Portland Center Stage

Linda Mugleston*.................Norma Desmond

 

Larry Daggett*....................Max von Meyerling

 

Kevin Reed*........................Joe Gillis

 

Sarah Stevens*....................Betty Shaefer

 

Michael Brian Dunn*............Sheldrake/Pet Undertaker/John/Salesman #2/Richard/Jones/Reporter

 

Jessica Lisa Elovsson*............Dawn/Lisa/Technician/1st Beautician/Ensemble

 

Tony Falcon*.......................Cop/Myron/Glen/Salesman #4/Indian Brave/Myron/Cop/Ensemble

 

Courtney Freed....................Secretary/Dawn/Larissa/Stagehand/Jean/Technician/Doctor/ Reporter/Ensemble

 

Lisa Karlin*.........................Joanna/Stagehand/Delilah/1st Masseuse/Newsreel Crew/Ensemble

 

Robert Andrew Koutras*........Stagehand/Sammy/Salesman #1/Samson/Newsreel Crew/Ensemble

 

Emily Leonard*...................Mary/Stagehand/Astrologer/Reporter/Ensemble

 

Paul Louis Lessard*..............Cop/Younger Man/Cliff/Salesman #5/Director of Photography/ Stagehand/Ensemble

 

Lindsay Luppino*................Anita/Sandy/Larissa/Stagehand (Wardrobe Mistress)/2nd Beautician/Ensemble

 

Leif Norby*.........................Cop/Morino/Joe/Stagehand/Jane/Manfred/Hogeye/Ensemble

 

Jeffrey Pew*........................Artie Green/Salesman #6/Reporter/Ensemble

 

Kurt Raimer..................Cop/Finance Man# 1/Stagehand/Actor/Salesman #7/Adam/Guard/Newsreel Crew/Ensemble

 

Robert StoeCkle*...................Cop/Finance Man# 2/Barman/Salesman #3/Actor #4/DeMille/Ensemble

 

Tracy J. Wholf*....................Dancing Girl/Liz/Waitress/Danielle/Stagehand/Heather/Analyst/ Reporter/Ensemble

 

 

Michael Brian Dunn (Sheldrake/Pet Undertaker/John/Salesman #2/Richard/ Jones/ Reporter/Ensemble) Sunset Boulevard marks Michael’s Portland Center Stage debut. His Broadway credits include:The Life, Cats, Guys and Dolls, Big River, Baby and Sweeney Todd .His National/International Tours include: Amadeus, HMS Pinafore and If This Hat Could Talk. Michael performed at the Stratford Festival Canada in HMS Pinafore, (Ralph Rackstraw), and in Japan Nina and the Twelve Months, (performed in Japanese). Off Broadway credits include:Perfect Crime, Ensemble Studio Theater, SecretsEvery Smart Traveler Should Know, Love in Two Countries, Lenny and The Heartbreakers and Death Of Von Richthofen (both at New York Shakespeare Festival), Gifts of the Magi, and Kennedy’s Children. Regionally Michael has worked with theCincinnati Playhouse, GEVA Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Goodspeed Opera House, Walnut Street Theater Philadelphia, North Shore Music Theater, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, St. Louis MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, San Bernardino CLO, Hartford Symphony and South Coast Rep (Drama Logue Award). His television and film credits include: Law and Order CI, Trial by Jury, S.V.U. and Julie & Julia (Ivan Cousins) starring Meryl Streep.

 

 

 

Jessica Lisa Elovsson (Dawn/Lisa/Technician/1^st Beautician/Ensemble)

Jessica is thrilled to be making her west coast debut in Sunset Boulevard! Recent credits include: Swing/Mrs. Fox understudy in Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas  at Goodspeed Opera House, Felicity in the NYMF production of Seeing Stars, Maggie in A Chorus Line at Elon University, and park swing for Hershey Park’s show The Ultimate Road Trip. She thanks her wonderful family and Sebastian for their constant love and support.

 

 

 

Tony Falcon (Cop/Myron/Glen/Salesman #4/Indian Brave/Myron/Cop/Ensemble/Dance Captain)

Sunset Boulevard marks Tony’s Portland Center Stage debut. His Broadway/Workshop credits include: The Mambo Kings, In the Heights, LaCarmen, Trip of Love (Dancebeat), & Havana. Off-Broadway credits include: Kismet (City Center Encores!), In the Heights, At the Diner, Boobs! His National and European tours include: Evita (Che/Sloucho), Saturday Night Fever (Tony/DJ), Grease das Musical (Kenickie), Chicago (Billy/Casley), West Side Story (Pepe), Funny Girl (Nicky). Regional credits: Carmen (LaJolla Playhouse), The Light in the Piazza (Pioneer Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Cape Playhouse), Man of LaMancha (White Plains PAC), South Pacific (North Carolina Theatre), The Music Man (Music Theater of Louisville), A Chorus Line (Ogunquit Playhouse/ArkansasRep/Pioneer Theatre). Film/TV: Sex and the City, Settlement. He has performed with the New World Symphony, soloist at the Tampa Bay PAC, and the Vincent Youmans Centennial Concert, recorded for NPR and Lincoln Center. BFA Florida State University. For Carter, Lizzie, Theo and Miguel.

 

Courtney Freed (Secretary/Dawn/Larissa/Stagehand/Jean/Technician/Doctor/Reporter/Ensemble)

Courtney Freed is thrilled to be performing in her hometown of Portland after spending the last few years in Chicago, where she recently played Antonia in Theo Ubique’s Jeff recommended Man of La Mancha.  Other Chicago credits include Into the Woods (Witch) and Little Shop of Horrors (Ronette) with Quest Theatre Ensemble.  Courtney recently created a 1980’s John Hughes tribute show entitled I’ll Stop the World and Belt With You!, which debuted last summer at Davenport’s Piano Bar and was re-mounted at Theatre Building Chicago.  Some of her other favorite roles include Ado Annie in Oklahoma!, Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime, Little Sally in Urinetown and Jessica in This Is Our Youth.  She has a BA in Theatre Arts from Loyola Marymount University and studied Musical Theatre at NYU.  Courtney released her first album this year, Happy Little Bluebird: The Music of Harold Arlen, currently available on iTunes and cdbaby.com.  www.CourtneyFreed.com

Lisa Karlin (Joanna/Stagehand/Delilah/1st Masseuse/Newsreel Crew/Ensemble)

Lisa is thrilled to be making her Portland Center Stage debut here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Last fall, she had the extreme pleasure of making her Broadway debut in the Tony Award nominated Ragtime. Regional credits include The MUNY, Sacramento Music Circus, Maine State Music Theatre, Kansas City Starlight, The Arvada Center, North Carolina Theatre, and more. She would like to thank her incredible family for their unwavering support.

 

Robert Andrew Koutras (Stagehand/Sammy/Salesman #1/Samson/Newsreel Crew/Ensemble)

Robert is thrilled to make his Portland Center Stage debut in Sunset Boulevard. A proud member of Actor’s Equity Association, he was most recently seen in the Off-Broadway company of Sessions. He has toured the United States in The Full Monty and internationally in Grease. He received a Carbonell Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Leo Frank in the South Florida premiere of Parade. Other credits include Beauty and the Beast (Gaston) Northern Stage, Footloose (Willard) Carousel Dinner Theater, My Fair Lady (Freddy) Arkansas Rep, As You Like It (Charles/Corin) Princeton Rep. Shakespeare. BFA Ithaca College.  Special thanks to Jim at BLOC and a wonderful family for all their support.

Emily Leonard (Mary/Stagehand/Astrologer/Reporter/Ensemble)

Emily Leonard is thrilled to be making her PCS debut in Sunset Boulevard. Other credits include Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Great Lakes Theater Festival and Idaho Shakespeare Festival), Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera (Baldwin-Wallace), Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (New London Barn Playhouse), Chava in Fiddler on the Roof (NLBP), Ruby in Dames at Sea (Porthouse Theatre) and The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical (Beck Center for the Arts). Emily is a North Carolina native and a proud graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. Thanks to the Mine, Vicky, my amazing family, and especially Mike.

 

Paul Louis Lessard (Cop/Younger Man/Cliff/Salesman #5/Director of  Photograph/Stagehand/Ensemble) Paul is excited to be making his Portland Center Stage debut! An Okemos, Michigan native, his New York credits include: NYMFís Open The Dark Door (Peter) for which he won an Outstanding Individual Performance Award. Concert highlights include: the Songbook Series (Lincoln Center); Broadway in South Africa (The Minskoff Theatre), featured soloist with the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, The Duplex, The Laurie Beechman, The Alvin Ailey Center. Favorite regional credits include: Chantal in La Cage Aux Folles (The Maltz Jupiter Theatre); The Young Fool in Big River, Joly in Les Miserables (Music Theatre of Wichita); the Emcee in Cabaret  and Doody in Grease (The Wagon Wheel Theatre). Paul has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan where he performed in Bat Boy (Bat Boy) and A Midsummer Nightís Dream (Flute). London Dramatic Academy. Proud AEA member. Love to incredible family and friends for endless support and always believing in me. www.paullouislessard.com

 

Lindsay Luppino (Anita/Sandy/Larissa/Stagehand (Wardrobe Mistress)/2nd Beautician/Ensemble)

Lindsay Luppino is delighted to be making her Portland Center Stage debut! Her NY credits include: 06880 The Musical (The York Theatre Company). National/ International Tours include: Footloose (Ariel), Copacabana (Lola u/s). Other regional credits include: A Chorus Line (Val), The Full Monty (Georgie), 42^nd Street (Lorraine), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and Singin’ In The Rain. Lots of love and thanks to my incredible family, and a huge thanks to the entire PCS cast and crew! www.LindsayLuppino.com 

Linda Mugleston (Norma Desmond)

Linda recently played Meg in Damn Yankees and Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music at the MUNY of St. Louis. She also took part in a concert of Kristina, the latest work of Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, at the Royal Albert Hall in London England earlier this year. She also performed in that same work at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Her Broadway credits include: On the Town, Kiss Me Kate, Into the Woods, Nine, Wonderful Town, and Young Frankenstein. Off-Broadway credits include roles for The Public Theatre, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and New York City Center Encores! Regional credits include A Christmas Carol (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Quilters (Denver Center), Happy End (A.C.T.), Falsettos (Huntington Theatre Company), and Tintypes (Old Glove/Hartford Stage). She lives in NYC but originally she hails from Shelley, Idaho where her high school mascot was a russet potato. Love to Gus!

 

Leif Norby (Cop/Morino/Joe/Stagehand/Jane(male)/Manfred/Hogeye/Ensemble)

Leif is thrilled to return to Portland Center Stage, where he previously appeared as Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps, Tateh/Baron Ashkenazy in Ragtime and Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls. Since moving to Portland from Montana in ‘92, Leif has performed with numerous companies in the local area. Some favorite roles include Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Javert in Les Miserables and Will Rogers in Will Rogers Follies (Broadway Rose); Chris Keller in All My Sons and Lenny in The Homecoming (Profile Theater); Malcolm in The Full Monty (Pixie Dust Productions); Nicky in The Seafarer (Artists Rep.); and the title roles in Sweeney Todd (Lakewood) and Hamlet (Tygres Heart Shakespeare). Leif is a three-time Portland Drama Critics Circle Award winner, one for Best Performance by an Actor as Sam in Grace (Third Rail) and two for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical in Micheal in I Do!, I Do!, and Huck Finn in Big River (Musical Theater Company). Leif sends love to his wife Susie, and thanks you, the audience, for supporting live theater.

 

Jeffrey Pew (Artie Green/Salesman #6/Reporter/Ensemble)

Jeffrey Pew is thrilled to be making his debut at Portland Center Stage. This Christmas Jeffrey will be a singer in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes in Nashville, TN. Recent credits include: Billy in 42nd St. and Don in A Chorus Line, (Pioneer Theatre Company); Mr. Brooke in Little Women (Hale Center Theatre); and Lysander in A Midsummer Nightís Dream (Robert Redford Sundance Theatre). Besides performing Jeffrey works regularly as a pianist for Ballet Classes all throughout New York. Most recently he has been playing for ABT, The Mark Morris Dance Group and David Howard at STEPS, just to name a few. Jeffrey lives in New York City with his beautiful wife Courtney and his 2 year old pit bull Holly, and is so happy to have them here with him. AEA. BFA in Musical Theatre from BYU. jeffreypew.com

 

Kurt Raimer (Cop/Finance Man# 1/Stagehand/Actor/Salesman #7/Adam/Guard/Newsreel Crew/Ensemble) Kurt Raimer is happy to be making his Portland Center Stage debut with this production. He was most recently seen in the role of Alfred/Sam in Romance Romance at the Broadway Rose Theatre which marked his return to the Portland area theater scene after residing in Florida for several years. Some Local and Regional Musical Theatre credits include roles in 1776 (Capitol Playhouse, WA), Carousel (Lakewood Theatre, OR), Kismet (North Shore Music Theatre, MA), Evita (Coeur D’Alene Summer Theatre, ID) and Brigadoon (Musical Theatre Company, OR) to name a few. He has also sung as a guest soloist with the Portland and Seattle Pops Orchestras and headlined for Silversea Cruise lines across the globe. Kurt was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and is a graduate of Portland State University. He enjoys spending free time with his daughter Karlie and wife Beth, as well as fishing whenever it’s possible.  

 

Kevin Reed (Joe Gillis)

Kevin received his Masters in acting from Columbia University in New York City.  He has performed on Broadway, Radio City, and has traveled around the country with singing greats Michael Bolton and Linda Eder.  Kevin was recently seen in Kander and Ebb/Terrence McNally’s The Visit, the new musical starring Chita Rivera, as well as in the mounting of the upcoming national Broadway tour of Les Miserables.  Other credits include Andrei Serban’s Richard 3 (Off-Broadway), The Last 5 Years (Riverside Theatre), ACE (St Louis Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, The Old Globe), EDGES (Music Theatre of CT), Evita (Pioneer Theatre, Salt Lake City), Brownstone (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Kristin Linklater’s The Winter’s Tale, Camino Real at the Prinzregenten Theatre Festival in Munich, Germany, Damn Yankees (Pioneer Theatre, Massachusettes).  Kevin can be heard as Stuart on the original cast recording of Brownstone with Brian d’Arcy James, Liz Callaway and Rebecca Luker.  As a stand-up comic, he’s performed at Caroline’s on Broadway with Saturday Night Live’s Darrell Hammond. www.ilikekevinreed.com

 

Robert Stoeckle (Cop/Finance Man# 2/Barman/Salesman #3/Actor #4/DeMille/Ensemble)

Robert’s Broadway credits include: It’s So Nice To Be Civilized and the revival of The Canterbury Tales. Regional credits include: The Full Monte, Moonlight and Magnolias, Urinetown, The Laramie Project, Sweeney Todd, The Golden Apple, 110 in the Shade, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, City of Angels, Camelot, Follies, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The King and I, Kiss Me Kate, As You Like It, Misalliance and Rain. His national tours include: Sound of Music (covering Richard Chamberlain) and Torch Song Trilogy. Film credits include: Night Train to Kathmandu, Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (rent it if you dare), Calling it Quits, My Sassy Girl and Demonic Toys. Television credits include: Law and Order/Criminal Intent, Gossip Girl, Whoís the Boss, Love and War and Weird News.

 

Sarah Stevens (Betty Schaefer)

Sarah is thrilled to be making her PCS debut. She toured with The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble, u/s Dorothy (performed) through NETworks Presentations. Her regional credits include: Sweeney Todd (Johanna), Les Miserables, Sunday in the Park with George, Ragtime, Children of Eden (Yonah), Thoroughly Modern Mille (Alice), Seussical (Bird Girl) and South Pacific. Other credits include: Into the Woods (Cinderella), West Side Story (Maria), Jane Eyre (Blanche Ingram). Sarah holds a BFA from Elon University. So many thanks to my wonderful family and Gage.

 

Tracy J. Wholf  (Dancing Girl/Liz/Waitress/Danielle/Stagehand/Heather/Analyst/Reporter/Ensemble)

Tracy Wholf is thrilled to make her Portland Center Stage debut. She has toured nationally with Mamma Mia! (ensemble) and has performed with Disney Cruise Line (Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Meg). Her regional credits include: Estelle in The Full Monty (North Carolina Theater); usherette in The Producers (Westchester Broadway); Tiger Lily in Peter Pan (North Carolina Theater); all the women in Five Course Love (Capital Rep); and Ameris u/s and ensemble in Aida (Gateway Playhouse). Tracy earned her undergrad degree in theater from Northwestern University and proudly earned her masters degree in journalism from Columbia University in May 2010. Many thanks to the staff at PCS, Harriet Bass, the boys at Henderson Hogan and much love to her family and husband!

 

 

Chris Coleman (Director)

Chris joined Portland Center Stage as artistic director in May 2000. Before coming to Portland, he was artistic director at Actor’s Express in Atlanta, a company he co-founded in the basement of an old church in 1988. In the 12 years of his leadership, the Express grew from a shoestring operation to one of the most highly regarded small theaters in the country. Recently, he directed The Chosen, Snow Falling on Cedars, Ragtime, Grey Gardens, Crazy Enough, The Importance of Being Earnest, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, The Beard of Avon and The Little Dog Laughed. He has directed at major theaters across the country, including Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, ACT in Seattle, The Alliance Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center, Asolo Center for the Performing Arts, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop and Center Stage in Baltimore. A native Atlantan, Chris holds a B.F.A. from Baylor University and an M.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon. He has long been a public advocate for the arts, both locally and nationally. From 1998 - 2004 he served on the board of directors of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for professional theaters, and he currently chairs the Creative Advocacy Network board. He recently joined the board of The Institute for Metropolitan Studies at PSU. Since moving to Oregon, Chris has skied down Mt. Hood, rappelled in The Dalles, climbed a ropes course in Eastern Washington, biked through most neighborhoods of the city and hiked all over the state.

 

Rick Lewis (Music Director/Conductor)

Rick is delighted to be back for his eighth production as musical director for Portland Center Stage. Previous PCS shows include The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ragtime/(Drammy Award, PAMTA Award) Grey Gardens (in which he also played the role of George Gould Strong), Guys and Dolls (Drammy Award), Cabaret, A Christmas Carol (composer/arranger), West Side Story (Drammy Award for Musical Director), The Fantasticks and Bat Boy. He is the creator of the hit off-Broadway musical The Taffetas, with productions currently around the world. Rick has written Have a Nice Day! A ‘70s Musical Flashback! (premiered at NYC’s Theatre East) and The Cardigans (New York Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical Review). Rick has written industrials for Honeywell, MGM/UA Home Video and the Democratic National Committee. He was assistant conductor/vocal director for the pre-Broadway workshop of Cy Coleman’s The Life. He has served as musical director for Susan Egan, Michael Maguire, Jodi Benson and Debbie Gravitte, as well as the late Allan Jones. Rick has written musical productions for Disney Live Family Entertainment, American Hawaii Cruises, American West Steamboat Company and American Classic Voyages. He also developed and produced the Cinnamon Bear Cruise for the Portland Spirit.

 

Joel Ferrell (Choreographer)       

Sunset Boulevard marks Joel’s sixth collaboration with PCS. He served as choreographer for Ragtime, choreographer/associate director for My Fair Lady and as choreographer for Guys and Dolls, Cabaret and West Side Story. Joel was recently named artistic associate for the Dallas Theater Center. In 2001, Joel completed a six-year residency as the artistic director of Casa Manana Musicals Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas, where he directed more than 40 productions, including Big River, The Rocky Horror Show, Once on this Island, Sleuth and Carousel. Other credits include The Baltimore Waltz and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for Stage West and four seasons of A Christmas Carol for the Dallas Theater Centre. In Portland, he has directed My Way and Sisters of Swing for the Broadway Rose Theatre Company. He is honored to return to PCS and work with Chris Coleman and his staff.

G.W. Mercier (Scenic Designer)  

Previous Portland Center Stage shows are Ragtime, Grey Gardens, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, West Side Story and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow. In New York he designed Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Miracle Brothers, Five Course Love, People Are Wrong, Wilder, Eli’s Comin’, Dream True (Drama Desk nomination), True History & Real Adventures, You Don’t Miss the Water, The Waiting Room, Bed & Sofa (Drama Desk nomination), Por Knockers, The Party, Lady Bracknell’s Confinement, Hannah, 1939, Urban Zulu Mambo, Catch Me If I Fall, Groundhog, The Red Sneaks, The New Americans, Winter Man, The Loman Family Picnic, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Lemon Sky, Evening Sky and Judgment. Recent regional work includes Party Come Here, Urinetown, Our Town, Rag & Bone, Measure For Measure, A Christmas Carol, Guys & Dolls, The Time of Your Life (Bay Area Critics Award), The Ballad of Little Jo, Vigil, Frame 312, Theopolis North and Fuddy Meers. G.W. thrives collaborating with amazing writers, composers, directors, partner designers and actors creating original work or making established shows seem new. He and his family live in Connecticut.

 

Robert Wierzel (Lighting Designer)

Mr. Wierzel has worked in Theatre, Dance, and Opera, with artists and directors from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, on stages throughout the country and abroad. Currently on Broadway, the musical Fela! in which Robert was nominated for a Tony Award. In November 2010, Fela! will have a London production at the Royal National Theatre. Robert’s dance work includes 25 years with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Mr. Wierzel has worked extensively in the theatre, at the companies of Hartford Stage, A.C.T., Center Stage, Chicago Shakespeare, Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory, Long Wharf, Goodman Theatre, The Old Globe and The Mark Taper Forum, among many, many others. He has designed productions with opera companies in New York (NYCO), Paris (Garnier.), Cooperstown (Glimmerglass), Seattle, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Miami, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Cleveland and Miami. 

Casi Pacilio (Sound Designer)

Casi is thrilled to work at the Gerding Theater at the Armory as the sound supervisor and resident sound designer. Her credits with PCS include The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, JAW, The Chosen, The 39 Steps, Snow Falling on Cedars, Ragtime, Grey Gardens, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Christmas Carol, Guys and Dolls, Doubt, The Little Dog Laughed, Sometimes a Great Notion, The Beard of Avon, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Carol, Cabaret, Bad Dates, The Pillowman, Act a Lady, Misalliance, I Am My Own Wife, West Side Story and Celebrity Row. Other credits include Squonk Operaís Bigsmorgasbord-WunderWerk (Broadway, off-Broadway, regional, touring); I Am My Own Wife, I Think I Like Girls, Burning Deck (La Jolla Playhouse); Uncanny Valley (Hand2Mouth); and Playland, 10 Fingers and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (City Theatre). Her film credits include Creation of Destiny, Out of Our Time and Powerful Thang. Her recording credits include Hand 2 Mouth’s The Uncanny Valley, Squonk Opera, Abigail’s Attic and Jana Losey. She was the event production coordinator for Portland’s Village Building Convergence from 2004 to 2006.

 

Patrick Weishampel (Video Designer)Patrick is the multimedia designer for Portland Center Stage and creates all the online videos for PCS. Besides creating online content he has designed video for The Chosen and Frost/Nixon. Over the last ten years, Patrick Weishampel, has been making short films, video installations, and feature length documentaries that have been screened from the east coast to the west coast. Beyond a handful of independently produced films such as Transfer he has edited commercials and programs for OPB, as well as feature length documentaries such as Finding Face, which was an official selection at the Festival du Film et Forum International Sur les Droits Humains in Switzerland, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, and the San Francisco Documentary Film Fest.

John Armour (Fight Director)

John has been choreographing stage violence for more than 20 years. Last season he choreographed violence for Ragtime and Snow Falling on Cedars at Center Stage. He is based in Portland, Oregon where he choreographs for many local theater companies and teaches throughout the region at colleges, high schools and middle schools. John’s work is regularly seen on stage at the Portland Opera, Portland Center Stage, Oregon Children’s Theater and many others in the Portland metropolitan area. John’s work has twice been recognized within the Portland theater community for best fight design.

 

Mary McDonald-Lewis (Dialect Coach)

Mary McDonald-Lewis has been a professional artist since 1979. She resides in Portland and works nationally. As director, she recently helmed Ruby Sunrise for Theatre Vertigo and It’s a Wonderful Life for Public Playhouse. MaryMac is also co-artistic director of Readers Theatre Repertory, now in its tenth season. She is dialect coach for Portland Center Stage, last season coaching The 39 Steps, Snow Falling on Cedars, Ragtime, Grey Gardens, The Chosen and more. She’s also the coach for the TV series Leverage and other films and TV shows. On stage she has been found in everything from comedy to the classics. Mary was last seen onstage in A Christmas Story for Public Playhouse and Macbeth for Anonymous Theatre. Voice acting is MaryMac’s day job, and she’s been heard by millions in her commercial and animation work. Mary was “Lady Jaye” on GI Joe, along with dozens of other characters on other cartoon shows, and is most often heard today as “Mary,” the voice of OnStar, General Motors’ global navigation system. Mary holds her MFA in Theatre Arts from the University of Portland. She thanks Finnegan and Sullivan for always wagging their tails when she comes home.

 

Mark Tynan (Stage Manager)

Imagine being in a room full of artists, watching the birth of an idea, a movement given purpose, a sentence, phrase, scene, act given life. Then imagine that room translating to the stage with lighting, sound, costumes, scenery and props, then you can imagine what Mark’s job is like. Special thanks to Mark’s partner in crime, Jamie Hill(go bucks) and the phenomenal PCS production assistants, Joey Edwards, Aubree Lynn, and Lydia Comer who help keep the vision attainable. Prior to PCS, Mark toured nationally and internationally with musicals including Dreamgirls, The King and I with Rudolf Nureyev, How to Succeed…, Grand Hotel, The Phantom of the Opera and Rent. Other Portland credits include several summers with The Broadway Rose Theatre Company in Tigard. Other regional credits include The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, and La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA. Remember, take time to smell the roses.

 

Jamie Hill (Assistant Stage Manager)

Jamie is excited to be in her ninth season at Portland Center Stage. Previous PCS shows include The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Chosen, Mike’s Incredible Indian Adventure, The Receptionist, Ragtime, Grey Gardens, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Christmas Carol (all three seasons), Guys and Dolls, Doubt, A Feminine Ending, Cabaret, The Pillowman, Misalliance, I Am My Own Wife, West Side Story, Celebrity Row, The Fantasticks, Pride and Prejudice, My Fair Lady, King Lear, Fully Committed, 36 Views, Another Fine Mess, Man & Superman, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and True West. Other regional credits include Missouri Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Huron Playhouse. Locally, Jamie has also worked on JAW and with Third Rail Repertory Company. A huge thank you to the always fantastic PCS stage management team, and the always lovely Rose and Kelly.

Joseph Edwards (Production Assistant)

This is Joey’s second season with Portland Center Stage. Recently he was the stage manager for Gavin & Susannah: An Intimate Evening of Musical Theater (PCS), and production assistant for ‘69: A Sexual Revolution Musical (Triangle Productions). Production assistant credits with PCS include; The Chosen, Snow Falling on Cedars, and Ragtime. Assistant stage manager credits include; The History Boys and The Ghosts of Celilo (Artists Repertory Theatre). Production assistant credits with Artists Rep include: Distracted, String of Pearls, Eurydice, Rabbit Hole, Mars on Life: The Holiday Edition and They Came from Way Out There. He was also stage manager for Who Are We Really? (Young Audiences/Artists Rep) and Lipstick and Other Cosmetics (Theater!/Theatre!).