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Lucky Stiff
Jacinda Ratcliffe
Collin Quinn Rice
who we are
Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff is a director, writer, and performer working in Chicago and New York. Their work in new play and musical development and immersive nightclub culture-inspired performance art has been featured at MOCA Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Blue Man Group Chicago, About Face Theater, Raven Theater, and the McKittrick Hotel (home of Sleep No More) among many others. In 2024 they were a Fellow in the Leon Levy Foundation Director’s Group in residence at Roundabout Theatre Company. They hold an MFA in Directing for Theater from Northwestern University where they received a grant from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts for their original site-specific production BELOW: An Underworld Story. Currently: “David” in David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar’s immersive production Theater of the Mind.
they/he
Jacinda Ratcliffe is a performing artist and choreographer based in Chicago. She graduated from Northwestern University in 2015 with a B.A in Dance and Psychology. During her senior year, she fell in love with devising and immersive theatre. She was a founding member of Voyeur Theatre Collective where she played an integral role as a devising collaborator, performer, and choreographer for their inaugural site specific immersive work ENTRAINMENT which premiered in Chicago while she was finishing her degree. She continued her work with immersive theatre as a devising collaborator & performer in Lucky Stiff’s BELOW: An Underworld Story, and shortly after in The Great & Terrible Doctor Faustus produced by Striding Lion Performance Group. She joined the Columbia Storytelling Lab’s immersive & interactive project FRANKENSTEIN A.I.: A Monster Made By Many which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2018 as part of their “New Frontier” category; it was named one of “the 8 weirdest things” at Sundance that year. She is an ensemble member with Lucky Plush Productions- a dance-theatre company that devises new works that have performed at Chicago venues including the Harris Theater, Steppenwolf 1700, Pritzker Pavillion, The Logan Theater, and Links Hall as well as in various venues on national tours; upcoming premiere of FACING will be January 2027 at Lookingglass Theatre.
Jacinda Ratcliffe
she/her
Collin Quinn Rice
they/themCollin Quinn Rice is a queer actor and photographer based in Chicago. They have been creating immersive theatrical experiences for more than a decade in Chicago’s storefront scene. Immersive credits include: From On High (OddKnock Productions), The Roar on Rush (Fever), The Ode at Pint’s End (Birch House Immersive), Masque Macabre (Strawdog), 13 Candles (SADHAUS), BELOW: An Underworld Story (Independent, d. Lucky Stiff), and The Great & Terrible Dr. Faustus (Northwestern). Collin has also worked with Raven Theatre, Definition Theatre Company, About Face Theatre, Rivendell, First Floor Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, and The House. Collin is represented by DDO Chicago.
here & now & you & me
Designed with an element of choose-your-own-adventure including consent-forward options to opt into deeper levels of interaction and immersion, our production will take audiences on a journey through our carefully crafted landscape exploring relationship, environment, and emotional connection through visceral observation and/or participation.
Our project is immersive, site specific, and fully devised to take audiences through an experience focused on moments of belonging and community. We seek to permeate the boundary of the fourth wall with interactive experiences that drive both the overall narrative and one’s individual emotional journey. Our project, specifically, also incorporates social compassion through the lens of queerness and community-building.
