About Us

Buffie Main has been directing theater for nearly three decades and is known for bold, risk-taking theater that sparks conversation and creates community. Buffie believes that giving artists the space to be themselves and find joy is the pixie dust for creating meaningful theater. Buffie’s favorite directing credits include Indecent, The Cake, Rapture Blister Burn, In the Next Room OR the Vibrator Play, Love Person, and La Cage Aux Folles.

Buffie is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab in New York City, and Toronto, an elite group of international professional directors and scholars who study and create collaboratively worldwide. Buffie also holds a BFA in Theater from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and an MPA from the University of South Dakota. In 2020, Buffie was awarded the Alexa Rose Fellowship. Alexa Rose Fellows are nominated by their peers and are merit-based awards of $25,000 that provide resources for the accelerated development of an artist’s creative practice. Buffie’s joy is creating spaces where actors can be courageous, the work is fearless, and a play creates connection.

Kenna has been working with Alley Repertory Theater since 2008, first serving on the Board of Directors and then moving into her current position as the Patron Services/Operations Manager. Kenna fell in love with theater in 4th grade after watching The King and I. Since then, she has been actively involved in theater in some form or another for most of her life. In the 13 years she has been volunteering with Alley Repertory Theater, Kenna has witnessed the magic of theater (both on stage and off) and thoroughly enjoys experiencing every “wow” moment with each production. She is delighted to continue her work with Alley Rep and is excited to see what the future holds for this organization. Kenna shares this crazy journey called life with her husband, Ty and two dogs, Bogey and Birdie.

Jason is a playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and sports writer that has been with Alley in various capacities since 2011. He has co-written three plays (Voices From the Boise Hole 1 & 2; Levi Middlebrooks: Back 2 Boyzee) that were produced for Alley Rep.  Jason has also received readings of four other full-length plays and 10-minute plays with multiple theaters and his one-act play, One Night Stand, is published with Heartland Plays. When not busy with theater, Jason can be found promoting his self-published fantasy novels and novella. Jason is also a screenwriter of numerous shorts, four feature-length screenplays, and a television pilot named a semi-finalist/finalist in multiple festivals & competitions.

Hailing from the College of Idaho, where he studied acting and performed in plays such as Baby with the Bathwater, Lie of the Mind, The Winters’ Tale, Smash, and The Water Engine, he also worked in stage management, electrician, and set construction. he found Alley Rep during Indecent and helped backstage as a stagehand. He came to love the VAC and the people it held. After performing in Bernhardt/Hamlet he helped close out A Funny Thing Happened…much earlier than anyone anticipated due to the virus.

During the hiatus from theatre he’s worked with Alley to create a more diverse, equal, and inclusive environment, platform, and dialogue. He’s excited to share this larger, more loving space with some of you as audience members and collaborators and hopes that we all rise to the very challenging task of introspection, listening, discussion, and personal growth. A jack of many trades, a master of none: Writer, BLM activist, Actor, and Director.

With a deep, lifelong love of theater – Wendy has been active with Alley Rep since 2014, designing costumes, sound, and experiences to best support the moment. With a particular emphasis on large group shows, her costume work spans the comedy stylings of Sex, Weiners, and Boobs, to serious period shows like Farnsworth Invention and Indecent, to the large, boisterous cast of La Cage aux Folles and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. As a volunteer DJ at Radio Boise, hosting Tennis Court Disco for over ten years, she brings her audio skills occasionally to sound design shows with a need for musical storytelling. She also enjoys throwing great parties and raising money for important community projects. Senior User Experience Designer at Simplot by day, Alley Rep devotee by night – she can’t wait to be a part of the evolution of this dynamic and vital theater company.