The Kitty Litter Team
Kirby Myers
Main Character: Shadow
Kirby Myers is an international aerialist, physical artist, and self-described human praying mantis. With a background in dance, theatre, and performance, Kirby spent her childhood in constant motion before completing a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Theatre/Media) at Charles Sturt University, where she discovered her passion for circus and physical storytelling.
Known for her striking long limbs, distinctive stage presence, and unique physicality, Kirby creates captivating performances that blend elegance, eccentricity, and theatricality. Her work has been presented across festivals, corporate events, launches, theatre productions, film, and touring shows worldwide.
Kirby has performed with renowned performance companies including Cirque du Soleil, Strut & Fret, and Cirque Éloize. Her international performance credits span Australia, Canada, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, including the world tour of TORUK: The First Flight.
She has toured extensively with Strut & Fret across Australia and New Zealand in productions including The Purple Rabbit, Blanc de Blanc Uncorked, and The Party. Kirby developed the magician’s assistant and puppeteer role for Mantacore the tiger in Siegfried & Roy: The Unofficial Opera, which premiered at Sydney Theatre Company as part of Sydney Festival. She also served as Circus and Puppet Director for Grayboy Entertainment’s beloved production Sawdust. Most recently, Kirby brought to life “Pixie” — everyone’s favourite manic pixie dream girl — as the comic host, aerialist, and mentalist of Dracula's Cabaret. She is still in constant motion.
Dylan Ingwersen
Main Character: Pumpkin & Co-Producer
Dylan Ingwersen is an aerialist, acrobat, clown and comedic host.
He started his circus career as training and performing with Flying Fruit Flies Circus - a youth circus company based in Australia. He continued his training at the internationally renowned Ecole National de Cirque in Montral, Canada.
Since then he has been performing internationally with companies such as Strut & Fret and the New York Circus Project as an aerialist, actor, physical comedian and host.
Rachel Karabenick
Director & Co-Producer
Rachel Karabenick is a professional circus artist with over 10 years of performing experience. She has a strong foundation in contemporary and commercial dance which she studied at the University of Michigan.
She has been performing on both large and small stages around the world for over a decade. She has performed as a solo aerialist for companies such as Disney, Spiegelworld, Dragone, Strut & Fret, Circus Monti, Circus Flora, Cavalia and more.
For the past five years she has also been working with other professionals on choreography, act creation and artistic direction. She has also been a director and aerial performance coach for multiple youth circus productions.
Lily Bourne
Voice Actor
Lily is a proud LGBTQIA+ Samoan artist from New Zealand and a graduate from NASDA (Bachelor of Music Theatre 2022).
She is most well known for her vocals and theatre career, last seen in New Zealand as Velma Kelly in the 2025 touring production of CHICAGO the Musical.
Lily has been performing in Blanc de Blanc Encore in Australia since 2023 and most recently sang for the show in Brisbane at the West End Electric.