Theatre in the Woods Cast

Jordana (Stella/Ann) is delighted to be a part of the Theatre in the Woods production of “The End Of The World…”. She was last seen onstage as part of PSP’s Theatre in the Woods. Previously, she has performed at CRT as “Lucy Seward” in Dracula, and at PSP as “Ethyl Toffelmeir” in The Music Man, “Mary Jessup Greenhill” in It Can’t Happen Here, “Ensemble” in Heathers, “Puck/Philostrate” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and as part of the Ensemble in My Fair Lady; she very nearly performed as “Estelle” in No Exit before COVID intervened. She directs the annual school play at the elementary school where she teaches.

Devin (Alex) is a second grader at Cabrillo Elementary. He likes dogs and Minecraft.

Jay (Stone) is glad to be back with “live” actors and audience, and part of this thought-provoking work. Jay brings an array of credits as actor, singer, and vocal music director, in theatre, concerts, and film. He has performed throughout California, New York, Switzerland, and Austria. Recent stage appearances include LBJ—All the Way; ALWAYS… Patsy Cline; Gabe – Dinner with Friends; Duff –Landscape; Fredrik - A Little Night Music; Sir Simon – The Canterville Ghost; Rita - Prelude to a Kiss; Tommy - Brigadoon; Sam - Plaza Suite; Kurt Weil's Berlin To Broadway, and at PSP in Starting Here, Starting Now. Recent music director credits includeThe Addams Family, The Mirror’s Revenge (World Premiere)The Fantasticks, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Jay is featured in several films—Life at Bay, and Sly Sylvester, were winners of three national film festival awards.

Tina (Audrey) is thrilled to be back on stage, frankly on any stage these days, but especially in the beautiful outdoor setting of PSP this summer. It’s even more sweet considering the play she was cast in at PSP last summer was cancelled last minute due to the fires. She was last seen at PSP in 2012 at Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing. Other favorite roles include: The Old Woman in Candide (D.Morrison Theater), Pirate Jenny in Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weil (Masquers, ), Mrs. Klump in Annie Get Your Gun (Woodminster), and Mama in Harmony in Hiding (Ross Valley), among others. For the last 5 years she has performed in 15 lavish tributes to the great Broadway composers such as Gershwin, Porter, Sondheim and more. Here’s to the special magic of live theater!

Ron (Paul/Wilmer/Pete) is pleased to be making his first appearance with Pacifica Spindrift Players. Ron was most recently been seen in Skyline College’s on line production of Urinetown as Mr. McQueen, and as Isamu in the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco developmental reading of You’ll Never Look At Mt. Fuji The Same Again. His last in person live performance was as the MC in Epic Immersive’s Swingposium, a recreation of a WWII Japanese Incarceration Camp Swing Dance done in collaboration with San Jose Taiko and the Wesley Jazz Ensemble. Ron has worked with a number of Bay Area theater companies; favorite shows include 42nd Street, Crazy for You, Anything Goes, A Chorus Line, Song of Nightingale and White Christmas.

J. Aaron Seymour (Trent) lives in San Francisco and is a Bay Area native. At heart, he’s been a performer his entire life even as he masquerades as a Handyman/Woodworker. In recent years the call of theater became too much to resist. After taking classes at Studio A.C.T. he joined the cast of Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight! (an old-time radio show drama podcast). He has also proudly been part of Recovery Works Theater productions including playing Ross in Macbeth. Although 2020 was difficult (to say the least) on the theater community Aaron has felt remarkably lucky to have been involved in last fall’s staged reading of God Of Carnage and Three Sisters here at PSP and in December he performed a live video stream of the one-person show: A Christmas Carol: The Radio Play. Aaron is extremely thankful to all the crew at PSP for all they’ve done to keep theater alive this past year and thanks his wife, Marci for more than he could say.

John (Merv/Berent/Jim) is glad to be back on the PSP stage. Last seen in "Inherit the Wind" and as Otto Von Bruno in "Bull Shot Crummond". He hopes you enjoy what he has created for this show as much as he has enjoyed creating it for YOU, the PSP audience.

Jason (Torvald) is happy to be back at PSP and a part of this staged reading. His prior credits include: "The one 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" (PSP), "Other Desert Cities" (PSP), and "Boxcar" (Teatro Vagon). He wants to thank his family for putting up with his theatrical shenanigans and his friends for supporting, and in many ways encouraging, his tomfoolery.

Sue (Helene/Anne-Marie) is delighted to appear back on this stage and be part of another PSP production, this time in her first musical. The first opportunity was The Sugar Bean Sisters , recently in Father of the Bride and now in My Fair Lady. The record was the first long playing one she ever purchased. As an actor, she has participated in music videos for musician, singer & songwriter Michelle Chapel. Ongoing, she enjoys weekly improv with a talented group of actors using Wilderness Theater as one of the bases. She also enjoys volunteer opportunities in the North Peninsula communities.

John-Thomas (Krogstad) earned his MFA in Musical Theatre from Notre Dame de Namur University and has trained at the American Conservatory Theater. Favorite roles include Charles Condomine (“High Spirits” / Pacifica Spindrift Players), Mal Beineke (“Addams Family” / Coastal Repertory Theatre), and John Hancock (“1776” / NDNU Musical Arts on Stage). When not being dramatic, John-Thomas is a certified yoga+meditation instructor and an uncertified hippie-at-heart.

Timothy (Dr. Rank) is excited to be returning to PSP, where he's previously appeared as "Hawthorne” in The Crucible, “Ewart Dunlop” in The Music Man, and "Jamie" in My Fair Lady. His other recent roles include "Henry Ford" (Ragtime) at Throckmorton Theatre and “Pictorudu” (Cendrillon) and "John Adams" (1776) at NDNU. He's also been seen onstage with Lamplighters (The Gondoliers) and Foothill College (Bullets over Broadway).

Sofia (Emmy) is a 14 year old Bay Area actress who has performed on stage with the Peter Pan Foundation, Performing Academy, Berkeley Playhouse, and Town Hall Theatre. Some of her favorite roles include Little Red (Into the Woods), Fiona (Shrek Jr.), and Michael Darling (Wish Upon A Star). She studies voice with Rena Wilson and Leslie Noel, acting with Bettina Devin, and tap with Justin Cole. Sofia is thrilled to be making her PSP debut!

Shauna (Kristine)is thrilled to work with Pacifica Spindrift Players, and to be performing in-front of a live audience once again! She recently participated in the world-premiere, virtual theater production of Fantasticland with Town Hall Theatre Co. in Lafayette. Her other recent theatre work includes: The Full Monty (Bay Area Musicals), Chan Family Picnic (ECTP), The Great and Glorious Mr. Toad (EBCT), Metamorphoses (UC Berkeley TDPS), Hamilton: OTSP (On The Same Page), Heathers: The Musical (Barestage Productions), The Christians (SF Playhouse), and Heart of Spain (UC Berkeley TDPS). Shauna is trained in aerial arts, ballet, lyrical jazz, modern, and contemporary dance. She holds a certificate in acting from A.C.T.’s Summer Training Congress and is a model with The Blackwell Files. Shauna graduated UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Media Studies and minors in History and Theater & Performance Studies. When she’s not nerding out over outer space, dogs, history, musical theater or politi

Jordana (Nora) is delighted to be a part of the Theatre in the Woods production of A Doll’s House. She was last seen onstage as part of PSP’s Theatre in the Woods. Previously, she has performed at CRT as “Lucy Seward” in Dracula, and at PSP as “Ethyl Toffelmeir” in The Music Man, “Mary Jessup Greenhill” in It Can’t Happen Here, “Ensemble” in Heathers, “Puck/Philostrate” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and as part of the Ensemble in My Fair Lady; she very nearly performed as “Estelle” in No Exit before COVID intervened. She directs the annual school play at the elementary school where she teaches.

Keith (Torvald) is thrilled to be working with the Pacifica Spindrift Players for the first time. His last live production was in Los Altos Stage Company's Oslo in February 2020. Previous shows include the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award-winning 1984 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at Los Altos Stage Company, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award-winning Girls Kill Nazis, August: Osage County, and The Walls of Jericho at The Pear, Social Security at Broadway West, and That Championship Season, Swift Justice, and Rabbit Hole at the Sobrato Center for the Arts and Humanities. Keith enjoys planting and arranging succulents, finding any excuse to visit Carmel-by-the-Sea, savoring three World Series championships by his San Francisco Giants, and anything having to do with his two sons, Charlie and Henry.

Sarah (Emmy) is an actor and nurse practitioner in the Bay Area. When she's not reading plays or sprucing up monologues, she's usually obsessing over her kitten and rewatching Fleabag. She's thrilled to be taking part in this summer series.

Pamela (Anne Marie) is thrilled to be working with PSP once again. She has performed with various theatre companies, ArtRise, Coastal Repertory Theatre, Crystal Springs Players, and Pacifica Spindrift Players! She has played Penny in “You Can’t Take it With You, Mrs. Van Daan in “Diary of Anne Frank,” “Mrs. Antrobus in “The Skin of Our Teeth,” Faye Sugarbean in “The Sugarbean Sisters,” and Swift in “Words, Words, Words,” the last two at PSP. She has directed, produced, and written plays. At PSP, she directed “Moon Over Buffalo” and produced and performed her solo show, “Fat is a 4-letter Word,” with great direction by PSP alumna, Pamela Ciochetti. She also served PSP as Board Vice-President and developed PSP’s 50th anniversary celebrations. She is a member of the Shoestring Radio Theatre, voicing a variety of characters (find them online). Thank you, PSP, for going the distance in developing the protocols for getting theatre back into production!

Kim (Nora) is beyond excited to work with PSP again. She was just recently featured in PSP’s Monologue Cabaret where she performed a scene from the Pulitzer Prize play “Dinner with Friends” written by Donald Marguiles. She continues to develop her acting and vocal training through classes at Studio A.C.T (American Conservatory Theater). She loves to sing and play guitar and has performed in several open mic events in San Francisco. Kim thanks her daughter and husband for always supporting her artistic endeavors.

Anthony (Bruce) is very happy to be back again with PSP. His past roles include Gordon (Dead Man’s Cell Phone - PSP), George Spelvin (Actor’s Nightmare - PSP), Henry Condell (The Book of Will - South Bay Musical Theatre), Don (Kinky Boots - Cabrillo Stage Company), Tripp Wyeth (Other Desert Cities - Del Ray Beach Playhouse), Charlie Martin (On Golden Pond - Curtain Call Theatre). In his other life, Anthony is an 11th and 12th grade high shool English and Theatre teacher in Marina. He also teaches colorguard to high school students in both Milpitas and Cupertino. Many thanks to PSP for giving him this opportunity to perform once again, and to his husband Glenn and 3 dogs Jasper, Toby, and Leroy, for their patience, understanding, and support.

Stephanie (Prudence) is thrilled to be making her debut with the Pacifica Spindrift Players. She has previously performed locally with Awesome Theatre, Landmark Musical Theatre, Lamplighters Music Theatre, sketch comedy group Basement Party, and as a belly dancer at various venues around the Bay. She is originally from Henderson, North Carolina and studied voice at Appalachian State University.

Justin (Bob) is an actor, singer, writer, and boba-milk-tea enthusiast, who loves to find true connection and humanity in each script and song. Recent credits include the world premieres of Kiss My Aztec! (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and Unbreakable by Andrew Lippa (SFGMC). Other favorite roles include Claudio (Much Ado About Nothing) and Juan Perón (Evita). In 2020, Justin focused on his playwriting work with ESPA Primary Stages and The Playground Experiment (PGE). His new play, The Re-Education of Fernando Morales, was selected for development by several companies, including Custom Made Theatre Company. Find out what else Justin is up to at www.justinplopez.com

Douglas (Stuart) made his PSP debut in last summer’s play reading of The Three Sisters. Credits include: Cutting Ball Theater (Bald Soprano, Uncle Vanya, Timon of Athens), Stanford Repertory Theater (Hecuba/Helen), American Conservatory Theater (Enrico IV, Threepenny Opera), Shakespeare Santa Cruz (Kean, Love’s Labour’s Lost), Marin Shakespeare Company (Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Magic Theater (Balm in Gilead, Scattering Poems All Through the Night), Shotgun Players (Arrivals/Departures), Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company (Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It), Coastal Repertory Theatre (August: Osage County, Coney Island Christmas, Every Christmas Story Ever Told). MFA: American Conservatory Theater. Doug has been juggling and clowning professionally for more than 25 years with his environmental education school assembly programs. http://www.RockSteadyJuggling.com

Kim (Charlotte) is thrilled to be performing with Pacifica Spindrift Players again. Credits include: The Metropolitan Opera, Nat Horne Theatre, OSF, SJ Rep, SJ Stage, Napa Valley Shakespeare, Custom Made (company member), Left Coast Theatre (company member), African American Shakespeare and Lorraine Hansberry. Favorite roles include Kate – Taming of the Shrew and Viola - Indulgences in the Louisville Harem. www.kimsaunders.net

Kenny (Andrew) is excited to be a part of PSP's production of "Beyond Therapy." Past lead roles include TJ in "Sister Act" (Stage 1), Ernst Ludwig in "Cabaret" (Chanticleers), Daniel in "Almost Maine" (NDNU), Graffiti Pete in "In The Heights" (NDNU), and Van Helsing in "Dracula" (NDNU). After countless auditions for virtual shows, Kenny is so grateful to finally be a part of a production. Since Covid, Kenny was one of the participants singing in PSP's virtual Cabaret called "I See Stars," and was a part of a virtual choir singing songs in December 2020 for the holidays.

Stephanie (Gen) is a Bay Area-based Mexican performer, photographer, and arts administrator. Raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, her family made the difficult decision to relocate to Redwood City in 2016. She didn’t speak English and the culture shock was deafening. However, having access to the arts in high school changed her life. In 2010, Stephanie attended USC, where she earned a BA in Theatre, with minors in Cinematic Arts and Communications. After graduating, she picked up a camera and fell in love with the medium. It allowed her to explore the city, meet other BIPOC photographers, and capture resilient communities. At the same time, she continued to perform. Stephanie returned to the Bay Area in 2017. She can currently be seen as Anna in the SF web series “Chosen Fam” which is making rounds in the festival circuit. She is thrilled to be performing in front of a live audience after such a crazy year.

Sarah (Lotus) is an actor and nurse practitioner in the Bay Area. When she's not reading plays or sprucing up monologues, she's usually obsessing over her kitten and rewatching Fleabag. She's thrilled to be taking part in this summer series.

Justin (Juan) is an actor, singer, writer, and boba-milk-tea enthusiast, who loves to find true connection and humanity in each script and song. Recent credits include the world premieres of Kiss My Aztec! (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and Unbreakable by Andrew Lippa (SFGMC). Other favorite roles include Claudio (Much Ado About Nothing) and Juan Perón (Evita). In 2020, Justin focused on his playwriting work with ESPA Primary Stages and The Playground Experiment (PGE). His new play, The Re-Education of Fernando Morales, was selected for development by several companies, including Custom Made Theatre Company. Find out what else Justin is up to at www.justinplopez.com

Grace (she/they) (Vee) is an actor and improviser based in the Bay Area. They grew up performing at Concord Youth Theatre in Massachusetts, and hold a B.A. in Theatre and Film Studies from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Their favorite performing experiences have included The Bald Soprano, directed by Yuri Kordonsky at Wesleyan; Intramural Theater's Form/Focus, which they co-devised with the company in New Orleans, LA; in Little Children Dream of God as part of the National Playwrights' Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; and as an improviser in the improv comedy troupe Foxhole. Most recently, they performed in the Actors' Ensemble of Berkeley's Zoom production of Molière's Imaginary Invalid. They are currently filming for multiple series, including Last Gasp (Forsaken Olive Media). They’d like to dedicate their performance to their wonderful identical twin sister, Kerry, and to the whole darn fam while they're at it. Grace is represented by Johnson Talent Agency.

Steven Douglas (Sterling Johnson) is an award-winning music engineer/ producer based in the Bay Area. Originally from Philadelphia, he has spent the last 15 years exploring the bay and collaborating on music, photography, performance, and media. Recent credits include Mr. Klein in Peepstone Production's upcoming web series Seen. thedrivermusic.com

A graduate of Lawrence University Music Program, April has loved the theater since Rodgers and Hammersmith was just Rodgers! April Grant (Mame Wilks) began her theater career in musical theater and civic light opera. She put the brakes on to raise her family and is thrilled to be "back on the planks. Her recent roles include Titchuba in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," and Mrs. Boyle in "The Mousetrap”, both at Pacifica Spindrift Players. She has also performed as a Cabaret soloist with JB Presents Productions. April would like to give special thanks to Audra, Jim and Matthew for always believing.

Dane Troy (Roosevelt Hicks) is a multi-hyphenated performance artist from the heart of Atlanta, GA. He has performed improv comedy & theatre in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, North Carolina & The Bay Area. Dane is thankful to be alive. Huge thanks to August Wilson, Tanika Baptiste & the Pacific Spindrift Players team for this opportunity. Sending love to family & Paige Mayes.

Jourdán (Harmond Wilks) is very excited to make his Pacifica Spindrift Players debut with one of his bucket list Playwright's plays! An East Coast implant, he was most recently seen as Delray in Memphis, the Musical(Berkeley Playhouse) Bottom Midsummer Night’s Dream (Marin Shakespeare Company) , Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird ( 6th Street Playhouse) Other recent Bay Area credits include: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III ( African-American Shakespeare Company) Comedy of Errors ( Theater of Others) Violet ( Bay Area Musicals) and Scrooge in Love ( 42nd Street Moon) Training: Theater Minor Howard University. American Academy Dramatic Arts, Winter Session Cours Flourent( Paris)

Gwynnevere (she/they) (Edith) is a queer, Filipinx theatre artist and Bay Area native. They have trained with the Art of Acting Studio & graduated with a B.A. in Psychology/Theatre Minor from Humboldt State. Her most recent work was as Tai in Long Away the Tree (Lime Arts Prod.’s 20x20 Fringe) & as director for PSP’s outdoor reading of How to Destroy an American Girl Doll! Throughout the Bay she’s also worked with Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Dublin Conservatory Theatre, and Las Positas College. Gwynnevere was nationally recognized as an ASPIRE Arts Administration Fellow for the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival ‘21. In addition, they have been: a Lead Producer/Box Office & Social Media Mgr. for LAP’s 20x20 Fringe ‘21, teaching artist at TVRT’s Children’s Musical Theatre Camp, & a freelance intimacy coordinator. She also serves as Social Media Mgr./Member of LAP & The (S)kinfolk Collective. www.gwynneverecristobal.com

Avondina (Old Joe Barlow) is very excited to be in the Pacifica Spindrift Players 2021 Staged Reading Series. Some of Avondina’s previous roles have been as Dr. Maritn Luther King Jr. in the play Mountaintop at the Actor's Theater in Santa Cruz, CA. Michael in God of Carnage at the City Lights Theater Company in San Jose, CA. Lenny in Of Mice and Men at the Magic Circle Theater in Carmel Valley, CA. and Hoke in Driving Miss Daisy at the California Theater in San Bernardino, CA. Thank you so much for coming out and supporting the arts.

Laurent J.L. Hall (he/him) (Benji) is, by day, a letter carrier for the USPS, and by night is working towards a degree at community college plus a theater certificate from NYU Tisch. He has an extensive theater and dance background, having appeared in 45 shows since 2006. Favorite credits include: Achilles and Odysseus in separate productions of ARISTOS: The Musical, Dr Rank in A Doll’s House, Mrs Paroo in The Music Man, and Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde. Since the quarantine, in addition to school and work, he has mainly appeared in podcasts, most notably the award-winning audio drama Station Arcadia (Nikki), and various Shakespeare readings on Zoom, as well as being a member of both the cast and crew of ARISTOS: The Musical (Adolescent Achilles), which is currently producing a cast album.

With a Best Picture award and an official selection at Festival de Cannes for his work in "Speeding Ticket", George Alexander K. (Kenny) has been growing as an actor through back-to-back semesters at A.C.T. and side projects with like-minded peers. Whether he's playing an impulsive romantic like Norman in "Round and Round the Garden" or a grieving father like Howie in "Rabbit Hole", George has made it a point to go for roles that present an emotional stretch and intellectual challenge. When he's not acting George can be found at his day job as a set builder for William-Sonoma, daydreaming at work about riding his Triumph motorcycle, or slowly trying to re-learn bass from scratch. Looking to the future, George Alexander K. looks forward to being the first Asian American to win Best Actor at the Oscars.