{main
|
Last
Update 07/5/23 |
|
UPCOMING:
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE
Sept 6 - Oct 1, 2023
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
Oct. 18-Nov. 5, 2023
Click Here for Info.
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
July 5 - 23, 2023
Click Here for Info.
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
NORTH COAST REP
EXTENDED through May 1, 2023
Click Here for Info.
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
MUSICAL THEATRE WEST
February 10 - February 26, 2022
Click Here for Info.
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
October 26 - November 13, 2022
Click Here for Info.
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
September 21 - October 9, 2022
Click Here for Info.M
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LA MIRADA THEATRE
April 22 - May 15, 2022
Click Here for Info. |
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LA MIRADA THEATRE
December 11 thru December 18, 2021
Click Here for Info.
|
|
|
KINKY BOOTS
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
3D Theatricals and CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
February 14 - March 1, 2020
Click Here for Info |
|
|
PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE Presented by Lythgoe Family Panto
December 4 - 29, 2019
Click Here for Info |
|
|
LION IN WINTER
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
November 6 - 24, 2019
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
GOD OF CARNAGE
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
July 17 - August 3, 2019
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
HARVEY
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
May 29 through June 16, 2019
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
February 15 through March 03, 2019
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
THE GRADUATE
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
February 21 through March 18, 2018
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - A Christmas Rose
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
AMERICAN PANTO
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SNOOPY
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
July 13 - August 15
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
HAIRSPRAY
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
June 24-Aug 19
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
KING OF THE ROAD - The Roger Miller Story
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
April 19 - May 14, 2017
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
BILLY & RAY
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
October 5 - 30
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
BUYER AND CELLAR
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
July 27 - August 19
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
MAMMA MIA!
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
June 24 - August 20
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
SEX AND EDUCATION
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
April 27 - May 22
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
CABRILLO MUSIC THEATRE
January 293 thru February 14
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
CASH ON DELIVERY
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
December 3 thru December 20
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
I'M STILL GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
October 7 thru November 1
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
Previews July 15, Opens July 16, runs through Aug 21, 2015
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
CABARET
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
Previews June 24 & 25, Opens June 26, runs through Aug. 15, 2015
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
SIDE SHOW
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
PLUMMBER AUDITORIUM
APRIL 25 , 2015 - MAY 10 , 2015
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
THE ODD COUPLE
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
March 4 through March 29, 2015
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
COMPANY
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
CABRILLO MUSIC THEATRE
Jan. 23 through Feb. 8, 2015
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
THE COTTAGE
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
July 22 through August 16, 2014
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
THE FULL MONTY
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
THEATRE ASPEN
June 24 through August 9, 2014
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Laguna Playhouse
April 26 through June 8, 2014
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Rubicon Theatre Company
March 12 through April 6, 2014
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
THE 39 STEPS
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Theatre Aspen
July 25 through August 18
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
AVENUE Q
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Theatre Aspen
June 25 through July 21
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
TICKLED PINK
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Laguna Playhouse
Apr 24-May 20
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
LONESOME TRAVELER
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Laguna Playhouse
Jan 10-Feb 5, 2012
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
WINTER WONDERETTES
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Dec 9-18, 2011
Click Here for Info. |
|
|
|
LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
October 28 - November 20, 2011
|
|
|
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
September 27 – October 23, 2011
Shirley Valentine is a middle-aged housewife from Liverpool whose life and marriage is trapped inside humdrum domesticity. She is in a rut. What has happened to her life? When her best friend Jane pays for a holiday for two to Greece she packs her bags, heads for the sun and starts to see the world and herself rather differently, and discovers a new lease on life. This Tony-Award-winning play is a hilarious, poignant and touching journey toward independence and self-discovery. |
|
|
ANNIE
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
The Aspen Theatre in Rio Grande Park
Click here for more info and tickets. |
|
|
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
"The fun never stops! Hilariously inventive and highly entertaining! Bubbly and irrepressible! Fast-paced, clever and delightful!"
- Associated Press
"It's tremendously fun! A delightfully good time!"
- Variety
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Click here for more info and tickets. |
|
|
Private Lives
March 15 through April 10, 2011
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Written by Noël Coward
Directed by Andrew Barnicle
Presented in association with Rubicon Theatre Company
Passion, anger, love, laughter and romance all shaped by Noël Coward’s wit and comic genius sets the stage for perpetually dueling lovers Amanda and Elyot. In Coward’s most celebrated comedy, the two divorcees unwittingly book adjoining rooms while honeymooning with their new spouses, and quickly realize the folly of their new marriages. Impulsively and in the dead of night, they flee only to be caught days later by their jilted spouses while in a most compromising situation. Don’t miss Noël Coward’s stylish, savvy comedy about modern romance and the people we can't live with—or without.
Click here for more info and tickets. |
|
|
Fascinating Rhythms
December 1 through 19, 2010
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Featuring Grammy Award-Winner Melissa Manchester
and Stars of the Ballroom Dance World
directed and choreographed by Cate Caplin
conceived by Karyl Lynn Burns and Cate Caplin
Click here for more info and tickets... |
|
|
A N N I E
October 29 - November 14, 2010
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
LEAPIN' LIZARDS!
Broadway's Original Annie
ANDREA McARDLE - stars as Miss Hannigan
in Musical Theatre West's
Kick off the holidays with everybody's favorite orphan! Leaping off the comics page and onto the stage, this Best Musical Tony Award-winner features a great score (including "Tomorrow", "Maybe" and "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile") and characters that can be loved by all ages. You'll want to bring the whole family to this classic.
Click here for more info and tickets... |
|
|
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
September 24, 25, 30, October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 – 8:00 p.m.
September 26, October 3, 10 – 2:00 p.m.
Lyceum Theatre
79 Horton Plaza - San Diego, CA 92101
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Click here for more info and tickets... |
|
|
|
Same Time, Next Year
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
July 16 - Aug 20
Written by: Bernard Slade
Directed by: Jay Sandrich
Starring Joan Hess and James Ludwig
Click here for more info and tickets...
|
|
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
July 1 - Aug 21
Directed by: Cate Caplin
Choreographed by: Janet Miller
Musical Direction by: Bob Finnie
Starring: Beth Malone, Natalie Wachen,
Tricia Tanguy and Christy Faber
Click here for more info and tickets...
|
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Direct from a smash hit off-Broadway run!
April 16 through May 2, 2010
Directed by Roger Bean
Choreography by Janet Miller
Musical Direction by Michael Borth
The Marvelous Wonderettes is a cotton-candy colored, non-stop pop musical blast from the past! Featuring your favorite songs from the '50s and '60s, The Marvelous Wonderettes takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes - Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match!
Musical Theatre West
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 Atherton St.
Long Beach
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
ALL SHOOK UP
TJ Dawson, Director
at OC Pavilion
Feb 5 - March 7
|
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
WINTER WONDERETTES
Roger Bean, Director
at Laguna Playhouse
Nov 24-Dec 30
June 25 through August 20, 2009
|
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
June 25 through August 20, 2009
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By William Finn
Directed and Choreographed by:
Mark Martino
ASPEN COLORADO, in Rio Grande Park
This Tony-winning hit musical comedy celebrates six young misfits in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves. They learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. |
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
July 16 through August 22
Chapter Two
By Neil Simon
Directed by
Jay Sandrich
ASPEN COLORADO, in Rio Grande Park
Chapter Two is the semi-autobiographical comedy by Neil Simon that chronicles his meeting and subsequent marriage to Marsha Mason.
|
|
Past Productions Past Productions Past Productions Past Productions |
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
April 1 5 – May 17, 2009
NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY
by Douglas J. Cohen
A musical thriller
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE!
Based on the novel by William Goldman (The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) which was adapted as a movie of the same name, this hilarious, sexy musical gives new meaning to "knock 'em dead." A serial killer is on the loose, and Detective Morris Brummell is on the case. Can he find the killer, get the girl, and appease his disappointed mother -- all before the next chorus? It's a game of cat and mouse -- a tour de force with 4 actors playing 17 roles -- and a murderously fun time! Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award.
"An old-fashioned, new-fangled thoroughly beguiling musical." -- Peter Travers (critic, Rolling Stone magazine)
|
|
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
February 1 4 – March 1, 2009
Written by DALE WASSERMAN
Music by MITCH LEIGH
Lyrics by JOE DARION
Music Direction by BRAD ELLIS
Choreographed by KITTY McNAMEE
Directed by MICHAEL MICHETTI
Brent Spiner (Data in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and original Broadway Company of Sunday in the Park With George) stars as novelist-playwright
Miguel Cervantes and his immortal knight errant Don Quixote in the mesmerizing
MAN OF LA MANCHA, one of the most romantic, enduring and inspiring musicals of all time. Revisit this Tony-winning classic, also starring the world-class opera singer Julia Migenes, Tony nominee Lee Wilkof (Kiss Me Kate) and the sensational Valerie Perri*.
*Valerie Perri will perform the role of Aldonza at matinees. For tickets and information, call 310-825-2101 or visit www.reprise.org. |
M |
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
September 4 – 28, 2008
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Based on a play by Miklos Laszlo
Set in Budapest in the 1930s, this charming and romantic musical comedy is a love letter from Broadway's Golden Age - a funny, intelligent and sentimental story about two intensely competitive co-workers who unwittingly become pen pals through a "lonely hearts" column. Written by the creators of Fiddler on the Roof, the musical numbers include "Vanilla Ice Cream," "Dear Friend," and the title song. Time Magazine calls this show "the perfect musical!"
For tickets, please call the box office at 805.667.2900. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
July 8 – August 31, 2008
Written and Directed by Roger Bean Take four endearing characters, add nearly two dozen classic pop songs from the 50s and 60s, mix it with an engaging story, and you have a recipe for an unforgettable evening of musical theater! This cotton-candy colored, non-stop musical blast from the past transports audiences back in time to the 1958 Springfield High School prom, where we meet The Wonderettes: Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy—four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts, with voices to match. As they talk and sing about their lives and loves, audiences are treated to the girls performing such songs as “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” and many more. This must-take trip down memory lane! "It's tremendously fun!" - VARIETY Critics' Choice! "Exceptional" - LOS ANGELES TIMES Winner! LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble and Best Choreography
|
|
|
|
My Antonia
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
May 8 – June 1, 2008
The Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, CA, will present the Southern California premiere of Scott Schwartz's My Antonia, an adaptation of Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Directed by the playwright, the production is scheduled to begin previews May 8, open May 10 and run through June 1. The cast will feature Shiva Rose as Antonia, Kevin Kilner as James Burden and Michael Redfield as Jimmy with Orestes Arcuni, Tom Beyer, Kate Fuglei, Karen Landry, William Lithgow, Julia Motyka, Bob McCracken¸ Miguel Perez, David Rogge and Nancy Sauder.
For tickets, please call the box office at 805.667.2900. |
|
|
|
Red Herring
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
February 12 – March 16, 2008
By Michael Hollinger
Directed by Andrew Barnicle
Take three pairs of lovers, add an unsolved murder, several pinches of espionage and pickle everything in a brine of early Cold War paranoia and you have the ingredients for a side-splitting black comedy enmeshed in tangled romance. Why is Senator Joe McCarthy’s daughter dating a would-be traitor? And what’s that supposedly dead Russian fisherman doing pretending to be feisty landlady Mrs. Kravitz’ deaf husband?
Did we mention the pair of dogged gumshoes? Hollinger’s spoof Red Scare drama will keep you reeling with laughter and gasping for air.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Winter
Wonderettes
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 - Monday, Dec. 30, 2007
By
Roger Bean
Directed by Roger Bean www.marvelouswonderettes.com |
|
|
|
Art
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
September 11 October 14, 2007
By
Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Andrew Barnicle
Art,
like beauty, may be in the eye of the beholder but that doesnt
stop the three men in Yasmina Rezas runaway hit play
from having strong opinions about it.
Serge
has paid a small fortune for a large white-painted canvas.
Friend Marc is scornfully unimpressed, while Ivan tries to
avoid taking sides. What begins as a sparkling debate about
the nature of art soon morphs into a wittily observed, often
poignant examination of friendship itself.
Just
how strong are the ties that bind?
www.lagunaplayhouse.com |
|
|
|
Menopause
the Musical
Production Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
July 10 September 2, 2007
By
Jeanie Linders
Directed by Kathryn Conte
Imagine
four women at a Bloomingdales lingerie sale with little
in common besides night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges,
not enough sex, too much sex, and more. Inspired by a hot
flash and a bottle of wine, Menopause: The Musical® is
a joyful celebration of women living through The Change. Featuring
a parody of 25 re-lyricized classic Baby Boomer hits, the
show has been a runaway success, with men and women, ever
since it opened at a tiny perfume shop-turned-theatre in Florida
almost six years ago.
www.lagunaplayhouse.com |
|
|
|
The Master of the House
American Premier
Production
Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
March
27April 29, 2007
By
Shmuel Hasfari
Directed by Richard Stein
Nava
wants to completely remodel the house. Joel doesnt want
to change a thing about it. Down deep, their motivation is
really the same, and until they finally come to terms with
that, there can be no resolution. Filled with humor and pathos,
this play uses a familiar marital battleground as a springboard
to explore lifes
complexities in contemporary Israel.
THIS
PLAY CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE
www.lagunaplayhouse.com |
|
|
|
A
Marvelous Party
West Coast Premier
Production
Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
November
14December 17, 2006
Words
and music by Noël Coward
Devised by David Ira Goldstein, Carl Danielsen, Mark Anders,
Patricia Wilcox and Anna Lauris
Musical Arrangements by Carl Danielsen
Choreographed by Patricia Wilcox
Directed by David Ira Goldstein
Youre
invited to a party! Come join the fun in a scintillating evening
of ravishing melody,
nimble dance and repartee as sparkling as champagne bubblesall
courtesy of that
master of theatrical sophistication, Noël Coward. Rediscover
why Cowardfor all his
razor-edged British witwas a man who understood the
human heart and the timeless,
bittersweet joys of love. Drawn from Cowards songs,
plays and journals, this effervescent
revue lifts the spirit and makes the perfect holiday-season
entertainment!
www.lagunaplayhouse.com |
|
|
|
Sonia
Flew
By Melinda Lopez
Directed by Juliette Carrillo
September 12October 15, 2006
Production
Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
How
do we forgive the past?
Poignant and thought-provoking, yet also heart-warming, this
moving account of two intertwined family dramas shows how
political events impact ordinary lives. Set in post 9/11 America
and Cuba of the Castro revolutionMelinda Lopezs
play
revolves around Sonia, cross-cultural matriarch of a mid-Western
Jewish family, as she struggles with her sons decision
to join the Marines. The emotions triggered transport her
back 40 years to Havana, when Sonias parents made a
heart-wrenching choice and sent their teenaged daughter to
a new life in America. What do we owe
our children? What do we owe our parents? Can we forgive the
past? These universal questions resonate in a play embedded
in the complexity of family life. www.lagunaplayhouse.com |
|
|
|
tick...tick...Boom!
June 10th - Open ended
Production
Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
Before
the revolutionary rock musical Rent, Jonathan Larson had another
story to tell -- his own. tick, tick...BOOM! is a pop rock
musical about facing crossroads in life and holding onto your
dreams. It tells the story of Jonathan, a promising young
composer on the eve of his 30th birthday. His girlfriend wants
to get married and move out of the city (tick), his best friend
is making big bucks on Madison Avenue (tick), and he's still
waiting tables and trying to write the great American musical
before time, and life, passes him by (BOOM!). The production
stars Wilson Cruz of My So-Called Life, Tami Tappan Damiano
and Andrew Samonsky.
|
|
|
|
ZORBA
Asst. Stage Manager
Zorba,
based on the classic Nikos Kazantzakis novel Zorba the Greek
and the film that it inspired, features a book by Josephy
Stein, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. The score
includes "Life Is," "The Butterfly" and
"Only Love."
|
|
|
|
PILGRIM
-- WORLD PREMIERE
PILGRIM,
the long awaited mythical adventure musical, presents its
world premiere MARCH 25 thru APRIL 16th, 2006 in a limited
engagement at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood,
California. Tickets went on sale December 8, 2005.
Click
here for ticket information...
Production
Stage Manager, Vernon Willet
PILGRIM is a mystical adventure about a rebellious young prisoner
whose shocking dreams change the destiny of his crumbling
walled city, his beautiful young wife, and their only hope
of freedom forever...
Trapped
behind the walls of an oppressive city-state, two unlikely
young lovers are thrust into a world of dungeons, dreams and
revolution in a classic struggle for freedom.
|
|
|
|
} |