Cast
Danny Who, Red Group
Aaron Acosta
Aaron Acosta (Danny Who, Pink Group) has previously appeared at The Old Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘09-’11). His other recent theatre credits include the world premiere of Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin (a.k.a. Chaplin) (La Jolla Playhouse) and Peter Pan and My Son Pinocchio (San Diego Junior Theatre). Mr. Acosta received the 2009 National Youth Theatre Award (13 and under) for his performance in the role of Gavroche in Les Misérables (California Youth Conservatory Theatre). His film credits include lead roles in Never Give Up (short, 2012) and Slingers (2013).
Boo Who, Pink Group
Luke Babbitt
Luke Babbitt (Little Who Ensemble, Pink Group) is a 12-year-old sixth grader at Murray Manor Elementary School in La Mesa and is thrilled to be back in Whoville this season after appearing in The Grinch last year. Among his other theatre credits are Peter Pan (San Diego Junior Theatre), Seussical the Musical (Highland Players) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Christmas Carol and The Sound of Music (Ray and Joan Kroc Center). This spring he is looking forward to making his Peter Pan Junior Theatre debut in their production of Guys and Dolls. Mr. Babbitt would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and he hopes that you enjoy the show.
The Grinch
Steve Blanchard
Steve Blanchard (The Grinch) reprises his role as The Grinch from last year’s production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mr. Blanchard has appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast, Camelot, The Three Musketeers and A Christmas Carol. His National Tours include Little House on the Prairie, Camelot, The Phantom of the Opera, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Hans Christian Andersen. His Off Broadway credits include Johnny Guitar, Frankenstein, Treasure Island and Moby Dick. His television credits include “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” “Cupid,” “Ed,” Sunset Beat, “Police Story,” Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card, “Guiding Light,” “One Life to Live” and “Another World.” He can be heard on the original recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein and Northbound Train.
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Liam James Brandt
Liam James Brandt (Danny Who, Red Group) is pleased to return to Whoville and The Old Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’10 and ‘11). His other theatre credits include Peter Pan (Carlsbad Performing Arts Academy), The Comedy of Errors and The Jungle Book (North Coast Repertory Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Actors Alliance of San Diego), The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Princess and the Pea, Beauty and the Beast, Annie and The Wizard of Oz (Coast Kids Theater) and The Little Red Hen (San Diego Junior Theatre). His film credits include The Overwhelming Possibility directed by T. Ryder Smith. Mr. Brandt had a voice-over role in Somewhere (The Old Globe). He studies dance at Carlsbad Dance Centre and is a student at The Children’s School in La Jolla.
Annie Who, Pink Group
Annie Buckley
Annie Buckley (Annie Who, Pink Group) is a 13-year-old seventh-grade student at Parkway Middle School in La Mesa. This is her second year of playing Annie Who in The Grinch. Her other credits include Duffy in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions) and Lily in An American Christmas (Lamb’s Players Theatre). She has also performed at Peter Pan Junior Theatre in The Music Man and Peter Pan. She enjoys playing soccer, creating art, singing and dancing. Ms. Buckley is honored and excited to be performing at The Old Globe again this holiday. She would like to thank her family, friends and recent directors for always believing in her, and she wishes everyone a warm holiday.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Jacob Caltrider
Jacob Caltrider (Grown-Up Who Ensemble, u/s Young Max) previously appeared at the Globe with Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show and last year’s production of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! His local credits include Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd and The History Boys (Cygnet Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and Twist, Yank! and the original casts of Harmony, Kansas and The Daddy Machine (Diversionary Theatre).
Papa Who
Geno Carr
Geno Carr (Papa Who, u/s Old Max) is thrilled to return to Whoville after his debut as Papa Who last year. Mr. Carr was most recently seen on the Old Globe stage in the world premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical. In San Diego he has also been seen in The Servant of Two Masters (Craig Noel Award nomination), The Music Man and miXtape (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Parade, Little Shop of Horrors and Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company), I Love You Because and A Christmas Carol (’08 and ’09) (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and A Waltz Dream (Lyric Opera San Diego). Mr. Carr has appeared Off Broadway in Bush Wars, on the National Tours of Phantom, The Buddy Holly Story and Grease, and his favorite regional credits include Leo Bloom in The Producers, Harold Nichols in The Full Monty, Sparky in Forever Plaid, the title role in Bat Boy, Younger Brother in Ragtime, Smee in Peter Pan, Feste in Twelfth Night, Buddy Fidler in City of Angels, Luther Billis in South Pacific, Applegate in Damn Yankees, Man #2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie. He holds an M.F.A. in Acting and Directing from Sarah Lawrence College and a dual B.A. in Music and Theatre Arts from Hartwick College. www.GenoCarr.com.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Nancy Snow Carr
Nancy Snow Carr (Grown-Up Who Ensemble) is so happy to return to Whoville at The Old Globe this Christmas. Ms. Carr recently completed a four-month run of RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women at the Lyceum Theatre in San Diego. She also has been seen on the National Tours of Phantom as the understudy for Christine and The Buddy Holly Story. She also appeared as Dorothy in the Washington, DC premiere of Hunter Foster and David Kirshenbaum’s Summer of ‘42 (Round House Theatre). Some of her favorite regional credits include Julie Jordan in Carousel, Eve and Mama Noah in Children of Eden, Babe in Crimes of the Heart, Sunny in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Nellie in South Pacific, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Bobbi and Gabby in City of Angels. Ms. Carr received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Elon University and her M.F.A. from San Diego State University. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. In addition to performing, Ms. Carr teaches in the performing arts departments at San Diego State University and Grossmont College. She also operates a private studio where she offers private voice lessons, monologue coaching and audition preparation. She feels truly blessed and duly grateful to have the opportunity to make a living in the arts. www.nancysnowcarr.com.
Little Who Ensemble, Pink Group
Nikki Castillo
Nikki Castillo made her Globe debut last year in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She was more recently featured in Odyssey at the Globe and was seen as July in Annie at Moonlight Stage Productions. Her other theatre credits include The Fantastic Mr. Fox, My Son Pinocchio and Seussical the Musical (San Diego Junior Theatre) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Annie Jr. (Arts Off Broadway). As part of Leigh Scarritt Productions, she was featured in A Night of Divas at Lyric at the Birch and at the San Diego Shakespeare Student Festival and Celebrity Sonnets Festival. She also had the honor of singing both the Philippine and the U.S. national anthems at a recent Philippine Independence Day festival. Ms. Castillo is 12 years old and in seventh grade at Good Shepherd Catholic School. She feels delighted and blessed to be back in Whoville this Christmas and is grateful to God, to her family and friends for all their love and support and to Walker and Ms. Leigh for their guidance and encouragement.
Cindy-Lou Who, Pink Group
Remy Margaret Corbin
Remy Margaret Corbin made her Old Globe debut last year as Cindy-Lou Who and is delighted to be back in Whoville for another holiday season. She recently appeared as Molly in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions) and other theatre credits include Annie Jr. and Disney’s Cinderella Kids. Ms. Corbin has danced in San Elijo Dance and Music Academy’s Nutcracker at California Center for the Arts, Escondido (‘08,’09) and is always seen twirling and tapping. A second grader, she enjoys doing projects on her classroom Smart Board, playing with friends, writing stories and cuddling with her dog.
Little Who Ensemble, Pink Group
Kevin Davison
Kevin Davison (Little Who Ensemble, Red Group) is thrilled to be returning to The Old Globe for a second season and thanks the artistic team for an amazing experience. He was most recently seen as King Louie and Colonel Hathi in Disney’s The Jungle Book. Some of his other favorite roles have been Jojo in Seussical the Musical (Pickwick Players) and The Mayor of Munchkinland in The Wizard of Oz, Bashful in Snow White and Michael Darling in Peter Pan (Christian Youth Theater). Mr. Davison, who is 12 years old, is an outstanding student at Horizon Christian Academy. He loves singing, dancing and writing music. When he isn’t on stage he likes playing with his wild beagle Shrek, being crazy with his friends and hanging out with his awesome sister Randi. He likes all kinds of movies ranging from Bye Bye Birdie to The Avengers. Mr. Davison hopes to be on Broadway someday but knows that wherever life takes him he will always have a song in his heart.
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Danielle Dawson
Danielle Dawson is excited to be celebrating the holidays in Whoville. Her prior favorite roles include Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (Sycamore Ridge Drama Club) and Annie in Annie (CYT@school). She dances at the California Ballet School and has performed in The Nutcracker (‘05-‘10) and Alice in Wonderland (‘09, ‘11) with California Ballet Company. She also studies and performs at San Diego Junior Theatre, most recently dancing and singing in A Year with Frog and Toad. She is a Girl Scout, is learning piano and cello and plays in the Carmel Valley Middle School orchestra.
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Julia Dawson
Julia Dawson is an aspiring triple threat who is ecstatic to join the Grinch cast this year. She studies dance at the California Ballet School and has performed in The Nutcracker (‘07-‘10) and Alice in Wonderland (‘09, ‘11) with California Ballet Company. Julia has also performed with San Diego Junior Theatre in A Year with Frog and Toad and with Broadway Bound Youth Theatre, where her favorite role was Duffy in Annie. She enjoys Girl Scouts and creating improv theatre with her Drama Girl friends at Sycamore Ridge Drama Club. Happy Grinchy holidays!
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Madi Rae DiPietro
Madi Rae DiPietro made her musical theatre debut this year at La Jolla Playhouse as a pageant girl in Little Miss Sunshine and just finished appearing at the Lyceum in San Diego Musical Theatre’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as part of the ensemble cast. Ms. DiPietro is thrilled to be joining the cast of Grinch at The Old Globe. She is an accomplished dancer at the age of 11 trained in ballet, jazz, tap and lyrical dance as well as musical theatre and is an avid choreographer. She has appeared in numerous commercials for Disney, LEGOLAND and Wal-Mart and made her television debut in the NBC soap opera “Days of our Lives.”
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Randall Dodge
Randall Dodge (Grown-Up Who Ensemble, u/s The Grinch) previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘06, ‘07, ‘10 and ‘11). His regional credits include The Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd, South Pacific, Annie, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Sound of Music, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Company, Annie Get Your Gun, Crazy for You, The Secret Garden, Beauty and the Beast, The Pirates of Penzance, The Fantasticks, Children of Eden, The Most Happy Fella, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Promises, Promises, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, She Loves Me, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the West Coast premieres of No Way to Treat a Lady and Pete ‘n’ Keely. Mr. Dodge is a proud graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York City. www.RandallDodge.net.
Teen Who, Pink Group
A.J. Foggiano
A.J. Foggiano is thrilled to be back for a fifth year! His theatre credits include Christopher in Whisper House and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06-’09 and ’11, The Old Globe), Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Intensive), Randolph MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie (San Diego Musical Theatre), Coroner, Ozian and Monkey in The Wizard of Oz (Starlight Musical Theatre), Frog in A Year with Frog and Toad and Dan Dad and Jesus in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (San Diego Junior Theatre), Horton in Seussical the Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego), Eddie and Rabi in 13 (American Rose Theatre) and Michael Darling in Peter Pan (Christian Youth Theater). His film and television credits include Drug User in an Oxycontin PSA (KUSI), Anthony in Ready? OK! (Daisy 3 Pictures) and Young Keokum in The Legend of Pocahontas (I Can Fly Pictures).
Old Max
Steve Gunderson
Steve Gunderson (Old Max) has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘99, ‘00, ‘03, ‘05, ‘07-’11), Suds: The Rocking ‘60s Musical Soap Opera (also co-writer/arranger), A Trip to Chinatown and Hadrian VII. His Off Broadway credits include Suds (original cast), Forever Plaid, Back to Bacharach and David (original cast, co-created with Kathy Najimy), Butley and Street Scene. Most recently he appeared as Benjamin Franklin in 1776 (Cabrillo Music Theatre). His additional credits include The Nightingale and Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse), Dirty Blonde, Parade and Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company), Romance, Miss Witherspoon and A Christmas Carol (San Diego Repertory Theatre), An Ideal Husband (Lamb’s Players Theatre) and major roles at Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, North Coast Repertory Theatre and La Mirada Theatre. He played multiple roles in the National Tour of The Grapes of Wrath with Ed Harris and in the popular revue The Melinda & Steve Show with Melinda Gilb. His television credits include various voices on “King of the Hill” and the new “Beavis and Butt-Head.” In 2010, Mr. Gunderson won the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Actor of the Year and for his performance as Wilbur in Hairspray (San Diego Repertory Theatre).
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Meredith Inglesby
Meredith Inglesby is thrilled to be making her debut at The Old Globe. Her Broadway credits include Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. Her National Tour credits include Little House on the Prairie and Disney’s On the Record. Regionally she has appeared as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Diana Morales in A Chorus Line, Guinevere in Camelot, Polly in Crazy for You and Roxie Hart in Chicago. Her television credits include “Law & Order.” She can be heard on the cast recordings of On the Record and The Little Mermaid. www.MeredithInglesby.net.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Kyle J. Jackson
Kyle J. Jackson (Grown-Up Who Ensemble, u/s Papa Who) is thrilled to be back in Whoville for his third year of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at the Globe. He acquired a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fullerton, and he classically trained in voice at California State University, Long Beach. He has previously worked as a principal singer for Celebrity Cruises. His theatre credits include the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Roger in Grease, Young Fool in Big River, Horton in Seussical the Musical, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance (Performance Riverside), The Gondoliers directed by Richard Sheldon and La Fille du Régiment directed by Nicola Bowie. He attributes his successes to his supportive family, friends and loved ones. www.kylejonathanjackson.com.
Grandpa Who
Phil Johnson
Phil Johnson (Grandpa Who) returns to the Globe with this year’s production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! He has appeared on Broadway in Les Misérables and in the National Tours of Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon. His San Diego credits include Mistakes Were Made and Little Shop of Horrors (Cygnet Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Leading Ladies and Pageant (North Coast Repertory Theatre), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Coronado Playhouse), The New Century (Diversionary Theatre), A Christmas Carol (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Forever Plaid (Theatre in Old Town) and True West (Sledgehammer Theatre). His original comedies include a one-man Hound of the Baskervilles (San Diego Foundation Artist Grantee), Nemesis with Mike Sears, Say Cheese (San Diego, Los Angeles and Chicago) and Casa del HaHa, an original sketch show. His television credits include “Notes from the Underbelly” (ABC), and he is a member of Acme Comedy Theatre, L.A. www.philjohnson.net.
Betty-Lou Who, Red Group
Gabi Leibowitz
Gabi Leibowitz (Teen Who, Pink Group) is proud and excited to be returning this year to The Old Globe. She is 14 years old and has been performing in dance, musical theatre and film since the age of four. She has been fortunate to train and perform with local, professional and community theatre companies including Lyric at the Birch’s Summer Academy, San Diego Junior Theatre, J*Company Youth Theatre and Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego. She recently played Hazel the Witchette in the Brick-or-Treat live musical at LEGOLAND California and the principal role of Ti Moune in Once on This Island at Francis Parker School. Some of her favorite roles include Betty-Lou Who in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’11) and Shprintze in Fiddler on the Roof (Lyric Opera San Diego). Ms. Leibowitz studies ballet, jazz and tap at The Dance Academy and has danced locally in The Nutcracker for eight years. She is also passionate about singing. Highlights of her vocal achievements in 2012 include San Diego Superstars Finalist, San Diego’s Got Talent Finalist and Carlsbad Community Talent winner. Ms. Leibowitz has been blessed with a wonderful community of family, friends, coaches and mentors and appreciates all of their love, guidance and inspiration.
Young Max
Logan Lipton
Logan Lipton is pleased to return for his fourth season as Young Max at the Globe. He originated the role of Boq in the First National Tour of Wicked and joined the Broadway company soon thereafter, where he performed the role for close to two years. Off Broadway he has performed in Cupid & Psyche. Regionally, Mr. Lipton has appeared in Cy Coleman’s Great Ostrofsky (Prince Music Theater), Beauty and the Beast (Casa Mañana) and as Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Weston Playhouse). His New York readings include Office Space and Extraordinary Ordinary with Jason Danieley and Lisa Howard (Dreamlight Theatre Company), Saved (Playwrights Horizons), Bernice Bobs Her Hair and No Boundaries (Manhattan Theatre Club) and The Kay Swift Project directed by Casey Nicholaw with Beth Leavel. His film credits include Dumping Lisa directed by John Oliver and The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island starring Ernest Borgnine. Mr. Lipton’s television credits include “Medium.” He is a proud graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Michigan. He also co-developed and produces the electronic-pop musical immersion experience Walker in Babylon with production company New Make Do. NewMakeDo.com.
Cindy-Lou Who, Red Group
Caitlin McAuliffe
Caitlin McAuliffe (Cindy-Lou Who, Red Group) is honored and excited to return for a second season as Cindy-Lou Who in this year’s production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She is so happy to be back performing with all of her friends from Whoville! Ms. McAuliffe is nine years old and loves to sing and dance. She danced competitively for four years and is now part of Leigh Scarritt Productions where she has performed at Moonlight Amphitheatre, Shakespeare festivals, A Night of Divas and in group performances at the Birch North Park Theatre and Starlight Musical Theatre. In her free time, Ms. McAuliffe loves hanging out with her friends from school. She also cherishes her time with her three big brothers, Brad, Chris and Corey, and her two dogs, Sweets and Faith. She feels very blessed to be a part of this magical production and hopes that it brings joy to your holiday season. Merry Grinchmas!
Danny Who, Pink Group
Jonas McMullen
Jonas McMullen previously appeared at the Globe in 2009 and 2011 as Boo Who and Danny Who in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Most recently, Mr. McMullen performed in Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego’s production of Legally Blonde. This past year he performed the role of Patrick in Lyric Opera San Diego’s 2011 production of Mame. Also, he performed with the San Diego Opera in their 2011 season in Turandot and Der Rosenkavalier. Additionally, he appeared in the 2011 National Tour of The Wizard of Oz at the San Diego Civic Theatre. He has been fortunate to work with other community theatre groups in San Diego such as J*Company Youth Theatre and California Youth Conservatory. A special thank you to Miss Leigh for her love and guidance. Most importantly, he is grateful for the love and support from his family and friends.
Teen Who, Red Group
Dylan James Mulvaney
Dylan James Mulvaney is a freshman at Cathedral Catholic High School and is excited to rejoin the Grinch cast this holiday season. His theatre credits include Danny Who in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘08 and ‘09, The Old Globe), Celebrity Sonnets (San Diego Shakespeare Society), Ernst in Spring Awakening, Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Albert in Bye Bye Birdie and Ryan in High School Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Canyon Crest Academy). Mr. Mulvaney won Best Child Broadway Singer in Hollywood’s Best New Talent Awards 2009. He has had the pleasure of working with mentors such as Roy Mote and Leigh Scarritt. When he is not on stage, he can be found singing and dancing in Cathedral’s glee club directed by Katie Wilson.
Boo Who, Red Group
Dylan Nalbandian
Dylan Nalbandian (Boo Who, Pink Group) has appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as Boo Who (‘09-’11) and is thrilled to return for his fourth year in the same role. His other theatre credits include Michael Darling in Peter Pan, Chip in Beauty and the Beast, White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, Mowgli in The Jungle Book and many others (Broadway Theater Arts Academy). Mr. Nalbandian studies ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical and acrobatics at Georgia’s School of Dance in Escondido and is a member of their competitive dance team. He is 12 years old and in sixth grade. Mr. Nalbandian has been a huge fan of The Grinch at the Globe since he first saw it when he was three years old, and is very excited to be back in Whoville with his Who family this holiday season.
Grandma Who
Amanda Naughton
Amanda Naughton has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Jane Austen’s Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, Lost in Yonkers, The Women, The Constant Wife, Loves & Hours and Paramour. Her Broadway credits include Into the Woods (2002 revival) and The Secret Garden (also the National Tour, Jefferson Award nominee). She has appeared Off Broadway in Romance in Hard Times, Hundreds of Hats, 3 Postcards and Mr. President. Regionally she has been seen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse), A Little Night Music (at Goodspeed Musicals, LA Opera and South Coast Repertory!), Amour and O. Henry’s Lovers (Goodspeed Musicals), On the Town (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), Gypsy, Tartuffe, The Waves, Misalliance, Bedroom Farce and The Threepenny Opera (Hangar Theatre), Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, The Sound of Music, The Foreigner, Lend Me a Tenor, Steel Magnolias and Barefoot in the Park (Forestburgh Playhouse), The Royal Family (Caldwell Theatre Company), The Betrayal of Nora Blake (Cuillo Centre For The Arts), Another Kind of Hero (Walnut Street Theatre) and Edith Stein (Geva Theatre). Her television credits include the role of Betty Roberts on AMC’s original series “Remember WENN,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Payne” with John Larroquette and “Chappelle’s Show.” Her film credits include Mexico City and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which opens in December 2013.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Carly Nykanen
Carly Nykanen (Grown-Up Who Ensemble, u/s Mama Who) is excited to be back in Whoville where she was previously seen as a Who in 2011 and 2006. Her regional credits include Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin and Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse), Harvey (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Urinetown, Into the Woods, Oklahoma! and Sweeney Todd (Starlight Musical Theatre) and Fiddler on the Roof and Twice Upon a Time (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities). Ms. Nykanen has been seen in several commercials and unexpectedly giving birth on TLC’s medical reenactment show “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant.” She received her B.A. from UC Irvine. Proud member of AEA.
Betty-Lou Who, Pink Group
Natasha Partnoy
Natasha Partnoy is thrilled to be making her Globe debut. This past summer she appeared in the title role in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions). She has also played Tina Denmark in Ruthless! (The Broadway Theater in Vista). Her other favorite past credits include Fiddler on the Roof (J*Company Youth Theatre), The Sound of Music (Pacific Children’s Theatre) and Bye Bye Birdie (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego). She loves to sing and has enjoyed performing at PETCO Park, the California Center for the Arts, Lyric Opera San Diego, San Diego Shakespeare Society, Starlight Musical Theatre and many other venues. Ms. Partnoy is a sixth grader at Francis Parker School. She is excited to celebrate Christmas with her friends in Whoville.
Annie Who, Red Group
Madison Pyle
Madison Pyle (Betty-Lou Who, Red Group) is honored and excited to be back with her Whoville family this holiday season. She is a 12-year-old sixth-grade student at San Elijo Middle School who loves to read, play the flute and tap dance. Ms. Pyle’s theatre credits include Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘11) and Odyssey (The Old Globe), Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions) and Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Junie B. Jones and Pinkalicious (San Diego Junior Theatre). Ms. Pyle has been blessed to be surrounded by wonderful family, friends and mentors who inspire her each and every day!
Little Who Ensemble, Pink Group
Emma Rasse
Emma Rasse is thrilled to be back in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for the second time. She was recently seen as Bielke in Fiddler on the Roof (San Diego Lyric Opera) and in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions). In the past, she played Molly in Annie with Melinda Gilb and Hello, Dolly! (Starlight Musical Theatre). Her other credits include Bye Bye Birdie, Fame and High School Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and The Sound of Music (J*Company Youth Theatre). As part of Leigh Scarritt Productions, she has performed at The Shakespeare Sonnet Festival that was held in the Old Globe Theatre as well as at San Diego Repertory Theatre, the San Diego Shakespeare Student Festival, the Celebrity Sonnet Festival and the Balboa Theatre. Ms. Rasse is turning 10 during the run of this show and is in fifth grade at Kate Sessions Elementary School.
Little Who Ensemble, Pink Group
Blue Schroeder
Blue Schroeder is thrilled to be making her Globe debut in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She recently appeared in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (San Diego Musical Theatre). Her favorite previous credits include Young Cosette in Les Misérables (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and Lucy Pevensie in Narnia (Peninsula Youth Theatre). Her other credits include Seussical the Musical and High School Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and Willy Wonka, Seussical the Musical, Annie and Aladdin (Peninsula Youth Theatre). Ms. Schroeder dreams of being on Broadway, but when not pursuing that goal, she is also penning her first novel.
Mama Who
Kelsey Venter
Kelsey Venter (Mama Who) is so excited to return to The Old Globe and The Grinch for her second year as Mama Who. Ms. Venter was last seen by San Diego audiences in RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women at the Lyceum Theatre. Her other San Diego credits include Sarah in Trying and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Marcy in I Love You Because (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and Beehive: The 60’s Musical and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Miracle Theatre Productions at the Theatre in Old Town). Her Bay Area credits include Theresa and Dr. Zimmerman in the workshop production of Triangle (TheatreWorks), Nancy in Oliver! (Woodminster Amphitheatre), Amalia in She Loves Me and Gloria in Boeing-Boeing (Center REP Theatre), Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera and Nina in Seagull in the Hamptons (Shotgun Players), Philotis in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore and Martha Cratchit and Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater). Ms. Venter earned her B.A. in Theatre from San Diego State University and her M.F.A. in Acting from American Conservatory Theater.
Team
Book and Lyrics
Timothy Mason
Timothy Mason (Book and Lyrics) has been represented at the Globe and on Broadway with Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His other theatre credits include Levitation, Only You, Bablyon Gardens with Timothy Hutton and Mary-Louise Parker, The Fiery Furnace starring Julie Harris (Circle Repertory Company), his five-play The Young Americans Cycle, comprised of Ascension Day, The Less Than Human Club, Time on Fire, Mullen’s Alley and My Life in the Silents (American Conservatory Theater’s Young Conservatory in San Francisco), Cannibals (Naked Eye Theatre in Chicago), Six (Guthrie Theater Lab), Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Portland Stage Company and Jungle Theatre in Minneapolis. Mr. Mason has created many plays for young audiences at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, including several musicals in collaboration with Mel Marvin, and the first Dr. Seuss musical, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins with composer Hiram Titus. Mr. Mason’s novel The Last Synapsid is published by Delacorte Press and he’s at work on a new one, The Real Inspector Bucket. Mr. Mason’s novel The Last Synapsid comes out in paperback February 2011, published by Random House.
Composer
Mel Marvin
Mel Marvin (Composer) has composed at the Globe for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Tintypes. His Broadway credits include Yentl, A History of the American Film, Tintypes (Tony Award nomination), Fascinating Rhythm, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Cymbeline (Lincoln Center Theater). He has also had nine shows produced Off Broadway. Other credits include scores for many of America’s best-known regional theatres, including Arena Stage, The Guthrie Theater, American Repertory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Lincoln Center Theater and Mark Taper Forum, where he was an associate artist and wrote the original music for the premiere of Angels in America. Mr. Marvin’s other projects include Guest from the Future, an opera with libretto by Jonathan Levi, which had its premiere in the Summerscape program at the new Fisher Center for the Arts in July 2004, and Buwalsky, an opera commissioned by Holland’s Opera Spanga, which premiered in The Netherlands in August 2004 and subsequently toured the U.S., with performances in New Haven and New York City. His new musical, EDEN, set in New Orleans the week after Katrina, was done at the O’Neill Music Theater Conference in July 2010. Mr. Marvin is head faculty composer and producing director of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of seven musicals for young audiences he has written for his daughter, Kate.
Conceived and Directed Original Production
Jack O'Brien
Jack O’Brien (Conceived and Directed Original Production / Artistic Director Emeritus) served as the Artistic Director of The Old Globe from 1982 through 2007. Mr. O’Brien will direct Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes in Theresa Rebeck’s Dead Accounts on Broadway this fall. His Broadway credits also include: Catch Me If You Can, Impressionism, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony Award), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony nomination), More to Love, Getting Away with Murder, Pride’s Crossing, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award, Best Director), Damn Yankees, Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination), Porgy and Bess (Tony Award). Metropolitan Opera: II Trittico. London: Love Never Dies, Hairspray (Olivier nomination). National Theatre: His Girl Friday. Six movies for PBS’s “American Playhouse.” Awards: 2008 Theatre Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005 John Houseman Award, ArtServe Michigan 2008 International Achievement Award, Honorary Doctorate, University of Michigan. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of San Diego. Film (actor): Sex and the City 2.
Director
James Vásquez
James Vásquez (Director) has recreated the original musical staging of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! since 2003. Recently at the Globe he directed Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, served as Associate Director of Jane Austen’s Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy and provided musical staging for Boeing-Boeing. He won the 2010 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Direction for Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company). His recent directing credits include Harmony, Kansas (workshop at Goodspeed Musicals), Pippin, the world premiere of Harmony, Kansas, Next Fall and the West Coast premieres of [title of show], Fair Use and Twist (Diversionary Theatre), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Cygnet) and Into the Woods (New Village Arts). He also served as choreographer for the Cygnet productions of Little Shop of Horrors and A Little Night Music. Along with his partners Mark Holmes and Carrie Preston, Mr. Vásquez is co-founder of Daisy 3 Pictures. Their first two feature films, 29th and Gay (TLA Releasing, Here TV) and Ready? OK! (Wolfe Video, LOGO) have played national and international film festivals, with Ready? OK! taking top honors in Seattle, North Carolina and San Diego. Daisy 3’s latest feature, That’s What She Said starring Anne Heche, made its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theatres this past October. As an actor, Mr. Vásquez has appeared on film, television, Off Broadway and regional and local stages. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
Original Choreography
John DeLuca
John DeLuca (Original Choreography) Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago, The Terminal. TV: “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” “The 75th Annual Academy Awards,” “The Kennedy Center Honors.” Broadway/NY theatre: Minnelli on Minnelli, Broadway Sings Elton John, Deborah Voight on Broadway, Sweet Adeline (City Center Encores!), Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Public). National tour: The Boy Friend, Chita and All That Jazz, Music of the Night, Brigadoon. American Stage Company: Oedipus Private Eye, Lucky Guy, The Gig. American Musical Theatre Award, Choreography Media Honors, American Choreography Award, two Emmy Awards. Currently producing the film version of Into the Woods.
Additional Choreography
Bob Richard
Bob Richard (Additional Choreography) has provided choreography for the Broadway and Tour productions of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His television and event credits include “LazyTown” with Turner Network Television, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Today Show” and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. His regional credits include Music Circus (resident choreographer for 14 years, staging over 30 productions), The 5th Avenue Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, The Old Globe, Theatre Under The Stars and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Richard won a Bay Area Critics Circle Award for his work with the American Musical Theatre of San Jose and an Ivey and Houston Area Theatre Award for Choreography on his tour of Cabaret. He is the Founding Artistic Director of The American Musical Theatre Dance Company. He has been dancing, teaching and choreographing all over the world encompassing 30 years in show business. Love to Diane and Robert Henry.
Musical Director
Ron Colvard
Ron Colvard has worked in all genres of music as a singer, pianist, arranger and orchestrator, from stage to film and television. Mostly recently he played for Heather Headley (Tony and Grammy winner) at an event for the PGA. As a musical director, he has conducted staged events across the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe. He was the conductor for the L.A. premiere of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! starring John Larroquette at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and is happy to be returning to The Old Globe for the fifth year. Also at the Globe, Mr. Colvard was the associate conductor for Dancing in the Dark starring Scott Bakula. He was the assistant conductor for the National Tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Hairspray. His National Tours include Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Wicked, Movin’ Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Norbert Leo Butz and The King and I starring Stephanie Powers. His regional theatre credits include A Chorus Line, Chicago, Into the Woods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sophisticated Ladies, Once on This Island and Man of La Mancha. Mr. Colvard is a seven-time Arizoni Award nominee and winner for Best Musical Direction for Chicago and Into the Woods. www.roncolvard.com.
Scenic Design
John Lee Beatty
John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design) has designed the Globe productions of Cornelia, Dancing in the Dark, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Redwood Curtain. His Broadway credits include An Enemy of the People, The Columnist, Good People, Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities, Times Stands Still, A View From the Bridge, The Royal Family, The Color Purple, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, Chicago, Dinner at Eight, Morning’s at Seven, Proof, Footloose, The Little Foxes, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Anna Christie, Redwood Curtain, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Most Happy Fella, Penn and Teller (twice), Burn This, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (twice), Talley’s Folly, Fifth of July and Crimes of the Heart. His Off Broadway credits include The Whipping Man, Sylvia, The Substance of Fire, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Road to Mecca, Song of Singapore, A Life in the Theatre, The Miss Firecracker Contest, 35 seasons at Manhattan Theatre Club and Circle Repertory Company and 18 seasons at City Center Encores! He has also designed at major regional theatres and in film, opera and TV. Mr. Beatty is the recipient of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards and is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama.
Costume Design
Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan is an Old Globe Associate Artist and has designed the Globe productions of God of Carnage, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Life of Riley, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Moonlight and Magnolias, Vincent in Brixton, Bus Stop, Love & Hours and Imaginary Friends, among others. He has designed the Broadway productions of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Full Monty, Imaginary Friends, I’m Not Rappaport and Sherlock’s Last Case. His Off Broadway credits include Pride’s Crossing and Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theater) and The Loves of Anatol (Circle in the Square Theatre). His television credits include American Playhouse, The Skin of Our Teeth and A Christmas Carol. He has designed internationally for the West End and Maria Theresa’s Schönbrunn Palace Theater in Vienna. His regional credits include Ahmanson Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, American Players Theatre, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Guthrie Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has received two Drama Desk nominations, 12 Drama-Logue Awards and has exhibited at Prague Quadrennial. He is the former Director of Boston University’s Theatre Arts Division, School for the Arts.
Lighting Design
Pat Collins
Pat Collins (Lighting Design) has designed the Globe productions of Twelfth Night, Cymbeline and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Her Broadway credits include Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Doubt (Tony nomination), Sight Unseen, Proof, A Moon for the Misbegotten, A Delicate Balance, The Sisters Rosensweig, Conversations with My Father, The Heidi Chronicles, I’m Not Rappaport (Tony Award), Execution of Justice (Drama Desk Award), the original and 1988 revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Once Upon a Mattress, An American Daughter and many more. Her Lincoln Center Theater credits include Third, Ten Unknowns, Death and the King’s Horseman, The Threepenny Opera (Tony nomination), The Floating Lightbulb and Measure for Measure. Her Off Broadway credits include The Foreigner, Doubt, Burn This, Quartermaine’s Terms, How I Got That Story and A Life in the Theatre. Ms. Collins has designed lighting at theatres throughout the country, including the Mark Taper Forum, McCarter Theatre Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Alley Theatre, CENTERSTAGE Baltimore, Long Wharf Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, American Repertory Theater and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She also designed Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and over 100 productions for opera companies throughout the world.
Sound Design
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson has designed over 100 productions at The Old Globe, including The Brothers Size, God of Carnage, Nobody Loves You, Anna Christie, Odyssey, Engaging Shaw, Life of Riley, Plaid Tidings — A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Last Romance, Lost in Yonkers, I Do! I Do!, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Cornelia, Kingdom, Six Degrees of Separation, The Women, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bell, Book and Candle, Two Trains Running, Hold Please, Restoration Comedy, Pig Farm, Moonlight and Magnolias, Vincent in Brixton, Lucky Duck, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Pentecost, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, The Boswell Sisters, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, and many more. His regional credits include designs for Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, La Jolla Playhouse, Sledgehammer Theatre (Associate Artist), Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, San Diego Repertory Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Malashock Dance, University of San Diego, San Diego State University and Freud Playhouse at UCLA. Mr. Peterson received his B.F.A. in Drama with an emphasis in Technical Design from San Diego State University.
Orchestrator
Anita Ruth
Anita Ruth (Orchestrator) is an orchestrator, arranger and musical director active in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. She has prepared over 150 musicals in the last 30 years. She was the musical director of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres from 1968 to 1988. Since then she has been a freelance music director and orchestrator at Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, Bloomington Civic Theatre and Theatre Mu among others. She has been the arranger/music director for three Shakespeare productions at the Guthrie as well as music directing their production of A Christmas Carol for the last seven years. In 2004 she orchestrated two operas composed by Mel Marvin—one presented in Holland and the other at Bard College.
Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music
Joshua Rosenblum
Joshua Rosenblum (Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music) has conducted 13 Broadway and Off Broadway shows, specializing in flying vehicles (Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!). He is the composer/lyricist of the Off Broadway smash hit revue Bush is Bad, as well as the musicals Fermat’s Last Tango, Einstein’s Dreams and Garbo and Me. As a pianist, he has appeared with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Encores! series at New York City Center and in solo recitals at Symphony Space. He is a faculty member at the Yale University Department of Music and a contributing writer for Opera News. Mr. Rosenblum is the founder and music director of the Pit Stop Players and the recent recipient of a grant from Signature Theatre Theatre in Washington, DC as part of the American Musical Voices Project: the Next Generation.
Dance Music Arranger
David Krane
David Krane (Dance Music Arranger) created the dance music and additional scoring for the Oscar-winning Chicago and the film of Nine, produced and arranged Michelle Williams’ vocals for My Week with Marilyn and composed Aspire with Stephen Cole, the first American musical produced in the Middle East, and their musical comedy about that incredible experience, The Road to Qatar!, which was produced in Dallas and New York City. The CD, recorded by jayrecords.com, is available on iTunes. www.davidkrane.com.
Stage Manager
Leila Knox
Leila Knox (Stage Manager) has previously worked on the Globe productions of Cornelia, The American Plan, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ace, The Violet Hour, Himself and Nora, Take Me Out, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘04-’11), the 2004 Summer Shakespeare Festival, Resurrection Blues, Bus Stop, Much Ado About Nothing and Dirty Blonde. Her Broadway credits include Dirty Blonde, Amour and One Mo’ Time. Her regional credits include production supervisor of Dirty Blonde (National Tour and West Yorkshire Playhouse), shows at Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, SITI Company, Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theatre Company and 11 seasons with the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She received her education at Northwestern University.
Assistant Stage Manager
Annette Yé
Annette Yé (Assistant Stage Manager) served as stage manager for The Old Globe’s Pygmalion, God of Carnage, Anna Christie, Groundswell and the 2010 production of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Her other Globe credits include Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’11 and ‘12), Boeing-Boeing, The First Wives Club, Opus, Dancing in the Dark, Hay Fever and the Summer Shakespeare Festivals 2008 and 2010-2012. Ms. Yé’s regional credits include Peter and the Starcatchers, Tobacco Road and ¡Salsalandia! (La Jolla Playhouse). Her other credits include 9 Parts of Desire (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company).
