About Native Theatre Artists

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Osage Nation Tribal Member

• Actor/Director/Choreographer/Educator
• Based in Chicago, willing to travel
• Currently seeking representation
• Actors Equity Association (AEA) & American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
• Instagram
• AustinRyanHunt@me.com
• AustinRyanHunt.com

Austin Ryan Hunt is a Chicago-based actor, director, choreographer, and educator and proud member of the Osage Nation. Recent stage credits include King James at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Fiddler on the Roof with Chicago Lyric Opera, and shows like An American in Paris, Newsies, MEMPHIS, and others with regional theaters across the country. Austin studied Shakespeare at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre and graduated from the School at Steppenwolf in 2018.

Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe

• Composer/music director/creative producer
• Instruments: Voice, Piano, Trumpet
• Dramatist Guild
• Local to NYC
• https://daniellejagelski.com
• daniellejagelski@gmail.com

Danielle Jagelski is a conductor, composer, and producer. At home in both theatrical and orchestral realms, she is the Music Director and co-founder of Renegade Opera, Associate Conductor of PROTESTRA, Producer for First Nations Performing Arts, and Conducting Faculty at Manhattan School of Music precollege.

As an enrolled member and citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and Redcliff Band of Ojibwe, Danielle often collaborates with other Native artists in multidisciplinary creative projects in order to sustain and further the visibility of Indigenous peoples in the fine arts realm. She is a lead producer for First Nations Performing Arts, and is a fierce advocate for equity in musical spaces, and has presented her research in mixed-race studies and classical music throughout the US and Canada.

As a composer, she is an avid writer of song, opera, choral, music for theatre, and narrative stories of all kinds. Her most recent premieres have been by New Native Theatre, MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Choir, Hear Us Hear Them Ensemble, Artemis Singers, and American Patriots Project. She is currently working on a new work commissioned by Voice of Ascension | Voices of the New to be premiered in April 2024. 

Danielle is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Girls Who Conduct, and is the recipient of a 2022 Plimpton Foundation Award.