Join Us | Play Your Part

Our Mission*

We inspire action through captivating theatre.

By partnering with social justice focused non-profits for each of our projects, we give our audiences direct access to supporting causes that combat inequity and reduce violence.

At Play Your* Part ...

Our productions focus on excellent performances and innovative approaches to storytelling.
We invest in our people; compensating our artists, technicians, and administrators, as we build toward a sustainable wage model.
We engage under-invited communities in the creation of our work and as members of our audience, never turning someone away due to the cost of a ticket.

Meet The Team*

Michael Raimondi

(Founding Artistic Director) is a recent transplant to Seattle from New York City where he decided to make his dream of starting a theatre company with a philanthropic mission, a reality. He is elated to be producing, directing, and acting with Play Your Part, serving as the Founding Artistic Director, while continuing to work in film and television. Michael has gained valuable business experience working in sales and marketing for the largest supplemental education company in the country for over a decade, while continuing to hone his craft as a director and actor. Select acting credits include, Film: The Loins of Punjab Presents … (Horn OK Please), The Unidentified (Floodgate Features). London Theatre: The Laramie Project (London Theatre Workshop). New York Theatre: Olmstead in August (Open Source), R.U.R. (Homunculus), Alan Seymour in Picnic (Hunter), Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lucille Lortel), The Laramie Project & Laramie: 10 Years Later (Matthew Shepard Foundation), The Full Monty. Directing credits include: The Sixties Project (Goodspeed), Carmina Burana (Columbia Chorale of Portland), Lysistrata, Miss Saigon, The Crucible, Our Town, TheCompletWrksofWillmShakspear (abridged), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Duchess of Malfi, The Cherry Orchard, On The Town, Noises Off!, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Tall Tales from: The Kentucky Cycle, The Stonewater Rapture, Everyman, Prometheus Bound, Naomi in the Living Room, The Mask of Hiroshima, Zim vs. Gorloc (52nd Street Project),and several more New York premieres of original work. Formerly, Executive Director for Homunculus Mask Theatre in New York City, Michael produced the original piece Homunculus: Reloaded, and collaborated on several productions during a five year partnership. Michael received his BFA from Chapman University in Theatre with an emphasis in Directing and his MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School. He was fortunate enough to study under the late Gene Saks, Stuart Vaughn, Barbara Poitier, and Elizabeth Kemp as well as members of the SITI Company, The Wooster Group, and Shakespeare & Company. Michael enjoys cooking for others, watching RuPaul’s Drag Race, crossing items off of lists, and thrives when collaborating with other artists, philanthropists, and experts across all disciplines.

(Founding Director) was born and raised in Mexico where she became involved in theater. Whether it was acting writing or producing, she enjoyed learning all of the aspects that are involved in putting together a show. She graduated with a BA in Theater from Eugene Lang where she focused on Cabaret and creating Solo Performances. Later in her career she focused mostly on producing and found that it is what she likes to do the most. In Mexico City she was a producer for a small show called Perhaps Perhaps Quizas. The show quickly took off and has now been traveling the world now for 3 years. She has also worked in Film Production and TV. As a creative, Elsa is incredibly passionate about telling stories that matter most. As a producer, problem solving, working quickly, and staying on her toes are her favorite parts of the job. When Elsa is not working in theatre you can find her hanging from a trapeze, singing karaoke, or teaching Yoga.

(Production Assistant) College graduate from Chicago with a background in music and radio. I am so excited to help this team continue to build a community in Seattle and give a voice others that might not have otherwise had that. I've assisted in stage directing many live music performances including 100.7 The Wolf's Hometown Holiday as well as 107.7 The End's Annual Deck the Hall Ball

Board of Directors*

Elsa Gil

Michael Raimondi

Michael Sanchez

Jim Richard

Alice Johnson

Manuela Manetta

Raelyn Jacobson

Isabella L. Price

Jack Hilovsky

Alex Jinich

Brandon Force

Russell Hay

Scott Swiontek

Dan Hurwitz

Mason Wiley

Artistic Advisory Board*

Jason Reale

Amy Blackman
Joe Chisolm

Matthew Kacergis

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