Who’s Who
Joey Steinhagen, R2P Founder & Artistic Director
Joey grew up doing community theatre in a company that was the spiritual ancestor of Running to Places. He founded R2P in 2007 as a way to bring together the many passionate and talented young people of this area so they could create theatre, develop life skills, and make some of the best friendships of their lives – much as he did when he was young. He received his BFA in Acting from Ithaca College in 1996 and has been teaching, acting in, and directing theatre for young people throughout Tompkins County since 1993.
In addition to his 70+ shows for R2P, Joey has directed at Dryden, Boynton, and DeWitt Middle Schools, the Northern Lights Learning Center, the Hangar Theatre’s Kiddstuff series, and at both Dryden and Ithaca High Schools – including a life-changing production of Hairspray at IHS in 2018. Joey has taught acting at Ithaca College, Cornell, SUNY Cortland, Hangar Theatre’s Next Generation program, and the Ithaca Youth Bureau. As an actor, he has appeared in many productions with the Kitchen Theatre Company (and once or twice with R2P). He is grateful to be part of a community that has allowed him to create his dream job by supporting the work that he loves so dearly.
Tucker Davis (R2P Managing Director & Resident Choreographer)
Tucker is originally from Idaho but has lived and trained all over the map including California, London, Madrid, Berlin and NYC. Tucker danced professionally with several ballet and contemporary complies in NYC, as well he toured the country with Broadway productions of both Cats and The Music Man, and has performed in some of the country’s most reputable theatre companies. Locally, Tucker has choreographed and directed shows at The Kitchen, Cider Mill Playhouse, Running to Places, The Hangar, Ithaca Ballet, Ithaca College, Cornell University, Opera Ithaca, and Wells College.
R2P Board of Directors
Alan Rose
Benjamin Costello
Cole Tucker
Jordan Fearon (Board President)
Kerali Reynolds (Secretary)