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She is grateful to be among a like- Chris DeCarlo, Evelym including Wagon Train, Alfred Recommended Audition! The
minded community of thrill seekers Hitchcock Presents, You Bet Your Musical and Arnold Schulman's
who remind her that play, Rudie (director; playwright) Life with Groucho Marx (all of Sleeping Ugly. Chris and Evelyn can
currently be seen weekends as
connection, and courage are always have collaborated on more than which can now be seen on
worth the leap. 650 plays and musicals, youtube), and The Gift of Love, in Sholom Aleichem and his wife in the
world premiere musical Aleichem
including the internationally which she co-starred with Robert Sholom: The Wit and Wisdom of
Stack and Lauren Bacall. During
B e r k e l e y acclaimed productions of her theatrical career, she has Sholom Aleichem, now in its 6th
Mezzanine, 2004-a telling of smash year.
Sanjay (Mr. tomorrow, Dear Gabby-the played everything from Tom
Sanjay Ratnam; Confessions of an Over-Achiever, Sawyer to Queen Elizabeth I. She
received commendations from George J. Vennes III (Playhouse
P l a y h o u s e 15 Family Theatre Musicals, the the city, the state and the federal
A s s o c i a t e Sholom Aleichem quintilogy, government for 50 years of Technical Director) received his A.A.
Director of Adult including the World premiere uninterrupted theatrical and from Santa Monica City College,
Education), born musicals Because of You - the Life educational participation, a immediately began working as a
i n B e r k e l e y, and Loves of Sholom Aleichem record that continues to this day. theatre professional and educator,
California, has a and Author! Author! - an evening She directed Jerry Mayer's 2 and hasn’t been ‘without a show’
Masters Degree in Film and with Sholom Aleichem, which had Across at St. Luke's Theatre Off- since. George has been Production
Television from the University of a limited 40th anniversary run in Broadway. Stage Manager for the Playhouse for
Dehli. Credits include As Vishnu May of 2019 in honor of the Chris has been acting, over 250 productions in the past 25
Dreams, A Long Bridge of Deep beloved Yiddish author's 100th writing, directing and teaching years. George produced John
Waters (both at the Cornerstone yahrzeit. As performers, Chris for more than 4 decades. Over a Pielmeier’s Impassioned Embraces,
Theatre), Indian Wants the Bronx, and Evelyn have over 10,000 on- quarter of a million people have for the Playhouse Modern Comedy
Bridging the Great Divide stage performances to their been touched by his award- Series and is technical director for
(presenter/host) and over 100 credit. They can be seen winning characterization of the Playhouse's Benefit Series.
performances as a street theatre weekends as Suzy and Marvin Yiddish humorist Sholom
activist in India. Recent credits Schneider in Jerry Mayer’s World Aleichem. His directorial and Sandra Zeitzew (Public Relations
include the ShortBurst® productions Premiere comedy Jews R 2 Much dramaturgical projects include 7 Director) has been with the
of Mortal Illusions, the Sins of Fun. of Jerry Mayer's long-running Playhouse since 1990. Projects
Amazon and the holiday special, Too Evelyn has been working comedies, Annie Reiner's Mirage include the English Shakespeare
Close for Comfort. Berkeley has in theatre non-stop since the age a Trois, Stephen King and Robert Company's LA premiere of God say
directed numerous documentaries of 3, when she made her stage B Parker's RAGE; and the LA Amen…Themes from the Wars of the
and is a member and active debut as Macduff's son in the “M” TIMES Critics' Pick world Roses, Agnes Bernelle's Empress
participant of Chris DeCarlo's play. She won an Emmy premieres of Made Me Nuclear, Eugènie and Black Champagne,
Actors' Workshop, loves working on nomination at age 6 for her Last of the Knotts, Aspirin & countless ART productions, and
creative projects with his wife, portrayal of Eloise on TV'S ELEPHANTS and Dying for more than 350 Benefit Series
Brinda, and admires the musical Playhouse 90, and is the Laughs. A member of the Santa productions featuring such
abilities of his children, Adya and youngest performer ever to have Monica Arts Commission for nine renowned artists as Alba Dance
Raeva. Berkeley is Associate Director received a star on Hollywood years, favorite projects include Theatre, Herb Astrow, Dane Biren,
of Adult Education for the Santa Boulevard's Walk of Fame. She the World Premiere of Rose Minda Burr, Carlie and Doni, Corina
Monica Playhouse Diversity-in- has appeared in more than 70 Leiman Goldemberg's musical Calderon, Kelly Carlin, Irene
Education Conservatory. films and television shows, play Picon Pie, the LA TIMES Chapman, Melanie Chartoff,