LUKE ANTHONY (Harold, et al) was most recently seen in the World Premiere of The Witching Hour (and a half), for which he also composed the music.  Currently, he is composing the music for Sex: The Musical, which will open later this year.  Past roles include: Luke and Jordan in Insignificant Others, Man #3 in Sondheim's Putting It Together at Custom Made Theatre, Tobias in Sweeney Todd, Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Littlechap in Stop the World - I Wanna Get Off.  This is Luke’s first show with 42nd Street Moon. 

NOEL ANTHONY (Jack Robinson) is making his second appearance with 42nd Street Moon, having appeared in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 2004.  Other past credits include The Full Monty (Jerry), Miss Saigon (Chris, Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Nom.), West Side Story (Tony, BATCC Nom.), All Shook Up (Chad), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Cabaret (Ernst), Guys & Dolls (Sky), Oklahoma! (Curly), Carousel (Billy), Ragtime (Younger Brother), Evita (Che), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Beast), The Wedding Singer (Glen), Chess (Anatoly) and Jacques Brel. 

LILLIAN ASKEW EVERDELL (Daisy Parker) makes a welcomed return to 42nd Street Moon. Recent credits:  Custom Made Theater's production of Mr. Marmalade (Lucy) and 42nd Street Moon’s productions of Call Me Madam (Maude) and Out of This World (Minerva/Marika). Regional credits:  Putting It Together (The Younger Woman), Cabaret (Lulu), Insignificant Others (Kristen), and Emma (Jane Fairfax). Film credits:  The Singularity Is Near (Samantha) directed by Anthony Waller. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in Vocal Performance.

ANDREW BOYER (Watty Watkins) Broadway credits include Gypsy, with Patti LuPone, directed by Arthur Laurents, The Music Man, directed by Susan Stroman.  Other New York City credits include King Lear with Hal Holbrook at the Roundabout Theatre, national tours of Beauty and the Beast, and The Odd Couple with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.  Regionally, Dale Harding in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fagin in Oliver!, Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Cap’n Andy in Show Boat, Scrooge in  A Christmas Carol  and Clem Rogers in Will Rogers Follies.

CALEB HAVEN DRAPER (Bill, et al) graduated from the University of the Pacific in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre.  Favorite credits include Ragtime (Mother's Younger Brother), Gypsy (Tulsa), Hair (Walter), Urinetown (Bobby Strong), Assassins (Guiteau), South Pacific (Joe Cable), Importance of Being Ernest (Algernon), Heart's Desire (Harry, West Coast Premiere), Hello Dolly (Ambrose Kemper).  This is Caleb’s first appearance with 42nd Street Moon.

RUDY GUERRERO (Estrada/Rufus) was previously seen in 42nd Street Moon's productions of High Spirits, Irma La Douce, Gay Divorce (Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Nominee for Supporting Actor), The Golden Apple, Once Upon a Mattress, and Can-Can. Other regional theater credits include performances at Alcazar Theatre, A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Foothill Music Theatre, The Magic, Marin Shakespeare Company, Marin Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, and Word for Word.  Rudy has a BFA in Musical Theater from the Boston Conservatory and a MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater.

LISA SHEPARD HENSLEY (Josephine Vanderwater) is making her fourth turn in a 42nd Street Moon production and is particularly thrilled to be a part of this Gershwin classic. Past Moon credits include Destry Rides Again (Dimples/Mrs. Claggett), Coco (Jeanine/Docaton), and Girl Crazy (Patsy). Other favorite roles include Sheila in A Chorus Line, Frenchy in Cabaret, June in Chicago and Tess in Crazy for You. When she is not onstage, Lisa inhabits the roles of Mom and Middle School Drama Teacher at Windrush School.

BEN KNOLL (Bertie Bassett) is ecstatic to return to 42nd Street Moon and work with this great bunch of people.  Having just appeared in The Miser at Ross Valley Players, he has been previously seen at Moon in Call Me Madam, Wildcat, and Ben Franklin in Paris.  Other Bay Area work includes North Bay Shakespeare's Midsummer, Custom Made's Assassins, the Mountain Play’s production of Hair, and Marin Shakespeare Company’s Comedy of Errors, Don Juan, and Merry Wives of Windsor.

JADE SHOJAEE (Betsy, et al) is making her 42nd Street Moon debut. She most recently appeared as Eliza Doolittle in West Valley Light Opera’s production of My Fair Lady, for which she won an Erma (Subscribers Choice) award. Other credits include Little Women (Jo March) with Palo Alto Players and Into the Woods (Snow White) with Golden State Theatre Productions. She is also a graduate of San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.

IAN SIMPSON (Dick Trevor) just returned from Japan where he was a featured soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic.  Previous credits include Leo Bloom in The Producers, Harry Bright in Mamma Mia!, four seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada,  three seasons with the Shaw Festival in Canada and a season on Prince Edward Island with the Charlottetown Festival.  Other credits include Enjolras in Les Misérables, Whizzer in Falsettos, Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods and Prince Charming in Cinderella.  Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

RENA WILSON (Susie Trevor) is honored to be back with 42nd Street Moon playing a role originated by Adele Astaire. She was last seen here in High Spirits and The Student Gypsy. Most recently she was seen playing Ruby in Dames at Sea with the New Conservatory Theatre Center. Some of her favorite Bay Area credits include Peter Pan (Wendy- Shellie Award Nominee), Into the Woods (Cinderella), The Music Man (Marian Paroo), My Fair Lady (Eliza), Urinetown (Hope Cladwell- Shellie Award Nominee), 42nd Street (Lorraine). http://www.renawilson.biz

NICHOLAS YENSON (Tap Specialty/Flunky) last appeared with 42nd Street Moon as Cisco in Girl Crazy. Since then he has appeared in Picnic (Alan) and completed his third and fourth national tours with Riverdance (soloist). Favorite shows include Of Mice and Men (Carlson), Sylvia (Greg), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Harding). Nicholas studied modern dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and has a Bachelor of Arts in Irish music and dance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.

CHRIS SMITH (Director) New York musicals include premieres of Mark Gaylord’s Chatham Songs (MCC Theatre, New York), George Stiles & Anthony Drewe’s The Ugly Duckling, later Honk!, (Bay Street Theatre Festival), Domenick Allen and Chris Smith’s A Sense of Freedom (Raw Space; also Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland), Gary Friedman & Sandra Hochman’s Vaudeville Jive, and Debra Barsha’s Go To Your Room (Ensemble Studio Theatre).  He was Associate Director for the pre-Broadway tour of the Sherman Brothers’ Busker Alley, staring Tommy Tune. He also wrote the book to Signs & Wonders, Tom Boras music, Hershel Garfein lyrics (New York University commission), and co-wrote The Sparrow and the Birdman with Raquel Bitton (TheatreWorks commission). Chris has directed many plays, produced new musicals in New York City and San Francisco, and was Artistic Director of Magic Theatre (SF) and Youngblood (NYC).

DAVE DOBRUSKY (Musical Director) is celebrating his 14th season with 42nd Street Moon and recently served as musical director for Cole Porter’s Jubilee.  Other favorite productions include Out of This World, The Student Gypsy, Plain and Fancy, Li’l Abner, Mack and Mabel, Red Hot and Blue!, Minnie’s Boys, Can-Can, Finian’s Rainbow, Paint Your Wagon (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award), By Jupiter, Leave It to Me! (recorded), Dear World, Call Me Madam, and Louisiana Purchase. He has also appeared with Donna McKechnie, Cady Huffman, Nancy Dussault, Andrea McArdle, Marni Nixon, Rebecca Luker and Leslie Caron. Other Bay Area credits include: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Ray of Light), Man of LaMancha (BATCC Award), Putting It Together (San Francisco Playhouse); The Fantasticks (Shakespeare at Stinson); and Passion, Chess (New Conservatory Theatre).

ZACK THOMAS WILDE (Choreographer) began dancing in his teens. He studied Dance and Drama at UC Santa Barbara, then moved to New York and toured the world with Les Ballets Trockadero. He has shared the stage and some TV moments with Shirley MacLaine, Dick Cavett, Irene Cara, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Robert Helpman, Joe Namath, Eddie Bracken, and Howard McGillin. He danced principal roles with the Cape Town Ballet, the Nederlands Dance Theater, and on and off-Broadway. He coached Natalia Makarova and Alessandro Molin in London, and choreographed in New York, in Tuscany, and for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.

DANIEL TOMAS SCHULTZ (Stage Manager) makes a welcomed return to stage manage his second Moon production. His other stage management credits include: Jubilee (42nd Street Moon), Proof (San Francisco State University), Cuckoo (Jump! Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Riverside City College-Conservatory), Songs for a New World (RCC), The Diviners (RCC), The Heidi Chronicles (RCC), and Into the Woods (RCC). He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from San Francisco State University, and when not stage managing, Daniel can also be seen performing. He will soon appear in John Bisceglie's Forever Broadway at the Herbst Theatre.

ELLEN BROOKS (Lighting Designer) has designed countless productions for 42nd Street Moon at the Herbst, Eureka, Alcazar and New Conservatory Theatres - including our recent Alcazar Salons and annual Galas. Currently, she is the Resident Lighting Director at MarinShakespeareCompany. In 2009 she  designed Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night and The Importance of Being Ernest at its amphitheatre in Forest Meadows. Her recent work also includes Bittersweet for Lamplighters/Opera West, Once on This Island for Berkeley Playhouse, Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Miracle Worker and Premiere for Ross Valley Players, Cosi fan tutte for North Bay Opera and the World Premiere of Dogsbody at the Yerba Buena Forum.

LOUISE JARMILOWICZ (Costumer) is in her fourth season as costumer for 42nd Street Moon. She has been costuming around San Francisco for many years. Other groups with whom she has worked, designing and constructing costumes, include Crowded Fire, the Thrillpeddlers, Handful Players, the African-American Shakespeare Co., Children's Fairyland, Stage Door Conservatory, The Lamplighters, the Dark Room Theater, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and many other local artists.
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SCOTT A. WILBER (Set Designer) is a painter, sculptor, designer and teacher living in San Francisco.  He had a blast doing the sets for Moon’s Call Me Madam, Destry Rides Again, and Jubilee. Scott has also designed sets for New Conservatory Theatre’s Theatre District in 2006 and has been scenic painter to over a dozen shows at NCTC and for Live Oak School Drama productions since 2000. Visit scott@338sf.com/scott to see recent pieces and commissioned work.

KEVIN PONG (Prop Master) returns to 42nd Street Moon after designing Call Me Madam earlier this season.  Past scenic design credits include Jericho and Use Both Hands at Sleepwalkers Theatre, Twelfth Night at UC Berkeley, The Redwood Book of Luke and Sondheim's Company at BareStage, as well as design partnerships for events with the Mill Valley Film Festival and Pixar Studios.  Beyond stage, Kevin is a furniture buyer for corporate retail.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org.