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A WITHOUT WALLS PRODUCTION
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June 14 -June 29
COMPANY BIOS
Parnia Ayari, Smokie/La Mayan/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. San Diego Rep: Assistant Director/
Understudy Dede/Patria for In The Time of the Butterflies,
Bertha in Zoot Suit and Minister/Ensemble in The Who’s
Tommy. Other credits include: Woman 2 in Songs For A
New World (International City Theater), Demeter in Homer
in Cyberspace (UCLA Little Theater) and choreographer for Seussical the
Musical (CSUSM). Education: BA in Musical Theater from UCLA.
Leandro Cano, Sir Blunt/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. 30-year veteran actor in stage, film
and television. Theater credits include: Motherf***er With the
Hat and Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (barebones productions,
Pittsburgh, PA), Stories and Romeo & Juliet (Denver Center
Theater), American Buffalo and Don Juan (Perseverance Theater,
Juneau, AK), Of Mice and Men (Tangential Theatre Co.) and Oedipus El
Rey (Theater @ Boston Court). Film credits include Jim Jones in Jonestown
(Pavilion Pictures), In the Death Room (MaraVinny Productions) and Fugue
(LightsOut Productions). TV credits include appearances on Huge, CSI:
Miami, Castle, Boston Legal, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital.
Roxane Carrasco, Mayor Villa Allegre/Chiqui
La Jolla Playhouse: Figaro Gets a Divorce and The Who’s Tommy.
Broadway: Velma Kelly in Chicago. Pre-Broadway Workshops/
Productions: The Mambo Kings (Golden Gate Theatre), Like
Water for Chocolate (Sundance Theatre Lab), The Poet Matador
(Broadway Workshop). International/National Tours: Chicago,
West Side Story and A Chorus Line. Regional: Luz in Sunsets and Margaritas
(Theatreworks), Anita in West Side Story (Northshore Music Theatre), Camila in
In the Heights, Rosali in Real Women Have Curves, & The Women (San Diego
REP). TV: As the World Turns (recurring role), Law & Order: SVU. Education:
MFA in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University.
Victor C. Contreras, Police Chief/El Tomas/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Last Angry Brown Hat
(Nosotros; Centro Cultural de la Raza), March (Old Globe/
Bowery Theater), Over Easy (Old Globe /Teatro Meta), Frida
Kahlo: Self Portrait of Pain (Sinergia Theater), Allende (Words
Across Cultures), Los Vendidos (Words Across Cultures),
Godman (Baseheart Playhouse) and historical reenactments (Old Town San
Diego). Other acting credits include movie roles, appearances on television
shows (including Golden Girls, Simon and Simon and General Hospital,
among others) and commercials.
William Thomas Hodgson, Young Thug/El Johnny/
Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Brujon in Les Miserables,
Puck u/s in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PCPA Theaterfest);
The Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical, Aladdin in Aladdin
(Berkeley Playhouse); Eugene in Yellowman (Ubuntu Theatre
Project); Truffaldino in Truffaldino Says No (Shotgun Players). Education:
PCPA Conservatory class of 2009; B.A. in Theatre from Santa Fe University
of Art and Design, M.F.A. candidate in Acting from UC San Diego (2014).
Jyl Haruye Kaneshiro, Lil’ Gus/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: The Car Plays (2013 WoW Festival) as Kim in
Immaculate. Grace in San Diego I Love You 2.0, Dee Demolition
in Derbywise (Circle Circle dot dot), Suzy in Wait Until Dark (North
Coast Repertory Theatre), May in Fool for Love (Fritz Theatre),
Luan in Golden Child (Chinese Pirate Productions), Cheryl in
Bronze (Sledgehammer), Himiko in Tea (AART). Co-Founder of AART.
Salomon Maya, Navarro/El Mago/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: In the Time of the
Butterflies (San Diego REPertory Theatre), Federal Jazz Project
(San Diego REPertory Theatre), Splitting Adam (Teatro Punto
y Coma), The Show Across the Street (Teatro Punto y Coma),
West Side Story (Southwestern College) and The Proposal
(Southwestern College). Salomon thanks: Alanna for her love and Kingston.
Pa, Ma, Beto and Isra for their unending encouragement. Friends for
celebrating Wilbur. Mari Pili for her faith. The entire EH cast and crew
especially Sam Woodhouse and Herbert Siguenza for this life-changing
experience. Amigos Del REP – Sangre! Twitter: @salomaya
Robert J. Milz, Tixoc/Locos R Us/Mexiclop/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Other regional credits include:
Much Ado About Nothing (Independent Shakespeare Co.);
The Quality of Mercy, Iphigenia at Aulis (The Antaeus Acad.
Co.); Othello, The Birds (Santa Clarita Rep). Education: Circle in
the Square Theatre School, The Del Arte School and Chekhov
Studio International. M.F..A. candidate, CSU/Cal Rep Long Beach.
John Padilla, El Hank/Officer Velasquez
is a veteran San Diego actor is making his La Jolla Playhouse
debut. His credits include References To Salvador Dali Make
Me Hot (Moxie Theater); Zoot Suit, Water & Power, Burning
Patience, Marriage Is Forever, Bandido (San Diego REPertory
Theater); La Gaviota; Elliot, a Soldier’s Fugue (Ion Theater);
Night of the Iguana, Comedy of Errors, White Linen (The Old Globe); The
Last Angry Brown Hat, Ay Compadre (The Latino Ensemble of San Diego).
His musical performances include Man Of La Mancha, Pirates Of Penzance,
Oklahoma, The Fantastiks, Nine and Evita.
Dave Rivas, Duke of Earl/Ojo/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: The Car Plays and Detained in the Desert.
San Diego REPertory Theatre: Detroit, Zoot Suit, The Who’s
Tommy, Superior Donuts, The Seafarer and Water & Power.
Lyceum Theatre: La Pastorela. Old Globe Theatre: Celebrity
Sonnets. Coronado Playhouse: The Importance of Being
Ernest, Lend me a Tenor, Taming of the Shrew and California Suite. Onstage
Playhouse: Lend me a Tenor. PowPAC: Company, Harvey, Touch & Go and
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Scripps Ranch Theatre: Once Upon a
Mattress, Arsenic & Old Lace and How to Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying. Film: La Sierva and Katakiuchi. Animated Features: Zap Squad
and the Sands of Time and Atlantis: The Last Days of Kaptara. Dave is also a
Board Member of Teatro Máscara Mágica and a core member of Amigos del
REP, a volunteer community council that promotes Latino/Hispanic/Chicano
arts and education through performance and events at The San Diego REP.
He is also a voice over recording artist who has voiced hundreds of video
games and commercials for T.V. & Radio. Dave is also a sound designer and
private voice over-acting coach at his studio, DaveyBoy Productions.
Jorge Rodriguez, Mexiclop/Soto/Mr. V/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Sideways, A Willow Grows Aslant. Other
credits include reasons to be pretty, Julia (Ion); Much Ado About
Nothing (New Village Arts); References to Salvador Dali Make
Me Hot and the upcoming Discourse on the Wonders of the
Invisible World (Moxie).TV: Terriers and numerous independent
films. Member of SAG/AFTRA. Has studied with world-renowned Master
Teacher Larry Moss.
Bianca Sanchez, La Gata/Preciosa/Ensemble
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Havana (workshop).
Regional: Zoot Suit (San Diego Rep). Ms. Sanchez is thrilled to
have been a part of El Henry from its first reading two years ago.
She kicked off this year as an actor for Lamb’s Players Theatre’s
Educational Outreach, starring in BASH! She will be participating
in Enterprise Theatre’s production of The 146 Point Flame at the 2014 San
Diego Fringe Festival. In addition to San Diego Theatre, Ms. Sanchez is a
certified SAT and ACT private tutor serving the Point Loma and La Jolla area.
Herbert Siguenza, Playwright/Fausto
is a founding member of Culture Clash, the country’s most
prominent Chicano/Latino performance troupe. The group’s
work has been produced by the nation’s leading regional
theaters, including La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum,
Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and Goodman Theatre in
Chicago, among others. Along with partners Richard Montoya and Ric
Salinas, Siguenza has performed and/or co-written: American Night: The
Ballad of Juan José, The Mission, A Bowl of Beings, S.O.S.-Comedy for
These Urgent Times, Unplugged, Capra Clash, Radio Mambo: Culture
Clash Invades Miami, Bordertown, The Birds, Nuyorican Stories, Anthology,
Mission Magic Mystery Tour, Anthems: Culture Clash in the District, Chavez
Ravine, Senor Discretion Himself, Culture Clash in AmeriCCa, Zorro in
Hell, Water & Power, Peace and Palestine, New Mexico. In 2003, Siguenza
wrote and starred in Cantinflas! He is currently touring his one man show
A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, which was developed at the San Diego
Rep. He recently performed Big Daddy in Cat on Hot Tin Roof at the
Perseverance Theatre in Alaska.
Kinan Valdez, El Bravo
is a neo-fusionist theatre artist combining elements of mythic
storytelling, physical movement, popular music and visual
pageantry to create theatrical spectacles for the 21st century.
A theatre director and playwright by trade, he is a 20-year
ensemble member of the world-renowned theatre company El
Teatro Campesino and currently serves as the Producing Artistic Director.
During his tenure, he has focused on the creation of a new works laboratory
dedicated to the research and development of epic theatre spectacles
premised on the dynamic fusion of popular performance forms, indigenous
rituals and site-specific pageants. Aside from working in the theatre as a
director and playwright, Kinan is an actor, an awarding-winning filmmaker
and an educator at the University of California Santa Cruz.
Lakin Valdez, El Henry
is an actor, writer, and director. Born and raised in the extended
family of El Teatro Campesino, he served as the company’s
Associate Artistic Director from 2000-2005. Since 2004,
Lakin has written, directed and performed in over a dozen
plays, culminating in work that reflects the rich history and
vibrant culture of the Latino/Chicano community. He is the recipient of
two NPN Creation Fund awards, a Zellerbach award, and an NEA Access
to Excellence award for his generative work. As a stage actor, Lakin has
performed with Campo Santo, San Jose Rep, San Diego REP, Goodman
Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, L.A. Theatre Works and El
Teatro Campesino. Film and television credits include: The Narc, Ballad of a
Soldier, Fort Figueroa (CBS); The Cisco Kid (TNT); La Pastorela (PBS); Crisis
(NBC). Lakin would like to express his immense gratitude for the opportunity
to work on Herbert Siguenza’s El Henry in San Diego.
Sam Woodhouse, Director
co-founded San Diego REPertory Theatre with D.W. Jacobs in 1976, and
has since served as its Producing and Artistic Director. He has worked
as a director, producer or actor on more than 250 REP productions. Mr.
Woodhouse has performed as an actor on The REP stages in The Seafarer, in
the title role of King Lear, Proof, Hamlet and with the San Diego Symphony
Orchestra in the title role of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat. His most recent
directorial work with The REP includes: Detroit, Venus in Fur, In the Heights,
Federal Jazz Project, Clybourne Park, The Who’s TOMMY, In the Next Room
or The Vibrator Play, Superior Donuts, Hairspray, boom, The Threepenny
Opera and Water & Power. In 2011 he directed American Night: The Ballad
of Juan José for the Denver Center Theatre Company. In 2003, he was
awarded the Patté Shiley Award for Lifetime Achievement by KPBS and the
prestigious Alonzo Award by the Downtown San Diego Partnership. Mr.
Woodhouse is the founder of The REP’s Calafia Initiative, a multi-disciplinary
artistic initiative that brings together unlikely partners to create new works
that speak to the future of our bi-national region. In 2006, he and Jacobs
were honored with the Craig Noel Award by the San Diego Theatre Critics
Circle for 30 years of artistic dedication to downtown and diversity.
Ian Wallace, Scenic/Projection Design
La Jolla Playhouse: Our Town (WoW Festival), Recipe for Disaster and Frida
Libre (Pop Tour). San Diego REP: Great American Trailer Park Musical, Tortilla
Curtain and In the Time of the Butterflies. International: Ruins True (Romania,
Budapest, Avignon), Death of a Salesman (Romania), Drums on the Dam
(London) and The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (San Jose Stage and
Capital Stage). Previously set designed for Guiding Light (CBS). USA829
member. Education: B.F.A. in Theater from NYU; M.F.A. in Design from UC
San Diego. Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Folsom Lake College.
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, Costume Design
La Jolla Playhouse: Honey Bo and the Gold Mine. San Diego REP: Venus in
Fur, Clybourne Park, The Who’s Tommy, In the Next Room or The Vibrator
Play, Boom!, The Seafarer, The Threepenny Opera, The Princess and the
Black-eyed Pea, The Good Body, The Clean House, Don Quixote, Miss
Witherspoon, Intimate Apparel, The Goat and Crowns. Regional: Knowing
Cairo (The Old Globe); Phaedra, The Tempest, Othello, Picnic (A Noise
Within); As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre New Jersey); Ali (Crossroads
Theatre). Design Ambassador and Resident Costume Designer, MOXIE
Theatre. Recipient of three Craig Noel Awards, a Patté Award, and the
NAACP Theatre Award. www.icostumedesign.com, www.leoduo.com
Jennifer Setlow, Lighting Design
Regionally: Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, San Diego
REP, Syracuse Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, Indiana Rep, Childsplay and
Merrimack Rep. Locally: East West Players, Malashock Dance, Diversionary
Theatre, Sledgehammer and many others. Ms. Setlow is the head of the
lighting program at Arizona State University.
Bruno Louchouarn, Original Music/Sound Design
Theater, dance, and film credits include the futuristic cantina music in the
film Total Recall; A Weekend with Pablo Picasso (San Diego Rep, Alley
Theatre, LATC, Centre Rep Walnut Creek, Denver Center); Motherf***er with
a Hat, Eurydice (South Coast Rep); Surf Orpheus, the Musical (UCSD, Getty
Villa); Rain After Ash, immersive multimedia work (AxS Festival, Pasadena);
Night Falls (ODC, San Francisco); A Hammer, a Bell, and a Song to Sing (San
Diego Rep); Café Vida (Cornerstone Theater); The Road Weeps, The Well
Runs Dry (LATC); Wrestling Jerusalem (Intersection for the Arts, SF); Voces en
el Polvo, an Opera (Boston Court).
Edgar Landa, Fight Director
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. In addition to performing and directing, Edgar
creates fights and violence for theatres large and small. Recent mayhem:
The Reunion and The Motherf***er With The Hat (South Coast Repertory);
The Steward of Christendom (CTG/Mark Taper Forum); Parfumerie
(Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts); The Nether (CTG/Kirk Douglas
Theatre). Mr. Landa serves on the faculty of the USC School of Dramatic Arts
and is a proud member of Son of Semele Ensemble and Shakespeare &
Company (Lenox, MA). He is also a Death Racer (youmaydie.com) – you can
follow his adventure racing exploits on his blog: www.mymuddyshoes.com
Javier Velasco, Choreographer
La Jolla Playhouse: Most Wanted and Unpublished Works of Billy The
Kid. San Diego Rep: Director of SUDS, Cabaret, A Christmas Carol;
Choreographer of In The Heights, Hairspray, Tommy, Zoot Suit, Corridos
Re-mix and many others. Off-Broadway: original choreography and musical
staging of SUDS and Back to Bacharach and David. Artistic Director of the
San Diego Ballet, having created over 90 original pieces for the company
since its inception; wrote and directed The Toughest Girl Alive, which had
a successful run at the New York International Fringe Festival. Mr. Velasco
was recently awarded a Creative Catalyst Fellowship by the San Diego
Foundation to create new work.
Laura Zingle, Stage Manager
La Jolla Playhouse: Kamchatka (WoW Festival), His Girl Friday and Hands
on a Hardbody. San Diego Rep: Detroit. Regional: workshop of different
words for the same thing (Center Theatre Group). Other credits: AFI Film
Fest 2013, Spoleto Festival USA; Opera NEO, Palomar College Dance,
Production Manager & Stage Manager of San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus.
MFA in Stage Management, UC San Diego. Member of AEA.
Christopher Ashley, La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director
has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since October, 2007.
During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s productions of His
Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Dram of Drummhicit, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Restoration and the acclaimed musicals Xanadu and
Memphis, which won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical. He
also spearheaded the Playhouse’s Without Walls (WoW) series and the
Resident Theater program. Prior to joining the Playhouse, he directed the
Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up
and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle
Award nominations), as well as the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration
productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York
credits include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel and Obie
Awards), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder
of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams
Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others. Mr. Ashley also
directed the feature film Jeffrey and the American Playhouse production
of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley is the recipient of the
Princess Grace Award, the Drama League Director Fellowship and an NEA/
TCG Director Fellowship.
Michael S. Rosenberg, La Jolla Playhouse Managing Director
has served as Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse since April, 2009.
During his four years at the Playhouse, he has worked in partnership with
Artistic Director Christopher Ashley to produce 13 world premieres, six
Playhouse commissions and the hit musicals Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,
Hands on a Hardbody and Little Miss Sunshine. He was also instrumental
in bringing the Page To Stage workshop of John Lequizamo’s Diary of a
Madman to the Playhouse, which transferred to Broadway. Additionally, he
fostered the growth of the Playhouse’s award-winning Performance Outreach
Program (POP) tour, achieving the most performances at local schools in
Playhouse history. Previously, Rosenberg was Co-Founder and Executive
Director of Drama Dept., a New York non-profit theatre company, where he
produced new works by the likes of Douglas Carter Beane, Warren Leight,
Isaac Mizrahi, Paul Rudnick and David and Amy Sedaris. He has been a
part of the producing teams for the Broadway productions of Grey Gardens
and American Buffalo and the national tour of Little House on the Prairie.
He serves on the boards of La Jolla Country Day School and the Theatre
Communications Group.
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE
The nationally-acclaimed, Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse is known
for its tradition of creating some of the most exciting and adventurous
new work in regional theatre. Founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy
McGuire and Mel Ferrer; reborn in 1983 under the artistic leadership of
Des McAnuff, and currently led by Artistic Director Christopher Ashley
and Managing Director Michael S. Rosenberg, the Playhouse has received
more than 300 awards for theater excellence, including the 1993 Tony
Award as America’s Outstanding Regional Theater. Renowned for its
innovative productions of classics, new plays and musicals, the Playhouse
has sent 25 productions to Broadway, earning 35 Tony Awards, including
the currently-running hit Jersey Boys, as well as Big River, The Who’s
Tommy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, A Walk in the
Woods, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own
Wife, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Farnsworth Invention, 33 Variations,
Memphis, Bonnie & Clyde, Chaplin, Peter and the Starcatcher and Hands on
a Hardbody. Located on the UC San Diego campus, La Jolla Playhouse is
made up of three primary performance spaces: the Mandell Weiss Theatre,
the Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre and the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center
for La Jolla Playhouse, a state-of-the-art theatre complex which features the
Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.
San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego REPertory Theatre produces intimate, exotic, provocative theatre.
Founded in 1976 by Sam Woodhouse and D. W. Jacobs, San Diego
REPertory Theatre is downtown San Diego’s resident theatre, promoting a
more inclusive community through work that nourishes progressive political
and social values and celebrates the multiple voices of the region. The
company produces and hosts over 300 events and performances year-round
on its three stages at the Lyceum Theatre. Since moving to the Lyceum, the
REP has produced 47 main stage productions by Latino playwrights, and
more than 44 world premieres. The company has received more than 200
awards for artistic excellence from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle, Patté
Theatre Awards, NAACP, Backstage West, Dramalogue, and StageSceneLA.
In 2005, the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle presented the REP with the
Craig Noel Award “For 30 Years of Artistic Dedication to Downtown and
Diversity.” To learn more about San Diego REPertory Theatre, to purchase
tickets, or make a donation, visit sdrep.org. Join us on Facebook and follow
us on Twitter (@SanDiegoREP).
Makers Quarter
Makers Quarter is located in San Diego and is comprised of several blocks,
spanning 14th Street to 17th Street, Broadway Avenue to G Street, the five
plus block neighborhood in East Village. By creating a centralized live and
work community, Makers Quarter will be an economic generator, where
jobs, people and commercial activities along with the arts, culture and
events thrive together in a self-sustaining community. Makers Quarter
embraces – and is implementing – the principles of the I.D.E.A. District, a
powerful conceptual framework for East Village. Through community events
and gathering venues such as the community garden Smarts Farm and SILO
in Makers Quarter, the growth of Makers Quarter will be an incremental
progression that will reflect the community goals of a new neighborhood.
For more information visit makersquarter.com.
Without Walls (WoW)
Funded by a generous grant from The James Irvine Foundation, Without
Walls is a La Jolla Playhouse initiative designed to break the barriers
of traditional theatre. Over the course of four years, the Playhouse has
been commissioning and presenting a series of site-based productions at
locations throughout the San Diego community. Underscoring the theatre’s
mission of providing “unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists
of today and tomorrow,” coupled with the idea that the Playhouse is defined
by the work it creates – not the space in which it is performed – WoW is
designed to offer theatrical experiences that venture beyond the physical
confines of the Playhouse’s facilities.
San Diego REPertory Theatre STAFF
Sam Woodhouse, Artistic Director
ARTISTIC
Associate Artistic Director Todd Salovey
Casting Director and Artistic Associate Jacole Kitchen
Literary Manager Danielle Ward
NNPN Producer in Residence Jessica Bird
ADMINISTRATION
Business Manager Louis Gonzalez
Finance Manager Associate/AP Clerk Gloria Duarte
Devarketing
Director of Development Jill Bishop
Marketing Manager John Olchak
Development Manager Candace Wo
Grants Manager Jennifer Hughes
Sales Manager Nisha Catron
Partnerships Manager Kristen Schweizer
Graphic Designer Mollie Luria-Roberson
Press Representation Scatena Daniels Communications
FRONT OF HOUSE
House Manager Sal Cicalese
Assistant House Managers Isaac Garcia, Jen Riley,
Howie Sachs, Anne Thacker, James Wray
Volunteers Steven Duncan, Jane Hopkins
Larry Alldredge, Managing Director
BOX OFFICE
Patron Services Manager Rojo Reynolds
Assistant Patron Services Manager Ahmed Dents
Box Office Lead Operator Phillip Limas
Patron Services Associates Arturo Garcia, Isaac Garcia,
Cristal Salow, Roan Tengco
PRODUCTION
Production Manager John Anderson
Assistant Production Manager/Company Manager Chelsea Kashin
Technical Director Adam Lindsay
San Diego REP Master Electrician Ross Glanc
Lyceum Master Electrician Areta MacKelvie
Sound Supervisor Kevin Anthenill
Sound Engineer Jermaine Loyce
Properties Mistress Angelica Ynfante
Costume Shop Manager Anastasia Pautova
Wardrobe Supervisor Terrie Cassidy
Carpenters Mark Robertson, David Garcia
La Jolla Playhouse STAFF
Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director
ARTISTIC
Resident Dramaturg Shirley Fishman
Director of New Play Development Gabriel Greene
Without Walls Associate Producer Marike Fitzgerald
Without Walls Associate Producer Jessica Bird
Director Emeritus Des McAnuff
Executive Assistant to Christopher Ashley Rick VanNoy
Artistic Assistant Teresa Sapien
Commissioned Artists Mark Bennett, Keith Bunin,
José Cruz González, Kirsten Greenidge,
Quiara Alegría Hudes, Joe Iconis, Naomi Iizuka,
Aditi Brennan Kapil, Jon Kern, Erin McKeown,
Gregory S. Moss, Alfred Uhry, Charlayne Woodard
2013/2014 Resident Artist Robert Brill
Creative Catalyst Fund Resident Artists
Iain Gunn, Bridget Rountree
Interns Samantha Blank, Bernardo Mazon, Justin Samoy,
Mackenzie Ward
PRODUCTION
Production Manager Linda S. Cooper
Assistant Production Managers Tarin Hurstell
Production Assistant Brent Beavers
Intern Aya Stolenberg
SCENE SHOP
Technical Director Chris Borreson
Assistant Technical Directors Mike Schwent, Curtis Green
Scene Shop Supervisor David Weiner
Draftsperson Tyler Grady
Staff Production Carpenters Kyle “Boo-Boo” Ahlquist,
Dominic DiGiovanni, Jeremy Luce, Preston Spence
Staff Carpenters Mihai Antonescu, William Bender, Matt Clark,
Bill George, Scott Kinney, Stephanie Lee
Shop Helper Stuart Doug Collind
PAINT SHOP
Charge Scenic Artist Joan Newhouse
Assistant Charge Artist Vicki Erbe
Scenic Artists Dwaine Best, Mark Jensen
PROPERTIES SHOP
Prop Master Debra Hatch
Associate Prop Master Jeni Cheung
Prop Shop Foreman Will Widick
Props Assistant Jenny Fajerman
Lead Artisan Carlos Wauman
Props Artisans Tim Nottage, Gabe Serbian
COSTUME SHOP
Costume Shop Manager Sue Makkoo
Costume Shop Foreman/Tailor Lissa Skiles
Draper Joan Mathison
Master Stitcher K-Joy Lehmann-Way
Wig and Makeup Supervisor Lisa Chan-Wylie
Crafts Supervisor Christy Jones
First Hands Jan Blankenship, Rebecca Fabares
Stitcher Yangchen Dolkar
Costume Shop Assistant/Design Assistant
Desiree Hatfield-Buckley
ELECTRICS
Lighting Supervisor Mike Doyle
Assistant Lighting Supervisor Kathryn Sturch
Staff Electricians Mike Lowe, Ramon Wenn, Matt Wilson
Electricians Kristyn Kennedy, Patricia Lesinski, Andrea Ryan
SOUND/VIDEO
Sound/Video Supervisor Joe Huppert
Assistant Sound Supervisor Rachel LeVine
Sound Shop Foreman Steve Negrete
Shop Staff Chad Goss, Chris Luessmann, Chris Aldama
Interns Kaylie Manville, Maya Pilevsky
Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Debby Buchholz
Associate General Manager Jenny Case
Assistant General Manager Katherine Stout
Corporate/Legal Counsel Robert C. Wright, Wright & L’Estrange
Theatre/Legal Counsel F. Richard Pappas, Esq.
Assistant to Managing Director David Barnathan
Interns Alexis Durso, Oscar Resendiz, Morgan Sussman
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Company Manager Heather Losey
Assistant Company Manager Megan Alvord
Company Management Assistants Emma Latimer,
Jonathan Orara
Intern Erica Martin
FINANCE
Director of Finance John O’Dea
Comptroller Brian Bailey
Payroll/AP Tamara Tipps
Staff Accountant Vincent Ng
Production Accountant Sharon Ratelle
Network Specialist Mike Salapow
Interns Chris Agrippe, Nithya Prabha
DEVELOPMENT
Director, Endowment & Capitalization Campaign
Charlene Pryor
Associate Director of Development,
Corporate Relations Jill McIntyre Kelly
Associate Director of Development,
Government & Foundation Relations Erin Decker
Associate Director of Development,
Individual Giving Antonello Di Benedetto
Associate Director of Development,
Special Events Rachel Terrones
Manager, Individual Giving Sara Abernethy
Development Coordinator, Institutional Giving
Alexandra Kritchevsky
Development Database Coordinator Nicholas Antoniades
Development Coordinator, Special Events Gabriel Chavez
Intern Lindsey Jacobs
MARKETING
Director of Communications Mary Cook
Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen
Associate Director of Sales & Marketing Mia Fiorella
Audience Development Manager Alex Goodman
Communications Specialist Grace Madamba
Database Specialist Steven Jirjis
Multimedia Designer Nancy Showers
Interns Gregg Feiner, Helen Ly, Erin Shanehan
PATRON SERVICES
Patron Services Manager Nikki Cooper
Patron Services Assistant Manager Jordan Marrone
Lead Patron Services Representatives Travis Guss, Pearl Hang
Patron Services Representatives Alexandra Ancira,
Mike Brown, Jaime Trevizo
TELESALES / TELEFUNDING
Telesales and Telefunding Manager Steven Kang
Subscription Sales / Fundraising Associate Paul Preston
Subscription Sales / Fundraising Representatives
Matthew Bantelman, Raymond Coppola, Suzanne Eliasson,
Dorothy Varonin, Blair Whitcomb
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Director of Education & Outreach Steve McCormick
Associate Director of Education & Outreach Alison Urban
Audio Describers Mernie Aste, Brian Berlau, Joanne Brook,
Tina Dyer, Shari Lyon, Kay O’Neil, Helen Warren Ross,
Deborah Sanborn, Janet Schlesinger, Sylvia Southerland
ASL Interpreters Hilda Colondres, Lynn Ann Garrett,
Anelia Glebocki, Alycen Haneyoworth, Suzanne Lightbourn,
Billieanne McLellan, Geri Wu
Teaching Artists Judy Bauerlein, Rebecca Dennis,
Lucas Dominguez, Amanda Ghosh, Lisel Gorrell-Getz,
Ben Halter, Cory Hammond, Catherine Hanna,
Rachel Hoey, Stefani Langley-Palmer, Sara Lucchini,
Ursula Meyer, Taryn O’Connor, Katie Palmer, Erika Phillips,
James Pillar, Mary Reich, Cynthia Stokes, Tomas Tamayo
Interns Melissa Alvarez, Megan Barker, Celeste Crawford,
Pauola Kubelis, Andrew Power, Laurissa Rudgers,
Theresa Williams, Tara Wolfe
2013/2014 STUDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS
Co-Chairs Kayla Solsbak, Marisa Acosta
Secretary Danny Helms
OPERATIONS
Director of Operations Ned Collins
Operations Associate Jen McClenahan
FRONT OF HOUSE
House Manager John Craft
Assistant House Managers Samantha Beckhart,
Katherine Cordova, Amy Covington, Philip Kerkstra,
Emily Marcello, Renee Tolson
Janitorial Professional Maintenance Systems:
Cesar Diaz, Luis Mena, Maria Mena