Jeremy Paul - Executive Artistic Director

Jeremy Paul is the founder and Executive Artistic Director of Maelstrom Collaborative Arts since 2006. Primarily working in the field of devised theater, Jeremy has led the creation of the original productions Who We Used To Be, Don't Wander Off, Broken Codes, The Turing Machine, The Grand Celebration of the Celestial Mystery, TingleTangle, Code: Preludes, The Excavation, and Marble Cities. He is also the co-creator of the original works The Last Day (with the Maelstrom Cadre), NICK&JEREMY (with Nick Riley), Absence (with Michael Rau) and The Beetlebug and the Bad Worm (with Faye Hargate). Jeremy has also directed the world and regional premieres of many plays in Northeast Ohio, including Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys, Stranded on Earth, Black Cat Lost, My Barking Dog, Inoculations and Anna Bella Eema. Jeremy graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut with dual majors in Theater and Film, and has post-graduate training with the Pig Iron Theatre Company, New World Performance Lab and the Celebration Barn International School for the Performing Arts. Jeremy is a recipient of CPAC Creative Workforce Fellowships in 2012 and 2016.

Jasmine A. Golphin - Associate Artistic Director

Jasmine A. Golphin is a visual artist and creative director known for creating inclusive and vibrant experiences. In 2022 Jasmine was the first apprentice in Dobama Theatre’s FOCUS Program, leading to projection design work on several shows including RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at Theater Under The Stars, MATILDA JR at Brooklyn Music School, and KING JAMES at Cleveland Playhouse and City Theater. Her VR experience FACEBOOKLAND was supported by SPACES’ The Satellite Fund and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program. Her 2024 short film and art projection installation “Welcome to the Panopticon!” was supported by Dobama Theatre, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland Camera Rental’s 2024 Rental Credit Grant, and The Foundation for Contemporary Arts’ Emergency Grant. She's current the associate artistic director at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts and the creative director of  of Destination Cleveland’s nightly downtown lighting exhibition Illuminate CLE

Naomi Columna is a musician and artist based in Cleveland Ohio. Though Columna's more recent projects have been collaborations featuring a tangle of mediums, like video, dance and electronic music, this unique solo showcase will employ simple directness and intimacy, spotlighting original works and personal commissions not performed since their initial debuts. You can expect poignant moods ranging from longstanding bitterness to a crooner's tender despair. @Vocal Columna

When I think of a "maelstrom", I really can't help but think of a storm!