BIOGRAPHIES
LISA ANNE PORTER*
(Suzanne) has performed nationwide with numerous repertory companies and Shakespeare festivals. She most recently has been seen as the understudy for the Oskar’s Mother in Let the Right One In, Tracey in Sweat, Gruach in Dunsinane, Julia in Fefu and Her Friends, Suzanne in Eureka Day, and Erica in A Bright Half Life. She is currently the Resident Voice and Dialect Coach for the national tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. She was the Head of Acting and the Head of Voice and Dialects in the MFA program at the American Conservatory Theater. She has an MFA in Acting from A.C.T., a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and certification as a Linklater Voice Teacher.
HOWARD SWAIN*
(Don) returns to Marin Theatre where he was in The Seagull, Killer Joe, Pal Joey, and others. He has performed with A.C.T, Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, the Magic, Eureka, Word For Word, TheatreWorks, Aurora, The Jewel, SF Playhouse, and ARC, as well as the Oregon, Santa Cruz, California, and Marin Shakespeare Festivals. He appeared with New York Theater Workshop and performed with the National Tours of Picasso At The Lapin Agile, and Love, Janis. Television appearances include Nash Bridges and Hill St. Blues and in such films as Cherry 2000, Miracle Mile, Teknolust, and Night of the Scarecrow
TEDDY SPENCER*
(Eli) is pleased to be making his Marin Theatre debut with Eureka Day. Regionally, he’s worked with American Conservatory Theater, Aurora Theatre Company, Center REP, Dallas Theater Center, Folger Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, New Victory Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater, TheatreWorks, Capital Stage Company, Jewel Theatre Company, and the Arabian, Marin, Napa Valley, Notre Dame, and Texas Shakespeare festivals. Teddy’s on-camera work includes Steve Jobs (Universal Pictures), Stranger in the Woods (Red Hound Films), and Workaholics (Comedy Central). When not acting, Teddy is a horticulturist at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, CA. He holds his MFA in acting from Southern Methodist University.
CHARISSE LORIAUX*
(Meiko) is grateful to debut at Marin Theatre with the Bay Area revival of Eureka Day. Recently, she portrayed Hippolyta/Titania in Bridgette Loriaux’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Marin Shakespeare Company and earlier this year, she engaged audiences as Aurora, a professional wrestler, in Work/Shoot at Playground SF, written by Matt Morishige and directed by Ciera Eis. Charisse has collaborated with esteemed companies such as San Francisco Playhouse, Aurora Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, Crowded Fire Theater, Shotgun Players, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Tabia African American Theatre Ensemble, Teatro Vision, Berkeley Playhouse, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She also modeled for the renowned figurative artist Richard MacDonald on the Grand Coda, unveiled in Shenzhen, China. A proud graduate of SJSU, Charisse recently celebrated 20 years with Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre.
LEONTYNE MBELE-MBONG*
(Carina) is delighted to return to Marin Theatre after appearing in Waste. Leontyne was recently seen in The Untime at Marin Shakes, and Pipeline with African-American Shakes, where she has also appeared in Macbeth, Medea (TBA Award), and Antony & Cleopatra (TBA Award Finalist). Other favorites: Cyrano, Hurricane Diane, Bull in a China Shop, Temple, and Breakfast with Mugabe at the Aurora, Fefu and her Friends at A.C.T., Lear (BATCC Award), and As You Like It at CalShakes, The Half-Life of Marie Curie (TheatreSquared), Watch on the Rhine (Berkeley Rep/Guthrie Theatre). Founding member of the Actors’ Reading Collective. www.leontynembele-mbong.com
KELSEY SLOAN
(Winter) is excited to be part of Eureka Day at Marin Theatre. Professional credits include Mary in Pride and Prejudice at Pacific Conservatory Theatre. Kelsey holds a BA in Drama from SFSU and completed the Acting Program at PCPA. Offstage, they work in theatre administration and are passionate about making the arts accessible to all. Having grown up in Marin County, Kelsey is grateful to be performing close to home again. Kelsey thanks the audience for supporting live theatre and thanks their mother for supporting them.
JONATHAN SPECTOR
(Playwright) is a Tony Award®-winning playwright based in Oakland, California, whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally and internationally. His plays include Eureka Day (2025 Best Revival: Tony Award®, Drama Desk
Award, Drama League Award & Dorian Award), This Much I Know (Edgerton Award, Glickman Award, BATCC Award), Birthright, Best Available, Siesta Key, and Good. Better. Best. Bested. Jonathan’s work has been produced with Manhattan Theatre Club, the Old Vic/Sonia Friedman Productions, Pasadena Playhouse, Hampstead Theatre, Miami New Drama, Colt Coeur, Theater J, Syracuse Stage, Asolo Rep, Aurora Theatre, Marin Theatre, and Mosaic Theater, among others. He has been a MacDowell Fellow, Playwrights Foundation Resident Playwright, TheatreWorks Core Writer, Playwrights Center Core Writer, SPACE on Ryder Farm Resident, and PlayPenn Haas Fellow. Jonathan is under commission with Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, and La Jolla Playhouse. Photo credit: Cheshire Isaacs
JOSH COSTELLO°
(Director) is the Artistic Director of Aurora Theatre Company. Throughout his career, Josh has worked to make theatre more accessible for more people, sharing a passion for the visceral experience of live theatre with new audiences and underserved communities. He was the founding Artistic Director of Impact Theatre, and the Artistic Director of Expanded Programs at Marin Theatre, where he directed Lovers & Executioners and My Children! My Africa!, along with several touring productions for young audiences. At Aurora, Josh’s directing work includes Born with Teeth, the world premiere of Jonathan Spector’s This Much I Know, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Wittenberg, as well as the world premiere of Eureka Day, which won every Bay Area new play award. His world-premiere production of Aaron Loeb’s Ideation with the San Francisco Playhouse in both SF and NYC won the Glickman Award for best new play in the Bay Area and the Theatre Bay Area Award for Outstanding Direction, and was a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Other directing work includes House of Lucky at Magic Theatre, and his
adaptations of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother and Aphra Behn’s The Rover. Josh holds a BFA in Theatre from Boston University, and an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington, Seattle.
MAGGIE WHITAKER+
(Costume Designer) designs for theatre, film, tv, and video games. Their work has showcased at Sundance, Hamptons international Film Festival, Miami Jewish Film Festival, and Frameline Film Festival. Their commitment to creating beautiful character design and reducing textile waste can be seen throughout their design career and is showcased heavily in their short film work as a designer/associate producer, where they are able to guide the development of each film from pre-production through post. Film Credits include: Fairyland: Sundance premiere, Avenue of the Giants: HICC Premiere, Splash City, Back Home: Through the Stage Door, Shit and Champagne: Frameline Premiere 2020, Here She Comes; Theatre Credits: Eureka Day (world premiere), Lobby Hero (Dean Goodman Choice Award), Marin Theatre Company: I and You (world premiere); Member of USA local 829. www.maggiewhitaker.com
RAY ARCHIE
(Sound Designer), Principal Sound Alchemist of Brooklyn Sound Lab and Founder of Notes To The Soul, combines rare musical virtuosity with pioneering technical innovation in audio production. As an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who has performed internationally with Leonard Bernstein and leading orchestras, his mastery spans classical, jazz, rock, and hip-hop, and decades of studio expertise. His unique blend of performance experience and technological prowess—including his role building one of the world’s largest streaming networks at CBS Radio Corporate—makes
him an unparalleled creative partner who delivers both artistic excellence and technical precision.
RICHARD OLMSTED+
(Scenic Designer) last worked with Marin Theatre designing scenery and lighting for Bus Stop in 2005. Other designs here include Me and My Girl, As Thousands Cheer, and The Art of Dining. He designed 40 productions for Aurora Theatre Co. beginning with The Gin Game in 1993, and including Detroit ’67, A Delicate Balance, Lobby Hero and the world premiere of Eureka Day in 2018. He has designed for companies around the Bay Area including Magic Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre, Traveling Jewish Theatre, Berkeley Rep, SF Playhouse, TheatreWorks, Center Rep, Shotgun Players, and Thick Description. Olmsted teaches stage design at Cal State East Bay and is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, local 829. www. olmstedscenic.com
JEFF ROWLINGS+
(Lighting Designer) is a San Francisco and Mendocino based set & lighting designer and production manager. Marin Theatre designs include lights for Hotter Than Egypt, Jazz, and The Oldest Boy. Jeff was the Production Manager for American Conservatory Theater; Production Manager/Resident Designer for San Diego Rep; and Production Manager/Resident Designer for the Magic Theatre. He co-founded Foghouse Productions which produced R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe in San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. Other designs include lights for Actors Reading Collective’s production of Antipodes at Marin Shakes, Dan Hoyle’s Talk To Your People at the Marsh, set & lights for Viola Davis’ west coast premiere of Paradise at the Odyssey Theatre in LA, set for 1984 and lights for Born With Teeth, and
Eureka Day at Aurora Theatre; set & lights for Word for Word’s Who’s-Dead McCarthy and Retablos at Z Below. Jeff is a resident designer at Mendocino Theatre Company where designs include sets & lights for What the Constitution Means to Me, Born with Teeth, Paradise, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, and Ideation. He is Board President of Mendocino Theatre Company.
NICK CARVALHO*
(Stage Manager) is a Bay Area stage manager and is excited to return to work with Marin Theatre. Credits with Marin Theatre include: Torch Song, Bees and Honey, Dragon Lady, Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, Justice, August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, and Dunsinane. Other regional credits include: Dragon Lady (Geffen Playhouse, Center REP), Nobody Loves You (American Conservatory Theater), Monument, or Four Sisters (A Sloth Play) (Magic Theatre), Twelfth Night (Marin Shakespeare Company), and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s New Works Festival. Nick is the stage manager for Sara Porkalob’s Dragon Cycle as well as the Production Manager of El Campanil Theatre, and serves on the Technical Theater Advisory Board at Diablo Valley College. Love to Emma.
NICK REULBACH
(Assistant Stage Manager) (they/them) is a multi-hyphenate theater artist based in Novato, and is delighted to be joining Marin Theatre for this production! A graduate of UC Berkeley’s department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, Nick has worked at a number of Bay Area theaters in various capacities including American Conservatory Theater, Oakland Theater Project, and Berkeley Playhouse. They would like to thank all of the people who have helped them get to this point, including their friends and family, as well as all of the amazing theater educators that have helped them foster and form their craft. They are a staunch believer in the power theater holds, not just as a story-telling medium, but as a means of better understanding the world around us and the people that inhabit and create it.
THE HOMEGROWN ACHIEVEMENT
This production is creating jobs and creative opportunities right here in the Bay Area.
SHOW STAFF
Assistant Stage Manager
Props Lead & Scenic Painter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Lighting Programmer & Board Operator
Scenic Charge Artist
Apprentice Painter
Dresser
Stitcher
Electricians
Projection Programmer
Nick Reulbach, Mona Jean Ortiz* (July 31 - Aug. 8)
Liam Rudisill
Daria Perkova
Noah Hewitt, Mary Clare Blake-Booth
Stephanie Jucker
Angela Barlow
Johanes Gomez
Aureolus Stetzel
Shy Baniani, Jamie Budiana, Noah Hewitt, Margaret Linn
Fiona Sharkey
PRODUCER’S SPOTLIGHT
Craig and Kathy Moody:
Theatre was mother’s milk to Craig, seeing plays from the age of two. Raised by a father who chaired a large university’s theatre department and a radio-and television-producing mother, plays were what the family did. He retired from an antitrust litigation practice in 2015 in order to focus more on supporting theatres and the study of Shakespeare. Craig and his wife, Kathy, a retired garden-designer, who has, perhaps by osmosis, also become an avid theatre-supporter, have lived in the same home in Piedmont for nearly half a century and have been frequent contributors to more than a dozen Bay Area theatres. They have both been true fans of Lance Gardner since they met him while he was an extraordinary young actor for California Shakespeare Theatre, on whose Board of Directors Craig served. Craig has seen every production of Eureka Day since its premiere in 2018.
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
Marin Theatre is honored to recognize the following individuals as Eureka Day Producers:
Craig & Kathy Moody • Fred & Kathleen Taylor • Suzanne Cross • Clay Foundation-West • Lynne Carmichael • Paula & Bob Reynolds • Robert Talkington • Tow Foundation
MARIN THEATRE DONORS
Marin Theatre acknowledges the generous support (July 2024 - August 2025) of the following individuals, foundations and corporations whose contributions make our extraordinary theatre productions and education programs possible in the past year. To join our community of contributors, receive sponsorship information, or if you have questions about your gift, please contact Kara Leslie, Director of Development at kara@marintheatre.org.
$100,000+
Ray and Dagmar Dolby Fund of the Marin Community Foundation
$50,000 to $99,000
Vickie Soulier • Christopher B. & Jeannie Meg Smith
$25,000 to $49,999
Gerald Cahill & Kathleen King • Craig & Karen Moody • Fred & Kathleen Taylor
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous (3) • Franklin Amster & Andree Jansheski • Clay Foundation-West • Suzanne Cross & John Simpson • Thomas W. Edwards & Rebecca Parlette-Edwards • Barbara Morrison • Clay Nesbitt • Danielle O’Hare & Federico Barbagli • Owen Marie Fund
$5,000 to $9,999
Anonymous • Lynne Carmichael • David Catania & Diana Gay-Catania • Gatian Cunningham • Kipp Delbyck • Wendy Feng & Michael Wall • Susan & Dennis Gilardi • Daniel Johnson • Fred Levin • Ken & Vera Meislin • Josh Rafner • Bob & Paula Reynolds • Barbara & Eric Roberts • Jill & Thomas Sampson • Sharon Straus
$1,000 to $4 ,999
Anonymous (2) • Mollie Allen Kiehfuss • Drs. Paul & Geraldine Alpert • Lois Ashley • Marietta Bartoletti • Blumberg Family Charitable Gift Fund • Ron Clyman & Francoise Mauray • Benjamin Dewees • Stephanie A. Douglass Charitable Fund • Judith & Philip Erdberg •Danny Field & Gary Robinson • Freedman Boylan Family Foundation • David H. Gelfand & Ellen Daniell • Gerry Goldsholle • Mark & Roberta Hoffman • Tracy & Brian Haughton • Linda Hothem • Sean & Melissa Joerg • Heidi Kirsch & Jason Griesbach • Harriet & Tom Kostic • Scott MacLeod & Linda Kislingbury • Melanie Maier • Bob & Donys Powell • Janice Prochaska • Matthew Purdon and Liz Sklar • Gordon Radley • Marie Satterfield & Eliel Johnson • Kurt Schindler • Kathrin Sears • Carol & Rand Selig • Diana & Richard Shore • Marsha Silberstein • Joe & Diane Stemach • Lois Stevens • Valerie Stoll Schwimmer • Robert Talkington • Will & Leslie Thompson • Mark Valentine • Bob & Diane Wagner • Sue Yung Li Films
$500 to $999
Anonymous • Marilyn Angelo • Janet Bamberger • Joan Beavin • Carl Bielefeldt • Kim Bromley & David Carson • Noel Butler • Kerry Campbell • The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund • Jack Cortis • Ruth Dell • Larry Fahn • Ms. Margot Golding • Karen Gottlieb • Rebekah and Larry Helzel • Brian & Jocelyn Herndon • Mark and Lori Horne • Fritz and Karen Kieckhefer • Ken Krich & Nancy Leahong • Barbara Laraia & Chistopher Pilcher • Paulette Lueke • Barbara Meislin • Melanie O’Hare • Tony Origlio • John Osterweis • Mayra Perez • Dr. Rod Ponath • Marianne & Steve Porter • Cooney-Rashti Trust • Edward Reynolds • Tobi and Mark Rubin • The Nicole Shampaine Charitable Fund • Jennifer Sousae • Timothy Standing • Tappan Wilder and Patricia Bacon • Susan York
$100 to $499
Anonymous (4) • Joe Angiulo • Ron & Marcia Antipa • Ms. Valerie Barth • James Battle • Robert and Barbara Baum • Robert & Wendy Bergman • Linda Birnbaum • Annette Blanchard • Eileen Blum • John Boyajy • Josh Brier & Grace Alexander • Donna Brorby • Deborah Buehler • Patrick Cahill • Robert Camm • Thomas J Carpender • Alan Cascio • Steven and Karin Chase • Nancy Chiesa • Elizabeth Clark • Diane & Bill Clarke • Monifa Clayton • Nathan Cobert • Jim Cohee • Dayton & Sheri Coles • Naomi Conroy • Christina B. Crow • Marjorie Crump-Shears • Michael Darby • Cara David • Larry and Margaret Davis • Naima Dean • Steven DeHart & Sheldon Donig • Stephanie Dorfman • Larry Eggan • John Eichhorst & Jennifer Blackman • Ben and Boriana Fackler • Pam Feagles • Carin Garland • David Gast • Steve Gensler • Amy & Howard Goldman • Bruce & Linda Goldman • Tamara Goldsmith & Randal Zucker • Michelle Griffin • Christopher Haag • Khadija Hansia-Gibson • Lorraine & Steve Harris • Beth Harris • Gillian A Hayward • Karen Hirsch & Jim Condit • Susan & Bill Hoehler • Daggett & Sara Howard • Auban Jackson • Nick Javaras • Anne D. Kaiser & Robert P. Taylor • Kenneth King • Robert Knox • Jodi Korb • Jay LaBourene & Taissa Cherry • Ellen Lake • Monica & Peter Lange • Douglas Lawrence • Gretchen Leavitt • David Lesnini • Gail Lester • Elliott Liff • Jennifer S. Lindsay • Suz & Michael Lipman • Carolyn & David Long • Laurence Lyons • Lynn MacDonald • Mark Maigatter & Heidi Hofer • Lynn Mason • Will Maushardt • Tina McArthur & Richard Rubenstein • Robert McDowell • Kay and Steve McNamara • Thomas Mikita • Don & Barbara Miller • Mill Valley Market • Marvin Moskowitz • Margaret Moster • Chris & Bonnie Mumford • Ruth Nash • Betty Obata • Connie Oclassen & Bill Helvestine • Kathryn Olson • Randy & Mimi Orr • Outdoor Art Club • Mary Papenfuss • Susan & Jon Peck • Sudha Pennathur • Lynn Perry • Stephen Piatek & Meg Rosegay • Janet Poelstra • Wendy Polivka • Robert Popper • Mark Powell • Laurence Pulgram & Kathleen Murray • Kalpana Reddy • Joel & Barbara Renbaum • Susan Reynolds • Karen Robbins • Richard Rose • Larry Rosenberger • Ellen Rothman & Edward Koplowitz • Mr. & Mrs. William Ryan • Mark Sanders • Alan & Wendy Schaevitz • Devon Schultz • Laura and Michael Scott • David A. Shapiro, MD & Sharon L. Wheatley • Douglas & Carole Sheft • Alex Simand • S. Corbett Simons • Neil Sitzman • Susan & Joel Sklar • Judy & Greg Smith • Shelagh Smith • Steven Sockolov & Susan Snyder • Deborah Spanier & Ronald Fishman • Lori Steere • Gretchen & Grover Stone • Bill Streett • Carol Svetcov • Candace Swimmer & Philip Rosenthal • Lisa Taylor • Cynthia & Dan Thomas • Kathryn Thyret • Beatrice Tocher • Bruce Tremayne • Annette Venables • Oliver Vereschagin • Victor Walker • Meredith Watts •Stuart Weil • Paul Werner • William & Janet Whitmer • Delene Wolf • Geri Wolff • Reynaldo Zertuche
MARIN THEATRE PARTNERS | $50,000+
The Shubert Foundation • William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
$15,000-$49,999
Buck Family Fund • Fullerton Family Foundation• Kimball Foundation • Stacy Scott Fine Cateringº
$10,000-$14,999
Clay-West Foundation • Koret Foundation • MOJOº •Tow Foundation
$5,000-$9,999
3 Badge Beveragesº • August Sebastiani • Disney • Hafner Vineyard
$1,000–$4,999
b. wise Vineyards • CAF America
º In-Kind Donation
TRIBUTE GIFTS
Tracy and Brian Haughton Charitable Fund in honor of Lance Gardner
Kenneth King in honor of Sali Lieberman who helped bring theatre to Marin
Drs. Ben & A. Jess Shenson Fund directed by Fred Levin in honor of Carey Perloff
The Nicole Shampaine Charitable Fund in honor of Francoise and Marshall Rothstein
MEMORIAL GIFTS
Noel Butler via Silicon Valley Community Foundation in memory of Phil Kurjan
Amy & Howard Goldman and Gayle Retske in memory of Joyce Tayer
Gerry Goldsholle in memory of Myra Levenson
Gillian A. Hayward In memory of Ralph Hayward
Anne D. Kaiser & Robert P. Taylor In memory of Breton Kaiser-Shinn
Barbara J. Meislin in memory of Vivienn Fosman
THE LEGACY GIVING SOCIETY OF MARIN
To join the esteemed list below and make a legacy gift to Marin Theatre please contact Executive Artistic Director, Lance Gardner at lance@marintheatre.org. With gift planning, you can provide long-lasting support for a vibrant theatre community while reducing the taxation burden on your loved ones.
Linden & Carl Berry‡ • Jack Bissinger‡ • Dave & Bobbie Chapman • John & Shelley Chesley • Sheldon Donig & Steve DeHart • Fred Drexler‡ • Thomas W. Edwards & Rebecca Parlette Edwards • Joseph & Antonia Friedman • Brian & Tracy Haughton • Sandra Hess • James Lilienthal‡ • Shirley Loube‡ • Melanie Maier • Gladys Perez-Mendez‡ • Ivan & Lochiel Poutiatine‡ • Leigh & Ivy Robinson‡ • Gage Schubert‡ • Beverly Tanner • Fred & Kathleen Taylor • Nancy Thomson‡ • Phil Woodward & Connie Majoy ‡ Deceased
Executive Artistic Director
Development Director
MARIN THEATRE STAFF
Education & Public Programs Director
Technical Director
Artistic Producer
General Manager
Production Manager & Sound Engineer
ATD/Props Lead
Box Office Manager
Costume Shop Manager
Marketing Designer
Development & Administrative Coordinator
Lighting & Video Supervisor
Marketing Partner
Patron Services Manager
Front of House Leads
Front of House Associates
Lance Gardner
Kara Leslie
Jackie Katz
Jeff Klein
Laura Steele
Nichole Gantshar
Fiona Sharkey
Liam Rudisill
Jules Simons
Daria Perkova
Robbi Casnellie
Kelsey Sloan
Marshall
Carla Befera
Carolyn Doyle
Bridget Novak, Perry Parson, Cynthia Whitman
Alex Camerino, Jo Jewell, Arianna Orleans, Sunny Orleans, Serena Palmer, Richard Davis
JOIN OUR BOARD
Board members at Marin Theatre provide more than support—they provide stewardship. They help shape the direction of the Theatre, ensure its financial health, and work closely with leadership to keep its mission bold, relevant, and sustainable.
In a nutshell, board members:
Care deeply about the work on stage and the community off stage.
Embrace our role as ambassadors, advocates, and strategic partners.
Represent a range of voices—patrons, artists, neighbors, and those portrayed in the stories we tell.
We value a diversity of perspectives and are always looking to build a board that reflects the richness of our community across gender, race, age, background, ability, and geography. Interested in learning more? Reach out to Kara Leslie, Director of Development, at kara@ marintheatre.org.
MARIN THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Josh Rafner, President
Penny Wright, Vice President
William Maushardt, Secretary/ Treasurer
Mollie Allen
Suzanne Cross
Kipp Delbyck
Wendy Feng
Daniel Johnson
Danielle O’Hare
Barbara Roberts
Marie Satterfield
Stacy Scott
