Elgalen Productions was born from a dream about creating female-driven transmedia and multiplatform content while the writer for “Mirror on The Wall” was a Film & Media Directing Student back in her home country, Chile. The company came to be with the production of “The Circle,” a Virtual Reality Narrative Experience for the Oculus Go in 2018 ( Official Selection at Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Genre Lab and Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival 2020); directed, produced, and written by Josefina Valenzuela Cerda. She is the writer/producer for “Mirror on the Wall” working alongside Gavin Reub as Director/Producer.

Josefina Valenzuela Cerda: Is a transmedia writer originally from Santiago-Chile, with a bachelor in Film and Media Directing from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and University of California Santa Barbara, and an MFA in Writing for Screen and Stage with a concentration in Interactive Media from Northwestern University. Josefina has worked for 10+ years in the media industry as a screenwriter, producer, and assistant director, among others. She was Development Executive at Demente Production Company winning grants to develop their projects, including the film “Spider Thieves” 2017. Her extensive experience on and off film sets allows her to understand the intricacies of film production and makes her passionate to push towards new technologies. She has been a professor at Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile, Northwestern University, and Seattle University in the USA, where she teaches screenwriting and Virtual Reality production.

Gavin Reub is a multidisciplinary artist, director, producer, and dramaturg. His interdisciplinary group Cheat Day premiered their full-length concert/immersive event at Nii Modo in 2018 and has performed in venues across Seattle, NYC, and Lima-Peru. Gavin is the Artistic Director of The Seagull Project and has directed at ACT Theatre, Hugo House, Lewis and Clark College, and the Ilkhom Theatre in Tashkent Uzbekistan. He won the Gregory Award for Outstanding Production in 2015 for their "The Three Sisters." He is the Director of Creative Development for Umbrella Project, a new play accelerator. He teaches at Coyote Central and with Path with Art, and is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied on scholarship at the Rock School for Dance Education, Metropolitan Ballet Academy, and the School of Pennsylvania Ballet; she attended summer courses at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, San Francisco Ballet, the School of American Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Ms. Ryan joined Pennsylvania Ballet II in 2014 and joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2016 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2017. She was named Dance Magazine’s On the Rise in 2018 and was on the March/April 2021 cover of Pointe Magazine. Ms. Ryan is a 2-time Princess Grace Award nominee. In addition to her dance work, Ms. Ryan earned a certificate for Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations from the DeVos Institute of Arts Management and is the Vice-Chair of Community Engagement for the Moulin Belle Arts Residency in Périgord, France. 

Liz McCarthy has been a professional actor/singer/dancer performing onstage and in film for 30+ years (Actors’ Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA member). 

Bella Rivera (she/they) is a Latinx scenic designer based in Seattle WA. Bella is a graduate of Seattle University, and earned a Theatre BA in 2020. Throughout college they worked as a scenic painter, scenic carpenter, and assistant designer before venturing off as a designer. Recent credits include Scenic Design for virtual productions of Oedipus the King, Sex by Mae West (Play Your Part) and Much Ado About Nothing (Shattered Glass Project).  Bella is extremely excited to be working on The Mirror since she is passionate about equitable gender representation in horror and especially eager to design for film! 

Leanna Keith (she/they) is a freelance flutist, artist, improviser, and composer in the Seattle area who delights in creating sound experiences that make audiences laugh, cry, and say: “I didn’t know the flute could do that!” Her performance artworks have focused on cultural connection and the breaking of audience/performer boundaries. Her recent work: "Finding the InBetween," presented at NW New Works by On The Boards in 2019 focused on the challenges faced by mixed-race people in America through music, crowd-sourced interviews, spontaneous poetry, and dance. The same summer, she premiered the "Concerto for Tea Ceremony" where audience members participated in a tea ritual as the soloist. In the fall of 2019, she debuted a piece called "imagination is an act of rebellion" at BASE Arts Space where she brought the audience to the stage to share an immersive group composing experience. In 2020, Leanna presented a new work in collaboration with Dust In Your Eyes Puppetry which focuses on queer identity and radical queer theory. Leanna has been nominated for the Seattle Gypsy Rose Lee award in composition and the Seattle Gregory award in composition for the play Sheathed by Maggie Lee. She also wrote and performed the score for the play We Go Mad by Amy Escobar. Leanna is the professor of flute at Cornish College of the Arts.

Rachel Delmar has been working to get people to come see theatre since she was 9 years old. Her first grown up stop, getting her degree & a very expensive crash course in how to make theatre at the University of Southern California, where she also began her love of film making. Since then, she has worked around the country as an actor, director, poet, teaching artist, producer, & marketer. She believes theatre & art can change the world. So she keeps figuring out how to do it whether the pandemic likes it or not. This is her first time working on VR and is so forking excited to discover where it takes us all. Loves include: Her life accomplices Gavin & Dame Olympia June, karaoke, dirty martinis, and dismantling white supremacy + the patriarchy. She also posts a lot of dogs, beverages, & PNW water features on Instagram... @RachelDelmar.

Fantasia Rose is orginally from Northern California, and now a Seattle-based artist. As a makeup artist/stylist/costume designer, she has had the opportunity to work on various stage and screen projects including: “In the Water" (Drew Highlands, Short Film, ‘21), “Violet’s Attic" (Cafe Nordo, '19), “Fade” (Seattle Public Theater, ‘18), and "Growing Pains" (Don't Do It, Web Series '16). She holds a BFA in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts. This is her first VR adventure and she is thrilled to be working with this talented cast and crew on such an exciting project! 

Lily McLeod is a Seattle-based lighting designer with a B.A. in Theatre from Seattle University, a past FAIR Assistant at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and is currently the the Lighting Associate at Seattle Rep and the resident Assistant Lighting Designer at ACT. Her designs have been seen onstage at Youth Theatre Northwest, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Theatre 9/12, ACT Lab, and Foothill Music Theatre. Though her background is primarily in theatre, she has recently assisted on a few film projects, including The Jinkx & Dela Holiday Special and Potato Dreams of America.

Interns:

Emma Kelash is a fourth year Seattle University student from Minneapolis, Minnesota, pursuing a double major in film studies and history. As a lover of stories and storytelling, she hopes to continue to work in film after graduation. In her free time, Emma enjoys going on hikes and walks, catching up with friends, and trying out elaborate vegan recipes. 

Sophie Heyman is entering her fourth year at Seattle University with a B.A. in film studies and a political science minor. Sophie hails from Salem, Oregon, where she first learned to love filmmaking creating Marvel parodies with friends during the summer. While not working, she enjoys hanging out with her roommates, sitting by the lake with friends, and exploring Seattle on foot. 

Teia O’Malley is a sophomore at the University of Washington where she is studying Drama Design and Linguistics. She has previously designed for The Good Person (University of Washington), The Conversion of Ka’ahumanu (Kumu Kahua Theatre), Indecent (The Arts at Mark’s Garage), The Mountaintop (TAG), and June is the First Fall (Kumu Kahua Theatre).

William Givens-Jensen came to Seattle University to gain a well-rounded education and become a successful student-athlete through tennis. Outside of his time at SU, he have been fortunate enough to work on many different types of productions: A stage manager for the play Joy in the Morning, a Director’s Assistant for Murder to Remember with Lifetime, Favorite Son with BET, Black Horror Anthology with AMC, and Tales with BET. Most recently, he have been interning with Morning Moon Productions and assisting them in their creative endeavors covering film, TV, and music.

In addition, Elgalen Productions will be teaming up with The American Chekhov Project (dba The Seagull Project), for fiscal sponsorship. The Seagull Project is a 10-year-old 501c3 nonprofit, respected across the country for its dedication to long-form workshops and development processes - producing hundreds of productions locally and internationally.