Intergenerational Theatre Company

SilverKite Community Arts® presents an original, one-hour intergenerational theatre performance created from the life stories of the cast. Featuring performers ages 19–76, this production explores identity, aging, and the relationships that shape our lives.

Performance Options:

1-hour SilverKite Performance, includes 20-minute talk-back: $600

15-minute audience talk-back with the performers
Extend the Experience, includes the show, talk-back, and an interactive theatre and storytelling-based workshop with the actors for a total run time of 2 hours and 20 minutes of interactive engagement: $1100

Bring this powerful intergenerational performance to your school, organization, or community. The company will tour from April–June 2026.

A limited number of financial scholarships are available. Contact us to learn more about booking or scholarship opportunities.

We hope to see you at an upcoming performance! Interested in having our company of actors tour to your community? Contact us for more information.

Meet the cast and crew of A Masterpiece

A Masterpiece is the 12th original production from our Intergenerational Theatre Company. The show is based on the life stories of the 5 cast members, and explores the many concepts, cycles, experiences of A Masterpiece through monologues, scenes, music, and movement.

A Masterpiece will run approximately 45 minutes and will conclude with an audience talkback. You are an important part of this experience. We invite you to listen, reflect, and discover what a masterpiece means to you – and how you choose to define it.

Ralph Bernstein

Cast

Ralph Bernstein became an actor after retiring from a 30-year career in journalism. He has appeared in several student films, commercials and training videos, in addition to having appeared as an extra in numerous television shows and films. On stage, he was the narrator for The Bell Ringer, an original Christmas rock opera by local musician Peter Orullian. Ralph also created an award-winning one-man short film (directed by John Jacobsen) – an extended monologue about his experience dealing with the illness and passing of his first wife.

Jackie Meyners

Cast

Jackie Meyners is a freelance theater director and educator, with a BA in Acting and Theatre Education from the University of Northern Colorado. She spent the last eight years teaching in the public school setting, and is currently the Education Director at Seattle Public Theater. When she's not making art, Jackie enjoys the Puget Sound, reading, and her sourdough starter. It is such an honor to be performing with these incredible humans—all love to the cast, and Mckenzie! Always love and thanks to Gustav, PW and PJ Meyners.

Lucy Major

Cast

Lucy has been acting and working on shows since they were 10 years old. They have lived in Bellingham their whole life and have recently moved to Seattle for school. They are currently a first year at University of Washington and are planning on majoring in Education Community and Organizations and Drama Performance. When not acting you can find them spending time with friends and family or working at University Child Development Schools!

Mckenzie Wilson

Director

Mckenzie (she/her/they) is a Seattle-based artist originally from North Carolina. She is dedicated to creating innovative, inspiring, and engaging projects that bring people together. With over 10 years of directing, writing, and performance experience across the country, Mckenzie delights in exploring and uplifting the vibrant cultures, communities, and stories around her, infusing her work with a playful spirit and a sense of wonder. Their work draws on the power of innovative storytelling and devised performance, inviting curiosity and discovery, with the intention to build authentic connection. She is always happy to connect -- especially about creative pursuits, outdoor exploration, cats, and reality TV. She holds a BA in Dramatic Art and Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018).

Cat Christ

Cast

Cat Christ has 6 decades of professional and community theatre background, including a previous Silver Kite Intergenerational Theatre Company production, "Chairs".

Cat also works as a Drama Club director for several assisted living facilities, making the residents the stars of Broadway play adaptations that she writes.

One of her signature mantras is "The stage is the most truthful arena of self-discovery".

Dez'Mon Fair

Cast

Dez'Mon Fair is a visual artist and writer living in the Seattle area. He primarily works with watercolor on washi and poetry. He also creates immersive installations, cathartic and meditative body painting performances, and poetry and prose scored into expansive soundscapes that he calls 'Novel Sonics. ' He believes that art is healing and can change people for the better, in the viewing and the contemplating, but especially the making.

P. Alyda Sorm

Tour Manager

P. Alyda Sorm (she/her) is a Khmer American theatre artist born and raised in King County. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2019 and is currently a producer at Pork Filled Productions and a freelance stage manager/assistant stage manager based in Seattle. Stage management credits include: A Comedy of Errors, Seattle Shakespeare Company (SM); Black Nativity, Intiman (ASM); The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen, Seattle Children’s Theatre (ASM); Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play, Pork Filled Productions (SM); and Young Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story, Seattle Children’s Theatre (ASM).