The process of joining Theatre Pro Rata as a Company Member begins with nomination. All company members have the opportunity to nominate individuals. We look for people who fit our aesthetic, are enthusiastic collaborators, and have demonstrated a level of excellence in their work with us in the past.

	Carin Bratlie - Artistic Director Founder & Member Since 2001 Carin is a freelance director, fight choreographer, and acting instructor in Minneapolis, MN. She is the founding Artistic Director of Theatre Pro Rata and has worked on every production in the theater’s history in some capacity. In addition to directing, she has also designed costumes and/or set for a number of Pro Rata productions. As a freelance artist she has directed for Theatre L' Homme Dieu, The Great American History Theater, Theatre Unbound, the Grand Marais Playhouse, Theatre of the Invisible Guests, Heritage Theater Company, St. Croix Valley Summer Theater, Chameleon Theater Circle and others. She has assistant directed for the Guthrie Theater (Third, As You Like It, Top Girls), Outward Spiral, and The Great American History Theater, and is looking forward to directing Panic at Park Square Theater in the summer of 2011. She teaches theater classes at the Guthrie, Youth Performance Company, and Steppingstone Theater. As a technician she has worked with Theatre de la Jeune Lune, 3 legged race, and was production stage manager for Eye of the Storm Theatre's 2000 and 2001 seasons. She was a participant director and scholarship recipient at the Wesley Balk Opera/Musical Theater Institute in 2007, and received a B.A. from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN in 1998, and is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors. TC Theater Connection Podcast - Roundtable TC Theater Connection - Interview Galileo Rehearsal Video TC Theater Connection Podcast - Interview with Carin and Zach Curtis
	Andy Chambers - Company Member Member Since 2006 A Twin Cities based actor and director, Andy has been a company member of Pro Rata since 2005. TPR collaborations include: The Spanish Tragedy, The Life of Galileo, Quills, Machinal and Hamlet as well as all performances in Pro Rata's Playreading series. Andy has been seen on stage with several theatres including the Guthrie Theatre, Gremlin Theatre, nimbus Theatre, Theater in the Round Players, Shakespeare and Company, Cromulent Shakespeare Company, Behemouth Theatre, Here Today Productions, In the Basement Productions and Commedia Beauregard among others. As a director, Andy has worked with In the Basement and Trinity High School. On camera credits include Hypothetical Productions' Newton's Disease, Committee Films' Holy Grail In America and others including several spots with shopNBC. Before graduating with a B.A. in Drama from the University of Dallas, Andy took part in more than 45 university productions including a staging of Aristophanes' The Frogs (as director and actor) at the ancient Ampitheater at Epidaurus.
	Lydia Bolder - Artistic Associate Member Since 2009 Lydia works as a freelance stage manager and has been a member of Theatre Pro Rata since 2009. She has worked on several Theatre Pro Rata productions including The Spanish Tragedy, Marisol, Killer Joe, and Metamorphoses. Outside of Theatre Pro Rata, Lydia has worked in stage management with the following Twin Cities-based companies: Park Square Theatre, Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company, Bloomington Civic Theatre, Sandbox Theatre, Workhouse Theatre, Bridge Productions, Starting Gate Productions, Hardcover Theater, Swearing Jack Productions, and Teatro del Pueblo. Lydia received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Concordia College-Moorhead, MN. Lydia was a Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Stage Management Finalist at the XXXIX KC/ACTF.
	Amber Bjork - Artistic Associate Member Since 2009 Amber is a Twin Cities-based actor and aspiring director who has worked with Theatre Pro Rata extensively in the past and formally joined the company in 2009. Theatre Pro Rata productions she has participated in include: Dido, Queen of Carthage, The Taming of the Shrew, Traveling Light, The Spanish Tragedy, Marisol, Quills, Machinal, and Slag Heap, as well as several of the scripts presented for the company’s Playreading Series. Amber has worked with the Guthrie Theatre, Pommelhorse Productions, Tedious Brief Productions, Killing Joke Productions, nimbus theatre, Theatre Unbound and others. She holds a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Theatre Performance and Dramatic Theory from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and has a four-year education in puppetry, storytelling, and movement-based theatre from the Masque Theatre and School of Rochester, MN.
	Mandi Johnson - Company Member Member Since 2010 Mandi is a freelance costume designer and a Theatre Pro Rata company member. She has designed for The Spanish Tragedy, The Life of Galileo and Killer Joe for Theatre Pro Rata. Mandi has worked locally with Ordway Center, Frank Theatre, Sandbox Theatre, Old Log Theater, and others. Mandi has been recognized for "best costumes" in 2009 by Lavender Magazine. She received her B.A. In Technical Theatre from The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN, and works full time as a costumer at Northwestern Costume Company in Minneapolis.
	Grant Henderson - Company Member Member Since 2010 Grant is a freelance actor, and has been a company member since 2010. Theatre Pro Rata productions he has participated in include: The Taming of the Shrew, The Spanish Tragedy, and Marisol as well as performances in Pro Rata's Playreading series. Grant has been seen onstage with several theaters including Theater in the Round, Starting Gate Productions, The Pioneer Players, and The Cromulent Shakespeare Company. Grant graduated from Iowa State University with a BFA in Visual Studies.
	Julia Carlis - Company Member Member Since 2010 Julia is a Twin Cities-based freelance designer and has worked with Theatre Pro Rata since 2008. She joined the company in 2010. Pro Rata productions include Killer Joe, The Spanish Tragedy and The Taming of the Shrew. Julia's work has been seen around town with Theatre Unbound, Yellow Tree Theatre, Upright Egg, Eclectic Edge Ensemble, North Hennepin Community College, and the Minnesota Shakespeare Company, among others. She received a Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota, concentrating in Lighting Design and Stage Management and a Master's in Library Science from the University of North Texas.
	Ben Tallen - Company Member Member Since 2011 Ben is a freelance actor and writer and became a Theatre Pro Rata company member in 2011. He performed in Pro Rata's production of Dido, Queen of Carthage and will appear in T Bone n Weasel in March of 2012. He has performed with Gremlin Theater, Hardcover Theater, Starting Gate Productions, and Theatre in the Round, among others. He is also a member of Tedious Brief Productions, having co-written and performed in two plays for that company. He graduated from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with a Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts.