Get to Know Our Team
Jessica Creane
she/her
Jessica is the Founder and Creative Director of IKantKoan. Her deep dives include joyful risk-taking, transformational storytelling, and embracing uncertainty through play.
Joseph Ahmed
they/them
Joe is the co-director of CHAOS THEORY with Amy Blumberg. His deep dives are creating genre-defying performance, juggling many hats in his work in theater, dance, and circus, and raving about his cats.
Shawn Pierre
he/him
Shawn is a designer, developer, and organizer of Philly Game Mechanics. His deep dives include combining multiple forms of play, alternative composition, and unconventional interactions.
J. Bean Schwab
they/them
J. Bean is the Production Manager of CHAOS THEORY and Graduate Assistant at Villanova University's M.A. Theatre Program. Their deep dives include emergent learning, sensory indulgent design, movement arts, object manipulation, and neurodivergent accessibility in the arts.
Yiming Amy Hua
she/her
Amy is the Art Director of R&J and a co-founder of experiential marketing agency, Friendly Vengeance. She's a multidisciplinary artist who explores "the pocket lint of exquisite emotions" in her fine art, and whimsical subjects in illustration.
Amy Shoshana Blumberg
she/her
Amy is the co-director of CHAOS THEORY and Co-Producing Artistic Director of the after-image. Her deep dives include collaboratively created dance-theater productions, interactive experiences for audiences, and rigorous dramaturgy.
Steve Tiseo
he/him
Steve is a project manager / brainstormer for the R+J mobile experience and co-founder of Friendly Vengeance. Steve's deep dives include transforming physical environments through digital overlays and integration and the overall promotion of play in the professional and educational world.
Jake Feifer O'Brien
he/him
Jake does game design and programming on R&J and is co-founder of Flyclops. His deep dives include creative and experimental game making, running game jams, and machine learning.
Nichole Mottershead
she/her
Nichole is IKantKoan’s Communications Coordinator. She is seriously into exploring how art and our imaginations can create joyful and meaningful change.
Jessica Creane
she/they
Jessica is the Founder and Creative Director of IKantKoan. Her deep dives include joyful risk-taking, transformational storytelling, and embracing uncertainty through play.
Joseph Ahmed
he/him
Joe is the co-director of CHAOS THEORY with Amy Blumberg. His deep dives are creating genre-defying performance, juggling many hats in his work in theater, dance, and circus, and raving about his cats.
Shawn Pierre
he/him
Shawn is a designer, developer, and organizer of Philly Game Mechanics. His deep dives include combining multiple forms of play, alternative composition, and unconventional interactions.
J. Bean Schwab
they/them
J. Bean is the Production Manager of CHAOS THEORY and Graduate Assistant at Villanova University's M.A. Theatre Program. Their deep dives include emergent learning, sensory indulgent design, movement arts, object manipulation, and neurodivergent accessibility in the arts.
Yiming Amy Hua
she/her
Amy is the Art Director of R&J and a co-founder of experiential marketing agency, Friendly Vengeance. She's a multidisciplinary artist who explores "the pocket lint of exquisite emotions" in her fine art, and whimsical subjects in illustration.
Amy Shoshana Blumberg
she/her
Amy is the co-director of CHAOS THEORY and Co-Producing Artistic Director of the after-image. Her deep dives include collaboratively created dance-theater productions, interactive experiences for audiences, and rigorous dramaturgy.
Steve Tiseo
he/him
Steve is a project manager / brainstormer for the R+J mobile experience and co-founder of Friendly Vengeance. Steve's deep dives include transforming physical environments through digital overlays and integration and the overall promotion of play in the professional and educational world.
Jake Feifer O'Brien
he/him
Jake does game design and programming on R&J and is co-founder of Flyclops. His deep dives include creative and experimental game making, running game jams, and machine learning.
Nichole Mottershead
she/her
Nichole is IKantKoan’s Communications Coordinator. She is seriously into exploring how art and our imaginations can create joyful and meaningful change.