PROFI LES

JACOB

CALTRIDER(Young

Soldier, Frankie Epps,Guard)Cygnet Resident ArtistJacob is very excited tobe returning to Cygnetwith Parade. His localcredits include Little

Shop of Horrors, Caba­ret, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol and TheHistory Boys (Cygnet Theatre Company), Howthe Grinch Stole Christmas! and The RockyHorror Show (Old Globe Theatre), The 25thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee and AChristmas Carol (North Coast Repertory The­atre), Twist, Yank! and the original cast of TheDaddy Machine (Diversionary Theatre). Jacobcurrently manages and performs in what isnow the 4th year of Cygnet's Storytelling onthe Green program in Old Town. Jacob Caltrider

is sponsored by Artist Advocates Richard & JaneHaskel and Jordine Von Wantoch.

GENO CARR

(Officer Starnes, TomWatson)Cygnet Theatre: LittleShop of Horrors, Swee­ney Todd, Assassins(reading). San Diego:Old Globe: How theGrinch Stole Christmas;Lamb's: miXtape, The

Music Man, Servant of Two Masters (San DiegoCritics Circle nomination); North Coast Rep.: AChristmas Carol (08,/09'), I Love You Because;Lyric Opera: A Waltz Dream. Off-Broadway:Bush Wars. National Tours: Phantom, TheBuddy Holly Story, Grease. Favorite RegionalCredits: The Producers, The Full Monty, Forev­er Plaid, Bat Boy, Ragtime, Peter Pan, TwelfthNight, City of Angels, South Pacific, DamnYankees, The Drowsy Chaperone, I Love You,You're Perfect ..., Thoroughly Modern Millie.Education: MFA, Sarah Lawrence College: BA,

Miss Saigon. Starlight Theatre: Miss Saigon(Yvette), Jesus Christ Superstar (Soul Girl),Pajama Game (Mara), Ragtime, Nine, My FairLady (Maid/Ensemble), Wizard of Oz, HighSchool Musical. Performance Riverside: Aida.BA in Theatre from Cal State Fullerton. Specialthanks to my family and friends. KathleenCalvin is sponsored by Artist Advocates Jim &Claudia Prescott.

SANDY CAMPBELL

(Lucille Frank)Cygnet Resident Artist.

Cygnet Theatre: TheNorman Conquests(Sarah), Communicat­ing Doors (Ruella, SanDiego Critics CircleAward), Noises Off(Belinda), A Little Night

Music (Charlotte), Mauritius (Mary). Otherfavorites include: La Jolla Playhouse: Zhivago;Lamb's Players: The Music Man (Marian),7776 (Abigail), American Rhythm. MoonlightStage Productions: Hairspray, Ragtime, TheSpitfire Grill, The Most Happy Fella, She LovesMe. North Coast Rep: Man of La Mancha(Aldonza), The Batting Cage (Juliana), MarryMe a Little. Diversionary: Falsettos (Cordelia).Sandy is also a cabaret artist and recorded herCD Crazy World with musical director G. ScottLacy (cd baby and itunes). Sandy Campbell is

sponsored by Artist Advocates Seth Krosner &Phil Johnson, Walter Mayes, Arthur & Marilyn

Neumann, Lynne Thrope & Joe Parness, and

Jack & Judy White.

KATHLEEN CALVIN

(Essie)Cygnet Debut.

Lamb's Players Theatre:Book of the Dun Cow(Dun Cow), An AmericanChristmas (Laurella Tol­man), Music Man (GracieU/S). Moonlight Theatre:Hairspray (Lorraine),

BRYAN BARBARIN

(Newt Lee, Jim Conley,Riley)Bryan isa proud memberof Lamb's Players ResidentEnsemble. Cygnet Theatre:Readings of PassionandOn the 20th CenturyRegional Theatre: Till WeHave Faces (Bardia), The

Music Man (Marcellus Washbum), TheBook ofthe Dun Cow (Mundo Cani Dog), TheGlory Man(Rupe), Harvey (Mr. Wilson), An American Christmas(Burt Walker), Godspell (John), TheFantasticks(Mortimer), Hello Dolly! (Waiter), ThreePenny Opera(Crooked-Fingered Jake),Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat (Judah), Sideshow (Jake),Dreamgirls (Jerry), La Posada Magica (Eli/Buzzard),Christmas is Coming Uptown (Christmas Past),Ragtime (Ensemble), The Wizard of Oz (The WinkieGeneral), and Little Shop Horrors (Audrey 2). Voice­Over: Legends, Spellforce 2, and Runaway 2. Bryan

Barbarin is sponsored by Artist Advocates RalphP. Johnson and Jack & Linda Miller.

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Joel Maier issponsored by Artist AdvocatesMiles Kahler & Steven Schwarz, Charles & DoriKaufman, Carey Wall, Jack & Judy White, andJohn White & Andrea Mays-White.

AMY PERKINS

(Monteen)Cygnet Debut.

After graduating fromUC Irvine in 2011, Amymoved to NYC to pursuea career in MusicalTheater. She is thrilledto return to Californiafor Parade, one of her

favorite musicals. Other California creditsinclude Annie (Boylan Sister) at the MoonlightAmphitheater, Wild Party (Nadine), LittleWomen (Beth), and the magical performanceof her one-woman show The Crazy Sister. Shesends love to her friends in NYC! www.Amy­Perkins.com. Amy Perkins issponsored byArtist Advocates Jean & Gordon Kelly.

TOM STEPHENSON

(Officer Ivey, LutherRosser, Guard)Cygnet Resident Artist.Cygnet Theatre: OurTown (Simon Stim­son), The History Boys(Hector), My Fair Lady(Colonel Pickering), TheLittle Foxes (Benjamin),

The Invention of Love (Pater), Cat on a Hot TinRoof (Gooper). Tom is a veteran of over 70stage productions in his 30 years as a profes-

RICK D. MEADS(Governor Slaton, BrittCraig, Mr. Peavy)Cygnet Debut.Rick has logged over1500 performances ofthe hit musical ForeverPlaid in regional theatresincluding The Old GlobeTheatre, The Alley The­

atre and here at The Old Town Theatre. Rickhas also worked with Lamb's Players Theatrein over 35 productions including Dial M forMurder, Cotton Patch Gospel (DramalogueAward), The Boys Next Door, Godspell, 7776,An Ideal Husband (Critics Circle Nomination),The Glory Man and most recently as HaroldHill in The Music Man. Rick holds an MFA inMusical Theatre from SDSU. Rick D. Meadsis sponsored by Artist Advocates Jim Price &Joan Sieber.

tiona I Youth Arts Award, Outstanding Lead inMusical); Pinball Wizard in THE WHO's Tommy,IQ in Regional Premiere of Hairspray, SanDiego REPertory Theatre; Horace Poore in SanDiego Premiere of Anita Bryant Died for YourSins, Diversionary Theatre; Trevor in Trevor,The Playwright's Project; Odysseus Captain inThe Odyssey: A Musical Experience, Old GlobeTheatre. Sophomore at San Diego School ofCreative and Performing Arts as Musical The­atre and Dance double major. Dylan Hoffingeris sponsored by Artist Advocates Jim & ClaudiaPrescott.

BRANDON JOEL MAIER

(Leo Frank)Cygnet: Little Shop ofHorrors (Seymour).North Coast Repertory:The 25th Annual PutnamCounty Spelling Bee(Chip), I Love You Be­cause (swing), No Wayto Treat a Lady (u/s).

Old Globe: Rebels [reading]. San Diego StateUniversity: Into the Woods (Baker), Urinetown(Officer Lockstock), The Boy Friend, Birds ofParadise, Musical of Musicals: The Musical, BatBoy. Directing/Producing: San Diego StateUniversity: Little Women: The Musical, WISH:A Musical Revue, WISH II: Villains & Sidekicks,Rumors: A Farce. Education: BA TheatrePerformance (SDSU), MFA Musical Theatre(SDSU). Brandon is currently on faculty at SanDiego State University. Thanks to family andfriends for their constant support. Brandon

SAMANTHALITTLEFORD(Mary Phagan)Cygnet Debut.The Old Globe: How theGrinch Stole Christmas(2007/2010) Other LocalCredits: The Wedding

, Singer, Ragtime (Evelyn{~ Nesbit), 42nd Street,

25th Annual ...Spelling Bee (Logainne), Annie(Lily St. Regis), Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown),Snoopy (Snoopy), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy),Little Shop of Horrors (Interlochen Arts Camp)and many more. She has also been seen inmultiple choral concerts as a featured soloist.Last summer she attended OpenJar InstituteBroadway Intensive in New York City and iscurrently a sophomore at Coronado School ofthe Arts where she studies Musical Theatre.Samantha Littleford issponsored by ArtistAdvocates Miles Kahler & Steven Schwarz.

DYLAN HOFFINGER(Townsperson, Under­study Frankie)Cygnet Debut.Favorite Credits: MoritzStiefel in Spring Awaken­ing, American Rose The-

~ atre; Seymour Krelbornin Little Shop of Horrors,

"",,~.' San Diego SCPA (Na-

STEVE GUNDERSON

/' (Old Soldier, JudgeRoan, Guard)Steve won the 2010 San

Diego Theatre CriticsAward for Actor of theYear for his perfor­mances in SweeneyTodd (Cygnet Theatre),How the Grinch Stole

Christmas (Old Globe) and Into The Woods(New Village Arts) and Best Featured Actorin a musical for Hairspray (San Diego Rep). Heco-wrote and starred in Suds (Off Broadway,Old Globe, San Diego Rep) which continuesto have productions worldwide. He created(with Kathy Najimy) Off Broadway's Back ToBacharach & David, which was revived at Hol­lywood's Music Box Theatre. Acting creditsinclude roles at La Jolla Playhouse, AllianceTheatre, La Mirada Theatre and multiple roles(voices) on TV's King of the Hill and the newBeavis and Butthead. New York acting creditsinclude over 2 years as "Sparky" in ForeverPlaid. Steve Gunderson is sponsored by ArtistAdvocates Lee & Michael Stone and Dr. StevenM. Jaeger & Mr. Joe Zilvinskis.

H.M.S. Pinafore (Dick Dead-Eye), The Piratesof Penzance (The Pirate King), and a NewZealand production of The Secret Garden(Dr. Craven). San Diego credits include: TheGreat American Trailer Park Musical (NorbertGarstecki), 42nd Street (Julian Marsh), TheMusic Man (Charlie Cowell), Smoke On TheMountain (Burl Sanders), Pump Boys andDinettes (Jim), I Do! I Do! (Michael), Oklahoma!(Ali Hakim), Annie Get Your Gun (Buffalo Bill),Chess (Walter Anderson), Evita (Juan Peron),Footloose (Rev. Shaw Moore), The Spitfire Grill(Caleb Thorpe) and Company (Peter). Davidcan occasionally be spotted in Aladdin (Jafarat Disney's California Adventure). He recentlywas a co-star on NBC'c The Office. David isa proud member of SAG and Actors' EquityAssociation. David Kirk Grant is sponsored byArtist Advocates Patrick Harrison & Eleanor

Lynch.

DAVID KIRK GRANT(Hugh Dorsey,Townsperson, Man 1)Cygnet Debut.David's National touringcredits include - 42ndStreet (Julian Marsh),The Music Man (CharlieCowell! Harold Hill),

BRIONA DAUGHERTY(Mrs. Phagan, SallySlaton)Cygnet Debut.Recent credits includeLas Vegas Music Centerin Avenue Q (Kate Mon­ster) Celebrity Cruises(Production Vocalist),Summer Rep Theatre

Santa Rosa in Mame (Gloria Upstein) and TheWedding Singer (Holly). San Diego Creditsinclude tick, tick ...BOOM! (Susan) Stone SoupTheatre, The Buddy Holly Story (Maria ElenaHolly) The Welk, A Midsummer Nights Dream(Puck) Moonlight Stage Children's Touring,The Serpent (Eve) SD Actor's Alliance Festival,and numerous shows at LEGOLAND Califor­nia. Briona is a recent graduate of San DiegoState. Briona Daugherty issponsored by ArtistAdvocates Susan Baer & Bruce Thornburg.

Hartwick College. GENOCARR.COM. GenoCarr is sponsored by Artist Advocates Lee &Michael Stone.

GIGI CODDINGTON(Minnie McKnight andAngela)Cygnet Theatre: Assas­sins (Emma Goldman),On the Twentieth Cen­tury, Passion (Fosca'smother). Ion Theatre:Gypsy (Tessie Tura),Necessary Targets

(Seada). San Diego REP: Storyville (Texas),Princess and the Black-eyed Pea. RiversideCenter: Showboat (Julie Laverne), A LittleNight Music (Petra). Arlington Players: Rag­time (Sarah). Lyric Opera San Diego: Man of LaMancha (Maria). Moonlight: Annie (Mrs. Pugh).Starlight: Oklahoma. Other credits include:SCT: Oliver (Rose Seller; ). Tantallon Players:Jekyll & Hyde (Marie), The Scarlet Pimpernel.Education: Carnegie Mellon University Schoolof Drama. www.gigicoddington.com. GigiCoddington is sponsored by Artist AdvocatesRobert & Meredith Hattrup and Mark Robillard.

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ALFRED UHRY

(Book)is distinguished as thefirst American play­wright to have wona Pulitzer Prize. anAcademy Award and aTony Award. A graduateof Brown University, Mr.Uhry began his profes­

sional career as a lyric writer under contract tothe late Frank Loesser. His first major successcame when he collaborated with Robert Wald­

man on a musical adaptation of Eudora Welty'sThe Robber Bridegroom which earned Mr. Uhryhis first Tony nomination. His first play, DrivingMiss Daisy, opened at Playwrights Horizons inNew York in 1987. It moved subsequently tothe John Houseman Theatre, where it ran forthree years and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988.The film version, starring Jessica Tandy andMorgan Freeman, won the Academy Awardfor Best Adapted Screenplay in 1990. Thefilm was also chosen as Best Picture. His nextplay, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, was commis­sioned by the Cultural Olympiad for the 1996Atlanta Olympics. It opened on Broadway thenext year where it ran for 550 performancesand Uhry won the Outer Critics Circle Award,The Drama League Award and the 1997 TonyAward for Best Play. Next came the originalproduction of Parade in 1998, for which Uhrywon his second Tony Award for Best Book ofa Musical. Other works include, Without Walls,Edgardo Mine, LoveMusik. and Apples andOranges.

JASON ROBERTBROWN(M usic and Lyrics)has been hailed as "a

leading member ofa new generation ofcomposers who embodyhigh hopes for theAmerican musical" (TheNew York Times). and his

"extraordinary, jubilant theater music" (ChicagoTribune) has been heard allover the world inhis musicals and his live performances. Hisfour major musicals as composer and lyricistinclude 73, written with Robert Horn and DanElish, which opened at the Taper in 2007 andon Broadway in 2008; The Last Five Years,which was cited as one of Time Magazine's 10Best of 2001 and won Drama Desk Awards forBest Music and Best Lyrics; Parade, writtenwith Alfred Uhry and directed by Harold Prince,which premiered at Lincoln Center Theater in

DIANA ELLEDGE (Cello) Cygnet Theatre:Sweeney Todd, Bed and Sofa, A Little NightMusic. Lamb's Players Theatre (favorites inc.):The Servant of Two Masters, The Light in thePiazza, Enchanted April, Into the Woods. AnAmerican Christmas. Also played for SanDiego Junior Theatre. North Coast Reper­tory Theatre. San Diego Repertory Theatre,Francis Parker School. and J Company. Inaddition, Diana is a freelance chamber musiccellist throughout San Diego county and is amember of the Immaculata Choir. Diana works

full time at Neil A. Kjos Music Company, aneducational music publisher, where she is theString Music Editor. Diana Elledge is spon­sored by Artist Advocate Jan Bart.

SEAN LAPERRUQUE (Violin) Cygnet Debut.City Ballet of SD (Prin. Viola): Nutcracker,Swan Lake. SD Musical Theatre (Concert­master): Joseph ...Technicolor Dreamcoat.American Rose Theatre (Violin/Keys): SpringAwakening. SD Junior Theatre (KeysjViolin/Viola): Hairspray. Beauty and the Beast, Seus­sical. Charlie Brown, Oliver!, Les Miserables,Wizard of Oz, Thoroughly Modern Millie.Francis Parker Upper School (Violin/Viola):Sweeney Todd. Moonlight Amphitheatre (Vio­lin): Dames at Sea. Peter Pan, The King and I.SDYPO String Orchestra & Soloist Ensemble(Violin, Viola Soloist): Concerto in C minor(JC Bach/Casadesus), The American Prize(3rd Place ensemble). Notre Temps StringEnsemble (Concertmaster). USD Symphony(Principal Viola, Violin). USD Chamber MusicFestivals (Violin. Viola, Piano): Masterclassesby Eddie Stein (Violinist, SDSO) and AlyzeDreiling (Violin faculty, USD). Sean earned hisB.S. in Bioengineering from UCSD, minoringin Music and studying with Janos Negyesy.He studied violin/viola privately with AlyzeDreiling, and currently maintains a privatestudio of violin. viola and piano students. SeanLaPerruque issponsored by Artist AdvocateJanice Walker.

AMY KALAL (Reeds) Cygnet Debut. Amy hasbeen playing in pit orchestras throughout SanDiego County for 20 years and is excited to beplaying at Cygnet for the first time. In additionto performing, she coaches music students atmiddle schools and high schools, and teachesprivate lessons. Amy Kalal issponsored byArtist Advocates Larry & Sydney Cousins.

Elledge is sponsored by Artist Advocate EllenCherin.

CHUCK ELLEDGE (Drums-Percussion) CygnetDebut. Lamb's Players: The Music Man, TheLight in the Piazza. SD Junior Theatre: Hair­spray, Beauty and the Beast, Oliver, Seussical,Les Miserables, Into the Woods, ThoroughlyModern Millie, Peter Pan, Grease, The Wiz, An­nie, 42nd Street, The Secret Garden, Footloose.Francis Parker: Sweeney Todd, Always ...PatsyCline, Jacques Brei ...,And the World GoesRound. Chuck is an editor for the Neil A. KjosMusic Company and member of the Immacu­lata Choir. He received a Bachelor of Music de­gree from the University of Minnesota. Chuck

MANNY CASTRO (Horns) Previously at Cyg­net Theatre: Sweeney Todd. Manny is an ac­complished musician who has appeared withthe San Gabriel Civic Light Opera, and The Ar­menian Philharmonic, under the baton of Edu­ard Topchjan. As a studio artist, he is heard onnumerous recordings with members of the LosAngeles Philharmonic. He is a sought aftersub in southern California, and has performedwith the San Capistrano Pops Orchestra.Currently, he can be heard performing withthe Baja California Orchestra and San DiegoMusical Theatre. Manny Castro is sponsored byArtist Advocate Jean Neisewander.

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KATIE WHALLEY(Iola Stover/DanceCaptain)Cygnet Theatre: Cabaret(Fritzie); Ion Theatre:Gypsy (Louise, CraigNoel Award recipient);Starlight Theatre: Hello,Dolly! Regional Theatre:White Christmas (Judy

Haynes/Dance Captain), Secret Garden(Martha), Big River (Mary Jane), The Produc­ers (Asst. Choreographer) - Musical Theatreof Georgia; Oklahoma! (Gertie/Laurey u!s);Nunsense, Thoroughly Modern Millie, McLeodPlayhouse; A Wonderful Life, JanesvilleArmory; Rivets, Galatean Players. University:Into the Woods (Little Red Riding Hood); TheGlass Menagerie (Laura Wingfield); Triumphof Love (Princess Leonide); Edges (Haley); OfThee I Sing (Emily Benson/ Dance Captain).Education: BFA in Music Theatre from Illinois

Wesleyan University. www.katiewhalley.com.Katie Whalley is sponsored by Artist AdvocateRalph P.Johnson.

sional actor. Tom Stephenson is sponsored byArtist Advocate Ralph P.Johnson.

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1998, and won both the Drama Desk and NewYork Drama Critics' Circle Awards for Best NewMusical as well as garnering Jason the TonyAward for Original Score; and Songs for a NewWorld, a theatrical song cycle directed by DaisyPrince, Jason was a Tony Award nominee forhis contributions to the score of Urban Cowboythe Musical, His next project is Honeymoon InVegas, a musical adaptation of the 1992 film,written with Andrew Bergman, An orchestraladaptation of E,B, White's novel The Trumpetof the Swan, written with Marsha Norman,premiered at the Kennedy Center, Jason's firstsolo album, Wearing Someone Else's Clothes,featuring his band The Caucasian RhythmKings, was named one of Amazon,com's bestof 2005 (Sh-K-Boom Records), His collabo­ration with singer Lauren Kennedy, Songs ofJason Robert Brown, is on PS Classics, Jasonteaches performance and composition at USCSchool of Theatre, He lives with his wife anddaughters in Los Angeles, www,jasonrobert­brown,com,

HAROLD PRINCE(Co-Conceiver)directed the originalproductions of Caba-ret, Sweeney Todd, ALittle Night Music, ThePhantom of the Opera,She Loves Me, Company,Follies, Candide, PacificOvertures, Evita, Parade

and LoveMusik, Before becoming a director,Mr, Prince's productions included The PajamaGame, Damn Yankees, West Side Story, Fiddleron the Roof, Fiorello! and A Funny Thing Hap­pened on the Way to the Forum. Among theplays he has directed are Hollywood Arms, TheVisit, The Great God Brown, End of the World,Play Memory and his own play, Grandchild ofKings, He prepared a new version of Phantom,which is running in Las Vegas at the VenetianHotel. His opera productions have been seen atLyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Op­era, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Op­era, Dallas Opera, Vienna Staatsoper and theTheater Colon in Buenos Aires, He served as atrustee for the New York Public Library and onthe National Council of the Arts of the NEA. Re­cently, he became an officer with the Order ofArts and Letters from the French Governmentfor "contributing significantly to furthering thearts in France and throughout the world," He isthe recipient of a National Medal of Arts for theyear 2000 from President Clinton for a careerspanning more than 40 years, in which "hechanged the nature of the American musical:'

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The recipient of 21Tony Awards, he was a 1994Kennedy Center Honoree,

SEAN MURRAY (Director, Artistic Directorand co-founder), Cygnet Theatre: The GlassMenagerie, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town,Cabaret (SD Critic's Award, Best Director),The Tragedy of the Commons, The NormanConquests, Private Lives, Sweeney Todd, It's aWonderful Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa '09,The History Boys, A Christmas Carol, A LittleNight Music (SD Critic's Award, Best Director),The Receptionist, The Invention of Love, Bedand Sofa '04 (SD Critic's Award, Best Director,Best Musical Revival), Las Meninas, Escanabain da Moonlight (SD Critic's Circle, Set Design),The Book of Liz, Pageant, Bug, Hedwig andthe Angry Inch, St. Nicholas, The Matchmaker,Desire Under the Elms, Santaland Diaries, Fire­

bugs, Fully Committed, Arcadia, Cat on a HotTin Roof, The Little Foxes, My Fair Lady. Else­where: North Coast Rep: The Elephant Man(Patte Award, Direction), Man of La Mancha,The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties;Diversionary: Never the Sinner, Love! Valour!Compassion!, Education: University of NorthCarolina School of the Arts (BFA), In 2000,Sean was named one of San Diego Magazine's"50 People to Watch" and in 2005 he wasnamed Producer of the Year by the San DiegoCritic's Circle, Sean Murray is sponsored byArtist Advocates Ronald & Susan Heller and

Robin Lipman & Miro Stano.

BILLY THOMPSON (Music Director/Conduc­tor/Piano) Cygnet: Cabaret, It's A WonderfulLife, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. San DiegoTheatre: ACT-San Diego: Once Upon a Mat­tress, San Diego State University: Birds ofParadise, Songs for A New World, A Class Act,Stone Soup Theatre: The Cradle Will Rock.Regional Theatre: Alpine Theatre Project: NoWay to Treat a Lady, I Do! I Do!, A Grand Nightfor Singing, Hair, 25th Annual Putnam CountySpelling Bee, Pete 'n' Keely, Godspell, AntaeusTheatre: American Tales, USC Musical Theatre

Repertory: Sunday in the Park with George, ANew Brain, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown,Assassins, Fleabitten Productions: Putting ItTogether, Pasadena Junior Theatre: Oliver!,Footloose, Thoroughly Modern Millie, HudsonBackstage: Invasion! the musical, LA WeeklyBest Original Music & Best Musical Direction,BM Composition, University of Southern Cali­fornia; MFA Musical Theatre, San Diego StateUniversity, Billy Thompson is sponsored byArtist Advocates Adrian Jaffer & Ann Laddon.

DAVID BRANNEN (Choreographer) CygnetTheatre: Cabaret (SD Critic's Circle Award),My Fair Lady. David has been an actor/direc­tor/choreographer in town for over 20 years,For three years, David restaged the originalchoreography of How the Grinch Stole Christ­mas at the Old Globe Theatre, He received aSan Diego Theatre Critic's Circle Award forhis choreographic work on Cabaret at NorthCoast Repertory Theatre, Other choreogra­phy credits include: Oklahoma!, Evita, Jekylland Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Urine town,Company, Sweeney Todd, Starlight MusicalTheatre; Suds, Oklahoma!, Something's Afoot,Sierra Repertory Theatre; Beauty and theBeast, Route 66, Pump Boys and Dinettes,Moonlight Theatre; Fiddler on the Roof, Babesin Arms, Iolanthe, The Merry Widow, Man of LaMancha, Blame it on the Movies, HMS Pinafore,Lyric Opera San Diego, David Brannen issponsored by Artist Advocate Deborah PettryPh.D.

BONNIE L. DURBEN (Scenic Artist/Proper­ties) Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre:It's a Wonderful Life, Little Shop of Horrors,Cabaret, The Tragedy of the Commons, TheNorman Conquests, Private Lives, Sweeney

PROFILESTodd, The Piano Lesson and has been residentProp Master since 2004, Santaland, Of Miceand Men, Thom Pain, Ah, Wilderness!, TheMan Who, Picasso at The Lapin Agile, Into theWoods, Things We Want at New Village Artswhere she is an ensemble member and partof the Ensemble Project. Other North Countytheatres: North Coast Repertory Theatre,Moonlight Productions, Mira Costa College,Palomar College, Film: Ready OK? and TheStreet Sweeper. Recipient of the John GuthAward for Backstage Brillance, Bonnie Durbenis sponsored by Artist Advocates AlexandraPearson & Paul Meschler.

SEAN FANNING (Set Designer) CygnetResident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Little Shopof Horrors, Cabaret, The Tragedy of theCommons, The Norman Conquests, Swee-ney Todd, Noises Off, Mauritius, A ChristmasCarol, The Receptionist, A Little Night Music,The Matchmaker. Elsewhere: Plaid Tidings,KINGDOM (The Old Globe); Walter Cronkiteis Dead (San Diego Repertory Theatre); ARaisin in the Sun (Moxie Theatre), The Winter'sTale, Two Gentlemen of Verona, A MidsummerNight's Dream (Old Globe/USD); Zombie Prom(2008 Patte Award), The Grapes of Wrath,

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ANNIE HINTON (Dialect Coach) Annie hascoached dialects for Cygnet Theatre, Cat On aHot Tin Roof, The Invention of Love, Communi­cating Doors, The Turn of the Screw, The Nor­man Conquests; La Jolla Playhouse, TobaccoRoad; New Village Arts, Crimes of the Heart;6th & Penn, Come Back to the Five and DimeJimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Moonlight Stage,My One And Only; and Avo Playhouse, OnGolden Pond, You Never Can Tell, Ring Roundthe Moon, Foxfire and Mousetrap.

Doubt, and Eurydice. Alana Anthony is spon­sored by the Jeffrey & Sheila Lipinsky FamilyFoundation.

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TION (AEA), founded in 1913,represents more than 45,000actors and stage managers inthe United States. Equityseeks to advance, promoteand foster the art of livetheatre as an essential

component of our society. Equity negotiateswages and working conditions, providing awide range of benefits, including health andpension plans. AEA is a member of theAFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, aninternational organization of performing artsunions. The Equity emblem is our mark ofexcellence. www.actorsequity.org

MARIE JAHELKA (Assistant Stage Manager)Cygnet Theatre: Cabaret, Love Song. OldGlobe Theatre: The Last Romance, The Whip­ping Man, Romeo y Julieta, Back Back Back,The American Plan, In This Corner, Oscar andThe Pink Lady, How The Grinch Stole Christ­mas!, 2006 Summer Shakespeare Festival,Hayfever. University of San Diego: TheatreSmash, Marat/Sade, The Crucible, Songs For ANew World, Woody Guthrie's American Song,Sylvia, Arcadia. Marie received her Bachelor'sDegrees in Theatre Arts and English from theUniversity of San Diego and is a proud mem­ber of Actors' Equity Association."ACTORS'EQUITYASSOCIATION 1913

CHRIS RYNNE (Lighting Designer) CygnetResident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Design andinstallation of lighting system for the origi-nal Cygnet space in Rolando, Little Shop ofHorrors, Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch(2003). Old Globe: Plaid Tidings, The LastRomance, Boeing-Boeing, I Do! I Do!, ThePrice, Sight Unseen, The American Plan, Who'sAfraid of Virginia Woolf?, Two Trains Running,Lincolnesque (San Diego Critics Circle Award),Pig Farm, Trying, Vincent in Brixton (San DiegoCritics Circle Award), The Lady with All theAnswers, The Food Chain, Two Sisters and aPiano, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Knowing Cairo,Beyond Therapy, Santa land Diaries. His othercredits include San Diego Opera, South CoastRepertory Theatre, Madison Opera, PasadenaPlayhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre, SanDiego Musical Theatre, North Coast RepertoryTheatre, Houston Grand Opera, DiversionaryTheatre and Starlight Theatre. Chris also de­signs lighting for museum exhibitions, specialevents, and lighting systems for new venues.Chris Rynne is sponsored by Artist AdvocatesElliot & Diane Feuerstein.

her MFA in Theatre Design from San DiegoState University. Shirley Pierson is spon­sored by Artist Advocates Lisa Capper &

Jesse King.

ROSALEE BARRIENTOS (Stage Manager)Cygnet Resident Artist. Rosalee has stagemanaged more than 35 productions includ­ing The Glass Menagerie, Our Town, SweeneyTodd, Noises Off, It's A Wonderful Life, TheReceptionist, Turn of the Screw, Arcadia, Yel­lowman, Copenhagen, Pageant, and Bed andSofa 2004 at Cygnet Theatre. She has alsostage managed at Sledgehammer Theatre:Macbeth, Nu, [sic], and Berzerkergang, NorthCoast Repertory Theatre: Fuddy Meers, FirstNight, Moon Over Buffalo, The Rivals, The Di­ary of Anne Frank, and Arcadia. Ross receivedher BA in Theatre Arts from San Diego StateUniversity and has served as Production Man­ager for Cygnet since 200T Rosalee Barrien­tos is sponsored by Artist Advocate DeborahPettry Ph.D.

ALANA ANTHONY (Assistant CostumeDesigner) Alana is excited to work on her firstshow at Cygnet! She is in her second year atSan Diego State's MFA program in Cos-tume Design. Design credits include: Doubt,Eurydice, and the upcoming Vinegar Tom(SDSU Theatre), Arsenic and Old Lace, Annie,Much Ado about Nothing (KidsActing, Austin,Texas). Costume Craft credits: The Boyfriend,

SHIRLEY PIERSON (Costume Designer)Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre:The Glass Menagerie, Little Shop of Hor­rors, Our Town, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd,It's a Wonderful Life '09, '70, '77, The His­tory Boys, A Christmas Carol. Elsewhere:Next Fall, Harmony Kansas (June 2012),Diversionary Theatre; Into the Woods, NewVillage Arts; Holiday Memories, ScrippsRanch Theatre; Richard III, Old Globe/University of San Diego. Shirley received

Costumes and Wig/Makeup Design for Hed­wig and the Angry Inch. Wigs/Makeup forCabaret, The Norman Conquests, Private Lives,Sweeney Todd, The Piano Lesson, It's a Won­derful Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa, The His­tory Boys, A Christmas Carol, The Receptionist,A Little Night Music, Fences, The Turn of theScrew, Communicating Doors, Arcadia, TheMatchmaker. Elsewhere: Peter has designedhair and wigs for over 300 productions, in­cluding the La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep,San Diego Opera, Disneyland, and various filmand television projects. Film: Costume designfor Ready? Ok! Peter currently teaches wigsand makeup at SDSU. Peter Herman is spon­sored by Artist Advocate Break-Away Tours.

PETER HERMAN (Wig and Makeup Designer)Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre:

ROSS GOLDMAN (Sound Designer) CygnetDebut. Other sound credits include plays andmusicals at the Geffen Playhouse, RubiconTheater, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, andwith Reprise! Theater Company and CabrilloMusic Theatre. Ross has also designed andmixed special events, benefits, and concertsfeaturing "Family Guy Live," Alan Cumming,Dustin Hoffman, Garth Brooks, and ItzhakPerlman. Ross is a graduate of the UCLASchool of Theater, Film and Television. RossGoldman is sponsored by Artist AdvocatesBernard Eggertsen & Florence Nemkov.

The People vs. Mona, A Man of No Importance(San Diego State University); and Das Barbecu(Theatre in Old Town). Mr. Fanning is in hisfourth season as the Resident Design As­sistant at the Old Globe, where he has assisteddesigners on over fifty productions. He holdsa B.A in Technical Theatre from Sonoma State

University and an MFA in Scene Design fromSan Diego State University. Sean Fanning issponsored by Artist Advocates Joyce Axelrod& Joe Fisch and Charles & Dori Kaufman.