Jonathan Spector is a Tony-winning playwright based in Northern California, whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. His plays include Eureka Day (2025 Drama League Award, Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination for Best Revival, WhatsOnStage Award Nomination, NYT Critics’s Pick, Glickman Award, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award, Theater Bay Area Award, Rella Lossy Award); This Much I Know (Edgerton Award, Glickman Award, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award); Birthright; Best Available (Elizabeth George Commission); and Siesta Key. Spector’s plays have been produced at theaters including Manhattan Theater Club, The Old Vic/Sonia Friedman Productions, Aurora Theater, Hampstead Theater, Theater J, Miami New Drama, Asolo Rep, Syracuse Stage, InterAct, Shotgun Players, Mosaic Theater, Colt Coeur, Just Theater, the State Theater of South Australia and Burg Theater (The National Theater of Austria). He has been a Playwrights Center Core Writer, TheatreWorks Core Writer, MacDowell Fellow, SPACE at Ryder Farm Resident, and Playwrights Foundation Resident Playwright. He is currently working on commissions from Roundabout Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Manhattan Theater Club, and Miami New Drama. His work is published by Dramatists Play Service/Broadway Licensing. Jonathan is a graduate of the much-besieged New College of Florida and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State. In his misspent youth as an aspiring director, he was a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, a frequent collaborator with The Civilians, and a dealer at New York’s largest underground poker club. He is represented by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment.

Recent work: Urinetown (NYCC Encores!, Drama League Nom); Jonathan Spector’s Birthright and the immersive experience Life and Trust (world premieres). Other work includes the critically acclaimed Empire Travel Agency and the Broadway musical KPOP (Drama Desk Nom., Lucille Lortel Winner for Outstanding Musical, Richard Rodgers Award Winner) with his company, Woodshed Collective. Other directing work: Lincoln Center, Park Avenue Armory, Public Theater, Roundabout, NYTW, MTC, Ars Nova, Ma-Yi, Williamstown, Edinburgh Fringe, and more. He works with pop acts, including co-creating and directing Tegan and Sara’s tour Hey, I’m Just Like You. With director and producer Jason Eagan, he is half of Ad Hoc, creators and producers of original and large-scale live entertainment. As an actor, he has originated roles on and off-Broadway and appeared in numerous films and TV shows.

Los Angeles: A Little Night Music and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Pasadena Playhouse), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Geffen Playhouse). Broadway: Cost of Living (Pulitzer Prize winner), Pass Over (Drama Desk, Lortel, and Henry Hewes Award nominations), Next Fall. Off Broadway: Jonah (Roundabout Theatre Company), All Nighter (MCC), Sumo (Public Theater/Ma-Yi Theatre), The Animal Kingdom (Connelly Theatre), The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons), and Space Dogs (MCC, Lortel Award nomination). Wilson also designed the current international tour of Annie, which played Madison Square Garden starring Whoopi Goldberg. Opera credits include Turandot (Washington National Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago), and Eine Florentinische Tragödie/Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera, Dora Award winner). @wilsonchindesign

Denitsa is happy to return to Pasadena Playhouse, where she previously designed One of the Good Ones and The Father. Theater design work: Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center, Cleveland Play House, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Boston Court, and others. Opera: Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, and Santa Fe Opera. Nominations for Outstanding Costume Design: LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award and Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award. Recipient of the 2020 Costume Design Award from the Costume Society of America. Denitsa is a Professor and the Head of the MFA Design and Technology program in the School of Theatre, TV and Film at SDSU. www.Denitsa.com.

Broadway: Uncle Vanya (Lincoln Center, with Lap Chi Chu). Off-Broadway: Between Two Knees (The Perelman Center for the Performing Arts); When Playwrights Kill (Signature Theatre); Conversations with Mother (Theatre 555). Regional: A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Pasadena Playhouse); Indecent; Rattlesnake Kate (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (The Geffen Playhouse); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Blues for an Alabama Sky (The Mark Taper Forum); and world premieres by Lucy Alibar, Kemp Powers, Julia Cho, and Michael Mitnick. Associate professor of lighting design at the University of Southern California.

John Nobori is a Los Angeles-based sound designer, composer, and ensemble member of Cornerstone Theater Company. His work has been heard in plays produced by such organizations as Seattle Rep and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  Other recent credits include Pasadena Playhouse’s production of A Doll’s House, Part 2 and The Geffen Playhouse’s production of The Ants. BA University of California, Irvine.

Broadway: Good Night and Good Luck (Tony Nom), Water for Elephants (Tony and Outer Critics Noms), Eureka Day, The Thanksgiving Play, 1776. Off-Broadway and Regional: Billie Jean (Chicago Shakes), We Live In Cairo (A.R.T., New York Theatre Workshop; Lortel Nom); 3 Summers of Lincoln (La Jolla); Here There Are Blueberries (Tectonic Theatre Project, NYTW, La Jolla, Signature DC; Hewes, Lortel, and Helen Hayes Awards); Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 (Signature, A.R.T.; Hewes Award, Drama Desk Nom), Lights Out: Nat King Cole (NYTW); Without You (New World Stages), Monsoon Wedding (Saint Anns), The Visitor (The Public; Lortel Nom), Walk On Through (MCC); Circle Jerk (Fake Friends; Obie Award). National Tours: Peter Pan, 1776, Water for Elephants, Rockin Road to Dublin.

Ryan’s versatility in the world of casting speaks for itself. For the last decade, Ryan has cast many theater productions in Los Angeles and New York, including many shows at Pasadena Playhouse and The Wallis. Their portfolio also includes notable TV and film projects such as the Wicked movies, This Is Us, Atypical, and many more. Ryan puts inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything they do. Their mission is to celebrate and actively advocate for performers who reflect the full spectrum of human diversity to help expand a multiplicity of narratives; narratives that reflect the real world we live in and challenge conventional boundaries that currently exist in the entertainment industry. rbtcasting.com. @rbtcasting

Past Productions at Pasadena Playhouse: Jelly’s Last Jam (ASM), One Of The Good Ones, KATE (ASM), Inherit the Wind, The Sound Inside (ASM), The Father (ASM), Defiance, Showtune, and Sisterella. Center Theatre Group highlights include: Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Curtains, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, God of Carnage, Red, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bent, Zoot Suit, Archduke, Linda Vista, King James, The Secret Garden, A Transparent Musical, American Idiot, and Hamlet. Other Los Angeles: Los Angeles Theatre Center, Geffen Playhouse. Regional: Seattle Rep, Intiman Theatre. New York: Public Theater. Tours: Europe — Quotations from a Ruined City, Law of Remains.

Lisa Toudic is a stage manager passionate about cultivating collaborative and inclusive backstage environments and supporting the development of new works. Recent credits include The Reservoir and Noises Off (Geffen Playhouse), Corktown ‘39 (Rogue Machine Theatre), Clarkston (The Echo Theater Company). She also served as Production Stage Manager for Legally Blonde at Palisades Charter High School and is passionate about working with young, aspiring theater makers. Lisa holds a Master’s in Education and a B.A. in Stage Management from USC. Originally from France, she brings a love of culture, adaptability, and detail to every production. Immense gratitude to the Pasadena Playhouse and Eureka Day team—and to her family, friends, and cat Felix for keeping her grounded.