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MARK FARRELL*
(Serge Samovar) has worked as an actor in the Bay Area for over 15 years. He
has appeared at the Willows Theatre in Funny Girl, Fiddler on the Roof,
1776, Look Homeward Angel, Merrily We Roll Along, Judgment at Nuremberg,
and most recently in The Secret Garden. Other productions/theaters:
Fugitive Kind, Noel &Gertie, (BATCC/Shellie award), Around the
World in 80 Days, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Center Rep); The
Crucible, Lady in the Dark, Wonderful Town, Me & My Girl, Splittin’ the
Raft, Old Wicked Songs (Marin Theatre Company); Haunting of
Winchester (San Jose Rep); Travesties/understudy (ACT); and
The Fantasticks (BATCC award), Putting It Together (S.F.
Playhouse). Mark has also worked with such esteemed companies as ArtRise,
the Bay Area Playwright’s Festival, 42nd Street Moon, Golden Thread, ODC,
Playground, Solano College (guest artist), and TheatreFirst. In 2005, he
appeared at New York’s historic Ars Nova Theatre as Erik Menendez in
Loaded, written by and co-starring Scott Capurro and directed by Barbara
Damashek. Next up, Mark will appear in Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap at
Center Rep.
VINCENT GRAHAM
(Sascha) is thrilled to be making his debut with the Willows Theatre.
Credits include The Music Man, Thoroughly Modern Millie, My Fair Lady,
West Side Story, The King & I (DLOC); Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama
Game, Dames at Sea (Stars 2000); Gypsy (Masquers); Oliver!
(CCCT); and many more. Vincent is 17 and a junior at Benicia High, where he
is part of their advanced dance class.
JOHN JEFFORDS
(Constantine) originally hails from Austin, Texas, but is currently a
student at the University of Arizona, where he is pursuing his B.F.A. in
Musical Theatre. While at the UofA, he has appeared in several productions
including The Who’s Tommy and How to Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying. Other favorite roles include Billy Crocker in
Anything Goes, Riff in West Side Story, and Daniel in Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers.
CYNTHIA MYERS
(Mrs. Pavlenko) is honored to be part of this talented cast and to be
returning to the Willows, having performed in A…My Name Is Alice, A…My
Name Is Still Alice, and Dreamgirls. A Shellie award winner (Heartbeats;
Center Rep) and a three-time Dean Goodman Choice award winner (for her work
at 42nd St Moon), Ms. Myers has worked for CCT, CCCT, CCMT, Center Rep, and
New Conservatory Theater. East Bay audiences may remember her as Dot in
Sunday in the Park With George, Reno in Anything Goes, Lola in
Damn Yankees, or Dee Dee in Center Rep’s SUDs. When not teaching
children’s theater or acting, Cynthia and her husband, Tom Myers, perform
with Jazzette.
MICKEY NUGENT*
(Carlo) has performed in the national tours of Grease and Cats
and starred in shows such as Crazy For You at the Walnut Street
Theater in Philadelphia; George M at the Grandbury Opera House in
Texas; Me and My Girl at Swift Creek Mill Playhouse in Richmond, VA;
and Singin’ in the Rain at the Carousel Dinner Theater in Akron,
Ohio. Off-Broadway and regional credits include: Finkle’s Follies at
the Westside Theater, NY; Yiddle with a Fiddle with Aileen Quinn at
the American Jewish Theatre, NY; Grease at Pittsburgh Civic Light
Opera; and The Pirates of Penzance at the Arizona Theater Company.
Mickey is also an accomplished director/choreographer, having worked on well
over 50 shows from New York to Tucson, AZ, where he now resides and serves
as an adjunct professor at Pima CC, teaching theater and dance. He is
extremely grateful for the opportunity to work here at the Willows thanks to
Dick, Andy and Rich. His next endeavor will be directing and choreographing
42nd Street in the Hamptons this July.
BRITTANY OGLE
(Masha) – Ms. Ogle (San Jose) made her Willows debut last year in
Noises Off (Brooke Ashton). Recent credits include: A Chorus
Line (Bebe), West Side Story (Velma), and The Wizard of Oz
at American Musical Theatre-San Jose; The Sound of Music (Liesl) at
Sierra Repertory Theatre; Bye Bye Birdie (Kim McAfee) at Broadway
by the Bay; and Evita (Evita) at Pleasanton Playhouse. She
attended the Theatre Arts Institute at AMT-SJ after receiving the Mim Babin
Scholarship Award in 2004 (Best Actress).
JESSICA RAAUM
(Gino) is thrilled to be back on the Willows stage in such a fabulous show.
Five years ago, she made her Bay Area theatrical debut at the Willows as
Dawn in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, followed by the role of
Wanda Muir in John Muir’s Mountain Days. Since then, she has been
performing around the Bay at such theater companies as TheatreWorks, AMT-San
Jose, 42nd Street Moon, Foothill Music Theatre, Broadway by the Bay, ACLO,
and DLOC. Her favorite roles include Annie Oakley (Annie Get Your Gun),
for which she recently received the 2006 Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle
award; Peggy Sawyer (42nd Street); Edwin Drood (The Mystery of
Edwin Drood); and Philia (A Funny Thing Happened … Forum). She
would like to thank her family and friends for their continued love and
support.
VIRGINIA WILCOX* (Nina) is thrilled to be performing at the Willows again. Past shows
here include Babes in Arms (Billie) and Funny Girl (Vera).
Around the Bay Area, she has performed most recently with TheatreWorks in
the New Works reading of Paul Gordon’s Emma (Jane Fairfax) and
understudied the role of Kathy in the world premiere of Vanities: A New
Musical. She has appeared frequently in shows at The Great American
Melodrama & Vaudeville in Oceano, CA, including the title role in the comic
operetta Snow White and the Five (Don’t Ask) Dwarfs. Other credits
include three seasons at Summer Repertory Theatre in Santa Rosa; Dames at
Sea (Joan) with PCPA Theaterfest; Wonderful Town (Eileen) and
Beggar’s Holiday (Lucy) with Marin Theatre Company; Junie B. Jones
(Junie B.) with Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences; the original
company of Morrie Bobrow’s Shopping: The Musical; On Borrowed Time
(Marcy) and The Real Thing (Debbie) with Center Repertory; Cabaret
(Sally Bowles) at Fullerton College; and My Children! My Africa!
(Isabel) at Solano College. Virginia is a founding member of
Theatrevolution, a Playground Company Member, as well as a proud member of
Theatre Bay Area. Ms. Wilcox is a graduate of Solano College’s Actor
Training Program and in 2005 she graduated Magna Cum Laude with her
B.A. in History from California State University, Fullerton. She is
currently on the web at www.VirginiaWilcox.com.
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