tale (2022); Antiochus, Pander, Antiochenes Knight, 1st Sailor, & Composer in Pericles (2022); Coriolanus in Coriolanus (2021); Caius Cassius, Plebian in Julius Caesar (2021); Angelo in Measure for Measure (2019); Hotspur in Henry the Fourth, Part One (2019); Edmund in King Lear (2018).
Bio: Geoffrey Pomeroy is an actor, writer, musician and composer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He was always kind of a weird kid growing up, and proudly carries this trait into adulthood.
After college, Geoffrey spent ten years in Los Angeles working onstage with numerous theater companies, composing music for independent film and theater productions, and playing music in his beloved band, Please.
In 2009 Geoffrey moved to New York City where he continued performing onstage any chance he got, composing music for theater, playing music in clubs, and writing screenplays. He wrote and co-produced a short film, Hypothetically, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to win several awards for best comedic short nationwide.
Since 2014, Geoffrey has called Santa Fe his home, working on stage regularly with New Mexico Actors Lab and ISC Santa Fe. He continues to write music and screenplays, and also acts in television and film.
Geoffrey is an honors Graduate of Skidmore College, NY, and the British-American Drama Academy in London.
Clara West
Previously for the ISC: Brackenbury, Dorset, Young York, Messenger in Richard III (2023); Mamillius, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale (2022); Escanes, Pilch, Antiochenes Messenger, 1st Ephesian in Pericles (2022); Young Marcius, Roman Soldier, Citizen in Coriolanus (2021); Cinna, Lucius, Plebian in Julius Caesar (2021); Friar Thomas, Guard in Measure for Measure (2018); William the Messenger, Server, Sir Michael in Henry the Fourth, Part One (2019); Cordelia in King Lear (2018).
Bio: Clara West was born and raised on her family's ranch just South of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has spent the past four years studying Visual Arts at NMSA. Since age ten she has also been a member of the Santa Fe theatre scene due to an uninformed (and definitely amazing) decision to join a Shakespeare troupe. Working with The Upstart Crows of Santa Fe she has had the chance to take a shot at parts like: Prospero in The Tempest, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Claudius in Hamlet.
She is exceptionally proud of her work in ISC Santa Fe’s productions. In her few moments not caught up with some form of Shakespeare, Clara makes paint out of rocks and wastes her time drawing cats, trees and dragons.