The Creators

Mel Bieler is an Experience and Production Designer who uses immersive design to create interactive events that evoke meaningful shared experiences. She utilizes her background in theatrical production design to develop visual storytelling and engage audiences through interactive environments, to foster connectivity, inspire vulnerability and empathy, and surprise and delight participants through playful discovery. Mel is a co-founder of Relay Experiences, has worked as an Event Designer creating experiential brand marketing experiences and creative event designs for over 600 corporations and organizations across the United States, and continues to work as a theatrical playwright, designer and producer for numerous productions in the D.C. region.

Christine Lesiak is an award-winning theatre creator, sought after creative collaborator, teaching artist, and the founder and artistic director of Small Matters Productions, smallmatters.ca. She has created/co-created and performed in all 8 of their full-length shows, and countless short works. She is a director and dramaturg, specializing in non-verbal storytelling and audience interaction. She makes her home in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, known colonially as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She has a Masters of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Alberta. She has trained extensively in a variety of styles of clown, puppetry, site-specific and immersive theatres, and physical storytelling. Learn more at christinelesiak.com