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San Diego Junior Theatre
Our 60th Anniversary Season of Shows 2007-2008
Junior Theatre Artistic Staff
| Andy (Andrea) Aguirre our Education Program Manager, came to Junior Theatre in January 2005 from the City of Coronado's Recreation Department, where she created a drama program called "Off Broadway" for children ages 5-11. Andy wrote all of the plays and she directed and choreographed the shows. Andy worked in recreation for 8 years, but she has worked with children in many capacities for most of her life. Andy was awarded the Rising Star Award last spring from Kids Included Together for her outstanding work as an Inclusion Facilitator for children with special needs. She strives to make all children included in every way. Andy received her Bachelor’s degree from UCSD in Psychology with and emphasis in child development. She is very excited to be teaching Junior Theatre in the classroom and through our Outreach Programs. She also enjoys creating new classes and curriculum to be taught through the education department. Her future plans include becoming a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. |
| Walter Allen Walter Allen recently moved to San Diego from the “Deep South,” specifically Northern Louisiana via Alabama. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre and a Master’s Degree in Education, Walter taught high school English for two years before moving on to teach theatre arts at Bumpus Middle School in Hoover, Alabama for the past three and a half years. There, he developed a small after-school program of 20 students into an energetic Junior Thespian Troupe involving approximately 100 of the 1200 Bumpus students. While teaching, Walter spent his summers as the artistic director for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Musical Theatre Academy for students age seven to eighteen. At both his middle school program and the academy, he directed and choreographed productions such as Once on this Island, How to Eat Like a Child and Land of the Dragon. In addition, he wrote and directed several children’s shows including Wonderland High, a modern high-school adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice stories. Walter also worked with his students in both programs to co-write several full length productions including Day of Awakening, an Egyptian fable with a Monty Python-esque twist. During the school year, Walter has also been an active participant in community and educational theatres from performances in A Chorus Line and Damn Yankees, to director and choreographer of shows such as Oliver! and No, No, Nanette. Currently, Walter teaches Video Production at Eastlake Middle School. Since his move to San Diego, Walter has worked with Junior Theatre on such productions as To Kill a Mockingbird, Peter Pan, and Grease. |
| Sherri Allen is a San Diego-based actor, director, and teacher with extensive credits in both local and regional theatre. She holds a BA in Drama from San Diego State University, studied Shakespeare and British Theatre in London, interned as an actor at PCPA Theaterfest, and did graduate work in theatre on a full scholarship at Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Sherri also holds a teaching credential in English from California State University, San Marcos, and is a member of the San Diego Actor's Alliance. As an actor, she has worked with La Jolla Playhouse, Asolo Theatre Company, PCPA Theaterfest, Moonlight Stages, North Coast Repertory Theatre, the Old Globe Theatre's Education Department, Lamb's Players Touring Company, and Summer Repertory Theatre, among others, and was a performer and show captain at Legoland California for over three years. When not working in theatre, Sherri enjoys working with children who share her love for the arts. Besides working with all the wonderful students at San Diego Junior Theatre, Sherri is also a Teaching Artist with Playwrights Project, J*Company Youth Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, the Theatre School at North Coast Rep., and MiraCosta College. Additionally, Sherri has taught in the public school system and with San Diego Lyric Opera. |
| Bernard Baldan has credits at the Rep that include: A Christmas Carol, Red Noses, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Tragedy of Tragedies, Scapin, Hold me, The Duchess of Malfi. Regional credits include: Blue in The Unseen Hand, Father Rivard in the west coast premiere of The Runner Stumbles, The Sunshine Boys for The Old Globe Theatre, The Boise Club for The Laguna Playhouse. Original member of the ITP - Improvisational Theatre Project for the Mark Taper Forum. Awards include: Old Globe Atlas Awards for lead and supporting roles, Drama Circle Award. Founding member of The San Diego Repertory Theatre, and Indian Magique. Created the role of Scrooge in the original Rep production. Author of The Boise Club, produced at the Laguna Playhouse and directed by Douglas Jacobs. United States International University School of Performing Arts -Acting/Directing.
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| Glynn Bedington Bio coming soon! |
| Cynthia Bloodgood is our new Technical Director. Cynthia enjoys building and designing a multitude of things, including scenery, quilts, and other creative objects. She studied languages and theater, and graduated with a BA in Technical Theater and Design from Brigham Young University. There she directed her theatrical pride and joy: an original script of C.S. Lewis' "The Magician's Nephew" in American Sign Language and spoken English. Her actual pride and joy is a little boy who likes to take her wrenches when she is doing lighting. Cynthia is learning how to juggle.
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| Becky Cherlin Baird is a native San Diegan who is the founding Artistic Director of The J*Company, an award winning children’s theatre company, at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla, California.
Becky is a graduate of the University of Arizona, Theatre Arts Program. She traveled the country with the Broadway National Tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as the casting and choir director for the Dreamcoat Choirs.
She is an alumni of Junior Theatre, 1979-1989, receiving the Bank of America scholarship in 1989.
Becky has directed and choreographed several original musicals for youth written by award winning playwrights from across the country including; Number the Stars (based on the book by Lois Lowry), Hello, Tomorrow and Benjamin and Judah.
In her spare time, Becky records voice-overs, jingles, performs on stage and freelance directs and choreographs. Becky is known as the 'Pied Piper' of Children’s Theatre. |
| Cheryl Cline is currently in the Masters of Fine Arts in Music Theatre program at San Diego State University. Originally form Toronto, Canada, Cheryl earned an Honours Bachelor of Music degree (voice specialty) from the University of Western Ontario, and taught high school music for five years as well as performing and directing in the Toronto area. Since moving to San Diego, Cheryl has performed at SDSU in Flight of the Lawnchair Man (Gracie), In the Beginning (Lydia) and Zombie Prom and has been music director for American Rose’s Theatre’s Oklahoma! and Junior Theatre’s Charlotte’s Web and Winnie the Pooh. She is currently directing Velveteen Rabbit. |
| Jennie Connard As an enthusiastic alumni of Junior Theatre, Jennie is thrilled to be back at JT as an educator. Jennie grew up in San Diego theatre attending the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and performing in many of San Diego’s professional theatre’s. After many years as a performer, Jennie began teaching drama and dance to grades K-12 five years ago and feels very strongly about the importance of the performing arts for children. Jennie is also a certified Jazzercise Instructor. |
| Jason Connors has been working in theatre for the last ten years, beginning at San Diego Junior Theatre and moving on to the Playwrights Project where his own original plays started being produced. Since then he has worked with the Fritz Theatre, Sledgehammer, Actors Alliance, The Blank Theatre (LA), Planned Parenthood's IMAGES Theatre, Grossmont Stagehouse, Voices of Women, the JCC, and now the wonderful 6@Penn Theatre. |
| Diane Cox Bio coming soon! |
| Desha Crownover is the Artistic Director at San Diego Junior Theatre where she has served as general manager, director, musical director, and teaching artist for the past ten years, co-founding SDJT’s Conservatory Program for aspiring high school artists . Desha has had the opportunity to direct, teach, and perform in San Diego for the past fifteen years where her directing work has been commended by such theatre notables as Edward Albee, Ming Cho Lee, and Timothy Near. She holds a Master’s degree in Theatre from SDSU and a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Performing from UCSD. She has served on the teaching faculty of SDSU, Cuyamaca College, and Santa Fe Christian Schools. Some of Desha’s favorite directing credits for JT include The Miracle Worker, Twelfth Night, Our Town, and Blood Wedding. Her work as a playwright has been produced at UCSD, SDSU, and Santa Fe Christian Schools, as well. |
| Tony Cucuzzella Bio is coming soon. |
| Randi Driscoll is a professional singer/ songwriter/ pianist and composer who has shared the stage with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz, Pat Benetar, Rufas Wainwright and numerous others. Her credits include performances at Lincoln Center, The Reagan Center in DC with Key Note Hillary Clinton, Paramount Studios, and the Place’ des Arts in Montreal. She has been awarded Campus Activities Magazine Female Performer of the Year 2004 and her music has been featured in films, commercials and the hit series Dawson’s Creek. The choral version of her anti hate benefit single “What Matters” was performed at Carnegie Hall, and the same piece has was featured in a commercial directed by Spike Lee. Randi tours extensively at colleges, clubs, festivals and corporate events. She has been a devoted teaching artist for ten years, teaching and directing in New York, San Diego and San Francisco. She also coaches over twenty personal piano/voice/ composition students. Randi is thrilled to be back at San Diego Junior Theatre, a place she loves to call home!
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| Torrie Dunlap TBA |
| Todd Durrance holds a BFA in theatre arts with emphasis in directing from Millikin University. Todd has been teaching and directing theatre since 1990 through his small company as well as teaching drama for two private schools. He also teaches adults beginning acting once a week for a program in Poway. Todd specializes in teaching acting, improv, mime & movement, directing and modern puppet techniques. He also has had the privilege to do professional technical work at La Jolla Playhouse, Starlight Theatre and Gas Lamp Quarter Theatre. He has an extensive background working with youth as a counselor for 10 years on a national youth crisis hotline. And enjoys helping youth use theatre to explore creative and innovative ways to share story with an audience. When he is not teaching theatre you might catch him subbing in one of San Diego’s city schools.
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| Donna Feoranzo Bio coming soon! |
| Bryn Fillers
A graduate in Theatre Arts from Reed College, Bryn is a playwright, director, and actor who has been a member of an improv troupe both in Portland and San Diego. She has written and directed for the Firehouse Theatre in Portland, Theatre Rhino in San Francisco, and the California Center For the Arts in Escondido as well as schools across Los Angeles and San Diego including Warren-Walker and Roosevelt Middle School. Bryn also writes and directs for classes at San Diego Junior Theatre, and for the mainstage through their Page to Stage program. She has also dramatized and taught historical curriculum through the CCAE’s Suave program, Warren-Walker Middle School and the School in the Park program. Bryn teaches playwriting through Playwrights Project and J*Company. Her students have won awards, and just last summer, she had the privilege of directing two of her students’ plays in the AASD Actors Festival starring Triple Espresso’s Keith Reay along with some of her most talented students from JT. |
| Jeannie Galioto earned a degree in costume design from the University of MN - Twin Cities. She has been designing costumes for the last fourteen years. She is currently the costume shop manager at the San Diego Repertory Theatre and has just designed costumes for Bad Dates at the Rep. Other credits include productions for Sledgehammer, The Great American History Theatre, Park Square Theatre, The Guthrie Lab, Mixed Blood Theatre, and Shakespeare in the Park among others. In addition to freelance costume designing, she also does millinery, custom fashion design, sewing and styling on photo and video shoots. Last year she was awarded the Beth Milligan Memorial Fund for emerging women artists.
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| Ginger Harris Lighting Designer.
Ms. Harris has brought light to shows in Houston, Dallas, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and now, San Diego. Her credits include the Houston Grand Opera; Houston Alley Theatre; Theatre Under the Stars in Houston; Houston Gilbert & Sullivan Society; Tower Theatre Project, Houston; Tulsa Spotlight Club; Tulsa Little Theatre; Oklahoma City Lyric; and in San Diego, Starlight; the La Jolla Playhouse; the San Diego Lyric; The Fritz; North Coast Repertory; and San Diego Junior Theatre.
She held the position of resident designer at Theatre 1960 in Houston and was a founding member of Stages Theatre in Houston. Ms. Harris' previous designs include: USIU: Sleuth and Gingerbread Lady; for the Fritz, Sight Unseen; Confessions of a Woman from East L.A.; God's Country, Otherwise Engaged to name a few; for NCRT The Deadly Game, Beau Jest, Sylvia and Marry Me A Little; for San Diego Comic Opera, The Mikado; Oh, Coward!; Forum; and Candide among others; San Diego Junior Theatre: Annie Warbucks; Oliver; Pippi Longstocking,Footloose, and others; Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Damn Yankees; Agnes of God and Emergency Room for PaceTheatrical, Tower Theatre Project, Houston, Texas; Starlight, Technical Coordinator for Chess, Camelot, No, No, Nanette; and Paint Your Wagon; Houston Grand Opera, My Fair Lady; and Theatre Under The Stars, Houston, Camelot; Gypsy; Crazy for You; and others.
Ms. Harris brings a lifetime of dedication to entertaining audiences as a performer, a director; a choreographer and a lighting designer.
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| Ahmad Hereford is our Administrative Assistant. Ahmad has been involved with Junior Theatre for over 10 years. Ahmad advises our 4th—6th grade drama club, Sparklers, has coordinated our extended care programs, and has co-taught in our creative drama classes. Ahmad is very proud to have received the Rising Star award from Kids Included Together for his work as an inclusion facilitator and honored to work for the oldest youth theatre program in the county.
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| Bryant Hernandez has taught and mentored young actors and writers in San Diego, northern California, and on the east coast. Recently, he served as a teaching artist for George Street Playhouse in New Jersey, teaching at-risk students to develop their experiences into spoken words for performance. He has also directed their touring production, The Peacemaker, from their educational program that toured many elementary schools. Prior to working on the east coast, Bryant served as the education director for Playhouse Merced during their summer program, Young Artist Conservatory, teaching students from ages 6-16. Bryant is also Bilinguel in Spanish and English.As an actor, Bryant has been seen in: Dancing at Lughnasa (Michael), On-Stage Playhouse; Fuente Ovejuna (Mengo), 6th @ Penn Theatre; La Pastorela (Crespo the Sheep), The Old Globe Theatre. His directing credits: NYC: Tricks, Producers Club; Spider Monkeys, John Houseman Studio Theatre. Elsewhere: One Last Mass, 6th @ Penn Theatre; On the Corner of Art and Solita Street, Actors Festival/ The Lyceum Theatre; The Peacemaker, George Street Playhouse Education Tour; Deep Within Our Hearts, PPAC @ GSP; Leader of the Pack: The Ellie Greenwich Musical, San Diego Junior Theatre Black Box Performance; The Hobbit, Playhouse Merced; Just Around The Corner, APA Studios; Others: If Men Played Cards as Women Do, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antigone, The Journey of the Skeletons, Line and She’s Leaving Home. He is currently an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, inc. |
| Kalin Hove received her B.A. in theatre and a minor in studio art from the University of California, at San Diego. At the American Conservatory of Theatre in San Francisco she advanced her theatre studies with classes in clowning, improvisation, voice, and movement. Kalin has performed in such shows as Guy's and Dolls, Company, As You Like It, and How to Succeed in Business... She has also directed her own one-woman show and several puppet shows. Kalin is proud to have been teaching theatre and art in San Diego for the past three years. She currently teaches theatre for the San Diego Unified School District as well as several non-profit organizations. |
| Patrick Lathrop is an actor, director, costumer and educator. He holds a BA in Theatre Performance, an MFA in Musical Theatre, and an MA in Costume History and Design. As an actor, some of his favorite roles include Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, and Sancho in Man of La Mancha. Some of his directing credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Working, The Grass Harp, Story Theatre, Anything Goes and Oliver. As a Costumer he has designed Cloud Nine, Macbeth, Man of La Mancha, The Tales of Narnia, and Alice in Wonderland to mention a few. Patrick has worked with Imagination Celebration of Orange County as the Programs Director, the Pacific School of Music & the ARTS as the Administrative Assistant and a teacher of voice and drama, and most recently with Pasadena Junior Theatre as Education Director. Patrick has also been a lecturer on Period Movement & Manners and Costume History with San Diego State University's Annual Writer's Conference, San Diego City College, and the Mission Viejo Library. Patrick has a wide and varied background, from being a company dancer and actor with Utah Shakespeare Festival to being a Travel Study Coordinator with SDSU, where he had the opportunity to travel and study in England, Europe, Mexico, and Central America. Patrick brings a lifetime of experience to the San Diego Junior Theatre where he serves as a teacher, director, and Education Program Manager. |
| Doug Lay has been an equity actor for over 25 years. He has worked throughout the US in almost every major Shakespearean Festival from Oregon Shakes to New York Shakes, from the Old Globe to Alabama Shakes, having over 30 Shakespearean roles to his credit. He has toured throughout this country, playing in 37 of our 50 states and extensively through Europe. Mr. Lay has worked off-Broadway and the West End in London. As a director and educator, he is known for his ground-breaking and innovative work focusing primarily on classic drama and children’s theatre. He is the artistic director of The Theatre, Inc. in San Diego, on the board of directors of the Actors Alliance of San Diego and Will & Co. in LA. He has been honored with two Back Stage West Awards, a Dramalogue Award, a Patte Award and two Playbill Awards. He holds a BFA from SOSU and an MFA from Florida State University. |
| Andrea LeMaitre teaches dance during the summer sessions. She also choreographed the mainstage show, Madeline's Rescue. Before that she taught at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts before moving to France to get married and teach improvisation and languages at a French School. She holds college degrees in both Spanish and Dance. Andrea has also taught at the Bishop's School as well as several dance studios.
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| Holly MacDonald Bio coming soon! |
| Daniel Marshall Daniel Marshall began his dance career at the San Diego Creative School of Performaning Arts, from which he accepted a scholarship to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre of New York. His tenure there was destined to be short-lived, as his talent was recognized by Ms. Cleo Parker Robinson, who tapped him to come to Denver to perform for her.
Mr. Marshall spent the next four years refining and expanding his already accomplished performance repertoire while touring in Germany, Kenya, Poland and Russia. He returned to San Diego, accepting a position as Artistic Director of San Diego Contemporary Dance Ensemble.
In 1999, Mr. Marshall's expanding talents were recognized by the Tommy Awards (Best Male Performer, Best Choreographer); shortly thereafter, he took a position as one of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company's Star Performers. He has received significant acclaim for his work with the DCDC. In January 2001, he was named "One of the Top 25 Dancers to Watch" by Dance Magazine
Following his stellar career as a performing dancer, Mr. Marshall's attention was drawn to the art of choreography and instruction. He has set ballets for the Gem City Ballet and South Dayton Ballet Companies, as well as the DCDC. In 2002, he received the National Choreography Award for his work. Mr. Marshall has recently returned to his native San Diego, where he is the founder and Artistic Director of LaDiego Dance Theater.
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| Katherine Matlack Bio coming soon! |
| Patrick McBride Patrick’s directing credits include The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in Maui, The Good Doctor and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Vista’s Moonlight Stage Productions, As Bees in Honey Drown and Moon Over Buffalo at North Coast Rep, Dream (2x), Hamlet (2x), and The Tempest (2x) for The Old Globe (Summer Shakespeare camps), and The Flimflam Man and Alice’s Wild Ride for the La Jolla Playhouse POP Tours. His favorite acting roles include the title role in Bullshot Crummond, Stanley in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Constable Chumley in the world premiere musical Robin Hood, and Touchstone in As You Like It at PCPA. Other plum roles include: Lucius O’Trigger in The Rivals, Moon in The Real Inspector Hound, Dr. Prentice in What the Butler Saw, and Alexander in The Destiny of Me. For Kid’s College, he has directed productions of The Phantom Tollbooth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Willi Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He will be appearing soon in the film The Obedient Son and performs every weekend doing improv at the National Comedy Theatre in Old Town. Patrick, a San Diego native, makes his living teaching drama, Shakespeare, and improv and is passionate about bringing exciting theatre to young audiences. |
| Tim McKnight is a professional musician and teacher in the San Diego area. He holds his Bachelor in Music Education and Masters in Vocal Accompanying and Coaching from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to being the Director of Music at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Escondido, he is also the accompanist and assistant choir director for the Helix Charter High School choral department, and teaches a studio of over 20 piano and voice students in the area. Tim is the Assistant Conductor and Principal Accompanist for the San Diego Choral Union, and is a part-time faculty member in the Theatre Department at San Diego State University. Tim has served as musical director, conductor, vocal coach and pianist for numerous musical theater productions throughout San Diego, including North Coast Repertory Theatre’s recent production of “No Way to Treat A Lady” and Starlight Theatre’s recent production of “Jesus Christ Superstar”. |
| Gordon McLachlan Gordo McLachlan no longer attends UCLA, half by choice of his and half by choice of UCLA administrators. After returning home to San Diego he designed the set for Junior Theatre's production of "Zombie Prom." Currently he divides his time working for "the man" and operation his found art group "The Merry Art Pranksters" and his performance troupe "$.02 Canary", both of which are filled to the brim with members from Junior Theatre, both past, present, and future. He is currently a carnie/performer with downtown's irrereverent and ultraviolet Technomania Circus. www.technomaniacircus.com |
| Lynn Mendoza-Khan has worked as an opera singer, composer, music arranger, musical director, choir director and private voice teacher over the last 20 years. She has performed throughout California and Europe. She is very enthusiastic about showing others how to sing with a healthy beautiful tone. To find out more about her go to www.sandiegovoiceteacher.com
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| Ericka Moore believes in the impact of art (dance) to empower individuals, which therefore empowers community. Ericka made her choreographic debut with Fingers N the Hood, which received the Union-Tribune Critic's Choice Award and extensive television coverage. Funkalosophy (Eveoke dance), was Ericka's second full-length show created in 2001. Funkalosophy revealed how the hip hop subculture contributes to an activist dance theatre, while empowering youth and other hipsters with a voice concerning their political and social issues. Ericka has been teaching children dance for five (5) years in the San Diego area and the San Diego Unified School District. |
| Will Neblett has been Junior Theatre's Executive Director for the past seven years. In this capacity he has helped strengthen the organization, both financially and artistically. Previously, Will has successfully led Carlsbad Youth Theatre, both as a director and president of the board of trustees. Will has directed and musically directed many productions including And the World Goes ’Round (with Torrie Dunlap), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie, Annie Warbucks, Great Expectations, James and the Giant Peach, Oliver, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, The Witches, The Secret Garden (with Michael Anthony) and Nancy Drew, Girl Detective. Will has also sound designed many productions. Will's acting career includes many roles in collegiate and community productions; Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (4 times), Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Barnaby in Babes in Toyland and John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. |
| Matthew Novotny Matthew went to Point Loma High School, where he was taught by one of San Diego's best, Priscilla Allen. Priscilla gave Matthew the guidance to pursue lighting design as well as acting. He attended San Diego Junior Theatre, where he was part of over 50 productions, including Bye Bye Birdie (Mr. Macafee), Peter Pan (Mr. Darling), as well as The Crucible (Judge Danforth), The Miser (Harpagon), and Antigone (Kreon).
Matthew then went to San Diego State University, wanting to continue in acting, but not ignoring lighting design. That summer Matthew designed the lights for a critically acclaimed hit production of Godspell, and the following year was hired by San Diego Junior Theatre to become their master electrician, as well as joining the San Diego Comic Opera, now Lyric Opera San Diego, as their master electrician. In Spring of 2000, Matthew decided to put acting on the back burner and focus on design.
His design career took off with Somewhere Over the Rainbow for SDSU, Really Rosie for San Diego Junior Theatre, The Bad Boy Next Door and Street Theatre for the Quentin Crisp Theater, and the 40th annual production of MADCAPS.
He became the lighting designer in residence for San Diego Comic Opera, designing productions of The Gondoliers, The Gypsy Princess and The Boyfriend. He also designed productions like O' What Precious Nonsense for the SDSU Opera, and The Magical Ms. Piggle Wiggle for Junior Theatre. In 2002 he designed productions of HMS Pinafore, The Barber of Seville, and Babes in Arms for San Diego Comic Opera/Lyric Opera San Diego, How to Eat Like a Child for Junior Theatre, and Rumors for Scripps Ranch Theatre.
In 2003, Matthew worked on Lyric Opera's Abduction From the Seraglio, Junior Theatre's production of The Secret Garden, (2003 Billie Award winner), and Super Bowl XXXVII.
Currently, Matthew is attending Boston University for graduate school in Lighting Design. |
| Lizbeth Persons Price Bio coming soon! |
| Katie Rodda holds a Ph.D. in Dramatic Arts from University of California-Santa Barbara, and is on faculty at San Diego City College and California State University, San Marcos. Ms. Rodda has been directing around San Diego since 1999, her recent projects include: The Dining Room, The Boys Next Door, Viburnum, Damn Yankees, Side by Side by Sondheim, Bobby Gould in Hell, and The Flower of Dubuque, along with numerous original plays. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Fritz Theatre and Actors Alliance of San Diego, CA. This production marks her directorial debut with San Diego Junior Theatre. |
| Angie Serrano has taught music classes at Junior Theatre for several years. She holds a B.A. from CSU San Marcos. Angie enjoys working and singing with kids of all ages, and has many years experience directing children and youth choirs. For over 10 years, she combined her love for children and performing by hosting a weekly Kid’s Club program. Angie continues to sing professionally in a women’s trio and performs with her husband, John, who is also a musician.
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| Sarah Siegel earned her degree in Theatre Arts from SDSU. She spent 8 years in New York City working as a director, teacher and audition coach as well as serving as artistic director for two theatre companies. In San Diego Sarah has worked with The Fritz Theatre and Stu Segall Productions and loves watching the JT kids blossom when they discover what wonderful talents they possess.
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| Leasa Thernes teaches dance at the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet where she has directed and choreographed several full-length ballet productions including Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. She also teaches at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla and recently was a guest choreographer for the dance department at Coronado School of the Arts High School. Leasa is an alumnus of San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. Currently, a student at San Diego City College and Mesa College she is studying dance, theatre, art and film. Leasa is pursuing a degree in fine art and film.
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| Diana Valero-Olivier holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre Dance from the United States International University of the Performing and Visual Arts, San Diego. Diana has an extensive and diverse professional background in in the many styles and venues of dance performance including Ballroom, ethnic dance, and magic! Diana created, directed, choreographed, and performed in dance shows that combined music, magic, and mime which toured the Las Vegas circuit and Mexico. She also produced her own dance company "Dansation" which performed for Southern California audience's as well as abroad in Italy and Egypt. For the last few years Diana has been teaching in the San Diego elementary schools enrichment programs for non-dancers and G.A.T.E. kids with her "Dancing Thru The Decades" , and bringing her DVO Dance Project company to school theatre's performing "Jazzed", jazz dance and the story behind it. Diana brings out the best in her students and is always teaching that dance is more than just steps. |
| Teri Weisenberg Ang Teri Ang is a JT alumni and is excited to be part of this year’s 6oth anniversary as the director for “How To Eat Fried Worms”. She has been involved in theatre since she was 8 years old starting at JT of course (when she was Teri Weisenberg). She has been a theatre arts teacher at Valencia Park Center for Academics, Drama and Dance, a San Diego City Schools performing arts magnet for the last 21 years. There she has directed countless youth theatre productions. She has also worked for many community theatres doing stage management, production and acting. |
| Robin Whitehouse is totally enthralled with his work as a Sound Designer and Musical Director, and many smaller things too, for Junior Theatre. He has also Sound Designed and operated shows at the San Diego Rep., Southwestern College, and the Old Globe. Robin is currently studying music theory and composition as a full-time student. Some of the JT shows he is most pleased to have designed to date include Zombie Prom, The Wiz, Aladdin Jr., The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (for which he also orchestrated and composed music), Sideways Stories at Wayside School, Peter Pan, and Grease. JT is his favorite place to work, EVER.
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| Jennifer Winspear holds degrees in both theatre and elementary education from Brigham Young University-Hawaii. She has taught in San Diego City Schools, and is the Drama Specialist for the ESS programs in the Poway Unified School District. Jennifer has directed and performed with many theatre and dance groups both in Hawaii and California. Ms. Winspear is also the Artistic Director of her own Children's Show Choir, Vocal Motion and she runs her own Children's Theatre Company in North County, in which, she has directed school-wide productions including: Aladdin, Seusscial, Bye,Bye Birdie, and The Lion King. Jennifer has taught drama and dance to all ages at San Diego Junior Theatre and has served as a main-stage Choreographer for San Diego Junior Theatre's productions of Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business and My Emperor's New Clothes. Jennifer is married to her high school sweetheart, Josh and together they are the proud parents of three active boys. Jennifer makes her directorial debut with Junior Theatre with A Charlie Brown Christmas for the holiday season. |
| Theresa Wulf Bio coming soon! |
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