The Stardust Christmas Blizzard
Ticket Information
November/December 2013
Cast & Creative
Linda Whitney
In 27 seasons and 109 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Director / Scenic Designer) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Director) A Man for All Seasons (Scenic Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Director, Director/Scenic Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Director) A Streetcar Named Desire (Director/Scenic Designer) American Buffalo (Set Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Director/Scenic Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Scenic Designer) Arcadia (Director) Art (Director/Scenic Designer/Costume Designer) As You Like It (Scenic Designer) Assassins (Director/Scenic Designer) Billy (Director/Scenic Designer) boom (Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Director / Scenic Designer) Clybourne Park (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Streets (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer) Dry Powder (Scenic Designer) Enchanted April (Director & Set Designer) End Days (Director, Scenic Designer) First Date (Director) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Scenic Designer, Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Frozen (Costume Designer) Gloucester Blue (Scenic Designer) Hamlet (Costume Designer, Scenic Designer) Hapgood (Scenic Designer) Henry V (Scenic Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Director/Scenic Designer) Intimate Apparel (Director/Scenic Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Director, Scenic Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Director/Scenic Designer) Letters from Waldo (Scenic/Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Director) Mad in Craft (Scenic Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Director / Scenic Designer) Mauritius (Scenic Designer) Murder in the Cathedral (Scenic Designer) My Old Lady (Scenic Designer) Operation Stardust (Director) Operation: Stardust (Director) Or, (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Scenic Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Philadelphia Story (Director / Scenic Designer) Present Laughter (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Scenic Designer) Reckless (Scenic Designer) Richard III (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Costume Designer) Rough Crossing (Director) Shining City (Costume Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Scenic Designer) Sixties Chicks (Director) Sixties Chicks Too (Director) Sixties Kicks! (Director) Soul on Fire! (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Director, Scenic Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director) Summer in the Sixties (Director, Scenic Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Talking With (Co-Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Scenic/Costume Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Director, Scenic Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Director, Scenic Design) The Constant Wife (Director/Scenic Designer) The Dumbwaiter (Scenic/Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Director / Scenic Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Scenic Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Director/Scenic Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Director/Scenic Designer) The Last Five Years (Director / Scenic Designer / Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Director / Scenic Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Director) The Rainmaker (Scenic Designer) The Real Thing (Scenic Designer) The Seafarer (Set Designer) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Co-Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director/Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Scenic Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) The Understudy (Scenic Design) The Winter's Tale (Scenic Designer) The Zoo Story (Scenic/Costume Designer) Time Stands Still (Scenic Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Scenic Designer) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director/Scenic Designer)
Bruce Whitney
In 26 seasons and 60 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Vocal Director / Additional Arrangements) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Composer) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Composer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Musical Director/Composer, Keyboards/Guitar) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Music Director, Various) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Musical Director, Nikolai Feoderov / keyboards, Musical Designer, Nikolai Feodorov, Piano) A Stardust Homecoming (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyodorov (piano)) And a Nightingale Sang (George Stott) Antony & Cleopatra (Composer) As You Like It (Composer) Cymbeline (Composer, Sound Design) Cyrano de Bergerac (Composer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Musical Director, Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Musical Director, Keyboard/Conductor) Dracula (Composer) First Date (Musical Director, Keyboards / Guitar / Horns) Hamlet (Composer, Musician) Henry V (Composer / Sound Designer, Composer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Director, Band Leader / Keyboards) Let the Good Times Roll! (Musical Director) Little Shop of Horrors (Keyboards) Macbeth (Composer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Musical Director, Keyboards / Guitar) Measure for Measure (Composer) Operation Stardust (Asst. Musical Director) Phantom of the Stardust (Musical Director, Nikolai, piano/conductor) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Musical Director, Conductor/Piano) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Sound Designer/Composer) Sixties Chicks (Musical Director, Conductor/Keyboard/Guitar) Sixties Chicks Too (Music Director, Guitar/Keys/Saxaphone) Sixties Kicks! (Musical Director, self) Soul on Fire! (Musical Director, Keyboards) Stardust for Christmas (Nikolai Feodorov, Music Director, Nikolai Feodorov, Piano) Stardust for Emily Jean (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Stardust Radio Review (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov , piano) Summer in the Sixties (Musical Director, Keyboard/Guitar) Swingtime Stardust (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Music Director, Keyboards/Conductor) The Elephant Man (Composer) The Misanthrope (Composer) The Rocky Horror Show (Musical Director, Keyboard, Music Director, Piano) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Musical Director) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Music Director, Nikolai Feyoderov (Piano)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Musical Director, Nicolai Feyoderov (Keys)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyodorov (Keys)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyoderov (Keys, Saxophone, Guitar)) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano/conductor) The Taming of the Shrew (Composer) The Tempest (Composer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Musical Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Composer) The Winter's Tale (Composer/Sound Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Sound Designer / Composer) Waiting for Godot (Composer)
Amy Shephard
A long time performer in the Pacific Northwest, Amy holds a BA in Performance from The Evergreen State College and a Master’s Degree in Applied Drama at The University of Exeter. Favorite roles include Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web (Olympia Family Theater), Maria in Twelfth Night or What You Will (Animal Fire Theater), The Mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Olympia Family Theater and Nell Gwyn in Or, (Harlequin Productions). Amy would like to thank everyone on the production team for being such wonderful people to share this experience with. Thanks finally to her family, friends, Andy & Alex, and the Olympia community for the continued support of the arts.
In 9 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Ensemble) Cabaret (Rosie) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Choreographer) First Date (Choreographer) Hundred Days (Abigail Bengson) Little Shop of Horrors (Doo-Wop Girl, Choreographer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Choreographer) Or, (Nell Gwynne, Maria, Jailer) Sixties Chicks Too (Ensemble, Choreographer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Choreographer) The 39 Steps (Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Choreography) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Rosalie Denton, Choreography) The Understudy (Choreographer)
Ashley Randolph
In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Henry V (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Costume Designer)
Olivia Burlingame
Olivia (Cowlitz Indian Tribe) is the Resident Lighting Designer at Harlequin. Olivia graduated from Central Washington University with a BFA in Theater Design and Technology. She has also worked with Tacoma Opera, Theater Artists Olympia, Olympia Family Theater, Tacoma Arts Live, SMU, SPSCC, and Seattle Children’s Theater.
In 12 seasons and 34 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Lighting Design) A Christmas Survival Guide (Lighting Designer) Baskerville (Lighting Design) Every Brilliant Thing (Lighting Consultant) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Lighting Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Lighting Design) Hundred Days (Lighting Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Lighting Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Lighting Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Lighting Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Lighting Design) Man of La Mancha (Lighting Design) Middletown (Lighting Designer) Philadelphia Story (Lighting Designer) Pride and Prejudice (Lighting Design) Ruthless (Lighting Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Lighting Design) Sovereignty (Lighting Design) Tenderly (Lighting Design) The Americans Across the Street (Lighting Designer) The Highest Tide (Lighting Design) The Revolutionists (Lighting Design) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Lighting Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Lighting Design) The Understudy (Lighting Design) The Women (Lighting Design) Three Days of Rain (Lighting Design) Time Stands Still (Lighting Designer)
Keith Jewell
In 21 seasons and 75 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Co-Sound Design) A Christmas Survival Guide (Sound Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Sound Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Sound Designer) Accomplice (Sound Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Sound Designer) August: Osage County (Sound Design) Baskerville (Sound Design) boom (Sound Designer) Cabaret (Sound Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Sound Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Audio Engineer) Deathtrap (Sound Design) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Sound Designer) Enchanted April (Sound Designer) Every Brilliant Thing (Sound Design) First Date (Sound Design) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Sound Designer) Fun Home (Sound Design) Hedda Gabler (Sound Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Sound Design) Hundred Days (Sound Design) Intimate Apparel (Sound Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Sound Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Sound Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Sound Designer) Let the Good Times Roll! (Audio Engineer) Little Shop of Horrors (Sound Designer) Love and Information (Sound Design) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Sound Design) Man of La Mancha (Sound Design) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Sound Designer) Middletown (Sound Designer) Murder for Two (Co-Sound Design) Operation Stardust (Sound Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Sound Designer) Philadelphia Story (Sound Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Sound Designer) Ruthless (Sound Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Sound Design) Sixties Chicks (Sound Designer) Sixties Chicks Too (Sound Designer) Sixties Kicks! (Sound Designer) Soul on Fire! (Audio Engineer) Stardust for Christmas (Sound Designer) Summer in the Sixties (Sound Designer) Sweeney Todd (Sound Design) Tenderly (Sound Design) The 1940s Radio Hour (Sound Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Sound Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Sound Design) The Constant Wife (Sound Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (Sound Designer) The Highest Tide (Sound Design, Sound Designer) The Last Five Years (Sound Designer ) The Love List (Sound Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Sound Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Sound Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Sound Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Sound Designer) The Understudy (Sound Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Sound Designer) Until the Flood (Sound Design)
Jeff Leigh
In 7 seasons and 31 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Properties Designer) August: Osage County (Properties Design) Clybourne Park (Properties Designer) Dry Powder (Properties Designer) First Date (Properties Design) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Properties Designer) Gloucester Blue (Properties Designer) Hedda Gabler (Properties Designer) Henry V (Properties Master) I Am My Own Wife (Properties Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Properties Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Properties Designer) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Properties Design) Or, (Properties Master) Philadelphia Story (Properties Designer) Present Laughter (Properties Design) Recent Tragic Events (Properties Designer) Ruthless (Properties Designer) The 39 Steps (Properties Designer) The Language Archive (Properties Designer) The Last Schwartz (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Properties Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Properties Design) The Understudy (Properties Design) Three Days of Rain (Properties Design) Time Stands Still (Properties Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Properties Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Properties Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Properties Designer)
Gina Salerno
In 20 seasons and 91 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Co-Sound Design, Stage Manager) A Christmas Survival Guide (Stage Manager) A Doll's House (Sound Design) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Asst. Stage Manager) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Stage Manager) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Asst. Stage Manager) And a Nightingale Sang (Asst. Stage Manager) Blackbird (Sound Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Stage Manager) Clybourne Park (Sound Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Asst. Stage Manager) Dry Powder (Sound Designer) Enchanted April (Stage Manager) Enrico IV (Sound Designer/Asst, Stage Manager) Fighting Over Beverley (Sound Designer) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Stage Manager) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Sound Design) Gloucester Blue (Sound Designer) Hedda Gabler (Stage Manager) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Stage Manager) I Am My Own Wife (Sound Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Sound Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Stage Manager) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Stage Manager) Let the Good Times Roll! (Asst. Stage Manager) Little Shop of Horrors (Stage Manager) Love and Information (Stage Manager) Macbeth (Asst. Stage Manager) Man of La Mancha (Stage Manager) Mauritius (Sound Designer) Measure for Measure (Prostitute, Asst. Stage Manager) Middletown (Stage Manager) Murder for Two (Stage Manager) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Sound Design) My Old Lady (Sound Designer) Noises Off (Sound Design) Operation Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) Or, (Sound Designer) Philadelphia Story (Stage Manager) Present Laughter (Sound Design) Pride and Prejudice (Sound Design) Psychopathia Sexualis (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Rabbit Hole (Sound Designer) Recent Tragic Events (Sound Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Citizen/Party Guest) Ruthless (Stage Manager) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) Shining City (Sound Designer) Sins of the Mother (Sound Designer) Six Hotels (Sound Designer) Sixties Chicks (Asst. Stage Manager) Sixties Chicks Too (Stage Manager) Soul on Fire! (Asst. Stage Manager) Sovereignty (Sound Design) Stardust for Christmas (Esther Bartoli, Asst. Stage Manager) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Stage Manager) Summer in the Sixties (Stage Manager) Sweeney Todd (Stage Manager) Tenderly (Stage Manager) The 1940s Radio Hour (Properties Designer / Stage Manager) The American Pilot (Sound Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Stage Manager) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Sound Design) The Elephant Man (Sound Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (Stage Manager) The Highest Tide (Stage Manager) The Ladies of the Camellias (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) The Language Archive (Sound Designer) The Last Five Years (Stage Manager) The Last Schwartz (Sound Designer) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Asst. Stage Manager) The Love List (Asst. Stage Manager) The Rocky Horror Show (Asst. Stage Manager) The Seafarer (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Stage Manager) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) The Woman in Black (Asst. Stage Manager) The Women (Sound Design) This Flat Earth (Sound Design) Three Days of Rain (Sound Design) Time Stands Still (Sound Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Stage Manager) Under a Mantle of Stars (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Unexpected Tenderness (Sound Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Sound Designer)
Maggie Doyle
Maggie has also worked with TAO, Lakewood Playhouse, Annex Theatre and the Indiana Repertory Theatre. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Theatre Performance (Go Blue!). Love to Christian, who brings love, laughter and magic into her life.
In 10 seasons and 26 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Columbine/Officer) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Mae) Clybourne Park (Betsy / Lindsey) Dry Powder (Stage Manager) Enchanted April (Rose Arnott) Fighting Over Beverley (Stage Manager) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Meredith) Gloucester Blue (Stage Manager) Henry V (Ensemble) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Stage Manager) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Carol) Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II (puppeteer)) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Clown Troupe) Noises Off (Stage Manager) Philadelphia Story (Elizabeth Imbrie) Present Laughter (Miss Erickson, Lady Saltburn) Recent Tragic Events (Nancy) The 1940s Radio Hour (Assistant Director) The Highest Tide (Assistant Director) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Joy Higgsby) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Joy Higgsby) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Joy Higgsby-McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Joy Higgsby-McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Joy Higgsby-McKellan) To Kill a Mockingbird (Assistant Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lucetta / Outlaw #3 / Host)
Amy Shephard
A long time performer in the Pacific Northwest, Amy holds a BA in Performance from The Evergreen State College and a Master’s Degree in Applied Drama at The University of Exeter. Favorite roles include Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web (Olympia Family Theater), Maria in Twelfth Night or What You Will (Animal Fire Theater), The Mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Olympia Family Theater and Nell Gwyn in Or, (Harlequin Productions). Amy would like to thank everyone on the production team for being such wonderful people to share this experience with. Thanks finally to her family, friends, Andy & Alex, and the Olympia community for the continued support of the arts.
In 9 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Ensemble) Cabaret (Rosie) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Choreographer) First Date (Choreographer) Hundred Days (Abigail Bengson) Little Shop of Horrors (Doo-Wop Girl, Choreographer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Choreographer) Or, (Nell Gwynne, Maria, Jailer) Sixties Chicks Too (Ensemble, Choreographer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Choreographer) The 39 Steps (Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Choreography) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Rosalie Denton, Choreography) The Understudy (Choreographer)
Emilie Rommel-Shimkus
In 3 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
A Stardust Homecoming (Nora Lynn) Antony & Cleopatra (Octavia / Iras) Operation Stardust (Nora Lynn) The Rocky Horror Show (Transylvanian) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Ellen Chelsea)
Christian Doyle
In 9 seasons and 19 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Ensemble) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Feste) Cymbeline (Pisanio) Henry V (Ensemble) Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Val) Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II (voice)) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Clown Troupe / Vocalist) Recent Tragic Events (Ron) Richard III (Gray/Murderer/Catesby) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Charlie) Summer in the Sixties (self) The Highest Tide (Professor/Ensemble) The Seafarer (Nicky Giblin) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Louis McKellan) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Louis McKellan)
Mark Alford
In 3 seasons and 8 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Antonio) Clybourne Park (Jim / Tom / Kenneth) Jesus Christ Superstar (Apostle/Ensemble) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Lucas) Philadelphia Story (Alexander Lord) Recent Tragic Events (Andrew) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Baxter Sterling) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Baxter Sterling)
Bruce Haasl
Other favorite roles include Roger in Rent, Claude in Hair and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Bruce also works behind the curtain. He has designed and built sets for over 300 productions, including some here at Harlequin. He is very proud and honored to be a part of this beautiful and significant show.
In 9 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:
Baskerville (Scenic Design) Blackbird (Scenic Design) Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig) Cymbeline (Scenic Design) Falsettos (Mendel) First Date (Aaron) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Tripp) Fun Home (Understudy Bruce and Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy) I Am My Own Wife (Scenic Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Properties Design) Present Laughter (Hugo Lyppiatt) Sweeney Todd (Ensemble) Tenderly (The Doctor) The 1940s Radio Hour (Clifton A. Feddington) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Eddie Higgsby (Compton)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Eddie Higgsby) The Women (Scenic Design) This Flat Earth (Scenic Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Scenic Design)
Jerod Nace
Jerod is returning after a decade away from the theater but he’s pretty sure he remembers how to do it. No better way to dust off vocal chords than a Sondheim score as magnificent as Sweeney Todd and a singing role as fun and challenging as Pirelli. Olympia audiences last saw Jerod performing a Queen tribute with his band, Mercury Rising, for a sold-out show at the Washington Center in 2023. Mercury Rising will return to the Washington Center on March 29, 2025 for an encore performance. Gratitude to his children Dutch, Virginia, and Cohen for loving him unconditionally. www.mercuryrisingolympia.com
In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Sweeney Todd (Adolfo Pirelli) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Nate Trenholme)
Robert Humes
In 2 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Thomas) Clybourne Park (Albert / Kevin) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Lucas Marin) To Kill a Mockingbird (Tom Robinson)
Brent Pendleton
A native of Texas, the focus of Brent’s life and career has been on music. He was writing songs on his grandfather’s piano at the age of four. He has toured the country with bands playing fairs and opening for such acts as the Beach Boys, Shelly West, and Louise Mandrel. Brent was also active in the recording circuit, producing over 150 sessions in Dallas recording studios. In 1994, he was the bandleader for 12-year-old LeAnn Rimes and returned to work for her in 1998, performing in all her concerts and television appearances, including The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, the CMA Awards, and Good Morning America. Brent composed and recorded three pieces of music for and appeared in the movie “What the Bleep Do We Know”. He was nominated for an Emmy award in 2007 for a musical interview show he produced and hosted titled “Northwest Notes.”
In 7 seasons and 7 shows at Harlequin:
First Date (Keyboards) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Skszp (Band Leader/Piano)) Hundred Days (Band Coordinator/Keys) Jesus Christ Superstar (Keyboard) Little Shop of Horrors (Piano) Sixties Chicks Too (Keyboards) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Cowtown Jimmy Smith, Band Leader)
Brad Schrandt
In 7 seasons and 8 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Band Director, Keyboards / Horns) Jesus Christ Superstar (Horns) Little Shop of Horrors (Horns) Sixties Chicks (Keyboard//Horns) Sixties Kicks! (self) Summer in the Sixties (Keyboard/Horns) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Toots Sugarman, Horns) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Toots Sugarman (Sax))
Rick Jarvela
Rick has been an active bass player in the Puget Sound area since 1978. He has performed with the Tacoma Symphony, Olympia Symphony, Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Sweatband, Mood Swing, Size 3 and The Hot Five. His Harlequin credits include Tenderly, Man of La Mancha, First Date, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Assassins, A Rock N’ Roll Twelfth Night, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dancin’ In The Streets, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sixties Chicks, Sixties Kicks! and so many Stardust shows that he has lost count! Rick currently performs with the Jazz Senators, teaches private lessons and performs as a freelance bassist. Rick wishes to thank his wife Kay, and kids Nicole and Aaron for their continued support.
In 26 seasons and 47 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Bass) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Dexter Brown / bass, Dexter Brown, Bass) A Stardust Homecoming (Dexter Brown (bass)) Arcadia (Acoustic Bass) Assassins (Bass) Cabaret (Bass) Dancin' in the Aisles (Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Bass) First Date (Bass) Forever Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Fun Home (Bass) Hundred Days (Bass) Jesus Christ Superstar (Bass) Let the Good Times Roll! (Bass) Little Shop of Horrors (Bass) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Bass) Man of La Mancha (Tenorio/Tuba) Operation Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass) Operation: Stardust (Private Dexter Brown, bass) Phantom of the Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) Sixties Chicks (Bass) Sixties Chicks Too (Bass) Sixties Kicks! (self) Soul on Fire! (Bass) Stardust for Christmas (Dexter Brown, Bass, Alber Jenson) Stardust for Emily Jean (Dexter Brown, bass) Stardust Radio Review (Dexter Brown, bass) Summer in the Sixties (Bass) Swingtime Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Bass) Tenderly (Bass) The 1940s Radio Hour (Bass) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Christopher Lyon, bass) The Rocky Horror Show (Bass) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Dexter Brown, Bass) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Albert Jenson) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass)
Andy Garness
In 10 seasons and 21 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Drums) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Drums) Cabaret (Drums/Percussion) Falsettos (Drums and Percussion) First Date (Drums) Fun Home (Percussion) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Schlatko (Drums)) Hundred Days (Drums) Jesus Christ Superstar (Drums) Little Shop of Horrors (Drums / Percussion) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Drums / Percussions) Man of La Mancha (Pedro/Drums and Percussion) Ruthless (Drums / Percussion) Sixties Chicks Too (Drums) Tenderly (Drums/Percussion) The 1940s Radio Hour (Biff Baker, Drums) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Cosmo Ritchie, Drums) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums))
Daven Tillinghast
In 7 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Guitar) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Buddy St. Clair / guitar) A Stardust Homecoming (Les Howard (guitar)) First Date (Keyboards / Guitar) Jesus Christ Superstar (Sax) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Bucky St. Clair, guitar) Summer in the Sixties (Guitar) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Bucky St. Clair, Guitar) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Bucky St. Clair (Guitar))