BJ Smyth (Roland)  is rather delighted to be working with SSR (for the first time) to help bring this beautiful script to life. Recent stage credits include Willy Wonka (Driftwood Players 2023), Ada and the Engine (Driftwood 2024), Move Over Mrs. Markham (Phoenix Theatre 2024), Tartuffe: Born Again (Phoenix 2024), V.C.C: Return to Sender (Latitude Theatre 2024), Ripcord (As If Theatre 2025), and Same Time, Next Year (Heart Rep 2025). Be grateful and kind  Thanks to J&J. @Benjamin.J.Smyth



Leah Shannon (Marianne) is beyond excited to make her debut at SSR! She graduated WWU in 2023, where she played in numerous productions such as Jean in Dead Man's Cell Phone and Henry Condell in Book of Will, and earned the Irene Ryan award from the Kennedy Center ACT Festival her senior year. Since then, she's made her way up and down the coast in various film and theatre projects. Locally, she was recently in Good Water, a new work directed by Max Koh, where she was nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actor by Sound on Stage! She's thrilled to be working in the city she grew up in, and wants to shout out her parents for being so supportive of her career from the very beginning!



MEET THE PRODUCTION TEAM

Doug Fahl (Director) feels existessially blessed to once again direct at SSR, having previously directed BE MORE CHILL, A Christmas Carol (2018), and Merrily We Roll Along. He has also directed multiple video projects, public access television shows, a YouTube Channel (Augmented Actor) and even a few Virtual Reality Projects. As an actor, you might remember Doug onstage at SSR in Chess, Bunnicula, Little Shop of Horrors, Bye Bye Birdie and Sunday in the Park with George . He has starred in the feature indie horror film Zombies of Mass Destruction (2010) and has had the privilege of performing on several other Seattle area stages. Favorite shows include Billy Elliot and Beauty & the Beast (Village Theater); Cabaret and Tommy (SMT); Into the Woods (Stage Right); Shipwrecked! (ArtsWest); and Great Gatsby (Seattle Rep). He was nominated for a Gregory Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Pride (Theatre22). Love and thanks to Scott for his constant love and support.

Tim Bartz (Stage Manager) This is Tim’s second production with SSR. A graduate from Bellevue College, where Tim worked on over 30 productions as either a manager, director, technician, or actor and received honors for Stage Management and Tech Olympics from KCACTF. He last Stage Managed at SSR for Doubt: a Parable. Recently Tim SM’d and Stagehand for Strawberry Theatre Festival in June and was a Stagehand for 14/48 in July. Tim can be seen in Snowflake Lane during the holidays as Float Patrol Manager. On top of working in theater, he helps teach the next generation of theater and adjudicating at State thespians and attends USITT every year as a member of SMA (Stage Managers of America). Tim is honored to work on this production and hopes you enjoy the show!



Mark Chenovick (Production Design)
Grace Helmcke (Dialiect Coach)
Ken Michels (Artistic Associate)