Meet the Team
BlueJay could not function without our amazing team of talented individuals. We as an organization take pride in recognizing everyone working on our productions, whether it be onstage, behind the scenes, or on our Production (Executive) Board. The people below work hard to make BlueJay unique and we all strive toward creating a better theatrical production team.
Lulu Royce & JJ Moore
Co-Artistic Directors
Lulu Royce (she/her)
BFA Acting ‘26.
She is the proud Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of BlueJay Theater Collective alongside her best friend JJ. She directed the first production through BlueJay, Dog Sees God, In the fall of 2023 (EVVY Award for Outstanding Directing for Stage), and went on to direct Fun Home later that following spring through MTAG. Her Emerson Stage acting credits include, POTUS (Jean) and A Doll’s House (Anne-Marie & U/S Nora). Student theater acting credits include: Hot Dam! (Brody the Boyscout Kaplan), Five Times in One Night (Laura).
JJ Moore (they/them)
BFA Acting ‘26
Emerson Stage Credits: POTUS (Dusty understudy), a Dolls House (Mrs. Linde, Anne-Marie, Helene understudy). Emerson College credits: The Revolutionists (Marie Antoinette) for Emerson Company, Significant Other (Director) for BlueJay Theater Collective, Hot Dam (really reasonable citizen) for MTAG, Marilyn (Jamie and writer ), student film.
Natalie Dalton
Managing Director
(she/her)
BFA Theater Education and Performance ‘27. Emerson acting credits include Kidding Around’s Honk! (2024), and Hit Point Hall on EmChan (2024). Natalie is so excited to be a part of the BlueJay family!
Sasha Salins
Production Manager
(she/her)
BFA Stage and Production Management ‘27. Sasha is so excited to be a part of the BlueJay family!! Emerson Stage credits include: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2nd Assistant Stage Manager) and 16 Winters (Production Assistant). Emerson College credits: BlueJay Theater Collective’s Significant Other (Assistant Stage Manager) and Kidding Around’s June July August (Assistant Stage Manager).
Zoë Weill
Company Manager
(she/her)
BFA Theatre Education & Performance ’28. Emerson Stage Credits: Julius Caesar (Trebonius U/S). Emerson College Credits: BlueJay Theater Co’s The Shape of Things (Director), Mercutio Troupe’s 10 Out of 12 (ASM/Jamie), BlueJay Theater Co’s SLUT (Observing Director), EmShakes’ The Sea Ends at Troy (ASM), Mercutio Troupe’s Alluvium (Sound Designer). Additional Credits: Beyond Therapy (ASM), How to Make Friends and then Kill Them (ASM). I am beyond grateful and honored to be a part of the BlueJay family.
Layna Tarbotton
Marketing Director
(she/her)
BA Business of Creative Enterprises ’28. Emerson College Credits: Kidding Around’s Dear Morgan Le Fay (Assistant Director); BlueJay Theater Collective’s OverBridge High (Associate Marketing Director); BlueJay Theater Collective’s and RareWorks Theatre Company’s The Omniscient Bus (Associate Marketing Director); The 45th Annual EVVY Awards (Marketing and PR Director); Kidding Around’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical (Production Assistant, Swing); BlueJay Theater Collective’s The Shape of Things (Marketing Director). Grateful to be part of an organization that allows me to use my skills to uplift others and tell stories that resonate with college and young adult audiences.
Pamela White
Treasurer
(she/her)
BFA Theatre ‘26.5. Emerson Stage Credits: When Death Crashes A Dinner Party (Asst. Director). Emerson College Credits: emShakes Theatre Co.’s The Inheritance: Part 1 (Asst. Director) and The Big Meal (Observing Director). Additional Credits: British American Drama Academy’s Caligula (Asst. Director); The University of the Arts’ 10th Annual Polyphone Festival of New and Emerging Musicals (Asst. to the Artistic Director), Polyphone 10th Anniversary Concert (Dramaturg), norma jeane (Asst. Stage Manager), and The Bullet in the Brain (Asst. Stage Manager). Pam has also served as a Company Board Member for emShakes Theatre Co. and a Junior Producer at the Scranton Shakespeare Festival. For more, check out www.pamelavwhite.com. So much love to the whole BlueJay team!
Reed Atherton
Literary Manager
(he/him)
BFA Theatre and Performance ‘27. Reed has such a love for reading plays and is so excited to channel that love for the Bluejay Board. Emerson Stage Credits: Imogen Says Nothing (U/S Alexander Cooke), NFSW Chekhov’s Gun (Jacob). Emerson College Credits: Kidding Around’s Almost, Maine (Director), Musical Theatre Society’s 13: The Musical (Richie). Other Credits: Alumni of UNCSA’s High School Drama Program ‘23; Regional Credits: Parkway Playhouse’s Little Women (Laurie), Parkway Playhouse’s You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown) Thanks to: Mom and Dad and the entire community of love that surrounds him. @reedatherton
Lili Shaw
Associate Artistic Director
(she/her)
BFA Acting ‘28. Emerson College Credits: Musical Theatre Society’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Assistant Stage Manager), Rarework’s Night Side Songs (Assistant Director, Dramaturg), Mercutio Troupe’s The Thanksgiving Play (Logan U/S). Additional Credits: Boston Center for the Arts’ How to Make Friends and then Kill Them (Dorrie U/S). I love BlueJay!!
Nadav Ekshtein
Associate Artistic Director
(he/him)
BFA Theatre and Performance 28’. Emerson Credits: Musical Theatre Against The Grain’s The Cradle Will Rock (Mr. Mister), Musical Theatre Against The Grain’s Alice By Heart (Dr.Butridge/“King of Hearts/Jabberwock). Additional Credits: Upstage Theatre’s Fun Home (Bruce Bechdel), West Valley College’s Rockstar (Freddie Mercury)