• Mitch Golob, Artistic Director

Mitch Golob has been working as a theatre director in Chicago and across the country for more than a decade.  He has directed InFusion's first three productions, the U.S. premiere of The Last Supper and the world premiere of Créole, and the Midwest premiere Intrigue With Faye.  Some of other his directing projects include 8 By Tenn at Hartford Stage Company, the U.S. premiere of Jump to Cow Heaven at Profiles Theatre, And Then They Came for Me at Apple Tree Theatre, and Associate Director of the award winning World Premiere of Hannah & Martin at TimeLine Theatre.  He was also a member of Naked Eye Theatre Company, where directing projects included the Jeff Award winning production of Waving Goodbye in a co-production with Steppenwolf. 

He has also directed at Pegasus Players, Stage Left Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, and Thirsty Theater as well as assistant directed at Victory Gardens and the Bailiwick Repertory.  Mitch holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Drama from the University of Wisconsin. 

He has launched InFusion Theatre Company to bridge the gap between socially relevant and “consumer friendly” theatre.  The goal is to use its mixed-media focus to reach out to people who may think theatre is academic, high-brow, too expensive, or boring.  Our productions are targeted at the entire community, but concentrate on attracting Young Adults in their 20’s & 30’s, many of whom are infrequent theatre-goers.

• Tara Malpass, Managing Director

Tara Malpass, originally from South Carolina, graduated from Winthrop University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.  After college, she worked with Flat Rock Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, and Boogaloo Broadcasting Company.  Chicago credits include Tent Meeting with Circle Theatre, Earl the Vampire with Thunder and Lightning Theatre Ensemble, The Last Supper with InFusion Theatre Company, PINS at Bailiwick Repertory Theatre,  Lease on Love with Diamante Productions, Improvisation with the Vampire with Free Associates, Elton John's Glasses with Appetite Theatre, and The Real Inspector Hound and After Magritte at Piccolo Theatre.

• Jamie Bragg, Company Member

Jamie is a dramaturg, actor, and playwright who worked on InFusion's productions of Créole and Intrigue with Faye.  Previous dramaturgy credits in Chicago include Red Light Winter (Thunder and Lightning Theatre Ensemble) and Ion (Caffeine Theatre, Assistant Dramaturg).  Additionally, she held a literary internship at Actors Theatre of Louisville, home of the Humana Festival of New American Plays. As an actor, Jamie counts among her performance credits Susanna in A Murder of Crows (GroundUp Theatre), Chorus in Ion (Caffeine Theatre) and Katrina Van Tassel in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Rogue Theater).

• Jason Crutchfield, Company Member

Originally from Baltimore, MD, is a recent transplant to the city of Chicago. Jason joined InFusion as a company member after serving as the assistant stage manager for Rhymes With Evil.  Shortly before that, he made his Chicago stage management debut with Lights Out Theatre Company and their production of One Night Stand. In Baltimore, Jason had the pleasure of stage managing for numerous companies including the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival and serving as the stage management intern for Arsenic and Old Lace at CENTERSTAGE. Jason holds a B.S. in Theatre from Towson University.

• James Gibson, Company Member

• Bridgette O'Connor, Company Member

Bridgette O'Connor is a graduate from Butler University with a B.A. in Theatre and minor in Public Relations. After graduation, she completed internships with Oak Park Festival Theatre and Northlight Theatre. She has been Props Designer for The Last Supper at InFusion Theatre, Dead City at Dog and Pony Theatre and Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at Piccolo Theatre. She has also acted as Production Manager for Backstage Theatre Company's productions of The Ruling Class and Zombies from the Beyond. Most recently, she directed Interpreting a Dream as part of the Bailiwick Director's Festival and was Assistant Director for InFusion's production of Créole.

• Haily Wineland, Company Member

After working on InFusion's production of Soul Samurai, Haily was taken on as a company member; for which, she could not be more grateful.  You may have seen her in numerous productions by Lights Out Theatre Company, of which she has been a founding company member since 2008.  Haily studied Acting at Towson University in MD where she met her fellow Lights Out members and also fellow Infusion Company Member, Jason Crutchfield.  Past credits include, Song for a Future Generation at EP Theater, Poverty Christmas Pageant at The Artistic Home, Poverty Christmas Pageant 2 at The Apollo and One Night Stand at Studio Be.  Haily has also received a Kennedy Center Nomination for Outstanding performance by an Actress ‘05/’06 and won Best of Baltimore 2007: Supporting Actress.