Juli Bacon joined the WRT board in 2019, bringing a lifelong passion for theatre and extensive business leadership experience. She earned a BA in Theatre with an emphasis in acting and directing and performed and directed in community and semi-professional productions in Minneapolis and the Puget Sound region. She left to focus on entrepreneurship and raise a family.  Juli built several successful businesses and became a nationally recognized speaker and author. She returned to directing with WRT’s production of These Shining Lives and is passionate about supporting local theatre. Juli proudly combines her love of theatre and business to advance WRT’s mission.

Missa grew up in and around community theatre, developing a passion for the collaborative and transformative power of live performance. Over the years, she has contributed to productions both onstage and behind the scenes, gaining experience as a stage manager, costumer, lighting and sound technician, stagehand, and house manager. Her wide ranging technical and production background gives her a deep appreciation for every role it takes to bring a show to life, from auditions to final curtain call. As a board member, Missa is committed to supporting accessible, high quality theatre and strengthening the sense of community that local arts organizations like Woodinville Repertory Theatre provide.

Anjanette Vaidya is a poet, educator and scholar-activist who centers her work around access to education, justice, and the role of the arts in knowledge acquisition. Trained in the tradition of the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal, she utilizes embodied play and theatre techniques as a basis for coalition building, organizing, and change. Anjanette has been tapped as a facilitator for The Posse Foundation, a policy advisor with Ascend at the Aspen Institute and The Kresge Foundation and has experience as a lead organizer, adjunct professor, doula and researcher. In her free time she can be found dancing, gardening, and contemplating the cosmos.

Rael started her theatre career acting in dozens of plays and musicals in high school, college and university. Rael received her BA from Albion College focused on performance and her MA from Wayne State University focused on technical theatre production. Rael’s doctoral studies led her to the University of London, England, researching adaptations of ancient Greek drama through the female lens. After 12 years in London, Rael moved her young family to Bothell, WA. Rael is thrilled to work with WRT flexing creative muscles and supporting the LGBTQIA+ community.