Ross Peter Nelson is a playwright, director, and producer. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing at the University of New Orleans where he also taught undergraduate playwriting. He has written nine full-length plays and dozens of shorter works. His play Becoming Number Six recently took second place at the Los Vegas Little Theatre’s new works festival and his short plays such as Call Me Comrade and Zoloft Tango have garnered awards from the US to Australia, including the Emerging Playwright Award from Playground San Francisco.

As director, he studied both at UNO and at Carroll College in Helena, directing In the End and Chekhov’s The Bear. He served as a producer for a new works festival in New Orleans and is currently Associate Producer for Helena’s Last Chance New Play Fest.

Ross’s theatre roots in Helena trace back to the days of the Old Brewery Theatre where he appeared as a child actor. While now focused primarily on writing for the stage, he has also published short fiction and two computer books. Ross is a member of the Dramatists Guild and served as playwright-in-residence at the Can Serrat artists colony in Spain in 2017.

Kelly Clavin-Keim is an actor and director. She has worn a variety of hats in Helena theatre and is excited to add producer with the inception of Ravens Feather Productions. She has worked on productions with Carroll, Grandstreet, Helena Theatre Company, Last Chance New Play Fest, and The Heath and loves the unique contribution each organization brings to the Helena theatre community. She is excited for what Ravens Feather will bring to that world.

Her directing credits include Charlotte's Web and Montana Short Cuts, and some of her favorite acting roles include Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Anelle in Steele Magnolias, and Elmire in Tartuffe: Born Again. She’s also worked backstage as a stage manager and props master.

She is a graduate of Carroll College and University of Montana and holds a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Theatre and Elementary Ed and a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Shortly after earning her MA she had the good fortune to work a semester counseling at a college in Bhutan and the mixed fortune vacationing in the UK as the world’s borders began to close. She is hopeful for many more travel adventures in the future.

Barry Stambaugh is an actor, musician, director, and producer. His first involvement in theatre was in UIL competition as Edmund in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. When he moved to Helena in 2014, he met Retta Leaphart who directed him on the Grandstreet Theatre stage in a production of Our Town where he performed both as a musician and as the character Charles Web. His other Grandstreet work includes Mothers and Sons (Cal) and *Peter and the Starcatcher* (Lord Aster).

Barry’s association with The Seldom Paid Jammers led him to act under the direction of Terri Atwood in 3 different play productions at the Jefferson County Museum in Clancy in 2015-16. In 2016, he began working with the Last Chance New Play Fest both as an actor and playwright. Since then he has written, directed, and appeared in several shows including Rapture: The Musical, I Grizzly, and The Big O.

As a musician he has played guitar with several bands in Austin, Texas, and is currently assembling a new group to perform around Helena.