Kimberly Ridgeway (director) has been working professionally as an Actor, Director, Writer and Producer in film and theater for over 20 years. Kimberly wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the stage plays Heavy Burdens, No More Secrets, Prospect Place, and The Gigolo Chronicles, and the short film “The Confession”. Her favorite acting roles include Mrs. Muller, Doubt, Sam Stevens, The Gigolo Chronicles, Coretta Scott King/Fannie Lou Hamer, All The Way, Randa, Savannah Sipping Society, Bernice, The Piano Lesson, Duchess, Wonderland (World Premiere), Tiana in “Hopes Identity” and Camae in The Mountaintop for which she won the 2016 BroadwayWorld San Francisco Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local). Kim has directed projects for several Bay Area Theater Companies including The Playwrights Center of San Francisco, Bay Area Drama Company, and Ubuntu Theater Project. Her upcoming directing projects include Wait Until Dark (Village Theater, Danville), February 2020 and Crowns (Contra Costa Civic Theater, El Cerrito), July 2020. Kim returns to Dragon Productions Theatre Company after directing David Mamet’s Race last season.
Tom Shamrell (scenic designer) is elated to serve as scenic designer for this unique experience at Dragon Productions. This team is bringing an intriguing story to life and Tom is honored to create the play space you see before you. Tom is also a bay area as an actor, director, teacher, property builder and much more. Tom holds a BA in Theatre Arts from San Jose State University and is a graduate of the Foothill Theatre Conservatory.
Nathanael Card (Lighting Designer), Wizard of the Theatre Arts, is proud to take the form of lighting designer, scenic designer, and painter for Dragon. His past scenic designs include: The Revolutionists, Three Days of Rain, and Cirque Exotique du Monde at Dragon; Godspell, Carousel, and A Chorus Line, with Youth Musical Theater Company; and Southern Lights, with 3 Girls Theater at Z Below. He designed lights as well for his last three shows at Dragon, and often crews as an electrician with Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Rep.
Kathleen Qiu (costume designer) is thrilled to return to Dragon for Hickorydickory. Previously, she designed Shoggoths on the Veldt, The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, Equivocation, and Insignificance. Selected credits include Orfeo ed Euridice (West Edge Opera), Passion, How I Learned to Drive, The House of Yes (Custom Made Theatre) The Fit, You Mean to Do Me Harm (SF Playhouse), 12 Angry Wo/Men, She Kills Monsters, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Foothill College), Two Mile Hollow (Ferocious Lotus), and Universal Robots (Quantum Dragon Theatre). You can see some of her other work right now in The Glass Menagerie (Role Players Ensemble, where she also designed Honky and All My Sons). She is currently working on an MFA in Costume Design from the Academy of Art. www.kathleenq.com
Lana Palmer (Sound Design). Credits: The How and the Why; Race(Dragon Productions), School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play(Kansas City Rep/Regional Premiere),For Colored Girls (African-American Shakespeare Company), The Revolutionists(Town Hall Theatre Company/Bay Area Premiere), and Dracula(Inferno Theatre), for which she was nominated for a TBA Award for Original Music. Upcoming: The Daughters (SF Playhouse), Bull in a China Shop (Aurora Theatre). Affiliations: Dramatists Guild, SDC (Associate). www.lanapalmer.com
Kate Martin (Properties Master) designs and creates costumes and props, and performs with Epic Immersive and Hubba Hubba Revue, as well as teaches elementary school science and engineering during the week. In her free time she performs immersive comedy with her girlfriend and creates all sorts of strange things.
Miranda Whipple (Stage Manager) has worked as a stage manager and props designer in the Bay Area for the past four years. Past stage management credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (American Conservatory Theater), Girls Kill Nazis and Geeks vs. Zombies (Pear Theatre), La Llorona (Opera Cultura), and The Witches (Los Altos Youth Theatre). She has also designed props for productions of August: Osage County, West Side Story,In the Heights, Making God Laugh, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Cabaret. Miranda graduated from Cal State University, Fullerton with a B.A. in Theatre Arts in 2014.
Jacob Vorperian (Asst. Technical director) is proud to be joining the creative team of Hickorydickory. He studied computer science at Willamette University before moving on to his current roles as House Technician for Dragon Productions, Head of Technology for Epic Immersive, and Projectionist for Viberation Visuals. Jacob also has over a decade of extensive experience in acting, singing, and dancing, with his most recent role being that of Short John in Epic Immersive's production of The Changeling: a Neverland Story. He would like to thank Marilyn Izdebski for introducing him to the wonderful world of theater and Max and Alika for bringing him to Dragon.
Allie Bailey (Kate/Helen) is delighted to be making her Dragon Theatre debut with this thought provoking production. Allie is a local bay area theatre actor, director, production manager, teaching artist, and production stage manager who specializes in classical and musical theatre, opera, ballet, and modern dance. Before moving to California, Allie graduated from the University of Alberta with a BFA in theatre and worked as a CAEA stage manager in Edmonton, Alberta. Favorite theatre credits include Into the Woods (Los Altos Stage Company, Pacifica Spindrift Players), Rent (Cabrillo Stage), Peter and the Starcatcher (Hillbarn Theatre), The Nutcracker (Bay Pointe Ballet), Roots and Wings (sjDANCEco), Pippin, Cabaret (Sunnyvale Community Players), Sir John in Love (Bronx Opera), La bohรจme, The Magic Flute, Carmen, Idomeneo (Opera San Jose), A Chorus Line, The Marvelous Wonderettes, The Music Man (Broadway by the Bay), The Comedy of Errors (Freewill Players), La Traviata and The Flying Dutchman (Edmonton Opera).
Jonathan Covey (Rowen/Young Jimmy) has been heralded by top Bay Area theatre critics with such breathless praise as “fine” and “colorless” for his portrayal of Malcolm/Son Macduff/Lord #4 in Dragon’s production of Macbeth earlier this year. Recounted in vivid detail as “admirable” and “also in this play, I guess” for his performance of Detective Sgt. Trotter in Crystal Springs’ production of Agatha Christie’s The Mouse Trap back in 2009. Typically, Covey has focused on sound design and music, working on several other Dragon productions, such as Equivocation, Caeneus & Poseidon, Miss Reardon Drinks A Little, The Making of the Star War Holiday Special, and most recently, Shoggoths on the Veldt. He also did sound for Hillbarn’s productions of The Elephant Man and Noises Off, as well as numerous other plays for several other theatre companies around the Bay. But with such rapturous jubilation for his two–count them, TWO–whole swings at acting, how could he not try to top himself with a third?
Sarah Hass (Cari Lee) is thrilled to be making her debut with the Dragon Productions Theatre Company. Recent credits include Stupid F*cking Bird (Nina) with City Lights Theater Company, Seminar (Kate) at San Jose State University, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck) at San Jose State University, The Shape of Things (Evelyn) at San Jose State University, The Great Gatsby (Daisy) at San Jose State University, and Curtains (Ensemble) with South Bay Musical Theater. She graduated with BA in Theatre Arts from San Jose State University and spends her days as a pastry baker. She would like to thank her family and friends for being an overwhelming and constant source of love and support. 
Troy Johnson (Jimmy / Richard) has been acting and directing around the Bay Area for the past 25 years and is excited to be back at Dragon Productions as part of this team of passionate theatre artists. Previous acting credits at Dragon Productions include Porter / Witch / Soldier in this season’s production of Macbeth, Tesman in last season’s The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, and Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire back when Dragon Productions was located in Palo Alto. Other recent acting credits include Harry Dangle in One Man, Two Guvnors at Palo Alto Players and Tesman in Hedda Gabler at The Pear Theatre. Troy thanks you for continuing to support live local theatre.
Zoey Little (Dale) is thrilled to be making her debut at Dragon Theatre. She is currently pursuing a BFA in dance from San Jose State University with a double major in Communication Studies. Credits include Sophie in Mamma Mia (Stage 1 Theater), Jean in the American Psycho West Coast premiere (Ray of Light Theatre), and Rusty in Footloose (West Valley Light Opera). Most recently, Zoey performed in Billy Elliot at Woodminster Summer Musicals. Favorite film credits include Haley in Metamorphosis: Junior Year (Betsy Franco), and Nicole in Animus (Alexis Williams). She also teaches dance at Dance Connection Palo Alto and occasionally choreographs youth theatre in the bay (Peninsula Youth Theater, Chrysalis Youth Theatre, HEART Academy). She is honored to join the phenomenally talented and inspiring cast of Hickorydickory and hopes you enjoy the show! Love and thanks to Mumma and Papa.
