The Reformers aren’t so much a theatre company as a collaborative of artists creating unique experiences that push the boundaries of contemporary performance. We are:

Charmian Creagle
Charmian is a theatre maker, director and producer.  She graduated from SOU in Ashland and completed an Oregon Shakespeare Festival internship.  She moved up to Portland in the late 90s to become a member of The Other Side Theatre where she directed multiple productions for the company, including Ubu Roi and Machinal.  While working with The Other Side her shows included local Drammy awards and finalist nods in multiple disciplines. She is a founding member of defunkt theatre where she directed Lisa D’Amour’s 3 Mutants for it’s inaugural production. In 2000 she moved to NYC where she worked with members of Elevator Repair Service and Clubbed Thumb as well as becoming an associate director and acting/movement teacher for The Looking Glass Theatre.  There she directed multiple productions including Spring Awakening, a female led production of Brecht’s Baal and multiple iterations of her own devised piece Communicable Dis-ease.  She moved back to Portland in 2009 where she and her husband reformed a new company – The Reformers. With this company she has created multiple experiential productions using devising, immersive environments and Reformer created scripts. She has been a member of the Portland Drammy awards committee for the last 4 years.

Sean Doran
Sean hails from New Mexico and earned his BFA in Theatre from the College of Santa Fe. He is an actor, writer, designer, and producer as well as a founding member of the multi-award winning theatres The Other Side Theatre and defunkt theatre here in Portland. During a ten year stint in the NYC area he and his wife founded Pretention Co. and produced several productions including Ubu Roi. Sean worked with several companies including La Mama where he appeared in Gerald Thomas’ production of Anchorpectoris. After moving back to Portland Sean and his wife founded The Reformers, whose unique productions include The Revenants [Drammy for Sound Design and Makeup], The Turn [Drammy finalist for Best Original Script], Haunted House and The Van. Recent credits include Medea with Imago and In the Penal Colony at Portland Opera. He has worked with several local companies including CoHo Productions, Post 5 and Artists Rep.