Diana of Dobson's

At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure, Diana of Dobson's,  As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Measure for Measure, and The Curse of Oedipus. Other theater: Vietgone (The Alley Theatre), Sense & Sensibility (South Coast Rep); Love's Labour's Lost, Edward III, and Cyrano de Bergerac (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet (The 6th Act); Frankenstein (A Noise Within); The Hard Problem and Vietgone (LA Theatreworks); Gloria and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide (Curious Theatre Company); Colony Collapse (Boston Court Pasadena); Supper (Theatre of NOTE); Rose and the Rime (Sacred Fools); and 99 Histories (Artists at Play). She holds degrees in Theatre and Business from UNCo. DesireeMeeJung.com

At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure, Diana of Dobson's, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Picnic, Henry IV, Part One, The Curse of Oedipus, Top Girls, The Crucible, You Can’t Take It With You, The Autumn Garden, Tonight at 8:30, Mother Courage and Her Children, Proof of the Promise, Trial by Jury. She has appeared Off-Broadway, regionally at Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Pittsburgh Public Theater, and locally at the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, The Los Angeles Theatre Center and at numerous small theaters. Television: Sequestered, The Middle, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, StarTrek TNG (recurring).  Movies: K-town Cowboys, Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-animation, Gods of Circumstance, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Bob Roberts, Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, the cult classic Jailbird Rock, among others.

At ANTAEUS: (Founding Member) Hedda Gabler (Stage Raw Award), As You Like It (Ovation Award nomination), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Ovation Award nomination), The Curse of Oedipus and others. Theater: Most recently as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (La Mirada Playhouse), Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theater, South Coast Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Matrix Theatre, La Mirada, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep and the California, Oregon, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals (Fallstaff Nomination 2015, title role in King Lear at USF). Tony was an associate artist, actor, and director at Berkeley Rep from 1980-1990. Directing Credits: Savages, Filumena, The Night of the Iguana (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice (California Shakespeare Theater), All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film: Blow, Mask of Zorro, Annabelle, Meddler, John Sayles’ Lonestar, and soon to be released La Llorona. TV: I’m Dying Up Here, Dexter (recurring), Shooter (Recurring), NCIS, The Mentalist, Stargate SG1 (Bra-Tac), Continuum (Kagame series regular), Once Upon a Time (recurring as Gepetto), Castlevania. VO & Mo-Cap: Walden Pond, World of Warcraft, Fallout, Black Ops.

At ANTAEUS: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Diana of Dobson's, The Hothouse, The Curse of Oedipus, You Can’t Take It With You, Mother Courage and her Children, Trial By Jury, Patience, The Man Who Had All the Luck, The Wood Demon. A founding member and early co-artistic director. Other Stages: Hillary and Bill (Victory Gardens Theater), The Imaginary Invalid, Glengarry Glen Ross, The First Picture Show (American Conservatory Theater), 36 Views (Laguna Playhouse), Archy and Mehitabel: A Back Alley Opera (The Yard, Chilmark), Temptation, The Wood Demon (Mark Taper Forum), Sex Parasite, Largo Desolato (Taper, Too), The History Boys (Ahmanson Theatre), Durango (East West Players), A Christmas Carol (Dallas Theater Center).

At ANTAEUS: Diana of Dobson's, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Three Days In The Country, As You Like It, The Hothouse, ClassicsFest: Ah! Wilderness and The Inland Sea. Other Theater: Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel to Hamlet, DISASTEROID! (Sacred Fools Theater Company); Stupid F**king Bird (Boston Court Pasadena, U/S); Mental: The Musical (Edgemar Center for the Arts). Television: A Series of Unfortunate Events, American Crime, Longmire, Battle Creek, The West Wing, Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Happy Endings, Castle. Film: When a Stranger Calls, Stomping Ground, Freshwater, Recoil. Original music available under John Bobek on iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, Spotify, BandCamp. B.A. Theatre Arts, Marquette University. Represented by The Glick Agency. johnbobek.com or imdb.me/johnbobek

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.

EVE GORDON (Aimee Semple McPherson): At ANTAEUS: Diana of Dobson’s, As You Like It, Picnic, The Curse of Oedipus, You Can’t Take It With You, Peace in Our Time, The Autumn Garden. Other Theater: Open House (Skylight Theatre); The Ugly One (EST/LA); The End of the Day (Coast Playhouse); Candide (Goodman Theatre); Hang On To Me (Guthrie Theatre, Peter Sellars); Africanis Instructus (Festival d’Automne, Richard Foreman); Measure for Measure (Yale Repertory Theatre, John Madden); others. TV/FILM: Felicity; Honey We Shrunk Ourselves; Big Little Lies; Irresistible, Don’t Trust the B in Apt 23, others. Training: Brown University and Yale School of Drama.

At ANTAEUS: Diana of Dobson's, Cloud 9 (Stage Raw Nomination – Best Supporting Actress, 8 LADCC Awards), Top Girls (Ovation nomination – Best Supporting Actress, Backstage and Sage awards – Best Supporting Actress), As You Like It. Other Theater: Sense and Sensibility (South Coast Rep.), Prelude to a Kiss (Craig Lucas, SCR), Losing My Religion (Pasadena Playhouse), Hamlet, Women Beware Women (The Shakespeare Theatre), Three Sisters (Studio Theatre), I Love Lucy: a funny thing happened on the way to the sitcom (L.A. Theatre Works, World Premiere), Eurydice, The Beaux Stratagem, A Christmas Carol, Uncle Vanya, Tartuffe, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Long Day’s Journey into Night (A Noise Within), A Bright Room Called Day (Coeurage), The Visit, The Tempest (Oval), South of Delancey (Fremont Centre), Motherland (Inkwell). Selected FILM/TV: Bordertown (Netflix), Glee (Fox), The Dream (Flying Box – Lulu Wang, Bruce Dern), People at a Party (BBC), commercial campaigns for Barclay’s Bank and “We Card” (Dir. Tony Scott) MFA: The Academy for Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. BA: The George Washington University. abigailmarks.com

At ANTAEUS: Tonight at 8:30, Malcontent, Wedding Band, Uncle Vanya, Hedda Gabler. Lynn has appeared on Broadway in Otherwise Engaged with Tom Courtenay, directed by Harold Pinter; Bedroom Farce with John Lithgow directed by Peter Hall; Charley’s Aunt and the international tour of Brighton Beach Memoirs. Off-Broadway plays include appearances at Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, WPA and NY Shakespeare Festival. Her extensive regional theatre credits include leading roles at South Coast Repertory, (most recently Trip to Bountiful, Rest, Doll’s House, Part 2), Playhouse-in-the Park (Cincinnati), Charles Playhouse (Boston), Hartford Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven), Arena Stage (D.C.). Recent television appearances include Chicago Med and The Fosters.

At ANTAEUS: Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Audrey in As You Like It. Other LA theaters: Most recently Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love and Mother in Little Black Shadows (South Coast Repertory). Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Boops (Boston Court Pasadena), Barbecue (The Geffen Playhouse), A Flea in Her Ear, The Guardsman, Figaro (A Noise Within, LA Drama Critics Circle nomination), Conviction (The Rubicon Theatre, Ovation nomination), Forever House (Skylight Theatre Company), Steel Magnolias (Laguna Playhouse), Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival). New York Theater: White’s Lies (Off-Broadway), Any Day Now (New York Innovative Theatre Award), Next Year in Jerusalem (NYIT nomination), Catch the Fish, The Eternal Husband. Chicago Theater: The Goodman and Chicago Shakespeare Rep. TV: Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, NCIS, Cold Case, Law & Order: SVU, Malibu Gothic, and a recurring role on The Last Ship. Elyse has also been seen in numerous independent films and national television commercials. BFA from Western Michigan University. Royal National Theatre of Great Britain.

At Antaeus: Diana of Dobson's. Other Theater: Good People, Seven Guitars, A Christmas Carol, Sojourner Truth (The Alliance Theatre), Henry IV part one,  Macbeth, Shrew! The Holiday Musical (Georgia Shakespeare Festival), Good People u/s (Geffen Playhouse), It’s Just Sex (Two Roads Theatre). New York credits include: Measure for Measure (American Globe Theatre). TV/Film: Confirmation (HBO), Bosch, The Fosters, StartUp, American Horror Story, Parks & Recreation, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Grey’s Anatomy, Castle, Bones. Training: BA, Theatre FSU. kristenariza.com

At ANTAEUS: Debut. Other Theaters: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Jane Bingley) at Ensemble Theatre Company, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll (Lorina) at Theatre at Boston Court, By the Bog of Cats (Caroline) and The Importance of Being Earnest (Cecily) at Theatre Banshee, the Chicago Company of Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding (Sister Terry), and several seasons with the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival. TV/Film: Switched at Birth, Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life, Shameless, Scorpion, Transparent, S.W.A.T., commercials for Wendy’s, Merck, etc. Training: CWRU. Representation: Smith & Hervey/Grimes Talent Agency. Love: JB.

At ANTAEUS: Debut. Other Theaters: Hamlet (The New American Theatre); Cymbeline, King John, Pericles (The Porters of Hellsgate); That Pretty Pretty; or the Rape Play, Love & Information, If You Can Get to Buffalo (Son of Semele Ensemble). TV/Film: ABC's For the People, Netflix's Dear White People, A Cinderella Christmas. Special Awards/Training: BFA, Chapman University.

At ANTAEUS: Peace in Our Time, multiple ClassicsFests and readings. Theatre credits include: UK, China, Russia and Southern California tours of Track 3 (Theatre Movement Bazaar, LA Weekly Award Nominee), The Illusion (Open Fist Theatre, LA Weekly Award Nominee), As You Like It (Kingsmen Shakespeare), The Dead (Open Fist), Arcadia (Sierra Madre Playhouse). Film/TV: I Am I, DDMTA, The Selling, Transparent, 9-1-1 and Pearson. Love to D & H.

At ANTAEUS: Debut. Other Theaters: Showpony (The Victory Theatre). She has been recently seen in The Passage on TBS. She speaks French and Creole fluently and is a working voice actor as well. She recently voiced a character in the video game Crackdown 3 Special Awards/Training: Won Best Supporting Actress at The Open World Toronto Film Festival.

At ANTAEUS: Diana of Dobson’s, Mayor of the 85th Floor (LAB RESULTS), The Trojan Women and Henry VI, Part I (Classic Sundays Reading Series). Jazzlyn has appeared at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Shakespeare&Chill (Bag O’ Bones Collective) and in her self-produced, written, directed one woman show Signed Iola. LA premieres: The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood (Third Culture Theatre, Palms Up Academy, and HBO). Jazzlyn holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has trained at Art of Acting Studio (LA), Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK), and Antaeus Academy.She is currently pursuing her MFA in Acting at Northwestern University in Chicago.

At ANTAEUS: Diana of Dobson's, As You Like It. Other theaters: Resolving Hedda (The Victory Theatre); Macbeth (Fearless Imp); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Troilus and Cressida (Trashcan Shakespeare); An Actor’s Carol (Hi-Desert Playhouse); and Noises Off (Live Arts). Ben is a proud member of the Antaeus Academy.

At ANTAEUS: Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Other Theaters: Three Musketeers (Palos Verdes Performing Arts), Twelfth Night (Four Clowns), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (After Hours Theater), Les Blancs (Rogue Machine Theatre), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatricum Botanicum), Kaidan (Rogue Artists Ensemble), The Hairy Ape (Odyssey Theatre). TV/Film: Ultraman Cosmos, Superior. Streaming: Severus Snape and the Marauders (YouTube), Dick Hopper Private Eye (Amazon). Training: Antaeus Academy, ComedySportz, BA Theater Studies/Acting, USC. stankoforever.com