Past Committee Members

The GPP is 100% volunteer-run - we wouldn't exist without community support.
In 2014, a committee was formed to help plan and organize events and involvement, and the members of this committee continually went above and beyond to make the GPP as fun and successful as possible.
People come and go, but their legacy remains!

Mawtlane Mannix
2016 General Committee, 2016 Co-Events Coordinator
Biography for Mawtlane

Boipelo Seswane
2016 General Committee, 2015 Secretary
Boipelo is a lover of theatre, film (having directed for the annual university theatre festival a few times and being in a few productions for theatre and film all through university and post that), media, art (with a weakness for Pre-Raphaelite paintings/works), radio, and especially writing. She has a lot to say, but mostly prefers observing people.

Suzanne Pasch
2016 General Committee
Biography for Suzanne

Kelsey Minnig
2016 General Committee, 2015 Public Relations (Within Gwangju)
Kelsey is originally from Pennsylvania, USA and moved to Gwangju in 2013. She has never been involved with theater before living in Korea. She first found herself onstage for the production of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer, but generally prefers the view from backstage. She was an assistant stage manager for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Chris Enright
2016 General Committee
At an early age Chris was forced into horrible Christmas pageants with musty old costumes and temper tantrums from the director. After enduring an abysmal Trio were he had to sing as a 'wise man' bearing gold he has vowed to never take part in the pants wetting fear of theater again. He is from Washington State and enjoys travel, art, and breaking his vows.

Annie To
2016 General Committee, 2015 Visual Media Coordinator
Annie To grew up in Los Angeles of the United States and has pursued a career of acting and filmmaking (annieto.com). She co-founded two collaborative production teams in LA: Congress Films and Girls on Top Productions (an all-female creative team). She hopes to continue pursuing filmmaking after her time teaching English in South Korea. In her free time, she likes writing poetry, playing guitar, buying secondhand items, and commiserating about the meaning of life and love.

Ryan Morrison
2016 General Committee
Ryan, from Scotland, had played around with acting from a young age but it wasn't until he noticed a poster for an open audition for Macbeth while living in Seoul that he actually started getting seriously involved. Since being in Korea he has acted with a number of groups such as Seoul Shakespeare Company, Seoul Players and most recently, Gwangju Performance Project. He may be quiet in person but he loves getting on that stage.

Chris Bleeker
2015 General Committee
Chris Bleeker came to Gwangju in 2011, loves telling people what to do, and avoids all drama that isn't on stage with the GPP.

Heather Aitken
2014 Secretary, 2015 President
Heather has spent her life on the stage, yet it wasn't until university that she discovered her talent behind the scenes, managing the University of Melbourne's Engineering Music Society and volunteering in administration for arts festivals around Melbourne, Australia. Determined that the arts facilitates communication and understanding, where traditional communication may not, Heather hopes to spend her life creating performance and cultural opportunities in communities across the globe.

Julien McNulty
2015 General Committee, 2014 Media Coordinator
Originally thought to be from the Svalbard, Julien actually grew up in the cold tundra known as Canada, eh! He considers himself a citizen of the world, but has made Gwangju his home long enough to be the last DOG - Da Original Gaston, from Lapin Agile, GPP's first production. Born with a face for radio, Julien is multi-lingual, multi-talented and a brilliant multi-tasker: professor, voice actor, avid scuba diver, traveller, and taekwondo practitioner.

Joey Nunez
2015 Membership Coordinator and 2014 Treasurer
Joey enjoyed his time in Gwangju, South Korea for 3.5 years. Starting first as an English Hangul Teacher for 18 months, he transitioned to become the first Western Gwangju International Center Coordinator for 2 years. He loved what he accomplished at the GIC, and also with the GPP too. Serving as a cast or crew member for 12 GPP productions and assisting as a GPP Player for 2 years, Joey loved what he accomplished and knows that the GPP will continue to produce great opportunities for the Gwangju community to continuing enjoying.