A WITHOUT WALLS PRODUCTION
in association with
June 14 -June 29
COMPANY BIOS Parnia Ayari, Smokie/La Mayan/Ensemble La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. San Diego Rep: Assistant Director/ Understudy Dede/Patria for In The Time of the Butterflies, Bertha in Zoot Suit and Minister/Ensemble in The Who’s Tommy. Other credits include: Woman 2 in Songs For A New World (International City Theater), Demeter in Homer in Cyberspace (UCLA Little Theater) and choreographer for Seussical the Musical (CSUSM). Education: BA in Musical Theater from UCLA. Leandro Cano, Sir Blunt/Ensemble La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. 30-year veteran actor in stage, film and television. Theater credits include: Motherf***er With the Hat and Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (barebones productions, Pittsburgh, PA), Stories and Romeo & Juliet (Denver Center Theater), American Buffalo and Don Juan (Perseverance Theater, Juneau, AK), Of Mice and Men (Tangential Theatre Co.) and Oedipus El Rey (Theater @ Boston Court). Film credits include Jim Jones in Jonestown (Pavilion Pictures), In the Death Room (MaraVinny Productions) and Fugue (LightsOut Productions). TV credits include appearances on Huge, CSI: Miami, Castle, Boston Legal, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital. Roxane Carrasco, Mayor Villa Allegre/Chiqui La Jolla Playhouse: Figaro Gets a Divorce and The Who’s Tommy. Broadway: Velma Kelly in Chicago. Pre-Broadway Workshops/ Productions: The Mambo Kings (Golden Gate Theatre), Like Water for Chocolate (Sundance Theatre Lab), The Poet Matador (Broadway Workshop). International/National Tours: Chicago, West Side Story and A Chorus Line. Regional: Luz in Sunsets and Margaritas (Theatreworks), Anita in West Side Story (Northshore Music Theatre), Camila in In the Heights, Rosali in Real Women Have Curves, & The Women (San Diego REP). TV: As the World Turns (recurring role), Law & Order: SVU. Education: MFA in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University. Victor C. Contreras, Police Chief/El Tomas/Ensemble La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Last Angry Brown Hat (Nosotros; Centro Cultural de la Raza), March (Old Globe/ Bowery Theater), Over Easy (Old Globe /Teatro Meta), Frida Kahlo: Self Portrait of Pain (Sinergia Theater), Allende (Words Across Cultures), Los Vendidos (Words Across Cultures), Godman (Baseheart Playhouse) and historical reenactments (Old Town San Diego). Other acting credits include movie roles, appearances on television shows (including Golden Girls, Simon and Simon and General Hospital, among others) and commercials.
William Thomas Hodgson, Young Thug/El Johnny/ Ensemble La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Brujon in Les Miserables, Puck u/s in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PCPA Theaterfest); The Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical, Aladdin in Aladdin (Berkeley Playhouse); Eugene in Yellowman (Ubuntu Theatre Project); Truffaldino in Truffaldino Says No (Shotgun Players). Education: PCPA Conservatory class of 2009; B.A. in Theatre from Santa Fe University of Art and Design, M.F.A. candidate in Acting from UC San Diego (2014). Jyl Haruye Kaneshiro, Lil’ Gus/Ensemble La Jolla Playhouse: The Car Plays (2013 WoW Festival) as Kim in Immaculate. Grace in San Diego I Love You 2.0, Dee Demolition in Derbywise (Circle Circle dot dot), Suzy in Wait Until Dark (North Coast Repertory Theatre), May in Fool for Love (Fritz Theatre), Luan in Golden Child (Chinese Pirate Productions), Cheryl in Bronze (Sledgehammer), Himiko in Tea (AART). Co-Founder of AART. Salomon Maya, Navarro/El Mago/Ensemble La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: In the Time of the Butterflies (San Diego REPertory Theatre), Federal Jazz Project (San Diego REPertory Theatre), Splitting Adam (Teatro Punto y Coma), The Show Across the Street (Teatro Punto y Coma), West Side Story (Southwestern College) and The Proposal (Southwestern College). Salomon thanks: Alanna for her love and Kingston. Pa, Ma, Beto and Isra for their unending encouragement. Friends for celebrating Wilbur. Mari Pili for her faith. The entire EH cast and crew especially Sam Woodhouse and Herbert Siguenza for this life-changing experience. Amigos Del REP – Sangre! Twitter: @salomaya Robert J. Milz, Tixoc/Locos R Us/Mexiclop/Ensemble La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Other regional credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Independent Shakespeare Co.); The Quality of Mercy, Iphigenia at Aulis (The Antaeus Acad. Co.); Othello, The Birds (Santa Clarita Rep). Education: Circle in the Square Theatre School, The Del Arte School and Chekhov Studio International. M.F..A. candidate, CSU/Cal Rep Long Beach.