KATHLEEN DEDERIAN (Luce) has appeared in eight shows over four seasons at 42nd Street Moon, including Leave It To Me!,A Grand Night for Rodgers, A Connecticut Yankee, and Hooray for What!  Shows with other Bay Area companies include Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Germaine), Quilters (Katie/Miss Jesse/Cassie), The All Night Strut (Kitty), The Mikado (Pitti-Sing), and Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife).  She has also appeared in The Lamplighters’ original comic “Champagne Galas” as Salome, singer "Parsley Spice", the goddess Athena, and Coco Chanel.

MIKE FIGUEIRA (Aegean) is very happy to be appearing in his sixth 42nd Street Moon production.  His first role, Mike, the Irish miner, in Paint Your Wagon, and his most recent, Quibb, the piano tuner, from The Cabaret Girl, are his favorites.  Reprising "Dancing Time," the song he performed in the latter, Mike can be heard on the Moon's latest CD, The First Rose of Summer.  He thanks his great friends for all their encouragement.

WILL GIAMMONA(Antipholus of Ephesus) is making his first appearance with 42nd Street Moon and is excited to be working here on such classic material.  This role is a follow-up to his previous missing-Shakespearean-twin performance as Sebastian in Twelfth Night last year.  Other favorite, non-twin roles include: Hal in Proof, Leo Davis in Room Service, Harold Hill in The Music Man, and Curly in Oklahoma!  Will also enjoys a variety of roles behind the scenes, including puppetry (Little Shop of Horrors), stage managing, and directing.

ALEXANDRA KAPRIELIAN (The Courtesan) is a 42nd Street Moon regular, having appeared in Paint Your Wagon, Finian’s Rainbow, Oh Captain!, FiftyMillion Frenchmen, The Cabaret Girl, and Can-Can.  She also assisted on Gentleman Prefer Blondes and choreographed Hooray For What!  When not performing, choreographing school shows, or teaching dance, she also does voiceovers including “Cassi: Earth Girl on Campus” for Shockwave.com.  She performed with Rebecca Luker for Moon’s Jerome Kern Gala and took part in Jason Graae’s cabaret act as a back-up singer.  Upcoming events include the Cole Porter Gala on May 23rd.

AUSTIN KU (Angelo the Tailor) is pleased to return to 42nd Street Moon, where he began his post-graduation performing career in 2003 with Paint Your Wagon, Finian's Rainbow, Oh Captain!, and the Alan Jay Lerner Gala (starring Leslie Caron).  Subsequent professional credits include: Willows Theatre, National Theatre for Children (Minnesota), Lenape Regional PAC (New Jersey).  Recent highlights: Anthony in Sweeney Todd (Foothill Music Theatre), Lun Tha in The King and I (Diablo Light Opera Company).  Upcoming: Much Ado About Nothing (S.F. Shakespeare Festival).  For more info, visit www.austin-ku.com.

T.J. KUSTER (Duke of Ephesus) shared crops in Finian’s Rainbow, “dragged” his can-can through Oh Captain!, knotted himself up in Hooray for What!, and in Once Upon a Mattress, he found himself in a full-blown “Spanish Panic.”  Now, it’s time for this Moonie to take a Grecian turn with the “Boys” and girls.  Other stage credits include Macbeth, M. Butterfly, Company, Cabaret, Mother Courage & Her Children, Funny Thing…Forum, and The Desert Song.  In June, he’s anxious to breathe life into composer Carla Lucero’s new operatic libretto Juana, and later this summer, visit his roots in Brigadoon at Foothill College.

RON LYTLE (Dromio of Ephesus) is making his second appearance at the Moon.  Earlier this season, he portrayed the Jester in Once Upon a Mattress.  It’s also his second visit to Ephesus, having previously played Antipholus of Syracuse at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre.  Other recent Bay Area appearances include 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor), ByeByeBirdie (Albert), and Company (Bobby).  He is also the author of two musicals that premiered this year:  Oh My Godmother! and There’s No Business Like Shoe Business.

ANIL MARGASAHAYAM (Wizard) was recently seen as Chico Marx in 42nd Street Moon’s production of Minnie’sBoys.  He would like to thank the entire staff for their tireless efforts and support.  Some of Anil's other credits include Wit, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes, Bells Are Ringing, and The King and I.  He would like to thank his family, especially his mother, for all her encouragement.  Watch for Anil in Moon’s Cole Porter Gala on May 23rd.

JOHN PATRICK MOORE (Antipholus of Syracuse) is thrilled to be performing again with 42nd Street Moon, where he was last seen as Theseus in By Jupiter.  Favorite roles in New York include:  Charles in Edward III (Off-Broadway Premiere), King Richard in Richard II and Jacques in As You Like It (Expanded Art’s Free Shakespeare in the Park[ing] Lot).  In the Bay Area, he has worked with The Magic Theatre (The 13 Hallucinations of Julio Rivera), Marin Theatre Company (Beggar’s Holiday, Me & My Girl, Wonderful Town), and Shotgun Players.

NANCY DOBBS OWEN (Lady of the Evening/Seeress)is thrilled to be returning to 42nd Street Moon after having a blast dancing in the fall production of Can-Can. She appeared in the ballet chorus and as Meg in the first national company of The Phantom of the Opera.Lots of additional career experience including: theater, dance, film, TV, print, and those lucrative commercials.  For more info, please visit www.nancydobbsowen.com.  Proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

STEPHANIE RHOADS(Adriana) claims Ninotchka (Silk Stockings), Venus (OneTouch of…), Elvira (High Spirits), Helen (Out of This World), and Adeline (SweetAdeline) as her favorite Moon roles to-date.  A recipient of the Dean Goodman Choice Award for her performances in Hello Dolly (Mountain Play) and Out of This World (42nd Street Moon), Ms. Rhoads has also received Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for her musical revue work.  She has toured and appeared with many regional companies including American Musical Theatre of San Jose, TheatreWorks, Broadway by the Bay, Theatre Phoenix Arizona, Beach Blanket Babylon, Woodminster Musicals, and Larkspur Café Theatre.  Stephanie is the founder and co-Artistic Producing Director of 42nd Street Moon.

KRISTEN SHARPLEY (Lady of the Evening) is thrilled to return to musical theatre after several years away in opera land!  Opera highlights include Belinda in Pocket Opera's Dido and Aeneas and Mabel in Dayton Opera's production of ThePirates of Penzance.  A graduate of Rice University, Kristen received her Masters of Music from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music in 2003.  Favorite roles:  Anne (Rake's Progress), Luna (Dreamwalker) and Papagena (The MagicFlute).  Upcoming engagements include Hope in Western Stage's Anything Goes.

KALON THIBODEAUX (Dromio of Syracuse) is making his second appearance with 42nd Street Moon (and in San Francisco!), having just been seen as Adolph/Harpo in Minnie's Boys.  Kalon comes from the New Orleans area where he performed, taught, directed, and stage managed throughout the gulf south, including groups such as Southern Repertory Theatre, Jefferson Performing Arts Society, and the Dixie Theatre in Apalachicola, Florida.  He holds a B.A. in Drama and Communication from the University of New Orleans and is the co-author of an original children's musical called, The Princess Who Couldn't Cry.

DENNIS M. LICKTEIG (Director) is pleased to return to 42nd Street Moon after a long absence.  Dennis arrived in San Francisco from Minneapolis where he directed such productions as Carousel, My Fair Lady, Night Music, Kiss Me, Kate, H.M.S.Pinafore, and Baby.  Locally, Dennis served as the Artistic Director for Peninsula Center Stage, where he directed Company, Camelot, Brigadoon, Candide,West Side Story, and The Sound of Music.  Other credits include Closer Than Ever, A Little Night Music, TheKing and I, Forum, Redhead for 42nd Street Moon, and the San Francisco premiere of TheHarvey Milk Show.  

DAVE DOBRUSKY (Musical Director) is celebrating his 31st production with 42nd Street Moon!  Some of his favorites include his recent work on Minnie’s Boys, as well as Can-Can, Paint Your Wagon, By Jupiter, …Bird, Plane, Superman, Dear World, Call MeMadam, Jubilee (1997), Finian’s Rainbow, OhCaptain!, plus the new version of Cole Porter’s Out of This World.  Dave was also responsible for the musical direction, arrangements and piano work on the Moon’s cast album of Leave It To Me and the Jerome Kern compilation, The First Rose of Summer.  Other Bay Area credits include: The Fantasticks (Shakespeare at Stinson); The Boy Friend, Whispers on the Wind (Playhouse West); and Violet, Side Show (TheatreWorks).

JAYNE ZABAN (Choreographer) is Co-Owner and Director of Ballet for Dance Arts Center in San Mateo.  She danced professionally with the Atlanta Ballet Company and has instructed many students who now have professional careers in theatre and dance. Jayne has choreographed numerous productions throughout the Bay Area including eight seasons with 42nd Street Moon.  She has also choreographed for Diablo Light Opera Company, Contra Costa Musical Theatre (CCMT), Peninsula Center Stage, Hillbarn, and Morris Bobrow Productions.  She has received two nominations for the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, has been honored with the Garland Award for Let's Face It and Out of This World (for which she also received the Dean Goodman Award), and a Shellie Award for Anything Goes for CCMT.

RACHEL SHACHAR (Costumer) grew up in Los Angeles, California and moved to the Bay Area to attend the University of California at Berkeley.  She recently graduated from there, where she created her own major in Visual Studies and minored in Theater Design.  It was there that she got her initial experiences in costume designing and has now worked on four professional productions.  Costume designing has become her passion and profession.

SHAWN FERREYRA (Stage Manager) is the co-founder of El Gato Del Diablo Theatre Company, where he will direct the upcoming Rise and Fall of the Monkey King in July.  Most recently, he directed No Exit for Theatre in the Woods.  As a publicist, he has worked for Carla Befera on the San Francisco company of Stomp, TheatreWorks, Aurora Theatre, the Best of Broadway productions of Cabaret, Contact, Fiddleron theRoof, and many others.  He also serves as publicist for the Encore Theatre Company.

ELLEN BROOKS (Lighting Director) has designed 15 productions for 42nd Street Moon – including Once Upon a Mattress, Hooray for What!, and Can-Can this season.  Currently she is also Designer in Residence for the internationally acclaimed Lamplighters recently designing Yeoman of the Guard at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as well as the company's spring tour of Leonard Bernstein's Candide.  This summer she will design Marin Shakespeare Company's 2005 season at Forest Meadows and the Spanish Zarzuela, El Barberillo de Lavapies, for Jarvis Conservatory in Napa.