ELINA de SANTOS, Director
Elina de Santos’ Los Angeles directing credits include: for the Pasadena Playhouse, the highly acclaimed Vincent in Brixton; for the Pacific Resident Theatre, Rocket to the Moon (LADCC Nominee for direction 2004), Death of a Salesman, A Delicate Balance, and Orpheus Descending, which garnered multiple awards including the top LADCC Awards for performance, direction and production 2003; for the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the LA premiere and multi-award winning Speed the Plow, All My Sons and a nine month run of Awake and Sing!;  for the Ark Theatre Company, A Doll’s House which garnered a LA Weekly nomination for Best Director 2007. Regional credits include: Orphans (OC Weekly Best Production, BSW Best Production, LADCC Best Production Nomination), Tennessee in the Summer, Romeo and Juliet: Circus Verona (Ovation Nomination), Awake and Sing! (Winner of LADCC award, LA Weekly nomination, multiple BSW awards), All My Sons, Speed the Plow (west coast premiere, several BSW awards), and shows with Berkshire Theatre Festival, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Deaf West Theatre, International City Theatre.

GREG MULLAVEY, Actor
Greg Mullavey has appeared in well over 100 theatre productions all over North America. On Broadway, he starred in Romantic Comedy, with Mia Farrow and Tony Perkins, in Rumors, and in the National Tour of The Sisters Rosensweig. He has also appeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions. Some of his regional credits include: Alaska Light Opera; Coconut Grove Theatre (directed by Tony Award winner, John Rando); Old Globe Theatre (directed by Tony Award winner, Jack O’Brien); The Guthrie; Cleveland Playhouse; George St. Playhouse; Pittsburgh’s Public; and GEVA. In Los Angeles he has received six Drama-Logue Awards and a L.A. Weekly Award. His roles range from his portrayal of Lee Strasberg, (one of Greg’s teachers,) in Names, to Shylock in Merchant of Venice, Gayev in The Cherry Orchard with Alfred Molina, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Serge in Art, Tiger Brown in Three Penny Opera, as Victor Fleming in Moonlight and Magnolias, and most recently at The Odyssey Theatre, How the Other Half Loves.  He is a member of the TV Academy and his extensive television credits range from Gunsmoke to E.R. with 100s in between, included James Michener’s mini-series, Centennial. He has been a regular on four TV series, but is best known for his role as “Tom Hartman” on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Greg is also a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &Sciences and has appeared in over 40 films.

ARIANA JOHNS, Actor
Ariana Johns performed her solo show, Vampingo…a comedy with bite in the 2007 N.Y. International Fringe Festival, after its premiere at Actor’s Art Theatre in L.A.  Also at AAT, she performed in and wrote the long-running Moonbite and Rapturous Delirium, and she’s currently developing a screenplay of Vampingo with Jolene Adams.  Off-Broadway, she’s acted in Pigeons On The Walk and I Got The Stagestruck Blues On A Mobius Trip, which was also produced at the BoarsHead Theatre in MI.  Other credits include The Killing Of Sister George, Eccentricities Of A Nightingale, and Stay Pretty (actor/author).  Regionally, she’s worked with Allison Janney (The Real Inspector Hound), Joanne Woodward and Judith Ivey (Hay Fever), and Mark Moses (Spring Awakening).  She is the recipient of a Drama-Logue award for The Midnight Court, and received an A.D.A. nomination for Baby With The Bathwater.  She received critical acclaim for her work as Shelly Winters in the world premiere of Robert Patrick’s Hello, Bob, and for her original monologues that she performed in the SOLO series with Sandra Tsing-Loh. www.vampingoproductions.com

MICAH FREEDMAN, Actor/Graphic Designer
Micah Freedman’s New York credits include Angels in America, Arcadia, Mad Forest, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, Scenes from an Execution, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, and Ghosts (with Abigail Rose Solomon.) His regional credits include Fiddler in the Roof and Almost Like Being in Love (Barter Theatre), Showboat and Phantom (Gateway Playhouse), and Music Man (Mill Mountain). Micah graduated from Stanford University where he studied Music, Acting and Computer Science. He is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of QED Productions, based in New York City, where he lives. www.qedproductions.org

JULIE SIMPSON, Stage Manager
Julie Simpson graduated from C.S.U. Fresno with a degree in set design and a minor in stage management. She has stage managed Bug, Moscow, Killer Joe (Ovation Award winner), The Shadow Box, Lysistrata, Julius Caesar and The Master Builder, among others. Most recently, at The Odyssey Theatre, she stage Managed Edge.  She has also worked as production designer in film, television and theatre. She was production designer on The Helix Loaded, which was the first independent feature to premiere at Mann’s Chinese theater in Hollywood. She also designed the films Unspoken, The Last Miracle, Matthew 26:17, Cake, The Window, Good Intentions, Infestation and The Second Degree, to name a few.
 

JAMES DENTON, Actor
James Denton can currently be seen as Mike Delfino in the Golden Globe Award winning TV show, "Desperate Housewives."  He recently shot the films, "Tortured," "Custody" (Lifetime), and "Wanted: Undead or Alive."  His other film credits  include "FACE /OFF,"  "Primary Colors,"  and "That Old Feeling. " Other T.V. credits include "Threat Matrix," "Philly," "The Pretender," "Two Guys and a Girl," "Reba," and "The Drew Carey Show."  James was seen extensively in the Chicago theatre scene with The Griffin Theatre and Straw Dog Theatre. L.A. Theatre includes "Asylum, In Walked Monk," and "Locked Up Down Shorty’s."  He runs the production company,Thumbless in the Desert, with his wife, Erin O'Brien.

ERIN O'BRIEN, Actor/Co-Producer
Erin O'Brien has worked in New York with the SIGNATURE THEATRE, MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB,  THE CENTURY CENTER, THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE, VINEYARD THEATRE, VALIANT THEATRE COMPANY, NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, UNION SQUARE THEATRE, and the PUBLIC THEATRE.  She has worked regionally in Los Angeles, as well as at SOUTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE, DENVER CENTER THEATRE, LONG WHARF THEATRE, POWERHOUSE THEATRE, VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY.  She has also toured nationally with THE ACTING COMPANY, has worked in T.V. on "Beyond Belief," "One Life to Live," "As the World Turns," and" Another World" and in the film "Will."  Erin has made three exercise DVDs: "PRENATAL FITNESS FIX," "POSTNATAL RESCUE," and "STRONG BODY, AGELESS BODY," distributed by Acorn Media.  She runs the production company, Thumbless in the Desert, with her husband, James Denton.

ALEXANDER WRIGHT, Music Director & Composer
Alexander Wright is a member of the Eighth Hand String Band, has written music for "Twelfth Night," played banjo in "Three Penny Opera," played for Native Voices "Berlin Blues," produced CD recordings of "Lies Like Truth" and "John O'Connor" and played on Arigon Starr's "Red Road."  He was recipient of the LAWEE Career Achievement and Production of the Year Awards and honored as an Alton Jones Arts Future recipient. 

MIA TORRES, Set Designer/Technical Director
Mia Torres has worked in the arts for 20 years, doing everything from stage hand to producer. She has worked with world renowned companies such as Alvin Ailey and the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as
local LA companies such as The Black Dahlia and PRTE.  She is managing director of LA Women's Shakespeare Company and Overtone Industries, and is currently working with Tim Robbins' company, The Actors' Gang.  She was assistant technical director at USC School of Theatre for seven years. 

CHRISTINA WRIGHT, Costume Designer
Christina Wright most recently costumed "Culture Clash" and "The Birds" at the Getty Villa.  She has designed costumed for Native Voices at The Autry for seven years.  Over the past 26 years, she has designed and created costumes for Robert Wilson and Philip Glass' opera "Monsters of Grace," David Schweitzer's "Transformations," Bill Viola's "Quintet of the Astonished," "Notes: On Performance" at the Wallenboyd Theatre and many Shakespeare productions directed by her husband, Alex Wright.  Other favorite productions include "The Mystery of Irma Vep" and "The Rocky Horror Show" at the Tiffany Theatre, and "Surfing DNA" at East West Players.

MAURA MCGUINNESS, Lighting Designer
Maura McGuinness has designed lights for a variety of events on both coasts and has traveled the world with different companies as a lighting designer, master electrician and technical director. In Los Angeles, her designs include the acclaimed "Internet Dating- The Musical" at Artworks Theatre (World Premiere), "Los Muertos" at the Elephant Asylum (World Premiere), "The Merchant of Venice" at the Ivy Substation and "the Tempest" at the 24th St.Theatre, both with LAWSC.  She has also done design for performance art and dance and her designs have been seen at The Lillian, Odyssey, Hudson, Ivar and Coronet theatres and the historic Hollywood Bowl.  She also works and designs for Grand Performances, which offers free access to varied artists from around the world, in the heart of downtown LA.

MARY TRAHEY, Hair & Make Up Designer
Mary Trahey has been with the L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company since 2001, doing make up and hair designs for "The Tempest" and "The Merchant of Venice."  Some other credits include: "A "Circus" Christmas Carol" (ICT Long Beach), "Macbeth" (El Camino College), "Feel Better Fast" (short film), and working with the national touring company of "Cats" in Chicago.

SCOTT ASHBY, Fight Choreographer
Scott Ashby is a fight choreographer and teacher with years of experience in the field of Film and Theatre Education.  His training as both a classical actor and certified stuntman, along with his lifelong studies of philosophy and behavioral science are the basis for his teaching methods and choreographic style.  His practice of teaching nonviolence through the use of Classical Theatre and Stage Combat techniques have been adapted as a standard in several Theatre Schools and training programs.

KIMBERLEIGH AARN, Actor
Kimberleigh Aarn's L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company roles include Gratiano in "The Merchant of Venice" (Ovation Award Nomination), Hermione in "Winter's Tale," Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing," Helena in "Midsummer Night's Dream," and Claudio in "Measure for Measure."  Regional she has worked with Actors Theatre in Louisville, Mark Taper Forum, New Works, Geva, Center Stage, Arena Stage, Old Globe, O'Neill Theatre Center, Yale Rep, and Shakespeare & Company. She appeared on Broadway in "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" (Tony Award & Drama Desk Nomination), and Off-Broadway in "One of the All Time Greats" at the Cherry Lane Theatre.  On television she has appeared in "Angel," "Family Law," "The People," "Guiding Light," and in an independent short film "The Portrait."

FRAN BENNETT, Actor
Fran Bennett has worked at Theatre at Boston Court, REDCAT, the Getty Villa, as well as playing several roles for L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company.  She has worked abroad in France and Italy and spent 12 years at the Guthrie Theatre as an actress and voice and movement director.  She has won an Ovation Award, an NAACP Theatre Award, a Drama-Logue Award, and is the recipient of the first AEA/AFTRA/SAG Diversity Honor Award.  Her TV and Film credits include "Boston Legal," "Crossing Jordan," "The Book of Daniel" (series regular), "In the Heat of the Night" (recurring), and "Chicago Hope."

DREYA WEBER, Actor/Aerialist
Dreya Weber recently produced and starred in "The Gymnast," recipient of 18 awards at various film festivals.  Her theatre credits include the West Coast Premiere of Austin Pendleton's "Orson's Shadow" which won Garland, Ovation and LADCC Awards for Best Production.  She has also worked with the New York Shakespeare Festival and Roundabout.  She toured for three years at choreographer and aerial soloist for Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour. She has also choreographed aerials for Madonna's Re-Invention Tour, Christine Aguilera's Back To Basics Tour and Pink's I'm Not Dead and Try This Tours. www.thegymnastfilm.com   

CATE CAPLIN, Choreographer has produced, directed and choreographed over 100 productions. Her work has been seen on television, in films and in theatrical venues world wide from the Paris Opera House to the Broadway Stage. Cate is also a published writer and coaches both actors and dancers. She has won 34 first place titles including five “US Open” , three World Titles and Multiple Gold Medals in Theatrical ShowDance with dance partner Gary Franco and her Production company, Night and Day Entertainment, co-founded with
Creative partner Vernon Willet, custom designs entertainment for private parties, corporate events and industrial trade shows.www.catecaplin.com

JOCELYN JACKSON, Actor
Jocelyn Jackson grew up in the Bay Area where she studied at the American Conservatory Theater and performed on the mainstage.  She also worked with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and the African American Shakespeare Company. She received her M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Washington (ranked third in the nation by U.S. News & World Report).  Her television credits include "House, Passions, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Crime Strike."  Among others, she has worked with TheSpyAnts, Ark, and Blue Sphere Alliance theater companies.

CHRISTIAN S. ANDERSON, Actor
Christian S. Anderson just finished a run of A Bed and A Bar at the Gloria Gifford Conservatory Theatre. He has worked regionally at The Rubicon Theatre, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Sedona, and The Southwest Shakespeare Festival. Born in Chicago, Christian worked locally at The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, First Folio Shakespeare Festival, and the Organic Theatre. On TV, Christian has appeared on "Will & Grace, According to Jim, Cuts," and multiple times on "The Young and the Restless." Most recently, he co-starred on the NBC pilot Community Service.

SARAH SIDO, Actor
Sarah Sido's  recent theatrical credits include Abigail in The Crucible at The International City Theatre, Renee in Dark Rapture at the Evidence Room, Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew at the Orpheum Theatre, and Desdemona in Othello with Will and Company. Favorite New York credits include Bloody Poetry at the Classic Stage Company and Heart of a Dog at Theatre for a New City, as well as having toured with The National Shakespeare Company.  Television and Film credits include Without a Trace, Lollilove and Les Superficiales; the latter two having just screened at the Cannes Film Festival Market. She can also be seen and heard in numerous commercials and video games.

RYAN  MICHELLE BATHE, Actor
Ryan Michelle Bathe was nominated for a 2006 SAG Award for the hit series "Boston Legal" on which played the role of Sara Holt.  She most recently shot the ABC comedy pilot "Pink Collar" with Alicia Silverstone.  Ryan has also appeared in TV movies "Lackawanna  Blues" and "Good Fences", as well as on "ER", "Girlfriends", "Half & Half",  and "The Education of Max Bickford". Her theatre credits include "As You Like It", at The Guthrie Theater, "Much Ado about Nothing" at the Old Globe and "Hot Mikado" at the Ford Theater.  Ryan  received her BA from Stanford University and her MFA from Tisch, NYU  Graduate Acting Program.

NICK HOFFA, Actor
On stage,  Nick Hoffa was most recently in the award-winning Theatre at Boston Court’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children directed by Jessica Kubzansky and starring Camille Saviola.  Prior to that, he acted with Wendie Malick, Dan Lauria and Dorian Harewood  in Questa, a play that was executive produced by David Milch.    Other credits include roles on Alias, Monk, Strong Medicine and in several independent films and national commercials.  He is relatively new to Los Angeles, coming most directly from San Francisco, where he worked with Sierra Repertory Theatre, New Conservatory Theater, Subterranean Shakespeare, Fools Fury, and 42nd  Street Moon.  He trained at the American Conservatory Theatre and Full Circle and for three years directed the IMCO theater company.  A Massachusetts native, Nick attended Wesleyan University.

JENNIFER ROSEN, Actor
Jennifer Rosen wrote, performed in, and produced her solo show, "Tall Girl", at the Groundlings Theatre.  The show, which received LA Weekly’s Comedy Pick of the Week, was directed by Groundlings’ founder, Gary Austin.  After graduating from the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York, Jennifer acted in several NYU films and off-off Broadway plays including Alan Ball’s "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress" and Ibsen’s "An Enemy of the People."  She also performed in two improv troupes, On The Spot and The Grown-Ups’ Playground at the New York Comedy Club.  Since moving to Los Angeles, Jennifer has acted in USC graduate films and most recently completed "Blue Ribbon," an AFI film.  She is currently a member of the Theatre District at the Cast theatre company in Hollywood.  Jennifer earned her M.A. and B.A. in English Literature from Stanford.  www.jenniferrosen.net 

JULES WILLCOX, Actor
Jules Willcox recently received her MFA from UCLA’s Department of Theatre, Film and TV. While at UCLA she received the Jack Nicholson and Rod Steiger Awards for Excellence in Acting.  Having grown up on a farm in Missouri, her love for theatre and film has taken her from the University of Missouri to the Off-Broadway theatres of NYC to the soundstages of LA. Favorite roles include:  Ophelia in Hamlet, Dorinda in The Beaux’ Stratagem, and Tessa in the west coast premier of Charles Mee’s Summertime.

CHRIS BROWN, Actor
Chris Brown is excited to be in her fifith performance in LA. This past season she played the lovely "Sasha" on  Fox's cartoon show "The Bratz".  She is a graduate from The University of Tennessee with a degree in Theatre and a minor in dance.

WILL BEINBRINK, Actor
Will Beinbrink just wrapped on a pilot called "Companytown" playing a yoga teacher. Recently he shot a commercial for Jeep and a Guest star for "Related" on the WB. Most recently theater credits include "Monipulat" at Manhattan Class Company last fall and "Twelfth Night" for the LA Shakespeare Festival.

MICHAEL MULLEN, Costume Designer
Michael Mullen is a graduate of U.S.C.'s School of Theatre and The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising's fashion design department. Michael has costume designed many projects on stage and film. He just recently received a Garland Award honorable mention for his costumes in "THE MULLEN MIX", a one-man show that he co-wrote, performed in, and costumed. As an actor, some of you might also remember him as "Miss Texas" in the Los Angeles premiere of the campy hit musical "PAGEANT" which ran for about four months at The Hudson Avenue Theatre a couple of years ago.

RACQUEL LEHRMAN, THEATRE PLANNERS, Producer
Racquel Lehrman is the founder and managing director of Theatre Planners, her own theatre production/PR firm. She graduated from NYU-Tisch School of the Arts and lived in NY for over ten years producing theatre. Theatre Planners has since developed into a very busy and successful outlet for actors, producers and theatre companies. Doing everything from publicity, consulting, printing and graphics, we love making productions a reality and helping to keep the theatre scene in LA alive and strong. Racquel has recently acquired the
Actor's Gang old space on Centro and is the new owner of the LOUNGE THEATRE in Hollywood on Theatre Row.To learn more about Racquel and Theatre Planners, go to www.theatreplanners.com 

MICHAEL DONOVAN, C.S.A., Casting Director
Michael Donovan casts for film, television, theatre and commercials. His credits include the upcoming features "Comedy Hell" and "Hot Tamale", nine TV series, and over 1,000 commercials. Michael casts extensively for the theatre, and is the recent recipient of the Casting Society of America's Artios award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. Current and upcoming productions include "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure" (both at Pasadena Playhouse and Arizona Theatre Company), "Zorba" (Reprise!), and "Bark!" (both at the Coast Playhouse in L.A., and at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts). Recent credits include "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Shakespeare Festival/LA), "A Picture of Dorian Gray" (at The Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena), and "The Story" (at I.C.T. in Long Beach). Also a director, Michael recently helmed GuerriLA Theatre's production of "Banned Plays."  Michael is currently teaching at U.C.L.A., and is the Artistic Director of the newly-formed Culver City Playhouse.

PHILIP SOKOLOFF, Publicist
Philip Sokoloff is L.A.'s most active theater publicist, representing over 100 live attractions annually in L.A. and Ventura Counties. Also an actor, he recently appeared in "The Tempest" at the MET and in Ray Bradbury's "Almost Midnight" at New Place Theatre.

SOPHIA ALEXANDER, Production Stage Manager
Sophia Alexander is a native of Los Angeles.  She is a Journalism Major at California State University, Long Beach and a soon to be graduate May 2006.  She got her start in production in High School working for a student run show “Ed.News” where she was a assistant director, reporter, and camera person.  She has been involved in production for 6 years. Sophia has held internships at Fox 11 News, has been a segment producer, editor, stage manager, sound tech, and reporter for a student run television show called “College Beat”.  She got her start in theatre on a play called “Waste of Shame” by Ron Klier as an assistant stage manager.  She is also working on “Stages” by Abigail Rose Solomon.  As well as “I Captured the Castle” directed by Cameron Watson.

SCOTT TUOMEY, Technical Director
Scott Tuomey has been the Technical Director a the Fountain Theatre since its inaugural production of "Winter Crane" in 1990.  He has overseen virtually every Fountain production, on and off site, including their numerous flamenco shows. He has appeared on The Fountain stage in "Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Declarations: Love Letters of the Great Romantics" and "Master Class."  Scott's talents as actor/singer/guitarist were also seen in the Shakespeare Festival L.A.'s production of "As You Like It" and "Twelfth Night" at the Globe Theatre in West Hollywood and in the upcoming film "A Day in the Life of Sunny Paradise."

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