The Board

Joe Bedard was born and raised in Anchorage, with an Inupiaq, Yup'ik and Cree heritage. He served in the U.S. Army as a Medical Specialist, and entered the field of Information Technology in the early 90s. He's currently IT Infrastructure Architect and Information Security Officer at the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Juneau Alaska, and co-founder of Dark Winter Productions, an Alaska Native playwright and actor group.

Aurora has been a writer since before she was allowed on rollercoasters, and a proud Alaskan for more than 30 years. She loves art in all its word-based forms—literature, theatre, music, storytelling, podcasting and everything in between—and has dabbled professionally in many of them. She works as an editor for the Army Corps of Engineers Hawaii and Alaska Districts, and lives on Dena'ina land in Anchorage with her witty and wonderful husband and stepson. 

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Eric Vang is a Juneau attorney with a weakness for being on stage. He has been in legal practice since 2011. With Perseverance Theatre, he has worked with the Young Company, directed The Hobbit for the STAR program, and acted in a variety of shows. He most recently appeared onstage in Othello. The opportunity to serve on the PT board, and continue to support the wonderfully improbable presence of excellent, groundbreaking, professional theater in Juneau, was not to be missed. Eric is supported by an amazing wife/best friend, and two adorable children.

Indra Arriaga Delgado is a Mexican artist, writer, filmmaker, and researcher working in Alaska. Arriaga Delgado has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. In 2019, she received a Rasmuson Individual Artist Award for her Etimologías Opacas/Opaque Etymologies project. Her recent film, Sabor Ártico: Latinos en Alaska (Arctic Flavor: Latinos in Alaska) was largely funded by Latino Public Broadcasting and selected to screen in September as part of the Los Angeles New Filmmakers Festival, co-hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is the recipient of a WESTAF BIPOC Artists Award 2023, and is part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Folklife Network as a community voice. She has recently completed the Arctic Circle Artists Residency.

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