Jaclyn Robertson🇸🇪💃🇸🇪 is a producer, director, actress, and teaching artist, and the Co-founder and Producing Director of NOVA Nightsky Theater. She is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).

Since returning to theater in 2017, Jaclyn has worked with Providence Players of Fairfax, Shoestring Theatre Company, City of Fairfax Theatre Company, Little Theatre of Alexandria, and NextStop Theatre Company. In 2024, she joined NextStop as a Teaching Artist and currently serves as Director of the Stars on Stage program. In 2027, she will serve as NextStop’s Interim Director of Education.

Jaclyn founded NOVA Nightsky Theater in 2021 and serves as the company’s Producing Director, overseeing its production operations, community outreach, and marketing. She brings her background as a small business owner to her work with NNS, with a particular focus on audience development and creating a supportive experience for the company’s artists and production teams.

As an artist and educator, Jaclyn is passionate about creating meaningful opportunities for people of all ages and experience levels to engage with theater, both onstage and behind the scenes.

Adam has held a variety of creative and technical roles in multiple industries, including exhibits, theatrical experiences, and immersive theme parks. He graduated from Virginia Tech with dual degrees in Industrial & Systems Engineering and Theatre Arts. While attending VT he founded a school sponsored performance-based multi-media organization, and took on side projects with theaters and creative organizations all over VA.

In 2010, his desire to tell immersive stories brought him to Orlando where he joined Walt Disney Imagineering - the creative arm for Disney’s Parks and Resorts. Adam also served as a freelance scenographer and technical production manager for various theater organizations in central FL.

In 2017, Adam returned to the DMV and began working in the museum industry, creating content-based exhibits for the National Parks Service as well as other public and private institutions. He has worked for the Smithsonian as a Visual Information Specialist for the National Portrait Gallery, and is currently working at the Exhibits Specialist at the U.S. Capitol.

His infant son Levi is an adequate assistant lighting designer.

Sarah Baczewski is a director, stage manager and (occasional) actress. A Washington State native, Sarah is a recent transplant (via Los Angeles, CA) to the Washington, DC area. She has directed productions for Providence Players of Fairfax and NOVA Nightsky Theater, as well as a radio play for The Arlington Players (TAP). She fell in love with community theatre at age 12 and majored in theatre at Whitman College. Following a 12+ year career in the entertainment industry, she shifted to the nonprofit space three years ago and currently works in fund development for a nonprofit focused on D.C. legal system reform.

Elyse is an Army Brat who discovered theater while growing up in Germany. According to family legend, Art Club was canceled one afternoon, and her sister dragged her to Drama Club instead. Elyse—a professional introvert—was content to work backstage, but her dad insisted she try the spotlight.

She spent her high school years doing shows with peers and at the Roadside Theater in Heidelberg. Elyse earned her BA in Theater and Arts Administration from Drew University, where she acted, directed, and served as chair of the dramatic society. She later earned an MA in Arts Management from George Mason University.

After a decade-long hiatus from performing (her daughter was 10 when she got back on stage—go ahead, do the math), Elyse returned to acting thanks to a spontaneous audition for NOVA Nightsky in 2023. She hasn’t stopped pestering them since.

Elyse enjoys acting, directing, designing, and cheering on her incredibly talented young thespian. By day, she works for the Smithsonian, where she champions unrestricted revenue and occasionally shakes down couches for loose change. She loves a good spreadsheet.

Hannah Ruth Blackwell is an actor, director, and playwright hailing from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and is a graduate of American University with dual degrees in Musical Theatre and Music. She was in her first theater production at the age of 3, and has been involved in theater ever since! She has been involved with NOVA Nightsky Theater in both a directing and acting capacity, and is excited to join the team as a company member. When not in rehearsal, Hannah Ruth can be found fundraising for nonprofit organizations, or at home with her wife and their two cats.

Fosse is an actor / dancer / singer born and raised in Northern Virginia. She loves the classics-with-an-in-your-face-twist, and has found that NOVA Nightsky is the perfect place to work on some real good theater with an incredibly talented and passionate team. When she’s not onstage, you can find her at the skatepark or in a dance class. Thanks to Jaclyn, Adam, Sarah and the whole team for the laughs and artistry—and cheers to many more.

Nate Eagle is a software engineer, actor, and amateur mixologist. He’s a proud alum of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland—yeah, the weird Great Books school—where he studied liberal arts and philosophy. He’s an avid go player, cocktailer, and Robert Burns enthusiast. He acted in High School and college, then spent 21 years doing a bunch of other stuff. He returned to acting in 2024 and doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.