Elina de Santos

Elina de Santos (Director) Most recently directed The Fantasticks at The Ruskin Group Theatre. World Premieres: Painted Ponies by Ian McRae, Hostage by Michelle Kholos Brooks, Family Riots by Gideon Jeph Wabvuta, In the Valley of the Shadow by Katherine Cortez, Nice Things by Vince Melocchi, Dirty Filthy Love Story by Rob Mersola, Razorback by John Pollono, Church & State by Jason Odell Williams. American Premiere: Daytona by Oliver Cotton. LA Premieres: Smart Love by Brian Letscher, Bhutan by Daisy Foote, Stop Kiss by Diana Son, Falling by Deanna Jent, New Jerusalem by David Ives, Albee’s A Delicate Balance and Mamet’s Speed the Plow. At PRT, Odyssey, and WCJT: Gidion’s Knot by Johnna Adams, Miller’s All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and Broken Glass, Odets’ Rocket to the Moon, Awake & Sing!, and Williams’ Orpheus Descending – LADCC Direction. For the Chance Theater: Seminar by Teresa Rebeck, Sweat by Lynn Nottage, and Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler. For Ophelia’s Jump: Measure for Measure and Helvetica by Katie Coleman. Elina is the first female recipient of the LADCC Career Achievement in Directing Award and is the Founding Co-Artistic Director of Rogue Machine (2008–2024).

As a Producer: POCATELLO (Sam D. Hunter) LA Premiere, DIRTY FILTHY LOVE STORY (Rob Mersola) World Premiere, DYING CITY (Christopher Shinn) LA Premiere, Ovation Award for Best Production (2013), THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM (Enda Walsh) LA Premiere, VIVIEN (Rick Foster).

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was one of the most influential American playwrights of the 20th century, celebrated for his searching examinations of morality, responsibility, and the cost of personal integrity. Born in New York City, Miller rose to prominence with All My Sons (1947) and achieved international acclaim with Death of a Salesman (1949), which earned the Pulitzer Prize and remains a landmark of American drama. His body of work—including The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, and After the Fall—consistently interrogates the tension between private conscience and public obligation. The Price (1968), one of Miller’s most intimate and psychologically complex plays, explores family loyalty, sacrifice, and the emotional reckoning of choices made decades earlier. Through its piercing dialogue and moral ambiguity, The Price exemplifies Miller’s enduring ability to fuse personal drama with larger social questions. His plays continue to resonate for their emotional depth, ethical urgency, and profound humanity.

Rich Rose

RICH ROSE (Scenic Designer) – For Pacific Resident Theatre: Andy Warhol’s Tomato, The Bespoke Overcoat, Fostered; Back Alley Theatre: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well, Ringers, The Fox, In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Days and Nights Within, Found a Peanut, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea; La Mirada Theatre: Spring Awakening, Floyd Collins, American Idiot; LA Theater Works: national tours of SEVEN, In the Heat of the Night, Judgment at Nuremberg, The Mountaintop, Steel Magnolias; Actor’s Co-op (Hollywood): The Baker’s Wife, Summer and Smoke, Our Town, A Man For All Seasons, TORNADO; AMDA: Memphis; Theatricum Botanicum: Other Desert Cities, The Chalk Garden; The Wallis Annenberg: Judgment at Nuremberg; Guangzhou (China) Centre for Dramatic Arts: Rabbit Hole; Metromedia Studios (Hollywood): King Lear for director Robert Wilson; author of books on computer-aided design, drafting, and sketching for the stage published by Penguin / Random House. www.richrosedesign.com

Leigh Allen

LEIGH ALLEN (Lighting Design) is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award (LADCC) for Career Achievement. Her accolades include: Ovation/Best Production for Dying City, Killer Joe, and When Jazz Had the Blues; LADCC Award for Production for One Night in Miami; Garland Award for Lighting Design for Cousin Bette; LA Weekly Lighting Design Award for Treefall; BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Lighting Design Award for Mary Poppins; and LADCC & LA Weekly Awards for Johnny Got His Gun. She has also toured with Masters of Illusion, Live! and Vox Lumiere; designed for Regent and Princess cruise-lines, theme park shows, and several corporate events. Local work includes companies like Musical Theatre West, South Bay CLO, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Rogue Machine Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre, Antaeus, and The Wallis Annenberg, among many others. Currently Leigh teaches full time at Santa Monica College.

Keilani Gleave

KEILANI GLEAVE (Costume Design) is a Los Angeles based Costume Designer. She is thrilled to be returning to Pacific Resident Theatre for her second show, following Andy Warhol’s Tomato. When she’s not designing, she works as a Patternmaker and Draper for the film industry. She’s made principal costumes for over 35 films, including Hocus Pocus 2, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Haunted Mansion, Mercy, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and The Adventures of Cliff Booth.

Chris Moscatiello

CHRISTOPHER MOSCATIELLO (Sound Design) is an award-winning sound designer, composer, music editor, and music director for theater, television, and film. TV highlights include The Walking Dead, Human Target, Eureka, Psych, Caprica, The Cape, and Trauma. He has scored series and specials for National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, ZDF Germany, specials and promos for HBO, BBC, Animal Planet, MSNBC, and The History Channel. Theater highlights include The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institution, The Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Rogue Machine, Antaeus, Skylight Theatre, The Fountain Theatre, Odyssey Theater, The Road Theatre, and Pacific Resident Theatre. He served as assistant conductor for the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera.

Marilyn fox

MARILYN FOX (Executive Producer) is the Artistic Director of Pacific Resident Theatre and has produced over 75 productions at PRT winning over 125 awards for excellence. Also at PRT,
she directed Ondine (LADCC Award, Direction), The Seagull, The Playboy of the Western World, Fata Morgana, The Browning Version (LADCC Award for Direction with Associate Director, Dana Jackson) and many more. She is a three time LA Drama Critic’s Circle Award winner for Lead Performance and a two time LADCC Award winner for Direction. She has been honored with the Career Achievement Award by the LA Weekly. Ms. Fox is an Adjunct Professor at UCLA’s School of Theater, As an actress, Marilyn was last seen in The Dorothy Parker Project at PRT, as Lola in The Model Apartment at The Geffen Playhouse and as Bessie Berger in the 20th Anniversary production of Awake and Sing! at the Odyssey Theatre. Also at PRT, The Cherry Orchard, Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending (Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle, Lead Performance), Anna Petrovna in Ivanov directed by Gar Campbell, and The Quick-Change Room (LADCC Award, Lead Performance), The Latter moving to Off- Broadway). She dedicates her work to Gar Campbell.

Ben Wendel

BEN WENDEL (Stage Manager) is a stage manager, lighting designer, and production manager with over 50 productions to their credit across Los Angeles and London. Recent work includes Bog Body (Barons Court Theatre), Anthropocene (Barons Court Theatre), Horizon (Edinburgh Fringe), Antigone (South Hampstead High School), West End Kids Revue (West End Kids), Les Misérables (South Hampstead High School), The Nutcracker (The Ballet School London), and The Manikins (Deadweight Theatre). bwendel.com @bendelabides

James Morris

JAMES MORRIS (Technical Director) is an actor born and raised in Virginia and Queens. He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television (BA – Acting; Jack Larson Award). He recently produced and starred in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 in the PRT Co-op. Credits include: Middletown (PRT), Naked with Strangers (Frank’s), Lydia (UCLA), King Lear (UCLA), At Home (UCLA), Richard III (Understudy – A Noise Within). Scenic Design – Human Error (Rogue Machine), Willing Suspension of Disbelief (PRT). Projection Design – A Permanent Image (PRT). Stage Management – Ojai Theatre Festival. www.morris-james.com