Ryan
Ryan Zarecki loves his job as resident Fight Director/Actor/Manager for the Ohio Shakespeare Festival. Some favorite roles with the company include Orlando (As You Like It), Porthos (The Three Musketeers: An Adventure, with Music), Mercutio (Romeo & Juliet), Quincy Morris (Dracula), Robin Hood (Maid Marian: An Adventure with Music), Bottom (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Roy (Lone Star) and Riff Raff (The Rocky Horror Picture Show). His fight production company [They Fight], with partner Tess Burgler, works to bring safe, awesome stage violence to Northeast Ohio stages.
He is a BGSU Grad, an SAFD member and proud Papa to his amazing daughters Zelda and Persephone. He is ever thankful for his heart, Tessa, Fridays, Saturdays, and all.
Check out his nerdy leather craft shop, The Buckle & Rose on Etsy.com
The Cast
Sean/MEDM
Sean Anderson is a performer, featured Storyteller with Storyteller’s Forge, and a professional Game Master who has been thrilling adventurers since there was only one flavor of Dorito. Traveling from convention to convention, he weaves immersive tales with a spellbook of voices, sharp narration, and cosplay makeup capable of turning him into angels, archfiends, or whatever the story demands.
Drawing on a globe-spanning background in opera and stage, Anderson blends theatricality with mythic mischief to create adventures that feel both grand and delightfully unpredictable. As a Game Master with RPG in a Castle, he leads cinematic quests where every choice echoes like a line from a wandering bard’s best ballad.
His podcast, Echoes of Krynn, is a two-time Signal Award winner, and his work continues to celebrate the magic of story, the power of play, and the joy of bringing imagined worlds to life.
Jessie
Jessie is an accountant by trade which funds her many adventures with her husband and daughter and helps to maintain a well-established D&D habit.
Over the years, Jessie bought so many sets of dice that she eventually decided it would be cheaper—and far more fun—to make them herself. Now, as Cameo Crafting, she enjoys experimenting with different designs and methods and loves to send her dice out into the wild to be enjoyed by others.
When it comes to D&D, Jessie lives for roleplay and can usually be found getting hyper-invested in characters, both PCs and NPCs alike. Drama? Yes. Romance? Absolutely. Chaotic cursed items? Always.
Living in imaginative worlds, whether through reading, movies, D&D, or especially through playing with her beautifully chaotic little girl is what brings her joy in this crazy world we all live in.
Soku
Soku is an avid video gamer and cat enthusiast who doesn't particularly like writing about herself… So please see these friend testimonials instead!:
"Chaotic in a way that's never obnoxious, and always endearing. The highest form of goblin energy."
"Legend tells of a player among players...when a DnD game is in desperate need of another hero, she accepts the call to adventure. Take an affinity for the pantheon, strong emotions, a dash of blood lust, and a healthy dose of unpredictability, and there you have Soku; she who will go down in history as one of the greatest to ever roll the dice!"
"Having Soku on the stream is like hot fudge on a sundae. She's like cheese on a cracker. She's like avocado on toast. Other food things! She makes everything better! And tastier. 5 stars!!"
"Soku is a thrilling tale of miniature painting, cats, music, cats, the color black, and cats! It's a page turner, you won't want to put down!!
Samus
Samus is a Chicago-based opera singer and voice actor who firmly believes that every good story deserves a dramatic high note and at least one questionable character voice. When not rolling dice on camera, Samus works in fundraising for educational equity, proudly min-maxing real-world impact by removing financial barriers to higher ed.
Alongside Sean at the helm, Samus is also a player on the D&D podcast Echoes of Krynn, where - despite a statistically improbable bevy of natural 1s - he tries valiantly to avoid being the reason the party wipes.
Whether on stage, behind a mic, or at the table, he brings charisma, collaboration, and just enough rules knowledge to be dangerous. He enjoys long walks through fictional realms, well-crafted narratives, and the eternal quest to convince people that dice hoarding is, in fact, a perfectly reasonable hobby.
Tess
Tess is an actor, director, and sound designer in Ohio. She works full time at Ohio Shakespeare Festival with her family, and grew up telling grand stories. She is currently romancing Gale in BG3, she reads thriller and horror novels almost exclusively, and if she could live anywhere in Middle Earth, it would be The Shire.
But the greatest thing she's ever been allowed to do is be a mom to the two best little girls in all the realm.