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theatre and jazz singing and has   project  coordination  for  the
                           Who’s Who?                                                 dedicated the past few years of her   Diversity-in-Education  program.
                                                                                      life  to  studying  opera.  She  was
                       CELESTE  AKIKI                    JASON  ERICKSON              featured  in  SMC's  production  of   She originated the role of The Witch
                                                                                                                        in  the  original  production  of
                       ( F i f i k a ,   t h e           (Lester  the  Jester)        Carmen and was seen here at the   Absolutely Halloween in 2004.
                       Fortune-Teller)                   studied  theatre             Playhouse  in  All  About  Santa.
                       began her acting                  and  improv  at              Tiffany did double duty when she                  J O S E P H   P E R E    Z
                       career as a child                 Cerritos  College.           played the titular role and was also              (Stuffy  Steve)  is
                       and  participated                 He has taken part            the editor for the Playhouse’s on-                thrilled to be back
                       i n   c o u n t l e s s           in  various  plays           demand  production  of  Cinderella                at  the  Playhouse
                       t h e a t e r                     and musicals such            2021 during the lockdown. Tiffany                 a f t e r   h i s
       workshops in the south of France  as  All  in  the  Timing  and  Hair  at      thanks you for supporting intimate                performances  in
       (Toulouse)  performing  in  Cerritos College, as well as touring               theatre and hopes you all enjoy the   Author!  Author!  -  an  evening  with
       numerous  Molière  plays.  She  with their improv group GIPS where             show.                             Sholom  Aleichem,  Cinderella,
       received  her  degree  in  nursing  they performed for different schools                                         Dorothy’s Adventures in OZ, Alice
       from L'Université de Saint-Joseph  in  the  area.  More  recently,  he  has    CYDNE  MOORE  (The  Witch)  made   and  the  FABULOUS  Tea  Party,  the
       in  Beirut  and  during  the  war,  in  studied improv at The Second City      her  Playhouse  Family  Theatre   2020  live-stream  New  Years  Eve
       addition  to  her  nursing  duties,  Hollywood. He now looks forward to        debut in the title role of the original   Musical Revue, Beauty and the Beast
       taught dance to orphaned refugee  getting  back  on  stage  in  this           productions of Cinderella and Alice   as well as the Playhouse’s first post-
       children.  Celeste  participated  in  production.                              and the Wonderful Tea Party, and   lockdown  in-person  show,  the
       international  workshops  and                                                  has now “graduated” to the roles of   newly-commissioned  EVER  AFTR
       conferences for conflict resolution                TIFFANY  HAILE              Stepmother/  Fairygodmother  and   TAKE 2. He was first bitten by the
       in  France,  Switzerland,  England,                ( C a n d y )   i s         the Queen of Hearts. An actress-  acting  bug  in  high  school  while
       Belgium and Canada, and taught                     pleased as punch            singer-dancer  for  more  than  30   performing  Julius  Caesar  at
       in Geneva at Notre Dame du Lac.                    to  be  reprise  the        years,  Cydne  has  appeared  in   Theatricum Botanicum. Since then,
       She believes that theater and the                  role of Candy for           numerous  Playhouse  productions,   Joseph has gone on to receive his
       arts  are  a  vital  part  of  life.  They         t h i s   y e a r ’ s       including  Actually,Mary-Mary,    degree in Religious Studies from UC
       help  us  stay  true  to  ourselves.               H a l l o w e e n           Dorothy’s Adventures in Oz, Alias   Riverside  while  also  pursuing  his
       Playhouse  performances  include                   production.  For            Santa  Claus,  Snowhite  (World   love  of  art  history  and  linguistics.
       Ionesco's  The  Bald  Soprano,  A                  the past two years          Premiere)  and  The  Adventures  of   For the past several years, he has
       Playhouse  New  Year's,    And  she has been living out her fairytale          Little Red (which she performed at   been  Assistant  Manager  at  The
       Awaaay We Go, Little Red Riding  dreams playing the titular characters         the Playhouse and for the overseas   Pasadena  Antique  Center  Annex
       Hood,   Barnyard Madness, Alice  in Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast,          premieres in England and Japan).   and  was  involved  behind-the-
       and  the  Wonderful  Tea  Party,  Snowhite,  Alice  and  the  Wonderful        Favorite  productions  include    scenes with several productions and
       Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast,  Tea Party for the Playhouse's Family        choreography  for  the  American   a  series  of  Cabaret  Nights  fund-
       Dorothy's  Adventures  in  Oz  and  Theatre  and  School  Theatre              Premiere  of  the  1940s  musical   raising events for the American Fine
       Absolutely Halloween! A language  Excursion Projects and was recently          Canteen: A Reconnaissance of War   Arts  Academy.  Joseph  performs
       specialist,  Celeste  also  teaches  seen in the world premiere musicals       and  Other  Unnatural  Disasters,   regularly  in  Cinderella,  Alice  and
       French at L'Alliance Française. She  Annie Oakley and the Princess Café        costumes  for  the  West  Coast   the Wonderful Tea Party, Dorothy’s
       considers Santa Monica Playhouse  and Finding Belle. A graduate of the         premiere  of  the  Rae-Wyse-      Adventures in OZ and Beauty and
       her home far away from home.     Hamilton Academy of music, Tiffany            Waldman musical Funny, You Don’t   the Beast for the Playhouse Schools
                                        made a shift from studying musical            Look  Like  A  Grandmother,  and   Field  Trip  Program.  During  the
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