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Inherit the Wind |
November 1 — December 3NOW EXTENDED THROUGH DEC 3! Two of the nation’s leading lawyers go head-to-head in the ultimate battle of wit, wisdom, and will in this powerful drama. In a fresh production boldly reimagined for today, will this small-town courtroom bring us together or tear the nation apart?
PLEASE NOTE
The following cast members will not continue with the production after Nov 26: Chris Perfetti (E.K. Hornbeck), Abubakr Ali (Bertram Cates), Rachel Hilson (Rachel Brown), and John W. Lawson (Bannister/Reporter). New cast will be announced shortly for performances from Nov 29 – Dec 3.
TODAYTIX COURTROOM SEATING
We’re excited to share that we will be partnering with TodayTix to offer special Courtroom Seating for Inherit the Wind! You’ll get the opportunity to get in on the drama of the Courtroom with Onstage Gallery or Jury Box seating!
Learn More“Inherit the Wind only seems to grow in relevance.”
-Los Angeles Times
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Michael Michetti
2 hours, including one 15-minute intermission
OPENING NIGHT: NOV 5
NOW EXTENDED THROUGH DEC 3! Two of the nation’s leading lawyers go head-to-head in the ultimate battle of wit, wisdom, and will in this powerful drama. In a fresh production boldly reimagined for today, will this small-town courtroom bring us together or tear the nation apart?
PLEASE NOTE
The following cast members will not continue with the production after Nov 26: Chris Perfetti (E.K. Hornbeck), Abubakr Ali (Bertram Cates), Rachel Hilson (Rachel Brown), and John W. Lawson (Bannister/Reporter). New cast will be announced shortly for performances from Nov 29 – Dec 3.
TODAYTIX COURTROOM SEATING
We’re excited to share that we will be partnering with TodayTix to offer special Courtroom Seating for Inherit the Wind! You’ll get the opportunity to get in on the drama of the Courtroom with Onstage Gallery or Jury Box seating!
Learn More“Inherit the Wind only seems to grow in relevance.”
-Los Angeles Times
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Cast
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Alfred Molina
Henry Drummond
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Alfred was born in Paddington, London to a Spanish immigrant father and an Italian immigrant mother who moved to Britain after WWII. A seasoned theater and film actor, Molina has been featured in an extensive range of plays and films, from Oklahoma! in the West End (which earned him a Laurence Olivier Award nomination) to Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2. Alfred made his Broadway debut in Yasmina Reza’s Art in 1998 and subsequently performed on Broadway as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Mark Rothko in Red. Alfred has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, five SAG Awards, three Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards over the course of his career. He was last seen on the Playhouse stage in his award-winning role in The Father (Ovation Award, LA Drama Critics Circle Award). He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, director Jennifer Lee.
![John Douglas Thompson](https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/John-D.png)
John Douglas Thompson
Matthew Harrison Brady
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Through his impressive body of work John has established himself as a highly regarded and versatile actor in theater, film, and television. Broadway: Jitney (Tony nomination); King Lear; A Time To Kill; Cyrano de Bergerac; Julius Caesar. Off-Broadway: Hamlet; Endgame (Drama League, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel nominations); The Iceman Cometh (Obie, Drama Desk Awards); Tamburlaine (Obie, Drama Desk Awards); Satchmo At The Waldorf (Drama Desk, NAACP, Outer Critics Circle Awards); King Lear; Macbeth; Othello (Obie, Lucille Lortel Awards); The Emperor Jones (Lucille Lortel, Drama League, Drama Desk nominations); Hedda Gabler. Regional: The Tempest (Elliott Norton Award); Man In The Ring (Elliott Norton Award); Joe Turner’s Come And Gone (Ovation Award); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Barrymore Award). Film/TV: Till; The Gilded Age; Mare Of Easttown; For Life; 21 Bridges; Glass Chin. John is a recipient of 2022 Eugene O’Neill Medallion.
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John Ross Bowie
E.K. Hornbeck
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John is excited to be making his Pasadena Playhouse debut. Television work includes Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory, Jimmy DiMeo on Speechless as well as appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm, two CSIs, The Neighborhood, Monk, Veep, Perfect Harmony, Feel Good, and American Princess. Film credits include Jumanji: The Next Level, The Heat, and Road Trip. Theater credits include Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Garry Marshall Theater), Life Sucks (Interact Theater), Bad Person (Riot Act). His memoir No Job for a Man is available from Pegasus Books. Instagram: @johnrossbowie.
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David Aaron Baker
Reverend Jeremiah Brown
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David’s acting career spans more than three decades on the New York stage and includes over 20 Broadway and Off-Broadway plays and musicals, recently Tim Blake Nelson’s Socrates at The Public Theater and Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe at Second Stage Theater. He has even performed at New York City Opera and narrated for the New York City Ballet. Additionally, David has been in numerous films, frequently appears on television and received several awards for audiobook narrations. His previous Los Angeles stage performance was at Geffen Playhouse, in the world premiere of Neil Simon’s Rose and Walsh. David attended Illinois State University, graduated from the University of Texas, Austin (BFA), and received a diploma from The Juilliard School.
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Jared Bybee
Dunlap/Reporter/Radio Man
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Jared returns to the Playhouse after his debut in A Little Night Music, following debuts at Carnegie Hall and the National Tour of South Pacific as Emile de Becque. Jared’s operatic credits include Escamillo in Carmen (Charleston Opera Theater), the title role in Don Giovanni (Seattle Opera), The Pilot in The Little Prince (Utah Opera), Lescaut in Manon Lescaut (Liceu Opera Barcelona), the title role in The Barber of Seville (Arizona Opera), and covered the title role of Steve Jobs in the world premiere opera (Santa Fe Opera). Jared is featured on CBS’ primetime drama FBI as Sean Ellis, upcoming Russo brothers-produced film Something’s More than One Thing as Joey and award-winning web series Love in 2020 as Jagger Bloom.
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Brian Calì
Meeker/Photographer/Townsperson
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Brian is grateful to be returning to the Pasadena Playhouse stage, where he was last seen as the Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George. Broadway: Pretty Woman, Paradise Square, Master Class. New York City: City Center’s Encores! The Most Happy Fella and The Golden Apple; Live from Lincoln Center’s Show Boat. LA: Hollywood Bowl/LA Phil’s Kinky Boots. TV/Film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Law & Order: SVU, Blacklist, Fosse/Verdon, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, FBI: Most Wanted, Vinyl, Manifest, and the current season of The Gilded Age.
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Marlene Forte
Mrs. Brady
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Marlene Forte is a Cuban American actor and a founding member of LAByrinth Theater Company in NYC where she started her career. Today, she makes her home and living in Los Angeles, and has been working on TV and film for over 25 years with over 110 TV and film credits. Most recently seen on Netflix’s Lincoln Lawyer, ABC’s The Rookie, and Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe on Amazon Prime. Despite being married to playwright Oliver Mayer, she doesn’t perform on stage as much as she would like! This will be her first appearance at Pasadena Playhouse, and she is thrilled.
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Michael Scott Harris
Bannister/Reporter
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Recent credits include Lend Me a Tenor (Tito) with International City Theatre; Rock of Ages (Herz) in Hilton Head, SC; Annie (Daddy Warbucks) with Tuacahn Center for the Arts (UT). Past credits include Ragtime (Father) with Musical Theatre West, The Sound of Music (Capt. von Trapp) and Peter Pan (Capt. Hook) with the Anchorage Concert Association, South Pacific (Emile de Becque) with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the Broadway National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera (Piangi). Other notable credits include productions with Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, North Shore, Sacramento Music Circus, Arizona Theatre Company, and Kansas City Repertory Theatre. When not performing, Michael devotes himself to a thriving professional voice studio in Los Angeles. For more information visit him on Instagram: @michaelscottharris.
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Matt Gomez Hidaka
Howard Blair
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Matt began performing at American Theater Company in Chicago. He then pursued a BFA in Acting from USC School of Dramatic Arts where he received two separate student acting awards. Since graduating, Matt’s work has included a recurring role on Apple TV+’s Silo, a guest lead on NBC’s Chicago P.D., and a co-starring role in an upcoming independent feature titled The Wilderness. Matt is making his Pasadena Playhouse debut.
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Thomas Hobson
Tom Davenport/Reporter
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Theater: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Ovation Award, Best Actor), Hamlet the Rock Musical, Dreamgirls, Recorded in Hollywood, The Complete History of America (abridged) (Ovation Award), Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Shout Sister Shout! (Pasadena Playhouse). Film: Ghosts of the Ozarks, Driven, Wrapped Up in You, Be the Light, Stone Fruit, I’ll Be Watching, A Brother’s Honor, and Squirrel. TV (Series Regular): That Girl Lay Lay, The Fresh Beat Band, and The Fresh Beat Band of Spies. Other TV credits include Poz Roz, Sherman’s Showcase, Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack, Live from the 8th Dimension, Bunk’d, Dynasty, Criminal Minds, and NCIS: Los Angeles. He’d like to thank his family, “framily,” and team for their undying support and love.
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Michael Kostroff
Mayor/Reporter
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Michael is best known for his five seasons as gang attorney Maury Levy on HBO’s The Wire. His long list of television credits includes Wizard of Lies, The Plot Against America, The Deuce, and recurring roles on Law & Order: SVU, Platonic, Billions, and The Blacklist. Michael has toured the country with Les Misérables as the comic villain Thénardier, and with The Producers, understudying Max Bialystock, a role he’s since played in seven regional productions. He’s the author of Audition Psych 101 (based on his popular class of the same name) and the co-author of The Stage Actor’s Handbook: Traditions, Protocols, and Etiquette for the Working and Aspiring Professional. Michael is also a teacher and audition coach.
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Phillip J. Lewis
Sillers/Reporter
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Phillip is thrilled to make his Pasadena Playhouse debut! Some favorite credits include Michael in Tick, Tick… Boom! (SceneLA – Breakout Performance in a Musical) and Tinman in The Wizard of Oz national tour. Immensely grateful to my amazing coaches and teachers at The Juilliard School and Baron Brown Studio. Special thanks to the creative team at Pasadena Playhouse, as well as to my friends and family for their unwavering support.
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Alexander Matos
Bertram Cates
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Alexander is honored to tap in for this truly brilliant production of Inherit the Wind and for his Pasadena Playhouse debut. Raised in Brazil and LA, he is a graduate of Brown University/Trinity Rep’s MFA program and holds a BA in Ethnomusicology/Composition from UC Berkeley. Recent theater credits include J. Todd, the Actor Playing Claudio in Measure STILL for Measure (Boston Court Pasadena); Gordon Silver in Dr. Silver (South Coast Repertory); Florizel in The Winter’s Tale (A Noise Within); Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chautauqua Theater); and Younger Brother in Ragtime and Caliban in a bilingual The Tempest/La Tempestad (Trinity Rep). Screen credits include a Toyota commercial and a co-star on ABC’s American Housewife. With the strike easing, Alexander is excited to work and is a free-agent looking for representation! www.AlexanderMatos.com. Instagram/Twitter: @AlexanderDMatos
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Gabriella Pizzigoni
Melinda Loomis
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Regional debut! Gabriella is honored and proud to be a part of this fresh adaptation of Inherit the Wind. She would like to thank the production team for believing in her. Gabby is especially thankful for her family and friends for their continuous support and encouragement that helped lead to her success (love to her parents, Mynik and Anthony, love and miss you Granny <3). Special thanks to her mentor and acting coach, Theresa Pittius of the Professional Performance Prep and to Shannon McHale, and the entire team at Take 3 Talent Agency.
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Rene Rivera
Judge/Reporter/Townsperson
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Salome at Circle in the Square Theatre and The Wadsworth Theater; Henry IV, Part I and II at The Public Theater; Boleros For The Disenchanted and The Merchant of Venice at The Goodman Theatre; True West at Portland Center Stage; The King of The Desert at El Portal Theatre. Film: Plea, Dog, Disturbia, The Salton Sea, Light Sleeper, Border Town. TV: Hallmark’s Love in the Limelight and Enchanted Christmas, Grey’s Anatomy, 911, and Hamlet for PBS. The Juilliard School graduate and The Actors Studio member. Thank you Stacey, Ava, Luna, Jai, family, and friends. Thank you Pasadena Playhouse.
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Pam Trotter
Mrs. Krebs
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Known for her versatility as a singer and actress, Pam is thrilled to make her Pasadena Playhouse debut after a successful run of The Red Suitcase where she successfully played five uniquely different characters. Other stage credits include The Color Purple (Broadway National Tour), An Octoroon (The Fountain Theatre), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Big River, and others. Primetime TV and film include Swarm, American Auto, Maggie, NCIS: Los Angeles, Big Shot, Life in Pieces, Shameless, General Hospital, and others.
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Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz
Rachel Brown
![Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz](https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20.png)
Chelsea is a bicoastal theater and television actress. Previously she’s been seen at Pasadena Playhouse as Elena in Uncle Vanya. Other favorite LA theater credits include Sei Shonagon in Boston Court Theatre’s Unrivaled and Vera in Antaeus Theater Company’s Three Days in the Country. Favorite TV credits include guest starring roles on Scandal, Law & Order: SVU, and Swarm. She is thrilled to be sharing the stage with this incredible group of artists.
Creative Team
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Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee (Playwrights)
Jerome Lawrence (1915-2004) and Robert E. Lee (1918-1994), whose collaboration spanned more than fifty years, were among the most prolific teams of playwrights in the history of the American theater. Since its 1955 Broadway premiere, their Pulitzer-nominated Inherit the Wind has been translated into 34 languages and celebrated for its continuing relevance. Among their other major stage works are The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, the play and the film of First Monday in October, Auntie Mame, and the books for the musicals Mame and Dear World. Lawrence and Lee were inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1990 and that same year became members of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center. In addition to receiving recognition for their work in the theater, they have also been honored for their contributions as writers for radio, television, and film. In an effort to encourage new work for the stage and to honor the Dallas producer who gave Inherit the Wind its first production, they created the Margo Jones Award in 1961 and co-founded the American Playwrights Theatre a few years later. In 1986, the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute was established at Ohio State University. The Institute houses an outstanding and growing collection of memorabilia and personal papers of theater artists from all over the world. Dedicated teachers of playwriting, Lawrence and Lee hoped to communicate to their students a passionate belief that the theater must deal with ideas and issues of social significance. “All of our plays,” they wrote, “share the theme of respecting the dignity of the individual, and our perpetual battle against limitation and censorship.”
Michael Michetti (Director)
Michael is thrilled to return to Pasadena Playhouse, having previously directed Uncle Vanya, King Charles III, and A Life in the Theatre. He was formerly a founding Co-Artistic Director of Boston Court Pasadena where his directing credits include: The Judas Kiss, A Streetcar Named Desire, Stupid F**king Bird, and The Twentieth-Century Way, which was also produced off-Broadway at Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre. Elsewhere, he has directed the world premiere of Robert Schenkkan’s Building the Wall at the Fountain Theatre; District Merchants at South Coast Repertory; and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Frankenstein, his own adaptation of A Picture of Dorian Gray, Figaro, and The Grapes of Wrath at A Noise Within. Additionally, he directed Kiss Me, Kate; Carousel; and Man of La Mancha at Reprise. He is the recipient of two Ovation Awards, and five Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for his direction as well as a special LADCC Award for Distinguished Achievement in Direction.
Sara Ryung Clement (Costume Design)
Off-Broadway: Golden Shield (Manhattan Theatre Club); Somebody’s Daughter (Second Stage Uptown); Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi). Regional: Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alley Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Boston Lyric Opera, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Geffen Playhouse, Asolo Repertory, Folger Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Seattle Rep, and others. Set design faculty at UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. MFA, Yale School of Drama; AB, Princeton University. sararyungclement.com
Omar Madkour (Lighting Design)
Omar is a lighting designer from Cairo, Egypt and based in Los Angeles. His experience in lighting includes theater, opera, dance, music as well as architectural and museum lighting. Most recently he designed Boney Manilli at REDCAT, Medea Refracted at The Getty Villa, and Into The Woods at Pasadena Civic Auditorium with Pasadena Playhouse and Pasadena Unified School District. Omar holds an MFA in lighting from CalArts.
Jeff Gardner (Sound Design)
Jeff is an award-winning sound designer, foley artist, and actor. Pasadena Playhouse: The Sound Inside, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life. Select credits include Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at the Mark Taper Forum. Elsewhere: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Cleveland Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center, Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Los Angeles: Geffen Playhouse, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, A Noise Within, Antaeus Theatre Company, Circle X Theatre, Echo Theater Company, Rogue Machine Theatre, IAMA Theatre. Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award, Stage Raw, and LA Drama Critics Circle Award Winner. Jeff can be seen at L.A. Theatre Works where he regularly performs live sound effects. jeffthomasgardner.net
Darryl Archibald (Vocal Arrangement)
Some Like It Hot (Broadway – Shubert Theater); Yemandja, the new Angelique Kidjo musical (music supervisor for world tour); Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (Pre-Broadway engagement – The Old Globe); Encore! on Disney+ (Ragtime episode); The Color Purple (Broadway tour and Paper Mill Playhouse); Motown: The Musical (Broadway – Nederlander Theater); Wicked (substitute conductor at Pantages Theater); Memphis (Broadway tour); Disney’s The Lion King (vocal coach/assistant conductor for Broadway tour); Ragtime, Little Shop of Horrors with M.J. Rodriguez, (Pasadena Playhouse); Dear World with Tyne Daly (Valley Performing Arts Center); Two by Two with Jason Alexander (Reprise); Passion (Boston Court); Jonathan Dove’s Innocence (Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity). Full bio at darrylarchibald.com.
Jeffrey Bernstein (Vocal Director)
Jeffrey is founding artistic director of the Pasadena Chorale, the Los Angeles Daiku, and the Los Angeles Vocal Artists. Between 1997 and 2008, he was director of choral music at Occidental College. Jeffrey has led 14 choir tours on four continents and traveled extensively as a guest conductor, directing choirs and orchestras in Europe, Japan, and across the United States. An acclaimed composer, Jeffrey is the songwriter for “Let’s Go Luna” on PBS Kids and the composer of dozens of concert and theatrical works. Jeffrey holds music degrees from Harvard, Yale, and UCLA and was associate musical director for the national tour of Cats. Previous productions with Pasadena Playhouse include King Charles III and Good Boys. jeffreybernsteinmusic.com
Miranda Johnson-Haddad (Dramaturg)
Miranda (she/her), holds a BA from Princeton in Comparative Literature and a Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies from Yale. She is the Resident Dramaturg at A Noise Within Theatre in Pasadena, and she is a frequent consultant and speaker at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles Opera, and many other Southern California venues. She has taught Drama, Shakespeare, and Renaissance Literature at Howard University, UCLA, Vassar College, and Yale University. Dr. Johnson-Haddad is the author of numerous articles and theater reviews, and she has been affiliated with the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.; Shakespeare Quarterly and Shakespeare Bulletin; and the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Ryan Bernard Tymensky, CSA (RBT Casting)
Ryan has had the pleasure of casting over ten shows at the Playhouse in the last six years, showcasing a diverse range of productions such as Sunday in the Park With George, Little Shop of Horrors, Head Over Heels, Sanctuary City, Ragtime, and many more. In addition to theater, Ryan has also made significant casting contributions to the film and television industry. Their portfolio includes notable TV and film projects such as the Wicked movies, This Is Us, Atypical, Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration, And Just Like That.., and Dear Evan Hansen. Ryan puts inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything they do. Their mission is to celebrate and actively advocate for performers who reflect the full spectrum of human diversity to help expand a multiplicity of narratives; narratives that reflect the real world we live in and challenge conventional boundaries that currently exist in the entertainment industry. rbtcasting.com. @ryantymensky
David S. Franklin (Stage Manager)
Thrilled to be at the Playhouse where past productions include The Father, Stoneface, Defiance, Showtune (The Music of Jerry Herman), and Sisterella to name a few. Most recently had the pleasure to assist on The Sound Inside. Over at Center Theatre Group, highlights include An Enemy of the People, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Curtains, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, God of Carnage, Red, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bent, Zoot Suit, Archduke, Linda Vista, King James, The Old Man and the Pool, The Secret Garden, and A Transparent Musical. Other Los Angeles: Los Angeles Theatre Center in its heyday from 1985–1990, the Geffen Playhouse. Regional: Seattle Rep, Intiman Theatre. New York: The Public Theater. Tours: Europe – Quotations from a Ruined City, Law of Remains (with Reza Abdoh’s Dar a Luz company).
Miriam E. Mendoza (Assistant Stage Manager)
Miriam (she/her) is extremely excited to be joining the Pasadena Playhouse team. Credits include world premiere of Alma, Tambo & Bones (Center Theatre Group – Kirk Douglas Theatre), 2:22 A Ghost Story, The Secret Garden (Center Theatre Group – Ahmanson Theatre), Kisses Through the Glass (Besos A Través del Cristal) (Two River Theatre Company), world premiere of A Transparent Musical (Center Theatre Group – Mark Taper Forum), The Half Life of Marie Curie (Theatre SilCo). An El Paso, Texas native, Miriam teaches and works around the Los Angeles area. She has been a company member of New Swan Shakespeare Festival and has worked for the Walt Disney Company’s Imagination Campus (formerly known as Disney Performing Arts). MFA in Stage Management from the University of California, Irvine. However, most importantly, she is recently married!
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Open Captioning
Guests who enjoy open captioning may request to be seated in view of a video screen with text descriptions synchronized to the onstage action designed for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The Open Caption performance of Inherit the Wind will be on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM.
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Join us for our Access performance to take advantage of the audio description service. The service includes verbal descriptions of actions, costumes, scenery, and other visual elements of the production and is designed for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Guests may request a listening device to hear live audio descriptions. Audio description is available in all seating locations on the Orchestra level of the theater. If you would like to hear the pre-show notes, please be in your seat 15 minutes before showtime.
The audio-described performance of Inherit the Wind will be on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM.
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Wine Wednesday
Preview week Wednesday, ticket holders are invited to come early and enjoy complimentary wine prior to the show at Pasadena Playhouse.
The Wine Wednesday performance of Inherit the Wind will be on Wednesday, November 1 at 8:00 PM.
Classrooms as Courtrooms: In Defense of the Freedom to Learn with PEN America
Join us and our partners PEN America on Saturday, November 18 immediately following the 2 PM performance for Classrooms as Courtrooms: In Defense of the Freedom to Learn A talkback, moderated by PEN America’s Managing Director Allison Lee, with members of the cast of Inherit the Wind, Michelle Deutchman, Executive Director of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, and Larry Isaak, former president of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact with 20 years of experience working in the North Dakota University System. Learn more about the themes behind Inherit the Wind, and the incredible work being done by PEN America to increase and defend creative expression across the country.
TodayTix Courtroom Seating
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Want To Sit On Stage?
With a General Admission Onstage Gallery seat you’ll get to enjoy a show at the Playhouse a little differently than you might be used to. Your seat will be visible to the audience, and while these seats are part of the immersive world of Inherit the Wind, this is not an interactive play, so you will not be asked to participate in the action.
Not sure if you want to be part of the Onstage Gallery? You can also ENTER TO WIN $20 tickets in the Jury Box through the TodayTix Lottery.
Members and Packageholders
If you’re a Pasadena Playhouse Member (or if you’ve bought a package, it’s the same thing!) wanting to take advantage of Courtroom Seating, you’ll need to call our Patron Services team at 626 356 7529 or email at boxoffice@pasadenaplayhouse.