Emily Cawood has been a multidisciplinary artist in the Austin area for over 20 years with her primary focuses in costuming and performance. Her most notable costuming career highlights include work with Ballet Austin, Performa/Dance, Esther’s Follies, Tin Pan Pally Productions and styling work for television and film. She is also a former cast member of the iconic Esther’s Follies and performed an NPR Tiny Desk Concert with emo puppet rock band Fragile Rock. Emily currently resides in Lockhart where she continues freelance costume projects, hosts crafting workshops and is in the process of developing a one-woman show. 

Erin Earle Fleming is an accomplished lighting designer whose work spans dance, opera, and theatre stages around the world. A proud member of USA 829, she is currently the Resident Lighting Designer at Ballet Austin and has collaborated with renowned choreographers and directors on productions from Bruce Wood Dance in Dallas to the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, and from Houston’s Hobby Center to La Mama in New York. Her work includes lighting designs for Marie Antionette: Vampire Queen of Versailles, POE / A Tale of Madness, Bubblegum (Ballet Austin); Nutcracker (Ballet Lubbock); Florencia en el Amazonas (Opera de Tenerife); Star Crossed (Texas Ballet Theatre); Bad Dog, No Biscuits (Bruce Wood Dance). Holding an MFA in Design from Yale University’s School of Drama, Erin brings a thoughtful blend of artistry, technical precision, and storytelling to every project she undertakes. And, Erin is especially pleased to collaborate with Matt Webb, in life and in work.

Matt Webb is excited to join Performa/Dance for the first time on this production. Matt is a faculty member of Texas State University's School of Theatre, Dance, and Film, where he recently designed the lighting for Treasure Island. Elsewhere in the Austin area, Matt's lit over a dozen productions at Zach Theater including Murder on the Orient Express, and he's also worked with Mary Moody Northen Theatre and ACC. Outside of Central Texas, Matt's designed with Seattle Rep, Syracuse Stage, Arden Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and many others. Although principally a theatrical designer, Matt's lit dance with On the Boards in Seattle and Peridance in New York City, and he designs Midland Festival Ballet's annual Nutcracker. And, Matt's thrilled to again collaborate with his wife Erin Earle Fleming, with whom he's designed two semi-staged operas for the Houston Symphony and whose work in dance and theatre constantly wows him.