PigPen Theatre Co. began creating their unique brand of theatre, music, and film as freshmen at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2007. They have since produced their original plays in New York City and toured the country—earning them critic’s picks from The New York Times, Time Out New York, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, and many more, ranking them in the top 10 theatrical events of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016. They were the first group to win the NYC Fringe Festival’s top honor two years in a row (2010/11) and have gone on to win IRNE (2012, 2015) and Jeff Awards (2014) for their theatrical productions. In 2016, Sir Trevor Nunn invited PigPen to be a part of his first American acting company for a production of Shakespeare’s Pericles. PigPen’s debut album, Bremen, was named the No. 10 album of the year in The Huffington Post’s 2012 Grammy preview. PigPen followed that with a national tour in front of sold-out audiences across country. American Songwriter premiered their follow-up EP, The Way I’m Running, in 2013 while the band was playing a series of concerts that became one of the most popular residencies of the past decade at the legendary Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago. In 2015, PigPen released their sophomore album, Whole Sun, performed at Mumford & Sons’ return to the Gentlemen of the Road Festival, and made their feature-film debut in Jonathan Demme’s Ricki and the Flash starring Meryl Streep. In 2018, PigPen announced two new theatrical ventures. The first was an adaptation of The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo into a stage musical in partnership with Universal Theatrical. The second was adaptation of Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen into a stage musical alongside Rick Elice in partnership with Peter Schneider and Broadway Across America.

Jess Andrews* (The Old Woman/Callahan/Others) is thrilled to return to SCR where she previously appeared in the Voices of America series as Alexandra in The Little Foxes, and River in Appropriate. Other regional credits include Cult of Love, (Berkeley Repertory), The Keening (Berkeley Rep Ground Floor), Twelfth Night, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson Apt. 2B, Ghost Light (KC Rep), Tiny Beautiful Things, Dance Nation (Unicorn Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival), Cymbeline (Great River Shakespeare Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet (Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra). She received her MFA from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. @jessanndrews, jessandrewsactor.com

Tommy Beck* (The Old Man) is excited to be back at SCR, having recently appeared as Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. His regional credits include Rough Crossing, The Explorers Club, All My Sons (Jewel Theatre Company); Marjorie Prime, Shakespeare in Love, Miss Bennet (Marin Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (KC Actors Theatre); Colossal (SF Playhouse); The Real Thing, The Monster Builder (Aurora Theatre); A Few Good Men (Hillbarn Theatre); Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion (Livermore Shakespeare Festival); Sleuth, Dracula (Center REP); Sense & Sensibility (TheatreWorks); Much Ado About Nothing (Cal Shakes); Cymbeline (Marin Shakes); and Hamlet, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, The Three Musketeers (City Lights Theater Company). Beck has worked extensively in performance capture, most notably with 2K Games, Hangar 13, Firaxis, Pixar, Epic Games, and ILM. He received his BA from New York University and is a proud member of AEA & SAG/AFTRA.

Armando Gutierrez* (Captain/Perry/Others) (Music Director) is overjoyed to be returning to Outside SCR this summer. He was last seen at SCR as rockabilly guitar legend Carl Perkins in Million Dollar Quartet. Last fall, he originated the role of Fred Schultz in the world premiere of Run, Bambi, Run written by Violent Femmes front-man Gordon Gano and Academy Award winner Eric Simonson at Milwaukee Rep. In New York, he was in the off-Broadway company of The Gospel According to Heather Starring Katey Sagal, an original cast member of the Grateful Dead musical, Red Roses, Green Gold and the biography, Dorothy Dandridge: The Musical. He has appeared in theatres around the country, including the Paper Mill Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse on the Park, Florida Rep, Syracuse Stage and his alma mater, Chance Theater, in Anaheim Hills. His band, Saddlemen, are a Brooklyn-based trio that has music available on all streaming platforms. A special thank you to Kim, Matt, David, the entire Old Moon team, PMA, my family and Lanae.

Alex Lydon* (Mabelu/Others) is thrilled to make his SCR debut! His previous credits include Eugene Onegin (TheatreSquared), Cambodian Rock Band (Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, A Contemporary Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, TheatreSquared), Such Things As Vampires (People’s Light), Sisters Matsumoto (Center Repertory Company), Dave Malloy’s Moby Dick (Berkeley Rep Ground Floor), and It Can’t Happen Here (Berkeley Repertory). Lydon has a BA from Pomona College and studied acting with Joan Rosenfels. alexlydon.com

Matt MacNelly* (Matheson/Others)(Music Director) is an actor, musician, director and producer living in Los Angeles. He’s thrilled to be back at SCR following his work as Music Director on Cambodian Rock Band and serving as understudy on Million Dollar Quartet. MacNelly has been playing guitar and writing original music since he was 14. His acting credits in Southern California include Woyzeck (Ensemble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara), Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town (La Jolla Playhouse) and Three Plays in a Tattoo Shop (The Trip Theater). He has a BA from Georgetown University and an MFA in acting from the University of California, San Diego.

Ana Marcu* (Llewellyn/Others) is making her SCR debut. Her New York and off-Broadway credits include Georama (Playwrights Horizons); 90210! The Musical! (Theatre 80); Gogol (Todd Almond, Josh Schmidt); and Chapters (Alanya Bridge). Her regional theatre and tour credits include Once, Peter Pan and Hairspray (Syracuse Stage); A Christmas Carol (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Jersey Boys (Theatre Aspen); Once (California Center for the Arts, Escondido); Disney on Classic (Japan National Tour); Man of La Mancha (Arizona Theatre Company); Million Dollar Quartet (NCL); As You Like It (Great River Shakespeare Festival); and The Music Man (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). She also appeared in the feature film My Hero. She earned her BFA at Syracuse University. IG: @a_marcu.

Joe Ngo* (Cookie/Others) (he/him) is elated to be returning to South Coast Repertory in The Old Man and the Old Moon. His most notable credits include Cambodian Rock Band, which premiered at SCR with subsequent productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Alley Theatre (HTX), Berkeley Repertory, ACT Theatre (Seattle), Arena Stage (DC)—where he received a Helen Hayes Award—and Signature Theatre (NYC)—where he received an Obie Award for his performance. His other credits include King of the Yees (ACT Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage), White Snake (Baltimore Center Stage), Vietgone (Studio Theatre, DC), and Mlima’s Tale (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). As a writer, his piece Words, Words was produced as a part of Leviathan Labs’ Living Room Series and BarnArts Collective’s BarnFest in New York City. He is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona and the MFA acting program at the University of Washington. Joe-Ngo.com

Kim Martin-Cotten (Director) is SCR’s Associate Artistic Director. She is a producer, director, actor and educator. Before joining SCR three seasons ago, she held the positions of Artistic Producer and Associate Director of New Works for Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Prior to that, as the founding Co-Artistic Producer of off-Broadway company Hang A Tale, she was producing in New York from 2012 through 2019, developing new work and reimagining classics. As an actor, she has performed regionally across the country, and in New York, she has been seen both off and on Broadway. Her latest work as an actor was covering both Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney in the rotating roles of Regina and Birdie for the Broadway production of The Little Foxes. She also performed in Merchant of Venice as Portia opposite Al Pacino on Broadway in Lily Rabe’s absence. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance as Josie in Moon for the Misbegotten at Pearl Theatre. She has taught acting as a guest lecturer for a number of universities and conservatories, including an extended position at Yale School of Drama. As a director, she recently directed The Moors, an eight-person Twelfth Night and a solo adaptation of Othello for KC Rep’s young company. Other directing projects include The Dumbwaiter, Cabaret, Death of A Salesman, Proof and The Taming of the Shrew. She also served as Project Assistant to Anna Deavere Smith on her initial production of House Arrest and First Edition at Arena Stage.

Efren Delgadillo, Jr. (Co-Scenic Design) (he/him) is designing his eighth production with SCR. Recent projects include Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Mark Taper Forum) and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Seattle Repertory). He is the recipient of Henry Awards for Denver Center for the Performing Arts productions of In The Upper Room and Quixote Nuevo. He was also nominated for an Ovation Award for Best Scenic Design for Culture Clash’s Bordertown, as well as a Barrymore Award in Outstanding Scenic Design for Bienvenidos Blancos with Team Sunshine Corporation. Delgadillo earned his MFA in Scenic Design from California Institute of the Arts and a BFA in Studio Arts from University of California, Irvine. He is the head of Scenic Design at UC Irvine.

Stephanie Bernardini (Co-Scenic Design) is an emerging design professional who recently graduated from UC Irvine with a BA in Scenic and Lighting Design and is making her regional debut here at SCR! She is a laser designer and programmer with Strictly FX, a special effects company specializing in pyrotechnics, lasers, flames, cryogenics, confetti, and more. Some of the most recent tours and festivals featuring her laser work include Kendrick Lamar’s The Pop Out: Ken & Friends, Mellodeath - Marshmello & Svdden Death Tour, Valorant Champions Tour, and Lauv - Seoul Jazz Festival. Notable upcoming projects include Childish Gambino’s New World Tour. Prior to her specialization in lasers, Bernardini showcased her creative flair in production design for Burna Boy’s I Told Em… Tour and the Coachella Revolve Festival 2023. She would love to thank her extraordinary mentors, Efren & Lonnie, Joe & Dan, Deluca & Volpe, and her family and friends for their endless support! 

Kish Finnegan (Costume Design) is delighted to return to South Coast Repertory, having designed SCR’s American Mariachi in 2019 as well as Outside SCR’s 2021 return of American Mariachi, along with as You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Million Dollar Quartet. She makes her home in Tucson, AZ, where she is the resident costume designer for Arizona Theatre Company. Her recent design credits include several world premieres, including the new musical Justice at ATC, The Kite Runner at San Jose Repertory, The Tutor at The Village Theatre in Washington and a one-woman version of A Christmas Carol with Phoenix-based Childsplay. Finnegan is a graduate of California Institute for the Arts. She began her career designing costumes for Team USA Synchronized Swimming and for aquatic shows in Las Vegas, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia.

Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz (Lighting Design) is a professor at the University of California, Irvine, where he is the head of the lighting design program. He has designed for various regional theatres, such as Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage and the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Recent productions include La Havana Madrid at Outside SCR, Culture Clash’s 40th Anniversary event, and Anatomy of a Home and Interview of the Dead in Amsterdam. He has designed productions at SCR since 1994, including A Raisin in the Sun, Million Dollar Quartet, American Mariachi, A Shot Rang Out, Outside Mullingar, The Whipping Man, Long Road Today/El Largo Camino de Hoy, La Posada Mágica, Culture Clash in AmeriCCa, Doubt—a parable, My Wandering Boy, and many others. Other recent designs include A Christmas Carol at Syracuse Stage, Alma at the Kirk Douglas Theatre for CTG, Gem of the Ocean at TheaterWorks. He recently became an Co-associate Artistic Director at the Great River Shakespeare Festival with shows such as A Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, Hamlet, and Much Ado About Nothing. He is a member of the United Scenic Artists, Local 829/International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. His complete design portfolio can be found at lradesigns.com. 

Jeff Polunas (Sound Design) (he/they) is thrilled to be designing for his 15th consecutive year collaborating with SCR after last season’s La Havana Madrid. Polunas is the Assistant Professor of Sound Design at Kent State University. He received his MFA in sound design from UC Irvine and has designed more than 150 productions during his career, including Million Dollar Quartet, She Loves Me, Shakespeare in Love, The Sisters Rosensweig, Venus in Fur, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Ella Enchanted, Flora & Ulysses and Between Us Chickens (SCR); Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, A Winter’s Tale (Great River Shakespeare Festival); Everybody (Cleveland Play House); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Antaeus Theatre Company); A Doll’s House, Part 2, Silent Sky, Fences, Abigail/1702, A Walk in the Woods and Uncanny Valley (International City Theatre); Passion Play, Seminar and A Bright New Boise (Chance Theater); The Full Monty, Peter Pan, The Wedding Singer and The Producers (Summer Repertory Theatre); and Company, Much Ado About Nothing and The Importance of Being Earnest (PCPA Theaterfest). He received Scenie Awards (StageSceneLA) for Sound Design in 2015 and 2017 and has been nominated for NAACP, Broadway World, Stage Raw and Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival awards.

Michael Wurl Larson (Associate Director/Movement Creator) is an actor, director and producer. He holds an MFA in Acting and Directing from University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a member of AEA & SAG/AFTRA. Some roles as an actor include Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night at Baltimore Shakespeare; Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors at KC Rep; Porter in Macbeth at Hope Summer Repertory; Baptista in The Taming of The Shrew at Guerrilla Shakespeare Project NYC; Gus in The Dumb Waiter at Hang a Tale, NYC; Tom Sawyer in Big River at Starlight Theatre, KC; Noah Claypole in Oliver at The MUNY, St. Louis; and Dwek in Heterosexuals at The Ohio Theatre, NYC. For the screen, he has appeared in Red Dead Redemption 2 for Rockstar Video Games, The Sketch Pad, a comedy pilot with Fred Willard and Rachel Dratch and a national Super Bowl commercial for Bud Light. Larson recently directed West Side Story at SummerStage of Leonia and was the Assistant Director/Physical Comedy Consultant for Noises Off at KC Rep. He was Co-Founder & Co-Producer for Hang a Tale, a theatre company in NYC, for which he was nominated for a 2015, off-Broadway Alliance Award for The Little Prince.

Matt Cotten (Puppet Design /Puppet Fabricator) is delighted to be a part of SCR’s production of The Old Man and The Old Moon. He has created puppets for The Rogue Theatre in Tucson, AZ for 20 years, including The Left Hand of Darkness (2023), Galileo (2018), and The Mistake of the Goddess (2013). He made puppets for the Tucson Ballet Company’s Spirit Garden (2018), and for Hang a Tale Theater Company’s The Little Prince (2015). Cotten received a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in Visual Art from Northern Arizona University (1993), and a Master’s of Fine Art in Visual Art from The University of Arizona (1997). He is an exhibiting painter and sculptor, and enjoys performing sea shanties with musical group The Awkward Moments.

Kathryn Davies* (Stage Manager) previously stage-managed Million Dollar Quartet, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Velveteen Rabbit, Poor Yella Rednecks, Sugar Plum Fairy, Orange, The Roommate, All the Way, Red, Vietgone, The Whipping Man, Tartuffe, Reunion, Trudy and Max in Love, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Sight Unseen, Topdog/Underdog, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Doctor Cerberus, Ordinary Days and Our Mother’s Brief Affair—all at SCR. Recent credits: Don Giovanni at San Diego Opera and The Barber of Seville at LA Opera. Her favorite credits include The Wars at the Grand Theatre; Dividing the Estate at Dallas Theater Center; La Bohème at Tulsa Opera; The Mystery of Irma Vep at The Old Globe; Les Contes D’Hoffmann at Hawaii Opera Theatre; Of Mice and Men at Neptune Theatre; Skylight at Tarragon Theatre; To Kill a Mockingbird at Citadel Theatre; and The Designated Mourner at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Davies also worked as head theatre manager at the Toronto International, Dubai International, AFI, TCM and Los Angeles film festivals.

Natalie Figaredo* (Assistant Stage Manager) is a production stage manager whose credits include the first national tour of My Fair Lady, for ballet, Noah’s Ark (Pacific Festival Ballet) and regional theatre productions of A Shayna Maidel, Ain’t Misbehavin, The Rainmaker, Staged, Island of the Blue Dolphins (Laguna Playhouse), La Havana Madrid, Avaaz, Snow White, A Shot Rang Out, American Mariachi, Poor Yella Rednecks, Amos and Boris, Little Black Shadows, Junie B Jones Is Not A Crook, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Yoga Play, Mr. Poppers Penguins, Orange, Going to a Place where you Already Are, A Year With Frog and Toad (South Coast Repertory), The Cake (Geffen Playhouse and Echo Theater Company), With Love and a Major Organ (Boston Court Pasadena), What You Are, and Twelfth Night (The Old Globe). At the Disneyland Resort she stage managed Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Dance Off!, Disney Junior Dance Party, and Mickey’s Trick and Treat. She trained at CSULB and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.