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Benefit Series productions
Chris DeCarlo, Evelym including Wagon Train, Alfred play Picon Pie, the LA TIMES
Hitchcock Presents, You Bet Your Recommended Audition! The featuring such renowned artists as
Rudie (director; playwright) Life with Groucho Marx (all of Musical and Arnold Schulman's Alba Dance Theatre, Herb Astrow,
have collaborated on more than which can now be seen on Sleeping Ugly. Chris and Evelyn Dane Biren, Minda Burr, Carlie
650 plays and musicals, youtube), and The Gift of Love, in can currently be seen weekends and Doni, Corina Calderon, Kelly
including the internationally which she co-starred with Robert as Sholom Aleichem and his wife Carlin, Irene Chapman, Melanie
acclaimed productions of Stack and Lauren Bacall. During in the world premiere musical Chartoff, Reggie Cook, Jan Daley
Mezzanine, 2004-a telling of her theatrical career, she has Aleichem Sholom: The Wit and and Shelley Markham, Jeremy
tomorrow, Dear Gabby-the played everything from Tom Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem, now Ebenstein, Begoñia Echeverria,
Confessions of an Over-Achiever, Sawyer to Queen Elizabeth I. She in its 6th smash year. Debra Ehrhardt, Beth Ertz, Shelley
15 Family Theatre Musicals, the received commendations from Fisher, Eddie Frierson, Jack Fry,
Sholom Aleichem quintilogy, the city, the state and the federal George J. Vennes III Inara George, Barbara Haber,
including the World premiere government for 50 years of Wendy Hammers, Stogie Kenyatta,
(Playhouse Technical Director) Doug Knott, Karen Knotts, Lester
musicals Because of You - the Life uninterrupted theatrical and
received his A.A. from Santa McFwap, Eva Magrefteh,
and Loves of Sholom Aleichem educational participation, a
M o n i c a C i t y C o l l e g e , Odunayo Majekodunmi, Juliette
and Author! Author! - an evening record that continues to this day.
with Sholom Aleichem, which had She directed Jerry Mayer's 2 immediately began working as a Marshall, Lester McFwap, Murray
a limited 40th anniversary run in Across at St. Luke's Theatre Off- theatre professional and Meyer, Barbara Minkus, Dina
educator, and hasn’t been Morone, Laraine Newman,
May of 2019 in honor of the Broadway.
‘without a show’ since. George Rochelle Newman, Elaine Ocasio,
beloved Yiddish author's 100th Chris has been acting,
has been Production Stage Luisa Omielan, Playbox Theatre,
yahrzeit. As performers, Chris writing, directing and teaching
Manager for the Playhouse for Rudy Ramos, Ann Randolph, Annie
and Evelyn have over 10,000 on- for more than 4 decades. Over a
stage performances to their quarter of a million people have over 250 productions in the past Reiner, Sloan Robinson, grammy-
credit. They can be seen been touched by his award- 25 years. George produced John award winner Harriet Schock,
P i e l m e i e r ’ s I m p a s s i o n e d Sammy Shore, Charise Sowell,
weekends as Suzy and Marvin winning characterization of
Embraces, for the Playhouse Lyena Strelkoff, Chris Sullivan, Lily
Schneider in Jerry Mayer’s World Yiddish humorist Sholom
Modern Comedy Series and is Tomlin and Jane Wagner, Todd
Premiere comedy Jews R 2 Much Aleichem. His directorial and
Fun. dramaturgical projects include 7 technical director for the Waring, Mitzie and Ken Welch,
Playhouse's Benefit Series.
Evelyn has been working of Jerry Mayer's long-running Renn Woods, Kiki Yeung, and the
in theatre non-stop since the age comedies, Annie Reiner's Mirage late Dan Lewk. Anne Silver and
of 3, when she made her stage a Trois, Stephen King and Robert Sandra Zeitzew (Public Don Snell. She co-produced Brian
debut as Macduff's son in the “M” B Parker's RAGE; and the LA Relations Director) has been with Connors’ Plays in the Park starring
play. She won an Emmy TIMES Critics' Pick world the Playhouse since 1990. George Segal, Edward Asner,
nomination at age 6 for her premieres of Made Me Nuclear, Projects include the English Mark Rydell and Esai Morales.
portrayal of Eloise on TV'S Last of the Knotts, Aspirin & Shakespeare Company's LA
Playhouse 90, and is the ELEPHANTS and Dying for p r e m i e r e o f G o d s a y
youngest performer ever to have Laughs. A member of the Santa Amen…Themes from the Wars of
received a star on Hollywood Monica Arts Commission for nine the Roses, Agnes Bernelle's
Boulevard's Walk of Fame. She years, favorite projects include Empress Eugènie and Black
has appeared in more than 70 the World Premiere of Rose Champagne, countless ART
films and television shows, Leiman Goldemberg's musical productions, and more than 350
