Jefferson Mays recently starred as “Salieri” in Amadeus at the Pasadena Playhouse. He is a Tony Award-winning actor best known for his one-man adaptation of A Christmas Carol directed by Michael Arden and his performances on Broadway in I Am My Own Wife, A Christmas Carol, Oslo, The Music Man, Journey’s End, The Best Man, The Front Page, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. On screen, he appears in Joel Coen’s Macbeth, the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Alfie, and Inherent Vice.  His television credits include Julia, Hacks, Perry Mason,  I Am the Night, The Americans, The Knick, Law & Order: SVU, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. He holds a BA from Yale, and an MFA from UCSD.

Her theatre credits include God of Carnage (South Coast Repertory), Rear Window (Hartford Stage), Cornelia, Bell, Book And Candle and All My Sons (The Old Globe); The Royal Family (Ahmanson Theatre, Arena Stage); To Fool The Eye (Guthrie Theater); Cyrano (Cleveland Play House); The Seagull (George Street Playhouse) and numerous productions at New York’s Ensemble Studio Theatre. Television credits include series regular roles on The Peripheral (Amazon Studios), Messiah (Netflix), Damnation (FX) and recurring roles on Mrs. America (FX), Devious Maids (ABC), Desperate Housewives (ABC), Mad Men (AMC), How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) and many others. Her film credits include Sleeping Dogs Lie, for which she was nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor; M.O.M. and God Bless America. She received her MFA from NYU.

Christian Barillas returns to Pasadena Playhouse after appearing in Native Gardens and As You Like It (dir. Bill Rauch). Stage highlights include Yerma at The Huntington, Anna In The Tropics at Bay Street Theater, The Motherfu**Er With The Hat (LADCC Nomination) at SCR, Twelfth Night (dir. Darko Tresnjak) at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Lydia at Denver Center and Yale Rep, Romeo & Juliet at Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Trial Of The Catonsville Nine at Mark Taper Forum and Sonia Flew at Laguna Playhouse. On television, Christian recurred as Ronaldo on Modern Family opposite Nathan Lane for seven seasons. Other TV highlights include The Handmaid’s Tale, The Bridge, Grace & Frankie, NCIS, The Kominsky Method and the pilots for Bunheads and CBS’ Jim Gaffigan Show, in which he was a series regular. Film credits include Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths. Christian is a member of The Actors Studio and the acting faculty at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and TV.

Favorite Theatrical Experiences: LA – Amadeus (Pasadena Playhouse); $5 Shakespeare (6th Act Theatre Co). New York – Edward the Second (Red Bull Theater); The Merchant of Venice, The Jew of Malta (Theatre for a New Audience); Well (The Public Theater); Macbeth (The Classical Theatre of Harlem). Oregon Shakespeare Festival (5 Seasons): Ruined, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, All The Way, The Great Society. Film/TV: Law and Order, Scandal, Criminal Minds, All American, Station 19. Currently a recurring character on Shrinking (Apple +). Coming Soon: Einstein (CBS). Training: MFA, University of Connecticut; BA, Western Michigan University.

Jennifer Chang is a storyteller based in Los Angeles. She is thrilled to be acting again in a room with Darko no less, having previously had the great fortune in Amadeus at Pasadena Playhouse and The Dispute by Marivaux. Other Stages: South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Mixed Blood, LaMAMA Etc, East West Players, National Asian American Theatre Company. Media: Mom, 2 ½ Men, Parenthood, NCIS: LA, Medium, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Medium, Numb3rs, Days of Our Lives, In the Dark, numerous national commercials. She has been known to direct plays. Proud union member: AEA, SAG-AFTRA, SDC, AGMA.  BFA: NYU, MFA: UCSD. Faculty, UCLA School of Television, Theatre, and Film. www.changinator.com. Much love to D, A, and S for their unwavering support.

Ricardo Chavira is a South Texas native whose acting career spans theater, film, and television. His stage highlights include this year’s Tony-nominated Broadway hit The Balusters at MTC, written by David Lindsay Abaire. Other theater work includes The Motherf**ker with the Hat at the National Theatre London and the Off-Broadway production of Jesus Hopped the A Train. U.S. regional theater credits include A Doll’s House, Shane, An Enemy of the People, and A Streetcar Named Desire at the Guthrie Theater; also regionally Primary Trust, Living Out, Tracers, Three Sisters, and Dogeaters. TV credits include 2 seasons of Ballard on Amazon Prime, Selena the Series and Glamorous for Netflix, and Apple TV+’s Truth Be Told opposite Octavia Spencer. Past TV credits include Scandal, Jane the Virgin; Santa Clarita Diet; Hawaii 5-0; Castle; Burn Notice; Chicago PD; Welcome to the Family; Desperate Housewives, garnering two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance Ensemble Comedy Series; George Lopez; NYPD Blue; Six Feet Under. Film credits include Being Charlie, Powder and Gold, Don’t Let Me Drown, The Alamo, Piranha 3-D and Saving God. Chavira holds an M.F.A. in acting from the University of California, San Diego. For T and B, always.

Danny Cron is thrilled to be returning to Pasadena Playhouse after previously being seen in their productions of A Little Night Music and Good Boys. Other select theatre credits include Orphée (Deaf West Theatre), Stuart Little (Sierra Madre Playhouse), The Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf (Center for New Performances), and Haymaker (The Neo-Futurists). Film credits include The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu, That Guy Henry, and String of Butterflies. He can also be seen in the upcoming season of the hilarious web-series Open To It. He earned his BFA in acting from CalArts. He would like to thank his family, chosen and blood, the cast and crew, and the entire Pasadena Playhouse staff for their continued support.

Matthew Patrick Davis is excited to return to Pasadena Playhouse after playing Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus. Broadway: Side Show. Regional: Noises Off (Old Globe), Wonderful Winter of Oz (Laguna Playhouse), Cinderella Christmas, South Street (Pasadena Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Limelight, The Nightingale (La Jolla Playhouse), The Complete History of America (Abridged) (Garry Marshall Theatre), more. Film: The Mother in Barbarian. Upcoming Films: The Shepherd and Samodiva. Television: Henry Danger, Sam & Cat, Community, more. Songwriting: “Iron Man & His Awesome Friends” (w/ TJ Hill), “The Ghost & Molly McGee,” “RoboGobo,” “Pupstruction,” “TOTS” (Disney Channel/Disney Junior w/ Rob Cantor), “Red Fish Blue Fish” (Netflix w/ Rob Cantor). His children’s album, “I Love My Dog,” is available on the Yoto Music Player. IG: @matthewpatrickdavis

Amadeus – Pasadena Playhouse. Elsewhere in Los Angeles: Ahmanson (Romeo and Juliet), A Noise Within (Threepenny Opera, Richard III, Ah, Wilderness!), Celebration (What’s Wrong With Angry, Cabaret), Deaf West (Pinocchio), East West Players (M. Butterfly), Mark Taper Forum (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom). Regional: ACT, American Shakespeare Center, Bay Street Theater, Denver Center, Ensemble Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, North Coast Repertory, Northern Stage, San Diego Repertory, San Jose Repertory, South Coast Repertory, and Shakespeare Festivals in Arizona, Colorado, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Utah. Film: A Christmas Carol, Mars Needs Moms and Jungle Book for Disney. Television: The Bernie Mac Show, Hung, The Fosters, One Day at a Time, and recurring as SA Carl Laughlin on NCIS: Origins.

Mark is honored to make his Pasadena Playhouse debut and play in another Darko Tresnjak sandbox. He has appeared Off-Broadway and regionally, including Geffen Playhouse, TheatreSquared, Phoenix Theatre, Rubicon, Garry Marshall, A Noise Within, Rogue Machine, Kingsmen Shakespeare, and Coeurage. Recent Film/TV: Jumanji: Open World (Upcoming), 57 Seconds (opp. Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson), The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (opp. Kelsey Grammer), Platonic, The Conners, Obliterated, Welcome to Chippendales, FBI, 9-1-1, The Rookie, This Is Us. VO: David, Insomniac/Marvel’s Wolverine, Spider-Man 2, Nickelodeon’s I Am Frankie, No Rest for the Wicked, Genshin Impact, others. Training: USC School of Dramatic Arts, BADA, Groundlings, UCB. Thanks to Darko for the trust. For Jada Bug and Mama Bug. @SirMarkOfJ

Adrian LaTourelle has appeared in numerous television series such as NCIS, Castle, The Legend of Korra, Last Resort, The Closer, House, NCIS:LA, Boston Legal, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Numbers, Sons of Anarchy, and Days of Our Lives. His many stage credits include work in many theaters around the country, such as the Mark Taper Forum, the Shakespeare Theater in DC, The Old Globe, the San Jose Rep, the Dallas Theater Center, the Antaeus Company, and the Yale Repertory Theater.  A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Adrian has also worked abroad, performing in theater and film in Russia and the Netherlands.

Pasadena Playhouse: Amadeus. Broadway: The Graduate. Off-Broadway: The Royale (LCT, Drama Desk Award), Catch 22 (The Lucille Lortel), Spatter Pattern (Playwrights), Rope (Drama Dept), The Jew of Malta (TFANA), The Russian Troll Farm (The Vineyard). Regionally John has worked at The Old Globe, Hartford Stage, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, The McCarter, and Geva Theatre. Film: Selma, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, The Taking of Pelham 123, Heirloom. TV: Black Monday, She-Ra, Instinct, Kipo, When They See Us, Hawaii Five-O, Grace & Frankie, Forever, The Black Donnellys, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Numb3rs, NCIS, All My Children, and Guiding Light. John is a graduate of NYU Tisch and a member of IAMA Theatre Company.

Jake is thrilled to be making his Pasadena Playhouse debut! Some of his credits include the 1st National Tour of Anastasia (Dmitry) and the 2nd National Tour of Wicked (Fiyero u/s). Off-Broadway: Superhero, Take Me Along. Regional: Rent (Mark) for which he received an International Opera nomination, Joseph…Dreamcoat (Joseph), and A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder (Monty). TV credits include Harlem (Amazon), WeCrashed (AppleTV), and Bones (FOX). Proud UCLA Alum. Gratitude to Darko for another opportunity to be a part of his beautiful work. Thank you to Karli, Bri, HCKR, Christine, and my family for their continued support, love, and hard work. Instagram: @Officialjakelevy

Ian Joseph Paget makes his Pasadena Playhouse debut in The Visit. Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Leap of Faith, and Soul Doctor. Other theater credits include Prosperous Fools (Theatre for a New Audience), A Chorus Line (Paul, The Muny), West Side Story (Arab, Sadler’s Wells), This Ain’t No Disco (Atlantic Theater Company), Escape to Margaritaville and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla Playhouse), and Man of La Mancha (Anselmo, Westport Country Playhouse). Film: Rock of Ages and Step Up Revolution. Television includes Reasonable Doubt, Welcome to Chippendales, Katy Keene, Mozart in the Jungle, and Saturday Night Live. Endless thanks to my mom, dad, friends, and Darko.

After 25 years behind the table as a theater director and designer, Will is thrilled (and maybe a little terrified) to be returning to the stage in The Visit—his first onstage performance in a quarter century! He holds a B.A. in Theater from UCLA and an M.F.A. in Directing from Rutgers, and now spends his days as a college theater professor. He also teaches Acting and directs the Musical Theater Bootcamp at Pasadena Playhouse. When he’s not in a rehearsal hall or classroom, you can find him at the gym…so he’s especially excited that this role lets him combine two of his biggest passions: theater and fitness!

Hilary Ward is thrilled to return to Pasadena Playhouse after appearing as Venticello in last season’s Amadeus. Other theater credits: Primary Trust (Barrington Theater Company and Theatre Works Hartford), American Fast (City Theatre), Those Days Are Over (Ashland New Play Festival), Pacific Playwrights Festival, Sense and Sensibility (South Coast Rep), Ripe Frenzy (Ojai Playwrights Conference), Mother Courage (La Jolla Playhouse), Macbeth, King Lear, Madea (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Uncle Vanya, Twelfth Night (Chalk Rep). Television/Film: Fixation, Law & Order, Heart Shot, FIVE, Station 19, LAUNCHPAD, Bull, Sharp Objects, All the Way, NCIS, The Fosters, Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Other People, Like You Mean It. Hilary’s image and voice has been featured in over four dozen national commercials. In 2008, she became a co-founder of the award-winning Chalk Repertory Theatre. Member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. MFA: UCSD.

Lauren Worsham was nominated for a Tony and won Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards for originating the role of Phoebe in  A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. She is stoked to return to the Playhouse after recently squeaking around as Costanze in Amadeus. Select past credits: Murder on the Links (Two River Theater),  Call Me Madam, Big River, and Where’s Charley (NY City Center Encores); The Engagement Party (Geffen), Dog Days (Montclair Peak Performances and LA Opera), Turn of the Screw (NYC Opera), Showboat (NY Philharmonic), and Candide (NYC Opera).  Lauren is a founding member of the indie rock-band Sky-Pony. Here’s to lucky #6, dear Darko. Love always to my family, you carry my heart.