Isabella’s love for performing first began after stepping onstage at the age of 8 and she is passionate about creating the same opportunity for students of all ages. She is a graduate of The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and is a DMV-based actress. A trained soprano, she has performed roles in over 45 productions in Virginia, DC, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York City as well as multiple films. Isabella has worked as an instructor with The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Allegro Community School of the Arts, Drama Kids International, Middleburg Academy, St. Athanasius School, and more. Isabella is regularly involved with community theaters in the NOVA area as a director and acting coach, and maintains Storyteller Studio, where she directs and teaches, online and in-person.  

Lewis Bliss is a DMV-based actor, musician, and theater educator with a passion for creating meaningful art that brings hope and joy to a troubled world. In addition to teaching private music lessons, Lewis has directed or codirected elementary through high schoolers in nearly a dozen productions including “A Christmas Carol,” “The Sound of Music,” and “A Tale of Two Cities.” He has toured with the Logos Theatre in C.S. Lewis’s “The Horse and His Boy” recently seen at the Museum of the Bible in D.C., and he currently teaches Debate and Theatre at Evergreen Christian School in Leesburg.

Leila is a professional editor, teacher, and mom who since high school only treads the boards when the role of a lifetime comes along--like playing Lady Catherine de Bourgh opposite Isabella Lash’s Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice several years ago. (She is waiting for community revivals of The Importance of Being Earnest and Coriolanus so she can check Lady Bracknell and Volumnia off her bucket list and officially retire from the stage.) She loves working for Storyteller Studio as an acting and accent coach when she gets the chance. During the school year, Leila teaches literature to middle schoolers and American government, political philosophy, and Great Books to high schoolers. She especially enjoys introducing students to epic, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern poetry; 19th-century British novels; and Shakespeare.  Her favorite plays to cover in the classroom are Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest.

Bethany Bliss is a DMV-based actress with a love for the arts. She fell in love with theater when she and her brothers began performing skits in their grandparents basement, and since then has scarcely been found away from the stage. Bethany has been involved in several plays and musicals since she was seven years old; a couple of her most memorable roles have been Essie Carmichael in STS’s You Can’t Take it With You, Lucie Mannette in A Tale of Two Cities, and most recently she has had the incredible experience of playing Susan Pevensie with The Logos Theater in their World Tour of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Outside the theater, Bethany enjoys singing, reading, watching Jane Austen movies, and playing violin and flute. She has been involved in multiple STS productions and classes, and has truly valued the welcoming, supportive environment she has received there. Bethany relishes this opportunity to work as the assistant director alongside her brother, Lewis, to share her love of storytelling and help foster an encouraging and authentic environment for young artists.