Discover Our Story
This project is created by Troupe, a collective of interdisciplinary artists who prioritize people over product and process over perfection.
We believe that how we make something matters as much as what we make.
Watch Us At Work!
A picture speaks a thousand words, even stage pictures. But we are lucky to have photographers who love to document our work – check out the process in images if words are not your jam!
Our Team
Meet the team
A Practice Rooted in Care
Rehearsals for You, Me, and the Woodsmoke are not just about blocking scenes or memorizing lines. They’re a chance to gather, reflect, and reimagine.
We journal, cook, laugh, argue, walk, cry, and listen. We build trust through repetition, through ritual, and through shared time.
We’ve rehearsed in living rooms, on porches, in forest glades. The land is part of the ensemble. So is each artist’s lived experience. So is the audience.
This is not just a play. It’s a living process, one that keeps expanding as more people—like you—enter the circle.
The Actors
Catherine Stewart
Playwright | Deviser
A participatory artist with a multidisciplinary skillset who works at the intersection of theater, film, and community-driven practices. Her work is rooted in collaboration, exploring complex social issues through immersive storytelling that invites audiences to become active participants in the creative process.
Kolby Hume
Actor Deviser
A theatermaker, and educator, whose work bridges the worlds of embodied learning and physical performance. As a high school social studies teacher and artist, she brings a unique ability to scaffold complex ideas through movement, storytelling, and deep listening.
Monique Peaslee Foote
Actor Deviser
A theatremaker focused on adaptive engagement and audience outreach across diverse demographics. Her work champions accessibility and creative freedom, crafting experiences that invite all participants to feel seen, heard, and imaginatively engaged.
Matt Recine
Actor Deviser | Puppeteer
A theatremaker with expertise in instructional design and the ethical use of technology to enhance audience learning. His work bridges technical precision with thoughtful pedagogy, creating experiences that are both immersive and intellectually stimulating.
Interdisciplinary & Interdependent
Troupe’s members bring experience from across disciplines:
Education. Puppetry. Sound design. Dramaturgy. Movement. Playwriting. Facilitation. Environmental design. But we don’t silo our skills. We cross-pollinate. We experiment. We ask big questions and stay with the tension.
We make room for discomfort and discovery.
We reject extractive models of making.
We’re practicing something slower, stranger, and more sustaining.
Invitation, Not Instruction
Our process isn’t prescriptive—it’s porous.
We don’t just want audiences to watch. We want them to feel part of something.
Whether you’re engaging with the performance, attending a workshop, or reading the script under a tree, we hope you feel it and that it repairs you.
And we’re so glad you’re here.