Meet the Members of The Treasure Valley Studios!
Brandon Waite
Brandon began acting in community theatre at 9 years old after driving his parents crazy by always pretending to be characters. He continued to act in local theatre in high school.
Brandon began cosplaying in 2002 as a competitor, focusing on Characterization and skits. His professional cosplay career started in 2006 and went on to write and perform in full length theatrical cosplay productions at Comic And Anime Conventions all over the United States. In 2009, Brandon began pursuing an acting career in film and went on to star in several music videos for Coma Cinema, Youth Lagoon And Bob Dylan. He also went on to perform and write for several commercials, short films and YouTube series. Most notably Buck The Quo. In early 2017, Brandon Waite saw a need for cosplayers in the Boise area to share a love for characters in popular culture with the community and use cosplay as a way to inspire and bring joy to others. He put a Star-Lord cosplay together and created the Treasure Valley Avengers to connect superhero cosplayers with community members who needed superheroes to support them. The TVA took off and soon the community began asking for other characters such as Princesses, Pirates, and other characters. In July of 2018, Brandon and the other TVA members founded a non profit organization that would continue to use cosplay to help the community with all kinds of popular characters and the Treasure Valley Studios was born. 2019 has a lot of good things in store for Brandon. Not only is he as excited as ever to be Star-Lord and Captain Jack Sparrow for TVS, he is also co-starring in his first feature film “Vivien” which will debut on Netflix in May and co-starring in his own original series that he created and co-wrote with Cat and Britt. The series is called “Clockwork: Age Of Steam” And will debut in 2020. |
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Britt Waite
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Britt is the Production Manager for Treasure Valley Studios, and one of the founding members of the group. She has worked on managing cast, props, schedules, and any other backstage business since the beginning. Britt has no other theater experience but has a love and interest for the workings of everything going on backstage, picking it up as she goes along. She deals with scheduling, smooth rehearsals, props, sets, and oversees all other backstage workings. She has devoted a large portion of her daily life to making sure productions run smoothly.
Britt is a student at Boise State University, majoring in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing, set to graduate in spring of 2019. She is married to Creative Director Brandon Waite, and together they have two children. She is the owner of home bakery business Cookie Nook. Her interests include poetry, baking, cooking, reading, writing, playing video games, and relaxing with her pomeranian Dobby. |
Bryce
Bryce Travis Graybill was born in Boise, Idaho on March 9th, 2000. He's been a self taught freerunner, jumping over obstacles and doing flips, since 2008. Up until he was 15 he was dead set on being a special effects artist. This changed when he saw some Buster Keaton silent films and he realized that he wanted to be a stuntman. Since then he has started working for Nampa producer Kody Newton and for the Treasure Valley Avengers cosplay group.
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Cat Wright
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Caitlin Wright, also known as Cat, has been writing since the age of 12 when she created her first world with its own written/spoken language, race and political system. Since then she has published a few poems and articles but has truly found her niche in play and screenwriting, officially with Treasure Valley Avengers. She has also dabbled in: acting, painting/drawing, cosplay, modeling, and singing all throughout her life but one thing remains the same, her passion for all things creative. She loves children for this reason and can’t think of a better way to spend her time than dressing up and making kids happy.
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Cameron Uli
Cameron has been in the theatre business ever since he was little, staring in a short film titled, No Rain, in 2006. He didn’t start his personal pursuit in acting until 8th grade in middle school, and then attending a art centered High School, known as Fresco Arts Acdemy (now currently; Idaho Fine Arts Academy). Cameron still pursues his acting career by attending Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle Washington, and in local theatre in Idaho, from time to time.
Cameron also didn’t start cosplaying until his Freshman year in high school, but over time has grown more and more in the craft and in the world of cosplay. From first starting out by getting clothes from the closet, or thrift stores, to get a rough idea of the characters, to now fully building and embodying cosplays. Cameron is happy to be a part of Treasure Valley Studios, since not only was he a fan since their literal first show, but also because of the combination of both acting and cosplay. Cameron really loves to bring these characters to life. Not only because its both acting and cosplay, but because it can be enjoyed by fans, families, and more importantly kids. To have kids see their favorite characters come to life and be there to give them a high five, is what really makes this so much more fun and important for Cameron. |
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Darcy
Darcy has been a nerd for most of her life, and she has been in the cosplay community for a few years now. Joining the TVS is a new experience for her and she hopes to learn and grow from it. By making new friends having adventures and gaining more knowledge in the joy of helping others.
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DJ
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Nothing is stronger than your passion or your dream. Don't let your dream fade. Right now I have many dreams but my passion is cosplay and having the imagination to pretend to be someone else. My dream is to figure out who I am and what I want to be. But right now I'm letting fate push me a bit.
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Devin Seitz
Devin Seitz is 25 years of age, loves movies and currently works at a movie theater. He also likes to spend time with friends, is very sociable and interacts with others well. For this exact reason he chose to join the great ranks of the group who call themselves the Treasure Valley Avengers. The main reason he chose to join the Treasure Valley Avengers because family is important to him, whether it be blood related or not. And the camraderie. He enjoys videogames, old school and new school. He currently plays Black Panther in the TVA.
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Erin
Erin has been highly involved in the local theater community for the past six years, and has been dedicated to theatrical arts for over 20 years. She first started performing when she was only five years old. Throughout her childhood, she attended numerous summer youth theater programs and workshops in Provo, Utah. She studied theatrical arts throughout her elementary, junior high and high school education. Erin has studied, directed, and performed a wide variety of theatrical styles, including improvisation, pantomime, traditional and non-traditional stage productions. She has performed, directed and stage managed for numerous theaters in the local community, including Boise Little Theater, Stage Coach Theater, Knock ‘Em Dead Theater, Playhouse Boise and Treasure Valley Children’s Theater. Erin also owns her own local theater company, Unstaged Productions, a traveling theater troupe, specializing in non-traditional theatrical arts. She enjoys bringing enjoyment and fulfillment into her life and other individual’s lives through the arts and feels it has brought her many wonderful experiences and memories that have enriched her life. She feels privileged to share this passion with and perform alongside her boyfriend, Triston Jackson, who she met during their performance together in a production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Erin is thrilled to be venturing out into the Cosplay world with this group of super heroes, to experience something different and meaningful to so many people throughout the world.
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Jen Potcher
Jen is no stranger to performing. She has lent her talents to both stage and screen. Some of her stage credits include Stagecoach Theatre's production of RENT, and Music Theatre of Idaho's Little Shop of Horrors. For several years, she was an actor with the River City Entertainment troupe, appearing in various murder mysteries and wild west melodramas aboard the Thunder Mountain Line in Horseshoe Bend, ID. Most recently, she has been pursuing film with April Matson's Platform Boise, and has starred in short films such as Swipe and Blend In, and the YouTube fan sensation Doctor Who Velocity. She also is a regular scenario role player for the Idaho POST Academy. She joined Treasure Valley Studios in August 2017 as a stage manager. She has since been cast as Scarlet Witch in Treasure Valley Avengers and will also be starring as Belle in Fairy Tales of the Treasure Valley.
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Jennifer
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Jennifer has been acting since she was 11 years old. With a B.A. in Theatre Arts (Performance Emphasis) from BSU. She has spent 5 years taking dance classes at BSU, 3 years of vocal training (including singing), and currently taking singing lessons. Jennifer currently voice acts in her spare time and have been in one audiobook and many YouTube videos. Her most recent roles are Captain Marvel and Maleficent with Treasure Valley Studios.
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Maria
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Maria loves makeup and foam smithing. She has used it in her cosplays as Valkyrie, Loki and Lady Loki. Her passion for this is one of the many reasons to join the TVS. She also works as stage hand and handler when wrangling in the troops.
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Nick Corbin
Nick Corbin has cosplayed superheroes in the Boise area for nearly a decade. He started out in the Treasure Valley Avengers as fill-ins for Captain America or Thor in holiday parades. Eventually, Nick decided to portray Ant-Man, a character he has grown to identify with and appreciate. Before cosplay, Nick grew up helping his parents who volunteered at local theaters and took theatrical classes. Later, Nick became an active production professional in the Boise film and video community. There he writes scripts, operates camera, edits video, and more, including acting.
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Orion
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Tabytha Howell
Tabytha (Tabby-cat) is a cosplayer and actress based in Boise, ID. She began acting in primary school plays and most recently with Treasure Valley Studios. She began cosplaying in 2005 and hasn’t stopped. She cosplays from anime, video games, TV shows, movies, comics, and also her own original characters. She attends multiple in-state and out-of-state conventions. In addition to cosplay she has also had to learn how to sew and craft props, which she began learning in High School. Aside from cosplaying and acting she also enjoys cars, motorcycles, video games, outdoor activities, cooking/baking, photography/videography, modeling, reading, singing and much more. She also used to write fanfictions from middle school to high school but hasn’t since. Her passion for cosplay is so much more than a hobby, it’s about bringing imagination to life and connecting lives with imagination.
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Travis
Travis has seen a lot in his time, which is a nice way of saying he's one of the older performers in Treasure Valley Studios' cast. After his impressive, only-got-stuck-on-one-line, performance in his ninth-grade production of, some, kind of, Christmas play, he took an extended break from the stage. Tapping into an impressive well of knowledge of many things pop-culture related, and an even deeper well of love for the sound of his own voice, he has returned to the performing arts to monologue villainously, and would do so endlessly, if the rest of the cast didn't insist on advancing the plot.
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Triston
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Triston Jackson is an actor, director, writer, reader, musician, and part-time videogame enthusiast. Considered a "Jack(son) of all trades and master of some," Triston hails from the mostly sunny San Francisco, California. He found his love of the arts when he was a wee little lad and has pursued his dreams ever since. He lives with his German Shepherd, his supportive girlfriend, and the voices in his head as his closest companions. This is his first attempt to jump back into cosplay in over seven years, and he's slowly realizing that he never should have stopped. He is honored to be a member of the Treasure Valley Studios and hopes to see you all very soon.
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Will
Will recently joined the cosplay/acting world as the nefarious Negan from The Walking Dead. Soon after, he began taking acting classes under April Matson, Platform Boise. Since then, he has appeared in several short films including Door 7, a Newton to Newton Production, and is a continuing role player at Idaho POST.
Joining Treasure Valley Avengers in August 2017 as Doctor Strange, Will enjoys this character because a superhero is a positive role model for kids. He will also be appearing in Fairy Tales of the Treasure Valley as Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. Check out his cosplay/acting photos on Instagram @willsnegan. |
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