Brickyard Theater

Picasso At the Lapin Agile Cast List

In order of appearance

Freddy		Joe Eister
Gaston		Dwain Edwards
Germaine		Gailee Walker
Einstein		Justin Thieleman
Suzanne		Lauren Moore
Sagot		Michael Siebrass
Picasso		Guy Marziello
Schmendiman		Paul Whipp
The Countess		Jessi Brown
A Female Admirer		Rosh Wright Rebecca Stone Sharon Woodside-Hanish
Special Guest		Daniel Lewis


Chanteus		Delilah Shank
Accompanish		John Cribb
Accordionist		TBA

More About Cast Members

Michael Siebrass

Michael Siebrass began performing in high school where his talent earned him a 4 year scholarship to the University of Portland in Oregon. At UP, he earned a BA in Speech and Drama with an emphasis on acting and directing. His interest in the Theatre of the Absurd led to his direction of plays by Albee, Pinter, Adamov, and Genet. As an actor, he appeared in many roles, the main stage highlights being the title role in King Lear, Henry Higgins in Pygmalion, and Ephraim Cabot in Desire Under the Elms.

In 2001, Michael retired with his family to the Central Coast and began working in theatre again. At SLOLT he appeared in Damn Yankees, Camelot, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Annie, and directed Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, and Inherit the Wind, all with great success.

Since 2004 when he originated it, he has served as Artistic Director and sometimes actor and director for the Reader’s Theatre program at San Luis Obispo Little Theatre (SLOLT), a series that has had very good audience response. In addition, he is currently working as the Artistic Director for Houselights Theatre in Morro Bay.

Joe Eister

Joe Eister has lived on the Central Coast most of his life. He's moved out of the area on a couple of occasions but keeps coming back. Now he's here to stay. Joe has appeared in various venues on the Central Coast from Cambria to San Luis Obispo. He also helped established Cambria's Houselights Theatre, a project of which he is very proud. He is very happy to be at The Brickyard Theatre this evening and hopes you enjoy the show

Guy Marziello

GUY MARZIELLO, Received an MFA in Acing from Cal Arts, was a cast member of Tony N Tina's Wedding in Chicago and recently completed work on the film Trifles.

Dwain Edwards
Dwain is the artistic director and producer for Stolen Fire. This year marked the ninth year that Stolen Fire has awarded cash prizes for outstanding achievement in playwriting to students during the New Play Festival at Arroyo Grande High School. He has also written several essays on the supposition that theater is dead. To quote novelist and actor Stephen Fry: "I saw a play the other week (plays are nothing to films, nothing. Theater is dead but sometimes I like to go and watch the corpse decompose)..." More can be read at Stolen Fire's website: www.stolenfire.com.

	Gailee Walker Gailee Walker is excited to be back at Brickyard Theatre where she previously had fun in Anton in Show Business and Alfred Stieglitz Loves O’Keeffe. With her beautiful husband, Eugene Wells, she writes, directs, and produces, commercials, training programs, industrials, independent films, and theatre through their 30 frames per second, inc. production company. Last year Gailee directed Lend Me a Tenor at Slo Little Theatre. This year she’ll be directing Gypsy. She’s the Artistic Director of Working Title Shakespeare Company (WTS) – the Central Coast’s first and only professionally trained theatre company. WTS produces new plays, murder mysteries, plays for living, cabaret shows, hosts www.centralcoasting.com , and will have its first Shakespeare Festival here in the North County next summer. A former company member of Stages Rep, Gailee has appeared in Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Jules Feiffer’s Carnal Knowledge (Bobbi), The Cocktail Party (Celia Copplestone), Ballad of the Sad Café (Miss Amelia) as well as numerous national commercials and films. She loves Charley and Anet.
Justin Thieleman	Justin Thieleman has been acting locally for eight years. He is studying to be a social worker with a minor in theatre. He may blend the two by bringing play production to foster care.
	Daniel Lewis Daniel Lewis is a recent graduate from Paso Robles High School. He is an actor, vocalist and instrumentalist; he plays the guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, drums, and writes his own material and wishes to record. He loves the arts, (especially the performing arts) and hopes to get involved in film acting in the future. Right now he works construction forty hours a week to keep a steady cash flow to pay bills and gas (oy), drums in a rock band, and sings Bass in a men's choral group "Lunctus En Consesio". He is the special guest in tonight's performance of "Picasso at the Lapin Agile".
	Lauren Moore, a vocal performance major at CalArts, has most recently been seen in performances of "Light up the Sky", "The Man Who Came Dinner", and "Sugar". She has also choreographed for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "South Pacific", and "Sugar". She's competed in DTASC (Drama Teacher's Association of Southern California) placing fourth and first. She's very excited to be involved in this production!
	JOHN CRIBB, a church musician for more than twenty years, is currently serving the congregation of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Los Osos. He was accompanist for the choirs at San Luis Obispo High School and Laguna Middle School, Assistant Director of San Luis Obispo Vocal Arts Ensemble and State Secretary of the American Choral Directors Association. John has been pianist and Music Director for Pismo Light Opera Theater, SLO Little Theater, Cuesta College, The Great American Melodrama, SLO High School, Paso Robles High School, Blazing Horsefeathers, On Our Own Productions, Chameleon Productions and Kelrik Productions. He was most recently seen onstage in Tumbleweed Connection, Annie Get Your Gun and Evita.
	Jessi Brown A local resident from birth has been involved in theatre since age 12 when her mom signed her up for tech crew on Pioneer Players productions of "Damn Yankees." Since then she has been involved in many productions by North County Christian High School, Atascadero High School, Pioneer Players, Cuesta College Dance Team and probably a few she couldn't remember while writting this. After years of theatre Jessi decided to follow in the foot steps of her grandparents and pick up competitive partner dancing. Focusing mostly on Lindy Hop Swing, Balboa & Charleston. She has taught in the area and currently is enjoying just social dancing and helping her fiance start to dabble in the art as well.
	Rosh Wright Rosh Wright has appeared in plays here at the Brickyard (Anton in Show Business, Wit) as well as at SLO Little Theatre. She performs in improv comedy, murder mystery, radio and TV commercials, and independent movies. She is delighted to be associated with this production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and looks forward to seeing you all at the show.
	Delilah Shank has only two years of coastal living and its joie de vivre, but she is by no means new to theatre. Shank has performed and sung extensively as a solo cabaret artist in NYC, SF, LA, Tokyo, Osaka, and the Philippines. A theatre graduate of the University of Colorado and recent graduate of the Los Angeles Music Academy, she has coached and directed many musical and non musical productions from Godspell to The Little Foxes. In January Shank directed a SLOLT reader’s theatre premiere of Lou Shaw’s Worse than Murder, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. For 15 years Shank has been a drama and vocal coach in LA and Kern Counties, and even coached doo-wop in the prison system. She has two jazz CDs. Recent SLO performances have been in Kelrick’s Annie, Cinderella, SLOLT’s Dancing at Lughnasa, The Full Monty, and Vagina Monologues at Cal Poly.