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BJ Clark
 (Adam/Corin | Prince Ferdinand)
BJ is celebrating his third consecutive summer performing with Shakespeare by the Sea. He appeared as Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice, Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew and Octavius in Antony & Cleopatra. Recent credits include Bob Dylan in True Dylan and Paddy Noonan in The Irish Murderer as part of the Los Angeles Theatre Academy student directed one act festival. He graduated the three-year acting program at LATA two years ago and has since racked up 10 Shakespeare credits, a New York Musical Festival performance, and countless short and student films.
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Lauren Dean
 (Holofernes)
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Lauren began her studies at The Hockaday School before continuing on to graduate from USC with a Bachelor of Art’s degree in Theatre. Performing since the age of six, Lauren began her career as the Little Bunny FooFoo in a Dallas Children's production. Later credits include Barbara Allen in Dark of the Moon, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Aldonza in Man of La Mancha.
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Suzanne Dean
 (Jacques)
Suzanne has been a Company Member since 2000. Roles with Shakespeare by the Sea: Cleopatra, Beatrice, Olivia, Lady Capulet, Bianca, Queen Elizabeth, Prospero, Kate, and Mistress Page. With Little Fish Theatre: Betrayal, Veronica's Room, The Lady's Not For Burning, The Lion in Winter, Blithe Spirit, Peg & Garrick, Laundry & Bourbon, The View from Anderson Park. Elsewhere LA: Macbeth at TheatRevolution; Les Parents Terrible at ART; Hay Fever, Present Laughter at Long Beach Playhouse. NYC credits: The Glass Menagerie, Crimes of the Heart, and 1984. Elsewhere in the US: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Bus Stop, The Dresser. In the UK: A Coupla White Chicks... at 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Film/TV: Silk Stalkings, Power Rangers and Another World. Training: BADA- Oxford, Shakespeare & Co., Theatricum Botanicum, The Old Globe, Hofstra University.
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Jim Felton
 (Charles/William | Armado)
Jim was most recently he was seen at the Long Beach Playhouse as Bill in The Voice of the Turtle, Sam in Wait Until Dark, Algernon in Bunbury, Little John in Tracers and Bert in The Man Who Came to Dinner. A So Cal native, some of Jim's other favorite roles include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (Culver City Public Theatre), Chris in All My Sons (Theatre Palisades) and Johnny in The Sting (C.O.L.S.A.C.). He is a graduate of Loyola Marymount's Department of Theatre Arts, and spent a very enjoyable summer in New York studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Kate Woodruff Felton
 (Amiens/Hymen; | Princess of France)
Although it's Kate's first season with SBTS, she has trod the boards at Little Fish Theatre having played Eliante in 2005's critically acclaimed production of The Misanthrope. Long Beach Playhouse credits: Sally in The Voice of the Turtle, Madge in Picnic, Susy in Wait Until Dark and Maggie in The Man Who Came to Dinner. A Long Beach native, Kate has been performing professionally since the age of six. Some of her other favorite roles include Flaminia in The Betrothed (Theatre/Theatre), Ann in All My Sons (Theatre Palisades) and Imogen in Cymbeline (Write Act). Additionally, Kate has provided her acting and vocal talents to the various interactive media exhibits that guide you through the recently opened Las Vegas Springs Preserve just off the "Strip."
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Whitton Frank
 (Phebe | Katharine)
A California native, Whitton graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006 with a Bachelors Degree in Acting and Creative Writing. She was a member of the ensemble for a production of Medea which traveled to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has been performing in Los Angeles for the past two years. Recent performances include Ophelia in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Mary in One Night Stands and School Girl #1 in Diary of a Catholic School Dropout.
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Sarah French
 (Dennis/Le Beau | Jaquenetta)
Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Sarah moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue the "California Dream." Sarah is a full-time actor with Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Program. Previous Credits: The Tempest (Ariel), I'm Just Wild About Harry (Ida), Urinetown (Little Sally), Three Days of Rain (Nan/Lina), Our Town (Emily Webb), Assassins (Squeaky Fromme).
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Katelyn Gault
 (A Lord | Moth)
Katelyn recently graduated from Chapman University with her BFA in Theatre, and is very honored and excited to make her debut with the lovely cast and crew of Shakespeare by the Sea! Chapman credits: The Noh Plays of Japan, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, The Trojan Women, Romeo & Juliet, New Beulah, English Made Simple, Barefoot in Nightgown by Candlelight, Bits n' Pieces. With Shakespeare Orange County: The Tempest, Amazons vs. Sirens. Film/TV: The Man in Dark Glasses, A Worthy Gentleman, Vampire Killers, Shellter, and many student films with the Marion Knott Studios.
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Gedaly Guberek
 (Touchstone | Costard)
A San Diego native, Gedaly makes his debut this summer with Shakespeare by the Sea. Recent acting credits include Eugene, Brighton Beach Memoirs; Feste, Twelfth Night; Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Gravedigger/Osric/Barnardo, Hamlet; Lucius, Julius Caesar; Trinculo, The Tempest; Bellhop, Lend Me a Tenor; and Hysterium, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum. Gedaly also works as a dialect coach and runs a Shakespeare-related website, bardblog.com.
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Andy Kallok
 (The Dukes/Sir Oliver | Dull/Sir Nathaniel)
Audiences have enjoyed Andy's Shakespeare by the Sea performances since 2002. He has played kings, dukes, princes, priests, doctors and fools in SBTS's productions and has enjoyed every one. Andy has also acted in several Pick of the Vine one-act programs at Little Fish Theatre, including hanging from a cross in this year's The Crucifixion of Moe and Ira. Other Little Fish productions include Betrayal, Inside My Father’s Apple Tree and The Lucky Spot. He is featured in several independent films and has acted locally in theater and cable access TV for decades.
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Connor Keene
 (Boyet)
Connor was born and raised in Southern California and is currently working towards finishing his degree at the UC Irvine in Drama. His previous work includes: Freddie Filmore in It's A Wonderful Life: the Radio Play, Phaeton & Hunger in Metamorphosis, Casca in Julius Caesar, Silva Vicarro in Twenty Seven Wagons, and as All the American Men in A Piece of My Heart.
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Rachel Levy
 (Rosalind)
Rachel originally hails from Seattle and is excited to be back for her 7th Season with SBTS! Rachel was most recently seen on stage in the US premier of 13 O'Clock at Little Fish. She has a BA in Drama from the University of Washington and has also studied theatre in England. Other recent productions include the 2003 - 2008 SBTS Seasons, The Lady's Not for Burning as Margaret, a featured reader in Grace & Competra's Speaking of Stories in Santa Barbara, and the beglittered "Good Fairy" in the Holiday Panto at the Lobero Theatre for two years. Other favorite stage projects include: Cloud Nine, Sincerity Forever, and Cymbeline. Rachel is also a working voice actor and has done several commercials, children's games, and audio books.
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Tosca Minotto
 (Celia | Rosaline)
Originally from Bromsgrove, England, Tosca headed to Los Angeles in 2005 to train at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she was a part of their third year company. For the past three seasons Tosca has been a part of Glendale Centre Theatre's educational student program: Shakespeare Live! Currently she can be seen there playing Queen Marie in the children's show Sleeping Beauty and has also played Mrs. Cratchit in their annual production of A Christmas Carol, which has been a holiday tradition in Glendale for 47 years (and counting)! Favorite roles include Constance in The Constant Wife, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Catherine in Proof.
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Nicholas Nealon
 (Oliver | Dumaine)
Nicholas is from Reno and studied theater at the University of Nevada, Reno before earning his conservatory degree from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles. Notable productions from Nevada include Dangerous Liaisons, Footloose, Free, Epicene or the Silent Woman, The Medium, and Les Miserables. Nevada film credits include Entity and Mountain Dew with Pop Rocks. He has performed on stage in Waiting for Lefty, and on screen in several short films including Glitches, Etiolate and Marathon here in Los Angeles.
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Katie Pelensky
 (A Lord | Maria)
Katie is thrilled to be a part of Shakespeare by the Sea's 2009 season, her first venture since moving to Los Angeles from the Bay Area. While in the Bay Area, she worked for Town Hall Theatre Company in Lafayette, where she taught children's theatre and performed in Lend Me a Tenor as Maggie (earning her a Shellie Award nomination), The Weir as Valerie (earning her a Shellie Award), Miracle on 34th Street as Miss Adams, and Baby Be Mine as Actress. Katie is a graduate of Santa Clara University, and in 2005, interned for Shakespeare Santa Cruz as Dorcas in The Winter's Tale, an ensemble member in Twelfth Night, and as Diana in The Antipodes.
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Dominic Pham
 (Orlando; Longville)
Born in Massachusetts, Dominic has lived in several states, including Oklahoma, before ending up in Los Angeles seeking fame and fortune. Dominic has played Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Conrad in Much Ado About Nothing; Pindarus in Julius Caesar; Sampson in Romeo & Juliet; Curio in Twelfth Night; Brackenbury/Earl of Surrey in Richard III; Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Non-Shakespearean roles include: Gary Lefkowitz in I Hate Hamlet; Reverend Winemiller in Summer & Smoke; Max Goodman in A Sting in the Tale.
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Rob Young
 (Silvius; Berowne)
Rob is privileged to be a part of Shakespeare by the Sea's 2009 season. Originally from Antioch, California, he has been in the Los Angeles area for a little over three years. He has graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, and during the third year company program, he performed in Anna K as Nikolai, SubUrbia as Jeff, Season's Greetings as Bernard, and Rumours as Leonard.
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THE PRODUCTION TEAM |
Lisa Coffi
 (Founder & Producing Artistic Director)
Founder and creator of Shakespeare by the Sea, Lisa is happy to be celebrating her 12th Season. She holds an MFA in Theatre Management from CSU, Long Beach and a BFA in Art from CSU, Sacramento. Lauded as "Pedro's Playmaker" in 2003 by Random Lengths, Lisa is living up to her moniker. Not only does she produce the free festival each summer, but she manages Little Fish Theatre as well. Between the year-round demands of SBTS and Little Fish, she works as a graphic designer and splits her time between San Pedro and Newcastle (Sacramento) where she resides with her husband, dog, 3 cats and 2 cows (Nutmeg and Raisin).
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Sara Adelman
 (Festival Producer)
Sara is a freelance arts management consultant and partner in Vibrant Production Management. Most recently she was the Director of Operations for LA Stage Alliance. Previously, Sara was the Managing Director for Shakespeare Festival/LA. Her experience includes work with EdgeFest, LA Theatre Works, Geffen Playhouse, Actor's Gang, Manhattan Theatre Club and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She holds an MFA in Production Management & Technology from UCLA and a BA in Theatre Studies from the University of Connecticut.
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David Graham
 (Director – As You Like It)
David is a native of Atlanta, GA and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of being poor and hungry. In the actor's tradition, David has drifted from here to there and had many jobs - including BMW salesman and gravedigger. You may have seen David in the Long Beach Playhouse's production of The Nerd or as Henry in the Little Fish Theatre's recent production of The Lion in Winter. In 2003, David directed Romeo & Juliet for SBTS, The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew in 2007, Antony & Cleopatra and A Midsummer Night's Dream last year. He is taking it easy this year, with only one production. David's other acting credits include The Fantasticks, As You Like It, The Pirates of Penzance, Deathtrap, and She Loves Me.
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 Amy Louise Sebelius
(Director - Love's Labour's Lost)
Amy Louise was last seen on the Shakespeare by the Sea stage as Kate in Taming of the Shrew back in 1999. Acting roles include: Inez in No Exit (Rude Guerilla), Eleanor in King John (Southern California Shakespeare Festival), Julie in Miss Julie (Players Theatre), Lula in the Dutchman, herself in White Trash Catholic Circus (her one-woman show), and the resident villain, Ian Sidious in the Holiday Melodrama (The Garage Theatre), Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). As a director, credits include The Lover and The Dumbwaiter (The Garage), Medea (OCHSA), The Jungle Book, Star Wars, and The American Girls. Amy Louise teaches acting, theatre history, Shakespeare, and improvisation at the Orange County High School of the Arts, Santa Ana College, Santiago Canyon College, and South Coast Repertory. She is a graduate of the LA Theatre Academy, CSU Long Beach and the University of Alabama.
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Aaron Jackson
 (Scenic Designer)
Aaron's New York credits include: Box for The Genesius Theatre Guild, The Sex & Love Monologues for the Riant Theatre and A Leopard Complains of Its Spots for Amphibian Productions. Regional Credits: I Love a Piano and Almost Maine for The Phoenix Theatre (Phoenix, AZ), and The Boys Next Door for The Texas Star Theatre (Granbury, TX). Other credits include designs for The Jubilee Theatre (Ft. Worth, TX), Theatre OUTlanta (Atlanta, GA), Little Fish Theatre (San Pedro, CA), The Powerhouse Theatre (Santa Monica, CA), and The WB Television Network. In addition, Aaron works as an Illustrator and Concept Artist with a client list that includes Stiletto Entertainment, Cartoon Network, IMAG Productions, and Mercedes-Benz among others. He has also worked as a Scenic Artist for film, television and theatres across the country. Currently he is the staff Scenic Artist for UC Irvine/ Claire Trevor School of the Arts where he is designing The Threepenny Opera for the fall. This is Aaron's fifth season with SBTS.
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Angel Jones
 (Costume Designer)
Angel has been designing and costuming shows for almost 20 years. She's a licensed cosmetologist specializing in period hair and make up. She has designed shows from cinema to stage and everything in between including weddings, fashion shows and special events. Her credits span Southern California from Ventura to San Diego and even across the states in New York. Design credits include: Noises Off, Into the Woods and The Pageant of the Masters. Already living and breathing costume and design, she began her own costume rental business, Wenches and Warriors, nine years ago in Ventura.
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William "Bill" Ginder
 (Sound Technician)
This is Bill's third season as part of the engineering team for Shakespeare by the Sea. He has worked as a sound engineer for live music performances and live recordings of local musicians, The Taste of San Pedro, Music by the Sea, Norris Theater, and the Warner Grand. He also builds and repairs audio equipment, tube theremin and tube amps. Bill has also worked as a jazz and blues drummer and has an AS from El Camino.
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Max Wheatley
 (Sound Technician)
Max has been doing sound since 1980 when he put together his first sound system. Max has served as a sound technician for many San Pedro venues such as the Taste in San Pedro, the Warner Grand, the Sheraton, Music by the Sea, Janice Hann’s inauguration and LA Wood.
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Vanessa Perry
 (Costume Assistant)
Vanessa is a professional seamstress with a degree in fashion from Bauder College. She has been sewing for over 20 years and has designed everything from women's wear to tailoring and designing of men's suits. A former military wife, Vanessa has traveled around the world and lived in wonderful places such as Spain, England and Alaska. She is new to the theatre, but is eager to be apart of this exciting new world.
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Mallory McLane
 (Stage Manager – As You Like It)
Originally from Charleston, SC, Mallory moved to California three years ago. This is Mallory's first season with Shakespeare by the Sea. Stage Management credits include: Grease, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, King Lear, The Pirates of Penzance, The Grapes of Wrath, Balm in Gilead and The Diviners. She graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in media and performing arts.
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Mae Meler
 (Stage Manager – Love's Labour's Lost)
Mae lives in Orange County and is a student studying for her Stage Management Certificate at Fullerton College. She's stage managed several shows including, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pippin, A Piece of My Heart, Peter Pan, Anything Goes, Fools, My Fair Lady, Exit the Body and Hair.
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