In the Wings

He earned his status as an Actors Equity Association member by performing offBroadway in New York City. He earned his status as a SAG-AFTRA member performing as a guest star and co-star on several network television shows. He has also starred in several feature films which have had theatrical and VOD distribution. He has also starred in many short films which have received acclaim at international film festivals such as in Cannes, France.

BRANDON ENGMAN (Pfc. Louden Downey) Regional credits: A Christmas Carol (ACT Theatre Seattle), Newsies (Connecticut Rep). He recently wrapped a lead in the upcoming feature film Discussion Materials and voiced the lead role of Hodaka in Makoto Shinkai’s anime film Weathering with You. TV/Film credits: “Law & Order: SVU,” “New Amsterdam,” “Hunters,” “Hightown,” “Dietland,” “The Oath,” “Girl at a Bar,” and Empathy Inc. Voiceover: Belle, Young David. Brandon graduated with a BFA in Drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts - New Studio on Broadway & Stonestreet Studios. Love to Sarah, his family, and all those who helped get him here! @brandonengman

KAROLE FOREMAN (Capt. Julia Alexander Randolph) Theatre: Lady Day Emerson’s Bar & Grill (2019 Ovation - freeFall, ICT, Ebony Rep, PCPA); Blues in the Night (ICT/Ebony Rep); Little Night Music, Stupid F’ing Bird (Cygnet); Porgy and Bess, Sweeney Todd, Intimate Apparel (ETC); Fences (PCPA/ICT); Wedding Band (Antaeus); Next to Normal (OC Weekly Award); Caroline or Change (PCPA); Parade, Jelly’s Last Jam (Suzi Bass Award, Mark Taper/Alliance); Mamma Mia! (Las Vegas). TV: “Dahmer,” “Good Trouble,” “NCIS,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Crazy Ex,” “Rebel,” “The Young & The Restless,” “Stitchers,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “Grey’s Anatomy.” Film: The Banality, I’ll Be Next Door for Christmas, 42, Rebirth, Buddy Solitaire. www.karoleforeman.com

DOUG HARRIS (Lt. j.g. Daniel A. Kaffee, he/ him), actor/writer based in New York City. NYC: New Golden Age (Primary Stages), Disco Pigs (Drama League), The Rape of The Sabine Women by Grace B. Matthias (Playwrights Realm), The Glass Menagerie (Masterworks Theater Co). Regional: Still Life (Ancram Opera House), Sheepdog (CATF), A Few Good Men (The Pittsburgh Public), It’s Only a Play (George Street), We’re Gonna Be Okay (B Street), 10x10 (Barrington Stage Co), Oh, Gastronomy! (Humana). Has developed works with Playwrights Realm, NYTW, The Lark, Actors Theatre of Louisville, NY Classical, Ensemble Studio Theater, Pipeline, and more. Films: Spooky Action, December 1, 1969, The Wait, Viking Funeral. www.dougharrisactor.com

KODI JACKMAN (Lawyer, MP, Sentry, u/s Galloway, u/s Ross) is a graduate of The Guildford School of Acting. Favorite recent stage credits include Cassie in The Wickhams (Ensemble Theatre Company), Lavatch in All’s Well That Ends Well (A Noise Within), The Duke in Measure for Measure (Shakespeare on the Deck), Agrippa in Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare Orange County), Judith in Front (Guildford School of Acting), Charlatan

in Woyzeck (New Orleans Fringe), and was also a member of New Orleans Shakespeare Festival’s touring company Shakespeare on the Road. Jackman is the co-host of Shake Shake Shake – a podcast on Classics, Cocktails and Conscious Casting.

COREY JONES (Capt. Matthew A. Markinson, u/s Jessep) is thrilled for his La Mirada debut and to work with this fantastic cast/creative team. Broadway: 1st and 2nd National Tours, The Book of Mormon. Regional: Million Dollar Quartet, Our Town (South Coast Repertory), Grinch (The Old Globe), How to Fight Loneliness, King John, Titus Andronicus, Tempest (Utah Shakespeare), Wild with Happy (Pittsburgh City Theater), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Dallas Theater Center), The Color Purple (Celebration Theater), Gee›s Bend (Arkansas Repertory), Othello (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Macbeth, Ragtime (PCPA), roles at the Williamstown Theatre and Illinois Shakespeare Festivals. Education: University of Texas at Austin, Washington University in St. Louis.

SARA KING (Lt. Jack Ross) is delighted to return to the La Mirada family after a few years away. Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Cynthia Weil, Marilyn Wald OBC), HAIR (Tribe). Tours: HAIR (Sheila), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Pippi, 1st National/UK premiere). Select Regional: Singin’ in the Rain (Lina Lamont, 2020 Ovation Award Best Actress), RENT (Maureen), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), Footloose (Ariel). TV: “Blindspotting,” “Mr. Robot,” “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO’s “High Maintenance,” “Smash.” Love to her LA, NYC and Texas families and thanks to everyone coming out to support live theater and the arts. Instagram: @saraeking.

AARON PAE KLEIN (Cpl. Jeffrey Owen Howard, u/s Weinberg, u/s Kaffee, he/him) is thrilled to be making his La Mirada Theatre debut. He holds a BFA in acting from the University of Michigan SMTD. Recent theatre credits include Junk (Power Center for the Performing Arts), Sense and Sensibility (Arthur Miller Theatre), Incognito (Newman Studio), Prodigal Son (The Actors Group). Aaron also received the 2022 Kennedy Center, Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award (runner up), the 2022 Avery and Jule Hopwood Drama Award (first prize), and the 2022 Dennis McIntyre Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Playwriting. Aaron is represented by Stagecoach Entertainment.

MICHAEL OCAMPO (Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson) Born in Miami and raised in Houston, Michael has always loved the performing arts. He began his acting performances at school events and church productions at a very young age. Since then, his career has given him the opportunity to star in studio feature films and network television shows. He can be seen in shows like “9-1-1,” “NCIS: New Orleans” and most recently guest starring in his own episode of “Law and Order: SVU.” A Few Good Men will be his first professional theatre production and he’s excited for the opportunity to work with a great cast and crew.

JAMES RIPPLE (Tom, MP, Sentry) A recent graduate of The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, James won the Margaret Gordon Award for Best Theatrical Performance. He has performed in theatre and television, in plays and shows (including Bad Roads, another play from school), and “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS). He is extremely grateful for this opportunity and would like to send love to his parents and mentors who have supported him in his journey.

PATRICK STAFFORD (Lt. Jonathan James Kendrick) LA: Equus and Amadeus (The Production Company, LA Drama Critics Circle Award Nomination), As Is (New American Theatre), Red (International City Theatre, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Best Supporting Actor), Cock (The Rogue Machine, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Lead Actor and Best Ensemble, West Coast Premiere), Smoke (The Rogue Machine, Stage Raw Nomination, West Coast Premiere) NYC: The Hand That Feeds You and Eric Bogosian’s Humpty Dumpty. Regional: Big River and Red. TV: “Modern Family,” “Criminal Minds,” “CSI,” “Supernatural,” “Perception,” “NCIS,” “Glee,” “Frequency,” “Major Crimes.” Education: Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC and BFA from The Boston Conservatory. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

ANDY UMBERGER (Col. Nathan Jessep) last appeared at LMT as John Adams in 1776. Broadway: Passion, City of Angels, Company. Off-Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club, LaMama ETC, Triangle Theatre Co. Regional: Geffen Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Co., Old Globe Theatre, American Shaw Festival, Virginia Stage Co. and Actor’s Rep. Locally he has appeared with Reprise, Rubicon Theatre Co. and Musical Theatre West. Film: The Accountant, Unstoppable, The Rum Diary, Déjà Vu, Nine Lives, First Daughter. Guest starred in 80+ TV shows and has recurred on “Mindhunter,” “Bosch,” “Waco,” “GLOW,” “Mad Men,” “The West Wing,” “Boston Legal,” “ER,” “24,” and as D’Hoffryn on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” www.AndyUmberger.com

RODRIGO VARANDAS (Pfc. William T. Santiago, MP, Sentry) One War for Another (Choreography), Waiting for Godot (Director), Romeo and Juliet (Choreographer), Broadway to the Rescue (Choreographer). Peter Pan (Saudi Arabia Tour), Mamma Mia!, Shrek The Musical, Kinky Boots, 42nd Street (3-D Theatricals), West Side Story, Legally Blonde (Candlelight Pavilion), Singin’ in the Rain, In the Heights, White Christmas (Musical Theatre West), Children of Eden, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5-star Theatricals), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, (Musical Theatre Guild), Mamma Mia!, Empire, Cabaret, 1776, Young Frankenstein, Singin’ in the Rain (MRE). David Robinson, thank you for existing, you are my port, you are my home.

GREG WATANABE (Capt. Isaac Whitaker, Cmdr. Walter Stone, u/s Markinson, u/s Randolph) Recently he appeared in Our Town and The Great Leap at Asolo Rep. He made his Broadway debut in Allegiance. Other credits include Off-Broadway appearances in Ballad

of Yachiyo (Public Theater) and Golden Child (Signature Theater). Regionally, he performed in Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens, City Theatre, Merrimack Rep), Romeo and Juliet (OSF), The Summer Moon (A Contemporary Theater, South Coast Rep), Extraordinary Chambers (The Geffen Playhouse), The Happy Ones (South Coast Rep), and Hold These Truths (Virginia Stage Company). Some television credits include “Madam Secretary,” “Criminal Minds,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Reno 911!”

DYLAN WITTROCK (u/s Kendrick, u/s Howard, u/s Tom, u/s MP, u/s Sentry) began acting at an early age, performing alongside his father and brother at Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, Massachusetts. He attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) and went on to study acting at the Atlantic Acting School in New York. This is his first time working at La Mirada Theater. TV Credits: “Feud: Bette and Joan,” “Power.” Film: The Long Weekend, A Mouthful of Air. LA Theater: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Open Fist), The Red Dress (Odyssey Theater), Othello (A Noise Within). Other Theater: The Pillowman, Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, Edward II.

AARON SORKIN (Playwright) Broadway and Off-Broadway: To Kill A Mockingbird, A Few Good Men (Broadway debut, John Gassner Award for Outstanding New American Playwright), Making Movies, The Farnsworth Invention. Film: Molly’s Game (Director and Writer, Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA, and Writers Guild Award nominations for Best Screenplay), Steve Jobs (Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay), Moneyball (Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Writers Guild nominations for Best Screenplay), The Social Network (Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Writers Guild for Best Screenplay), Charlie Wilson’s War (Golden Globe nomination for Best Screenplay), The American President (Golden Globe nomination for Best Screenplay), Malice, A Few Good Men (Golden Globe nomination for Best Screenplay). Television: writer and producer of “The Newsroom,” “The West Wing” (Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for four consecutive seasons, Golden Globe, Humanities Prize), “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” “Sports Night” (Television Critics’ Award for Best Comedy, Humanities Prize).

CASEY STANGL (Director) is thrilled to return to La Mirada after directing Arsenic and Old Lace in 2020. Named 2019 Director of the Year by StageScene LA, she’s worked at theaters across the country including South Coast Repertory, American Conservatory Theater, The Guthrie Theater, Arizona Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Everyman Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Jungle Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Portland Stage and Cleveland Playhouse. Casey is Associate Artistic Director for Ojai Playwrights Conference, and she has developed new plays at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Humana Festival, Pacific Playwrights Festival, PlayPenn and Berkeley Rep’s GroundFloor. Casey proudly serves on the Executive Board of SDC, the national labor union for stage directors and choreographers.

JULIA FLORES (Casting Director) Celebrating our 28th season with McCoy Rigby Entertainment. Past MRE productions include touring productions of Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby, Camelot starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Little Mermaid. Additional credits include productions for Boston Court Theatre, The REV Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, Denver Center Theatre, A Noise Within, The Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, B Street Theatre.

JOHN IACOVELLI (Scenic Designer) has designed 20 productions for Tom McCoy & Cathy Rigby here at La Mirada since their inaugural production of To Kill A Mockingbird in 1994. Then with them onto Broadway with Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby (Emmy Award) and the National Tour of Camelot. Other Broadway: The Twilight of the Golds. Regional: over 450 productions — Steppenwolf, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, McCarter, Denver Center, Long Wharf, Seattle Rep, Center Theatre Group. He won the Distinguished Achievement Award in Scenic Design from the US Institute of Theatre Technology. MFA: NYU Tisch. Website: www.iacovelli.com.

SHON LEBLANC (Costume Designer) celebrates 38 years designing costumes in California and nationwide. He has designed shows for The Fountain Theatre, The Colony Theatre, 3D-Theatricals, Odyssey, Matrix, Theatre 40, Hudson, No Ho Arts, The El Portal, Open Fist Theatre Co., Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, Ogunquit Playhouse (ME), Sierra Madre Playhouse, The Rubicon, Actors Co-Op, Greenway Court, and Kentucky Shakespeare. Shon has taught Costume Design for the Academy of Art in SF, is a multi-award-winning Costume Designer, with multiple Ovation, Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly and Garland awards and nominations. He is a partner at Valentino’s Costume Group, Inc., in North Hollywood.

KARYN D. LAWRENCE (Lighting Designer) is an award-winning theatrical and event lighting designer based in LA. She’s delighted to return to La Mirada Theatre after having designed the lighting for Arsenic and Old Lace (2019). Theater: South Coast Repertory, Center Theater Group, East West Players, Boston Court Pasadena, The Pasadena Playhouse, Ebony Repertory Theatre, Rogue Artists Ensemble, International City Theatre, Arizona Broadway Theatre. She’s the resident Lighting Designer for the The New Swan Shakespeare Festival in Orange County. Additionally, she’s one of Radiance Lightworks’ Lead Lighting Designers for Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. She currently teaches Lighting Design at California State University, Los Angeles. www.kdlightingdesign.com

CRICKET S. MYERS (Sound Designer) On Broadway, Cricket earned a Tony Nomination and a Drama Desk Award for her design of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Regional designs include La Jolla Playhouse, The Ahmanson, The Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, The Denver Center for Performing Arts, The Kirk Douglas Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, and the Geffen Theater. She has

earned 24 Ovation Nominations, as well as winning The Ruth Morley Award from the League of Professional Theater Women, The Kinetic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Design, an LADCC and a Garland Award in Los Angeles. www.cricketsmyers.com

KAITLIN YAGEN (Wig/Hair/Makeup Designer) is excited to be designing A Few Good Men for McCoy Rigby Entertainment. Her recent design credits include Carousel for Sacramento Music Circus, and Young Frankenstein, Clue, In The Heights, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Man of La Mancha, Peter Pan, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Carrie the Musical for MRE. She has also supervised on numerous national tours. Kaitlin loves the work she does and the joy it brings to the audience. Thank you to Trevor and baby Harvey and my family for your continuous love and support.

KEVIN WILLIAMS (Properties Designer) Recovering actor and LA native, Kevin has spent over two decades working as a designer, fabricator, and consultant for clients such as Walt Disney Imagineering, HUB Network, Red 5 Studios and Twentieth Century Fox among many others. Notably, he was the resident Production Designer for interactive theatre company, Delusion, for seven years: Lies Within (2014), His Crimson Queen (2016), Lies Within VR series (2017), The Blue Blade (2018) and Reaper’s Remorse (2021.) Kevin is the Prop Department Supervisor for UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television, and lives in Orange County with his incredible family. Proud member of S.P.A.M. MICHAEL POLAK (Fight Choreographer) has choreographed stage violence for numerous shows at La Mirada Theatre, including Newsies, Cabaret and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. His work has been featured at 3-D Theatricals, North Coast Repertory Theatre, New Swan Shakespeare Festival, CSUF and other venues as well. As an actor he has worked in New York at the Mint Theatre. Regional credits include Pioneer Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare, ACT, Playmaker’s Rep and Ensemble Theatre Company, to name a few. He most recently appeared on “Bel-Air” and in MidCentury. MFA from Penn State University and BA from CSUF. www.michaelpolakactorfd.com

JOHN W. CALDER, III (Production Stage Manager) MRE/LMT: Young Frankenstein, In The Heights, Grumpy Old Men, 1776, Murder on the Orient Express, South Pacific, End of the Rainbow, West Side Story, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Tours: A Chorus Line (12 times, Donna McKechnie), Dreamgirls (Jennifer Holliday), Hello, Dolly! (Madeline Kahn), Annie (10 times), The Sound of Music (10 Times), Les Misérables, Dial M For Murder (Roddy McDowall), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, The Odd Couple (Tim Conway/Tom Poston), Hal Prince’s Showboat, White Christmas (7 years). Regionally: Ragtime (MTW), Anything Goes (Chita Rivera), The Secret Garden, Into The Woods. JWCalder3@gmail.com

DAVID ELZER (Publicist) represents La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 5-Star Theatricals, Ensemble Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Road Theatre Company,