Howard Ashman (book and lyrics) is best known as a pivotal creative mind behind the renaissance of Disney animation and his work on The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast (which is dedicated to, "Our friend, Howard Ashman, who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul...") Ashman's first love was theater. Ashman was a founder of off off Broadway's renowned WPA Theater, where he conceived, wrote and directed God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, as well as the classic musical, Little Shop of Horrors (both music by Alan Menken). In 1986, he wrote and directed the Broadway musical Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Lamented as a lost treasure of the 1980's theater scene, Smile remains popular on High School and College campuses throughout the country. Howard Ashman died in 1991 from complications of AIDS. For more information, please visit howardashman.com.

Alan Menken (Composer). Theater: God Bless You Mr Rosewater, Little Shop Of Horrors, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen Of The Galaxy, Kicks, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty And The Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap Of Faith, Aladdin and Newsies. Film: Little Shop Of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life With Mikey, Lincoln, Home On The Range, Noel, Enchanted, Shaggy Dog, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Songs: Rocky V, Home Alone 2 and Captain America. Awards: 8 Oscars (19 nominations), 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year), 7 Golden Globes, Tony® (plus 4 nominations), Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and London's Evening Standard Award, Drama League. Honors: Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Emerson Boatwright* (Seymour) is beyond excited to be making his SCR debut in Little Shop of Horrors! Some stage favorites include Young Frankenstein (Performance Riverside), Spamalot (Candlelight Pavilion) and UMPO: League of Their Own (Rockwell Table & Stage). Most recently, Boatwright understudied in Scissorhands at the Bourbon Room in Hollywood. His other regional credits include Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Guys & Dolls and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His Theatre for Young Audiences national tours include Peppa Pig Live, Octonauts Live and Pete the Cat. Outside of the world of theatre, you may have seen him on “Breaking News” on Dropout.tv and heard his voice in the critically acclaimed game Oxenfree II: Lost Signals from Netflix. Instagram: @EJBoats

Celeste Butler* (Chiffon) is thrilled to be making her SCR debut! As a vocalist, Butler has toured around the world and worked with legendary artists such as Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Esperanza Spalding and Patrice Rushen. Beyond being a featured contestant on Season 4 of “American Idol” (ABC), you may have heard her vocals on networks like CBS, FOX and Peacock. Butler originated and performs as frontwoman Ursa Major, in the groundbreaking immersive theater/funk-concert, Brassroots District: Live in the Lot ‘73. Her other works include 44: The Obama Musical (Bourbon Room); 1777 Sycamore St. (Phantom Projects, La Mirada Theater); Theater of the Oppressed piece, Radical Fictions: A Seat at the Table (California African American Museum); and the world premiere of devised theater piece, Upspoken (California Wellness Foundation). She would like to thank God, her family and friends, and this incredible cast and crew. Phil 4:13. celestebutler.com

Joslynn Cortes* (Crystal) is excited to be making her SCR debut! She is a New Jersey native, American Musical and Dramatic Academy graduate and voice teacher at Vocal Love. Some of her favorite credits include playing Fiber in the national tour of Nick Nutrition and His Wonder Dog Fiber and appearances in the regional production of Somebody to Love as Estella Hernández at Rubicon Theatre Company, as Claire in Ordinary Days at Wayward Artists and Anita in West Side Story at Glow Lyric Theatre. Cortes would like to thank God, family and friends, Jalen and her agent Anthony for the support and encouragement. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 joslynncortes.com

Joe Gallina* (Audrey II Puppeteer) is making his South Coast Repertory debut in Little Shop of Horrors after a summer season at Pacific Conservatory Theatre as Movement Director for The Play That Goes Wrong and Puppetry Director for its production of Little Shop of Horrors. His Off-Broadway credits include Ogre Puppeteer in El Gato con Botas, directed by Moisés Kaufman, and Laws of Motion at PS-122, an Electric Pear production. Gallina has performed at the Geva Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Artists Repertory Theatre, Hope Repertory Theatre, Pacific Conservatory Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and spent some time clowning in Haiti with Clowns Without Borders. He holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut and is a graduate of PCPA’s Acting Conservatory. @josephlorenzogallina on Instagram.

Holly Jackson* (Ronnette) is from Lenexa, KS, and is a 2024 graduate of Pepperdine University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Screen Arts. She is thrilled to perform in her first South Coast Repertory production. Her television and film credits include Amazon Prime’s “Unintended; Unlocking a Nation’s Pregnancy” and the upcoming “Rise and Shine” (Sarah). She also appeared at the Starlight Theatre in Disney’s Aladdin, The Wizard of Oz, Hairspray and Grease (Teen Ensemble). Her other theatre credits include A Christmas Carol (Martha Cratchit, KC Repertory Theatre), 13 (Cassie, Spinning Tree Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon, Faust Theatre) and in the Pepperdine University Theatre Programs productions of The Tempest (Gonzala), Ugly Lies the Bone (The Voice/Mom), Mamma Mia (Tanya), Into the Woods (Stepmother) and This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing (Albienne).

Derek Manson* (Orin & Others) returns to SCR after recently appearing as Four in Snow White, Russ the Bus in Tiger Style!, Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and in the 2023 Pacific Playwrights Festival reading of Galilee, 34. His Los Angeles credits include The Bicycle Men (iO West, Denver Center, Portland’5), Neil Simon’s Musical Fools, Room Service, This Week This Week and The Gary Plays (Open Fist Theatre Company), The 39 Steps and Life Expectancy (Malibu Playhouse), The Brat Pack and Love Actually in Concert (For The Record, Wallis Annenberg, Break Room 86), The Big Event (Gangbusters Theatre), Making Paradise (Cornerstone Theater), 1984 and The Bewildered Herd (Greenway Court), and the news satire show “Second City This Week” (Second City Hollywood). Regional credits include Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Arcadia, Romeo & Juliet, Goodnight Moon, Einstein is a Dummy and A Christmas Carol (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Ga.), Amadeus (Sacramento Theatre Company) and Never the Sinner (Woodshed Collective, NYC). His television and voice over credits include “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “The Last Tycoon,” “UnREAL,” and SNL’s “Best of TV Funhouse.”

Michael A. Shepperd* (The Voice of Audrey II/Derelict) is excited to make his SCR debut. His directing credits include Blood at the Root at Open Fist Theatre Company (Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle nomination for Best Director); The Boy From Oz (Ovation Award, LADCC Award, Best Director); Rotterdam at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (LADCC Award Best Production, Stage Raw: Best Production and Best Director); West Adams at Skylight Theatre (LA Times Critics Choice); Laughter on the 23rd Floor at Garry Marshall Theatre; Sucker Punch at Coeurage Ensemble; and Too Heavy for Your Pocket at Sacred Fools (LA Times Critics Choice). His acting credits include Matilda, The Musical (Miss Trunchbull), The Producers (Roger; Ovation Award nomination), Fences (Troy; Ovation, LADCC nominations), BootyCandy (LADCC nomination, Ovation, Stage Raw win), The Color Purple (Mister; Ovation Award), Steel (Ovation Award), Master Harold...and the Boys (NAACP theatre award nomination), Intimate Apparel (NAACP Theatre Award), Choir Boy (NAACP nomination); and Athol Fugard’s Valley Song at International City Theatre. Other Broadway and regional credits include Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan; Little Shop of Horrors; Caroline, or Change; and The Whipping Man. On television, his credits include “NCIS: Origins,” “Bosch,” “Why Women Kill,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Hot In Cleveland,” “Wizards of Waverly Place,” “Monk” and “Criminal Minds.”

Michelle Veintimilla* (Audrey) is fresh off her Kennedy Center debut starring as Carla in Andy Blankenbuehler’s production of Nine. She made her Broadway debut alongside Chita Rivera as Young Claire in the Tony-nominated musical The Visit. She starred in two sets of festival performances at the Salzburg Opera Festival as Maria in West Side Story, and recently starred in Ana Nogueria’s play Which Way To The Stage (MCC Theater). On television, she starred on ABC’s “The Baker and The Beauty,” Netflix’s “Seven Seconds,” Neil LaBute’s “The I-Land,” and FOX’s “Gotham.” On film, Veintimilla played the daughter of Salma Hayek and Alec Baldwin in the comedy Drunk Parents and most recently starred in Stephen Belber’s What We Do Next opposite Corey Stoll. Her additional television credits include FOX’s “The Gifted,” ABC’s “Big Sky” and “Downward Dog” and CBS’s “Limitless,” “Blue Bloods” and “The Good Wife.”

Geoffrey Wade* (Mushnik) appeared previously at SCR in Amadeus, Anastasia Krupnik and James and the Giant Peach. He portrayed Snape and Lord Voldemort in the original San Francisco company of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He has appeared on Broadway and Off- and did the national tours of Crazy for You and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. His extensive regional appearances include The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Stage, Geva Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Denver Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Philadelphia Drama Guild, a long association with Vermont’s Weston Theater Company, and most recently True West at Arizona Theatre Company. His L.A. work includes La Mirada Theatre, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, L.A. Theatre Works, and Henry IV with Tom Hanks, directed by Daniel Sullivan. His television and film credits include “NCIS,” “Mad Men,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Numb3rs,” “ER,” four Law & Orders, “City Hall,” The Divide and Steven Spielberg’s The BFG. Trained at Central.

Analisa Idalia (Chiffon/Crystal/Ronnett Understudy) is a Los Angeles-based actor, singer, and dancer. She is ecstatic to be making her South Coast Repertory debut in Little Shop of Horrors! She studied at California State University, Northridge where she earned her BA in Theatre Arts. Idalia also originated the role of Tweedle Dee in Trial Run Productions’ original musical, Alice in Wonderland and will be featured on the cast album. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Natalie Llerena (Audrey Understudy) is originally from the Washington, DC area where she is a two-time Helen Hayes award winner with Synetic Theater Company. Her work has been recognized on screen from Tribeca to Cannes. Her regional theatre credits include FOUND: The Musical (IAMA Theatre Company, Moritz Von Stuelpnagel, director); The Play You Want (The Road Theatre Company, Michael John Garcés, director); Starry: A Musical about Vincent Van Gogh (Rockwell Table & Stage and 54 Below); Salvage (The Hudson Theatre); The Madres (Skylight Theatre Company), Othello (The Kennedy Center) as well as Spring Awakening and American Idiot. On television, she can be seen in a recurring role on “General Hospital.” Learn more at nataliellerena.com, listen on Spotify and follow @nataliellerena

Garrett Marshall* (Orin/Mushnik Understudy) is thrilled to be making his SCR debut working on one of his favorite musicals of all time. His previous credits include Billy in Carrie (Los Angeles Theater), Kristoff in Frozen Live at the Hyperion, Bill in Mystic Pizza (Ogunquit Playhouse) and A League of their Own (Rockwell Table and Stage). Marshall is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Thank you to his fiance Sarah, his agents, his friends and family and to everyone in the cast and crew. Follow him on Tiktok: @Duckthebear

Brian Kim McCormick* (Seymour/Audrey II Understudy) is excited to be back with SCR to work on one of his favorite musicals. He was last seen as Schroeder in Outside SCR’s You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. His regional credits include The Prom (Forestburgh Playhouse) 12 Angry Men: The Musical (Asolo Rep, Theatre Latte Da), The Sound of Music (Musical Theatre West), Man of La Mancha (Asolo Rep), The Great Leap (Oklahoma City Repertory), Hello, Dolly! (Theatre Latte Da), Revenge Porn (Ammunition Theatre), Tiger Style! (TheatreSquared), Chimerica (Quantum Theatre), Interstate (Mixed Blood), Fast Company, The Korean Drama Addict’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity (Theatre Mu), Labour of Love (Olney Theatre Center) and Aubergine (San Diego Repertory). As a voiceover artist, he can be heard on cartoons like “Pokémon” and “Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS,” many English dubs including “Squid Game” and “Élite,” and several video games and audiobooks. This is for Mom, Dad and Yuna. IG: @asian_with_a_camera

Miles Taber* (Audrey II Puppeteer Understudy) is happy to be returning to South Coast Repertory after having previously puppeteered in Mr. Popper’s Penguins and taught puppetry as part of SCR’s Summer Acting Workshop. His additional stage credits include The MC of Funland in Wood Boy Dog Fish at the Garry Marshall Theatre, Jeremiah in Bride of Blood at the Skylight Theatre, and Stanfeld in the immersive show Delusion: The Blue Blade. Onscreen, he’s puppeteered for MTV on Greatest Party Story Ever, for Fuse on Hollywood Puppet Sh*tshow, and for Nintendo as Izzy the Piranha Plant (Audrey II’s cousin, perhaps?) on The Play Nintendo Show. He’s a founding member of L.A.’s Rogue Artists Ensemble, with whom he’s won awards for writing, puppet design, and immersive theater. He's limitlessly grateful to the family he was given and the family he’s found.

Jenn Thompson (Director) is a NYC-based, Drama Desk-nominated director whose work has been seen in NYC and at theatres across the country including Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Denver Center, Hartford Stage, Goodspeed Musicals, St. Louis Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, CTC, City Theatre, Portland Stage Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Barrington Stage, Theatre Aspen, Hartford TheatreWorks, Dorset Theatre Festival, among others. Thompson is the director of the current National Tour of Annie, set to play NYC’s Madison Square Garden this holiday season—starring Whoopi Goldberg. Her NYC credits include Rattlestick Theater, Barrow Group, The York Theatre Company, Abingdon Theatre, MCC Theater, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, New York Musical Theatre Festival, Primary Stages, FringeNYC, as well as the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway productions of Chains, Conflict, and Women Without Men­—all for The Mint Theatre Company and garnering Lortel and Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominations for Outstanding Revival as well as five Drama Desk Award nominations including Outstanding Director and Revival. She served as Co-Artistic Director of Off-Broadway’s award-winning TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, where her directing credits earned a Drama Desk nomination as well as an Off-Broadway Alliance Award. She is married to actor Stephen Kunken and lives in Brooklyn and Connecticut with their daughter, Naomi. jennthompsondirector.com

Patricia Wilcox (Choreographer) choreographed the Broadway and West End smash hits Motown the Musical—for which she won the Astaire Award and the NAACP Award for Best Choreography—and A Night with Janis Joplin which is currently running on the West End in London. Her Off-Broadway and national credits include the critically acclaimed Little Shop of Horrors at Encores! Off Center starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ellen Greene, Annie, An Officer and a Gentleman, Children’s Letters to God, Bowfire, Blues in the Night (NAACP Nomination), and Seussical. Other selected work includes The Kennedy Center, Denver Center, Goodspeed (Connecticut Critics Circle Award), The Old Globe, Pioneer Theatre Company, Seattle Repertory, Missouri Repertory, North Shore, Sacramento Music, Arizona Theatre Company, Paper Mill Playhouse, Center Repertory (LA Drama Critics Circle Award), Houston Symphony, Minnesota Pops, and ice-skating gold medalists for the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. Upcoming, the national tour of Annie opening this Christmas at Madison Square Garden starring Whoopi Goldberg. Pattiwilcox.com

Angela Steiner (Music Director). Select regional theatre music director and/or conductor, orchestrator credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Denver Center) Beautiful, Crazy for You, Cabaret and Sweeney Todd (Asolo Repertory); La Cage Aux Folles, Cabaret and Next to Normal (Barrington Stage Company); Hair! (The Old Globe); Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Geva Theatre); and A Little Night Music, Rattlesnake Kate, The Who’s Tommy, Oklahoma, Indecent, Twelfth Night (Denver Center for the Performing Arts). Steiner holds a Bachelors in Piano from Wichita State University and a Masters in Collaborative Piano from the University of Northern Colorado. She specializes in creating and collaborating on new musicals. Go to angelasteiner.com for more info! 

Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design) is making his SCR debut. His Broadway credits include I Need That, Anastasia (Outer Critics Nomination), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Nominations), Present Laughter (Tony Nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway credits include Russian Troll Farm and Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theatre); The Whisper House ( 59E59), The Understudy (Roundabout); Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Lincoln Center Theatre, Lucille Lortel Winner). His London West End credits include Harry Clarke and All New People. Other credits include Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame at La Jolla Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouses/Japan/Germany/Austria. Opera credits include Samson et Dalila (Metropolitan Opera); The Thirteenth Child (Santa Fe Opera); Ghosts of Versailles (L.A. Opera); Ukiyo-E (Grand Théâtre de Genève); Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera/Wexford); Il trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin) and Lohengrin (Budapest). Upcoming: The premieres of Ken Ludwig’s Death on the Nile at Arena Stage and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard at Asolo Rep. He earned his MFA at Yale. Insta:@alexanderdodgedesign

Jessica Ford (Costume Design) is pleased to return to SCR, having designed Nina Simone: Four Women in 2022. Some of her favorite credits include costumes for the world premieres of Athol Fugard’s Coming Home at Long Wharf Theatre and Berkeley Repertory, Lucy Thurber’s Transfers at MCC Theater, as well as The Agitators at Geva Theatre Center and Kill Local at La Jolla Playhouse, both by Mat Smart. For These Paper Bullets by Rolin Jones with music by Billie Jo Armstrong at Yale Repertory Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, and Atlantic Theatre Company, she received Ovation and Drama Desk Award nominations and an LA Drama Critics Circle Award. Other regional credits include Alley Theatre in Houston, Dallas Theater Center, Baltimore Center Stage and Arena Stage and Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. She earned her MFA at Yale School of Drama and works in film and television in Los Angeles. jessicafordcostumedesign.com

Amanda Zieve (Lighting Design) is pleased to make her debut at SCR. Her recent designs include Tommy (Broadway/Goodman Theatre), Velour: A Drag Spectacular, The Ballad of Johnny and June, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical and Put Your House in Order (La Jolla Playhouse); Mrs. Holmes & Ms. Watson, English, Crime and Punishment, A Comedy, Dial M for Murder, Hair, Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show, Tiny Beautiful Things, Barefoot in the Park, Native Gardens, The Wanderers and Rich Girl (The Old Globe); Cabaret (Goodspeed); American Jade (Buck’s County Playhouse); Into the Woods, Billy Elliot, Titanic (Signature Theatre); I Hate Hamlet (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); Sweeney Todd and Roof of the World (KC Rep); Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Evita, Cabaret, Rock of Ages (Cygnet Theatre). amandazieve.com

Ken Travis (Sound Design) is making his SCR design debut. His Broadway designs include Aladdin, In Transit, Jekyll and Hyde, A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Steel Magnolias. He has designed at numerous New York and regional theaters and companies, including Barrington Stage, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Seattle Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, L.A.’s Center Theatre Group, ACT Seattle, Guthrie Theater, Kansas City Rep, Dallas Theater Center, Playwrights Horizons, The New Group, NYSF Public Theater, Classic Stage Company, Signature Theatre NYC, SoHo Rep, Vineyard Theatre, The Civilians, Mabou Mines, plus many national, international festivals and tours.

Michael Donovan (Casting) is the recipient of nine Artios awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting. Richie Ferris has three Artios awards. They have cast more than 1,000 shows produced at such venues as the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Hollywood Bowl, Pasadena Playhouse, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Laguna Playhouse, International City Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, El Portal Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Getty Villa, Garry Marshall Theatre, Boston Court Pasadena, Soraya Performing Arts Center, 24th St. Theatre, San Francisco Symphony, the Palazzo and Paris in Las Vegas, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and the Troubadour Wembley Park in London, as well as several national tours, numerous films, TV series and commercials. Donovan is also the President of the Board for the Foundation for New American Musicals.

Michael Polak (Fight & Intimacy Consultant) is thrilled to be back at SCR having previously choreographed Galilee, 34, Quixote Nuevo, Appropriate and The Little Foxes. Other Choreography credits include Seattle Repertory, La Mirada Theatre, North Coast Repertory, Cal State Fullerton, New Swan Theatre, The Electric Theatre Company, and others. As an actor, his New York credits include Soldier’s Wife at the Mint Theatre. Regionally, he has appeared at Rubicon Theatre Company, International City Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company, Northern Stage, Chicago Shakespeare, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Cape Playhouse, and the California, San Francisco, and Texas Shakespeare Festivals, among others. His film and television credits include Mid-Century, 86 Melrose Avenue, “Bel-Air”, and numerous soaps, web series, and shorts. Polak received his MFA from Pennsylvania State University, and his BA from California State University, Fullerton. michaelpolakactorfd.com

Kathryn Davies* (Stage Manager) previously stage-managed The Old Man and The Old Moon, 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 include 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), The Old Man and the Old Moon, 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. Popper’s 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) and What You Are and Twelfth Night (The Old Globe). At the Disneyland Resort, she was previously an assistant stage manager on 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.