FEARLESS FIVE: POWER

Elise Little (she/her)
Originally from Austin, Texas, Elise Little moved to Minnesota to pursue a career as a professional ice skater. While  getting her degree in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota, she performed across the country and internationally with the contemporary figure skating company, American Ice Theatre, also serving as an assistant director. Elise’s passion for acting grew from her time on her high school speech team, where she learned to analyze text and develop characters. Now, Elise is excited to combine her experience with creative movement with her love for acting and is thrilled to be making her on-stage debut with Fearless Theatrical Creations.

Bjorn Long (he/him)
Bjorn Long is an actor, writer, and researcher who was raised in Boise, Idaho but has returned to live in his birthplace of South Minneapolis. He graduated from St Olaf College with a theater BA in 2019, and has since toured with CLIMB Theater as an Actor Educator and played Horatio in Novagrex’s 2024 production of Hamlet. In addition to acting, Bjorn teaches, writes audio descriptions, and works as a research assistant. 

Phi Hamens Nelson (he/him)
Phi Hamens Nelson is an actor working in the Twin Cities area, which explains why you’re about to see him act in the Twin Cities area. He is currently wondering if the wording of that joke you just read is subpar or if the joke’s just not that funny. Well, I suppose by the time that you’re reading this that won’t be what he’s currently doing. Currently, he’ll be backstage preparing to do that previously mentioned acting in the Twin Cities area, and perhaps wondering why these bios are so often written in third person when they are also very clearly written by the actors themselves. Anyway, enjoy the show and have a great day/week/life.

Kirsten Rothenberger (she/her)
Kirsten Rothenberger is a graduate of Hamline University and is currently performing in the roles of Mittens in Fat Cat and Hobie in Robin Hood’s 401k. With a passion for both classic and contemporary works, Kirsten brings a dynamic presence to the stage. When not rehearsing or performing, she enjoys spending time with her animals and getting lost in a good book.

Nicole Wood (she/her)
Nicole Wood is excited to make her Fearless debut! Twin Cities-area performances: Lakeshore Players, The Phipps, Long Lake Theatre, Seasons Dinner Theatre, MN Fringe, Dinner Detective. Favorite past roles include: Jenny the Music Teacher (Sesame Street Live! national tour), Babe (The Pajama Game), Melissa (Love Letters), and Bebe (A Chorus Line). Outside of theatre, Nicole also has multiple roles to perform; she is a mom, runner, substitute teacher, voiceover actor, live event producer, creative director, and works in a non-profit food shelf/thrift store.

Erin Anderson (they/them)
Writer, Robin Hood’s 401k
Erin Anderson is excited to debut both as a playwright and in their first Fearless production. After spending many years tormenting their family with plays that verged on unintentional horror stories, they hope this one is slightly more enjoyable.

Naomi Brecht (she/her)
Writer, The Laser Tag Play
Naomi Brecht is a playwright, director, dramaturg, and arts administrator in Minneapolis, MN. She is honored to make her Twin Cities playwriting debut with Fearless Five. Since graduating from the University of Minnesota – Duluth, she has supported productions in her various roles at the Guthrie Theater, Theater Latté Da, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Duluth Playhouse, and the Playwrights Foundation. See more of her work at naomibrecht.com.

Amy Dekker (she/her)
Technical Director
Amy Dekker is a multidisciplinary visual artist, focusing on painting, printmaking, papermaking, and costume design. Her work on costumes props, costume, and set design has graced the stages of the Minnesota Fringe (Waiting for Gygax, Remy Raygun, Audacious Ignatius), The Twin Cities Horror Fest (Shadows Under Wabasha), and Fearless Comedy Productions (Fearless Five: Harbingers, Action Movie: The Play). She has also run the tech board for It’s An Honorable Life at the Historic Mounds Theater the last two years. Amy has a BFA from Southern Illinois University and an MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Amy lives in St. Paul with her husband and son.

Becky Erickson (she/her)
Director, Fat Cat
Becky Erickson has been involved in theater since the age of 7. She was a performer until she discovered her love of directing in college. Becky graduated from Concordia University St Paul in 2011 with a BA in Theater and Dance. After graduation she began her career as the head of the theater department at a local high school where she directed and choreographed for 6 seasons. Becky has also directed a few miscellaneous community projects. She is thrilled to have the chance to continue her creative endeavors with Fearless and work with such a talented team!

Jackson Hoemann (he/him)
Director, The Laser Tag Play
Jackson Hoemann is a Twin Cities-based theater artist, and is so excited for you all to see The Laser Tag Play! As an actor, you may have seen him recently in A Christmas Carol and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, both with Lakeshore Players Theater. You can also find him running games of Dungeons and Dragons as a professional game master with Badwolf Adventure Studios. Special thanks to Naomi Brecht for bringing this script to the table, Eric Jacobson for giving him this opportunity, his parents for encouraging all these ideas, and all of you for taking the chance on new art!

Kevin T. Houle (he/him)
Director, The Interview
Kevin T. Houle has been involved in theatre as a director, stage manager, actor, educator, technician, and administrator for over 45 years. He has a B.A. in Drama from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD and an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Utah. Besides working as the Operations Manager at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, as well as a stage manager at both the Ordway and Children’s Theatre Company, he was also the Managing Artistic Director of the Waukesha Civic Theatre in Waukesha, WI for a season. He has directed plays in the Twin Cities for Theatre Cosmic at the MN Fringe Festival, Lakeshore Players, TEASE, Box Wine Theatre, Heritage Theatre Company, Lex-Ham Community Theater, Northwestern College, hipp•kitten theatreworks, and Child’s Play Theatre Company among others. He lives in Saint Paul with his wife Heather and their daughter Kate.

Eric B. Jacobson (he/him)
Director, Robin Hood’s 401k, Writer, Fat Cat, Producer
Eric B. Jacobson is an actor, playwright, director, and cat dad based in the Twin Cities. In September, he stepped into the role of Artistic Director for Fearless and he is thrilled to produce Fearless Five after previously performing in it the last two years. He also performed in Team Rand-McKay’s Works in Progress (MN Fringe 2023) and Dream of Me (MN Fringe 2024), and Classics Lost & Found’s Petrified Forest. He also wrote, produced, and performed in Unbelievable! (MN Fringe 2022) and wrote and produced The Ends (MN Fringe 2021). He is grateful to this amazing and talented and fun cast and crew, and to his partner Chini for all her support of his big dreams and artistic pursuits. www.ericbjacobson.com

Craig McNamara (he/him)
Writer, Home/Office
Craig McNamara has a career as an award-winning copywriter. But let’s face it – there’s more to life than writing advertising. He’s a past attendee of The Warner Brothers Sitcom Writers Workshop in Chicago, and author of three children’s books, and one book of essays, “Thinking Too Hard and Re-Thinking Too Much: Stories and Essays from a Career in Advertising.” His produced plays include Thinking of Elephants (Minnesota Shorts Play Festival, September 2023); “Red-Nosed Drunk” (Theatrical Shenanigans podcast, December 2024); and “The Besting of Friends” (Snowdance 10-Minute Comedy Festival, February 2025). craigmwriter.com

Hann Paulsen (they/she)
Stage Manager
Hann Paulsen is grateful to make their debut with Fearless on such a poignant show. They have worked around the Twin Cities both as an actor and stage manager with companies such as Lakeshore Players Theatre, 4 Community Theatre, and Open Door Community Theatre. In her spare time, she likes to color and cuddle her dog. They would like to thank her mom, everyone involved in Fearless Five: Power, and YOU for supporting live theatre. Enjoy the show!

Hedy Rand-McKay (she/her) 
Director, Home/Office
Hedy Rand-McKay completed her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2015 and moved to the Twin Cities shortly afterward. She married into the theater community in 2017, exchanging her vows at the first annual Fearless Five show. She serves as a board member for the Historic Mounds Theater, helps curate the film room Cinema Rex at CONvergence Con, and performs comedy at Strike Theater with Vilification Tennis. She recently produced It’s an Honorable Life at the Historic Mounds Theatre and directed Dream of Me at the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Tim Wick (he/him)
Writer, The Interview
Tim Wick has been active in Twin Cities theater for over thirty years. He has a BFA in Theater from Hamline University, is the director and producer of Vilification Tennis, co-founder and original artistic director of Fearless Comedy Productions, and a member of the local comedy band, The Dregs. This is Tim’s fifth contribution to Fearless Five, having previously written works for Fearless Five: Harbingers, Noir, Music, and Time. He has written several successful plays for the Minnesota Fringe Festival including “Top Gun: The Musical” and “A Murder on the Great Grimpen Mire Express.”