Who is Ye Olde Theatre Eaters?

Ye Olde Theatre Eaters (or YOTE for short) started as a club founded by University of California, Irvine (UCI) undergraduate student Harrison Tate-Pascua and UCI alum Ethan Pante. Now, with the help of Colin Rinard and Tracey Rinard, YOTE has grown to become a theatre non-profit with a mission of making theatre accessible to underserved communities.

        Meet the Team        

  • Harrison Tate-Pascua (he/she)

    PRESIDENT

    Harrison is a current undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine studying English and Sociology. Harrison also has a passion for theatre, especially Shakespeare. Harrison is also passionate about accessible art, and advocates that art is for everyone regardless of background.

  • Colin Rinard (he/they)

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    YOTE is a dream come true for me and I cannot wait to share my dream with you.

  • Tracey Rinard (she/her)

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

     2026-2027 Artists Residence  

  • Shea has been doing theater since he was 5 years old. He has built up a resume throughout the years including going to 9 Júnior Theater Festival's and the Lenaea High School Theater festival twice. He was a part of 9 award winning productions at the Junior theater festivals. He also took away 2 personal awards at the Lenaea festival. He also was a part of an award winning production in that same festival. Shea has always loved acting and loved finding ways to push himself. He loves to perform but also he loves the process. He loves to become the character and relate to the character. Some of his favorites include Sam Byck, Amos Hart, and Robert Wood. He also has experience in helping others around him succeed. Shea was captain of an improv team that did over 10 shows in his tenure and made connections that are still had today.

  • Morgan Holcomb is a professional photographer, and market researcher who enjoys bringing her performance background into the world of branding and promotion. While in school, taking both Shakespeare studies, and marketing in the same semester, she was compelled by the significant overlap between a live performance meant to move an audience and advertisements meant to direct consumers. Both were designed to be relatable simulations of real life, that would bring connection and catharsis to their markets and hopefully leave them a little changed. After graduation, this connection between behavioral motivations in both art and the corporate sector lead Morgan to provide updated branding, marketing, and PR for a student theatre non-profit and currently provide Consumer Insight and Behavior Research for a Financial Tech company (as well as taking their headshots, and writing scripts for learning videos.) While floating in the space between each extreme she has built a successful LLC which provides marketing materials to local theatres including the Laguna Playhouse, and branding packages for upcoming artists to help them position into any industry. Morgan credits her ability to present, interview, and collaborate with clients, and senior executives to her early education in the performing arts.

  • Cassie Nesbit is an actress, director, playwright, lighting designer and state manager based in Orange County California. Graduating from UC Irvine this June with a BA in Drama, she's recently been directing through UCI's DCP program. She has also had the honor of receiving three National Youth Arts awards for her performances in community theatre. Additionally, she has had the privilege of working on New Swan Shakespeare Festival's stage management team last summer. She hopes that graduating will give her more time to go camping, hike and write as she continues to collaborate through new passion projects with other YOTE resident artists! She is overjoyed for this opportunity and is so thankful to Harry Tate-Pascua and Colin Rinard for creating this community. She also thanks her Mom and Dad for their endless love and support for her creativity.


  • Lily Rose Wadsworth is a 22 year old actor and choreographer based in Southern California. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she studied classical theatre, improv, and musical theatre at Young Repertory Conservatory with the Lesher Center for the Arts, as well as at Starlight Studios, where she danced and began teaching at 16. She is very excited to be working with YOTE and spending time with classical text! As an actor, some of her favorite recent roles include Natasha in Three Sisters , Abigail in The Crucible, Viola in Twelfth Night, and Evangeline in the workshop of Glossolalia. She is so honored to be a YOTE resident artist for the 2026 season, and is so exited to be making art she can be proud of with likeminded artists!

  • Bella is so excited to be joining YOTE’s artist in residence program as I continue my acting journey. Bella was a part of YOTE’s first show as the nurse in Romeo and Juliet, which was an incredibly formative acting experience. Bella is looking forward to continuing to hone her craft and dedicate her time to passion projects.

  • Clayton Michael Walker is a So-Cal girlie who is deeply excited to be diving back into Shakespeare works again! He is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine with a BA in Drama, and he has over a decade of stage and short film experience under his belt. ​ In the world of theatre, they've performed as Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The Wayward Artist (Receiving an OC Theatre Guild Award nomination for their performance). On the voice acting front, they most recently had a supporting role in the animated pilot GRAND GUARDIANS: CREATION MYTH which has amassed over 58K views on YouTube. He's also been featured as a soloist on the album 16 Stories: New American Musicals from Broadway Records (on Spotify now) and co-narrated his first audiobook for the novel A Series of Rooms by A.J. Barlowe. His narration for the follow up novella, Doors and Windows, has just been released. ​ When not performing, he has an affinity for video editing, audio mixing, reading, contemplative walks, and makeup! They also enjoy history, filmmaking, and theme park trivia.

  • Kiya Sakari is a performer, photographer, and digital content creator in Southern California. She graduated with a B.A. in Drama and minor in Business Management from UC Irvine in 2025. Some of her favorite film and theatrical roles include: Marie in Cinderella, Kaliope in She Kills Monsters, Morticia Addams in The Addams Family, Nina in Corrupted Curls, Beverly in Fairview and Lucy in Avenue Q. To see more of her work, you can visit kiyasakari.wixsite.com/main. She can’t wait to work with YOTE and so many amazing artists this year!

  • Mara Stanford recently received her BA in Drama from UC Irvine, where she attended the ‘24 New York Satellite Program, after transferring from Long Beach Community College. Mara is passionate about many things, but namely the visual and performing arts. Her favorite credits include Christopher Robin in The Phantom Projects Theater’s A Winnie the Pooh Christmas Tail, Leaf Coneybear in Black Jack Theatrical’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dumanine in The Garage Theater’s Love’s Labour’s Lost: A Puppet Play with People, Rosalind in As You Like It at Long Beach Community College, and Puck in UCI’s Ye Olde Theater Eater’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With the experience she gained from her degrees, she is hoping to expand her expertise into scenic, sound, and costume design, and stage management one day as well.

  • Christina Tinde Jesenski is an award winning multidisciplinary theatre artist whose credits range from writing and directing original full length plays to acting in noteworthy classical and contemporary productions. Christina received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Evansville Theatre. During her senior year, Christina petitioned for and received maximum grant funding from the University of Evansville Honors Program to workshop her debut play, Glossolalia, with guest artist Portia Krieger. In 2023, the Department of Theatre named Christina the John W. Streetman III Young Artist of the Year for her commitment to collaboration, courage, and creativity in the classroom and production. As an actress, Christina prides herself on finding authenticity across a diverse resume of roles, including Agatha in Jen Silverman’s The Moors, Masha in Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Teiresias in Oedipus Rex and Antigone, and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. An Orange County School of the Arts Acting Conservatory Alumna, Christina was named Orange County Artist of the Year in 2020 by the OC Register. Christina will be returning to OCSA as a faculty member in Spring 2026 to teach voice, diction, and audition technique. As a YOTE resident artist, Christina plans to continue to workshop and develop two new plays to complete the three-part cycle she envisions for Glossolalia.

  • Jimmy is super excited to be working with YOTE! He has previously been featured in YOTE's production of Romeo and Juliet in the role of Romeo, and has also taken the stage as Dwayne in CSUF's production of 9 to 5, as well as a member of the ensemble in CSUF's production of the Prom. Jimmy has also sung and danced in a number of shows at Knott's Berry Farm, originating the role of Handsome Brady in Knott's: Preserved.