PETER BUDINGER (Lank Sanders) is making his third appearance with 42nd Street Moon, having previously appeared in Out of This World and One Touch of Venus. Most recently, Peter was in The Petrified Forest at the Masquers Playhouse.  A founding member of Dr. Emile’s Theatre Tremendo, he has written, directed, produced and acted in original works with his husband, DC Scarpelli. Those pieces include It Came from Beneath the Kilt! (2000 SF Fringe - Best of Fringe) and Where the Sun Don’t Shine (2006 SF Fringe - Best of Fringe).

GABRIEL GRILLI (Sam Mason) makes a welcome return to 42nd Street Moon after portraying Prince Rudolph von Schlump in The Student Gypsy last season. New to the Bay Area in 2007 after 14 years as a New York-based actor, director and teacher, he has performed locally with PlayGround, Custom Made, The Media Factory and the SF Fringe Festival.  Regional: HERE, Ensemble Studio Theatre, ASCAP, NY Fringe, The Old Globe, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre and Texas Shakes.  Proud Equity member.  Training: Penn State (MFA Directing), Hofstra (BFA Acting).  www.gabrielgrilli.com.

LISA HENSLEY (Patsy West) returns to 42nd Street Moon after playing Jeanine/ Docaton in Coco last season.  For Lisa, it is thrilling to have the opportunity to perform in this rarely staged Girl Crazy and the privilege of singing some of the Gershwins' most beloved tunes. Ms. Hensley has performed in dozens of venues across her native Bay Area and is currently the drama teacher at Windrush School. Favorite roles include Bonnie (Anything Goes), Magenta (Rocky Horror Picture Show), Sonia (Godspell), Louise (Gypsy) and Mom.

JEFF HORST (Danny Churchill) is making his 42nd Street Moon debut in Girl Crazy. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he is a graduate of Ohio State University. Past show credits include Candide, Dracula, Beauty and the Beast and Seussical. In 2006, Jeff moved to the Central Coast joining The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville in Oceano, California, performing in various roles, and skit comedy. This summer, he relocated to San Francisco and studied at the American Conservatory Theater.

JESSICA PAYNE (Flora James) has her Master’s in Acting from Western Illinois University and her Bachelor’s in Theatre from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She recently made her San Francisco debut in Oh My Godmother, and is a featured soloist on the original cast album.  Jessica also performed in the California Theatre Center’s production of Miss Nelson is Missing!, the first English-language children’s musical to tour China. This is Ms. Payne’s debut with 42nd Street Moon.

BENJAMIN PITHER (Pete) returns to 42nd Street Moon, having previously appeared in Mack & Mabel and Li’l Abner. Credits include A New Brain (Gordon) at Custom Made Theatre Company, Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew Aguecheeck understudy, performed) at CalShakes, Based on a Totally True Story (Ethan) at New Conservatory Theatre Center, Urinetown, the Musical (Bobby Strong) at Altarena Playhouse, and Wilde Boys at NCTC. Benjamin earned his Bachelor’s in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University with Highest Honors and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

MEGHANN REYNOLDS (Molly Gray) was last seen on the Eureka stage as Mollie Farringdon in 42nd Street Moon’s production of Oh, Lady! Lady!! Other Bay Area credits include Woman #1 in Songs for a New World and Maria in West Side Story (Diablo Light Opera Company); Sara Brown in Guys and Dolls and Sandy in Grease (Contra Costa Musical Theatre); Meg in Merrily We Roll Along (TheatreWorks); Ms. Poppenghul in Moonlight & Magnolias and Columbia/Usherette in The Rocky Horror Show (Town Hall Theatre) and Belle in A Christmas Carol (Center REPertory).

PETER SROKA (Slick Fothergill) is appearing in his fifth 42nd Street Moon show.  Last spring, “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” joined his list of favorite songs when he did the Yip Harburg review, Peddling Rainbows. Peter first appeared at Moon as Og, the Leprechaun in Finian’s Rainbow. Other all-time favorite roles include Jack, Toby, Balladeer (Sondheim), Candide, Karl (Lorraine Hansberry Theater), and Raven (“Thanatics” SF Fringe). He currently sings with the Golden Gate Men’s Chorus.  He also recorded the solo on “Somebody to Love” with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.  When he isn’t on stage, Peter works for the San Francisco Unified School District teaching drama in five of the City’s schools.

KALON THIBODEAUX (Gieber Goldfarb) is originally from the New Orleans area, and has been involved with 42nd Street Moon since 2005 appearing in such shows as Gay Divorce, Flora the Red Menace, Red, Hot and Blue, and Minnie's Boys, for which he received a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award nomination for his role as Harpo Marx. He directed last season's Oh, Lady! Lady!! and has just finished directing the California Conservatory Theatre's production of Neil Simon's They're Playing Our Song.  Other Bay Area acting credits include Steve Martin's The Underpants (Dragon Productions, Palo Alto) and Assassins (Custom Made Theatre Company, San Francisco.) 

CAMI THOMPSON (Kate Fothergill) has been singing professionally world-wide for over 30 years – across Europe, the Far East, and the United States - at jazz festivals, clubs, concert halls. She has opened for Manhattan Transfer, Nancy Wilson, Mel Torme, Lou Rawls, and others, and performed principal roles in over 20 musicals and operas (Mame, Annie Get Your Gun, Sweeney Todd, Follies, Showboat, Candide, Hansel & Gretel). She has recorded five CDs, performs with her own bands, and is making her debut with 42nd Street Moon.

JUSTIN TORRES (Jake) just made his 42nd Street Moon debut in Irma La Douce. He has been performing in musical theater around the Bay Area for the past two years with companies such as Hillbarn, TheatreWorks, Willows Theatre Company, and Cabrillo Stage. Favorite roles include Adrian/Michael in Smokey Joe’s Café, Paul in Kiss Me Kate, and The Cat in Honk! He gained the theater bug from Janie Scott’s Company One at San Jose State University, and he hasn’t stopped performing since.

ANDREW WILLIS-WOODWARD (Tucson/Nick DeMarco) returns to 42nd Street Moon, having previously appeared in The Student Gypsy and Out of This World earlier this year. Other recent credits include: Altar Boyz (Abraham) at San Jose Stage, Kiss Me, Kate (Bill/Luctentio) at Cabrillo Stage, and Convenience (Vince) at New Conservatory Theatre Center. He has also studied at a variety of conservatory programs, including the ACT Summer Training Congress, the Theater Arts Institute at American Musical Theatre of San Jose, and the CAP21 Summer Programs at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

NICHOLAS YENSON (Cisco) made his San Francisco debut earlier this year in the acclaimed revue, Broadway with a Twist II. His other credits include international tours of Riverdance and Ragús, regional productions of Sylvia and Of Mice and Men, and A Christmas Celtic Sojourn Live on PBS. He studied modern dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and has a Bachelor’s in Irish music and dance from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.

ELISE YOUSSEF (Tess Parker) is a recent graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a Bachelor’s in Theater Arts. Her most recent credit was as Constanze in Marin Shakespeare Company’s production of Amadeus. This is her third show with 42nd Street Moon, having previously portrayed Rose in One Touch of Venus and Joyce in Gay Divorce. Additionally, Ms. Youssef has a number of credits with Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, and Sara Tansey in Playboy of the Western World, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Gretel and Hansel, and more.

DYAN McBRIDE (Director) has worked as an actor, director and teacher with Laguna Playhouse, Napa Rep, Sideshow Physical Theatre, Broadway by the Bay, 42nd Street Moon, Willows Theatre Company, New Conservatory Theatre, CTA Crossroads, Mondavi Center, Solano College, San Francisco Opera Guild, Urban High School, Pacific Alliance Stage Company, Actor’s Theatre of Sonoma, California Theatre Center, Performance Riverside, Theatre on San Pedro Square, Yahoo!, Nintendo and Progressive Auto Insurance to name a few.  She will play Elvira in High Spirits in the spring with Moon. She is on the faculty of New Conservatory Theatre Center, UC Davis and Solano College. Bachelor’s:  CalState Fullerton.  Master’s: UC Davis.  Member:  Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors’ Equity Association.

DAVE DOBRUSKY (Musical Director) is celebrating his 13th season with 42nd Street Moon.  Favorite productions include Out of This World, The Student Gypsy, Plain and Fancy, Li’l Abner, Mack & Mabel, Red Hot and Blue!, Minnie’s Boys, Can-Can, Finian’s Rainbow, Paint Your Wagon (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award), By Jupiter, Leave It to Me! (recorded), Dear World, Call Me Madam,  and Louisiana Purchase.  He has also appeared with Nancy Dussault, Susan Watson, Andrea McArdle, Marni Nixon, Rebecca Luker and Leslie Caron.  Other Bay Area credits include:  Man of LaMancha (BATCC Award), Putting It Together(San Francisco Playhouse); The Fantasticks (Shakespeare at Stinson); In This House, The Boyfriend (Playhouse West); Passion, Chess(New Conservatory Theatre); and youth productions of Titanicand Les Miserables(Musical Theatre Works).

STACI ARRIAGA (Choreographer) returns to 42nd Street Moon after having choreographed last spring’s production of The Student Gypsy. She has been dancing for 20 years and choreographing for the last 10 years.  Ms. Arriaga’s choreography has been seen in Solano, Contra Costa, and Sonoma Counties as well as throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. She has earned two Dean Goodman Awards, one Elly Award and several Arty Awards. Some of her favorite shows she has worked on include:  West Side Story, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Pirates of Penzance, Crazy for You and Annie Get Your Gun.

JOE MADER (Stage Manager) has written on film and theater for a variety of publications, including Salon.com, the San Francisco Weekly, the San Francisco Examiner, and the Hollywood Reporter. He has served as producer and managing director of a central Massachusetts theatre company. For 42nd Street Moon, he previously stage managed last season's Peddling Rainbows and You've Got Possibilities!, the company’s annual fundraising gala. 

ELLEN BROOKS (Lighting Designer) has designed many productions for 42nd Street Moon over the past 10 years, including: Gay Divorce, Mack & Mabel, Oh, Lady! Lady!!, Red Hot and Blue!, Once Upon a Mattress, Paint Your Wagon, Can-Can, Coco and the Company’s annual Galas atthe Herbst and Alcazar Theatres. She also designs for Lamplighters/Opera West at the Yerba Buena Novellus Theatre and the Herbst in San Francisco, the Napa Valley Opera House and the Dean Lesher Center in Walnut Creek. In her seventh season with the Marin Shakespeare Company, this summer she designed Amadeus, Winter's Tale and Much Ado about Nothing.

LOUISE JARMILOWICZ (Costumer) is in her third season working as costumer for 42nd Street Moon.  She has been costuming around San Francisco for many years.  Other groups with whom she has worked, designing and constructing costumes, include Crowded Fire, the Handful Players, the African-American Shakespeare Co., Children's Fairyland, Stage Door Conservatory, The Lamplighters, the Dark Room Theater, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and many other local artists. www.jarmodesigns.com

TOM ORR (Production Manager/Set Decorator) landed on the Moon in 2006 and went on to memorable turns in Mack & Mabel, Li'l Abner, Pardon My English, Plain & Fancy, One Touch of Venus and Coco. After working as Production Assistant for the 2007-2008 season, he is excited to take on new duties behind the scenes. An award-winning lyricist best known for the hit parody revue, Dirty Little Showtunes!, Tom recently had a hit solo show, I Feel a Thong Coming On! at the New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC). He has also appeared in: Naked Boys Singing! and Trog! (Theatre Rhinoceros); Whoop-Dee-Doo! and Take Me Out (NCTC); and Shopping! The Musical, among others.