Joel Castellaw

Joel is delighted to be making his Cygnet debut in HIR. He has appeared locally in Please Take a Seat at the San Diego Fringe Festival; The Taming of the Shrew at InnerMission Productions; The Sunshine Boys at Scripps Ranch Theatre; Sueño at Intrepid Theatre Company; and, The Coffee Shop Chronicles, at New Play Café. He is a graduate of the actors’ training program at the Meisner/Chekhov Integrated Training Studio, and he is currently a candidate for the MA in Theatre Arts at SDSU.

DeAnna Driscoll

Avi Roque

Avi Roque (they/them) grew up in San Francisco, CA, received their B.A. in Theatre from California State University, Fullerton and currently resides in Chicago, IL. Avi is a multi-disciplinary artist and a Latinx Trans/Non-Binary individual, who is constantly exploring transformation and discovery of self through devising new works while also breathing life into the words of others. They were most recently in the Bay Area at California Shakespeare Theater working on the West Coast Premiere of Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Avi has also worked with Chicago theaters such as: Steppenwolf (The Crucible), Goodman (Mother Road) & American Theater Company (Men On Boats, We’re Gonna Be Okay). TV/Film/Web Series Credits include: Chicago Fire, Landline, Brujos & Chapstick. They are represented by Gray Talent Group. You can learn more about them & their whereabouts at aviroque.com.

Dylan Seaton

Dylan John Seaton is thrilled to be making his Cygnet Theatre debut. Dylan received his B.A. in Theatre from UC San Diego. His San Diego theatre credits include Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins (Diversionary), The Song of Extinction (Ion), Julius Caesar (New Village Arts), and Hysterical Blindness (Backyard). Los Angeles theatre credits include The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later (LA LGBT Center), The Curse of Oedipus (Antaeus Co.), and Pure Confidence (Lower Depths Theatre Ensemble). Television credits include The Fosters (Freeform), Castle (ABC), Notorious (ABC), It Was Him or Me (Biography), Murder Book (Investigation Discovery), and L.A.’s Finest (Charter), coming 2019. Film credits include Faith of our Fathers and Apostle Peter & The Last Supper. Additionally, Dylan portrayed the lead role of serial killer Richard Chase in the made-for-tv movie LORE: Deadly Obsession (Investigation Discovery), played lead in Rock Films’ acclaimed short Carry On Only (Short Film Selection – San Diego Film Festival), and has been featured in dozens of comedy sketches and web series on Cracked.com. He is eternally grateful to his chérie and his entire family for being the most supportive bunch an actor could ever ask for.

Bonnie Durben

Cygnet Theatre: The Wind and the Breeze, A Little Night Music, Animal Crackers, On The Twentieth Century and 57 other productions; Moonlight Theatre Productions: Aida, Little Mermaid, Sunset Blvd, In the Heights, Sister Act, Peter Pan, Titanic, The Addams Family, The Music Man, Shrek, All Shook Up, Big Fish; Scripps Ranch: Skin Deep, Good People; Diversionary Theatre: 2.5 Minute Ride, Well, Ballast, Mystery of Love and Sex, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Now or Later, She-Rantulas, Baby with the Bathwater, A New Brain, Amazons and Their Men; Mira Costa Theatre: Waiting For Lefty, Oklahoma, These Shining Lights, Romeo and Juliet, Seven, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Urinetown. Member of the Society of Property Artisans and Managers.

Sean Fanning

Sean is a Southern California based scenic designer and Resident Artist of Cygnet, where he has designed over twenty productions including Spamalot, The Wind and the Breeze, A Little Night Music, The Last Wife, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Animal Crackers, Shockheaded Peter, On the 20th Century, Seven Guitars, King Hedley II, Gypsy, Dogfight, Hay Fever, The Vortex, The Whale, Sons of the Prophet, Pageant, Maple & Vine, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Parade, and many more. Elsewhere: Full Gallop (Craig Noel Award Nomination), A Doll’s House, Plaid Tidings, Kingdom (The Old Globe); Manifest Destinitis, The Oldest Boy, Honky, In the Heights, (San Diego Repertory Theatre); My Mañana Comes (Marin Theatre Company); Brownsville Song (Moxie Theatre); Now or Later, the World Premiere of The Boy Who Danced on Air (Diversionary Theatre); West Side Story (San Diego Musical Theatre); The Improv at Harrah’s and Menopause The Musical (Harrah’s Las Vegas). He holds an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from San Diego State University. See more of his work at www.seanfanningdesigns.com.

Peter Herman

Cygnet Theatre: Costumes and Wig/Makeup Design for Shakespeare’s R&J, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.  Wigs/Makeup Design for Spamalot, The Last Wife, Shockheaded Peter, On the 20^th Century, Bad Jews, Seven Guitars, King Hedley II, Gypsy, Stupid F**king Bird, The Rocky Horror Show, When the Rain Stops Falling, Hay Fever, The Vortex, Dogfight, My Fair Lady, Sons of the Prophet, Pageant, Fool for Love, True West, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Spring Awakening, Maple and Vine, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Company, Assassins, A Christmas Carol, Gem of the Ocean, Mistakes Were Made, Man of La Mancha, Dirty Blonde, Parade, A Behanding in Spokane, The Glass Menagerie, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town, Cabaret, The Norman Conquests, Private Lives, Sweeney Todd.  Elsewhere: Peter has designed hair and wigs for over 300 productions, including the La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, San Diego Opera and Disneyland.  Peter currently teaches wig and makeup at SDSU.

Marie Jahelka

Dogfight, My Fair Lady, True West, Fool for Love, Spring Awakening, Company, Shakespeare’s R&J, Assassins, Mistakes Were Made, Parade, Cabaret, and Love Song (Cygnet Theatre Company); Native Gardens, The Wanderers, Powers New Voices Festival (2016–2018), Red Velvet, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Somewhere, The Last Romance, The Whipping Man, Romeo y Julieta, Back Back Back, Opus, The American Plan, In This Corner, and Oscar and the Pink Lady (The Old Globe);  Hollywood, Ether Dome, Miss You Like Hell, The Tall Girls (La Jolla Playhouse); Evita and Violet (San Diego Repertory Theatre); Hairspray and The Full Monty (San Diego Musical Theatre); Mixtape (Lamb’s Players Theatre); and This Wonderful Life (North Coast Repertory Theatre). She received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of San Diego.

Rob Lutfy

Rob is the Associate Artistic Director at Cygnet Theatre. Cygnet Theatre: Every Brilliant Thing, The Wind and the Breeze, The Last Wife, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Shockheaded Peter, Bad Jews, Stupid F***ing Bird, When the Rain Stops Falling, Hay Fever, Sons of the Prophet, The Motherf**ker with the Hat. Elsewhere: Clown Play, NYC International Fringe Festival; The Gin Game, Anacostia Playhouse; The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Threshold Repertory; The Sunset Limited, 3M Productions; Time Stands Still, Collaborative Arts, Bodas de sangre, Grossmont College. He has worked on plays in development at The Kennedy Center, The O’Neill Theatre Center, Burning Coal Theatre, The Hub Theatre and The Rensing Center. He has assisted directors at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center and Marin Theatre Company. He was the 2014-2015 National New Play Network Producer-in-Residence at Marin Theatre Company, and the 2012-2013 William R. Kenan, Jr. Directing Fellow at The John F. Kennedy Center. Rob is a graduate of the directing program under Gerald Freedman at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Shirley Pierson

For Cygnet: The Wind and the Breeze, Shockheaded Peter, Pageant, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Assassins, WCYG A Christmas Carol (’12, ’13), Parade (Craig Noel Outstanding Costume Design Award), Spring Awakening, Mistakes Were Made, The Glass Menagerie, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Private Lives, It’s a Wonderful Life (‘09, ‘10, ‘11), The History Boys, A Christmas Carol (’09). Selected Regional and San Diego Theatre: The Pasadena Playhouse: The Fantasticks; The Old Globe: Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, Rich Girl; Diversionary Theatre: The Boy Who Danced on Air, Now or Later, Marry Me A Little, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabbler, When Last We Flew, Pippin, Harmony Kansas, Next Fall; New Village Arts; Seascape, Into the Woods. Shirley received her MFA in Theatrical Design from San Diego State University. View her work at: shirleypiersondesigns.com.

R. Craig Wolf

R. Craig Wolf has taught and designed lighting nationwide for both theatre and dance. Credits include designs for New York’s Dance Theatre Workshop, Theatre Artaud in San Francisco, Japan America Center in Los Angeles, SRT in Santa Rosa, and the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. In addition, Craig is resident designer for Native Voices at the Autry (Los Angeles). Former Head of the Design Area and Professor Emeritus of Stage Design at San Diego State University, Mr. Wolf is the co-author of Scene Design and Stage Lighting, now in its tenth edition. Craig is pleased to be designing for Cygnet Theatre again this season.