Matt Neff
Matt Neff (YT: @mattneff): Matt Neff (he/him) is a Missouri-based comedian/filmmaker. He has previously opened for comedic legends, including Rob Schnieder, Jon Lovitz, and Chris Kattan. Over the past two years, Matt has become an avid YouTuber, with his web series FU DW garnering over 9 million views on his channel. Matt is thrilled to […]
Enola White
Enola White (she/her) has an MPA from the University of Missouri with a specialization in nonprofit administration. She has almost 20 years of experience in the non-profit sector as an nonprofit consultant, executive director, grant writer, DEI specialist, volunteer coordinator, and board member. She is currently the Director of Onward Giving at Stephens College and […]
Norbert Herber
Norbert Herber is a musician and sound artist. His work explores the relationship between people and sound within mediated environments—spaces created by software, sensors, speakers, visual display, and other mediating technologies. Drawing on a background in jazz, generative music, game audio, and free improvisation, he composes systems that make music specific to a place and […]
Leraldo Anzaldua
Leraldo AnzalduaANZALDUA is a Fight Master, Fight Director, and Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) an Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC),) and a Fight Choreographer with Stage Directors & Choreographers society (SDC). Theatres worked with include: Prague Shakespeare Company, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, […]
LeeAnne Lowry
LeeAnne Lowry (@insta_grampzz): LeeAnne Lowry (any/all) is a journalist by day and screenwriter by night. They enjoy playing guitar (despite their lack of tempo), pumping iron (despite their anemic childhood), and parentheticals (because each one is like a juicy little secret). LeeAnne holds two degrees from Stephens College — an MFA in Writing for Film […]
Josh Boyer
Josh Boyer (@joshbboyer): Josh Boyer (he/him) was born and raised in Columbia, MO. A self-taught indie/DIY filmmaker, he’s written, produced, and directed numerous short films both in Columbia, MO as well as Kansas City, MO.
Hannah Bilau
Hannah Bilau (@ualibhannah): Hannah Bilau (they/them) is a 30-year-old redneck from Southern Illinois who believes Addams Family Values is the height of cinema. They’re a full-time marketing & communications professional making their fiction writing debut.
Hadley Houck
Hadley Houck (@hadleyhouck): Hadley Houck (she/her) is originally from upstate NY and moved to Columbia, MO to attend the Stephens MFA in TV and Screenwriting program. She is an island caretaker turned comedy writer with a background in Linguistics. Hadley is currently in Los Angeles and can be found working on film sets or playing […]
Chase Thompson
Chase Thompson is an accomplished filmmaker, musician, photographer, writer, and artist with a profound passion for the creative process. His films have been showcased at renowned festivals, including Slamdance, True/False, Radar Hamburg, Philadelphia Independent, Fargo Film Festival, and the Nevada Film Festival. Chase earned a B.S. in Art from Columbia College and an M.F.A. in […]
Meredith Ludwig
Forever in search of a good story, Meredith Ludwig in the fall of 2019, found herself helping the nine tribes in Ottawa County, Oklahoma capture andshare some of their oral history. Originally planned as a live audio theatre production, the pandemic intervened and the final outcome was movedto video. Fourteen of the twenty short videos […]
Tony Brewer
Tony Brewer is a poet and audio artist from Bloomington, Indiana. He has performed live sound effects (Foley) for live audio theatre coast to coast and has given workshops at University of Michigan, Kansas City Art Institute, HEAR Now Festival, and Indiana University. He received the Bradshaw Award from the American Society for Science Fiction […]
Russell McGee
Russell McGee is 2021 Audie Award Finalist, a 2019 and 2020 Regional Emmy nominated writer, a twelve-time Communicator Awards winning writer/producer, and a fourteen-time Telly Award winning writer/producer. Russell received his Master’s in TV/Film Production at Indiana University, in 2013, and his Bachelors in Theatre with a creative writing minor from Indiana State University, in […]
Richard Fish
Richard Fish is an actor, writer, musician, producer, director and engineer, working in audio theatre since 1970. He was a founding Board member of both NATF and WFHB Community Radio in his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. For 30 years he owned a recording studio, record label, production house and international catalog, and since 1993 he […]
Nicholas Krohn
Nicholas Krohn has been involved in the arts for more than thirty years as an actor, writer, director, sound designer and foley artist for stage, film and audio dramas. He was Dr. Victor Frankenstein in Starrynight Production’s audio drama adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel. His writing has been recognized at the Hear / Now Festival […]
Eric Doades
A native of Washington, Indiana, Eric holds a bachelors degree in music education from Western Kentucky University and a masters degree in musical theatre performance from Oklahoma City University, and has been teaching choral music for 14 years. Eric has toured the US with Missoula Children’s Theatre and Performed internationally though Gyeonggi English Village in […]
Ellen Stewart
ELLEN STEWART – TreasurerEllen Stewart is the General Manager of KAAD-LP, a community radio station in Sonora, California, where she records and edits numerous programs. She has participated with NATF since 2001 and has served as Treasurer for the group for many years. For the HEAR Now Festival, she produced Oh! What a Poetical War […]
Brad Shoemaker
Brad Shoemaker has over 18 years of bringing podcasts to life. He began to tinker with the idea of early podcasts in 2005 while working at iHeartRadio. in 2011, after his radio departure, he began focusing solely on bringing podcast ideas to life starting with the Hammer and Nigel Show along with several spinoff podcasts. […]
Bonnie Bogovich
Bonnie Bogovich is a voice and audio artist on a variety of video game, educational, and static, episodic, and interactive audio drama projects. In addition to voice acting, she also sings and has performed in operatic, choral, and musical ensembles, and has been featured on video game tribute albums and soundtracks. She resides these days […]