2015 Season

The Stardust Christmas Commotion

Holiday November 28-December 31, 2014

by Harlowe Reed

directed by Linda Whitney

Holiday November 28-December 31, 2014

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Cast & Creative

Director/Scenic Designer Linda Whitney

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)

Music Director Bruce Whitney

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)

Costume Designer Darren Mills

Darren Mills

Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.

In 26 seasons and 68 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Costume Design) A Doll's House (Costume Design) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Wig/Makeup Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Hair & Wig Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Hair & Makeup Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) As You Like It (Costume Designer) Assassins (Costume Designer) August: Osage County (Costume Design) Cabaret (Costume, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Costume Designer) Deathtrap (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Enchanted April (Costume Designer) End Days (Costume Designer) Falsettos (Costume/Hair/Makeup Design) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Costume, Hair and Makeup Design) Henry V (Company Dresser) I Am My Own Wife (Costume Design) Intimate Apparel (Costume Designer) La Béte (Hair/Makeup Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Costume Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Costume Designer) Love and Information (Costume Design) Man of La Mancha (Costume Design) Murder in the Cathedral (Costume Designer) My Old Lady (Costume Designer) Noises Off (Costume Design) Operation Stardust (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Story (Costume Designer) Present Laughter (Costume Design) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Rough Crossing (Costume Designer) Ruthless (Costume Designer / Hair and Wig Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Costume Design) Six Hotels (Costume Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Costume Designer) Sweeney Todd (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Swingtime Stardust (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Sylvia (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Tenderly (Costume Design) The 39 Steps (Hair & Wig Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hair/Wig Design) The Constant Wife (Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Costume Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Costume Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Costume Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Costume Designer) The Real Thing (Costume, Hair & Makeup Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Costume Designer) The Seafarer (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Costume Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Costume Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Costume Designer) The Understudy (Costume Design) The Women (Costume Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Costume Designer) Unexpected Tenderness (Costume Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Costume Designer)

Lighting Designer Amy Chisman

Amy Chisman

In 6 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Lighting Designer) August: Osage County (Lighting Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lighting Designer) Clybourne Park (Lighting Designer) Cymbeline (Lighting Design) Fighting Over Beverley (Lighting Designer) Gloucester Blue (Lighting Designer) Hedda Gabler (Lighting Designer) Henry V (Lighting Designer) I Am My Own Wife (Video Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Lighting Designer, Video Designer) Or, (Lighting Designer) Present Laughter (Lighting Design) Recent Tragic Events (Asst. Lighting Designer) Sixties Chicks Too (Lighting Designer) The 39 Steps (Lighting Designer) The Last Five Years (Video Designer) The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Lighting Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Lighting Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lighting Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Lighting Designer)

Sound Designer Keith Jewell

Keith Jewell

In 21 seasons and 75 shows at Harlequin:

Properties Designer Michelle Page

Michelle Page

In 3 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Asst. Stage Manager) Clybourne Park (Stage Manager) Hedda Gabler (Properties Designer) Middletown (Asst. Stage Manager) Recent Tragic Events (Stage Manager) The 39 Steps (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Properties Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Stage Manager)

Choreographer Amy Shephard

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)

Stage Manager Gina Salerno

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)

Mark Alford Baxter Sterling

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)

Edsonya Charles Zoe Mitchell

Edsonya Charles

In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

The 1940s Radio Hour (Ann Collier) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Zoe Mitchell) To Kill a Mockingbird (Calpurnia)

Christian Doyle Louis McKellan

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)

Bruce Haasl Eddie Compton

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)

Jackson Jones Eric "Ricky" Sutton

Jackson Jones

In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

Jesus Christ Superstar (Apostle/Ensemble) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Eric "Ricky" Sutton) Unexpected Tenderness (Roddy Stern (the younger))

Maggie Doyle Joy Higgsby

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)

Leah Scofield Sandy Campbell

Leah Scofield

Leah moved to the area from the East Coast and has been working in professional theaters across the country. Regional credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Company), Cinderella: A Musical Panto (People’s Light and Theatre Company), Oklahoma! (PSF), The King and I (North Carolina Theatre Company), The Tempest (PSF), King John (PSF), A Christmas Carol (Theatre in the Park), Snow White (PSF), and various adorable daytime shows at Olympia Family Theater. Leah also teaches skin care and makeup artistry with Mary Kay Cosmetics.

In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:

Recent Tragic Events (Waverly) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Sandy Campbell) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Sandy Campbell)

Amy Shephard Rosalie Denton

Amy Shephard

In 9 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:

Andy Garness Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)

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))

Rick Jarvela Dexter Brown (Bass)

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.