Chase Whitehurst (he/they) is an Advanced Actor Combatant and fight choreographer who has been training with the SAFD since he was 16 years old. They hold a 2nd degree black belt in taekwondo, and training in taekkyon and hapkido. He taught taekwondo with Clemmons Family Martial Arts before taking a break to attend college, where he is currently working toward his BA in theatre with a minor in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. They have worked as a choreographer with companies including Spring Theatre, Goodly Frame Theatre, and Studio 1, as well as on mainstage shows at UNC Greensboro and UNC Chapel Hill. They are also a teaching assistant and associate instructor at Collaborative Combat Arts in Raleigh, NC.