Steve Emily (President)

Steve is a transplant from Chicago, where he worked with such acclaimed theatre companies such as Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Lookingglass, Northlight, and many others, including Terrapin Theatre, where he was a company member. Since moving to Colorado, he has worked with Theatreworks, FAC Theatre Company, The MAT, and StarBar. In addition, Steve has appeared in numerous commercials, and has been seen in the film Woodshop and the television series In Plain Sight.  

Chad Siebert  (Vice President)

Chad has been living in Colorado Springs since 2005 and in that time has performed as Dan in “Talk Radio” with SET, Dr Givings in “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” with the Fine Arts Center, Bernard in “Boeing, Boeing”, Brisaille in “Cyrano de Bergerac”  and Algernon in “The Importance of Being Earnest” all with TheatreWorks; he was also seen as Nicky  in “Bell, Book & Candle” with Star Bar.  Prior to moving to Colorado Springs Chad lived in Los Angeles where he participated in short films, independents, pilots & commercials as well as several plays.   Chad was an original member of the ARK theater company in L.A. and studied with such noted actors as Richard Kline, Nina Foch & Joe Sears.   Chad holds a degree in Theater Performance from the University of Tulsa.  

Keri Pollakoff (Treasurer) 

Keri grew up in Newbury Park, California, where she lived until moving to Colorado Springs on January 2, 2008, where she saw snow for the first time. While in California, Keri worked in the public school sector as Director of Child Nutrition. 

Lisa Siebert 

 Lisa moved to Colorado Springs from Los Angeles with her husband Chad in 2005.  Locally she has been seen as Nicky in The Smell of the Kill and she directed Glengarry Glen Ross at SET; as Gillian in Bell, Book and Candle and Tricia in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress for Star Bar Players; and she has acted and directed for the Millibo Art Theatre’s Six Women Playwriting Festival.   She has also done commercial work for Dish Network and print work for Colorado Springs Utilities through Maximum Talent in Denver.  Lisa has taught acting to elementary through high school students at the Arts & Entertainment Studio and for SET’s annual summer youth camp.  In LA, she was an original member and a board member of ARK Theatre Company and performed in commercials, television, and independent film.  She also co-produced and directed Below the Belt at Gardner Stages in Hollywood.  Lisa studied television and film acting with actor Richard Kline in LA and method acting at TheatrGroup in St. Louis.  She cut her teeth on many roles at Theatre Cedar Rapids near her hometown of Mt. Vernon, IA.  Prior to that, she studied acting at Northwestern University and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from Cornell College.  Lisa holds a paralegal certificate and handles a variety of quasi-legal tasks for SET.  Lisa and Chad have a daughter, and a son on the way.  They would like to push both children towards engineering, but it’s probably not in the cards.

Sarah S. Shaver 
(Secretary)

Sarah S. Shaver received her BA in English and Theatre Arts from McMurry University and her MFA in Theatre Arts in Pedagogy and Performance from Texas Tech University. She taught technical theatre and stagecraft at Wasson Arts Magnet for three years before taking some time off for other projects, most notably her dear children and opening up Brewer’s Republic, the hottest new place in town to get a local craft beer. Since moving to Colorado Springs five years ago, she has focused on the backstage side of theatre life, flexing her costume designing skills at Theatreworks, UCCS student theatre, Fine Arts Center, and Springs Ensemble Theatre.  All my love to Dave, Liam, and Viola.

 Emory is a Colorado Springs native who has been involved in theatre here for 20 years. He holds a Theatre Arts degree from Sterling College in Kansas and has performed with Colorado companies such as the Fine Arts Center, Star Bar Players, the Arvada Center and Impulse Theatre as well as the A.D. Players in Houston. He is a founding member Colorado Springs' premiere improv group (the RiP) and JAKES Theatre. Emory taught theatre for six years at The Classical Academy where he directed and produced over twenty shows. He is also an accomplished, professional photographer.

Michael Miller 

Mike has appeared in SET's productions of "Talk Radio", "Glengarry Glen Ross" ,"Welcome home Jenny Sutter" , "Coronado" as well as making a cameo appearance in "The Underpants". Mike played King Henry II in Set's production of "The Lion in Winter".  Mike has appeared  in Star Bar Players production of "An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grande Boeuf".

Jillmarie Peterson

Jillmarie Peterson has been involved with performing arts since childhood when she performed as Snaps the Clown with her father, Buttons and her sister, Bows.  While she loves performing, she says, “When I am on stage, I get to strut my stuff; when I costume a show, EVERYONE struts my stuff.”  Jill’s work has been seen on the Star Bar stage where she designed costumes and props for many productions.  Jill combines her love of costuming with her love of art history recreating historically accurate costumes, jewelry and accessories.  She puts her design skills to work making medieval garb to wear and decorating a 14^th century home to live in while playing with the Society for Creative Anachronism. 

 David Plambeck

Plam has been a proud member of the theatre community in Colorado Springs for far longer than is appropriate. Born into a military family, he lived in Delaware, Illinois, Texas, North Carolina, Idaho, and California before settling in Colorado. His first performing gig was as a canoeman and an armed desperado at a western-themed amusement park in San Jose, California. His first role in Colorado Springs was Mr. McLeavy in Joe Orton's Loot. Since then, he's performed in productions staged by the Star Bar Players, the PPCC Masquers, TheatreWorks, The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and the Ovation Players. He has also had the pleasure of directing for Star Bar and the Upstart Performing Enesmble. When he is not participating in theatrical productions in one capacity or another, he's probably more trouble than he's worth. 

Jodi Papproth

Jodi Papproth has been the one-woman Theatre Dept. at Cheyenne Mountain High School since 1994.  She received a BFA for Theatre Education from Drake University in Des Moines, IA and a MA in directing from Roosevelt University in Chicago. She has participated as actor, director, teacher and volunteer at several local theatre companies including: The Fine Arts Center, Tri-Lakes Theatre and Smokebrush Theatre. Jodi has been the President for the Alliance for Colorado Theatre (ACT) twice and won the Colorado Theatre Educator of the Year Award in 2005.  Jodi is thrilled to be a founding member of SET and loves the opportunity to create with other adults.

Christine Vitale

Christine has lived in Colorado Springs since 2004, when she moved here from Vermont to pursue a Masters in Teaching at Colorado College. Locally, Christine has worked with the CS Fine Arts Center, Theatreworks, StarBar Players and the MAT. Christine considers herself a “singer who can act and dance” and yes, she can tap a little. She has been involved in every SET show doing just about everything backstage and acting in Welcome, Home, Jenny Sutter. Christine’s love for theatre, especially musical theatre, is not just a hobby. She taught theatre arts at Fountain Middle School. When not playing in a theatre or putting a show together, she camps, reads, does arts and crafts, goes to CC hockey games (Go, Tigers!), is “super aunt” to her five nephews, and chills with friends.

 Jeremy Joynt

Jeremy grew up in Albuquerque, where he attended and worked at the University of New Mexico. While living in Albuquerque Jeremy had the privilege to perform in the historic Kimo theater and serve on the Board of Directors at the Vortex Theater, where he did everything from act, direct, design, build, stage manage... that list goes on and on. Locally, Jeremy has been seen performing with the FAC, Stick Horses in Pants, TheatreWorks, and of course here at SET. Jeremy has lived on both northern coasts of the United States and has lived in the Springs since 2008. 

June Scott Barfield 

June fuses performing and visual art at every theatrical chance!  Both on stage and behind the scenes, she loves the opportunity to work with fine artist and production teams for the better show.  Born and raised in the country side of Virginia, June fell in love with nature and art at a very young age.   Understanding just how unique and inspiring natures palette really is, has shaped her ability to combine aesthetically interesting art and design.  She much later graduated with degrees in Fine Arts, Technical Theatrical Productions and Dance from the awesome Coker College (in South Carolina) that guided her to this very path.  Her art and design work has housed and shown from New York to Florida, to California and Virginia.  Now residing in Colorado, where she moved in 2003 as a dedicated Army wife, she continues this creative loving path.  Another few years passed gracefully and she and her husband have a son who shares their joy for natures beauty and fun.  June has owned aesthetic I designs (.com) since 2005.  She contracts out to many a theatre, residents or commercial and happily takes roots at Springs Ensemble Theatre fall of 2012. 

Emily Christensen

Emily Christensen has lived in Colorado Springs her whole life.  In that time she has been involved in numerous performances including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), 1940s Radio Hour (Anne Collier), Salome (The Page), and Inspector General (Mishka).  Recently she has started working on the technical side of theater by stage managing, assistant directing, and assistant stage managing for different productions including Dr. Faustus, Glass Menagerie, and The Underpants.