Co-Executive Artistic Director | (She/Her)

Erin Brindley founded Ripple Productions in New York City in 2003 where she began integrating dining and theater to critical acclaim. In 2007 she returned to her hometown of Seattle to become Managing Director of Circus Contraption and eventually directed their final show, The Show to End All Shows. After Circus Contraption disbanded, Brindley moved Ripple Productions to Seattle to create Café Nordo. With her partner Terry Podgorski acting as playwright and scenic designer, and Erin as chef and stage director, Café Nordo integrated immersive theater with a surreal dining experience, garnering multiple awards (including Best Chef in Seattle 2018 Seattle Weekly,) two beautiful venues in Pioneer Square, and a loyal following. In 2023 she launched ThankSalt.com, a food blog, and in 2024 she launched Recipe for Sleep, a podcast where she reads you to sleep from very old cookbooks. She holds a BFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Co-Executive Artistic Director | (He/Him)

With 25+ years of experience self-producing art, theater, and live events Terry has worked with dozens of companies and hundreds of artists in typical theater settings, site-specific settings, festivals, and film to bring the imagination into reality. Arriving in Seattle in 2000 he spent 8 years with Circus Contraption as manager and designer. Then in 2009, he co-founded with Erin Brindley Café Nordo, an immersive theatrical dining company, writing and designing 14 original works and producing more than 30 over 13 years of its existence. As both an artist and a manager of the arts Terry understands the process of collaboration to realize a vision, and his life’s passion has been to create a laboratory for artists to invent magical worlds that delight audiences. Today, Terry is launching a new narrative, Nebula, that will explore the world of dreams and expand the immersive arts in Seattle.

Company Member | Member Concierge | (She/Her)

Opal is a founding company member of Cafe Nordo and has originated roles in almost all of the productions created by Erin Brindley and Terry Podgorski (with the exception of Curiouser & Curiouser). A Cornish College of the Arts graduate, creating new work is her passion, and she is fortunate to have the opportunity to pursue this dream amongst these dreamers. She writes and performs cabaret musicals with fellow artist Mark Siano (whom she met when they were cast in Nordo's Sauced in 2010) including Bohemia and Twister Beach which were written for Nordo's Culinarium as co-productions. Ms. Peachey has also been seen on the stages of Book-It Repertory Theater Company, The Triple Door and ACT Theater amongst others. Learn more at www.opalpeachey.com
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Company Member | Composer, Music Director | (She/Her)

Annastasia is a composer for film, theater, and video games, occasionally all at the same time. She has written 7 film scores, made 2 albums with the Café Nordo Band, toured Montana with her spaghetti western band, Two Horses Too Many, and recently done work with Virtual Therapeutics and Daryle Conners composing for virtual reality video games and short VR travel films. In addition to her decent jazz and improvisational skills, she has what one might call a ‘strong classical background,’ and fortunately has an outlet for that as a pianist at Pacific Northwest Ballet. She has had the distinct pleasure of working with Circus Contraption, Book-It Theater, Moisture Festival, Seattle Children’s Theater, and, most of all, Nordo, where she found her artistic home 10 years ago. Violet’s Attic will be her 16th original score for Nordo productions and co-productions.

Company Member | A/V Manager | (He/Him)

Evan Mosher is a sound designer, audio engineer, musician, and actor. He has sound designed countless shows at Seattle Public Theatre, Seattle Shakes, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, WET, ArtsWest, Book-it Repertory, in residencies at Whitman College, and  frequently at Cafe Nordo, where he was a company member and sound designed nearly every show at their Pioneer Square venue. He is a member of artpop band “Awesome” with whom he’s made melodic noise and peculiar performance for over twenty years.