Rachel Slavick (Artistic Director) is a founding member of Theatre Mir and has performed in the companyʼs first four productions; Prisonerʼs Dilemma, Arab-Israeli Cookbook, Beautiful City and Caucasian Chalk Circle. This summer she will be directing the Chicago premiere of Carson Kreitzers' Slither for the company. Rachel teaches acting at The Theatre School of DePaul University where she has also directed a number of plays including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Glory of Living and The Exonerated. She is uncommonly proud of being a Founding Teacher at the Chicago High School of the Arts where she teaches Acting and Professional Development. Other than acting, directing and teaching, she has worked as a casting director, administrator (at Chiarts and the Columbia College Department of Film & Video to name a few). Rachel is the proud mother of Isabelle Ruby and Leo Isaiah. 

Kristen Secrist is originally from West Newton, Pennsylvania, where she received her BA in Acting from Seton Hill University.  She is a 2007 MFA graduate of the THeatre School at DePaul University, and has been working in the city ever since.  Kristen has worked with such companies as Stage Left, Oak Park Village Players, and the side project.  She has been a company member with Theatre Mir since 2009, and has proudly worked as Humanities Coordinator and Line Producer for Theatre Mir's first webseries BANGbangSHOOT. 

Jason Adams is originally from the deep, deep South, which makes him illiterate yet charming. He has lived in Chicago since 2006. He has had the pleasure of working with Theatre Mir as a company member on a number of productions, including The Prisoner's Dilemma, Beautiful City and BangBANGShoot! 

Meg Elliott is originally from Schoharie, New York which is nestled in the northern foothills of the Catskill mountains. Recent Chicago credits include the Woman in Green in Peer Gynt Polarity Ensemble Theater), the Host of the Garter in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Arc Theatre) Gertrude in Hamlet (Dreamlogic Theatreworks); Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Chicago D’ell Arte).  She earned an MFA at The Theatre School at DePaul where favorite roles included Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa, the Warden in Holes, and Shelly Levine in Glengary Glen Ross.  She is currently working on Quake with Buzz 22 Chicago.

Jeremy Kahn has spent much of the last couple years working on the west coast, but continues to proudly call Chicago home. He joined Theatre Mir in 2010 and has appeared in our productions of Caucasian Chalk Circle and Beautiful City.  Other Chicago credits include: Moonshiner (Jackalope), Chicagoland (Inconvenience), Alice In Wonderland (Chicago Playworks/DePaul), and The Winter Special ’10 (EP Theatre). Regional credits include: Tigers Be Still, The Fantasticks, Kimberly Akimbo (SF Playhouse) and The Storytelling Ability of a Boy (Center Rep). In 2008, Jeremy appeared in SHAKESPOD (Willing Suspension Theatre) in Paris and at the Edinburgh Fringe. Jeremy can be seen in the feature film The Removed and commercials for Tapjoy and Xbox.  He has a B.F.A. in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. This spring Jeremy will originate the role of Jack Jr. in the world premiere of Tortilla Curtain at San Diego Rep. ActorJeremyKahn.com    

Stephen Loch (Executive Director) is a graduate of 
the Master's degree program
at the Theatre Schol at 
DePaul University and a founding member of Theatre Mir.  He has appeared in productions at Lifeline Theater, Faciene Theater and Circle Theater.  His Theatre Mir credits include The Arab-Israeli Cookbook,Beautiful City and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Patrice Egleston seems to play a lot of "ladies" these days.  Lady Pembroke in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2011 Jeff-awarded "Madness of George III", Lady Macbeth in First Folio's rockin' "Macbeth", Lady Croom in Remy Bumppo Theatre's moving "Arcadia".... the list could go on.  OR she seems to be playing a lot of "mothers" these days: Juliet's mother (Lady Capulet) in First Folio's 2011 Jeff-nominated "Romeo and Juliet", Hamlet's VERY young mother (Gertrude) in Shakespeare in the Park/Ft. Worth, the dying Reverend Mother Celine in Lifeline Theatre's "Mariette in Ecstasy"...the list is growing.  What happened to the days when Patrice was playing simple-minded bimbos and breathless vanities - oh wait, that was in Theatre Mir's crazy webseries "BANG,bang,Shoot!" But really, people, when is she going to play a drunk?  Patrice did understudy the fabulous Amy Morton as Barbara Fordham in Steppenwolf's "August: Osage County" in 2007.  That was as close as it got.  Let’s face it, "ladies" don't get to be ladies because they are retiring, they become ladies because they have guts!  

Alli Urbanik graduated from the University of Chicago, where she got her BA in Theater and Performance Studies.  While 
at the U of C, she appeared in a number of University Theater productions, including Top Girls (Nijo/Win), Big Love (Thyona), Measure for Measure (Isabella), Tartuffe (Dorine), and The Stronger (Frau X/Mlle Y).  She has also appeared in an adaptation of The Bacchae (Ensemble) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as starring in the web series Hey Girl.  Alli has been a company member with Theatre Mir since 2010, and served as assistant director on their recent production of Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Annie Calhoun is excited to be a new company member with Theatre Mir!  She received her MFA in Acting from DePaul's Theatre School, and has since then become a member of Barrel of Monkeys, and worked with a number of great theatre's in town; Caffeine, Metropolis Performing Arts, Lights Out, and Victory Gardens.  She is also an improviser and has performed with her group ALMOST ATLANTA at A Red Orchid Theatre, Second City, The Annoyance, iO, and Chicago Dramatists.  Annie also started an improv outreach program that offers classes to underserved populations which Theatre Mir has adopted and now supports called Full Circle-check out our blog to learn more!  She teaches at The Chicago High School for the Arts and will also be teaching at DePaul this spring.