| About the Founders 
Elizabeth Nearing is graduating from Carnegie Mellon University's undergraduate directing program this spring. With Empty Chair, Nearing directed Miscalled Simplicity, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III and Measure for Measure and co-directed The Shakespeare Showcase. She trained with the American Shakespeare Center and took part in a fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library. She has also taught workshops at Empty Chair's summer camp and in schools. Other projects include Radio Leningrad, a new work by Miranda Steege; The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet and Richard II, a one man show. Julia
Sears graduated from the Emerson Preparatory Institute in Washington,
DC. She now attends the University of Washington pursuing a degree in Theatre. She has trained with The Studio Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, The American Shakespeare Center and The Folger Shakespeare Library. She has taken part in internships for the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival and The Shakespeare Theatre company and in 2008 was in The High School Fellowship program at The Folger Shakespeare Library. At the University of Washington she serves as the Finacial Director for the Undergraduate Theatre Society, and has been a part of over 13 productions. She directed Empty Chair's Titus Andronicus in the 2011 summer Season,
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