The Glass Menagerie

Alex embarked on a transformative journey toward his artistic aspirations, earning an MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts in 2020. He has illuminated renowned venues, notably portraying the complex character Oswald Alving in Ghost at The Odyssey Theater. He captured audiences' hearts as Sunny, a visual artist grappling with self-doubt, in Edgar Arceneaux's Boney Manilli, staged at the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall's RedCat Theater. Most recently, Alex delighted audiences with his performance in A Christmas Carol at South Coast Repertory, showcasing his dedication to bringing stories to life. He is currently in residence at The Reef, developing his one-man show, Take Me Home Country Road. Alex is honored to be a part of The Antaeus Theater Company's production of "The Importance of Being Earnest.

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

Emily graduated from USC's School of Dramatic Arts and received an MA in Classical Acting from LAMDA. At Anteaus: The Cripple of Inishmaan. Other Theatre: Trying (North Coast Repertory Theatre), The 39 Steps (Malibu Playhouse), A Tale of Two Cities (A Noise Within), Ah, Wilderness! (A Noise Within), Stupid F*cking Bird (Boston Court Pasadena). Television credits include guest stars on L.A.'s Finest, Criminal Minds, Future Man, Castle, Fameless. Feature film credits include Shook, Jane & Emma, The House On Pine Street (winner of 3 Best Actress Awards), and Snapshots (winner of 4 Best Actress Awards).

Josh is thrilled to make his Antaeus debut. In the fall, Josh appeared in God Will Do the Rest with Artists at Play, A Shaina Maidel at Laguna Playhouse, and -- in drag -- Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at Ensemble Theatre Santa Barbara. Other stage highlights include Sense & Sensibility, Photograph 51 (South Coast Repertory); Dunsinane (Marin Theatre Company); Nimrod (Theatre of NOTE); Red Herring (Portland Stage); Long Day's Journey into Night, Miss Bennet (American Stage); Animal Crackers, Bad Jews, When the Rain Stops Falling (Cygnet); Imaginary Invalid (A Noise Within); As You Like It (Shakespeare Orange County); Comedy of Errors (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare); Twelfth Night, King Lear (New Swan Shakespeare); Before Placing Me on Your Shelf (FringeNYC); Hold Music (Ars Nova); as well as workshops with Center Theatre Group, Ojai Playwrights, The Old Globe, and Playwrights Horizons. Onscreen: "This is Us" (NBC), "Hacks" (Max), "Physical" (AppleTV+), many independent films. BA, Yale. MFA, UC Irvine. Favorite roles: Groucho, Edmund Tyrone, Rosalind, Feste, husband.

At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure. Other Theatre: Gem of the Ocean, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Imaginary Invalid, Tartuffe (A Noise Within); Father Comes Home from the Wars (Mark Taper Forum); The Cake (Echo Theatre Company and The Geffen Playhouse); Pygmalion (Pasadena Playhouse); The Mountaintop (Garry Marshall Theatre); How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Theatre@ Boston Court). TV/Film: Grey’s Anatomy, Lincoln Lawyer, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, The Young and the Restless, Seasons of Love, Riley Parra. Training: BFA, New York University; MFA, The Old Globe, USD.

At ANTAEUS: King  Lear, Macbeth, The Liar, ClassicsFest 2010-11; The Tempest (A Noise Within); Hamlet (The Globe Playhouse); Little Women (Kennedy Center, National Tour); Skylight (The Studio Theatre); Becket (Olney Theatre Center; Henry V with Harry Hamlin , Henry VI (parts I-III)  and Measure for Measure with Kelly McGillis (The Shakespeare Theatre);  The Seagull with Gwyneth Paltrow and Christopher Walken, Our Town with Calista Flockhart and James Whitmore (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Film: J. Edgar, Lifeform, Fall Time, The Hollywood Sign, and Species 2. He has also toured Fringe Festivals with his award winning one-man show, Kill Your Television. Jeff has sound designed numerous productions at Antaeus including Wedding Band and is the resident foley artist at L.A. Theatre Works.

Matthew Goldsby is a composer, writer and lyricist. His musicals Makin’ Hay, If Only and A Ghost in My Own Garden were developed in readings and workshops at Antaeus. He was the musical director for the Antaeus production of Tonight at 8:30 by Noel Coward. He composed songs for Cabaret Noel, a holiday revue developed and performed with his wife Gigi Bermingham and staged twice at Antaeus. He is currently composing music for Mimi Seton’s Body Without Bones. He has composed music for stage productions at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Hudson Guild, Matrix Theater, Berkeley Stage Company and Eureka Theater Company. He formerly served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Antaeus.

Stephanie Shroyer’s directing endeavors with Antaeus include: Seneca’s Phaedra at The Getty Villa in Malibu, CA and The Bear in ChekovX4. Former Artistic Director of Pacific Resident Theatre and Founding Artistic director of The 24th Street Theatre. Additional work includes directorial efforts at the Pasadena Playhouse, Disney Hall/The LA Philharmonic Youth ConcertSeries,The Matrix, A Noise Within, Alliance Repertory, 24th Street Theater, Pacific Resident Theatre (PRT), Stages, South Coast Repertory’s New Play Reading Series, and Showtime’s Act One Series.  Stephanie has been a company member, actor, choreographer and/or faculty member at American Conservatory Theatre, Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, and The Denver Center; has been guest faculty at Cal Arts, Cal Poly Pomona and Whitman College and is currently an Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Artistic Director at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts. Additional choreography/movement coaching has been seen at The Wallis Annenberg, A Noise Within, The Odyssey, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, Laguna Playhouse and on NBC’s Days of Our Lives.