Pol Cooney (they/them/theirs) has been in Chicago since 2014. They are an Actor, Violence designer, an Advanced Actor Combatant with the Fight Director’s of Canada, and Teaching Artist at Mudlark Childrens theatre. Some of their favorite Violence Design credits include Asst. Violence Choreographer for Henry V (First Folio Theatre), Nina the Hellhound (Babes with Blades Fighting With Words festival), The Mark (Babes With Blades Fighting With Words Festival) Outlaws (Avalanche Theatre), Robin Hood (Oklahoma Childrens Theatre), and Wendigo (Three Brothers Theatre). Pol has also been working with young actors in high schools facilitating combat workshops, movement coaching and violence design for school productions. This past season included Newsies, Noises Off, and two separate productions of She Kills Monsters.