Meet the Twisted Minds
Behind Twisted Minds
Welcome to Twisted Minds! We're glad you're here. We are a group of young adult theatre makers trying to spread community and advocacy though our lively theatre endeavors. We are currently based in Ithaca (where all of the operations team go to college), where we put on shows for our community and then bring them to the rest of the world through the power of the internet.
We strive to foster a place where good stories can come from anywhere, where a budget doesn’t define our capacity to create, and where anyone, can be anything and everything they set their minds to.
Operations Team
Olivia Celenza
Director of Community, Outreach, and Dramaturgy
Liv Celenza has always been a storyteller. With a Screenwriting major and minors in Journalism and Education Studies, she wears all the hats, has the energy of 10 people, and is an unwavering optimist. Yet in her heart, she will forever remain a theater kid dedicated to advocacy and representation. She is thrilled to be a part of Twisted Minds, working alongside her extraordinary friends, having been the production liaison of Burr twice, Makoto Naegi in Hope, Despair Musical, the director, writer, intimacy coordinator and OG Harley Quinn in Arkhamites, and Mikan Tsumiki in Goodbye, Despair, Musical!
Natalie Fadlon
Director of Graphic Design, digital operations, and co-director of social media
Natalie Fadlon (she/they) is a junior Theatre Studies major and Writing minor. You may recognize her as Kyoko in Hope, Despair, Musical!, Catwoman in Arkhamites, or creator of behind the scenes shenanigans with Molly. Her dream job is telling cool stories with cool people, so she is jazzed to work with Twisted Minds. They’ve also never used the word jazzed until this exact second. When not directing, writing, or performing, Natalie enjoys agonizing over Canva graphics and spreadsheets. Alarmingly, after Hope, Despair closed they played through the entire second Danganronpa game in three consecutive days. Long live Twisted Minds!
Zachary Lawrence
Director of online events and editing
Zachary Lawrence (he/him) is constantly wondering what life would be like in a world without Pringles (not sponsored). Outside of that, he’s been working as a writer, actor, and editor for TMP. You may recognize him as the insufferable know-it-all Byakuya Togami in HDM and DGM, or the…insufferable know-it-all "The Riddler" in Arkhamites. In addition, he has co-written Despair Girls Musical with fellow Twisted Minder Sam Wurdemann. His Screenwriting major on one hand, and having too much free time on the other, Zach can’t wait to see the MADNESS the Twisted Minds team has in store come to fruition.
Eloise Mae
Director of marketing, finances, and co-head of social media
Eloise (she/her) is head of fundraising and co-head of social media for Twisted Minds. She is an actress and possibly an eldritch being who is suddenly also a business person I guess. She played Junko in HDM, Monaca(and Junko) in Despair Girls, Fuyuhiko(and Junko) in GDM, and is in the cast of Changing Affairs.. You also may know her for her performances in the Milwaukee area(her favorite place to call home), for climbing to the top of everything she sees, or for the time she carried a potato in her backpack for nine months. Please feel free to reach out with any Twisted Minds related questions!
Sam Wurdemann
Director of music and artistic development
Sam Wurdemann (he/him) walked a thousand miles to New York from the desolate wastelands of Minnesota with nothing but a stick and bindle and a dream: to make some insanely awesome new theatre. He is pursuing his Bachelor’s in music with an Outside Field in New Theater Development. One day he may write the perfect song, and until then, he’s just keeping time DJing weddings and celebrating his amazingly talented friends.