Charlie Krauter (Treasurer) is a Lead Engineer with Seattle's Engineered Compost Systems. Prior to joining ECS in 2006, Charlie worked as a design engineer with Engineered Tunnel Systems. Charlie has both a B.S. in Physics and Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Davis and C.S.U. Sacramento, respectively. Third generation Valley native, Charlie is an avid tinkerer, RPG gamer, and devoted Dad. He has been an active supporter of live performance from a young age.
Emily Perez is a local creative with seventeen years of experience in marketing in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, and an M.A. in Spanish from Sacramento State. She trained as a music teacher at Sacramento City College Vocal/Choral Program and the Sara Harris Piano Studio. She is co-founder of Empire Arts Collective in Sacramento. She is passionate about supporting adults in developing their musical skills and does so as a vocal coach and piano teacher through her private music studio Macondo Music.
Cyprus Van Inwegen (President) has been a Company Member since 2019. Since joining the company, Cyprus has created promotional materials for the Salon Reading Series, open mic nights, drag shows, sketch comedy, radio plays, and more. Currently, she works in communications for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
Company appearances include Dance Nation; Over There Outside; Monsters Anonymous; and Summer Shorts II. Locally, she has acted in Stories on Stage Davis. Cyprus completed an Apprenticeship with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and co-authored two plays (Stay, The Unbearable Confessions of the Ski Lodge Survivors) through Boise Contemporary Theatre. She is a graduate of the University of Davis, California, with a B.A. in Communications and a minor in Professional Writing.