The Lark

At ANTAEUS: Macbeth (Witch One); The Crucible (Rebecca Nurse). Guthrie Theater: Twelve seasons as actress, voice and movement director, including Furies (Chorus Leader) in Tyrone Guthrie’s House of Atreus. Other theater: Boston Court, REDCAT, South Coast Rep, Getty Villa’s Outdoor Theater in the inaugural production Hippolytos; Hecuba in Cavander’s The Greeks at The Back Alley Theater; plus many roles with LAWSC (Ovation Award). Television: includes series regular and Guest Star in premier TV shows. Films Include: Wes Craven’s Newest Nightmare and Crazy as Hell. Awards include: NAACP Theatre Award, Best Female Performance for Lear in the CNP production of King Lear; First AEA/AFTRA/SAG Diversity Honor Award; Watts Village Theater Company’s 2008 “Blazing the Trail Award”; Playwrights’ Arena, Outstanding Contribution to the Los Angeles.

Theater: Off Broadway: True History (Vineyard Theater), Michael Mayer, Dir; Hologram Theory (Blue Light Theater); Modern Apocalypse (NYS&F), Michael Grief, Dir. Los Angeles productions: Misalliance (SCR), Hedda Gabler (PRT), Margo Veil, Ivanov, Passion Play (Evidence Room), We Are Proud to Present (The Matrix), multiple productions with Antaeus Theatre Company including: Cousin Bette, King Lear, Pera Palas (Boston Court), Peace in Our Time, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and many more. Television credits: Firefly, Scandal, SVU, Medium, Grays Anatomy, CSI, The Crazy Ones, Last Resort and many more including  season one of 24. Film: Munich, Constellation, Not Another Teen Movie. Daniel is also a signed singer/songwriter with multiple TV/film placements. Available on iTunes. Much love and aloha to family, friends, dog and Linda.

At ANTAEUS: The Crucible, Top Girls, Uncle Vanya, Diana of Dobsons, The Winter’s Tale. Other theatres (select): La Mirada Theatre, L.A.T.W., EST/LA, New Canon Theatre Company (Monterey), Book-It Rep (Seattle), Harlequin Productions (Olympia), MainStreet Theatre, Will Geer Theatricum, and the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, where Shannon recently performed in the American premiere of the new musical Bluebeard’s Castle. Film credits include The Dangle (Best Short at the CA International Film Festival), The Unknown, and the upcoming shorts Seasons and When You Sleep. As a writer, Shannon has made the Top 50 List in the Nicholl Screenwriting Competition and been a finalist for fellowships from Stowe Story Labs, among others. Thanks to years spent living an alternate life at sea, Shannon holds a Merchant Marine license from the U.S. Coast Guard. Education: LAMDA and Princeton University.

At ANTAEUS: The Zip Code Plays Season 3, Hedda Gabler, The Curse of Oedipus; staged readings of Ghost Bicycle, Metamorphoses, Once in A Lifetime, The Lark, The Subject, and many more. California highlights include: South Coast Repertory (Our Town, Mr. Wolf, & many Pacific Playwright Festivals and NewSCRipts), Geffen Playhouse (Beheading Columbus, The Writers’ Room) The Old Globe (Compleat Female Stage Beauty), Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara (Crime and Punishment), San Jose Repertory (Sonia Flew), North Coast Repertory (String of Pearls), and work at Laguna Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, and Pasadena Playhouse. Elsewhere: Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Merry Wives of Windsor), Commonwealth Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest), La MaMa, New York Theatre Workshop in collaboration with Mabou Mines, American Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Ashland New Plays Festival, and more. In addition to commercial and TV work, nominated Best Actress for the short, Bonito Secrets; M.F.A. Harvard, B.A. Vassar. kwanamartinez.com

At ANTAEUS: The Cripple of Inishmaan, Picnic, Macbeth, The Curse of Oedipus, Tonight at 8:30 & former Co-Artistic Director. Other theatre: Ah! Wilderness (A Noise Within), Dangerous Corner (Matrix Theatre), Juno & the Paycock (Odyssey Theatre), Ladyhouse Blues (Andak), Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (Tiffany Theatre), The Cavalcaders (Florida Stage), The Beat Generation (Merrimack Rep). TV/Film: South of Nowhere, Star Trek:Deep Space Nine, For the People, The Riches, The Fosters, Leverage, Monk, Judging Amy, Law & Order LA, Patty Hearst, In the Mood, The Longshadow, Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse, I Am I.

At ANTAEUS:  Henry IV, several ClassicsFests, many Workshops and Readings.  In Los Angeles theatre: Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, (Theatricum Botanicum); Estragon, Waiting for Godot; Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Malvolio, Twelfth Night; Vershinin, The Three Sisters; Arnolphe, The School For Wives; title roles in Cymbeline, Tartuffe, Merchant of Venice, among many others, at A Noise Within. Loads of NYC and regional theatre roles including leads in The Normal Heart, Talley’s Folly, and The Sound of Teeth.  Directed The Cherry Orchard, As You Like It, Miss Witherspoon, The Learned Ladies, among bunches of other plays.  Has recurred and guest starred on tons of TV shows, like Charmed, Burn Notice, and Alias, had leading roles in many films and TV movies (Alice in Wonderland, The Lord of Illusions), and been heard in reams of animated projects, such as The Lorax, and scads of commercials.

KAREN MALINA WHITE : Antaeus: You Can’t Take It With You, The Liar, The Wedding Band, As You Like It and Eight Nights;  The Fountain Theatre: The Ballad of Emmett Till (LA Drama Critics Circle Award, LA Ovation Award), Citizen and Runaway Home;  LATW: The Mountaintop (Tour), Hedda Gabler, Little Foxes, Behind The Sheet and Pipeline;  International City Theatre: The Old Settler  (NAACP nomination); Rogue Machine: the world premiere of In the Valley of the Shadow;  South Coast Rep: originated the role of Ernestine in the West Coast premiere of Crumbs From the Table of Joy by Lynn Nottage  (NAACP Image Award);  Mixed Blood Theatre:  Permanent Collection, Salt Fish N’ Bakes, and Distracted; Television:  Netflix's DAHMER, Hallmark's Tis' The Season to be Merry, and Love For Real, BRUH, Mom, Cherish The Day, Lodge 49, Raven’s Home, Kidding, Shameless, Snowfall, Animal Kingdom, How to Get Away with Murder, Veep, Mike and Molly, The Mentalist, A Different World, Malcom n Eddie, The Cosby Show,  AND Her highly recognizable voice is featured on The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder on Disney Plus as the character of Dijonay. 

At ANTAEUS: Glass Menagerie, Native Son, Cloud 9, Picnic, The Liar, The Seagull, Tonight at 8:30, Mother Courage, Pera Palas, Trial By Jury; and directed The Importance of Being Earnest and You Can’t Take It With You. OTHER STAGE:  Pasadena Playhouse, Old Globe, Kirk Douglas Theatre, La Mirada, ETC Santa Barbara, Rubicon, MainStreet, Skylight, Blank, Odyssey, Boston Court, Playwrights’ Arena, and New York’s Public Theatre. FILM:  Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Amsterdam, Alex and Emma, etc. TV: Recurring on NCIS: Origins, Platonic, Loot, Chicago Fire, Clipped; guest appearances include: Hacks, The Last Thing He Told Me, 9-1-1 Lone Star, Terminal List, S.W.A.T., American Horror Story, Jane the Virgin, etc.  2013 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Leading Actress for portrayal of Maria Callas in Master Class at International City Long Beach; and L.A. Drama Critics Circle Natalie Schafer Award and an Ovation for Solo Performance for her solo comedy Non-Vital Organs. Gigi coaches actors and is a career mentor. gigibermingham.com