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	Jackie and Me By Steven Dietz Adapted from the book by Dan Gutman Feb. 6 - 24, 2012

Cast & Design Team

Daria Allen (Director) Main Street Theater: (Director) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, This, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Afternoon of the Elves, Winnie-the-Pooh, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, Bud Not Buddy, (Choreographer) Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, James Joyce’s The Dead, If You Give a Pig a Party (Choreographer/Actor) The Great Gilly Hopkins, Bridge to Terabithia, (Actor) Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business; Queen Theater: (Director) Little Women; Dionysus Theater: Choreographer, (Director) Aesop’s Fables; Lone Star College, Cy-Fair: Choreographer since 2004 for Honk, The Robber Bridegroom, Aida, Taffeta’s Christmas, (Director) Go, Dog. Go!, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Miss Nelson Is Missing, Charlotte’s Web, If You Take a Mouse to School, Tité Rouge, Honky Tonk Angels Christmas, High School Musical 2 (with Houston Center Stage Theater); Houston Family Arts Center: (Director) High School Musical; Interactive Theater: (Actor) Harriet Tubman, Aesop’s Fables; Country Playhouse: (Choreographer) Hairspray; Freedom Production: (Writer/Director) Turn Nexus of Texas. Film/TV: host of HTV’s Build Green. Check out her production company at www.freedomproductionstx.com. Education: University of Houston, Theatre and Dance.

Brittny Bush (Ms. Levitt / Rachel Robinson / Opposing Kid Catcher) Main Street Theater: Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly, The Magician’s Nephew, Madeline’s Christmas, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, James and the Giant Peach; Children’s Theatre Festival: Snow White, Cinderella; Theatre Collide: The Skriker; InterActive Theater: Here Comes Santa Claus, The Story of the USA, The Story of the Lone Star State, A Christmas Carol, Harriet Tubman, Jack and the Beanstalk. Education: B.A., University of Houston, Acting and Directing.

Jonathan Gonzalez (Coach / Branch Rickey / Eddie Stanky / Babe Ruth) Main Street Theater: The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet (Tour); Berkeley Repertory Theatre: The Alchemist (U/S, 1 performance). Marin Shakespeare Co.: A Midsummer Night's Dream, She Stoops To Conquer, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, 1001 Arabian Nights, Cyrano De Bergerac, The Taming of the Shrew; Calaveras Repertory Theatre: Scapin; Tulane Shakespeare Festival: Henry V, Coriolanus; Hampstead Players: Aladdin, A Christmas Carol, Robin Hood, Kidnapped; Center Repertory Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Theatre Rhinoceros: Waiting For Godot; Pacific Repertory Theatre: The Madness of King George, Dearly Departed; San Francisco Shakespeare Festival: Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors; Chameleon Theatre: What The Butler Saw, Tartuffe; Queen Theatre: Treasure Island; Encore Players: Sylvia; University of Houston: Death of a Salesman. Education: M.F.A. from the University of Houston, B.F.A. from the United States International University, La Jolla Playhouse, American Conservatory Theatre. Asst. Director of Education, Main Street Theater.

Alan Hall (Dad / Man at Fountain / Dixie Walker / Delivery Man / Brooklyn Kid 1 / Phillies Catcher) Main Street Theater: Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Bunnicula, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Magician’s Nephew, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Master Class, 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; Texas Repertory Theatre Company: It's A Wonderful Life, Sylvia, The Foreigner; Houston Grand Opera: Hansel and Gretel; Unity Theatre: On Golden Pond, 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; HYPE/Alley Theatre; College of the Mainland Arena Theatre: The Lady Swims Today, Harvey, 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.

Katie Harrison (Anne) Main Street Theater: Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (understudy), Madeline’s Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Afternoon of the Elves, Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type, The Merchant of Venice (NEA Tour), Ramona Quimby, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew (06-07 NEA tour), Anastasia Krupnik, Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business; Queen Theatre: Little Women; Houston Musical Theatre: Flower Power; Gray Wolf Theatre: Hamlet; Texas Repertory Theatre: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Town Center Theatre: Quilters; College of the Mainland Arena Theatre: Spitfire Grill; Fort Bend Theatre: Cinderella, My Fair Lady, Annie Get Your Gun, The Sound of Music, High School Musical, Oliver, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast; Island ETC: Gypsy, RENT, Nunsense, Rich and Famous; Powderhorn Theatre (NC): The Jungle Book, Spoon River Anthology, The Tempest; Ensemble Children’s Theatre: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears; Patchwork Playhouse (East Coast Tour): Alice’s in Wonderland, The Three Piggy Opera; Science Hill Auditorium: My Fair Lady, You Can’t Take It With You, Once upon a Mattress. Education: B.A., East Tennessee State University, Theatre.

Philip Hays (Joey Stoshack) Main Street Theater: The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, Shipwreck & Salvage, Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Bunnicula; Houston Grand Opera: The Barber of Seville; Prague Shakespeare Festival/Classical Theatre Company: King Lear, As You Like It; Classical Theatre Company: Triumph of Love, Candida, Tartuffe; Houston Shakespeare Festival: Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, Pericles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; BooTown: Cut Down; Horse Head Theatre Company: Among The Thugs; Mosaic Theatre Company: This Is Our Youth; Teatro delle Due (Reggio Emilia, Italy): Twelfth Night, The Tempest; Nova Arts Project: Oedipus³, Interior, The Ambassadors. Film/TV: (Actor) Up & Down, Count Pelicula’s Theatre of Horror. Education: University of Houston, The International School of Comic Acting, The Globe Theatre.

Roc Living (Jackie Robinson) Main Street Theater: The Reluctant Dragon, Bud, Not Buddy, A Little House Christmas, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963; Houston Baptist University - Morris Cultural Arts Theatre: You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover; Express Theatre: Romeo & Juliet; Miller Outdoor Theater: Buffalo Hair, Sparkle; Alabama A&M University: Camp Logan; Wortham Center: Aida; Ensemble Theatre: Cinderella, Sparkle; Encore Theater: Samson and Delilah, Othello, The Boys Next Door, Of Mice And Men, Incarceration, Three Blind Mice; Hobby Center: Women in Prison; Silver House Theatre: Before It Hits Home; Heinen Theater: Coffee-Colored Dreams; Cullen Performance Hall: Angola 3, I Want It All Back. Film/TV: Mindsight, The Sit Down, Maid to Kill, The Waiter, The American Dream, The Cutting Room, The Maestro, Thug Life, Deadly Wordz. Music: Knocking Doors Down (video). Education: B.S., Biology (Physical Therapy) from Texas Southern University.

Mark B. Robbins (Bobby Fuller / Ant / Brooklyn Kid 2 / Ben Chapman) Main Street Theater: (Actor) Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (understudy), Hank the Cowdog and the Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob, (Stage Manager) Schoolhouse Rock Live (Tour), A Catered Affair, Romeo and Juliet, (ASM) The Doctor’s Dilemma, Busytown, (Production Assistant) The Coast of Utopia, Cakewalk, Woof, It’s Only Life, This, Or, Tomfoolery; San Jacinto College South: Nevermore, Wait Until Dark. Black Comedy, Into the Woods, Full Monty, Cosi, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Noises Off, Dearly Departed, Duck Hunter Shoots Angel. Education: San Jacinto College South.

Luke Wright (Flip / Leo Durocher / Young Flip / Pee Wee Reese / Reporter / Policeman) Main Street Theater: Schoolhouse Rock Live!; Houston Family Arts Center: A Christmas Carol, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Cinderella, Music Revue; Lonestar College: Aida, Opera Revue. Film/TV: The Paper Chase, Atrocity, The Neighbors, Image, The Broker, Commit Elwood, End of the Route, Holy Hell, Poor Choices. Education: Lonestar College.

Tiffani Fuller (Costume Designer) Main Street Theater: Woof (World Premiere), Breakfast at Eight, The Pie Dialogue, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NEA Tour) , James and the Giant Peach, The BFG (Big Friendly Giant), Robin Hood, The Just So Stories; Stages Repertory Theatre: Panto Red Riding Hood, Winter Wonderettes, Yankee Tavern, Panto Pinocchio, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Man From Nebraska, Panto Sleeping Beauty, The Andrews Brothers, Rabbit Hole, Panto Cinderella, Souvenir, I Am My Own Wife; The Catastrophic Theatre: There is a Happiness That Morning Is, The United States of Tamarie: An All American Revue (Made in China), Paradise Hotel; Texas Repertory Theatre: Smokey Joe's Cafe, Moon Over Buffalo, A Flea in Her Ear; Town Center Theatre: All in the Timing, Sylvia, Night and Her Stars, Quilters; Rice University: All in the Timing; Unhinged Productions: (Loosely) Lysistrata, Raised in Captivity; University of Houston: Fifth of July, Marvin’s Room, Falsettos; Edward Albee New Playwrights Workshop: Touching Leaves; Country Playhouse: The Jury. Previous Assistant Costume Design credits include; Houston Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It; Children’s Theatre Festival: The New Adventures of Pinocchio, The Wolf and the Foolish Little Kids; University of Houston: Comedy of Errors. Additional costume work for the Houston Ballet, the Alley Theatre, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Children’s Theatre Festival, and Houston Community College Southwest. Ms. Fuller also teaches costuming and stage make-up and freelances as a make-up artist for independent films. Costume Shop Supervisor, Stages Repertory Theatre. Education: University of Houston, B.A. Theatre.

Claire A. Jac Jones (Set Designer/Prop Master) Main Street Theater: Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly; HITS Theatre: Working, Annie Jr., Les Miserables, Cats, Into the Woods, Hairspray, Dear Edwina, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Unity Theatre: Billy Bishop Goes to War; University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance: Metamorphoses; The Little Theatre on the Square: West Side Story, All Shook Up; High School of the Performing and Visual Arts; Sophisticated Ladies; North Carolina School of the Arts: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Promise, Loot; Cinco Ranch High School: 1940s Radio Hour, Sound of Music, Curious Savage. Education: B.F.A. in Scenic Design from North Carolina School of the Arts.

Eric L. Marsh (Lighting Designer) Main Street Theater: The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, Shipwreck & Salvage, Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly, Blithe Spirit, This, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Arcadia, Driftwood (World Premiere), Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, The Reluctant Dragon, If You Give a Pig a Party; Texas Repertory Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Café, Sylvia, Wait Until Dark, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Dracula; Ensemble Theatre: The Waiting Room, Blue in the Night, Lotto!, Five Guys Named Moe, The Wiz, Radio Golf, Blue; Oklahoma City University: Twelfth Night, The Rivals; Sam Houston State University: Into The Woods, Bare: A Pop Opera Nine, Hamlet, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Rent, The Secret Garden, Chicago, Scenes of an Execution, The Full Monty, 42nd Street, South Pacific, Quake; Theatre Under the Stars: Like You Like It. Education: M.F.A., Western Illinois University; B.A., CSU – Chico.

Kevin Zahradnik (Stage Manager) Main Street Theater: (Stage Manager) Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly, Hank the Cowdog and the Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob (Tour), Stuart Little (Tour); Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival: National Stage Management Fellowship Recipient; Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi: (Stage Manager) 1940s Radio Hour, Dolphin Position, (Actor) The Yellow Boat, Shakespeare in Hollywood, A Streetcar Named Desire; Wharton County Junior College: (Actor) American Bullet Train, The Exonerated, Romeo and Juliet, You Can’t Take It with You, The King Stag, To See the Stars. Education: B.A., Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Theatre.

Vivienne M. St. John (Theater for Youth Producing Director) Main Street Theater: 2000-2011 seasons, including the World Premieres of Zero Tolerance?, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, If You Take a Mouse to School, Junie B. Jones, Miss Nelson Is Back!, The Wave (with special presentation by Ron Jones), The Diary of Anne Frank (with special presentation by Jacqueline Van Maarsen), (Costume Design) Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Superfudge, Henry and Ramona, The Great Gilly Hopkins, If You Take a Mouse to School, Sideways Stories from Wayside School; Berkshire Theatre Festival: Assistant Production Manager, Visiting Mr. Green with Eli Wallach, Hay Fever with Joanne Woodward and Calista Flockhart, Jitta’s Atonement with Dianne Wiest, Free Fall with Sandy Duncan, Bill Graham Presents with Ron Silver; Company Manager: Four of a Kind, Good Company, Woman in Mind with Marlo Thomas and Elizabeth Franz, Over the River and Through the Woods; Production Manager: The Ray Davies Show.