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A Message from the Artistic Director
Welcome to Cal Rep’s 2006-2007 season.
Thoughts and Musings …
As I contemplate the possibilities of this
year’s Cal Rep season I am struck by the awesome
responsibility that we have as theatre artists. We
are a society in crisis: America is at war, our
environment is threatened, and social problems
are proliferating. What can or should we do?
I have always accepted that theatre’s
responsibility is to provoke, and that good art is
iconoclastic, contentious, and disturbing. Yet in the
past couple of years these assumptions have been
challenged. A tsunami of censorship has battered artistic institutions. From the banning of
Mapplethorpe’s photography, through the furor over Serrano’s provocative work, to the
reversal of grants by the NEA and the riots in Denmark in response to the cartoons of the
prophet Muhammad, art is under attack.
But the most pernicious form of censorship is self-censorship, and for our theatre the
danger is imminent. Not only commercial producers are cowardly—within the rarified cocoon
of the nonprofit world, theatre companies are afraid to offend, plays have been withdrawn,
seasons have been changed in response to a vaguely disguised fear. In backing away from
the provocative, producers and theatre artists are violating my most sacred principles of art:
we must shatter boundaries, we should provoke, we cannot be timid.
The plays in our season are challenging. We hope that they will inspire heated debate.
If theatre is merely an intellectual exercise, a casual entertainment, a self-serving ego trip
or a means to fame and fortune, it is empty. Great theatre can induce a visceral vital lifechanging epiphany. It can change the way we see the world and each other. We need only
look at the international impact of my fellow countryman, Athol Fugard, to appreciate the
far-reaching power of theatre.
Great theatre must stimulate the intellect and shatter the carapace of indifference we
so readily inhabit. It is not enough to be innovative and smart. Theatre must hit us where
we live. It must be as intimate as love making, as absorbing and challenging as abstract
philosophy, and as significant global politics.
Joanne Gordon
Artistic Director
Cal Rep Advisory Board
Jerold F. Berger Thomas P. Cooke, Ph.D.
Dennis Helfand
Tracy Imley, MD
Jimmy Loizides Keith (Kip) Polakoff, Ph.D. Jonathan Talberg Greg Borrud
Don Darnauer
Judy Helfand
Jerry Loeb
Sharon Olson Elizabeth Taheri-Borrud Barbara Van Oast
California Repertory Company
presents
The Cannibals
by George Tabori
September 15 through October 7, 2006
Directed by
Anne Justine D’Zmura
Scenic Designer
Shing Khor
Costume Designer
Katharine Tarkulich
akeup & Hair Designer
M
Barbara Matthews
Production Manager
Janet Miller
Lighting Designer
Marie Yokoyama
Sound Designer
Ryan Brodkin
Technical Director
Corey Holst
Stage Manager
Sylvia Rodriguez-Scholz
There will be no intermission
(Running time approximately 90 minutes)
CAST
Heltai.......................................................................Josh Nathan*
Hirschler............................................................Karen Kalensky*
Puffi...................................................................... Dom Magwili*
Klaub.................................................................... Suzanne Hunt*
Ghoulos.................................................................... Kree Fieldsa
The Gypsy..................................................Marjo-Riikka Makela
Uncle.....................................................................Beth Froehlich
The Ramaseder Kid.......................................... Debbie McLeod*
Weiss..............................................................Donald Formaneck
Little Lang........................................................... Sarah Goldblatt
Professor Glatz.................................................... Andrew Bloch*
The Silent Haas...................................................... Mark Frankos
S.S. Schrekinger................................................ Deborah Taylor*
Kapo...................................................................... Sandi Massie*
Voiceover.................................................................. Josie Nathan
* Denotes a member of AEA, SAG or AFTRA
Special Thanks
The director would like to thank Justus Matthews; Kevin O’Grady,
Associate Director of the Anti-Defamation League; Rabbi Daniel
Weiner; and Griffin McGuire.
Crew
Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager................................ Eric Hamme
Movement Consultant........................................................... Orlando Pabotoy
Vocal Coach............................................................. William Francis McGuire
Assistant Costume Designer................................................... Joan Goodspeed
Cutters....................................................... Amber Johnson and Deanna Rowe
Stitchers...............................................Miranda Carnessale, Shannon Kaposv,
April Kongkosonkichkan, Paulo Lima, Megan Maclean,
Reagan, Pamela Shaw, Nancy Wei, and Nola Yergen-Jennings
Dyer........................................................................................ Joan Goodspeed
Master Electrician............................................................. Christopher Kittrell
Master Carpenter......................................................................Darren Rogholt
Dramaturgy.............................................. Teresa Troutman and Mark Frankos
Study Guides..........................................Ryan McClary and Devon Goodman
Marketing...........................................Ana Rose O’Halloran and Eric Hamme
Production Management/Contracts.........Patricia Garza and Jeremy Ancalade
Public Relations.........................................Jeremy Ancalade and Kristi Jacobs
External Affairs..................................... Shera Rosenthal and Marni Brewster
Production Liaison.........................................................Ana Rose O’Halloran
This show gratefully acknowledges the efforts of the many
students whose time, dedication, and work on stage, lighting,
sound, costume, makeup and front of house crews made this
production possible.
This show contains:
Adult Content, Fog and Cigarette Smoke.
Actors
Andrew Bloch, Theatre: Death of a Salesman (Happy), on
Broadway (w/ Dustin Hoffman); Room Service (Binion),
Roundabout Theatre; Accidental Death of an Anarchist
(Heckler), Mark Taper Forum; Conversations with my Father (Finney), Huntington Hartford Theatre (w/Judd Hirsch);
Habeas Corpus (Cannon Throbbing), Matrix Theatre; Table
Settings (Son), Matrix Theatre; Selling Off (Leon), John Houseman Theatre; (M)asking Questions, Cal Rep. Television: Judging Amy, Ally McBeal, Murder She Wrote, Remington Steele,
Matlock, MASH, Barney Miller, Taxi, WKRP In Cincinnati,
Sinatra. Member: AEA, SAG, AFTRA.
Shaunté Caraballo, BA in Communication Arts, emphasis
in Theatre, California Baptist University. Theatre: “Love, Bukowski”, The Cider House Rules, parts 1 and 2 (Mrs. Eames’
Daughter, Rose Rose), Medea (Son), Cal Rep; Much Ado
About Nothing (Margaret), A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to Jericho (The Director), California Baptist University;
Spoon River Anthology (various roles), College of the Desert;
A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella), Power APAC.
Kree Fieldsa, BFA Theatre and MA Theatre & Media Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo. Theatre: The
Crucible (Abigail Williams), Niagara Falls Theatre Company;
Rhinoceros (Daisy), R Theatre Company; Savage in Limbo
(Savage), Les Fêtes Théâtrales du Suroît, Montreal; ‘Night,
Mother (Jesse), Center for the Arts, NY; “Love, Bukowski”
(Ensemble), Cal Rep. Film: Godot is Downtown (Zee), PBS
and international film festivals. Dance: The Royale Dance
Theatre Company; The Empire State Ballet; Dans Etudes.
Studied with The Paul Taylor (Taylor II) Dance Company and
The Gardzienice Theatre Company (Poland).
Donald Formaneck, BA in Theatre Arts (Cum Laude) from
CSULB. Theatre: Hamlet (Claudius), Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse), Shakespeare by the Sea; (M)asking
Questions (Ensemble), Cal Rep; How I Learned to Drive
(Peck), Cloud Nine (Clive/Cathy), My Medea (Chauffeur),
Players Theatre, CSULB; The Normal Heart (Felix Turner),
Studio Theatre, SFSU; Imaginary Invalid (Argon), Cabaret
(Cliff), Our Town (Stage Manager), Sister Mary Ignatius...
(Sister Mary), Studio Theatre, Irvine Valley College.
Mark Frankos, Theatre: (M)asking Questions (Ensemble),
The Flu Season (Man), “Love, Bukowski” (Ensemble), The
Cider House Rules, parts 1 and 2 (Dr. Jennings/Grant Winkle),
Medea (Tutor), Cal Rep; Hostile Witness (Mr. Naylor) Long
Beach Playhouse; Side Man (Gene), The Garage Theatre; The
Day Room (Dr. Bazelon), Arno Klein Theatre. Off-Broadway:
Sextet (Duke), Propaganda (Stefan), Fight Dreams (Bradley),
Ensemble Studio Theatre; FunBoxTimesSquare (Ensemble),
Faux-Real Theatre Company. Other NY theatre: Tape (Interrogator), Broken Bones (Steven) Circus Theatre Lab; Behold
the Man (Tom), Impact Theatre; Now (Ray), The Theatre
Studio.
Beth Froehlich, BA in Theatre, Arizona State University.
Theatre: (M)asking Questions (Ensemble), Cal Rep; Stop Kiss
(Callie), Stray Cat Theatre; Reckless (Pootie), Raw Footage
(Sharon), Lyceum Theatre; The Laramie Project, Arizona State
University; Barren Mind Improv, The Farce Side Comedy
Hour (company member). This summer she co-created the
dance/comedy troupe, The Overambitious School for Underdeveloped Dancers and mounted a production in Phoenix,
Arizona. Beth is currently studying improv with the Upright
Citizens Brigade in LA.
Sarah Goldblatt, BA in Drama, University of Washington.
Theatre: (M)asking Questions (Ensemble), The Flu Season
(Woman), Between Worlds (Laura), “Love, Bukowski” (Ensemble), Swimming in the Shallows (Donna), Medea (Chorus),
The Cider House Rules, parts 1 and 2 (Nurse Angela), California Repertory Company; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Sylvan
Grove Theatre; Goodnight Children Everywhere (Rose),
Playhouse Theatre at UW; Man of La Mancha (Padre), Nippon Kan Theatre, Seattle. Film: The Trouble with Boys and
Girls (Shoolie).
Suzanne Hunt, BA in Theatre, UCLA and MA in Theatre,
CSUN. Theatre: Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will? (Evalita),
It’s Only a Play (Virginia Noyes), Black Comedy (Clea), Non
Ti Pago (Dona Conchetta), Rumors (Cassie). Film: Popcorn,
Vinnie and Angela’s Beauty Salon and Funeral Parlor (Gold
Cineman Award for Best Short Film). Television: Recurring
roles on House Calls (w/ Lynn Redgrave), and the soap opera
Capitol. Other television roles include Entourage, Alf, It’s A
Living, The Oregon Trail, Conan the Adventurer, The Fall Guy,
The Cavanaughs. Member: SAG, AFTRA, AEA.
Karen Kalensky, Theatre: (M)asking Questions (Ensemble),
Cal Rep; The Shadow Box (Beverly), The Secret Rose Theatre;
The Traveling Lady (Mrs. Tillman), The Company of Angels;
The Protector (Fiona), First Stage Theatre Co.; The Mad
Show (Joanne), Manhattan Punchline. Direction: The Shadow
Box (with Brady Rubin); The Traveling Lady (2002 Ovation
nomination for Direction). Television: Tales From The Crypt,
Saturday Night Live, One Life to Live, All My Children, and
Live from 8-H, A Musical Special (starring the late Gregory
Hines). Member: AEA, SAG, AFTRA.
Dom Magwili, Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew, The Cherry
Orchard, American Conservatory Theatre; Proof, East West
Players; American Monsters 2, Lodestone Theatre. Television: Close to Home, CBS. Teaching: Asian American Theatre
Company (artistic director), East West Players, Los Angeles
Theatre Company, The Point Theatre. Workshops: Harvard,
Smith College, MIT, Amherst.
Marjo-Riikka Makela, Theatre: The Russian Academy of
Dramatic Arts (GITIS). Theater: Love’s Labour’s Lost (Director), Capistrano Shakespeare Festival; The Flu Season (Nurse),
“Love, Bukowski” (Ensemble), Between Worlds (Jessie),
Medea (Medea), The Cider House Rules, parts 1 & 2 (Candy),
Cal Rep; The Shoemaker’s Remarkable Wife (Shoemaker’s
Wife), Fathers and Sons (Fenichka), The Stanislavsky Theater
Studio. Acting coach and director: Insurgo Theater Movement,
Capistrano Shakespeare Festival. Playwright: Virtahepo (together with the ensemble), Kemin Kaupunginteatteri.
Sandi Massie, MA in Theatre, Cal State LA and MA in Psychology, Antioch University. Theatre: Virtuosa (one-woman
show about Clara Schumann), Off-Broadway. Regional Theatre: The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Oregon Shakespeare
Festival; Twelfth Night (Maria), Alabama Shakespeare Festival;
Voice of the Prairie (Frankie), New American Theatre; As You
Like It (Rosalind), Pasadena Shakespeare Company; Fools in
Love, Odyssey Theatre (premiere). Training: Shakespeare and
Company, Patsy Rodenburg. Sandie has taught at Pasadena
City College, the American Academy of Music and Drama
and Long Beach City College.
Debbie McLeod, BA in Theatre, minor in Music, Florida State
University. Theatre: The Fantasticks (Louisa), Sullivan Street
Theatre, Off-Broadway; A Circle on the Cross, The Open Eye.
New Stagings: Mary, Equity Library Theatre; Spoon River
Anthology, NY Shakespeare Co.; Destiny’s Calling, Stella
Adler Theatre; The Boys of Winter, Theater/Theatre; Sirens
of Seduction, The Victory Theatre; Swingtime, The Tamarind.
Film: Pitcher and The Pin-Up (on DVD), several independents
and shorts. TV: Angel, Seventh Heaven (guest starring roles),
WB; Dragnet, ABC; Will & Grace, Night Court, Another
World (recurring), NBC; Judging Amy, Jag (recurring), Picket
Fences (recurring), The Young and The Restless (recurring),
As The World Turns (contract role), CBS; The Division, Lifetime; Guilty (series regular), FOX/Televisa. Producer/Director/Teacher: The Lee Strasberg Theatre for Youth, Upstage
Performing Arts Schools, and McLeod Productions.
Josh Nathan, Theatre: The Flu Season (Epilogue), Cal Rep;
The Four Twins (Fougere), 36 Solutions, Los Angeles; Black
Comedy (Brindsley Miller), The Illuminati (Reverend Eddie),
Arena Stage; Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Danny), The
Pocket Playhouse; Groundlings Sunday Company (Company
Member), Groundlings Theatre; Play (Man), Robinson Theatre. Member: SAG/AFTRA
Deborah Taylor, BA in English Literature, Cal State Northridge. Theatre: Antony and Cleopatra (Charmian), As You Like
It (Audrey), Twelfth Night (Maria), The Magic Fire (Maddalena), Wonderful Tennessee (Trish), The Snowball (Ensemble),
The Dining Room (Ensemble), Henry V (Alice), Henry IV Part
I (Lady Percy), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), The
Winter’s Tale (Perdita), Season’s Greetings (Pattie), The Rivals
(Lucy), Yankee Wives (Connie), The Seagull (Nina), Troilus
& Cressida (Cassandra), Old Globe Theatre, San Diego; The
Beaux Strategem (Gipsy), The Snowball ( Ensemble), Hartford
Stage; Tonight We Improvise (Ensemble), Holiday (Julia), The
Women (Ensemble), Shaw Festival, Canada; The Magic Fire
(Maddalena), Berkeley Repertory; The Snowball (Ensemble),
The Huntington Theatre, Boston; Whose Life Is It Anyway?
(Mrs. Boyle), Ah Wilderness (Muriel), A Place To Stay (Ensemble), Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo. Television: NYPD
Blue (Marie Medavoy), Murphy Brown, Star Trek, Cop Rock.
Film: Lianna, Brother From Another Planet, Sea of Love.
Designers
Leah Austin, lighting. BA in Theatrical Design, Boise State University. She has
designed lighting for various productions including Vagina Monologues, Touch,
and Measure for Measure, Boise State University; Stones in his Pockets (master
electrician), I Am My Own Wife (electrician), A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum (electrician), Mill Mountain Theatre.
Aja Bell, costume. BA in Costume Design for Theatre, Chapman University,
and AA in Fashion Design, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Theatre: The Flu Season, (costume design) Cal Rep; Metamorphoses (asst.
designer), Studio Theatre CSULB; Murder by the Book, Long Beach Playhouse;
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Blood Wedding, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Dealer’s
Choice, Stages Theatre; The Rocky Horror Show, A Christmas Carol, The Maverick
Theatre; Barnum, The Whittier Playhouse; The Lover, The Lady Aoi, My Head
was a Sledgehammer, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Three More Sleepless Nights,
Chapman University; Buy 1 Get 1 Free, Fullerton College Director’s Festival;
Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Odd Couple, Cabaret, The Laramie Project, The
Importance of Being Earnest, Fullerton College.
Joan Goodspeed, costume. BA in Theatre, CSULB. Theatre: Macbeth (costume
designer), San Juan Capistrano Shakespeare Festival; The Stinky Cheese Man
(crafts), South Coast Repertory; (M)asking Questions (costume designer), “Love,
Bukowski” (costume designer), Cal Rep; Titus Andronicus (dyer), Metamorphoses
(dyer), My Medea (costume designer), The Laramie Project (costume designer),
University Players; Vagina Monologues (costume designer). Shing Khor, scenic. BA in English and Technical Theatre, Whittier College.
Theatre: The Cannibals (scenic design), Cal Rep; Sky Girls, The Last Five Years
(scenic design), Metamorphoses (propmaster), University Players; Lysistrata (scenic design), The Vagina Monologues (lighting design/technical direction), Whittier
College; Ass (lighting and asst. design), The Actor’s Gang; Hamlet, Twelfth Night
(scenic painter), Shakespeare Orange County; You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,
I Never Sang For My Father, Diamonds (asst. TD, scenic painter), Lilly’s Purple
Plastic Purse (technical direction), Lost Nation Theatre.
Paulo Pereira Lima, costume. BA in Geography, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Theatre: Blood Wedding (costume construction), Santa Monica Community College;
The Threepenny Opera (design assistant), Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.
Megan MacLean, costume. BA in Theatre, CSULB. Theatre: (M)asking Questions (costume co-designer), The Flu Season, “Love, Bukowski”, Medea, (assistant
costume design), Cal Rep; Seussical the Musical, Human Events, The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie, Kimberly Akimbo, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum (stitcher and assistant milliner), Summer Repertory Theatre.
Reagan, costume. Theatre: Titus Andronicus, Metamorphoses, How I Learned
to Drive, On the Verge (costume designer), University Players; King Cat Calico
Finally Flies Free! (costume designer), Son of Semele Ensemble; The Star
Spangled Girl (costume designer), Abstract Theatre; The Stinky Cheeseman and
Other Fairly Stupid Tales (assistant costume designer), South Coast Repertory;
The Dante Club (assistant costume designer), Cal Rep.
Olivia Sauerwein, scenic. Olivia was born in Paris, France. She began her theatrical career as an artist’s assistant, working on props and sets for plays and films,
including The City of Lost Children by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. A dual
citizen, she moved to the East Coast in 1998 to show her artwork, continue her work
in theatre at Providence’s Trinity Repertory, and pursue an advanced degree.
Pamela Shaw, costume. MA from California State University, Fresno. Costume
design for theatre includes the world premiere of Western Star, Civic Light Opera
South Bay; The Little Foxes, Rainman, Defying Gravity and Art at the Rubicon
Theatre; Court Theatre; Tamarind Theatre; McCoy Rigby; Circle X; and Santa
Barbara Civic Light Opera; theme park costumes for Universal Studios/Citywalk.
Film and TV: The Painting, The Dogwalker, Grace Under Fire, over one hundred
commercials including dozens for the Energizer Bunny and the boat sails for Stuart
Little. Pamela Shaw is vice president of the Costume Designers Guild, Local 892,
and a member of USA Local 829. She is co-author of Shopping LA: The Insiders’
Sourcebook for Film & Fashion, now in its 3rd edition.
Katharine Tarkulich, costume. Theatre: Love’s Labour’s Lost (costume designer),
Capistrano Shakespeare Festival; Sky Girls, University Players; The Playboy of the
Western World (costume designer), University at Buffalo (KCACTF 2004 Merit
Award); She Stoops to Conquer, The Cobbler, and You Never Can Tell (assistant
designer), Irish Classical Theatre Company. Film: The Heart of Christmas and Out
in the Cold (costume designer), Suite 117 Productions.
Nancy Wei, costume. Theatre: Titus Andronicus (assistant costume designer),
Studio Theatre, The Lark (assistant costume designer), Players Theatre, CSULB;
The Tale of Changsu (costume designer), Royce Hall, UCLA.
Maureen Weiss, scenic. BFA in Theatre, University of Southern California. Theatre: (M)asking Questions (set design), Titus Andronicus (set design), The Lark (set
design), Cal Rep; King Cat Calico Finally Flies Free (set design), Son of Semele;
Abingdon Square (set design), Open Fist Theatre Company; Vieux Carre (producer,
set design); The Subscription (director, set design); The Collaborators (director,
set design); Carousel of Dreams (director), The International Children’s Theatre
Festival in Croatia, Trade City Productions. Art: AlterEgos (curator), Personal
Space (curator), Everyday Etiquette (artist).
Nola Yergen-Jennings, costume. Nola is an award-winning costume designer.
She worked for eight years at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona as
their in-house designer and also taught costume design. She has designed over 40
theatrical productions and has created dozens of individual costumes for various
historical and fantasy venues. Sewing is her hobby as well as her work.
Management
Jeremy Ancalade, BA in Theatre Arts, minor in Business Administration, Loyola
University New Orleans. Theatre: Shakespeare Festival/LA (house manager);
Loyola University Drama, New Orleans (production manager); The Flu Season
(stage manager), Cal Rep; Hamlet (stage manager), Southern Repertory Theatre;
The Subway Music Videos (stage manager), True Brew Theatre; The Children’s
Hour (stage manager), Women and Water (stage manager), Marquette Theatre.
SuzAnne Bradaric, Theatre: (M)asking Questions (dramaturg), Medea (assistant
director), Cal Rep; Cloud Nine (music director/composer), University Players. Directing credits include Peter Pan: a story for the lost, Anderson University; Sister
Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Wisdom Teeth Productions; The Vagina
Monologues, Movimiento Estudiantil de Teatro y Artes at CSULB; and Much Ado
About Nothing and The Star-Spangled Girl for Pacific Art Theatre. SuzAnne is the
founder and Producing Artistic Director of Orange County’s Pacific Art Theatre
and Abstract Productions and a local voice teacher.
Marni Brewster, BA in Theatre Arts, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Marni was born
and raised in the San Luis Obispo area and has performed throughout the Central
Coast since the age of ten. During the past few years she has produced and directed
children’s theatre, taught dance and drama classes at a private studio, and joined
Children’s Creative Project to teach the arts in public schools.
Patricia Garza, BA in English and Production Design, UC Berkeley. Theatre:
BareStage Productions, Berkeley (managing director); LEVYDance’s San Francisco
premiere (stage manager); COMPANY, 2nd-4th Annual Celebrations of Women in
Theatre, Cirque du Death (director/producer); Ah-Ha Moments (stage manager),
The Complex.
Eric Hamme, Theatre: The Garage Theatre (co-founder, artistic director); The
Fourth Wall, R.U.R, Side Man, The Reconstruction Of Michael (production manager), The Garage Theatre; Two Rooms, Killer’s Head, Goose & Tomtom (director),
The Garage Theatre; Hospital Overlord (director), Prizm Productions; Random
One Acts (director), Little Fish Theatre Co.
Kristi Jacobs, BA in Drama, Loyola University, New Orleans. Theatre: Summer
Stages Children’s Theatre (production manager); Missoula Children’s Theatre
(tour actor/director). Stage management credits include: The Red Shoes, New
Orleans Ballet Academy; Lone Star, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, True Brew
Theatre; Shakespeare in Hollywood, Lysistrata, A Lesson Before Dying, Much
Ado About Nothing, Loyola University; Earl Long in Purgatory, Southern Repertory Theatre.
Sunhee Lee, Theatre: The Last Empress, Fame, A-Com International in Korea
(publicity, promotion); Annie, Driving Miss Daisy (assistant stage manager), Miss
Julie (house manager), Top Girls, Lord of the Flies, The Government Inspector,
Dancing at Lughnasa (publicity), Cupid and Psyche (Psyche), Ohio University.
Ana Rose O’Halloran, BFA in Theatre Management, BFA in Performance, Ohio
University. Theatre: That Damn Dykstra (director), The Government Inspector
(assistant stage manager), Ohio University; Beautiful Bodies (stage manager),
Beautiful Thing (running crew), Actor’s Express.
Sylvia Rodriguez-Scholz, Theatre: An O. Henry Christmas (stage manager), Cal
Rep; Three Poets, Dream Play (stage manager), University Players; Die Fledermaus, Long Beach Opera Institute; Working, Indians, Three Poets (stage manager),
Long Beach City College; The Vagina Monologues (box office manager), CSULB;
B.O.R.E.D Tour 2005 (stage manager).
Shera Rosenthal, BA in Theatre Management, Emerson College, Boston. Theatre:
Lamb’s Players Theatre (marketing assistant); Gallery (producer), Vox Box Arts
Collective; Greenway Court Theatre (house manager); The Tempest (producer/
intern), Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Boston; ArtsBoston/BosTix (associate). TV/Film: Jackhammer (associate producer), Slaughterhouse Cinema;
Dr. Phil (audience coordinator), ARPO/KingWorld/Paramount TV; Getting Out
(production assistant), Fishman Productions; Creative Artists Agency (agent assistant, TV department); First Family Entertainment (assistant to president); studio
page at NBC Studios Burbank.
Writing
Bonnie Blackburn, MA in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth
Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute. Bonnie is a writer, poet, artist, and educator.
Theater: Annie (July), The Sound of Music (Liesel), Annie Get Your Gun (Tessie),
Alice In Wonderland (Cheshire Cat), Once Upon A Mattress (Ensemble), Bye Bye
Birdie (Ensemble), Flower Drum Song (Dancer), Gigi (Dancer), On The Way To
California (Choreographer/Dancer).
Rachel Kann is an LA Weekly Award Winner and Backstage West Critic’s Pick
Garland Award Winner. She has performed at the Disney Concert Hall, Royce Hall,
and California Plaza in Los Angeles, The San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, the
Vans Warped Tour, and at poetry landmarks The Nuyorican Poets’ Café, Beyond
Baroque, and The Green Mill. Her poetry has been broadcast on 100.3 The Beat,
90.7 KPFK, Sirius Stars, college stations, underground radio and podcast shows
worldwide. Rachel has performed for HBO’s Def Poetry, BET’s The Way We Do
It, ABC’s Eye On L.A., and is a part of Higher Vibration’s upcoming Spoken Word
DVD and the Special Edition Belly DVD (Artisan). She was recently commissioned
to create poetry curricula for K-5th graders throughout the Los Angeles Unified
School District. Rachel co-hosts (with Regan Fox) the podcast Eat Bird.
Ryan McClary, BA in acting, CSULB. Theatre: Romeo and Juliet (Montague),
Migration (Lecture Man), CSULB. Host, writer, and director of numerous showcases.
Kevin Stein is a media executive and writer/producer with senior management
experience at HBO, CBS, MTV Networks, and King World Productions. His work
includes consulting for AOL, Sony, Bob Dylan, SEGA, and the Zappa Family Trust.
His film and television work includes productions for HBO, Showtime, CBS News,
NBC Sports, ABC, Paramount, Columbia Pictures, VH1, and Microsoft. He is coauthor of Rolling Stone’s The Book of Rock Lists, and taught Clinical Psychology
at Harvard Alumnae College, Art and Human Consciousness at Cal Arts, and is
currently teaching History of Media at CSULB. His non-profit accomplishments
include work for NASA’s Challenger Center For Space Science Education, and
co-founding The Jimi Hendrix Scholarship Foundation, which he ran from 199496. His dramatic training was with Anna Deavere Smith at NYU.
Devon Goodman, BA in Comparative Literature and Dramatic Arts, UCSB. Devon
produced the Weezy and the Swish podcast; the stand-up comedy show, Comedy
Nights; and wrote Older than America for Tribal Alliance Productions (due to
shoot late August 2006).
Teresa Troutman, BA in Creative Writing and English Education, CSULB. Originally from Stratford, Connecticut, Teresa studied acting and writing at the HB
Studio in New York with Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen. She recently finished
her Single Subject Teaching Credential coursework and teaches a beginning aikido class on campus.
Resident Faculty
Anne Justine D’Zmura, directing. Anne Justine D’Zmura has served as resident
director at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis where she directed Peer Gynt, Bert’s
Folly, Billy and Dago, and Poster of the Cosmos; artistic associate for the NYCbased The Acting Company where she directed the national tours of Macbeth and
The Tempest; artistic associate for the Playwright’s Center and artistic director for
Yale Cabaret. She has served as visiting assistant professor at Denison University, guest director and educator at The Juilliard School, University of Minnesota
MFA program, USD/Old Globe Theatre, University of Redlands, and University
of Michigan. Additional directing credits include South Coast Repertory, A Noise
Within, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and The Cricket
Theatre. She was assistant director for Trevor Nunn on Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia
on Broadway. Anne is the recipient of a National Endowment for The Arts/TCG
Directing Fellowship, with which she studied in Bali, Indonesia; and a New York
Drama League: New Works/New Directors Grant. She received her MFA in Directing from Yale School of Drama and a BA from Hampshire College.
Craig Fleming, theatre studies. Craig Fleming is an actor, director, teacher, and
writer. He received his MFA in acting from CSULB, where he was named Outstanding Graduate for the College of the Arts. His theatre background includes
acting and directing for Shakespeare Orange County, Central Coast Shakespeare
Festival, Shakespeare by the Sea, Laguna Playhouse, Performance Riverside, and
South Coast Repertory, where he taught acting for fifteen years. In 1988 Craig
joined Walt Disney Imagineering, moved to France, and directed the nomenclature and scripting effort for Disneyland Paris. Prior to becoming an Imagineer he
wrote for Teddy Ruxpin, Muppet Babies, and other talking toys. Craig has been
listed in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers”.
Joanne Gordon, chair, artistic director. Dr. Gordon is an award-winning director whose accolades include five Drama-Logue Awards, a Los Angeles Critics
Choice Award and being named “Best of the Year” by the Los Angeles Times.
She has been instrumental in developing a significant number of original plays and
musicals with Cal Rep and is in constant demand as a director both nationally and
internationally. Recently her adaptation and production of “Love, Bukowski” was
nominated for several awards by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, which also
conferred on Cal Rep the Polly Warfield Award for best season, a tribute to her
first full year as artistic director. She has directed a number of Stephen Sondheim
works worldwide, including the first Chinese language production of West Side
Story in Beijing. Recent published work includes Stephen Sondheim: A Casebook;
an essay on Stephen Sondheim in the Encyclopedia of American Biography, and
an essay on August Wilson for the Casebook Series. She is a frequent contributor
to The Sondheim Review and her first book, Art Isn’t Easy: The Theater of Stephen
Sondheim was one of the earliest studies of this great artist’s work. As an internationally renowned Sondheim scholar, Gordon directs and conducts workshops
in both the U.S. and Europe. Gordon did her undergraduate work in South Africa
and her Ph.D. at UCLA.
Jeff Hickman, technical director. Professor Hickman is a graduate of Bucknell
University (BA), San Jose State University (MA), and the University of New
Orleans (MFA). Prior to coming to CSULB, he was the technical director for
the Theatre Department at Villanova University and was the production manager
and technical director for Villanova’s Summer Shakespeare Festival. During the
summer, he works with Shakespeare by the Sea, a local touring company which
presents 9 weeks of free performances throughout the Los Angeles area. Mr.
Hickman has been active in the United States Institute for Theatre Technology for
more than thirty years.
David Martin Jacques, Lighting Designer. David Martin Jacques has designed
the lighting for over 300 theatre, opera, television, dance and special event productions. Recent projects include the critically acclaimed productions of Tannhauser
for Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Daphne for Teatro la Fenice in Venice, I Lombardi
for Teatro Maggio Fiorentino in Florence, Cherubin for Teatro Lirico di Cagliari,
and Tales of Hoffman and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Central City Opera. In
addition, he recently designed the set and lighting for Los Angeles Philharmonic’s
The Rehearsal. His designs for television have been broadcast on NBC, A&E, and
PBS. Mr. Jacques served as lighting consultant for Walt Disney Creative Entertainment and designed numerous projects for Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, and
Euro Disney. He also designs architectural lighting projects throughout the United
States, Europe, and South America.
Danila Korogodsky, scenic design. Danila Korogodsky, a theatre designer and
painter, was born in Kaliningrad, Russia to a theatrical family. After graduating
from Leningrad Theater Institute in 1977, Danila worked for 10 years as a Resident Designer at The Leningrad Theater for Young Spectators. He also freelanced
around the country, did some projects as an illustrator of books, and exhibited his
works as a painter. At that time Danila designed more than fifty productions for
Moscow’s Mossoviet Theater, Novy Theater, Taganka Theater, Drama Theater in
Tashkent, Tallin, Baku, Vladivostok, and others. His theater work and his paintings were frequently exhibited both in Russia and abroad. Several of his works
have been purchased by museums and private collections. Danila was selected to
represent Russia at the 1983 Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design. In 1989, he was
invited to design a show for the Honolulu Theater for Youth, and since then has
freelanced in the United States as a theatre designer, design professor, and painter.
During the past ten years Danila has designed more than one hundred fifty shows
all around United States and Europe. Danila was a guest professor at Indiana
University, Bloomington; Ohio State University, Columbus; and was head of the
design program at DePaul University, Chicago.
Barbara Matthews, wig, make-up design. Barbara Matthews received her BA
degree in literature from SUNY Buffalo and her MA at CSULB. She is resident
makeup and hair designer at CSULB. Over the past twenty years, Barbara has
served as makeup designer and consultant for numerous theatres in the Southern
California area, including the Tiffany, West Coast Ensemble, Long Beach Studio
Theatre, New Theatre, Inc., the Grove Shakespeare Festival, CSU Northridge,
Pomona College, Long Beach Opera and the Los Angeles Classical Ballet. She
has also designed and conducted seminars for CSULB Dance Department and
has written the chapter on makeup for the recent revision of the textbook Dance
Production. She was the recipient of Drama-Logue Awards for her makeup designs
for The Mikado and Mud People.
Patrick McDonough, management (professor emeritus). Patrick McDonough is
a veteran of over 100 productions in university, community, and regional theatre.
He has been a founding chair of a theatre department and the founding manager of
a university performing arts center; the marketing manager of the Guthrie Theater;
a founding member of both the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the
International Leadership Association; the Arts, Leadership and Education Program
Director for a multi-billion, international foundation; a university provost; and a
college president. Dr. McDonough continues to pursue his interest in theatre management and leadership in performing arts organizations, and is currently engaged
in a national consulting practice in strategic issues in liberal arts colleges. He has
been listed in Who’s Who in America for nearly two decades.
Ken Novice, management. Ken Novice has served as Director of External Affairs
at Pasadena Playhouse, State Theatre of California since 2002. He also currently
manages Ken Novice Entertainment Marketing, working with such clients as The
Salvation Army, Sephra Fountains LLC, and promotional partners including Warner
Brothers, American Express and Gelson’s The SuperMarket among others. Prior
to 2002 he was Director of Marketing and Public Relations for San Diego’s Tony
Award-winning Old Globe Theatre, developing marketing and public relations
programs for such shows as Jack O’Brien’s acclaimed revival of Damn Yankees, the
Tony Award-nominated musical The Full Monty, Henry IV starring John Goodman
as well as Sheldon Epp’s Tony-nominated hit Play On! among many others. Novice’s
credits also include marketing and public relations with the Tony Award-winning
Denver Center Theater Company and New York’s Circle Repertory Company. As
Director of Programming for YouthStream Media Networks he developed national
marketing and public relations programs for major motion pictures from Columbia
Pictures, DreamWorks S.K.G., Buena Vista Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Fox
Broadcasting, 20th Century Fox, MGM, New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers
Pictures. Novice has been a guest lecturer at San Diego State University and the
University of California, San Diego. He holds a B.A. from the Pennsylvania State
University and an M.B.A. from San Diego State University.
Hugh O’Gorman, acting. Hugh’s Los Angeles appearances include Johnny on the
Spot at the Matrix, Lemonade at the Tamarind Theatre, The Philadelphia Story at the
Court, and Henry IV Pt. 1 for Circle X. Other theatre credits include the Broadway
production of Brian Friel’s Translations. Off-Broadway: The Yiddish Trojan Women
(AJT), The Tempest (AEC) and Cloud 9 (Perry Street). As a founding member of
New York City’s Mint Theatre Company (2002 Drama Desk Award), Hugh directed
The Harvest, and appeared as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Nick in The
Time of Your Life, and the Doctor in Anton Chekhov: stories from my youth. He has
worked in over a dozen regional theatres around the country, most notably Seattle
Repertory, Charlotte Rep, Huntington and Asolo theatres, and he has spent seasons
with the North Carolina, Montana and Idaho Shakespeare festivals. For four years
Hugh portrayed Jeff Singer on AMC’s critically acclaimed, Emmy and CableAce
award-winning show Remember WENN (SAG Award nomination). Other recent
television credits include Still Standing, That’s Life, The 10th Kingdom, Law &
Order, ER, One Life to Live and All My Children. Films include Killers, Upstate
and The Bend. Professor O’Gorman earned his BA from Cornell University and
his MFA in Acting from the University of Washington.
Orlando Pabotoy, movement. Orlando Pabotoy has served on the faculty at Tisch
School for the Arts at NYU. He has taught at the Juilliard School, University of
Texas in Austin, Bard College, Ramapo College, The Old Globe, UCSD, Cal Arts,
Cal State Long Beach, and at The Actors Center in New York. Orlando was a recipient of the 1997 John Houseman Award, a 1998 Fox Fellowship and a 2003 OBIE
Award. In addition to teaching, Mr. Pabotoy is a successful director and actor. As a
director, Orlando has created, assisted, and staged/co-staged shows for the Juilliard
Drama Division, NYU, Actors Center Conservatory, and Ma-Yi Theater Company.
As an actor, Orlando has performed at The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park,
New York Theater Workshops, The Metropolitan Opera House, The Old Globe,
and Yale Repertory Company. He has done shows for the Division 13 Theater
Company (where he is an Artistic Associate), The Flying Machine Company, MaYi Theater Company, IMUA Theater Company, among other New York projects.
His television/film credits include being a series regular on Strangers With Candy
(Comedy Central) and guest starring on JAG (CBS), In the Weeds (Independent
Feature), Blue Hour, The Beat (WB) and Whoopi (NBC).
Nancy Jo Smith, costume design. Nancy Jo Smith creates costumes for very
diverse venues: theatre, dance, television, video, ice skating, and stunt shows.
She received a Themed Entertainment Award for excellence in costume design
for “Waterworld” at Universal Studios in Hollywood. Her most recent ice show is
“World Rhythms on Ice” at Sea World, California. Her costumes have appeared in
the Cal Rep productions of Bird of Quintain, The Dictator’s Nose and Merlin, for
which she received a Drama-Logue Award for Costume Design. Nancy Jo is also
a fiber artist, working as Doshi, specializing in Shibori. Her work has been seen in
international exhibitions and is sold in galleries across the US. She is the featured
artist in Ornament magazine August 2006.
Maria Viera, cinema studies, theatre. Maria Viera is a tenured professor and
Head of Critical Studies in the Department of Theatre Arts. She is co-author of
the book: Lighting for Film and Digital Cinematography (Wadsworth, 2004) and
wrote the chapter on John Cassavetes for the book More than a Method: Trends
and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance (Wayne State University Press,
2004). A scholar in contemporary and postmodern film theory, she has authored 19
published articles on topics as diverse as the work of Woody Allen to directing the
short film. She has presented 20 papers at various professional conferences. Dr.
Viera is a filmmaker who has largely made experimental and short fiction works,
but also documentaries and TV spots. She wrote and directed two original mixmedia productions, Playing with the Pieces and Singularities, for the University
Players. She received her Ph.D. in Cinema-Television from the USC.
Part-Time Faculty
Gayle Baizer, costume. Theatre Costume Design: Blackstone Magik: The Magic of
Lawrence and Priscilla-American Tour, ICT: A Christmas Carol, Swimming In The
Shallows, Dreams Of A Sunday Afternoon, Panama, Cal Rep; Vinegar Tom, Workshop360; Vinegar Tom, Pride and Prejudice, University of Southern California;
The Magician, Broadway Bound Musical Workshop; Pinnochio, Great American
Children’s Theatre Co. Tour; Johnny Johnson, Odyssey Theatre (Drama-Logue
Award nominee); Gaité Parisienne, Los Angeles Chamber Ballet Tour; Orphans,
Downey Civic Light Opera. Concerts and PAs: Maureen McGovern, The Pointer
Sisters, Nell Carter, The Fifth Dimension, Swoosie Kurtz, Ali McGraw, Kathy
Ireland, Dyan Cannon, Diahann Carroll, Cindy Williams. Affiliations: Costume
Designers Guild, IATSE 892; United Scenic Artists, IATSE 829; ATAS; USITT.
Gayle Baizer holds an MFA in Costume Design from California State University,
Long Beach and teaches in the Theatre Department.
Jody Berger, management. Jody received her MFA in Theatre Management from
CSULB. Credits include Kids Stuff Expo (co-founder, executive producer); Opera
Pacific (associate director of development); Pacific Symphony Orchestra (marketing manager); Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach (Cultural Arts Director); The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (stage manager). Jody received her BA from California
State University, Fullerton.
Erin Caron, critical writing. Erin is happy to be returning as an instructor to her
alma mater. After graduating from the CSULB Theatre Department in 1994, she
went on to earn an M.A. in English and to become a founding member of the
Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood, where she now serves on the Board of
Directors. For the last six years, Erin has been teaching writing at the University of
Southern California, while pursuing her Ph.D. in 20th-century American Drama.
Tyler Dilts, critical writing. Fiction: Pain Management, Crimespree Magazine;
The Postcolonialist, Berkeley Fiction Review; Frequently Asked Questions, RipRap; Socrates at the Lapin Agile (with apologies to S. Martin), RipRap; Thug:
Signification and the (De) Construction of Self, Best American Mystery Stories
2003; Screenwriting: Interrogations, Finalist for the Sundance Institute Feature
Film Program Fellowship (2003).
Tannis Hanson, performance. Tannis Hanson received her MFA in Acting from
CSULB. Her Cal Rep credits include: The Dante Club; Panama; Dreams of a
Sunday Afternoon; Shakespeare 72; Ivona, Princess of Burgundia; Leatherface;
Diary of a Chambermaid; Lamarck; Murder; and Pilgrims. She also appeared in
the Central Coast Shakespeare Festival’s productions of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream (Hermia) and As You Like It (Phebe). Tannis earned her BA from Colorado
State University, where she appeared as Bobby Michelle in The Last of the Red
Hot Lovers. In Colorado, she also appeared in the title roles in The Diary of Anne
Frank, Peter Pan and Annie.
Maria Mayenzet, performance. Maria Mayenzet’s career has spanned over twenty
years working in regional theatre, film and television. She is happy to return to
CSULB and Cal Rep. She has worked at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Globe
in San Diego, The Grove Shakespeare Festival, Los Angeles Theatre Center, and
Process Studio Theatre in New York. Her favorite theatre roles include Frida in
Cal Rep’s Dreams of a Sunday Afternoon and Nurse Edna in The Cider House
Rules, Calista in The Fair Penitent at L.A.T.C and the title role in Tamara. Her film
credits include Jagged Edge, Proud Men, Dead Sexy , Macbeth and Messenger of
Death. Her television credits include, Tour of Duty, Forever, Journey to Mars and
Murder, She Wrote.
William Francis McGuire, performance. Before coming to Los Angeles William
Francis McGuire spent many years working in theatres all around the country. He
spent five years as a company member at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis where
roles included Frederick in Joanne Akalaitis’s production of The Rover, Kapanna
in Naga Mandala (an international collaboration directed by Garlan Wright),
Medvedenko in The Seagull, Geert in The Good Hope directed by Bartlett Sher,
Professor Begriffenfeldt and The Boyg in Peer Gynt directed by Anne Justine
D’Zmura and many others. Some other theatre roles include Jack in The Boys
Next Door at the American Repertory Theatre in Boston, Pistol in Henry V at The
Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C. directed by Michael Kahn, Cleante in
Tartuffe and Mr. Marcus in The Intelligent Design Of Jenny Chow at South Coast
Repertory. Since coming to Los Angeles Mr.McGuire has been a series regular
on Nickelodeon’s 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd; he also guest starred on dozens
of T.V. shows including Close to Home, Joan of Arcadia, NYPD Blue, Without a
Trace, The Guardian, Navy N.C.I.S., Dragnet, ER, Jag, Arliss, The Practice, The
Division, Charmed and Seventh Heaven. He has appeared in a variety of films
including The Day After Tomorrow, Mission Impossible III, Shimmer and starred
in the Disney T.V. movie Tru Confessions. He has taught at the Guthrie Theatre,
University of Minnesota, Denison University and UCLA Extension. He has an
MFA from Yale School of Drama.
Karl Snider, AmSat certified instructor of the Alexander Technique. Dr. Snider
holds degrees in Vocal Pedagogy, Choral Conducting, Musicology, and the Alexander Technique from the University of Southern California, Eastman School of
Music, Pomona College, and the Alexander Technique Institute of Los Angeles.
New to the faculty of California State University Long Beach and Cal Rep, he has
taught Voice and the Alexander Technique at Loyola Marymount University since
1993, also having worked at Mt. St. Mary’s College from 1988-2000. Dr. Snider
has sung professionally with Opera Pacific and Pacific Chorale. His students can
be seen with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Opera, Pacific Chorale,
and numerous performance venues and graduate programs nationally. He remains
active in music direction for musical theatre and opera and is a regular guest director
for the Sinatra Opera Workshop at Loyola Marymount University. As a clinician,
Dr. Snider is in demand for workshops in the Alexander Technique with special
emphasis in the performing arts, including actors, singers, instrumental musicians,
conductors, and dancers. In 2006, Dr. Snider served as the General Coordinator for
the National Convention for the American Society for the Alexander Technique.
Staff
Corey Holst, designer and stage technician. Corey has designed and worked
on productions for Cal Rep and the University Players since 1989. He has also
designed scenery, lighting, and sound for shows at the Long Beach Playhouse,
Newport Theatre Arts Center, the Sand Harbor Shakespeare Festival in Lake Tahoe,
and Shakespeare by the Sea in San Pedro. On the weekends, he can be found at
Disneyland working on Fantasmic! Corey has also performed in a dozen musicals
and sung everything from classic masterworks and madrigals to barbershop and
doo-wop.
Eric Imley, managing director. Eric Imley oversees all development, marketing,
administrative, and financial aspects of Cal Rep and the University Players. Previously he worked in theatre management at theatres all over the United States
including Actors Theatre of Louisville, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Skirball Cultural
Center, The Geffen Playhouse and A.S.K. Theater Projects. Eric holds an MFA in
Theatrical Production Management from UCLA and a BA in Technical Theater
from UC Santa Cruz.
Amber Johnson, costume shop technician. MFA in Costume Design, CSULB
2003. BA in Drama & Speech, UNC Greensboro, 1995. Amber returned to Cal
Rep in 2004 after teaching as a faculty professor at Cypress Community College
and working at Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Amber is also a freelance technician at
several local theatres, including South Coast Repertory. She has also designed
costumes for several dance productions, which were presented at the 2004 American College Dance Festival. For Cal Rep, Mrs. Johnson designed Murder (2001),
willie, mickey & the duke (2002), and Leatherface (2003).
Christopher Kittrell, sound design. Christopher earned his BS in Chemistry and an
MFA in Lighting Design from CSULB. He has worked as a lighting designer, sound
designer, projection designer and technical director for The Washington National
Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Omaha, Long Beach Opera, Fort Worth Opera,
USC Thornton Opera, CSULB Opera Institute, Cypress College, Santa Ana College and Fullerton College. His upcoming work includes lighting Tosca for Opera
Omaha and acting as Resident Sound Designer for Santa Ana College.
Rachel Maize, administrative support. Rachel Maize received both her BA and
MFA in theatre from CSULB. She returns to Cal Rep in the capacity of instructor
and administrative assistant. Throughout her career, Rachel has worked on over 40
productions as director, assistant director, stage manager, and/or producer. Most
recently she directed Fiddler on the Roof at the Jewish Community Center in Long
Beach and The Importance of Being Earnest at Little Fish Theatre Company in
San Pedro.
Janet Miller, production manager. Janet Miller comes to CSULB from Cornell
University where she was the resident stage manager for the Schwartz Center. Janet
has worked professionally for the Williamstown Theatre Festival (asst. production
manager) and has stage managed over 700 performances of Triple Espresso around
the country and in San Diego. She has both an MFA in Stage Management and
an MA in Theatre History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s
Krannert Center for Performing Arts. She also holds a BA in Theatre and a BA in
Religion from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Peggy O’Neil-Rosales, Edison Theatre box office manager. Peggy O’Neil-Rosales
has been box office manager since the Edison Theatre’s first opening night on
October 28, 1998.
Michael Pacciorini, costume shop manager.
Darren Rogholt, stage carpenter. A graduate of Los Angeles City College Theatre
Academy, Darren is also an artist and semi-professional photographer. He has
worked for the East LA Classic Theatre and Gothic Moon companies. Darren is also
a professional drummer who started his own company, “Mr. Cajón”, specializing
in Afro-Cuban drums that he designs, builds, and plays. Darren is also a member
of Stage of the Arts, specializing in Afro-Cuban drumming and dance.
Micky Small, Business Manager. Micky Small comes to CSULB from NYC where
she spent the last several years working in human resources for several nonprofit
organizations. She is an actress, writer, and all-around theatre person. She has a
BA in Theatre Arts from Southern CT State University and spent two years in the
puppetry program at the University of CT. She also completed a 2-year program in
screenwriting with Writer’s Boot Camp. Micky has been a Board Member for the
Fresh Fruit Festival in NYC where she was also the Production Coordinator.
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Directors ($3,000 - $4,999)
Employees Community Fund of Boeing
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Mary E. Thoits
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Benevolent Players, Jonathan Talberg Ph.D., C. John Paul Zamora,
Richard Elliot, Dennis Helfand, Steve & Joan Goldblatt
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Jerold & Jody Berger, Greg Borrud, Thomas P. Cooke, Ph.D., Don
Darnauer, Beau & Joanne France, Tracy Imley, M.D., Karl Liebat,
Jerry & Flora Loeb, Jimmy Loizides, Sharon Olson, Kip Polakoff,
Ph.D., Elizabeth Taheri-Borrud, Barbara Van Oast
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