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About
The Feminist Commune
Meet the Commune!
Kerstin Vaughn (she/her)
Managing Artistic Director
Kerstin came to theatre through acting. Since then, she has explored stage management, discovered the world of vocal coaching, fell in love with teaching, and cultivated an eye for directing. She is excited by work that uses humor to address the complicated and difficult parts of life.
Kerstin has recently graduated from Texas Tech University with her MFA in Performance and Pedagogy. She has taught classes, workshops, and camps for theatre students ranging all the way down to kindergarten and up to the undergraduate and professional level. She is a proud founding member of The Feminist Commune Theatre Collective.
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Kerstin is inspired by using movement as a form of storytelling. The body knows so much, all we need is to listen to it. She believes theatre is most engaging and impactful when we tap into expressive movement and vocal energy to build something bigger than life and otherworldly.
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Alice Bryant (they/them)
Director of Design and General Tomfoolery
Alice adores every facet of theatre. They primarily focus on their love of performing and costuming, but have also dabbled in directing, teaching, stage management, props design, and electrics. They grew up dancing, singing, acting, and drawing dresses to their heart’s content- so it was truly no surprise this is their life now.
Alice loves to focus on fine-tuning their acting skills through the accumulation of various acting techniques from around the world and hopes to delve more into costume design as they grow older. They are currently pursuing their MFA in Performance and Pedagogy from Texas Tech University. They will do any theatre they can get their hands on and are super excited to be a part of the Feminist Commune!
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Sarah Lehmann (she/her)
Director of Social Media and Digital Content
Sarah Elizabeth Lehmann is a native of Dallas, Texas. She is a Director, Actress, and Educator. Her specialty is modern contemporary shows that smash the patriarchy. She graduated with her MFA in Performance and Pedagogy with an emphasis in Directing in May of 2022. She is a proud founding member of The Feminist Commune Theatre Collective.
She specializes in teaching through emotional movement. She teaches all ages, and has most recently taught with the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival.
She recently produced and acted in Caity-Shea Violette's one-woman, Credible. She also directed in a word in Texas Tech University Main Stage 2021-22 season.
When she is not working in the theatre, Sarah enjoys playing Mario Kart and playing with her dog, Sapphire.
Sarah Mayhew (she/her)
Creative Artistic Director
Sarah Mayhew has been making theatre since she was eleven years old. An Alabama native, Mayhew earned her BA in Musical Theatre from Birmingham-Southern College in 2020, graduating as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. During the pandemic, she moved across the country to Lubbock, TX to pursue an MFA in Performance and Pedagogy from Texas Tech University. As part of her graduate assistantship, Mayhew teaches Introduction to Acting to non-major students; she also facilitates theatre workshops and camps for children and for adults with aphasia. Mayhew will direct The Five Lesbian Brothers' "The Secretaries" in Spring of 2023 in partial fulfillment of her MFA thesis.
On Sunday mornings, Mayhew can be found in the choir loft at First United Methodist Church, where she is employed as a choral singer. She is also a founding member of the Feminist Commune Theatre Collective, which will be producing "Why We Are Angry" as a way of raising awareness and funds for women's reproductive rights. As a jack of many trades, Mayhew values interdisciplinary approaches and partnerships, and is always on the hunt to learn something new.
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