Shannon Woolley Allison (she/her)
Acting Ensemble
Despite stints working, performing, and teaching in Chicago, Denver, and New York City, Shannon is Louisville, KY born and bred! She attended YPAS, earned a BFA at SMU, and a Master’s at NYU. In 2001, Shannon co-founded LFL, and serves as Co-Artistic Director to this day. Recent performances include Grey in Erin Fitzgerald’s BAGGAGE CLAIM, Dr. Anna Lawrence in FROM BARDSTOWN TO BROADWAY: THE ROAD TO VOTES FOR WOMEN/THE SUFFRAGE DRIVING & WALKING TOUR, and Jules in Allie Fireel’s NOTE. Recent directing credits include LFL’s original DEFINING INFINITY with Ebony Jordan, Diana Grisanti’s THE PATRON SAINT OF LOSING SLEEP, Erin Fitzgerald’s GOOD GRIEF and Clarity Hagan’s THE MOTH AND THE MASKED MAN. She is proud to be a roster artist for the KY Arts Council, a board member of the Arts and Cultural Alliance, and a member of Alternate ROOTS, The Network of Ensemble Theatres, The Alliance for Theatre in Education, and The Louisville Theatre Community.
Tiera Bowman (she/her)
Acting Ensemble
Tiera has been with LFL since she was in high school and officially became a company member after she graduated from NKU, where she received a Bachelor’s of Theatre Arts in 2017. Not only is she a company member, but she is also a teaching artist, actor, deviser and more. She's been involved in CHOICES, MAC’S WORLD, KENTUCKY SUFFRAGE PROJECT, COMMON THREADS, THE GREEN BOOK WINE CLUB TRAIN TRIP Staged Reading, LIFECYCLE OF A BLACKBERRY, and THE ANCESTORS PROJECT. You also may have seen her at Locust Grove, interpreting the lives of the enslaved that lived there in the past. She has also worked with LFL's Marketing and Communications Team.
Sara Canary (she/her)
Acting Ensemble
Sara has acted, stage managed, produced and devised with LFL since 2002, after graduating from YPAS. She is in her 3rd year serving as Board Chair for LFL. Sara was honored to portray May Stone in CROSSING MOUNTAINS as a part of UNHEARD/OUTLOUD, LFL’s 15th Anniversary Festival. . In 2021 Sara wrote, filmed, acted and edited the short piece CLEANING CLOSETS AND FINDING MYSELF as part of COMMON THREADS: INTERWOVEN PORTRAITS OF A PANDEMIC. She also acted in the film for HIGH SCHOOL REUNION: PANDEMIC STYLE and was in the audio cast for FILLING IN THE HOLES. In the 23/24 season, she was in the staged reading of THE HELPERS. Last season, Sara was excited to bring the THE ANCESTORS PROJECT to life by telling the many stories collected from the various communities over the last few seasons as part of that project’s culminating event BECAUSE YOU WERE, I AM!. Even more exciting for her was her directing debut for BOOK WOMEN!
Erin Fitzgerald (she/her)
Live Sound & Original Music
Erin Fitzgerald, a.k.a. A Girl Named Earl, is a multi-directional artist and community arts enthusiast. As a singer-songwriter, her primary instrument is her voice, which may be accompanied by a variety of other instruments. Erin has contributed music, sound design, and live sound for productions with Blue Apple Outreach, Looking for Lilith Theatre Company, Pandora Productions, and Highview Arts Center. She currently splits her time between Louisville and Lexington and is grateful to be involved in the creative communities of both towns.
Ebony Jordan (she/her)
Acting Ensemble
Ebony is a Louisville-based actor, director, and teaching artist. She has collaborated with numerous organizations including StageOne Family Theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare, FaithWorks Performing Arts, and Looking for Lilith Theatre Company—where she serves as both ensemble member and board member. Select performances include ensemble roles in JUST CAUSE and BECAUSE YOU WERE, I AM! (both with LFL), Lady in Red in FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF (FaithWorks), Lady Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET (Kentucky Shakespeare), and Ida B. Wells in LAWBREAKERS (StageOne). Directing credits include “Route 3” of BOOK WOMEN, co-directing DEFINING WOMEN with Shannon Woolley Allison, and co-directing LIFECYCLE OF A BLACKBERRY with Keith McGill. Beyond performance, she facilitates arts-based learning for young people and emerging theatre-makers, designing experiences that emphasize voice, embodiment, self-expression, and the power of narrative.
Jessica Sharpenstein (she/her)
Acting Ensemble
Jessica is a teaching artist, pianist, and multidisciplinary performer. She creates art that combines theatre, music, movement, and arts-driven social change in partnership with groups like Actors Theatre of Louisville, Fund for the Arts, and Looking for Lilith Theatre Company. Her work connects feminist cultural practice, pedagogy, and performance across disciplines. Outside the theater, she leads breathwork practices that help individuals and communities notice and release patterns, befriend the nervous system, and embody creative agency.
Karole Spangler (she/her)
Acting Ensemble
Though Karole has acted in, directed, or stage-managed a lifetime of shows in lots of places, she’s always mindful of her great good fortune in working with almost every theatre company in Louisville over the years - nowhere more so, or with more love and gratitude, than with LFL, where she’s a proud company member! Louisville audiences have seen her most recently as Rosemary in HOLIDAY, Tammy in DOMESTICATE, Sister Aloysius in DOUBT, Rose Adele in SIRENS, Margaret in THE INHERITANCE, and La Poncia in THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA. She prizes her MFA from the University of Wisconsin and every student she’s ever had the privilege of teaching. Thank you for your support of hometown theatres and artists - we know we’re all in this together, working to make a positive difference in our world.
Holly Stone (she/they)
Projections & Graphic Designer | Project Documentarian
Holly is the Creative Communications Director of LFL and has been a company member since 2012. Favorite LFL credits include THE ANCESTORS PROJECT (Documentarian & Projections Designer), DEFINING INFINITY (Projections Designer) THE KENTUCKY SUFFRAGE PROJECT (Research Co-Director/Videographer & Editor), GOOD GRIEF (Videographer & Editor), JUST LIKE US (Scenic Designer), THE PATRON SAINT OF LOSING SLEEP (Projections Designer), LEGACY OF LIGHT (Set & Props Co-Designer) and PREVAILING WINDS (Projections Designer/Research Co-Director). Holly spent 15 seasons with Kentucky Shakespeare and has been working in and around the Louisville theatre community for over 30 years as an administrator, scenic artist & designer, projections designer, house manager, stage manager, production manager and actor. Holly studied Visual Art and Theatre at Youth Performing Arts School/duPont Manual, Louisville Visual Art Association, and Wright State University’s Theatre Design and Technology Program.
Morgan M. Younge (she/her)
Acting Ensemble
Morgan is an LFL company member and an active member of the Louisville theatre community. Her craft includes costume designing, acting, writing, directing and teaching artistry. After commiting to becoming a full time teaching artist, she has taught with several local companies including StageOne Family Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, LFL, Redline Performing Arts and Drama by George. She currently works as an Education Associate at StageOne Children's Theatre. Morgan is proud to have been awarded a grant from the Fund for the Arts to produce a summer camp of her original script Hip Hop Herc (October 2023). In addition to her Teaching Artistry, Morgan's acting credits include: Aunt Franny in DON’T TELL ME I CAN’T FLY (StageOne); Truvy in STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Faith Works Studios) A Sista in SAY HER NAME: BREONNA TAYLOR (Berea College); Maybelle in BEFORE IT HITS HOME (The Griot Project); and June in GOOD GRIEF (LFL). Morgan is grateful to be able to share her gifts with a group of such dynamic people. morganMYounge.com