Meet the Creative Team
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Leyla Bultan
Currently Leyla Bultan is pursuing a double major in History and Writing for TV and Film at Chapman University, a top 5 U.S film school. Over the last decade, Leyla has participated in more than 30 productions in a variety of positions. Her previous directorial credits include Mystery at the Masquerade (Co-Director, Writer, Producer), High School Musical (Co-Director) and Puffs: Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (Directorial Consultant).
Dream MTC Production: Anything Goes
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Ally Stancavage
Ally Stancavage is currently studying English in the Dual BA program between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University, where she served as Festivals & Workshops Coordinator of DU Players (Europe’s largest and most active drama society). Throughout her time in theatre, Ally has enjoyed her experiences onstage, in stage management, doing publicity, and more. Favorite directorial credits include Mystery at the Masquerade (DPTC), the ISDA (Irish Student Drama Award)-winning Shades (DU Players), and The Addams Family (Trinity Halls JCR).
Dream MTC Production: Twelfth Night
Associate Director
Matthew Weitzel
Matthew Weitzel is pursuing an Acting B.F.A. at California Institute of the Arts. After spending the majority of his youth onstage in musicals, plays, and operas (favorite roles include Billy Crocker in both Lights Up! and DPTC's productions of Anything Goes and Cinderella's Prince in Light's Up!'s Into the Woods), he recently discovered his passion for directing while co-directing the Dos Pueblos 2024 student show, Puffs: Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic. He is excited to explore opportunities for specialization in areas such as fight choreography, movement, and voice and speech instruction in Monarch Theater Company's future.
Dream MTC Production: King Lear
Associate Director
Leo Kearney
Leo Kearney is a fourth year at UC Berkeley studying Theater and Film and he is so excited to be involved with Monarch Theatre Company! Past directorial experience includes Dos Pueblos Theater Company’s Holiday Package (2022) and Wizard of Oz (2023) and BareStage's Macbeth (2025). Recent roles include Mark Antony in Berkeley Shakespeare Company's Julius Caesar (2025), Death in Berkeley TDPS' Everybody (2024), Claudio and Christian in BareStage’s Much Ado About Nothing (2023) and Cyrano de Bergerac (2024), Tony in ANTI’s Outside Mullingar (2024), Henry V in Rubicon Theater Company’s Henry V (2023), Loud Stone in Berkeley TDPS’ Eurydice (2023), and Hamlet in UTC’s Shakespeare in the Park (2023).
Dream MTC Production: Jesus Christ Superstar
MTC Board: Leyla Bultan (President), Ally Stancavage (Secretary & Treasurer), Matthew Weitzel, Leo Kearney, Mary Bailey, & Giulia Smith
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