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Meet The Team

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Founding Artistic Director

Lee Bowser

Lee Bowser (they/any) is an actor/playwright and drag clown based in NYC and the founder and artistic director of Hellmouth Theatre Company

 

Lee is currently a senior at New York University in the drama program at Playwrights Horizons, having completed training at Amsterdam's International Theatre Workshop and the Experimental Theatre Wing as well as pursuing a minor in producing. Lee is interested in creating surreal, exciting, and irreverent art across the mediums of theatre, emerging technology, post-modern dance, music, and visual art! When they are not directing or writing their own work, they are likely clowning or singing thanks to an unfortunate background in musical theatre. Their most recent performing credits include Dee Dee Allen in The Prom and Alice Spencer in Alice by Heart. Come say hi!

IG: leekbowser

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Associate Artistic Director

Ace Harvest

Ace Harvest (they/them) is a performer, filmmaker, and creative technologist based in New York City. Ace is currently a senior at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Collaborative Arts with an Interactive Media Arts minor. Their multi-disciplinary practice explores the intersection of the body and technology through a feminist lens, devising original work through experimentation, play, and collaboration. ​

 

Ace serves as the Co-Artistic Director to Hellmouth Theatre Company, and is the Co-Founder of Wet Paint Production Company. They currently work as the Studio Intern for Onassis ONX. ​

 

Ace is a proud member of the NYU Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars Program, and was selected as an NYU Shanghai 2026 Creativity + Innovation Fellow. Follow them on Instagram @aceharvest.art & @ace.harvest 

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Executive Producer

Sam Charney

Sam Charney (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist, using performance, fiber arts, technology, and film as mediums to create art about the world as they see it and how the never ending political nightmare pans out. 

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Sam is currently a Junior Collaborative Arts major, double majoring in Costume Design, and minoring in Gender and Sexuality studies with a passion for theatre that expands the audience’s experiences so they can gain new perspectives on the world. Some recent projects Sam has worked on are, Just Letting You Know (Creator/Student), A Pirates Life (Director), and Transduction (Creator/Self). Sam would like to thank their family, friends, and artistic mentors for their unwavering support and guidance in their artistic and personal growth. @scpursuedbyabear

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Associate Producer

Antonio Tourgeman

Antonio Tourgeman is an emerging multimedia artist whose work spans live performance, film, and digital media, including projections and VJing. Previous theatrical credits include Earthaholics (Director, Knife Dog Play Festival) and F*ck Lake Geneva (Assistant Projections, Hellmouth Theatre Company). Antonio is currently a sophomore in New York University’s Collaborative Arts BFA program minoring in Art History and Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. 

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Production Manager

Laura Schiveley

Laura Schiveley is a Stage & Production Manager and Costume Designer based in New York City. She is currently pursuing her BFA in Drama at Tisch School of the Arts (Playwrights Horizons Theater School, Production and Design Studio). Recent work includes Two Lesbians Walk Into a Baby Shower (Broke People Play Festival, The Flea), A Pirate’s Life (Hellmouth Theatre Company, Off-Broadway), Love, Your Neighbors (The Neighbors, Alvin Ailey), DFTD & Fun Home (Tisch New Theatre), PHTS Student Projects, and Alice in Wonderland & Frozen (Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis). Laura is so excited to continue collaborating with the lovely people of Hellmouth Theatre Company. 

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Technical Director

Adison Holland Hobbs

Adison Holland Hobbs is a writer, director, stage manager, and theatrical electrician currently studying at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School and the Production & Design Studio at NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts. She has had the pleasure of working Off-Broadway at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre and at the Japan Society. She has also had the great opportunity of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Thank you thank you thank you to Hellmouth for the opportunity to join such a warm and mischievous group of theatre artists. 

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Human Relations

Demetrius Winegarden

Demetrius Winegarden is a Twin Cities and New York City based Director, Playwright, Producer, Stage Manager, and Intimacy Director. He is currently pursuing a BFA/MA degree at NYU Tisch School of The Arts for Drama (Directing) and Performing Arts Administration. He is currently the Community Care Coordinator for Hellmouth Theatre Company and the Community Outreach Director for the Work In Progress Program. Recent credits include Theatre of Youth Buffalo (Summer Administrative Intern), A Pirate’s Life (Hellmouth Theatre, Assist. Stage Manager, Off Broadway), FARM (Sod House Theater, Tour Manager), and over 30 NYU student productions (Producer, Director, Stage Manager). Demetrius produces their own original work through @bluemorphoproductions on Instagram. He is so excited to be joining the Hellmouth team!

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Join Us.

We are always looking for interested creators and theatremakers! Please feel free to reach out with any inquiries.

(717) 425-1142

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