Wilson

Bryan Barbarin

is a member of LPT’s resident acting ensemble. His credits at Lamb’s Players include An American Christmas, Godspell, The Fantasticks, Hip Pocket (LPT Educational Outreach), and Hello, Dolly! Regional: The Threepenny Opera (Crooked Finger Jake), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Judah), Sideshow (Jake), Dreamgirls (Jerry), La Posada Mágica (Eli/Buzzard), Christmas is Coming Uptown (Christmas Past), Ragtime (Gang Member), The Wizard of Oz (Winkie), and Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey 2). Voice-Over: Legends, Spellforce 2, and Runaway 2.

Lamb's Players Staff Member

Mrs. Chauvenet

Glynn Bedington

Recent acting credits include: Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Patté Award, Compass Theatre) Agripina in Britannicus (Compass Theatre), Lady Croom in Arcadia, Birdie in The Little Foxes (Robby and Craig Noel Awards, Cygnet Theatre), Inez in Life X 3, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Mrs. Voysey in The Voysey Inheritance and Sybil Birling in An Inspector Calls (Lamb’s Players Theatre – Associate Artist), Phyllis in The Twilight of the Golds (Diversionary Theatre), The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (6th @Penn). Glynn’s recent directing credits include: The Diary of Anne Frank and To Kill a Mockingbird for San Diego Junior Theatre and He Said (Short Stories by Raymond Carver) for laterthanever. Glynn’s most recent writing, Trials and Tribulations, What Every Witness Needs to Know Before Facing a Jury is now available on Amazon and Kindle. Glynn is grateful to once again be working with the Lamb’s Players Family.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Judge Omar Gaffney

Jim Chovick

has appeared in 22 productions with LPT: Boomers; The Voysey Inheritance; Amadeus; Rehearsal for Murder; The Winslow Boy; 1776; A Man For All Seasons; Ring Round The Moon; My Fair Lady; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; You Can’t Take It With You; A Woman of No Importance; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Festival of Christmas ’99, ’04 and ’06; 6 productions of An American Christmas. Other San Diego theatres: The Old Globe, Cygnet Theatre (Resident Artist), La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, North Coast Rep (Associate Artist), New Village Arts, Sledgehammer Theater, Eveoke Dance Theater, Starlight Theatre, The Avo@Moonlight, 6th@Penn, The Ark, CCT, Mystery Café, Vantage Theater and The Fritz. Awards: San Diego Critics Circle, Backstage West Dramalogue, KPBS Patté, Billie, and Robby.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Mrs. Chumley / Understudy: Veta Louise

Cynthia Gerber

was a member of LPT’s Resident Ensemble from 1988 to 2001 and is now an Associate Artist. Cynthia was seen as “Susan” in LPT’s world premiere The Hit. Favorite productions at LPT include Susan and God, The Miracle Worker, Flight, Steel Magnolias, Quilters, Busman’s Honeymoon, Detective Story, See How They Run, Amadeus, Dracula, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Ring Round The Moon. Cynthia studied at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is also enjoying her role as Cannon and Spencer’s mom.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Lofgren, the Cabbie

Greg Good

has performed in Five Cups of Coffee, Amadeus and South Pacific, as well as several seasons with LPT’s Educational Outreach team touring to schools throughout the southland. Since age 10, Greg gained much of his performing experience with CYT. He is glad to return to the stage after a 3 year break during which he earned his masters degree in Marriage & Family Therapy. He’s proud to dedicate this performance to his 1 year old daughter, Piper-Joy and his wife MJ. He dreams of one day blending theatre and psychology to form a unique approach to character development.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Elwood P. Dowd

David Cochran Heath

joined our Resident Company in 1981. Over the years he has performed in many productions at LPT including Room Service, Arms and the Man, Hamlet, The Foreigner, The Nerd, Tartuffe, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Detective Story, The Tavern, Charley’s Aunt, Amadeus and To Kill A Mockingbird (with his daughter Carrie).
David also serves as the company’s Director of Facilities.

Lamb's Players Staff Member

Nurse Kelly

Kelli Kelley

has performed all over San Diego with Moonlight, Starlight and CCT. Lamb’s Players productions include Godspell, Into the Woods, American Rhythm, South Pacific and both Festival of Christmas and An American Christmas. She has performed full-time with Lamb’s Players Educational Outreach team and was given the opportunity to direct for them as well. Kelli graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Vocal Arts and Musical Theatre. Among her favorite shows are Fiddler on the Roof (Tzeitel), Pippin (Catherine), Grease (Marty), Evita (Aristocrat) and Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Larken). Thank you to my husband Mike and my daughter Finley for your unending love and support.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Veta Louise Simmons

Kerry Meads

wears many hats as actor, director, and playwright, in addition to her mainstage work. On staff at Lamb's Players Theatre since 1976, she now serves as LPT’s Associate Artistic Director. As resident playwright, her work includes Boomers, American Rhythm, Dracula, My Asparagus Is Growing Fine and LPT’s annual Festival of Christmas. Her directing credits include An Ideal Husband, Pretty Fire, Thunder At Dawn, Private Lives, The Boys Next Door, Amadeus, Beau Jest, The Foreigner and You Can’t Take It With You. As a performer she has been seen in such productions as The Great Divorce; Quilters; Tartuffe; Godspell; She Loves Me; A Woman of No Importance; You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown; Till We Have Faces; Pump Boys and Dinettes; Into The Woods; Hello, Dolly!; Boomers, The Hit and Leaving Iowa.

Lamb's Players Staff Member

Myrtle Mae Simmons

Carly Nykanen

is excited to make her Lamb’s Players debut with Harvey. Regional credits include: Bonnie and Clyde, reading of The Weathermen at La Jolla Playhouse, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas at The Old Globe, Fiddler on the Roof, Twice Upon a Time at CLO of South Bay Cities, Urinetown, Into the Woods, Oklahoma!, Sweeney Todd at Starlight Theatre. You can see Carly in several local commercials, reenactments on a cheesy medical TV show, and hanging out at Starbucks. BA from UC Irvine.

Member Actors Equity Association

Dr. Chumley

John Rosen

is happy to be back performing at Lamb’s Players with so many good friends. LPT: The Fantasticks, Room Service, American Rhythm, The Winslow Boy, and Charley’s Aunt. REGIONAL: Ella and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for San Diego Rep; A Catered Affair and The Constant Wife for The Old Globe; LOCAL: Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 and To Forgive, Divine for North Coast Rep; Bunbury, The Long Christmas Ride Home and Looking for Normal for Diversionary; and other shows in the distant past for Sledgehammer, Bowery, and Gaslamp Quarter Theatre.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Dr. Sanderson

Lance Arthur Smith

is proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity and of LPT’s Resident Ensemble, where he appeared last year in An American Christmas, Godspell, and Room Service. Other San Diego credits: Bed and Sofa (Cygnet), Intimate Apparel (San Diego Rep), A Piece of My Heart (Mo’olelo), Guys and Dolls (Moonlight), and My Fair Lady (Starlight). Regional: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Carousel, Grease (PCPA), Julius Caesar (Kingsmen Shakespeare). As a writer, his stage plays have been produced by ARK Theatre LA, internationally celebrated Tricklock, and the Actors Alliance of San Diego. He also served as head writer and series regular in the sci-fi pilot “Orbital Broadcast One,” with Star Trek regulars George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Tim Russ.

Lamb's Players Staff Member / Member Actors Equity Association

Understudy: Mrs. Chauvenet / Mrs. Chumley

Susan Andrews

is on staff at Lamb's Players and has been seen on stager here in A Man For All Seasons, Till We Have Faces and The Diviners. Other local credits include Defying Gravity, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Auntie Mame, Dancing at Lughnasa and Jake's Women at North Coast Rep. Susan is an on-air host for KPBS and a voice-over artist. Her favorite role is that of "Mom" to 9-year old daughter, Hailey.

Director

Robert Smyth

the theatre’s Producing Artistic Director and founding member of our Resident Ensemble, his performance credits include Damien, The Boys Next Door, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sleuth, Cyrano de Bergerac, Uncle Vanya, My Fair Lady, 1776, Private Lives, Art, The Fantasticks and Joyful Noise.  He has directed over 130 productions for LPT including The Light in the Piazza, Detective Story, Edith Stein, A Woman of No Importance, Joyful Noise (here and Off-Broadway), The Great Divorce, Hamlet, Metamorphoses, Into The Woods, The Secret Garden and Room Service. He is also the creator and director of the theatre’s annual holiday celebration, An American Christmas at the Hotel Del.

Lamb's Players Staff Member

Set Design

Mike Buckley

Since 1984 Mike has designed over 150 productions at Lamb’s Players Theatre in addition to many shows at such companies as Moonlight Stage Productions, The Welk Resort Theatre, San Diego Rep, The Laguna Playhouse and the Old Globe/USD MFA program. Recent favorites include sets for High School Musical at Starlight, lights for Culture Clash dance company and props for “Monster Quest” on The History Channel. Also a playwright, his romantic comedy The Hit had an extended run at the Horton Grand Theatre after premiering at LPT’s Coronado stage, and his set for The Hit earned Mike his fifth Patté Award. As an actor, Mike has appeared in many shows at LPT. Favorites include The Hit, Joseph…, Beau Jest, Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller, The Secret Garden, and My Fair Lady. On TV he has appeared in “Wicked, Wicked Games” as well as several commercials. Mike also designs residential interiors through his business, Weekend Makeover.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Lighting Design

Nathan Peirson

a graduate of Biola University, is the LPT Director of Production. He has designed lights for many productions including The Light in the Piazza, The Secret Garden, Enchanted April, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Life X 3, Metamorphoses, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Boomers, Till We Have Faces, The Great Divorce and Dracula. He is also a busy actor, photographer and musician. As a performer Nate has been seen in such productions as Tintypes, The Wind In The Willows, Alice In Concert, Festival of Christmas, and An American Christmas.

Lamb's Players Staff Member

Costume Design

Jeanne Reith

has designed over 90 productions as resident designer for LPT. Jeanne’s creative work has achieved Theatre Critics Awards such as the Craig Noel, KPBS Patté, and Billie Awards for An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, Till We Have Faces, The Boy Who Fell Into a Book, Joyful Noise, Tarantara! Tarantara!, Dr. Faustus, The Winslow Boy, and Metamorphoses. In 2008 Jeanne was presented a Patté Award for Costume Design Excellence for her entire season of productions which included Hello, Dolly!, The Voysey Inheritance, The Hit, Boomers, The Light in the Piazza, Festival of Christmas: Angel’s Arms and An American Christmas. “Theatre is a collaborative art. Without the vision of the director and the hands of the technician it all would be just a thought. The team wins awards.” -Jeanne Reith

Lamb's Players Staff Member

Sound Design

Deborah Gilmour Smyth

is an Associate Artistic Director at LPT and an actor, director, and composer. She has performed in, directed, sound designed, or choreographed over 180 productions at Lamb’s Players Theatre. LPT performance credits include: The Light in the Piazza, The Glass Menagerie, My Fair Lady, The Taming of the Shrew, Joyful Noise (here and Off-Broadway), Edith Stein, Talley’s Folly, Private Lives, Into The Woods, Boomers and The Secret Garden. At Starlight: Mother in Ragtime. At Cygnet: Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. Directing credits at LPT include: Art, Steel Magnolias, Sleuth, Life X 3, Ring Round The Moon, 1776, The Winslow Boy, Cyrano and The Rivalry. Sound design and original music credits include: Metamorphoses, Edith Stein, Flight, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Great Divorce, Till We Have Faces, Dracula and Hamlet.

Lamb's Players Staff Member

Properties Design

Michael McKeon

is the owner of bang! Media Productions, a San Diego-based marketing design company specializing in event and trade show design and collateral. He is an avid Photographer, Videographer and “maker of things.” Michael has been honored to work with LPT as a Stage Manager, Properties Designer, Scenic Designer and Scenic Artist for various shows including The Rivalry, Pump Boys & Dinettes, An American Christmas, Festival of Christmas, Leaving Iowa, Godspell, The Fantasticks, The Glass Menagerie and The Light In The Piazza. Other scenic design credits include: Killer Joe - San Diego Critics Circle Award (Compass), Side Man (Diversionary), assisting on High School Musical (Starlight), I Love a Piano (Welk Resort), and Scenic & Property Design for The Twenty Year Package and SuperHero (Compass).

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

Stage Manager

Lace Flores

is happy to be working with LPT again where she has served as a technician and Assistant Stage Manager on many productions including Enchanted April, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Festival Of Christmas, Into The Woods, American Rhythm, 1776, South Pacific, Dial M For Murder, Metamorphoses and An American Christmas. Lace is the Assistant Technical Director at Coronado High School’s Performing Arts School, COSA, where she has designed lights for Two by Five, Oliver! and Honk! She also serves as the Resident Lighting Designer at The Kroc Center. Currently she is working on her B.A., Emphasis in Design and Technology for the Theatre, at SDSU.

Lamb's Players Associate Artist

“Critic’s Choice! Even though it’s a laugh-filled comedy, Harvey won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, and Lamb’s staging of the Mary Chase classic makes you understand why. Director Robert Smyth and a gem of a cast, led by David Cochran Heath and Kerry Meads, get to the heart of the play.”

- San Diego Union-Tribune

“A fresh take on Harvey, thanks to director Robert Smyth’s clever interpretation and David Cochran Heath’s sweet, guileless performance as Elwood P. Dowd. Harvey may be funny and lighthearted, but Mary Chase’s writing is quite clever, and under Smyth’s guiding hand, the play can be appreciated on an entirely new level at Lamb’s.”

- North County Times

“Fine ensemble work, and David Cochran Heath is splendid as the vivial, egalitarian Elwood P. Dowd.”

- San Diego Reader

“A comedy classic for Lamb’s Players!”

- San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

By special arrangement with Don Gregory

Harvey

by Mary Chase
directed by Robert Smyth

June 4 - August 22, 2010

Lamb's Players Theatre

1142 Orange Ave, Coronado CA 92118

Run Time:

2 Hours including a 15 minute intermission

Box Office Hours:

Tue - Sat, Noon to 7pm / Sun, Noon to 2pm

Discounts:

Youth (ages 5 – 29) and Active Military (with ID) – Half Price
Seniors (65+) and Groups of 10+ – $5 off
For Group discounts for more than 10 people please contact Susan Andrews (619) 437-6050 x26