Anne of the Thousand Days: Meet the Cast

Lisa Burton (Norfolk / Servant / Singer) is happy to be back on the Dragon stage and working with such a talented ensemble of artists.  She has previously appeared at Dragon Theatre swashbuckling in Shoggoths on The Veldt, rapping in The Making of The Star Wars Holiday Special, ring leading in Cirque Exotique du Monde, and organizing junk in The Charitable Sisterhood of The Second Trinity Victory Church.  Other credits include the comedies Exit The Body and Rumors (Santa Clara Players), The Millionth Production of The Christmas Carol (The Pear) as well as the podcast Church Biz available on Spotify.  Lisa is deeply grateful to her awesome, supportive family: Drew, Andrew, Zoe and Bolt as well as her best friend and partner in crime, Ashley.

 

Helena G. Clarkson (Cardinal Wolsey / Madge / Thomas Wyatt, Singer) is happy to back onstage at Dragon.  She was last seen here as the Female Chorus in Libation Bearers and Ginger in Becky’s New Car. She has performed at many of the local bay area theaters including Foothill Musical Theater, Tabard, Santa Clara Players, and the Pear. Helena received a BA from Santa Clara University in 2007 (double major in Theater and English), after she completed two AA’s at Foothill College (Theater Arts and Human Performance). Helena would like to thank her son for supporting her every endeavor and everyone here for supporting live theater!!

April Culver (Thomas Boleyn / Elizabeth Boleyn / Thomas More / Bailiff) Recent performances include: The Grapes of Wrath (Rose of Sharon) at Los Altos Stage Company, Shakespeare in Love (Viola) at Palo Alto Players, King Lear (Cordelia / Fool)  B8 Theatre, In the Next Room… (Mrs. Givings, SFBATCC Nomination), A View from the Bridge(Catherine) and Uncle Vanya (Sonya) for Pear Theatre, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena), As You Like It (Celia), and Hamlet (Rosencrantz) at Silicon Valley Shakespeare. She thanks her friends and family for their love, humor, and support. 

Ivette Deltoro (Anne Boleyn) is happy to be working on her first show at Dragon Productions. Past credits include: Spending the End of the World on Ok Cupid at The Pear Theatre (ensemble), Silicon Valley Shakespeare's Hamlet (ensemble/dance), and Epic Immersive’s Matthew Briar and the Age of Resurrection (Isabela Martinez). Ivette also works with City Lights Theater Company where she originated the role of Clara Krieger in the world premiere of Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War, and was a TBA nominee for her role as Caroline in Lauren Gunderson’s I and You. She is a graduate of the Foothill Theater Conservatory and serves as the Casting Assistant and Patron Experience Manager at City Lights Theater Company. 

Tonya Duncan (Mary Boleyn, Percy, Cromwell, Jane Seymour) is thrilled to make her Dragon debut! Past roles include: Club Secretary in Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club (Silicon Valley Shakespeare), Texas in Cabaret (City Lights Theatre Company), and Anne in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (City Lights Theatre Company). When not in the theatre, Tonya can be found playing with her puppies, pestering her boyfriend, and procrastinating by watching all the bad horror movies Netflix has to offer.

Ronald Feichtmeir (Norris / Fisher / Courier / Servant) is pleased to return again, and work with the nice folks at the Dragon Theatre. Recent credits at the Dragon include Medford Pumbleshire in Shoggoths on the Veldt, Dr. Singer in Cirque Exotique du Monde, and personal favorite of his, Estragon in Waiting for Godot. Ronald is a Bay Area Native, a graduate of Los Altos High School, Foothill College and University of California Santa Cruz. He loves theatre and films.

Keenan Flagg (Smeaton / Musician / Servant, Loughton / Kingston) is ecstatic to finally be working at Dragon Productions Theatre Company. His recent credits include the Porter in Silicon Valley Shakespeare’s production of Macbeth; and the Loud Stone in Eurydice at City Lights Theater Company. When not on stage, Keenan works as a voice and writer with Play On Words.

Peter Ray Juarez (Henry VIII) is very thankful to be making his return to the Dragon Productions Theatre Company where he last appeared as Evan in U.S. Drag. Selected credits: Duncan in Leading Ladies at Hillbarn Theatre, Henry in Northanger Abbey at The Pear Theatre, Tom Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Livermore Shakespeare Festival, Betty/Edward in Cloud 9 at The Western Stage, and Wintergreen in Catch 22 at Los Altos Stage Company. He earned an MA in Theatre Arts from San Jose State University and holds a BA in Theatre Arts from California State University, Chico. He would like to thank Haley and his friends and family for their love and support.

Hickorydickory: Meet the Cast

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 bohème, 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.

The How & the Why: Meet the Cast

Alicia Piemme Nelson (Rachel Hardeman) is thrilled to be making her Dragon debut in The How and the Why. Regional credits include: WAMTheatre (The Last Wife, The Virgin Trial). She has worked with many Bay Area theatres, most recently: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Berkeley Playhouse, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Crowded Fire, Word for Word, and Ragged Wing Ensemble. She has a BFA in Acting from Boston University and is a Theatre Bay Area award winner. www.ampnelson.com

Kelly Rinehart (Zelda Kahn) is thrilled to be back at Dragon. She was previously seen here in Private Eyes and Miss Reardon Drinks A Little. She has also worked with Altarena, Custom Made Theatre Company, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Hillbarn, Palo Alto Players, Ragged Wing, San Francisco Olympians Festival, and Those Women Productions, among others. One of her day jobs is as a lecturer and clinical supervisor at a university, where she is grateful that she does not have to do research, because her passion is for the teaching part. She also likes playing outdoors and ice cream. So much to be grateful for…

Shoggoths on the Veldt: Meet the Cast

Tasi Alabastro (Famed Explorer Welton Mountcrag) - returns to the Dragon Stage with an elation that can only be described as seeing Elephants fly while surfing! Or something. Having just visited Scotland by way of Shakespeare, he’s excited to be traversing the globe to Deepest Darkest Africa with this merry crew. In addition to working onstage, he is an online content creator and photographer whose work focuses on reflecting his community and culture. He has had the honor of being the 2018 Silicon Valley Creates’ Emerging Artist Laureate as well as being published in CONTENT Magazine and Tayo Magazine. The productions of Macbeth, The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence, Three Days of Rain, and The Libation Bearers are among his recent Dragon Theatre appearances. Other Bay Area credits include productions with CenterRep, City Lights Theatre Company, Pear Theatre, Hillbarn Theatre, and TheatreWork’s New Works Festival. Film/TV includes “Yes We’re Open” and PBS’ “Futurestates.” He is a proud member of the Red Ladder Theatre Company and is currently working with inmates in state prisons as part of the California Art’s Council’s Arts-in-Corrections program: a program which re-engages participants with their creativity and imagination. Catch him live three times a week on twitch.tv/kreenpananas.  

Betsy (The Shoogoth) - Ooodle, oodle oodle oo! Oddle Dragon Theatre, oodle,oo, oodle OODDLE!.

Lisa Burton (Lady Philippa Bickleford-Smith Jones) - is thrilled to be back on the Dragon stage and in the company of such a fun and talented team. She was last seen at Dragon Theatre for that most festive of all shows—The Making of the Star Wars Holiday Special: Live!—in which she appeared as Han Solo and assorted other characters. Other Dragon performances include a turn as Bea Littleton in The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church and Tsarina/Sarrasine in Cirque Exotique du Monde.  Locally, Lisa has also appeared at the Pear Theatre in The Millionth Production of the Christmas Carol (what is it with these long titles?) and at Santa Clara Players in Exit The Body and Rumors.  Favorite roles from the distant past include Dorine in Tartuffe and both Cecily and Gwendolyn in two different productions of The Important of Being Earnest.  Lisa holds a B.F.A. in theatre from New York University and an M.A. in literature from San Francisco State University.  She is grateful to her wonderful family—Drew, Andrew, Zoe and Bolt—for all their love and support.

Ronald Feichtmeir (Lord Melford Pumbleshire) - Ronald has been acting on the peninsula most recently in the Dragon Theatre’s production of The Star Wars Holiday Special: Live! as C3PO and Art Carney. He is a Bay Area native. Recent shows include Waiting for Godotas Estragon, Cirque Exotique Du Monde at the Dragon Theatre and Jim/ Scrooge for A Millionth Production of a Christmas Carol at the Pear Theatre.

Alika U. Spencer-Koknar (Lady Euphonia Riggstone) - has been itching to do a production of Shoggoths on the Veldt ever since she saw the world premiere back in 2015 in Seattle WA. at The Rogues Gallery. She is honored to share this endeavor with such a talented and compassionate group of artists, she couldn’t have pulled this off without every single one of their help. Alika has recently stepped into the role of Co-Artistic Director here at the Dragon along with her director and husband, Max Koknar. Her past credits include; Princess Leia in The Star Wars Holiday Special: Live!, Judith in Equivocation, Boshka/Magda Goebbels in Cirque Exotique Du Monde with Dragon Theatre, with Northside Theater Company as Maureen in The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, with City Lights as Johnna Monevata In August: Osage County with City Lights Theater Company and Alice Bloomfield in Kinan Valdez’s production of Zoot Suit with El Theatro Campesino.

Michael Weiland (Crompit/Steward/The God of the Bloody Tongue/Arnulf) - has previously appeared in Equivocation at the Dragon Theatre. Other appearances include Geeks vs Zombies at the Pear Theater, The Legend of Georgia McBride at Los Altos Stage Company, Boom! at Minilights, andRocky Horror at City Lights Theater Company. Michael is also a company member at Play On Words San Jose, a staged reading company for new works by local authors, playwrights, and poets.

Macbeth: Meet the Cast

Tasi Alabastro (Macbeth) is über excited to be returning to the Dragon stage and collaborating with this stinkin’ talented team! In addition to working onstage, he is an online content creator and photographer whose work focuses on reflecting his community and culture. He has had the honor of being the 2018 Silicon Valley Creates’ Emerging Artist Laureate as well as being published in CONTENT Magazine and Tayo Magazine. He was previously seen in Spending the End of the World on OKCupid(Pear Theatre). The productions of The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence, Three Days of Rain, and The Libation Bearers are among his recent Dragon Theatre appearances.Bay Area credits include productions with CenterRep, City Lights Theatre Company, Hillbarn Theatre, and TheatreWork’s New Works Festival. Film/TV includes “Yes We’re Open” and PBS’ “Futurestates.” He is a proud member of the Red Ladder Theatre Company and is currently working with inmates in state prisons as part of the California Art’s Council’s Arts-in-Corrections program: a program which re-engages participants with their creativity and imagination. Catch him live three times a week on twitch.tv/kreenpananas.

Jonathan Covey (Malcolm/Fourth Lord/Son Mcduff) is not quite sure what he’s doing here. He has only acted once before but, has been a part of the theater in some capacity for years. Typically, he’s in some dark room with a laptop, guitar, carrots, celery and a microphone, making noises for various productions at the Dragon, such as last year’s Equivocation (starring Macbeth’s own Max Tachis as none other than The Bard himself) and most recently, The Making of the Star Wars Holiday Special this past December. But here he is. On stage again for the first time in almost exactly ten years. You see, all the way in the innocent, goodly days of 2009, he played Detective Sgt. Trotter for the Crystal Springs Players’ production of Agatha Christie’s The Mouse Trap. However, the bug bite didn’t get very deep. He enjoyed the process but stuck with recreating the sound of a neck breaking using the aforementioned carrots and celery instead. Yet now, for whatever reason, he has the itch for baking under those stage lights once again. And perhaps again after that. And maybe again and again.

Maya Greenberg (Banquo/Hecate/Doctor) is an Israeli actress and she is very excited to work with such talented people in her debut with the Dragon Theatre in one of her favorite plays. In her native Hebrew she performed in both Hamlet and Midsummer Night's Dream. Now she’s excited to perform Shakespeare in its origin language. Maya also performed as Phaedra in Phaedra's Love, as well as Clytemnestra in Mythos and toured with the latter at festivals in Europe and the U.S. Having earned a Theatre Arts bachelor’s degree from Tel-Aviv University, Maya worked in the film and television industry as an actress, creator and the host of One-On-One, women’s interviewing show. Nevertheless, her love of the stage, especially the classics, is everlasting: “Any classic role is an acting class, full of challenges and pure joy. It’s something that I can’t resist.”

Sarah Hass (3rd Witch/Ross/Servant/Fleance) 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 (2nd Witch/Porter/2nd Murdered/2nd Lord/Soldier)-To be back onstage at Dragon Productions is wonderful, and to be amongst this team of artists working on this project is an absolute delight.  Troy has been acting and directing around the Bay Area for the past 25 years.  Previous acting credits at Dragon Productions include Tesman in last season’s The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, and Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire. Favorite acting credits elsewhere include Tesman in Hedda Gabler, Mr. Daldry in In the Next Room by Sarah Ruhl, Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion, Johann Fasch in Bach at Leipzig, and Frank in Molly Sweeney, all at The Pear Theatre; Jimmy Jack in Brian Friel’s Translations at Stanford Summer Theatre, and Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black and Lennie in Of Mice and Men at Broadway West. Two fond distant memories are working onstage with both co-Artistic Directors in the world premiere of No Good Deed by Paul Braverman at The Pear Theatre, as well as directing Alika Spencer-Koknar in Steel Magnolias at Broadway West.  Finally, Troy thanks you for continuing to support live local theatre.

Maria Marquis (Lady Macbeth) is happy to be back at the Dragon after working on The Revolutionists earlier this year. She has been acting in the Bay Area since 2008, and is a theatre and voice actor, as well as corporate trainer committed to making work less boring. She most recently appeared at City Lights in The Merchant of Venice and Making God Laugh. You may have also seen her at the Breadbox, The Pear Theatre, Custom Made Theatre, and Impact Theatre. You can learn more about her at www.mariagmarquis.com. You can also find her audiobooks on audible.com. Love to S.

Roneet Aliza Rahamim (Directors/Co-Producers/First witch/Sergeant/First Murdered/First Lord/Lady Macduff/First Soldier) is excited to be back at the Dragon (Becky’s New Car, 2013 season). Roneet is a Bay Area native and has worked with companies such as City Lights Theater Company, The Pear Theater, Palo Alto Players, Los Altos Stage Company, Breadbox Theater, Shotgun Players, Golden Thread Productions (resident artist), Swandive Theatre (MN), Mixed Blood Theatre (MN), among others. Roneet’s directing credits include Making God Laugh (Asst., City Lights Theater Company) and will be working on 12 Angry Women at Foothill College later this year. Some favorite performances to date: Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (Palo Alto Players, Theater Bay Area Award), Constanza in Amadeus (City Lights Theater Company), Elizabeth in Defying Gravity (Swandive Theatre) and Kiss (Shotgun Players). www.roneet.com

Max Tachis (Director/Co-Producer/Duncun/Mcduff/3rd Lord) is excited to return to Dragon Productions Theatre Company as a producer and director, having been seen last season in Equivocation (Shag, 2018 TBA Award Finalist). As an actor, he has been onstage most recently in Mothers and Sons (Will) with City Lights Theater Company, The SantaLand Diaries (David/Crumpet) with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and Noises Off (Garry/Roger) with Hillbarn Theatre.

K2: Meet the Cast

John Rutski (Producer / Harold) is thrilled to be working on the Dragon stage with his good friend Chuck as well as many of the crew members he has worked with in the past. Favorite roles include Benedick and Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, and Antipholus of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors (Silicon Valley Shakespeare); Marc in Art (Northside Theatre Company); and Gogo in Waiting for Godot (Fully Committed Productions / Santa Clara Players). Directorial credits: Antigone, A Few Good Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Broadway West Theatre Company); and Twelfth Night (Silicon Valley Shakespeare).

Chuck Phelps (Taylor) is thrilled and so very blessed in having the opportunity to debut alongside his old buddy John Rutski on the Dragon Theater stage. Our worlds collided in Waiting for Godot as Didi and Gogo, and a good 10 years later here we are again on K2 as Taylor and Harold. Favorite characters include Randle P. McMurphy in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Colonel Nathan Jessep in A Few Good Men, both of which were performed on the stage of Broadway West…we miss you Broadway West! The most magical show had to be Silicon Valley Shakespeare’s The Imaginary Invalid, where he inhabited the character of Argan, playing opposite Doll Piccotto’s Toinette. Fun, fun, fun! Other Silicon Valley favorites include Witch #3 and The Porter in the Scottish play, a drunk Pedant on stage throughout Taming of the Shrew, and their recent production of Romeo and Juliet where he played the patriarch Capulet. Chuck would also like to thank everyone who supports live theater. Without you, we would literally not be able to do this.

Watson: Meet the Cast

Tasi Alabastro (Watson)-is grateful to return to Dragon Theatre’s stage with this play about technology and human connection! In addition to working onstage, he is an online content creator and photographer whose work focuses on reflecting his community and culture. He has had the honor of being the 2018 Silicon Valley Creates’ Emerging Artist Laureate as well as being published in CONTENT Magazine and Tayo Magazine. He was previously seen on the Dragon stage in Three Days of Rain, The Libation Bearers, and The Woman in Black. Bay Area credits include productions with CenterRep, City Lights Theatre Company, Hillbarn Theatre, and TheatreWork’s New Works Festival. Film/TV includes “Yes We’re Open” and PBS’ “Futurestates.” He is a proud member of the Red Ladder Theatre Company and is currently working with inmates in state prisons as part of the California Art’s Council’s Arts-in-Corrections program: a program which re-engages participants with their creativity and imagination. Join the tribe at www.tasialabastro.com.

Stephanie Crowely (Eliza)-Stephanie is pleased to return to the Dragon, having appeared here in The Charitable Sisterhood of Second Trinity Victory Church, November, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. She has been seen locally at Pear Theatre (In the Next Room, Superior Donuts, Pear Slices 2014, 2015 and 2016), Palo Alto Players (The Farnsworth Invention, The Laramie Project 10 Years Later), Stanford University (Homo Ex Machina), City Lights (Calendar Girls), Silicon Valley Shakespeare (Shakespeare in Hollywood), Los Altos Stage Company (Man of La Mancha, Fox on the Fairway), Hillbarn Theatre (The Odd Couple, To Kill a Mockingbird), Santa Clara Players (Four Weddings and an Elvis), and others; as well as on stages in South Carolina, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In her off-stage life, Stephanie works as a yoga instructor and marketing consultant. 

Gary Mosher (Merrick) Gary started acting on stage at the age of five, having performed in numerous productions by age eleven. Beginning in 1989 Gary returned to T.V., film and theatre, appearing in leading roles in Ordinary Madness, Flatout, Jack of Hearts, Forgive Me Father, Maximum Justice, and Otis N Dwayne, premiering at South by Southwest in 2014. Gary appeared in supporting character roles in several Dick Wolf productions. Gary is thrilled to return to The Dragon Theatre, this is his 3rd production at The Dragon Theatre. Previously appearing (2017) in The Columnist and (2018) Insignificance. Gary has appeared at The Pear Theatre in The Quality of Life and August Osage County. Gary also appeared in The Farnsworth Invention (by Aaron Sorkin) at The Palo Alto Players. Gary is a proud 25+ year member of SAG-AFTRA. Although Gary has acted in many films and T.V. shows, theatre continues to be his true passion. 

Equivocation: Meet the Cast

Max Tachis (Shag) - Max is excited to make his debut performance at Dragon Productions, having participated as both a writer and actor in several Monday Night Play Space events in the past. He has been seen most recently in The Merchant of Venice (Gratiano) at City Lights Theater Company, The SantaLand Diaries (David/Crumpet) at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and The Crucible (John Proctor) at Los Altos Stage Company.

Brad Satterwhite (Sir Robert Cecil/Nate/Thomas Percy) - This is Brad Satterwhite's first production with Dragon. He has most recently played Ethan in The Full Monty at Hillbarn Theatre, Jedidiah Shultz/Aaron McKinney in The Laramie Project at Palo Alto Players, and Dr. Givings in In the Next Room, or, the Vibrator Play at The Pear. When he is not acting, he writes books under his pen name, Hal Emerson.

Paul Rosenfield (Sharpe/Thomas Wintor/ King James) - Equivocation is Paul’s debut to the Dragon’s stage. Still a rookie, his only previous role was in Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, by the Stanford Repertory Theater. He has taken acting classes through the Berkeley Repertory Theater. He holds a master's degree in statistics from Stanford University, and when he is not acting, he is a data scientist for a fast-growing startup in San Carlos.

Michael Weiland (Armin/Robert Catesby/ Sir Edward Coke) - recently performed as Lewis in Pippin at Los Altos Stage Company. Other credits include Jules in Boom! at Minilights, Geeks vs Zombies at the Pear Theatre, and Rocky in Rocky Horror at City Lights Theater Company. Michael is a company member at Play On Words San Jose, a stage reading company for new works by local authors, playwrights, and poets. See Michael perform next at Los Altos Stage Company in The Legend of Georgia McBride.

Paul Stout (Richard/Father Henry Garnet) - Paul Stout is grateful to return to Dragon Theatre for the first time since 2014 when he appeared in three shows (The Birthday Party, Smash, The Other Place). In his 9 years in the Bay Area, he has performed in productions with over 20 theater companies including San Jose Stage and Marin Shakespeare. Paul is a longtime company member at Custom Made Theatre in San Francisco and will be directing there in the fall. He is a Chico native with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State Chico.

Alika U. Spencer-Koknar (Judith)- Alika is thrilled to return to Dragon’s stage with such a killer cast and crew of Equivocation. She last appeared high in the sky at Dragon in Cirque Exotique Du Monde as the trapeze artist, Boshka and the infamous Magda Goebbels. She graduated from the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in 2006. She also teaches theater to youths in the Bay Area and is honored to be stepping into Meredith Hagedorn’s shoes as Artistic Director of Dragon Productions along with her husband, Max “Bora” Koknar. Her past theatrical credits include; Walt Disney in Walt & Hans are Frigid  with Dragon Productions, Pamela in The 39 Steps and Mina in Dracula with California Theater Center,Hannah in the South Bay premier of Collapseand Evelyn in the Shape of Things with Renegade Theater Experiment, Maureen in The Beauty Queen Of Leenane with Northside Theater, Johnna Monevata In August: Osage County with City Lights Theater Company and Alice Bloomfield in Kinan Valdez’s production of Zoot Suit with El Theatro Campesino.

Three Days of Rain: Meet the Cast

Tasi Alabastro (Walker/Ned) -Tasi is grateful to return to Dragon Theatre’s stage with this stellar cast and Meredith’s final show as Artistic Director! In addition to working onstage, he is an online content creator, and photographer whose work focuses on reflecting his community and culture. He has had the honor of being the 2018 Silicon Valley Creates’ Emerging Artist Laureate and being published in CONTENT Magazine and Tayo Magazine. His last collaboration with Meredith was in The Woman in Black. Since then, he was seen in Merchant of Venice (City Lights) and Peter and the Starcatcher (Hillbarn Theatre). Previous romps onstage include Stupid F**king Bird (City Lights), Sisters Matsumoto (CenterRep), and The Libation Bearers (Dragon Theatre). Film/TV includes “Yes We’re Open” and PBS’ “Futurestates.” He is a proud member of the Red Ladder Theatre Company and is currently working with inmates in state prisons as part of the California Art’s Council’s Arts-in-Corrections program; the program re-engages participants with their creativity and imagination. Join the tribe at www.tasialabastro.com.

Katie O'Bryon Champlin (Nan/ Lina) - Katie is making her Dragon debut! Recent credits include The Miracle Worker (Annie Sullivan) at Tabard Theatre, Sweet Charity (Charity) at Sunnyvale Community Players, and Peter Pan (Peter) at Pacific Repertory Theatre. She has also been seen onstage at San Jose Stage, Foothill Music Theatre, Los Altos Stage, Pear Avenue, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, West Valley Light Opera, and City Lights Theatre. By day, she is a Performing Arts teacher for the Harker School in San Jose. She is also a proud graduate of the Dell 'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, where she learned how to fall down without hurting herself. Much love and gratitude to Michael, who encouraged her to do this show.

Robert Campbell (Pip/ Theo) - Robert is a graduate of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and Santa Clara University, where he was the 2007 recipient of the William H. Leahy Award.  This is his fourth show at Dragon, three of which were directed by Artistic Director Meredith Hegedorn. Select theatre credits include: R.P. McMurphy - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Davey/David Quinn – The Voice of the Prairie, Septimus Hodge – Arcadia, Iago - Othello, Romeo – Romeo and Juliet, Brick – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Trofimov – The Cherry Orchard, Jake Quinn, et al – Stones in His Pockets, Merritt, et al – Eat the Runt, George Tesman – Hedda Gabler, Villars – Complete Female Stage Beauty, Joe Pitt – Angels in America Part One, George Gibbs – Our Town, Adam – The Shape of Things, Jesus – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Young Zeke Rowen – The Kentucky Cycle, and Coriolanus – Coriolanus. Select film credits: Can't Thread a Moving Needle, S.E.R.P., and The Last Time I Saw Soap. Love to my wife Christina, daughter Londyn Aurora, and our soon to be new addition.  www.robertseancampbell.com #swansong