BIOS CAST

KAREN MURPHY* (Sandra)

Broadway credits include: A Little Night Music, 9 to 5, All Shook Up, 42nd St, Titanic, King David, A Christmas Carol

Off Bway: My Vaudeville Man (Drama Desk Nomination), Zombie Prom, Showtune, Forbidden

Broadway. Tours include: Les Miserables, White Christmas, Wizard Of Oz, Mary Poppins, Finding Neverland. Regional theatre credits include Showboat, Guys and Dolls, Oliver at Goodspeed Opera House, My Fair Lady, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Recordings: Torchgoddess, Zombie Prom, My Vaudeville Man, and performances with Pops Orchestras across America and Canada. She received the Bistro Award for her NYC Cabaret Debut.

LYNDA DIVITO* (she/her

– Ruth) is thrilled to make her MTC debut playing the icon, RBG, in this incredible production. Favorite roles include; Mama Rose in Gypsy, Mrs. Wilkerson in Billy Elliot, Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda at CCMT. At Center Repertory theatre, Lynda performed for over a decade in musicals, comedies and dramas. OffBroadway credits include, Sheba the musical and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS in Hamburg. Graduate of SFSU theatre department, Lynda resides in Walnut Creek with her two teenagers and husband. Love to H&N always and to Lee, my very own Marty Ginsburg.

STEPHANIE PRENTICE*

(she/her – Sonia) is thrilled to be making her MTC debut in JUSTICE! She is a Bay Area native, a proud AEA member for over 20 years, and has worked with many other Bay Area theatres including: 42nd Street Moon, PlayGround, San Francisco Playhouse, Shakespeare at Stinson, Shotgun Players, Hillbarn, and TheatreFIRST. She is a graduate of the Santa Clara University Theatre and Dance program, where she taught as a member of the SCU voice faculty from 2005–2017. Stephanie is an Associate Producer for PlayGround, and is also serving as the current Board Chair. Stephanie is also the Associate Casting Director, and Patron Services Director for TheatreFIRST in Berkeley. Most importantly, she is Aiden and Devan’s mom.

Creative Team

LAUREN M. GUNDERSON

(she/her – Book Writer) has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list thrice including 2022/23. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for I and You and The Book of Will, the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She has premiered 5 plays at Marin Theatre Company: I and You, Miss Bennet, The Wickhams, Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley and The Catastrophist. She is a playwright, screenwriter, musical book writer and children’s author who lives in San Francisco.

She graduated from NYU Tisch as a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. She is on the board of The Playwrights Foundation and a member of the Aspen Institute’s Science and Society Cohort. LaurenGunderson.com

BREE LOWDERMILK (she/ her – Composer, Additional Orchestrations, Arrangements, and Vocal Arrangements) Credits include JUSTICE (Marin Theatre Co, Arizona Theatre Co), Rosie Revere, Engineer (Nat’l Tour). Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones, Henry and Mudge. Regional: Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, Lincoln Center. Residencies: McDowell, Mercer. Awards: Jonathan Larson, Alan Menken, Richard Rodgers. Albums: Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, Our First Mistake (#1 Singer/Songwriter chart), and The Mad Ones (+30 million streams, thousands of fanvideos). Bree is a trans woman, a new mom, and an advocate for queer voices and stories. Gratitude to Lauren and Kait. Love to Anna, always.

KAIT KERRIGAN (she/ her – Lyricist) is an awardwinning bookwriter, lyricist, and playwright. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones, Henry and Mudge, book and lyrics, both written with composer Bree Lowdermilk. Bay Area: Father/Daughter at the Aurora Theatre (world premiere, Edgerton Award). Upcoming in 2023: The Time Traveller’s Wife (add’l lyrics for Joss Stone and Dave Stewart’s score, book by Lauren Gunderson), The Great Gatsby (book; lyrics by Nathan Tysen, music by Jason Howland), and Indigo (book; score by Scott Evan Davis). During the pandemic, she wrote the book for the digital musical A Killer Party (filmed in quarantine and available on BroadwayHD and licensed by MTI). Other projects with Lauren and Bree include Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends, and Earthrise, a Kennedy Center commission. Her chart-topping albums with Bree include Our First Mistake, Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live and The Mad Ones. Her plays and musicals have been developed by La Jolla Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Theatreworks/Silicon Valley, Primary Stages, Goodspeed, and others. Additional Awards: Kleban, Larson, Theatre Hall of Fame Most Promising Lyricist. She has held residencies at MacDowell, Goodspeed’s Johnnie Mercer Project, Rhinebeck, and others. Alumna of Dramatists Guild Fellowship, Page 73’s I-73, New Jersey Playlab Fellowship, BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop, and Barnard College.

ASHLEY RODBRO° (she/ her – Director) is a director and writer for theatre and film. She was the Worldwide Supervising Associate Director for Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Broadway, Australia, UK, North American Tour, Germany) and the Resident Director for Hamilton (Puerto Rico, San Francisco). She was also the Associate Director for Oh, Hello (Broadway, Off-Broadway, North American tour, Netflix) starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. She was the 1st AD for John Mulaney’s Netflix special, Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. She is also the Creative Director and CEO/Founder of Heredia Vision, a production company that puts women at the helm of developing and creating filmed content. Through her work at Heredia Vision, she is currently developing multiple new projects and has also created original work through partnerships with organizations including RAINN’s Thrive Together campaign, Laura Benanti’s Sunshine Songs series, and New York Theatre Workshop’s 25 Years of RENT documentary special and virtual event. As a film director, her short films have appeared at eight festivals around the country including

North Hollywood CineFest and the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, and as a writer, she is the winner of the Best TV Script award at the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival and a finalist for the WGA Made in New York comedy writing fellowship. She is a graduate of Yale College and a member of SDC. Love to Rick and Kaeme. @heredia_ vision @ashleyrodbro

RUIRAN XUN (she/her

– Music Director / Keys 1 / Conductor) is a music director, collaborative pianist, and software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in May 2022 with a B.S. in Chemistry, a B.S. in Computer Science, and a minor in Collaborative Piano. Select credits: Music Director & Vocal Director for The Addams Family (Landmark Musical Theatre); Music Director for Rent, The Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia! (Scotch’n’Soda Theatre); rehearsal pianist for The Turn of the Screw, The Light in the Piazza (CMU School of Music); Assistant Music Director for Mister Rogers’ Operas (Pittsburgh Festival Opera). Upcoming: co-Vocal Director for Next to Normal (Sunnyvale Community Players), Assistant Music Director for Iolanthe (Lyric Theatre). Ruiran is eternally grateful to Bree for entrusting her with this work, and thankful to her friends, family, and co-workers for their constant support of her theatrical endeavors. https://ruiran.me musicals for over 25 years. She is a Resident Artist of Golden Thread Productions, Regional VP Metro Bay Area for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), and a member of MENA Theater Makers Alliance and the Anti-Racism Task Force of LMDA. She is currently dramaturging Yussef El Guindi’s Hotter Than Egypt at Denver Center Theatre Company, its second production after she and John Langs co-produced the world premiere at A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle and Marin Theatre Company last season. Recent dramaturgy: Hotter Than Egypt at 2020 Colorado New Play Summit, Heather Raffo’s Noura (MTC/ Golden Thread), Marcus Gardley’s Play On! commission of King Lear (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), world premiere productions with Marcus Gardley, Lauren Yee, Marisela Treviño Orta, Margo Hall, and Torange Yeghiazarian, and several ReOrient Festivals of Short Plays & Bay Area Playwrights Festivals. MTC Producing credits include Lauren Gunderson’s The Catastrophist, Brilliant Mind by Denmo Ibrahim, Hotter Than Egypt. Casting Director for MTC shows & workshops since 2021. Former Festival Director for the 5th Annual New America Playwrights Fest, featuring Lynn Nottage, Naomi Iizuka and Polly Pen (San Jose Rep); Dramaturg and Literary Manager of The Wilma Theater, San Jose Rep, and San Diego Rep; and Exec. VP Freelance of LMDA. Recipient of the 2015 Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy for The Lark’s four-city premieres of Gardley’s the road weeps, the well runs dry

NAKISSA ETEMAD (she/ her – Associate Artistic Director / Dramaturg / Producer) is the Associate Artistic Director of MTC, an Iranian American dramaturg and producer, and a French translator specializing in new BIPOC plays and

CARLOS ACEVES (he/ him – Scenic and Projections Designer) has lived and worked in the Bay Area for the past 12 years as a designer and theatre maker. Past Design Credits include: The Displaced, Crowded Fire; Walls, San Francisco Mime troupe; Prep Play or Blue Parachute,

New Conservatory Theatre Center; Long Day’s Journey into Night, Eugene O’Neill Festival of Theatre, Ireland; Dream Hou$e, Shotgun Players. Carlos would like to thank MTC and the creative/production team of Justice for all their hard work and dedication.

MAGGIE MORGAN + (she/ her – Costume Designer) is pleased to be making her MTC debut. Credits include Soul Doctor on Broadway and for off-Broadway David’s Red-Haired Death and Soul Doctor. Bay Area shows include Office Hour at Berkeley Rep, many shows at Center Rep including Blues in the Night and Communicating Doors, Paradise Blue and The Real Thing at the Aurora Theatre, The Haunting of Winchester and Groundswell at San Jose Rep, as well as shows at Theatre Works, Magic Theatre, Playground, and California Musical Theatre. For regional theatre: Endgame at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (Ovation nomination), and Arizona Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Hollywood Bowl, Yale Rep. Films: Car Dogs, Alex in Wonder. Web series: Send Me: an original web series on BET. com. Ms. Morgan was an assistant costume designer on many films including Wag the Dog, Mona Lisa Smile, Casino, Men in Black, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Visit www. maggiemorgandesign.com

KATE BOYD (she/her –Lighting Designer) is a Bay Area scenic and lighting designer, and is thrilled to be back at MTC working on this show. She recently designed scenery for The Language of Wild Berries and lighting for Drowning in Cairo both for Golden Thread. Also scenery for Father/Daughter at Aurora Theater. Prepandemic shows were Nine Parts of Desire at the Armory in Portland and Noura at Marin Theatre Company (both by Heather Raffo). She designs frequently at Aurora Theatre, Center Rep, Golden Thread, Magic Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Merola Opera, the SF Conservatory of Music, Company C Ballet and TheatreWorks. Kate is a Resident Artist with Golden Thread Productions and a recipient of the Gerbode Design Fellowship. Kate teaches stagecraft and design at LickWilmerding High School.

LIAM RUDISILL (he/him –Props Lead) is a carpenter and props maker who has been working with Marin Theatre Company since moving to the Bay Area in 2014. He’s excited to be back at full capacity as Assistant Technical Director and Props Lead for the company this season. Recent design credits include Boys Go to Jupiter (Word for Word at Z Space), The Sound Inside (MTC), Pass Over (MTC), Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (MTC), Dunsinane (MTC), and August Wilson’s Two Trains Running (MTC).

DEBORAH SLATER (she/ her – Movement Director) has worked in dance & theater for over 40 years. She is the Artistic Director of Deborah Slater Dance Theater, a multi-media dance company, creating visually gorgeous, acrobatic, talking dance and dedicated to the creation of fulllength works exploring social issues, science & art through original dance, text and music. DSDT celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2019/20. Slater co-founded Studio 210, a performance/rehearsal/class space celebrating its 43rd Anniversary in 2023! Choreographic theater work includes Contemporary Arts Center/New Orleans, San Diego Rep, the

Magic Theater, and Traveling Jewish Theater. Nightfalls, created in collaboration with playwright/director Julie Hébert, was selected by The Guardian as one of the Top Ten shows in 2011. She runs the Studio 210 Residency Program, celebrating its 11th Anniversary in 2023. Selected mentors include David Gordon, Margaret Jenkins & Tony Taccone. Commissions & residencies include SF MOMA, USF Dance & Social Justice, and the Exploratorium. Selected awards include 11 NEA grants, Rainin, Fleishhacker, Gerbode, Wattis, MAP & Grants for the Arts. Cartooning keeps her sane. www.deborahslater.org

MATTHEW ZWIEBEL (he/ him – Associate Music Director / Keys 2) is a composer, music director, and pianist. He’s a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in music composition. Matthew was last seen as AMD/Keys 2 for Coming Home for Christmas at Silver Dollar City and previously performed as Rachmaninoff in Dave Malloy’s Preludes at CMU. He is a part of the creative team for Spanglish Sh!t (Ars Nova ANT Fest NYC finalist selection), an in-development musical by Samora La Perdida and music by both Josiah Handelman and him. Matthew premiered two musicals of his own while at CMU: A World Not So Wide and This Side Up He has extensive music directing experiences across Pennsylvania and also helped develop two sensory-friendly productions with the F. M. Kirby Center of Wilkes-Barre. Matthew is the recipient of the Harry G. Archer Award for Composition and a Residency-In-Your-Room Fellowship. IG @matthewzwiebel

DARIA PERKOVA (she/they – Assistant Costume Designer/ Costume Shop Manager/ Wardrobe Lead) is a Bay Area native costume designer. She has designed, stitched and run wardrobe for many theatres around the Bay. Her most recent design works include Anton Chekov’s Uncle Vanya at Chabot College, and How Black Mother’s Say I Love You at Theatre Rhinoceros. She is the Costume Shop Manager and Wardrobe Lead here at Marin Theatre Company.

SPENSE MATUBANG

(they/he – Assistant Lighting Designer) is a freelance lighting and projections designer currently based in Oakland, California. They have been working in the professional theatre world of the Bay Area for four years. They received their degree in Theater Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2020. Spense uses their career as a never-ending outlet for exploration, creative experimentation, and community building. They have previously designed for The Chikahan Company, City Lights Theater Company, EnActe Arts, Town Hall Theatre Company, Ferocious Lotus, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Shotgun Players, SF Playhouse, West Valley Light Opera, and Jewel Theatre.

NICK CARVALHO* (he/ him – Stage Manager) is excited to return to Marin Theatre Company for the third time this season to stage manage the continued world premiere of JUSTICE: A New Musical. Recent credits with MTC include August Wilson’s Two Trains Running and Dunsinane. Past credits include the world premiere of Monument, or Four Sisters (a sloth play) at Magic Theatre; The Cherry Orchard and Cinderella: A Fairytale (2019) at Town Hall Theatre; Head Over Heels, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Seussical: The Musical, and Our Lady of 121st Street at Diablo Valley College. Nick is also the Assistant Technical Director and a Production Supervisor at El Campanil Theatre. Nick earned two Associates degrees from Diablo Valley College in 2021. He was awarded three certificates of merit in stage management from the KCACTF for his work on Our Lady of 121st Street, Seussical: The Musical, and The Book of Will He would like to thank his partner, Emma, for her everlasting support and love.

ARASHI VERONICA CESANA (she/they – Assistant Stage Manager: Feb. 13 - Mar. 12 / Audio 2) Arashi would like to dedicate this production to her daughter, Artemis, who one day may be in the room where decisions are made.

JULIA FORMANEK* (she/her – Assistant Stage Manager: Jan. 23 - Feb. 12) is thrilled to return to Marin Theatre Company after her last show in 2019. Julia’s stage management credits include: Goddess, Culture Clash Still In America (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Romeo y Juliet, House of Joy, Everybody (California Shakespeare Theatre); Sleeping Beauty, The Magic Lamp (Presidio Theatre); Wink, Jazz, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Oslo (Marin Theatre Company).

TANIKA BAPTISTE* (she/ they – Assistant Stage Manager: Jan. 11–22) is honored to work on her 3rd MTC production. Tanika works as a director, actor, vocalist and ASM in the Bay Area, San Diego and sometimes NY. Past MTC credits include Assistant Director, Fight Captain and ASM for Pass Over and Deck Crew/Wardrobe

Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley Tanika was most recently awarded Theatre Bay Area’s Arts Leadership Cohort Grant with Theatre Rhinoceros and is a 3x SFBATCC nominee for direction, choreography & costume design. Thank you MTC for the continued collaboration. Thank you audience members for your support! Love to my family & friends. @tanikabaptiste

RAY GONZALEZ (they/them – Script Supervisor) is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Stage Management. Past credits include: Stage Manager for the workshop of JUSTICE: A New Musical at Marin Theatre Company, Script Supervisor for A Christmas Carol at A.C.T., Assistant Stage Manager at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Production Assistant with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Cirque du Soleil, and the American Ballet Theatre.