The Book Club Play at The Inspired Acting Company

Tayler Jones

Tayler Jones (Lily) (she/her) is so excited to be making her debut at Inspired Acting debut. She is a theatre artist, actress, director, and teaching artist from Detroit. Tayler earned an MFA in Applied Drama and Theatre for the Young from Eastern Michigan University. Tayler also holds aBFA in Acting from Wayne State University and received Advanced Actor Training from the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2016. When not onstage you can find her in the classroom, teaching playmaking to youth at Matrix Theatre Company and life skills through improv as part of the Detroit Creativity Project. She is also an Associate Artist with Limelight, contributing to creating and performing applied theatre works aimed at fostering community engagement and social change. Tayler’s talent has been recognized on national platforms, having appeared on PBS and Good Morning America. Her recent credits includes Mavis in Dot's Home (A Host of People), Airianna/Little Girl in The Golden Loc (Obsidian Theatre Festival), Young Rose in theOscar-qualifying short film, Well, Solo Acts (Limelight), Aunt Gayle/Young Chipper in the ripple, the wave, that carried me home (Theatre Nova), and Mattie in Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Detroit Rep).

Jon Kind

Jon Kind (Will) (He/Him) is an actor/director who worked in educational theatre across Michigan for many years. Some recent credits include Peter Shaw in Silent Sky and Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein's Mary Shelly.

Hosanna Phillips

Hosanna Phillips (Jen) (she/her) is a local actor and artist, appearing on many stages across metro-Detroit. Recent credits include Carrie in Drinking Alone, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, and Allison/Google Girl in First Date.

Tim Pollack

Tim Pollack (Rob) is theatre artist based in South Eastern Michigan and is excited to make his Inspired Acting Company debut. He received his BA in Acting from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in2016. His previous credits include Henry Grey in Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberly (Open book), Sergeant Daw in The Mummy Queen (Penny Seats), Hamlet (Experimental Performing Arts Wing), the Uncle in The Intruder (Detroit Theatre Collective). Tim is also the Artistic Director of the Cabrini Monarch Theatre Troupe in Allen Park.

Katherine Schooler

Katherine Schooler (Ana) is thrilled to be making her debut with The Inspired Acting Company. She holds a BFA in Acting from Michigan State University (Go Green!) and has worked behind the scenes on popular television shows like Stranger Things and Ozark. Katherine is also a voice over artist and audiobook narrator, her most recent project being Not If I Date You First by Kristi Meyer, and she hosts The Closing Table podcast.

Joseph Sfair

Joseph Sfair (Alex) hails from the Metro-Detroit area and holds a BA from Wayne State University. This marks his second appearance on stage at Inspired, (where he is an Associate Artist,) having previously appeared in their inaugural show Private Lives as Elyot Chase. Other recent regional credits include Eddie Kurnitz (Lost in Yonkers, MI Stage), Fitzwilliam Darcy (Christmas at Pemberley, Open Book Theatre), Maurice Wilkins (Photograph 51, UDM Theatre), Felix Unger (The Odd Couple, Riverbank Theatre), and Trevor Knight (Arabic to English, Theatre Nova). He can next be seen in Breaking Laws to Gain Freedom: Liberating Stories of Detroit at Open Book Theatre in the autumn.