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Chromolume Theatre’s name comes from the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Sunday in the Park with George, about an artist struggling to make art meaningful in 19th Century France. Chromolume Theatre was founded by two struggling artists in 2003 with its primary mission to present the American musical on an intimate level in an entertaining, intellectually stimulating and emotionally satisfying way. With growth and change, Chromolume Theatre’s mission has evolved with a new dedication to presenting Broadway’s forgotten gems and off-Broadway’s undiscovered treasured, and shining a light on productions that deserve a second look. Chromolume Theatre also provides opportunity for artists to shine who have not had such an opportunity in the past, as well as a dedication to diverse and multi-cultural casts and crews.

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Love Songs

By Steven Cagan

june 22 – july 27, 2013
chromolume theatre

Love Songs is a truly extraordinary musical theatre experience, the return of romance to the stage! Believe in the healing power of love and romance once again. Steven Cagan’s glorious work expresses the truth, beauty and hopefulness that we all strive for in this journey called life through the story of three couples. Jeremy is stuck out of town on a business trip for Roy’s ad agency, trying frantically to get back in time for his nuptials. His betrothed, Gaby, is anxious for him to return. Sarah, who has been engaged to Ben for six years, is weary of his failure to commit to her. Ben has been idealizing a kind of love that does not really exist. Roy and Rose, lovers for many years, just enjoy themselves. How will their stories work out? Love Songs is timeless in its appeal. Let there be harmony evermore

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Latest Reviews

  • The cast, portraying three couples in different stages of their relationships all staying at the same resort hotel, delivers Cagan's generically sweet melodies with aplomb, aided by Stuart Elster's yeoman piano work.

    Mayank Keshaviah, LA Weekly

  • RECOMMENDED

    You won’t hear more beautiful songs or see performers any more talented than those onstage at the Attic.

    Musical director Stuart Elster elicits superb vocals and glorious harmonies from his cast. Orchestrator/arranger Doug Walter’s onstage piano accompaniment is so rich and lush, you almost forget you’re not hearing the full orchestrations

    Six simply marvelous performances and a couple dozen simply gorgeous songs are the best reasons to see Love Songs A Musical, Steven Cagan’s minimal-plot song cycle now getting its World Premiere at the Attic Theatre.

    Cagan has what seems today to almost be passé—a real gift for melody.

    [Jean Altadel [is] absolutely radiant ... and [Eduardo] Enrikez, gives another stellar romantic leading man performance.

    [Sara] Stuckey [is] every bit as stunning vocally as she is at digging deep into Sarah’s pain and frustration, and [Kurt Andrew] Hansen ... once again demonstrat[es] the sexy swagger of a younger Clint Eastwood, if Clint could sing even an iota as well as Hansen.

    [Jean] Kauffman and [Craig] McEldowney ... are absolutely terrific as well.

    Steven Stanley, StageSceneLA

  • [G]iven the six-person cast and the affecting themes, the theater’s intimate ‘black-box’ setting makes for an exceptionally good fit.

    Cagan’s witty turns-of-phrase and sumptuous melodies contain that rare quality, wherein they actually benefit from being performed live, so don’t be at all surprised when you find yourself humming snippets of this song or that long after you’ve seen it!

    Jean Altadel is as genuine as the girl-next-door, and with a fresh-faced, ebullient grin she invests ‘Gaby’ with great warm and vivacity, but also with a real sense of vulnerability as well.

    Eduardo Enrikez demonstrates a compelling mix of manly vitality with glimpses of boyish insecurity, always managing to excel in a fairly tricky role.

    [Jean] Kauffman’s uproarious descant ‘I’m Old (So I’m Told)’ has bona fide showstopper potential, and she turns what is essentially an aging coquette’s lament into an indisputable comedic homerun.

    Leo Buck, Buck-Ing Trends

  • Love Songs boasts a profoundly rich score, a wonderfully adept musical cast and superior direction from Kay Cole.

    What makes Love Songs work is an optimistic viewpoint toward love relationships, some terrifically beautiful music and six splendid actors who get the chance to act as well as sing the hell out of this material.

    [Craig] McEldowney supplies some priceless comic reactions and is in outstanding voice.

    [Jean] Kauffman is delightfully seductive as Rose, and [Kurt Andrew] Hansen cockey yet appealing and freewheeling as Roy.

    This is a great audience pleaser!

    Don Grigware, BroadwayWorld

Jean Altadel, Gaby

 

Born and raised in beautiful southern California, Jean Altadel now lives in Hollywood where she is actively pursuing her career on screen and on the stage. After receiving her B.A in Theatre Arts, she decided to go back to school and received a professional certificate in Musical Theatre from the conservatory at AMDA, Hollywood. She is proud to be a part of the award winning short film Usagi San which is currently hitting the film festival circuit with much success. In addition, she currently has two short films in post production, Joe and Dr.Con, which are set to be released by the end of the year. Some of her favorite stage roles include, Kira in Xanadu(DOMA Theatre), Nellie in South Pacific(4onBroadway), Laurie in Oklahoma(MTLA), Hero in Much Ado About Nothing(East LA Classic), and a gun-slinging gold miner named Pitch Pine Billy in the Laguna Playhouse touring production of By the Great Horn Spoon.

 

Eduardo Enrikez, Jeremy

 

Born In Mexico City, but began his professional career in London after Graduation from The Royal Academy of Music London’s West End: Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); Raoul in Eating Raoul, Little Me, and A Midsummer Nights Dream. European tour: Hair. Edinburgh festival: Dangerous Games. Was Nominated for best lead Actor By Broadway World for his role of Chris in last year’s award winning production of Miss Saigon at The Candlelight Pavilion. He Returned this year to the Candlelight’s Production of Sweet Charity as Vitorio Vidal, The Italian Film Star. IN LOS ANGELES: Emcee in Cabaret (Garland Award nomination); Mickey in Blood Brothers (ADA award for best actor); Houdini in Ragtime; Bat Boy in Bat Boy, the Musical, Is This Anyway to Start a Marriage, Hercules On Normandie, Schoolhouse Rock. Film: Emilio, Jornada al Norte, Dog Tags. Currently in production filming a new series in Calgary called Bluff. www.eduardoenrikez.com.

Kurt Andrew Hansen, Roy

 

Kurt has recently appeared in two award winning productions, Sweeney Todd and Working at The Lex Theatre in Hollywood. Kurt was honored with StageSceneLA’s award for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical, for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd and also nominated for an Ovation Award by LAStage for Lead Actor in a Musical for Sweeney. He has also been seen on Broadway in Mamma Mia! and Miss Saigon, as well as productions all over the world. He isthrilled to be back in Los Angeles for Love Songs!

 

Jean Kauffman, Rose

 

Jean Kauffman has played Gertrude in Hamlet, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown, Carmen in Curtains, Helene in Paul Rudnick’s The New Century, and Sara Jane Moore in the L.A. premiere of Assassins, choreographed by the wonderful Kay Cole. She has toured with Cats, A Chorus Line, Beauty and the Beast, Hair, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and On the Twentieth Century. Jean was recently seen by L.A. audiences in Something of Silver, Tony Tanner’s musical adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, and as Madame Bathilde in Mark Twain’s Is He Dead? She started her career singing in rock bands, girl groups, and as a back-up singer for Perry Como. Jean has a BA in Theatre from UCLA and an MFA in acting from Kent State University.

Craig McEldowney, Ben

 

Most recently, Craig is appearing in Aesopera, a production in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, playing this June at the Open Fist Theater. Favorite regional/tour roles: Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Younger Brother in Ragtime, Puff in We Will Rock You, Doody in Grease. Craig is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is a proud member of AEA. More info on twitter at @craigmceldowney

Sara J. Stuckey, Sarah

 

Sara J. Stuckey is thrilled to join the World Premiere of Love Songs, a Musical. THEATRE: Company (Sarah), The Full Monty (Georgie), Gypsy (Tessie Tura), Caught (Darlene), The Odd Couple (Gwendolyn Pigeon). FILM: Savaged (Hanna), Soundscape (Her), Sophocles & the Fall of Rhode Island (Gladys). TV: House, M.D., CSI: Las Vegas, The Practice. WEB: Split (Cheryl), Pairings (Jenny), Alice & the Monster (Maria). In her “spare” time, she enjoys long-distance running, obstacle course races, and cooking for her friends. Ms. Stuckey is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity. www.sarajstuckey.com

Dana Shaw, Gaby/Sarah u/s

 

Dana Shaw is very excited to be a part of this world premiere production of Love Songs. Recently she was seen as Leah in the musical The Immigrant (West Coast Jewish Theatre). She is a graduate of PCPA in Santa Maria, CA, and since then has performed in many regional shows throughout California and New York. In September of 2011, Dana headlined her own cabaret show at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s entitled How To Succeed In Show Biz While Really Trying. Favorite roles include: Joy in Cabrillo Music Theatre’s Cinderella, Pam Lukowski in The Full Monty, Julie in School House Rock Live Too!, Hope in Urinetown and Maureen in Rent. Dana is also a demo singer and children’s music recording artist. www.danashaw.com

Suzan Solomon, Rose u/s

 

Suzan Solomon started her career as an actress-singer in NYC. She appeared off-B’way in the legendary newly remounted, Let My People Come. Following she appeared as the young Sophie Tucker in the National Tour Bubbling Brown Sugar. Other Theatre credits include See What I Wanna See, The Full Monty, Fettish, Internet Dating (The Musical), Stiltz, Belz, A Jewish Vaudeville Musical, Fiddler On The Roof, House of Blue Leaves. T.V. credits include Raising The Bar, Married With Children, Fast Lane, Pushing Daisies. Film credits include Saturday Night Fever, School Daze and Impact (The Short Film). Recently, she appeared as a flying witch in The Toyota Rav4 Super-Bowl commercial.

Michael Uribes, Jeremy, Ben u/s

 

On Stage credits: Around The World in 80 Days (Passeportout), Hamlet (Hamlet), The Robber Bridegroom (Little Harp), Candida (Eugene), Evita (Che), The Two Gentleman of Verona (Proteus), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Picasso), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Guildenstern). He is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was nominated for The Valley Theatre League Award for his performance in the world premiere musical Musical Chairs written by the late Academy Award winning composer Joel Hirschorn. This summer Michael will be returning to the bay area to play “El Pachuco” in Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit. He had the great honor of playing the role with El Teatro Campesino directed by Luis’ son Kinan.

 

Richard Van Slyke, Roy u/s

 

Richard Van Slyke was born in Albany, NY and lived in New York City where he earned his stripes in dinner theatre, summer stock, outdoor dramas and touring the Eastern Seaboard as Scrooge in a children’s theater musical version of A Christmas Carol. LA stage credits include The Full Monty (Mercury Productions), Twelfth Night and Into the Woods (Knightsbridge Theatre), Betty’s Summer Vacation and Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Long Beach Playhouse), Red Hot and Blue (The Whitefire Theatre), Pirates of Penzance (NoHo Arts Center), Side Man and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Repertory East), Murder Me Once and Ernest in Love (Fremont Centre Theatre), Secrets Every Smart Traveller Should Know and Merrily We Roll Along (Chromolume Theatre). He performed sketch comedy for four years at Acme Comedy Theatre. TV: Passions, North Mission Roadi and I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant. Films: Real Heroes LA, Repeat Offenders, Project Purgatory, Q for Death and Office of the Dead. Richard has also performed his one man show, The Dick Van Slyke Show in New York and Los Angeles. Richard is the creator of The Playhouse Soap Opera a parody of two of his favorite art forms, soap operas and community theater. Check it out at http://theplayhousesoapopera.blogspot.com/

Kay Cole, Director, Choreographer

 

As a director/choreographer, Ms. Cole’s credits include: Rose Bowl Queens, The Dining Room, Ecstasy, The Flunky, Desperate Writers, American Tales, No Strings, World Goes ‘Round, Mommy Mommy! BARK! Nuncrackers, Judy’s Scary Little Christmas, A Year with Frog and Toad, A Chorus Line, I’m Getting My Act Together, Robber Bridegroom, Grass Harp, She’s A Handful, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Sing, Country, Wild Women Blues, Sony Pictures Broadway, and more. Her inventive choreography and staging credits include: It’s the Housewives, Great Expectations, Assassins, Pirates Of Penzance, Cabaret, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, South Pacific, Triumph of Love, I Do I Do, Actor, Lawyer, Indian Chief, Dancing at Lughnasa, Take Me Along, The Baker’s Wife, Chang and Eng. Pasadena Playhouse: Under One Umbrella, 110 in the Shade, Do I Hear A Waltz. Hollywood Bowl: Sound of Music, Bernsteins’ Mass, Mame, My Fair Lady, Music Man, Camelot. Reprise! Broadway: Three Penny Opera, Fiorello, City of Angels, Company, On The 20th Century, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Most Happy Fella. Geffen Playhouse: Nightmare Alley, Atlanta, Paint Your Wagon, Six Dances in Six Weeks. Hudson Theatre: Grave White Way. Kirk Douglas Theatre: Gaytino, Dogeaters. Falcon Theatre: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. Antaeus Theatre: Tonight at 8:30. Playwrights Arena: The Next Step, Songs For A New World. Shakespeare LA: As You Like It, Comedy of Errors. Broadway: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Belasco Theatre,). London West End: The Fantasticks, Snoopy, Blockheads. She recently moved into film and television, directing Country Rules, THQ, Waiting in Line, and choreographing Guidepost Junction, Ella, Jekyll, Disney’s Santa Clause 3, Awakening of Spring. Ms. Cole teaches Acting for Film and Television at Emerson College LA Annex and UCLA’s Musical Theatre Conservatory. She is the proud recipient of the 2006 Playwrights Arena Award for her outstanding contribution to Los Angeles Theatre. In 2009, she received a nomination for best choreography from the NAACP theatre Awards for her work in Atlanta, at the Geffen Playhouse.

 

Stuart Elster, Musical Director

 

Stuart is from Los Angeles and has been a professional musician for the last 42 years. He has performed or recorded with pop stars Donna Summer, Melissa Manchester, Rickie Lee Jones, Chaka Khan, Nicolette Larson, Glen Campbell, Paul Anka, and Rita Coolidge, among many others. He has performed or recorded with many jazz legends including Willie Bobo, Moacir Santos, Jimmy Witherspoon, Carmen McRae, Houston Person, James Moody, Teddy Edwards, Cat Anderson, Bill Holman, and Barbara Morrison Stuart served as Assistant Conductor and/or principal keyboardist for the national companies of Dreamgirls, The Lion King, and Wicked. He served as Music Director at Hotel Casa Del Mar for eleven years. Currently, he is performing at Shutters on the Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, CA, on Sun-Tues nights. He also regularly performs at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill. His recently released jazz trio CD “Get it Right” on the Primrose Lane label received critical acclaim and enjoyed national airplay. Stuart’s song “Get it Right” is also the title track vocalist Mark Winkler’s recent CD. Currently a CD with saxophone legend Houston Person and vocalist Barbara Morrison is climbing the jazz charts! Stuart’s next trio CD is scheduled for release in Summer 2013. Information is available at stuartelster.com.

James Esposito, Scenic Design, Sound Design

 

James has done both scenic and sound design for all three incarnations of Do Lord Remember Me for Chromolume Theatre; in addition to directing (Strip), stage managing, and pretty much any other backstage/tech job around LA. He has also done sound design for Chromolume productions of Merrily We Roll Along and Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know. He is currently the V.P. of Operations at Chromolume Theatre.

Darby Shaw, Costume Design

 

This is Darby’s second time working with Chromolume Theatre, the first with Do Lord Remember Me, with hopefully many more productions to come. A native from the Bay Area of California, she came down South to study theater at Cal-State Long Beach, emphasizing in Costume Design and Performance. Since graduation in 2010, she has worked on many small projects including community theatre shows, stitching work for the Long Beach Opera, and a costume commission business run out of her living room.

A. Lynn Downey, Lighting Design

 

Happily joining Love Songs – A Musical’s production team, Lynn has been a theatre technician for the past twelve years. After attaining her MFA in Technical Direction from the California Institute of the Arts she served as an assistant scenic designer and carpenter for the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, props artisan for Knott’s Berry Farm and the University of Southern California and Props Master for the South Coast Repertory theatre. Past favorites include Jekyll & Hyde, My Fair Lady, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and Romeo and Juliet.

Chad Parker, Production Stage Manager

 

Chad most recently managed Do Lord Remember Me for Chromolume Theatre. With more than ten years of experience stage managing productions for other local theater companies, including Southern California Lyric Theater and Open Gate Theatre, Chad’s most recent credits include AEsopera at the Pasadena Playhouse: Carrie Hamilton Theatre, two stagings of Oliver!, two stagings of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (one outdoors), Peter Pan, Music Man, Twelfth Night, and numerous live sound concerts. While a stage manager by trade, Chad has experience in lighting and sound design and in recent years has been training youth in the philosophy and practice of crew work. Chad is looking forward to an exceptional run of Love Songs.

James Esposito, Sound Design

 

James is currently the V.P. of Operations at Chromolume Theatre. Scenic design credits include all three incarnations of Do Lord Remember Me, Love Songs – A Musical and Musical of Musicals, the Musical for Chromolume Theatre. Sound design credits include Do Lord Remember Me, Musical of Musicals, the Musical, Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, Merrily We Roll Along, Capsized Floatsam, Greek Tragedy and Strip, the latter of which he also directed. On stage, his credits include Company (Bobby), City of Angels (Munoz), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Thurio), Forever Plaid (Sparky), Fiddler on the Roof (Twice!), Cinderella and Chess just to name a few.

Steven Cagan, Writer/Composer

 

From musical director for the First National Company of Dreamgirls, (starring the extraordinary Jennifer Holliday), to composing, arranging and conducting for some of the great performers of our time, including Melissa Manchester, Bette Midler, Diahann Carroll, and Georgia Brown, to his work for film, television and Madison Avenue, Steven has done it all in the music world. He has worked with some of the theatrical giants of our time, including the legendary Michael Bennett, Lester Wilson, Michael Peters, Bob Avian, and Joe Layton. He is a classically trained musician, graduating from the esteemed New College at Hofstra University. His choral works were premiered there, as well as early theater pieces, some performed by his classmate, the late theater and film star Madeline Kahn. He studied composition with Elie Seigmeister, David Diamond, Lukas Foss and George Rochberg, and arranging with Kermit Levinsky and Tommy Newsom. Steven was in the inaugural class of the famed Lehman Engel B.M.I. Musical Theatre Workshop. At the same time, he launched one of the busiest commercial music companies on Madison Avenue. He wrote and arranged many popular jingles for television and radio for Chevrolet, Ford, State Farm Insurance, Coppertone, (which launched Melissa Manchester’s singing career when she was fifteen years old), and many others. Concurrently, he composed a number of ballet scores for Tony-winning choreographer-director Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Theatre Dance Collection. Among his early film assignments was as arranger and orchestrator for Woody Allen’s classic, Take the Money and Run. Later, his original score for the film The Cat and The Canary, starring Dame Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, Wilfred Hyde-White and Honor Blackman helped make it a cult favorite, and it was recently released in a ‘classic package’ DVD. He has scored countless TV series and specials, including those with Spinal Tap, Robert Klein, Michael Keaton, Lainie Kazan and Rob Reiner. He appeared as guest musical director on the famed “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” numerous times. Steven has guest conducted the Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas and Honolulu Symphony Orchestras, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Houston Pops, and others.

Doug Walter, Orchestrations/Arrangement

 

Doug’s activities as pianist/music director/arranger include: Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Michael Feinstein, Connie Francis, Steve Tyrell, Suzanne Somers, Sally Kellerman, Paul Williams. As performer and/or arranger/orchestrator/music prep he has worked with the likes of Barry Manilow, Jerry Herman, Michael Crawford, Lea Salonga, Chuck Mangione, Peter Matz, Dizzy Gillespie, Daft Punk. TV work includes The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Late Late Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, and The Today Show.

Ken Werther, Publicity


Amphitheatre, Chris Isaacson Presents. C.S.A. Artios Awards. Co-producer, 2008 Ovation Awards Ceremony; The Good Boy, (2011); producer, All Your Hard Work (2012). Assistant director, Stop The World, I Want To Get Off (Musical Theatre Guild), The Women of Brewster Place (Celebration Theatre). Personalities: Erich Bergen, Nicholas Downs, Brian Beacock, Mark Shunock, Mack & Poppy. Web series: McCracken Live! Currently: The North Plan (Elephant), Through A Glass Darkly (Collaborative Artists Ensemble), FleshEatingTiger (Highways), Rent and Private Eyes (K Boulé Pictures/2Cents Theatre), Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers (The Blank Theatre), Byron’s Theme (short film by Bennett Barbakow and Michael Grant Terry). Various benefit events. www.kenWerther.com

Troy Dailey, Aaron

 

Troy Dailey enjoys walks on the beach, an Irish mule, and playing with all the doggies.  His first memory on stage is joining Van Halen during their Balance Tour. Introducing them in true rebel child fashion, he froze hearing the thunderous applause. Being carried offstage by a band member aside, it was love at first fright. Favorite roles: Archibald Craven (The Secret Garden), Beast (Beauty and the Beast), The Baker (Into the Woods). Troy dedicates today’s performance to his mother, who was always his biggest supporter.

Paloma Malfavon, Casey

 

Paloma Malfavón is excited to be making her Chromolume Theatre debut as Casey in the Los Angeles premiere of First Date at the Zephyr Theatre. She recently played Elle Woods in Legally Blonde at the El Portal Theatre, earning a SCENIE Award for Breakout Lead Performance. Other favorite roles include Rizzo in Grease and Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless love and encouragement.

Kendre Scott, Gabe

 

Kendre Scott is ready to help bring in the new era of Chromolume after their hiatus and kill it on stage doing the LA premiere of First Date: The Musical. He’d like to thank his wife Gina for always pushing him to perform and do what he loves. His previous roles include Jack Kelly (Newsies at CTG Santa Clarita), Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors at ActingOut!), and Benny (In The Heights at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center)   

Natalie Scott, Lauren

 

Natalie Scott is a Los Angeles-based actor and singer. After earning her BA in Theatre from Eastern Michigan University, she moved herself out to California where she’s performed on stages with Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, and Whoopi Goldberg. Favorite theatre credits include: Legally Blonde (EMU), Alice in Wonderland (Wilshire Ebell), and A Case of the Mondays (The Actors Group). She recently starred in the Christmas caper, Merry Heistmas, and is looking forward to continuing her training with The Groundlings this spring. ItsNatalieScott.com

Christopher Baker, Reggie

 

Christopher Baker, a Florida native, is excited to be part of First Date. He has performed in productions such as Rent at Chance Theatre, where he played Benny, and recently portrayed Jerry in ARENA: A House Music-al. Christopher is a passionate actor, constantly honing his craft at Baron Brown Studio, and looks forward to delivering a great performance.

Rachel Yoffe, Allison

 

Rachel is excited to be making her Chromolume debut! Rachel received her BA in Theatre from California State University, Northridge and some of her previous credits include: Sweeney Todd (Johanna), The Secret Garden (Lily), Spring Awakening (Martha), Evita (Mistress), The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty), Legally Blonde (Vivienne U/S), Big Fish (Sandra), The Prom (Kaylee), Something Rotten (Portia U/S), Les Miserables (Cosette U/S), Elf (Jovie U/S). Enjoy the show!

Michael Angel, Waiter

 

Michael is extremely honored to be back at Chromolume Theatre, after having played Buck in Zanna, Don’t! back in 2017. Some past credits include Legally Blonde (Elle’s Dad/Ensemble), In the Heights (Domingo), Mamma Mia! (Eddie), Grease (Roger) and Elf (Store Manager). When he is not performing, you can catch him serving Theatre greatness in the Box Office at the Pantages Theatre! Thank you for supporting live theatre and enjoy the show!

Bonnie Joy Sludikoff, Grandma Ida

 

Bonnie Joy Sludikoff is thrilled to be returning to the stage after a nearly four year hiatus! These days Bonnie mostly works as a writer and activist/advocate, but she never turns down an opportunity to burst into song whether onstage or— let’s face it — literally anywhere else. Past favorite performances have included Songs For A New World (Woman 2), A Chorus Line (Bebe), Hair (Jeanie), The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Doatsy Mae), Godspell (Joanne), and six magical seasons singing at Disneyland Resort and other amazing venues with Mixed Company’s Tis The Season Handbell Carolers. Bonnie has also starred in four solo shows including The Magic Schoolbus: A Traumedy.  She is grateful for the opportunity to get back to the magical world of telling stories through song. www.BonnieJoySludikoff.com

Andreas Pantazis, Aaron u/s

 

Andreas Pantazis is grateful for the return of Chromolume Theatre and be apart of that. Just seen in Guys and Dolls with Altadena Music Theatre, Beauty and the Beast as Beast with Nocturne Theatre and as Gaston with Candlelight Pavilion/Inland Pacific Ballet. Other Credits: Les Miserables (Courfeyrac, u/s Marius) Regional Tour; Kiss Me Kate with Marina Del Rey Symphony; Home For The Holidays (Santa) Knott’s Berry Farm; Elf the Musical (u/s Santa, Greenway) Sierra Repertory Theatre; and Cinderella with 5 Star Theatricals. He’s thanks James, Jonny, Michael and talented cast for letting him share the stage with them. Big thanks to his family and friends, and you for your continuous support of LA theatre. IG: @Andreas.a.Pantazis

Olivia Leyva, Casey u/s

 

Olivia has a B.A. in English and a minor in Theater Arts from California Lutheran University. Her recent previous acting credits include In The Heights (Morgan-Wixson Theater) and The Prom (Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center). She’s also a director, playwright, and dramaturg around Los Angeles and Ventura counties. She hopes you have many fruitful first dates!  

James Esposito, Director, Scenic Design, Sound Design

 

James is thrilled to be back in the director’s chair after a six year hiatus. Directing credits include Dessa Rose (LA Premiere), Pacific Overtures (Stage Raw Winner for Best Musical), Songs For A New World and Strip. He is a founding member of Chromolume Theatre and is currently the V.P. of Operations. Sound Design credits include Dessa Rose, Pacific Overtures, Zanna, Don’t! just to name a few. Scenic Design credits include the NAACP Award Winning production of Do Lord Remember Me and Dessa Rose. On stage, his credits include In The Heights (Kevin) Company (Bobby), City of Angels (Munoz), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Thurio) and Forever Plaid (Sparky) just to name a few.

Brianne Lopez, Assistant Director

 

Brianne Lopez is thrilled to make her debut as assistant director for the production of First Date. Brianne’s previous acting credits Include In The Heights at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, Rent at Cabrillo stage, Little Shop of Horrors and Bring It On The Musical at College of the Canyons. While Brianne is regularly seen on stage, she is so excited to step onto the other side of the curtain. She wants to thank her partner Domonique for always supporting her in whatever she does.

Jonny Perl, Musical Director

 

Chromolume debut! Former Managing Director, Shinbone Theatre Company. Musicals: Shel, Lorelei, Macabaret, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Cabaret; and Immersive Experiences: What Went Wrong, Welcome Back Woodchucks, Afterlife Anonymous. Actor: Cuckoo’s Nest, Tick, Tick…BOOM!, and Merrily We Roll Along. Co-Producer How to Dance in Ohio on Broadway, Production Supervisor Paws of Fury for Paramount. Upcoming: Farewell My Concubine by Kenneth Lin and Jason Robert Brown. Jonny also regularly music directs, accompanies, teaches, and leads piano bar singalongs. Best known for TikTok @Jonny.Perl.

Michael Marchak, Choreographer

 

Michael received a BA in theatre with a minor in chemistry from USC. He is currently pursuing a masters in Urban Planning also at USC. Having choreographed Zanna Don’t, Pacific Overtures, Dessa Rose, and directed Story of My Life; Michael is thrilled to be back at Chromolume once again! Starting his dance training at sixteen years old, Michael found a passion for storytelling through movement. Ballet became a favorite while also training in jazz, tap and dabbling in hip-hop. Past choreography/directing credits: Mean Girls (Fairfax High School), Topsy Turvy (Cupcake), The Legend of Georgia McBride (Crown City), The Importance of Being Earnest (Crown City), She Loves Me, Charlie Brown, Legally Blonde, Little Women, Wild Party, Matilda, Frog & Toad, Addams Family, and Prom (all at MWT). @mikejmarch “You’ve got talent. Don’t give up.”

Ariella Salinas Fiore, Intimacy Director

 

Ariella Salinas Fiore (she/her/ella) is excited to be part of the return of Chromolume! This is her first time working with this company.  She has served as Intimacy Director for Romeo and Juliet, Choose Your Own Ending (Morgan-Wixson), Las Sirenas (LATC), American La Ronde (PRT), Elf (SVCAC), Losing Your Humanity (HFF), and Seminar (Little Fish Theatre), among many others.  She is also an Intimacy Coordinator for film and television.  She has been performing as an actor on stage since she was 3, and has worked as a sex educator since college, so the leap to Intimacy Professional was a natural one. She is grateful to James and the team for having her on board to create a consent forward space for this story. Much love and thanks to her partner, Michael, to their loinfruit, and to her friends, who all always provide her with so much support. IG: AriellaSalinasFiore

Kara McLeod, Costume Design

 

Kara has been a theater professional for about a million years, or over 30, depending on how you count them.  She has worked with companies such as South Coast Repertory, Center Theater Group, The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, LA Opera and Disney Imagineering.  Some of her past shows with Chromolume are The Musical of Musicals, the Musical!, Pacific Overtures and Dessa Rose.  She’s excited to be back at this, the rebirth of Chromolume Theatre and hopes you enjoy this and many more shows to come!

Cici Mao, Lighting Design

 

Cici is excited to join Chromolume for First Date! Their past work includes Footloose at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre, If All The Sky Were Paper with Arroyo Reparatory Theatre, and various theatre productions at MIT, including Jekyll and Hyde, The Wedding Singer, and A Chorus Line.

Brandon John, Master Electrician

 

Brandon John is excited to join Chromolume as the Master Electrician. Recent lighting and sound design credits include Small Mouth Sounds, Jekyll & Hyde, Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line, Jasper in Deadland, Spamalot, Footloose, and The Addams Family.

Emily Walker, Production Stage Manager

 

Emily is so excited to work with Chromolume for the first time as the Production Stage Manager. Her previous work as a PSM includes Footloose, In The Heights, and Wild Party. She would like to thank her friends and family for all the support and love. 

Ken Werther, Publicity

 

KEN WERTHER PUBLICITY has been a staple in the Los Angeles performing arts community since 1982. Public relations, producing, directing. As producer: All Your Hard Work (Brimmer St. Theatre Company); The Good Boy (LATC); A Kind of Kind (Celebration Theatre @ Atwater Village) the Queer Classics productions of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Taming of the Shrew. Assistant director: Stop the World, I Want to Get Off (Musical Theatre Guild); The Women of Brewster Place (Celebration Theatre); The Woodsman (Coeurage Theatre Company).