Staff

Tova Wolff

Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director

(she/her) Tova is a Director and Producer working in New York and Chicago. Select directing credits include: The King’s Speech (Associate Director, National Tour & Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky (59E59 Theaters & Edinburgh Fringe Festival), A Bad Night (The Frontier), Fade (Assistant Director, Victory Gardens), Bachelorette (Walkerspace/Soho Rep.), Security! (Secret Theater), Still Rising (The Tank). In 2016 Tova won Best Director in the Midtown International Theatre Festival for her production of Between Men. She was a participant in the Chicago Director’s Lab in 2017 and a 2017/2018 Directing Fellow at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. Refracted was born out of Tova’s desire to tell the unseen side of the story. She embraces nuance and complexity of thought in all of her work. With RTC, Tova aims to build a creative, theatrical home for the passionate pursuit of inclusivity, empathy, and community. www.tovawolff.com

Graham Miller

Co-Founder/Artistic Advisor

(he/him) Graham is a theatre director and the co-founder of RTC. Directing credits include: Homeless Garden (Refracted), Be A Good Little Widow (Refracted), I Am My Own Wife (Out Front Theatre Co.), The Dark by Serena Berman (Samuel French OOB Festival Finalist), Fostered Love by Claire-Frances Sullivan (TACT), Heavy is the Head…Or Why We Bow by J.S. Hinds (Amoralists ‘Wright Night at Rattlestick), and cabarets/solo pieces at such venues as Green Room 42, Don’t Tell Mama, The Duplex and The Tank. Assistant/associate work includes projects with Michael Arden (Roundabout), Trip Cullman (Powerhouse), Michael Rader (Cape Playhouse) and Zi Alikhan (BASiC.) MTC Directing Fellow, SDCF Observership Recipient, Director’s Lab Chicago alumnus. The practice of looking for the gray in a world of black and white, despite the inevitable cognitive dissonance this creates, has yielded the most rewarding lessons of his life. He hopes to share that odyssey with the Refracted community by inspiring a balance of skepticism and empathy.

Katy Campbell

marketing Director

(she/her) Katy is the Marketing Director of RTC and a Chicago-based actor, singer and stage combatant. As an actor, she’s worked with Factory Theater (where she’s an Artistic Associate), Blank Theatre, Hell in a Handbag, The Plagiarists, Red Theatre, Underscore and more. She is a founding member of the horror theatre collective, Abyssal Zone. Katy hopes to cultivate community through stories. katycampbellactor.com

Jo Hoch

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

(she/her) Jo is the Social Media Manager of RTC. You can also find her social media skills on the Instagram and Facebook accounts for 101.9 The Mix, 97.1 The Drive, and 100.3 She. She received a BFA in Acting from Oklahoma City University and performs locally in Chicago. Select acting credits include Richard III (Babes with Blades), It's a Wonderful Life (Oil Lamp), and 70 Scenes of Halloween (Theatre L'Acadie). Jo finds a way to tell a good story in anything she does, whether it's onstage or online.

Jess Vann

Culture and Community director

(she/her) Jess Vann is a Chicago based, actor, vocalist, speaker, entrepreneur, non for Profit leader, and Podcast host of "Tomfoolery and Shenanigans w/ Jess Vann”. A member of The Chicago Inclusion Project and has been the guest on Black Educators Matter Podcast, Feature Article with National After School Association, After School Today. She is known for her work in building community on and off the stage and collaborating with various organizations to enhance leadership quality for emerging and veteran leaders! You can say she wear many hats and finds joy in each of them! Jess is excited to be working with Refracted as their AEI Specialist. Some of her professional acting credits include, but are not limited to: House The Musical: The Coming of Age of Chicago House (Margaret), The Gift Theatre, Kentucky (Amy), Porchlight, 1776 and Billy Elliot (Roger Sherman) (US Mrs. Wilkinson, Ensemble), Pride Film and Plays, HOMOS or Everyone in America (Laila), Jeff Award Nominated Underscore Theatre Company, Story of A Story (The Untold Story) (Beulah/Tania). Catch up with Jess at jessvanncreates.com and IG: itsme.jessv.