CATHERINE EATON

Producer/Writer/Actress

Catherine Eaton is one of three founding partners of stir. She received her education at Cornell University, Master of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota, and conservatory degree from Mountview in London.  She then went on to become a member of the Guthrie Theatre's resident company for three years, touring nationally as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream as pictured on the cover of the New York Times, in addition to a handful of main stage roles including Calphurnia in Julius Caesar.  Simultaneously, Ms. Eaton toured the country spokesmodeling for Stolichnaya Vodka during their relaunch campaign.  She has done a number of independent films including The Collaboration and the occasional studio film including Training Day as well as working on camera for major corporate clients BMW and Target.  Ms. Eaton is a member of Actors Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.   She freelances doing sound and camera work for television, has produced albums for various music industry talent via Enterprise Studios in Burbank, CA, and is currently working on an adaptation of her play, Corsetless, for screen.  Ms. Eaton was commissioned by Glencross Films (an independent production company based in Manhattan--www.glencrossfilms.com) to adapt the play, and Glencross has come aboard to co-produce the piece.  www.catherineeatononline.com

JANA SICLAIR 

Producer/Actress

Jana Siclair is one of three founding partners of stir. She is currently helming the production of Failure to Protect, stir’s first full length feature.  Ms. Siclair was Managing Director of Stormhouse Partners, a boutique branding and communications firm in Chelsea.  Under her direction, the company more than doubled in size and sales and won the highly esteemed Mobius design award.  Ms. Siclair also worked locally as a branding consultant for Ruth’s Chris Steak House and as a business consultant for Bikram Yoga Chelsea.  Prior, she worked in affiliate sales at A&E television.  As an artist, Ms. Siclair received her Master of Arts in Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo and is a graduate of the Professional Actor Training Program at the William Esper Studio, NYC where she studied with William Esper.  Ms. Siclair has appeared on New York stages in the Off-Broadway production of Catherine Butterfield’s Joined at the Head at the Blue Heron Arts Center, as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Viola in Twelfth Night and  Lois in Bill W. and Dr. BobHaving studied on camera technique with Julia Carey at the School for Film and Television, Ms. Siclair’s most recent film and television credits include the principle role in an episode of Forensics Files (Court TV), and leads in independent films such as In the Flesh (Candy), Evan's Getting It Together, Trespass, Breakfast in Paradise and 11:11 (directed by Steven Posen). Ms. Siclair is a voice-over artist currently freelancing with the William Morris Agency.

CAROL TODD

Producer/Writer/Actress 

Carol Todd is one of three founding partners of stir.  She is currently helming the production of her screenplay, Showers of Happiness, a short film about the challenges of motherhood for the modern woman.  As a proud member of Actor's Equity Association, Ms. Todd has enjoyed a flourishing career in regional theatre.  Most recently Ms. Todd starred as Andrea in the World Premiere of Jack Canfora's Place Setting at New Jersey Repertory Company, as Elsa in Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca at The Theatre Project in NJ and as Sadie Thompson in an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's Rain in Cape May with East Lynne Theatre Company.  Prior, she originated the role of rock star Melinda Avery in Russell Davis' The Song of Grendelyn at Playwright's Theatre of NJ.  Other recent roles include Josette in Lee Blessing's new play Whores, a critically acclaimed co-production between Playwright's Theatre and NJ Repertory Company, as well as Isabella Bird in Top Girls and Betty in Betty's Summer Vacation, both at The Theatre Project.  In New York, she was a founding member of the Harbor Theatre, a company committed to the development of new American plays, originating the role of Anna in Edmund DeSantis' Making Peter Pope.  Other credits include performances with the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Luna Stage, 12 Miles West Theatre Company, the Bickford Theatre, Foundation Theatre, the NY International Fringe Festival and national tours with both George Street Playhouse and the Shoestring Players.  Ms. Todd was also featured on HBO's Actual Jokes series and starred in the independent films, The Waiting Room, Dead Fish, A Woman in New Bedford and In the Flesh.  She has studied acting with Victoria Paley Hart at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University earning her B.A. in Theatre Arts and on camera technique with Julia Carey at the School for Film and Television.