STEVEN BOOTH (Walter Paisley) Broadway: TINA – The Tina Turner Musical (Phil Spector/Terry Britten), School of Rock (Ned), Glory Days (Will), Avenue Q (Princeton/Rod u/s). Off-Broadway: Dogfight (Gibbs). National Tours: Kinky Boots (Charlie Price), Happy Days (Richie Cunningham). Recent Regional: Elf The Musical (Buddy). Film/TV: “Modern Love” (Craig). Many thanks to Steve Maihack @ 44West Entertainment, and all my love to Molly, Maezie and Sawyer.
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VANESSA SIERRA (Carla) is thrilled to be making her La Mirada debut! She is a New Jersey-based performer and graduated last spring from Montclair State University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Previous credits: On Your Feet (Rebecca, u/s Gloria Estefan, Paper Mill Playhouse), West Side Story (Anita, Marriott Theatre - Jeff Award Nomination), The Nutty Professor (Dot, Ogunquit Playhouse). She would like to send love to her family, friends, and to Katie and Violet at Pantera/Murphy the Agency. Proud Puerto Rican.
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ROSS HELLWIG (Maxwell) is honored to be making his La Mirada debut in Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today? West Coast credits include shows with The Old Globe, ETC Santa Barbara, Rubicon, Lamb’s Players, Kingsmen Shakespeare, B Street, International City Theatre, North Coast Rep, Intrepid, The Fountain, LA Theatre Works, A Noise Within, Sierra Rep, Palos Verdes Performing Arts, and Diversionary Theatre. Elsewhere he has worked with New Theatre, Pittsburgh Public, Southwest Shakespeare, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, and Vienna’s English Theatre, among others. Film and television credits include The Selling, “Law & Order: SVU,” “Numb3rs,” and “Guiding Light.”
KINGSLEY LEGGS (Leonard) Last seen as Hassan in Goddess at Berkeley Rep (world premiere). Broadway: Pretty Woman, Sister Act, The Color Purple and Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, The Bubbly Black Girl. Toured nationally and internationally with productions of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Sister Act, Miss Saigon, Ragtime, It Ain’t Nothing but the Blues and Forbidden Hollywood. Film/TV: Hello Again, “The Americans,” “The Good Wife,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “One Life to Live,” “City of Angels.” Regional: Papermill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Baltimore Centerstage, Goodman Theatre, Alliance Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Fifth Avenue Theatre, Denver Center Theatre and others. Kingsley holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Benedictine College.
KATHY FITZGERALD (Mrs. Swickert) Broadway: Wicked (Madame Morrible), has performed over 2,000 performances, and the national tour. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mrs.Gloop), The Producers (Shirley Markowitz), Swinging on a Star (Drama Desk nom), 9 to 5 (Roz, Outer Critics nomination). Off-Broadway: Damn Yankees (Encores!), Disaster!, Donnybrook (Irish Rep). Regional: The MUNY, McCarter, Goodspeed Opera House. Regional Favorites: School for Wives, Search for Signs, Kathy & Mo, Twelfth Night, Tempest. TV/Film: “Smash,” “Mercy,” “One Life to Live,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” The Next Three Days, Our Idiot Brother and The Producers. Recent credits include Clue (Papermill Playhouse) and “Indoor Boys” (2020 Indie Award nomination).
JOSH ADAMSON (Detective Lou Raby) From Australia and now LA-based, he recently filmed the feature Book of Job starring as Job, “Almost Paradise” on Amazon Prime and “General Hospital.” Theatre credits include Big Fish (Theatre Critic’s Circle Nomination), The Producers, Catch Me If You Can, Aida, Funny Girl, Footloose, Annie, Taboo (original Broadway workshop), Hook in the London 360 production of Peter Pan. Film & TV: “The Wedding Video,” “Unidentified,” “Look @ Me,” “Desert of Blood,” “Portal,” “Painting in the Rain," “First Landing," “The Clean Up Woman,” “Make It or Break It,” “Big Time Rush.” Thanks to DDO Artists Agency, friends and family for their love and support.
Instagram: @joshadamsonn
JAMIR BROWN (Clive, Mayor) is a NYC-based actor from Houston, Texas, excited to be creating with this wonderful cast and team. Most recently seen in Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical at Playhouse 46 as Lucas. Many thanks to God, his parents and sister for their support, and Mr. Jones for laying the foundation. To all the black/brown queer kids, you not only can, but WILL!
Instagram: @jamir.jb
JANA CARDIA (Lili Von Vondergraff) is overjoyed to be returning to La Mirada Theatre, last seen here in The Sound of Music (Frau Schmidt/Sister Sophia). While live theatre is Janna’s favorite medium, she’s also a TV/Film/commercial actress, audiobook narrator and Hot Yoga instructor! Tours: Cinderella w/Lea Salonga (Broadway Asia), Divorce Party (Kravis Center, Parker Playhouse, El Portal), The Wizard of Oz (CLO Tour), The Music Man with Shirley Jones. Regional: South Coast Rep, Musical Theatre West, PVPA, CVRep, Ensemble Theatre Company, 5-Star Theatricals, 3-D Theatricals, California Music Circus, Tuacahn Amphitheatre, Playwrights Horizon, Fulton Opera House, Stages St. Louis, Stages Houston, Riverside Theatre, Arkansas Rep, Auditorium Theatre Chicago.
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JAMES CALEB GRICE (Beatnik Guy) is having a gas with these cool cats. Being a part of this world premiere has been everything plus! Television: “The Goldbergs” (ABC). National Tour: The Prom (1st Nat’l). Favorite Regional: West Side Story (VA Rep), Velvet the Show (NCL). Huge thanks to Bloc and the creative team. Endless love to Clay. For Mom.
ASHLEY MONIZ (Beatnik Girl, Dance Captain) Last seen as Melanie in Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, Ashley is thrilled to be back at La Mirada. 1st National Tours: Kinky Boots, Sister Act (Sister Mary Robert), 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, High School Musical. Recent Regional: 9 to 5 (Judy Bernly, Musical Theatre West), Kinky Boots (Hollywood Bowl). TV: “South Park 25th Anniversary Concert,” “Beadies.” Favorite roles: Benet’s wife and Everly’s mommy. Endless gratitude to KMR, Binder, this dream production/creative team, and brilliant company.
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LUCAS BLANKENHORN (Understudy, Ensemble) is honored to be a part of this production. La Mirada debut! Previous credits: Newsies (3DT), She Loves Me (SDMT), Holiday Inn (MTW), West Side Story (Moonlight). BFA from The Boston Conservatory. Much love to family, friends, and the creative team for their support!
CARLIN CASTELLANO (Understudy, Ensemble) Regional: Sister Act (Sister Mary Robert), The Little Mermaid (Ariel), Holiday Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Misérables (Éponine), Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Titanic, The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular, Frozen — Live at the Hyperion, Mickey and the Magical Map (Disneyland Resort). Thank you to the creative team!
RANDY ROGEL (Book, Music and Lyrics) has won three Emmy Awards (nominated for ten), a Peabody Award, two Annie Awards, three Leo Awards, and an Ovation Award. Randy spent nine years on staff at Warner Bros. writing for such shows as “Batman,” Steven Spielberg’s “Animaniacs,” “Pinky and the Brain,” and at Disney Television he wrote and composed for Monsters Inc., Peter Pan, Cinderella, Winnie the Pooh, Tarzan, The Seven Dwarves, and 101 Dalmatians. Randy is a West Point graduate with ten years of service as an officer in the combat arms. He has a BS in Engineering from the academy and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Boston University.
BT McNICHOLL (Director) has been on the original creative teams of a dozen Broadway shows, including the Tony-winning hits Billy Elliot, Cabaret, and Spamalot, as the Associate Director for Sam Mendes, Jerry Zaks, Stephen Daldry, David Hare, Rob Marshall, and the legendary Mike Nichols. Internationally, McNicholl won the Helpmann (the Australian Tony Award) for Best Direction and staged the European premiere of The Producers for Mel Brooks. A BMI award-winning writer, his musicals have played Off-Broadway (“The IT Girl” supervised by Tony winner Jerry Zaks), on national tour, and Madison Square Garden. He has developed new work at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center and directed award-winning productions for The Goodspeed Opera House (Best Musical), Walnut Street Theatre (Kleban Award), and Ogunquit Playhouse (Moss Hart Award). Additionally, he has directed at the Hollywood Bowl, was a Development Consultant for MGM On Stage, spent three years with the Shubert Organization, and wrote for the Associated Press Newswire.
CONNOR GALLAGHER (Choreographer) Broadway: Beetlejuice. Other: The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout, Astaire Award), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Disney Dream, Brass Ring Award), Found (Philadelphia Theatre Company), Elf The Musical (Kennedy Center), The Twelve (Denver Center), Tangled (Disney Magic, world premiere), and productions at The Public Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, ACT, Two River, Westport Country Playhouse, TheatreWorks and Northern Stage. Currently developing two musicals as director: Miss Step (Playwrights/The Village) and a new project for The Walt Disney Company. Connor is a graduate of CCM, where in 2021 he received the Young Alumni Award. Spent a year on Broadway as a dancing rug.
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ANDREW ORBISON (Musical Director) is a Los Angeles-based freelance music director, composer, musician, and arranger. Favorite credits include “It’s a Dog’s Life” Theme (Co-Composer, Disney+), The Final, Final Farewell Tour of Dick and Delores Del Rubio (Composer/Dick Del Rubio, US Tour/Edinburgh Fringe), Drag the Musical (Associate MD/Keys, World Premier - Bourbon Room), Ilcahuilia A Musical (Arranger/MD), Hairspray, All Shook Up (Conductor/Keys - SDMT), Sister Act, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Music Director). Andrew also loves traveling, finding new restaurants, and puppy kisses. Love to his partner Gootz!
KIMBERLY GRIGSBY (Musical Supervisor) Music directing/conducting credits include, on Broadway: Flying Over Sunset, To Kill a Mockingbird, Head Over Heels, Amélie, Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark, Spring Awakening, The Light in the Piazza, Caroline, or Change, The Full Monty, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Twelfth Night. Off-Broadway: The Lucky Ones, The Fortress of Solitude, Here Lies Love, Coraline, Mother Courage and Her Children, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Songs from an Unmade Bed, Radiant Baby. Other collaborations include My Life as a Fairy Tale, Orphan of Zhao (Lincoln Center Festival), and Fiddler on the Roof (Lyric Opera of Chicago).
LARRY HOCHMAN (Orchestrations) Larry’s career spans over 40 years, encompassing theatre, film, recordings, concerts, and television. Orchestrations include over 100 shows and awards include the Tony, two Drama Desks, Outer Critics Circle, two Clios, five Emmys (composer of The Wonder Pets!), and Manhattan School of Music Distinguished Alumni. 18 Broadway shows include Book of Mormon (Tony, Drama Desk), She Loves Me (Drama Desk), Pippin, Spamalot, Addams Family, Scottsboro Boys, Something Rotten. Nine Tony nominations, Eight Drama Desk nominations. 18 films including Marvin Hamlisch’s The Informant! and Netflix’s Over the Moon. Recordings/Concerts: Paul McCartney, Eric Idle, Audra McDonald, Boston Pops, NY Philharmonic.
DAVID DABBON (Dance Arrangements) Emmy nomination: HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” Eat Shit, Bob! (Composer). Broadway: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (new music and dance arrangements). Beetlejuice – The Musical, Funny Girl revival, and Disaster! (dance arrangements). Sondheim on Sondheim (additional orchestrations). Film: HBO’s Six by Sondheim (Arranger). Off-Broadway: NYTW’s production of The Events (Music Supervisor), Playwright Horizon’s The Christians (Music Supervisor). Composer: Game On (Pittsburgh CLO), Surface (Dallas Black Dance Theatre). Orchestrator: Audra McDonald’s Sing Happy and Go Back Home. Graduate of The Hartt School and Carnegie Mellon University.
JOHN IACOVELLI (Scenic Designer) has designed 20 productions for Tom McCoy & Cathy Rigby here at La Mirada since their inaugural production of To Kill A Mockingbird in 1994. Then went with them onto Broadway with Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby (Emmy Award) and the national tour of Camelot. Other Broadway: The Twilight of the Golds. Regional: over 450 productions — Steppenwolf, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, McCarter, Denver Center, Long Wharf, Seattle Rep, Center Theatre Group. He won the Distinguished Achievement Award in Scenic Design from the US Institute of Theatre Technology. MFA: NYU Tisch.
Website: www.iacovelli.com.
ANN CLOSS-FARLEY (Costume/Wig/Makeup Designer) The Pee-wee Herman Show (Broadway), Toy Story the Musical (Disney), What About Dick? (Netflix), A Christmas Karen (Pluto TV), The Bourne Stuntacular (Universal Studios), Because of Charley (Renaissance Entertainment), St. Valentines Massacre (National Geographic), Pirates of the Caribbean: Eye of The Storm (Disneyland Shanghai), Sail Away (Carnival Cruise Lines), TWA @JFK (Connie Cocktail Bar), Twelfth Night (Guthrie Theater), Zoot Suit (Mark Taper Forum), Hopscotch: A Mobile Opera (The Industry), and is currently an Assistant Professor of Costume Design at USC.
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DAVID LANDER (Lighting Designer) La Mirada Theatre: Debut. LA Theater: Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglass Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, among others. Broadway: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Torch Song with Michael Urie, The Heiress with Jessica Chastain, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo with Robin Williams, 33 Variations with Jane Fonda, I Am My Own Wife, among others. Lander has designed extensively Off-Broadway and in regional theaters throughout the US. International Theatre and Opera: Caracas, Dublin, Delhi, London, Melbourne, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, among others. Awards: two Tony Award nominations, five Drama Desk Award nominations (one win), among many others.
CRICKET S. MYERS (Sound Designer) On Broadway, Cricket earned a Tony Nomination and a Drama Desk Award for her design of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Regional designs include La Jolla Playhouse, The Ahmanson, The Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, The Denver Center for Performing Arts, La Mirada Theater, The Kirk Douglas Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, and the Geffen Theater. She has earned 24 Ovation Nominations, as well as winning The Ruth Morley Award from the League of Professional Theater Women, The Kinetic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Design, an LADCC and a Garland Award in Los Angeles.
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DAVID ELZER (Publicist) represents La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 5-Star Theatricals, Ensemble Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Road Theatre Company, Rubicon Theatre Company. He is also an Ovation, Drama Desk, LADCC, LA Weekly, and Garland Award-winning theatrical producer and recipient of the LADCC Joel Hirschhorn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre. Productions include Justin Love, Having it All, The Marvelous Wonderettes and Winter Wonderettes at the El Portal and Life Could Be a Dream, at the Hudson, among others. He also produced the Off-Broadway run of The Marvelous Wonderettes. Many thanks to BT, Jane, Tom, and Cathy and thank you for supporting La Mirada Theatre!
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LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The Tony-nominated theatre has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the best Broadway-style houses in Southern California.” This beautiful state-of-the-art theatre has been producing quality productions since 1977. The theatre has produced several national tours and is the recipient of many accolades, including Tony, Emmy and Ovation Award nominations. For its 2012-13 season, it won the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Best Season of the Year.