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Our Guest Artists
Paige C. Farlow
Paige C. Farlow, a midwest native, began her dance training at the age of 3 with the Janet Lang Dance Studio in Rochester, MN. Paige has trained across multiple genres, making her a knowledgeable, versatile, and well rounded dancer and choreographer. She has training in classical pointe ballet, jazz, lyrical, modern, contemporary, swing, hip hop, poms, high kick, African, and Bollywood.
Professionally, she began teaching dance in high school and has taught at multiple dance studios in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado. She directed and choreographed for two Denver High School Dance Companies – Noel Dance Company and East Dance Company where she has directed both choreographically and artistically, costumed, and choreographed for over 20 full length dance productions. Paige has experience choreographing several musicals and also has experience choreographing for vocal music performances, marching band and flag core, and fashion shows. She has developed and instructed several dance fitness classes such as hip hop aerobics and dance focused stretching, and strength training for local fitness centers. As a licensed special educator, her specialty is creating dance opportunities for students with emotional/behavioral and cognitive disabilities. She has created multiple programs with specialized dance curriculum to make dance accessible to all.
Paige holds a Colorado Teaching License with special education certification and a dance education endorsement. Because of her several years of experience in schools, she has developed dance curriculums across multiple genres for public dance education. She served as a Regional Team Specialist where she trained other dance educators and provided them with valuable resources to implement dance curriculum into their school based dance programs. She is founder of P.Christine Choreography LLC.
Josh Wagner
Wagner’s writing has been described as lyrical, whimsical, and incisive. Fascinated by rhizomes, paradoxes, and things left unsaid, his work always keeps at least a few toes in the currents of magical realism and fantastic fiction. His publication credits include Cafe Irreal, Not One of Us, Cleaver Magazine, Medulla Review, Fractured Lit, the Lovecraft eZine, and Image Comics. He has won awards for his work in comics and theatre, but prose remains his true and abiding love.
Josh began his life near the ocean, but soon moved to the mountains. Torn between these forces, he’s never been able to sit still for very long. Traveling and living abroad contributes a particular imaginative flavor to his work. He received his BA from the University of Montana and his MSc in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. These days he lives in a small, possibly haunted cottage in Ireland where has been working toward a PhD in Creative Practice, researching forest-based art, monster theory, and the nebulas of grief.
Andrea Dora Smith
Andrea Dora Smith is from Kansas City Missouri. She began her career as a Broadway and regional theatre performer. Her last Broadway show was Motown the Musical on Broadway where Andrea originated her role. At the same time Andrea pursued establishing her wedding band, The Hudson Project which traveled the world performing at private events and weddings. Andrea soon discovered that her passion for Broadway transitioned into a passion for live events and weddings and she formed The Band Method. The Band Method is a collective of bands, DJ’s and small musical groups. Andrea loves donating her time to attending speaking engagements as a Planned Parenthood spokesperson and she has donated her time and music services to Change For Kids, a program in New York City helping create activities within the inner city school system for underprivileged children. Andrea is a Mother and Wife and enjoys spending quality time hiking with her family. www.thebandmethod.com
For a long time Andrea was “the talent”, she followed directions and worked hard as a theatre performer to find out that her position was always expendable and gave her no security. Andrea wanted to take her life into her own hands and decided she would start her own business but the first step was the hardest, simply convincing herself that she could do it. She aligned herself with supportive friends and family and didn’t focus on every detail at the beginning- instead she took one day at a time, one goal at a time. Being a woman of color, Andrea wasn’t given the same opportunities as her counterparts and she is one of a few minority woman owned event and wedding entertainment business owners but that hasn’t stopped her. Andrea has moved at her own speed, networking and growing her business but not forgetting the main focus, supporting other musicians and artists. Andrea has proved that when you work for your passion and are able to do that while helping others succeed that there is nowhere to go but up!
Jessica Cara: Jess is a professional author and artist residing in the mountains of northwest Montana with her husband and doggo. She is a current board member and past president of Authors of the Flathead, and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. She has published an indie YA fantasy series, The Summer King Chronicles, as well as a contemporary coming-of-age with Page Street Books titled “A Furry Faux Paw,” with a second title, “Don’t Ask if I’m Okay,” due out in the spring of 2023. Jess’s stories, whether fantastic or contemporary, are Noblebright at their core, woven with a spirit of determined hope, belief in the power of kindness, and the faith that good will overcome. You can find her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ authorjessowen, www.jessowen.com for fantasy, or www.authorjessicakara.com for her contemporary work.
Benjamin Kessler
Benjamin loves every part of theater and is an actor, a technician, performer, and educator. He teaches acting, improvisation, private coaching, design, management and consulting. Recent Credits include Stage Manager for Into The Woods, and Sponge Bob The Musical (Patchy). Benjamin is proud to be the Theatre Instructor of Aims Community College in Greeley and is consistently building and growing that department. Benjamin graduated with a BA in Theater from Metropolitan State University of Denver and a MFA in Theater Pedagogy from the University of Idaho. He believes that it is through radical pedagogical change, and creating memorable learning experiences that each student has the ability to grow and become the best individual they intend to be.
Jess Kara
Jess is a professional author and artist residing in the mountains of northwest Montana with her husband and doggo. She is a current board member and past president of Authors of the Flathead, and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. She has published an indie YA fantasy series, The Summer King Chronicles, as well as a contemporary coming-of-age with Page Street Books titled “A Furry Faux Paw,” with a second title, “Don’t Ask if I’m Okay,” due out in the spring of 2023. Jess’s stories, whether fantastic or contemporary, are Noblebright at their core, woven with a spirit of determined hope, belief in the power of kindness, and the faith that good will overcome. You can find her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ authorjessowen, www.jessowen.com for fantasy, or www.authorjessicakara.com for her contemporary work.
Jonathan Jackson
