Meet the Team
Reviewer / Contributor
Doug Knoop is a Seattle native who has performed on many local stages, including the 5th Avenue, SecondStory Repertory, Renton and Bellevue Civic Theaters, Edmonds Driftwood Players, Bainbridge Performing Arts and Seattle Musical Theater. He’s a graduate of Lake Washington High School and Eastern Washington University. He spent over 30 years working in the newsroom at the Seattle Times, reviewing books, movies and television. For several years he evaluated shows around the state for the 5th Avenue High School Musical Awards. He’s recently turned his attentions to directing (The Mousetrap, Doubt, Dancing at Lughnasa and Outside Mullingar for SSR), and hopes to continue this work that he loves, both on and off stage. He spends his free time with his extended family that includes his mother, three sisters, nine nieces and nephews and four great nieces and nephews.
Cathy Dodd
Reviewer / Contributor
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Jake Schlack
Reviewer / Contributor
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Greg Heilman
A longtime fan of film and the stage, Greg Heilman brings a natural curiosity and genuine interest to his interviews and a critical, but level-headed philosophy to his reviews. He is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. Greg is dedicated to increasing awareness of the arts in the community and beyond.
Doug Knoop
Anna Tatelman
Reviewer / Contributor
Founder / Lead Content Creator
Anna Tatelman (she/her) is delighted to be a contributor to The Sound on Stage! She currently writes theatre reviews for the Federal Way Mirror, too. Anna is also a playwright; you may have seen her work at various locales around the PNW, including As If Theatre, Centerstage, Drunken Owl Theatre, and Aspire Repertory Theatre. She occasionally wears other theatre hats like dramaturg, director, or contest judge for organizations such as Woodinville Repertory Theatre, Baker Theatre, and the Vonnie Borden Theatre. When not posing as the female reincarnation of Tennessee Williams, Anna can usually be found over-confidently singing karaoke, befriending feral cats, and/or eating ice cream.
Patrick Hogan
Reviewer / Contributor
Patrick Hogan began writing reviews for the Edmonds Beacon in 2013 and my writing also appeared in My Edmonds News around that time. He later started his own theater blog, Limited Perspective. Patrick hopes to engage a larger audience and expand the conversation about live theater. He believe a theater writer should aim for as much artistry and self-expression as would be expected from a theatrical production. The review should stand as a work of art in itself. “Now that I have set that high bar, I hope you enjoy what you read from me!”
Breanne Jensen
Reviewer / Contributor
Breanne Jensen has been part of the theatre community here in Washington State since 2008. Starting out originally on the other side of the water in Kitsap County, she has been seen on stage as an actor in over sixty community theatre productions, both musical and straight play alike. Over the years she has served on two different theatrical boards of directors both in Gig Harbor and Puyallup. Breanne grew up as a competitive dancer and in 2006 she was ESPN’s opening performer for the Universal Dance Association competitions. In her personal life, Breanne is a claims specialist at UW Medical, has an amazing husband, Mike, three Bonus boys (stepchildren) Eli, Andy & Jack and three adorable toy poodles Chip, Sully and Pippin!
Tucker Cholvin
Reviewer / Contributor
Based in Seattle, Tucker Cholvin (he/him) is returning to reviewing after previously writing (many years ago) for local arts access organization TeenTix and for The Oxford Student, in Oxford, UK. By day, Tucker works as a communications consultant for a Washington, DC-based agency. He is interested in expanding The Sound on Stage’s coverage to include the many dance performances that Seattle and the region have to offer. In his spare time, he enjoys backpacking, running, and volunteers as a lighthouse keeper in the San Juan Islands.
Sameer Arshad
Reviewer / Contributor
Sameer Arshad is a Persian-Turk-Arab-Indian-Pakistani playwright, writer, actor, animator, film-maker, comic maker and visual artist based in Seattle. Several of Sameer's plays have received productions in the Seattle area, including Crewmates (2018, Annex Theatre) and Alice in Arabialand (2025, Annex Theatre), as well as short works at 14/48 Projects, ReAct Theatre, Infinity Box Theatre, One Table Theater and Instant Noodles Festival. Sameer has also acted in several productions in the Seattle area, with Centerstage Theatre, Macha Theatre Works, Parley Productions, One Table Theater and SOAC. Sameer is a trained linguist and also provides services in cultural consulting and dialect training.
Vid Hardt
Reviewer / Contributor
Vid Hardt started working as a commercial model and jingle singer at the ages of 4 and 5, respectively. He has been in and out of showbiz several times since. As a stage critic he covered New England cultural events, especially the Williamstown Theater Festival and Just for Laughs for several Vermont area newspapers. His proudest editorial accomplishments are having helped shape Brian Greene's first two bestsellers on theoretical physics. As a professional performer he's most recently worked as a puppeteer at two theaters in Seattle. He also plays melodion with the West Seattle Ukulele Players.