Staff
Ian Bannon (he/him), Executive Director
Ian Bannon has been longtime supporter, volunteer, and performer here at Mayo Street Arts. He most recently served as the Managing Director of Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris, ME, where he honed his skills in arts administration. Ian has performed and taught puppetry in all sixteen of Maine’s counties (and beyond!) as a member of Freeport-based Figures of Speech Theatre, since 2005. His current community-based artistic endeavors focus on fostering intergenerational creative exchanges between students and residents of nearby retirement communities.
Colby Nathan (he/they), Program Manager
Colby Nathan is an experimental performance artist, musician, event organizer, and sound engineer from Southern Maine. Colby has performed nationally and internationally with their multimedia solo act, as well as with projects like Dimples, (New England) Patriots, Crazy Déjà Vu, Experimental Santa, Hyena, Pray Foam, and in collaboration with Clay Camero, Big Blood, Tom Kovacevic, Greg Jamie, and many more. Colby has curated and run events since they were 16 years old, most notably at Biddeford’s the Oak and the Ax (2011 to 2014), the Apohadion Theater (2017 to 2024). Colby is a member of the board of directors for Project Freewill and continues to assist with the Apohadion Theater’s diverse experimental programming. Colby has been operating their own record label, Laughable Recordings, since 2008, though they have also released music on Feeding Tube Records, Dontrustheruin, Nicey Music, 100% Breakfast, and more. They are often accompanied by Tina, their beagle mutt companion, who you may have met sniffing around various Portland venues over the years.
Jodi Ferry (she/her), Marketing and Communications Manager
Jodi Ferry is an artist with a focus on flowers, beauty as an act of resistance and helping others. She moved to Portland, Maine originally to study printmaking and public engagement at Maine College of Art. In Jodi’s time as an artist in Maine, she has devoted herself to printmaking and floral design- which has led her to running her own floral art endeavor, Saudade.
With the desire to create immersive floral worlds for her audience to experience, Jodi found theater and performance again. Jodi was a thespian herself throughout her childhood – starting as Nori the dwarf in The Hobbit when she was 5 years old, she dove deep in theater and film until she moved to Portland. In 2024, Jodi brought her floral and shadow performance pieces to Mayo Street Arts after being a devoted audience member for over a decade. As she sat back stage waiting for her turn to go on, she felt a sense that she wanted to be a part of Mayo Street Arts in a deeper way. Voila <3
Josie Colt (she/they), Event Coordinator
Josie Colt is a Portland based artist, educator, and community arts organizer with an increasing fondness of puppetry. They began attending MSA’s Puppeteer Happy Hour several moons ago where they found a rich community of fellow puppet curious folk. She has since participated in MSA’s biannual puppet slam and immersed herself in shadow puppetry performing with the Shoestring Theater. Along with being an event coordinator, Josie occasionally serves as a coordinator of MSA’s Youth Programs and curator of the MSA gallery.
Amy Krawczyk (she/her), Puppet Festival Coordinator
Amy Krawczyk was imprinted by the colorful Yip Yips on Sesame Street in her childhood, and has been smitten with puppetry arts and object theatre ever since. A vocal enthusiast for Mayo Street Arts, it was the puppet slams that inspired her to become involved with MSA as a volunteer. Amy has worked in administrative capacities for performing arts festivals including PiP’s predecessor — World Puppets Portland, as well as the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Old Port Festival, and the Virginia Arts Festival. Outside of MSA she loves riding her bicycle around town, spending winter outside on cross-country skis and snowshoes, and knitting with friends as often as she can.
David Worobec (he/him), Event Staff
Dave Worobec supports MSA’s events by running the box office, lighting, sound, and set up, but you are likely to recognize him as Portland’s premier expert and practitioner of the art of miniature theater. A classically-trained Opera singer and a talented pianist, Dave is the founder and principal artist of Tophat Productions, where he delivering visually-stunning renditions of popular stage shows on a micro scale. Everything, including dialogue, stage movements, and musical numbers are performed live, in real time. Dave graduated from The Boston Conservatory of Music in 2011 with a degree in vocal performance with Opera emphasis in the studio of Victor Jannett.