Bryan Banville

LET’S ROCK! Bryan is a proud Resident Artist of Cygnet Theatre where he was last seen in Monty Python’s Spamalot, (Craig Noel Award Winner). Other Cygnet credits: Animal Crackers, On the Twentieth Century, The Rocky Horror Show, My Fair Lady, Assassins, and Man of La Mancha. Bryan recently joined the Flyboys for their 2^nd American Tour performing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Select credits – Old Globe: The Heart of Rock and Roll, Camp David, & Anna Christie; Backyard Renaissance: Tarrytown (Criag Noel Award Nominee); Diversionary: Significant Other; SDMT: The Producers, Miracle on 34^th Street, and Ragtime; Moonlight Stage Productions: Titanic, The Music Man, Spamalot, and Catch Me If You Can; Barn Stage Company: Songs for a New World; Farmer’s Alley Theatre: Forever Plaid; NVA: Plaid Tidings. Love to my amazing partner in crime Katie, proud of you!

Drew Bradford

Drew Bradford is so excited to be back at Cygnet! Other Cygnet credits include: On the Twentieth Century (Porter), Monty Python’s Spamalot. Most recently, he was the male swing for the world premiere of Diana at the La Jolla Playhouse. Regional credits include Little Women (Laurie), Barn Stage; Cabaret (Cliff), ion; The Fantasticks (Matt), SRT; The Little Mermaid, The Addams Family, Peter Pan (Curly), The Music Man, All Shook Up, Mary Poppins (Robertson Ay), Moonlight; Young Frankenstein, South Pacific, Damn Yankees, 42nd Street, SDMT; The Addams Family, Big Fish, Young Frankenstein, Performance Riverside. Enjoy the show!

Megan Carmitchel

Megan is happy to be rocking out this summer at Cygnet!  She was last seen here in A Christmas Carol and A Little Night Music. Other recent credits include- Lamb’s Players Theatre: Persuasion, Big Fish, OZ (world premiere), You Can’t Take it With You, Quilters, and Fiddler on the Roof. Diversionary Theatre: Significant Other, A New Brain, and Pippin. The Old Globe: The Last Goodbye (world premiere) and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. La Jolla Playhouse:Weatherman (reading). San Diego Repertory Theatre:The Who’s Tommy. Welk Resort Theatre: South Pacific and Stepping Out. Megan has also music directed several shows at LEGOLAND, CA.  She attended San Francisco State University where she studied vocal performance and theatre.

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Berto Fernandez

Berto Fernandez is stoked to be making his Cygnet Theatre debut in this badass production of Rock of Ages. Favorite credits include: Sister Act! (San Diego Musical Theatre), La Cage Aux Folles (Actors’ Playhouse, Miami), Beauty & The Beast: Live! (Disney World), O Wondrous Night (Seaworld San Diego), Jesus Christ Superstar and Little Shop of Horrors (Lyric Theatre of Puerto Rico), as well as performing as the Lead Vocalist for various Royal Caribbean productions. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he has had the honor of sharing the stage with superstars such as Ricky Martin and Andrea Bocelli. Sincerest gratitude to the Cygnet family for this opportunity, and to YOU for keeping the magic of theatre alive!

Rory Gilbert

Rory is thrilled to make his Cygnet Theatre debut! Find more info at rorygilbertnyc.com, including reels and links to past work. Film: Sergeant Hernstein, Point Man, Sony Pictures. Television: Fred Coe, Shattered, Discovery Channel. Theater: Pastor Dan, Silent Knight, the Lincoln Center’s Clark Theater (Rory wrote and directed as well); Drew, Rock of Ages, Trustus Theatre; Alan, Torch Song Trilogy, Workhouse Theatre Company; Brinkley (a mask character), Luna, Cirque du Soleil & UNCSA; and Captain Nemo, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Peppercorn Theatre. Voiceover: Downtown LA Law Group’s local TV commercial. Training: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Acting & Directing BFA (class of 2016).

Siri Hafso

Siri is thrilled to return to Cygnet after recently appearing in Spamalot and Shockheaded Peter. Other credits: Ulla in The Producers, Rhoda in White Christmas, Graziella in West Side Story, 9 to 5, Annie Get Your Gun (San Diego Musical Theatre), Lisley Witherspoon in The Angel’s Arms, American Rhythm, Big Fish, West Side Story (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Catch Me If You Can, Mary Poppins, Spamalot (Moonlight), Ilse in Spring Awakening, Little Sally in Urinetown, and RENT (Lake City Playhouse). She sings in a trio with her two sisters where they recently gave a concert in Spokane, Washington, and performed locally for the Rady Children’s Hospital 107^th Anniversary Charity Ball, “Heart of Gold.” Siri is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Love and thanks to the Cygnet team, her family and Vince!

Emma Nossal

Cygnet debut! Emma is stoked to be spending the summer rocking out here in Old Town. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from Cal State Fullerton. Favorite credits include: Crazy For You (Patsy, Polly US), Miracle on 34^th Street (Olivia Glatt), Young Frankenstein, Hairspray (Penny Pingleton), South Pacific (Dinah Murphy, Nellie US), San Diego Musical Theatre; Little Women (Beth/Amy US, Dance Captain), The Barn Stage Company; The Addams Family, Big Fish (Alabama Lamb), Performance Riverside; The Little Mermaid (Adella), The Music Man (Zaneeta Shinn), All Shook Up, Mary Poppins, Moonlight Stage Productions; 42^nd Street (Peggy Sawyer), Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl), La Cage Aux Folles (Anne Dindon), Candlelight Pavilion; Little Women (Beth March), Anne of Green Gables (Josie Pye), Chance Theater; CATS (Rumpleteazer), Lewis Family Playhouse. You can also catch her performing daily at LEGOLAND California Resort in Carlsbad. THANK YOU for supporting live theatre! Enjoy the show! emmanossal.com

Anise Ritchie

Anise Ritchie is excited to return to Cygnet in Rock of Ages as Justice.  She has appeared in many shows in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, New York, New Jersey and across the country and has recently returned from Marseille, France from a month long singing tour of Gospel music.  Anise is one of actors who currently tours with Menopause the Musical,  with the National Tour Company of MTM.  Anise has recently appeared at Cygnet Theatre in San Diego, CA. in A Little Night Music as Madame Armfeldt.  She is also one of the original cast members of Disney’s production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at  The La Jolla Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.  She is also on the cast recording of Hunchback of Notre Dame (High Notes).  She appeared as the Witch in Big Fish at Lamb’s Players Theatre, also Boomers and  Falling Star and In Angel’s Arms.  Other credits include Violet, Tommy at San Diego Repertory Theatre.  The Life Story of Sammy Davis Jr, How The Grinch Stole Christmas at the Old Globe Theatre.  Leap of Faith Ahmenson Theatre in Los Angeles.  Nightmare Alley at the Geffen Playhouse Los Angeles.  TheaterWorks (Bay Area)  Once on this Island, Caroline Or Change, Sparks, California Conservatory Theatre (BA)  A Grand Night for Singing, Smoky Joe’s Café, Woodminister Amphitheatre (BA) Sophisticated Ladies, Sierra Rep. Columbia Actors Repertory,Beehive-The 60’s Musical, North Coast Rep., Lorraine Hansberry (SF) Ain’t Misbehavin, Eubie, The Dance On Widows Row,  Townsend Opera Players, Showboat,  Portland Civic Theatre and Oregon Shakespeare Festival,  Little Shop of Horrors.  Anise has toured Europe singing opera, gospel and different style of music. Her voice can be heard on many voice-overs and television commercials. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Tamara Sofia Rodriguez Mehl

Tamara Rodriguez is pumped to be part of Rock of Ages! Theatre credits: The Pitch –World premiere (LATC); Up Here – World Premiere (La Jolla Playhouse); Dust (Cygnet Theatre); Yoga Play as Romola (MOXIE Theatre); Enfrascada (San Diego Rep) Regional: Chicago as Lis (Moonlight Stage); Westside Story as Maria (Pechanga Casino Resort); Camelot as Nimue (TheBarnStageCompany); Mary Poppins as Mrs. Corey Regional Tour (Theatre Royale); Annie Get Your Gun (SDMT),  TV: Sweet Fifteen: Mom, I Want to be an Artist (Telemundo) and Buscando a Timbiriche, La Nueva Banda (Univision). Concerts:  Nokia Theatre Live with Shakhar Binespajooh along side the L.A Philharmonic; Lena Horne Tribute, San Diego Latin Film Festival Featured Artist: (International Songwriting award 2012 ),  ALBUM CREDITS: ” Infinite Energy” (Buddha Music Group). Graduate  from Berklee College Of Music.www.tamararodriguezmehl.com .

John Rosen

John is very excited to be performing for the first time at Cygnet Theater. REGIONAL: A Catered Affair and The Constant Wife for The Old Globe.  LAMB’S PLAYER THEATER:  A Jewel in the Crown, Persuasion, Explorer’s Club, Big Fish, Shadowlands, Beau Jest, Dinner with Marlene, The Nerd, Festival of Christmas 2015, OZ, West Side Story, You Can’t Take it With You, Fiddler on the Roof, Around the World in 80 Days, Joe vs the Volcano, Guys & Dolls, The Music Man, Harvey, The Fantasticks, Room Service, The Winslow Boy, American Rhythm, and Charlie’s Aunt.  LOCAL:  Old Jews Telling Jokes, Ella, for the San Diego Rep.  And too many others to list from the distant past at Diversionary, Sledgehammer Theater, Gaslamp Quarter Theater, Bowery Theater, et al.  Look for him in the upcoming “Ring Around the Moon” at Lamb’s Players in October.

Bailey Day Sonner

Bailey Day is ready to rock and roll with this brilliant cast and creative team. Her last time on the Cygnet stage was as Marjorie May in Gypsy (or you might recognize her as the back of the cow), and she’s so excited to be back, singing and dancing to some of her favorite 80’s songs. Credits include: Sillabub in CATS (San Diego Musical Theatre, Norris, Lewis Family Playhouse), Minnie Fay in Hello Dolly (Welk Resort Theatre), Velma in West Side Story (La Mirada Theatre), Denise in Smoke on the Mountain (Lambs Players Theatre),Airplane in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer National Tour (McCoy Rigby). As always, this show is dedicated to the best family in the world. I wouldn’t be stripping on the stage without you!! Endless love to you all. For Cassie.  Instagram: magicalbay

E.Y. Washington

The best opportunities are the one’s that leave you honored, humbled, dumbstruck and speechless. These are E.Y.’s thoughts in regards to playing the Mayor/Ja’Keith in Rock of Ages. Memorable credits include: T.J. in Sister Act (SDMT), Singing Slave in Aida (Moonlight), and The Frog in Monty Python’s Spamalot (Cygnet). E.Y. would like to thank Sean, Katie, and Patrick; Rock and Roll was truly a blur prior to their collective, patient and creative hand. E.Y. would also like to thank his cast; their talent and company is as extraordinary as it is dazzling. Last, but certainly not least he’d like to thank the crew; what E.Y. doesn’t know can fill volumes–thank you for being those volumes. Sit back, relax and enjoy our caterwauling; it’s a hoot. Seeking representation: eywashington.com

Zackary Scot Wolfe

Zackary Scot Wolfe is thrilled to make his Cygnet debut! Select credits include: SDMT: Corney Collins (Hairspray – Craig Noel Award Nomination), Man 1 (First Date) Asher (Joesph…), Levi (Last Night in Town). NVA: Princeton/Rod (Avenue Q – Craig Noel Award), B.J Gibson (1940s Radio Hour 15′,16), Tom Sawyer/Young Fool (Big River) , Will Parker (Oklahoma!). INTREPID: Emcee, Ensemble (Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story) THE BARNSTAGE COMPANY: Male Swing (Peter And The Star Catchers), Georg (Spring Awakening). He’d like to thank this incredible Artistic Team, Beautiful Cast, and Crew! Follow along: @mancubz

Katie Banville

Previously at Cygnet: Spamalot (Choreographer/Assoc.Director), A Christmas Carol (Choreographer), Spring Awakening (Asst. Choreographer), Gypsy (June/Asst. Choreographer), Company (April/Asst. Choreographer), My Fair Lady (Ensemble/Asst. Choreographer), Man of La Mancha, Parade, Cabaret. Choreography credits: Freaky Friday (Co-Director) – San Diego Musical Theatre; Tarrytown, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Smokefall – Backyard Renaissance; Beachtown – San Diego Rep; Company – San Diego State University; Lucky Stiff, Cinderella, 80 Days – Grossmont College; Man of La Mancha – Oceanside Theatre Company; A Doll’s House (Movement Coordinator) – The Old Globe. Performance credits: The Heart of Rock and Roll, Benny and Joon – The Old Globe; Freaky Friday, Escape to Margaritaville – La Jolla Playhouse. MFA Musical Theatre, San Diego State University; BFA, Illinois Wesleyan University. Upcoming: directing Beehive: The ‘60s Musical at Okoboji Summer Theatre. www.katiebanville.com

Craig Campbell

In addition to serving as Cygnet’s Production Manager, his Stage Mgmt. credits here include; Angels in America, Spamalot, A Little Night Music, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Animal Crackers, On the Twentieth Century; August Wilson Rep; Seven Guitars & King Hedley II; Noel Coward Rep; Hay Fever & The Vortex.  Other local area credits include: Damn Yankees, White Christmas, 42nd Street, La Cage aux Folles, West Side Story (SDMT); Peter Pan & The Music Man (Moonlight) The Tallest Tree in the Forest, Kingdom City & The Who and the What (La Jolla Playhouse). National tours: Forever Plaid, Guys & Dolls, Some Like it Hot and All Shook Up.  Prior to life in San Diego, Craig is an Emmy Award winning Producer on various home make over shows including; “Clean House”, “Room-Mate Wars”, “Over Your Head” and “The Amanda’s”.

Bonnie Durben

Cygnet Theatre: Angels in America, HIR, 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 thirty productions including HIR, Spamalot, The Wind and the Breeze, A Little Night Music, The Last Wife, On The Twentieth Century (2017 Craig Noel Award), The Legend of Georgia McBride, Bad Jews, Seven Guitars, King Hedley II, Gypsy, Dogfight, The Whale, Sons of the Prophet, and many more. Elsewhere: Looking for Christmas, Full Gallop, A Doll’s House (The Old Globe); Nina Simone: Four Women (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Straight White Men (Florida Studio Theatre); A Dolls House Pt. 2, Fun Home, Beachtown, Black Pearl Sings, Evita, Manifest Destinitis, The Oldest Boy, Honky, In the Heights, (San Diego Rep); Oslo, Thomas and Sally, My Mañana Comes (Marin Theatre Company); Once, Silent Sky, Equivocation (Lamb’s Players); He received the first Craig Noel Award for Designer of the Year for his body of work in 2016. Sean holds an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from San Diego State University. www.seanfanningdesigns.com

TJ Fucella

TJ is grateful and excited to return to Cygnet as a sound designer. He has been working in San Diego as a sound designer and mix engineer for the last 3 years. Recent credits include Marie and Rosetta, Gypsy, On The 20th Century, Shockheaded Peter, A Little Night Music, and Spamalot (Cygnet Theatre), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Guadalupe in the Guest Room (New Village Arts), Father Comes Home From The Wars, and Perfect Arrangement (Intrepid). He’d like to thank all of his friends at Cygnet Theatre, as well as his amazing fiancée Julia for their love and support.

Peter Herman

Cygnet Theatre: Costumes and Wig/Makeup Design for Shakespeare’s R&J, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.  Wigs/Makeup Design for Pride and Prejudice, Angels in America, Marie and Rosetta, HIR, 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.

Patrick Marion

Cygnet Theatre Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Shockheaded Peter, Gypsy, The Rocky Horror Show, My Fair Lady, A Christmas Carol, Spring Awakening, Company, Assassins, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret. San Diego Theatre: Lamb’s Players Theatre (Associate Artist): miXtape, The Music Man, An American Christmas (’09 through ’12), Pump Boys and Dinettes, Godspell, Boomers; San Diego Musical Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Diversionary Theatre: Moscow (Award for Outstanding Musical Direction, StageSceneLA); American Rose Theatre: Spring Awakening; Francis Parker: Once on This Island, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Always, Patsy Cline; Coronado Playhouse: Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party; Ariel Performing Arts: Zanna, Don’t! A Musical Fairy Tale; Regional Theatre: Temecula Valley Players: Jesus Christ Superstar.

Blake McCarty

Blake McCarty is a director and designer, as well as the founder of Blindspot Collective, a theatre company devoted to transformative new work at the intersection of advocacy, education, and entertainment. Previous Cygnet productions: Angels in America, Spamalot, On the Twentieth Century, and The Rocky Horror Show. Upcoming: directing Hall Pass for the WoW Festival at La Jolla Playhouse, designing 33 1/3: House of Dreams for San Diego Rep, and an artistic residency at the San Diego International Airport. Elsewhere as a designer: Light Years Away (La Jolla Playhouse); Evita and Beachtown (San Diego Rep); This Beautiful City (Diversionary); Shadowlands, American Rhythm, and Oz (Lamb’s Players); Cloud Tectonics, Buddy, and Return to Forbidden Planet (New Village Arts); and Sunday in the Park with George (Ion). He holds a BFA in Film Production and an MA in Educational Theatre, both from New York University.

Sean Murray

Mr. Murray co-founded Cygnet Theatre in 2002 along with partner Bill Schmidt. Cygnet Theatre: Angels in America, Spamalot, A Little Night Music, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Animal Crackers, On the 20th Century,The Rocky Horror Show, Gypsy, The Vortex, Dogfight, My Fair Lady, Fool for Love, True West, Spring Awakening, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Company, Assassins, WCYG presents A Christmas Carol, Man of La Mancha, Dirty Blonde, Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town, Cabaret, The Tragedy of the Commons, The Norman Conquests, Private Lives, Sweeney Todd, It’s a Wonderful Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa ‘09, The History Boys, A Christmas Carol, A Little Night Music (SD Critic’s Award, Best Director), The Receptionist, The Invention of Love, Bed and Sofa ‘04 (SD Critic’s Award, Best Director, Best Musical Revival), Las Meninas, Escanaba in da Moonlight (SD Critic’s Circle, Set Design), The Book of Liz, Pageant, Bug, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, St. Nicholas, The Matchmaker, Desire Under the Elms, Santaland Diaries, Firebugs, Fully Committed, Arcadia, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Foxes, My Fair Lady. Elsewhere: North Coast Rep: The Elephant Man (Patté Award, Direction), Man of La Mancha, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties; Diversionary: Never the Sinner, Love! Valour! Compassion!. Education: University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA). In 2000, Sean was named one of San Diego Magazine’s “50 People to Watch” and in 2005 he was named Producer of the Year by the San Diego Critic’s Circle.

Amanda Zieve

Amanda Zieve (Lighting Design) is delighted to make her debut with Cygnet Theatre.  She recently designed Tiny Beautiful Things, Barefoot in the Park, Native Gardens, The Wanderers, and Rich Girl (The Old Globe), Put Your House in Order (The La Jolla Playhouse), Sweeney Todd and Roof of the World (Kansas City Repertory Theatre), Billy Elliot: The Musical and Titanic (Signature Theatre Company), and Approval Junkie (Alliance Theatre). Her associate credits include The Heart of Rock & Roll, Bright Star, and Allegiance (The Old Globe), Escape to Margaritaville, Hollywood, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse). She had the privilege of working on her 17th Broadway production last spring. One of her most rewarding experiences has been assisting on Hamilton. She received her B.A. in Theatre from California State University, Northridge. amandazieve.com.