Sub Rosa Studios

Getting To Know Us

Director Ahr

Director Ahr is an aspiring professional actress in the Chicagoland area as she receives her B.F.A. in musical theatre and vocal performance. She has notably performed in theatres around the area, working with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Paramount School Of Arts, over-the-seas performances, and others similar. Her favorite roles include Eponine in Les Miserables, Belle in Beauty And The Beast, and Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her most recent performance was Mrs. Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie. Aside from her performances, she enjoys both dance and fight choreography, teaching the art at local theatres. She is also trained in many musical instruments (violin, viola, piano,otamatone, flute, trumpet, ukelele,guitar, handspan), playwriting and stage tech, having been taught by many stage managers of DCL. Having been a musician and actress for over twelve years, she writes, composes and performs her own original work. Also fond of computer design and art, she designs her own playbills. She can speak a handful of languages fluently (Spanish, German), as well as perform many different dialects in the same manner. In addition she has traveled the world from California to Turkey, interested in the varying cultures and languages. Director Ahr has many leadership positions as well, including the captain of various teams and organizations, assistant director and director roles, and much more. She has recently finished her Disney College Program at Walt Disney World in Disney Entertainment. 

Director Cadence

Director Cadence is an aspiring professional cinematographer and writer who recently moved to the Chicagoland area to pursue another career within a nearby University. Along the lines of his career, he enjoys learning about stage tech, practicing musical instruments, and training in dance. He is fluent in a few basic languages (Spanish, German, Latin), and has traveled the world as well. Leadership has been a strongly cultivated skill, having led and directed many teams, groups and more. His favorite color is periwinkle, his favorite animal is the diplocaulus, and he is a large lover of poetry, especially if it is alliterative. Although he is always willing to discuss, personal matters will always be off the table. Otherwise known as this is all the information you will get.)

Director Mike

Mike, one of the directors of the Studio of Converging Lines, has been classically trained and performing Violin, Taekwondo, and other performing arts for upwards of 15 years. He is currently a second degree black belt in Taekwondo, as well as an instructor and choreographer for his local demonstration team, which he has led through many performances and learning environments, and plans to pursue a career in music performance. He has explored many areas and genres of music, sometimes posting and performing music under various pen-names on his own time. Violin remains his specialty. He has attended a great many well-known institutes under renowned professors, and he has performed complex pieces on a home front, in Puerto Rico, and many other stages. He will perform again, soon, on a tour scheduled to visit Spain in the coming summer. 

He enjoys working with many art forms, such as jewelry-making, drawing, sketching, reading, writing, poetry, photo-editing, music-writing, studio-recording, and making horrendous jokes. His favorite colors include light purple and mint green. His favorite animals are hedgehogs and narwhals. He is fluent in English and French, and is unfamiliar to countless other languages despite his access to google translate.