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Cast

Wesley Mann
Ebenezer Scrooge
Wesley is delighted to be making his second appearance as Scrooge at Portland Center Stage. Regional credits include Guzman in the world premiere of Lovers and Executioners at the Arena Stage, Feste in Twelfth Night and Larry in Burn This at the American Conservatory Theatre; five seasons at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison, New York, including Stefano in The Tempest, Launce in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Malvolio in Twelfth Night and others. Film credits include Back to the Future II, Who’s Harry Crumb?, LA Story, Race to Space, But I’m a Cheerleader, Grand Theft Parsons and others. TV credits include The Caterpillar on Adventures in Wonderland, Mr. Lawler on That’s So Raven, Night Court, Murphy Brown, Home Improvement, Full House and many others.

Josiah Bania
Laborer/Jacob/Suitor #3/Party Guest #2
Josiah is very pleased to return to Portland Center Stage for his second season of A Christmas Carol. Most recently he has enjoyed roles in JAW: A Playwright’s Festival here at Portland Center Stage, and he appeared as Dakin in The History Boys at Artists Repertory Theatre. Other roles have included Charles Lindbergh in Hauptmann, Chorus in Henry V and Phillip in Free Will and Wanton Lust. Josiah holds his B.F.A. in acting from Western Oregon University. Many thanks and love to his family!

Christine Calfas
Dora’s Sister/ Fezziwig Guest/Charwoman/Gentlewoman

Christine has been seen at PCS as Lina Szczepanowska in Misalliance, Philomel in O Lovely Glowworm, Cordelia in King Lear and Nina in The Seagull. At ACT in Seattle, she recently appeared as Matilde in The Clean House and Maryamma in Miss Witherspoon. Other Portland credits include Aphrodite and others in Metamorphoses, Luce in Honey in the Horn, Seta in Beast on the Moon, Elizabeth in Richard III, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, Rosalind in As You Like It and Anna in Burn This. At Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, Mass., she appeared as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Jaquenetta in Love’s Labor’s Lost. Christine is a Fulbright scholar in Indian classical dance, and a dedicated disciple of her beloved departed Guru Surendra Nath Jena of New Delhi. She has produced and performed two full-length solo pieces: Sappho’s Arrow and Sounding Hekate, and returns to making original performance work at her Portland studio, 297.

Justyce Chaney
Want/Girl
Justyce joins Portland Center Stage for her third production here. She played Raynell in Fences by August Wilson, and was thrilled to play a ghost and Want in A Christmas Carol in 2007. She has appeared in several commercials and print ads. Justyce currently attends school at Whitford Middle School. She is on the student council, the memory book committee and in drama class. In her spare time, she likes to play basketball, softball, the Wii and dance. She would like to thank her family, friends and teachers for all the support they give her each day. “Let the caroling begin!”

Ron Daum
Old Fezziwig/Old Joe
Ron returns to Portland Center Stage for another season of A Christmas Carol. Previously at PCS he played Hucklebee (the Boy’s father) in The Fantasticks. Other roles around town include Clem in The Will Rogers Follies, Alan in Baby, Bert in 42nd Street and Roscoe in Singin’ in the Rain for the Broadway Rose Theatre Company; Paul in Carnival at the Lakewood Theatre Company; Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Nathan in Guys and Dolls with the Oregon Symphony; Sonny in Grease and Hot Blades Harry/Old Man Strong in Urinetown with Stumptown Stages; Barber in Man of La Mancha, Mike in A View from the Bridge and Don Issacar in Candide with Portland Opera. Between performance gigs, Ron takes on directing assignments, including The Illusion for Public Playhouse, which will open in March 2009. Many thanks to Rick, Rose, Chris, Jamie and Cliff. Love to Alan. Ron dedicates his performance to his favorite Christmas Carol, his late mother.

Ted deChatelet
Fred/Ebenezer/Ghost of Christmas Past #3/ Fight Choreographer
Ted is delighted to return to PCS, having previously appeared in the 2007 A Christmas Carol, the 2004 JAW Festival and as France in King Lear. Ted is an associate artist with Salem Repertory Theatre, where he will appear in Rabbit Hole in February. He teaches acting, voice, movement and stage combat in the B.F.A. program at Western Oregon University. In his spare time he runs Revenge Arts Stage Combat with co-owner Jon Cole. Ted lives in McMinnville with his wife Dr. Janet Gupton and their beautiful 3-year-old daughter Dolan.

James Drake
Peter Cratchit/Middle Ebenezer/Ghost of Christmas Past #2
James is thrilled to be making his Portland Center Stage debut. He was last seen in Oregon as Marius in Broadway Rose’s production of Les Misérables. He toured with the North American Tour of Evita (Magaldi u/s). Regionally, his credits include Balthasar u/s in Chicago Shakespeare Rep’s Much Ado About Nothing, the world premiere of Peggy Sue Got Married at Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, Simeon/Butler in Wagon Wheel Theatre’s Joseph and the Amazing…, Frankie in Oregon Cabaret Theatre’s Forever Plaid, the 5th Avenue Theatre’s NW Bookshelf and Journey West, Book-It Rep Theatre’s Red Ranger Came Calling, Eastside Musical Theatre’s Sweeney Todd, Dickon in Staged!’s The Secret Garden, triangle productions!’ Bark the Musical and Frankie in Plaid Tidings, Broadway Rose Theatre’s Jekyll & Hyde, A Christmas Survival Guide and Smudge in Forever Plaid. His film credits include What the Bleep Do We Know? and Down the Rabbit Hole. James is a proud alumnus of Northwestern University. Special thanks to his family, friends and Lisa for their undying support.

Debbie Hunter
Dora/Miss Fezziwig #1/Laundress
Debbie is pleased to return for her second season of A Christmas Carol. Previously at PCS she understudied and performed the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. She was asked to reprise her performance at the Dallas Theater Center. Other Pacific Northwest roles include Sarah in Guys and Dolls (Oregon Symphony); Maria in The Sound of Music and Yum Yum in The Mikado (Musical Theater Company); Laura in Goblin Market (Stark Raving Theater) and several musical revues with the Broadway Rose. She is a founding member of Quintessence Language and Imagination Theater, where she has appeared as Ophelia/Gravemaker in Hamlet, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Katherine in Henry V, Imogen in Cymbeline, Celia in As You Like It and Malcolm in Macbeth. Debbie was chosen to participate in the international Cabaret Conference at Yale University, and has recorded a CD of jazz standards called Love Is in the Air, currently available on www.cdbaby.com. Originally from Chicago, she received her B.F.A. in music theater from Illinois Wesleyan University and is married to Portland playwright and director Connor Kerns.

Julianna Jaffe
Ghost of Christmas Present/Shopkeeper/Suitor #1
Julianna is delighted to return for her second season of A Christmas Carol. She is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Ithaca College. Julianna just returned from California, where she played Sarah’s Friend in Ragtime and Katisha in The Hot Mikado at PCPA Theatrefest. Some other roles include Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dr. Scott and Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Theatre! Theatre! and Fatima in Insight Out Theatre Collective’s ONE The Musical. She has also performed with the Oregon Cabaret, OSF (Black Swan) and Hanger Theatre. Julianna is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Val Landrum
Belle/Mrs. Belle’s Daughter/Party Guest #1/Fan
Val is excited to be returning to Portland Center Stage in A Christmas Carol. Other PCS credits include Daphne in The Thugs and various characters in the last four seasons of JAW. Originally from Chicago, Val has been in Portland for the past seven years and was most recently seen locally as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at Artists Repertory Theatre. Other local credits include productions at Third Rail Repertory, Profile Theatre, CoHo, Triangle Productions, Lakewood, NWCT and Oregon Children’s Theatre, where she is also an instructor. Her film credits include What the Bleep Do We Know?, The Sasquatch Gang and Man Maid. Thanks to Rose and Cliff for this opportunity.

Sharonlee McLean
Mrs. Cratchit/Mrs. Belle/Miss Fezziwig #2
A Christmas Carol is Sharonlee’s 12th production at PCS. She was last seen this summer in the tenth anniversary of JAW. Last season she was in A Feminine Ending and Steve Martin’s The Underpants. Her career started in San Francisco studying at the American Conservatory Theatre. She moved to Los Angeles, where she worked for more than 25 years in television, film and stage. On the soap Santa Barbara she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. She has been here in Portland on and off since 1994, where she has won two Drammies. Some of her film work has been with such actors as Kate Hudson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael McKean, and Annette O’Toole, not to mention really great local actors. She has done four productions at Portland Rep and seven shows at Artists Rep (her most recent show was playing Mrs. Lintott in The History Boys). She just completed performing at CoHo Productions in The Receptionist.

Darius Pierce
Gentleman/Miss Fezziwig #3/ Topper/ Undertaker’s Man
Darius is a proud member of Theatre Vertigo and co-founder of the Anonymous Theater Company. His past shows include The Beard of Avon, Twelfth Night, Misalliance, Marie Antoinette (JAW) at PCS, Night of the Living Dead at Seattle Children’s Theater, Les Misérables at Broadway Rose, Speech and Debate at Brown/Trinity Repertory Theater, A Doll’s House, Long Christmas Ride Home at Theatre Vertigo and Romeo and Juliet at Northwest Children’s Theater. He is excited to be back on stage with PCS for the holidays — a Jew in A Christmas Carol! — but he is disappointed they did not take his suggestion to re-name the lead Ebenezer Scroogenberg.

Heather Nelson Robertson
Mrs. Fezziwig/Martha Cratchit
Heather is excited to return for her second season of A Christmas Carol. Her credits include Sookie and Sunflower in Mr. Marmalade (A.R.T.) and Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show, Lucy and Sales Woman in The Women (triangle productions!). Other favorite roles include Tom, Phylis and Leslie in Sylvia, Cory in Private Eyes, Maria in Lend Me a Tenor, Berdine in Psycho Beach Party and Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Heather is a graduate of the Portland Actors Conservatory. She is a proud member of the nationally renowned theatrical comedy troupe The 3rd Floor (the3rdfloor.com), as well as a producer for Portland’s annual national sketch festival The Best of the Best Sketch Fest.

Ted Roisum
Jacob Marley
Ted is pleased to return to Portland Center Stage for his second appearance in this production of A Christmas Carol. Previous PCS productions include Another Fine Mess, King Lear, A Christmas Carol, Much Ado About Nothing, The Devils, True West, Gypsy, Bus Stop, As You Like It, Hamlet and Measure for Measure. Ted’s other Portland credits are The Country Girl, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Subject was Roses, The Diary of Anne Frank (Artists Repertory Theatre); All My Sons, Klonksky and Schwartz, Mercy (Profile Theatre); Greek, A Lie of the Mind, Crossing Niagara (Storefront Theatre); Address Unknown, The Set-up, St. Nicholas, Faith Healer (Cygnet Theatre); and Watch on the Rhine, Rashomon (New Rose Theatre). Regional credits include Pioneer Square Theatre Seattle, Columbia Theatre Company and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Hayley Rousselle
Mary Cratchit/Girl/Young Belle
Hayley is thrilled to be returning to the PCS stage in A Christmas Carol again this year. You may recognize Hayley from the VH1 reality TV show I Know My Kid’s A Star, where Hayley learned that reality TV has very little to do with reality. Most recently, she played Annie in the musical Annie Warbucks in Tin Pan Alley Theater Company’s debut season. Other roles she’s enjoyed playing include The Little Jesus Girl in The Pillowman (PCS), Tateh’s daughter in Ragtime The Musical (LTC), Amaryllis in The Music Man (TITG), Chip in Beauty and the Beast (NWCT) and Karen Cooper in Night of the Living Dead (Blue Monkey). Hayley wants to deeply thank Cliff Fannin Baker and Rose Riordan for allowing her to be a part of this amazing production. It was the Christmas present that she wanted most of all.

Evan Shely
Boy/Ignorance
Evan is pleased to be making his Portland Center Stage debut in A Christmas Carol. A 10-year-old fifth grader at Abiqua School in Salem, Evan was most recently seen as Young Theo in Prometheus at the Lakewood Theatre. He has been active with Kid’s Company Northwest at the Northwest Children’s Theater, performing as Brickle in A Storybook Christmas, and as part of the ensemble cast of Talk to the Animals. In addition to performing, Evan is an avid baseball player, swimmer, drummer and water skier. He would like to thank the cast, crew and staff of Portland Center Stage for this opportunity and experience, and his family for their unconditional love and support of his interests. Evan would like to wish all of the patrons of Portland Center Stage a Happy Holiday Season!

Tim True
Bob Cratchit/Mrs. Belle’s Husband/Suitor #2
Tim was last seen at Portland Center Stage in Sometimes a Great Notion. Other PCS shows include A Christmas Carol (2007), The Pillowman, The Fantasticks, Pride and Prejudice, King Lear and JAW/West 2003-06. Portland credits include Dead Funny, Number Three, The Lonesome West and Recent Tragic Events (Third Rail Repertory Theatre); and Night of the Iguana, The Laramie Project (Artists Repertory Theatre). Regional credits include A Streetcar Named Desire (Intiman); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cymbeline, Macbeth (The Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VIII (Utah Shakespearean Festival); Henry IV pt. I, The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Taming of the Shrew (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Television/film includes Guiding Light and All My Children.

Tanner Ward
Young Ebenezer/Street Urchin/Ghost of Christmas Past #1
Tanner is excited to be returning this year to the role of Young Ebenezer in A Christmas Carol at Portland Center Stage. He was most recently seen as Theo in Tin Pan Alley’s debut of Pippin. Tanner has previously been seen at PCS as Young Ebenezer in A Christmas Carol, Young Katurian in The Pillowman and the 2005 JAW/West Festival. Other favorite roles include Billy in Artist Repertory Theatre’s Assassins, Nathan in Lakewood Theatre’s The Full Monty, Billy in Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre’s On Golden Pond, Young Tommy in Live On Stage’s Tommy, Thor in Public Playhouse’s The Nerd, Nick in Oregon Children Theatre’s (OCT) Miss Nelson Is Missing, Gussie in Lakewood Theatre’s Most Happy Fella, a River City Kid in Lakewood Theatre’s Music Man and as a Klickitat Kid in OCT’s Ramona Quimby. Tanner is a member of OCT’s Young Professionals Program. He is an eighth grader at the Arts and Communication Magnet Academy in Beaverton. Tanner is thrilled that he is able to spend the holidays again this year with the fantastic cast of A Christmas Carol in a role that he loves. Happy Holidays to all!

Madison Wray
Tiny Tim
Madison is thrilled to be rejoining the cast of A Christmas Carol to reprise the role of Tiny Tim. She made her musical theater debut at age 7 as Gretl in The Sound of Music. Since then she’s been in numerous productions throughout the Portland area. Favorite roles include Young Cosette in Les Misérables (Broadway Rose), the Third Spirit in The Magic Flute (Portland Opera), Cis in Albert Herring (Portland Opera), Young Atlanta in Prometheus (Lakewood) and Young Kangaroo in Seussical the Musical (NWCT). She was also in Cabaret (PCS), Carmen (Portland Opera), Brundibar (PSU) and Kids Company Northwest (NWCT). She does a fair amount of commercial and voiceover work as well. When not performing, Madison can be found on the soccer field with her awesome team, Santos. She is a sixth grader at the Arts and Communication Magnet Academy, where her focus is dance. She thanks her family for their love and support, and Cliff and Rose for giving her this amazing opportunity for the second year in a row!

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Creative Team

Charles Dickens
Author
Arguably one of history’s greatest novelists, Dickens was born February 7, 1812. As a youth of only 12 years, he worked in a boot factory for 10 hours a day. This formative experience contributed significantly to a career chronicling the poverty-stricken, long after Dickens had become “well-to-do.” He left a mark on history as a social campaigner, his epitaph reading: “He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed…” Dickens became well-known for tales which, while comical and filled with remarkably imaginative characters, were also scathing commentaries on social imbalance. Dickens’ ability to both communicate and elicit profound compassion caused his impact to endure well beyond his demise in 1870. There have been hundreds of adaptations of his works done for film, television and stage, and his novels continue to hold a nearly sacred place on high school reading lists in English-speaking countries around the globe. A Christmas Carol is one of his best-known books, with new adaptations almost every year. Ironically, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in an attempt to prevent looming financial disaster due to poor book sales. Years later, Dickens shared that he was “deeply affected” in writing A Christmas Carol and the novel rejuvenated his career as a renowned author.

Mead Hunter
Playwright
Mead began his theater career as playwright-in-residence for the legendary Storefront Actors’ Theatre of Portland. Since then he has written four original plays, translated four more, and served as production dramaturg on numerous productions. Mead earned an M.F.A. in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from Yale University and a Ph.D. in critical studies from UCLA. He has taught performance history and text analysis at UCLA, UC San Diego and the California Institute of the Arts. He also guest lectures on contemporary theater at institutions around the United States, and frequently consults for various art service organizations. Currently he is Portland Center Stage’s director of literary & education programs, where he has served as production dramaturg on Outrage, Celebrity Row, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Another Fine Mess and O Lovely Glowworm, among other plays. At PCS he is also the festival literary manager for JAW: A Playwrights Festival, PCS’ annual celebration of original playwriting. He serves on the advisory boards of Portland Theater Works, Literary Arts and Imago Theatre.

Cliff Fannin Baker
Director
Cliff is the new artistic director/CEO of Wildwood Park for the Arts in central Arkansas. He is Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s founding producing artistic director. During his 23 years of leadership, The Rep produced hundreds of plays of every genre, including more than 30 world premieres. Among his favorite directing credits for The Rep are Evita, Waiting for Lefty, Good Woman of Setzuan, Private Eyes, Art and Gypsy. As a freelance director, he has worked at regional theaters from coast to coast, as well as internationally. PCS audiences may remember some of Cliff’s works from past seasons — Act a Lady, This Wonderful Life, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, How the Other Half Loves, Gunshy, Tuna Christmas, Comfort & Joy and Another Fine Mess. Cliff has received the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Individual Artist, the Golden Circle Award for Regional Achievement, the Award of Distinction and the 1999 Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement. He recently returned from Beijing, China, where he directed Tartuffe for Peking University. He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and the Dramatists Guild.

Rick Lewis
Composer/Arranger/Music Supervisor
Rick is delighted to be back for his seventh production for Portland Center Stage. Previous PCS shows include Doubt, Guys and Dolls, 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. Rick is director of entertainment and marketing for Portland Spirit Cruises.

Reece Marshburn
Musical Director
Reece graduated in 2002 from Western Washington University with a degree in jazz studies. For three years he led his own quartet and played seven nights a week for 32 weeks out of the year backing up diverse acts, from country to broadway. After landing in Portland in 2005, he has played all over town in a variety of capacities. Reece is musical director for the Tony Starlight Show, Jim Beatty Jazz Band and Marianna Thielen and The Baby Vamps. He has worked with PCS in West Side Story, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls and A Christmas Carol.

Tony Palomino
Choreographer
Tony is excited to be making his PCS choreography debut with this seaon’s A Christmas Carol. He’s a performer and dance instructor with a decade of experience in New York City, now fixing computers and performing on the side in his hometown of Portland. Tony’s real claim to fame is his lovable, talented and fiery spouse, Amy Palomino.

Dex Edwards
Scenic Designer
Dex’s last set designs for Portland Center Stage were A Christmas Carol (2007), This Wonderful Life (2005, 2006), The Fantasticks and Batboy: The Musical. His design work has been seen in theaters in the U.S., Canada and Europe, including the Long Wharf Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory, Northshore Music Theater, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Indiana Repertory, Alliance Theater Company, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, the Drury Lane Oak Brook Theatre, the Jim Stafford Theatre, the Grand Palace Theatre, the 1996 Centennial Cultural Olympiad and Actor’s Express in Atlanta, the Queens Mill Theatre in Ontario, Canada and the Berlin Opera House. Dex designed the world premiere of the Jimmy Buffet/Herman Wouk musical Don’t Stop the Carnival (Coconut Grove Playhouse) and was the recipient of Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award in Scenic Design for his work on Comedy of Errors (Chicago’s Shakespeare Repertory Theatre). Dex also received the Boston Critics Circle Award for his production of Miss Saigon at North Shore Music Theatre.

Jeff Cone
Costume Designer
Jeff, costume shop manager for Portland Center Stage, has designed Guys and Dolls, Doubt, The Little Dog Laughed, Sometimes a Great Notion, A Christmas Carol, The Underpants, Cabaret, Bad Dates, The Pillowman, Act a Lady, Misalliance, This Wonderful Life, I Am My Own Wife and West Side Story since PCS opened the Gerding Theater at the Armory. Other PCS credits include the world premieres of Celebrity Row and Another Fine Mess, as well as Underneath the Lintel, Things of Dry Hours, Anna in the Tropics, King Lear, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, True West, Flesh and Blood, A New Brain, Closer, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Bus Stop and Dirty Blonde. Jeff received Drammy Awards for Best Costume Design for both Act a Lady and Dirty Blonde. Highlights of his 20-year career include the world premiere of Pearl Cleage’s Flyin’ West at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, with subsequent productions at Indiana Repertory Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Long Wharf Theatre; an expressionistic Charlotte’s Web and 10 annual productions of A Christmas Carol at the Alliance; and the coordination of costumes for Seattle Opera’s productions of Andrea Chénier and La Traviata.

Daniel Ordower
Lighting Designer
Daniel’s designs for Portland Center Stage include Guys and Dolls, Doubt, A Christmas Carol (2001 Drammy Award), Outrage, The Merchant of Venice, Things of Dry Hours, Celebrity Row (2006 Drammy Award), The Pillowman, Bad Dates and Cabaret. He has worked for operas and regional theaters including the Baltimore Opera, the Connecticut Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, San Jose Rep, Geva Theater Center, Coconut Grove Playhouse, American Stage Co., Actors’ Express and Writers’ Theater Chicago. Internationally he has worked with Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Lyon, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Daniel’s designs have toured nationally with I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Boston, San Diego, Reno, national tour) and West Side Story and Beauty and the Beast (Baci Productions). Festival and installation designs include MAKOR II at Pace-Wildenstein Gallery for Michal Rovner, the Tribeca Film Festival, New York Musical Festival, the New York Fringe Festival and the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Gypsy of the Year and Nothing Like a Dame benefits. He received the 2006 and 2001 Drammy Awards for Best Lighting Design and the 2005 NY IT Award for Outstanding Lighting Design. Daniel is a graduate of Northwestern University and has been published in Social Policy magazine.

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 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 Opera’s Bigsmorgasbord-WunderWerk (Broadway, off-Broadway, regional, touring); I Am My Own Wife, I Think I Like Girls, Burning Deck (La Jolla Playhouse); Hair (Live On Stage); 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 Squonk Opera, Abigail’s Attic and Jana Losey. She was the event production coordinator for Portland’s Village Building Convergence from 2004 to 2006.

Stephanie Gaslin
Dialect Coach
Stephanie has worked as a dialect coach for Portland Center Stage’s Doubt, I Am My Own Wife, Misalliance, Cabaret and A Christmas Carol; Artists Repertory Theatre’s Vanya; Portland Actors Conservatory’s An Experiment with an Airpump; Oregon Repertory Theatre’s A Tuna Christmas; Coaster Theater’s See How They Run, Sojourn Theatre’s Throwing Bones; and Third Rail’s The Lonesome West, A Lesson from Aloes, Grace, Shining City and Nobody Here But Us Chickens. She is a founding company member of Third Rail Repertory Theater Company.