Master Class
By Terrence McNally
Jan. 2 – Jan. 24, 2010
Cast & Design Team
Mark Adams* (Director)
Main Street Theater: Stuart Little (Tour), Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners (World Premiere), Sideways Stories from Wayside School, If You Give a Pig a Party, Ramona Quimby, The Best Man, Poor Richard, Beyond the Fringe, Comic Potential, (Actor) Translations, Beyond the Fringe; Unity Theatre: Master Class; College of the Mainland Arena Theatre, Executive Artistic Director: (Director) Doubt, Red Herring, Henry V, Drowning on Dry Land, The Ruby Sunrise, Fiddler on the Roof, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Proof, The Spitfire Grill, Smoke on the Mountain, Stalag 17, Flight, Always…Patsy Cline, Master Class, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Forever Plaid, The Taffetas, Bedroom Farce, Inspecting Carol, Taming of the Shrew, You Can’t Take It with You, The Baby Dance (Actor) Big River, Merry Wives of Windsor, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Night and Her Stars; Strand Theatre: (Director) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sherlock’s Last Case, (Actor) Deathtrap; Lincoln Playhouse (NE): (Director) The Little Foxes, Absurd Person Singular, The Most Happy Fella, (Actor) Speed-the-Plow; Lab Theatre (UT): (Director) Waiting for the Parade; Ujima Theatre (Buffalo, NY): (Director) Blithe Spirit, (Actor) Bad Habits; Actor’s Theatre of Los Angeles: (Actor) Are You Now or Have You Ever Been…?; The Rose and Crown (London): (Actor) Journey’s End; Cheek By Jowl (London): (Actor) Much Ado about Nothing. Education: Mountview Theatre School, London, England; Herbert Berghof Studio, NYC; State University of New York at Buffalo; University of Utah. Mark is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Elliot Cole (Musical Director/Manny)
Main Street Theater: (musical arrangements/bass guitar) Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners (World Premiere); Mildred’s Umbrella: Night of the Giant; Rice University: Urinetown, Cabaret. Education: B.M., Rice University, Composition; B.A., Rice University, Cognitive Science.
Liz Cascio (Sophie)
Main Street Theater: The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Light in the Piazza; Houston Shakespeare Festival: Pericles; Unity Theatre: The Matchmaker; Houston Fringe Festival: Turned; Texas Repertory Theatre: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Mildred’s Umbrella: Compleat Female Stage Beauty; Playhouse on the Square (Memphis): Pirates of Penzance, The Great American Trailer Park Musical; Seussical the Musical, Charlotte’s Web; Baton Rouge Dinner Theatre: Inside Out, the Musical; The Circuit Playhouse (Memphis): Lies and Legends, Compleat Female Stage Beauty. Education: B.M., Louisiana State University, Vocal Performance.
Ross Chitwood* (Tony)
Main Street Theater: The Light in the Piazza; Stages Repertory Theatre: The Andrews Brothers; Unity Theatre: Master Class; Houston Grand Opera: La Fille du Régiment; Aspen Music Festival: Our Town; The Juilliard School: Die Zauberflöte, Le Nozze di Figaro; Rice University Opera: La Finta Giardiniera, Street Scene. Education: M.M., Rice University; B.M., The Juilliard School.
Alan Hall (Stagehand)
Main Street Theater: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners (World Premiere), Sideways Stories from Wayside School, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NEA Tour), A Little House Christmas, If You Give a Pig a Party, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, James and the Giant Peach, The Merchant of Venice (NEA Tour), Ramona Quimby, The Taming of the Shrew (06-07 NEA tour), The Voysey Inheritance; Houston Grand Opera: Hansel and Gretel; Unity Theatre: Master Class, Arms and the Man; Unhinged Productions: The Long Christmas Ride Home; Infernal Bridegroom Productions: Tamalalia 9 & 10, Full Circle, Rhinoceros; Mildred’s Umbrella: A Murder of Crows, A Long History of Neglect,[Sic], Things Being at the Worst; College of the Mainland Arena Theatre: The Woman in Black, Henry V, Drowning on Dry Land; Early Stages: Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede, The Toys Take Over Christmas; Dos Chicas Theater Commune: Titus Andronicus, Oedipus Rex, Frogs. Education: B.S., M.A., Northwestern University; J.D., University of Houston.
Danica Dawn Johnston (Sharon)
Main Street Theater: Nine; Alley Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, A Christmas Carol; Surflight Theatre: Victor Victoria; Bayou City Concert Musicals: On the Town, Secret Garden; Wildwood Festival: The Magic Flute, La Boheme, La Finta Giardiniera, Hansel and Gretel, HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Don Pasquale, Tacoma Opera, Don Pasquale; Lone Star Lyric Opera: Doctor Miracle, Die Operetta mit Schalg; Houston Symphony: Ladies of the Silver Screen, Star Spangled Salute, A Midsummer Nights Dream; Rice Theatre: The Threepenny Opera; Acadienne Symphony: Mozart Requiem, Mozart Vesperae Solennes; San Antonio Symphony: Pops Christmas Concert. Three time regional finalist runner-up in the Metropolitan Opera Council National Audition.
Celeste Roberts* (Maria Callas)
Main Street Theater: numerous roles, including Intimate Apparel, The Women, An Empty Plate at the Café du Grand Boeuf, Comic Potential, Experiment with an Air Pump, Ouroboros, Uncle Vanya, An Ideal Husband; Houston Shakespeare Festival: Twelfth Night, Pericles, Love’s Labors Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It; Unity Theatre: Master Class; TheaterLaB Houston: multiple roles, including Diva; College of the Mainland Arena Theatre: Master Class; other Houston theater credits include Steel Magnolias, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, On the Verge, Black Eagles, Poor Superman, Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, Beirut. FILM / TV: recent film credits include Ball’s out: the Gary Houseman Story, The Pardon, Playing House, in addition to commercials, industrials and voice work. Education: B.A., University of Houston, English Literature. Member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Macy Perrone (Costume Design)
Main Street Theater: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Stuart Little (Tour), Afternoon of the Elves, Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners (World Premiere), Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Winnie-the-Pooh (Tour), Bud, Not Buddy , The Light in the Piazza, …and L.A. Is Burning (World Premiere); Rice University: Threepenny Opera; Houston Grand Opera; Lone Star College – Montgomery: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Noises Off, Home Front, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Utah Musical Theatre: Dames at Sea, 2 by 2; Old Lyric Repertory Company: The Hollow, Wiley and the Hairy Man; Utah State University: Comedy of Errors. Education: M.F.A., Utah State University, Theatre Design.
Mark Roberts (Set Design)
Main Street Theater (Technical Director): (Actor) over 100 productions including On the Razzle, The Weir, With and Without, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Chekhov in Yalta, Hapgood, Six Degrees of Separation, Robin Hood, Just So Stories, Don Quixote; Stages Repertory Theatre: Nickel and Dimed, Polish Joke, The Memory of Water; Theatre LaB Houston: Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, Search and Destroy, Assassins, Life Totally Weird. Education: Lamar University.
Andrew Ruthven (Properties Design)
Main Street Theater: (Director) The Pie Dialogues (World Premiere), (Actor) Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners (World Premiere), Mr. Pim Passes By, Urinetown, The Secret Garden (2006 & 1995), Pardon My English, An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf, Comic Potential, Seussical, Oh, Boy!, The Three-Cornered Hat, Lady in the Dark, The Trust, Jubilee, State of the Union, Hay Fever, Lady Be Good, Of Thee I Sing, The Mask of Moriarty, Pride and Prejudice, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, The Merchant of Venice (NEA Tour), The BFG (Big Friendly Giant), The Diary of Anne Frank, A Year with Frog and Toad, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, The Red Badge of Courage, Superfudge, The Outsiders, Miss Nelson Has A Field Day, (Lighting Design) Translations, Poor Richard, Ouroboros, Night Must Fall, Nine, The Weir, Afternoon of the Elves, A Little House Christmas, The Diary of Anne Frank, Pippi Longstocking, Tuck Everlasting, Little Women, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, (Assistant Director) Caroline, or Change, Anyone Can Whistle, Nine; Bayou City Concert Musicals: Fiorello!; Theater LaB Houston: (Actor) Passion, Assassins; Town Center Theatre: (Director) Sylvia; Tomball College: (Actor) You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; FROWbiz: Featured Performer; ADV Films (Voice Actor) DN Angel, Mezzo; University of Houston: (Director) Nicholas and Alexandra. Education: M.F.A., University of Houston; B.A., University of Texas.
Craig Seanor (Sound Design)
Main Street Theater: Awake and Sing!, Translations, Mr. Pim Passes By, The Best Man, Poor Richard, Ouroboros, Beyond the Fringe, Comic Potential; College of the Mainland Arena Theatre: 18 seasons including The Woman In Black, Doubt, Red Herring, Henry V, The Ruby Sunrise, Drowning on Dry Land, Glorious!, Over the River and Through the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Proof, Steel Magnolias, The Crucible, The Boys Next Door, Our Town, The Lion in Winter, Ten November, The Kentucky Cycle, The Hothouse, Waiting for the Parade, Night and Her Stars, Box Thirteen, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Dinner with Friends, No Sex Please, We're British, Flight, (Stage Manager) My Way, Marvin's Room, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Odd Couple, Other People's Money, Forever Plaid, Always, Patsy Cline ; Strand Theatre: Sherlock's Last Case, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
John Smetak (Lighting Design)
Main Street Theater: (Lighting Design) The Pie Dialogues (World Premiere),The Light in the Piazza, Caroline, or Change, Homebody/Kabul, Intimate Apparel, The Secret Garden, Pardon My English, Margin for Error, On the Razzle, Somebody’s Sons, Over the River and Through the Woods, Eating Crow; (Stage Manager) Ouroboros, Wondergirl, The Weir, The Laws of Storms, (Assistant Stage Manager) Morning Star, The Little Foxes, Call Me Madam, June Moon; Main Street Youth Theater: (Lighting Design) The Diary of Anne Frank, Amelia Bedelia, The Wave; Stages Repertory Theatre: (Lighting Design) Panto Cinderella, Lady, The Unseen, Amy’s View, Baby: A Musical, Castro’s Beard; Early Stages: (Lighting Design) How Anansi the Spider Came to America; Classical Theatre Company: (Lighting Design) Hamlet; HITS Theatre: (Lighting Design) Violet, Les Mis, Jr.; Unhinged Productions: (Lighting Design) Laura’s Bush, Free Will and Wanton Lust, The House of Yes; ACT@TUTS: (Lighting Design) World Goes ‘Round; University of Houston: (Stage Manager) The Last Night of Ballyhoo, (Assistant Stage Manager) The Skin of Our Teeth, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, (Lighting Design) I Hate Hamlet, Fuddy Meers, Lend Me a Tenor, Eleemosynary, Fool for Love, Who Will Carry the Word?, (Director) Endgame. Education: B.A., University of Houston, Theatre.
Eva De La Cruz* (Production Stage Manager)
MST MainStage: The Light in the Piazza , Third, Present Laughter, Caroline, or Change, The Best Man, Poor Richard, Promises, Promises, (Actor)The House of the Spirits (English-language premiere); Stages Repertory Theatre: Andrews Brothers, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, An Infinite Ache; HITS Theatre: Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan; Children’s Theatre Festival: Snow White, The Land of Broken Toys, Peter and the Wolf; University of Houston: At Home at the Zoo, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Marvin’s Room, Edward Albee’s New Plays Festival (2 years); Houston Shakespeare Festival: Assistant General Manager, 4 years; HITS Theatre: Production Manager. Education: B.A., University of Houston, Theatre. Member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2005.
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.