Leslie Breton (Stage Manager) is proud to make her debut at Bus Barn with this show. She has been stage managing for over 10 years. Some of her works include: Hero for Teatro Vision, Befriending Shirley, The Climate Theater SF; Door # 3; True West; The Baltimore Waltz, and World Goes Round for Pear Avenue Theatre. The Rocky Horror Show; Don Juan in Chicago; Assassins; A…My Name is Alice; Jesus Christ Superstar; and the rehearsal stage manager Noises Off! for City Lights Theater Company. Other credits include La Virgen del Tepeyac, La Pastorela, Cenci, El Findel Mundo, Punkstorela for El Teatro Campesino; along with a variety of corporate/private events and festivals.

Barbara J. Cannon (Director) has worked professionally as a director since 1991, when she directed her first show with Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City. Since that time, she has directed over 50 productions and served as Associate Director at Hillbarn Theater from 1991-1993, as Associate Artistic Director at Palo Alto Players from 1993-1998, and currently is Artistic Director at Bus Barn Stage Company. She has also worked as an actor, singer, costume designer, set and props designer, and teacher at Foothill College. Barbara is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Dramatic Arts Department, and did postgraduate work at University of Hawaii, Manoa. She was awarded a 2003 Artists Fellowship for Stage Direction by Arts Council Silicon Valley. For BBSC, she has directed Arcadia, Greetings!, Neville's Island, Cabaret, The Laramie Project, Joyful Noise, The Secret Garden, Dinner with Friends, Inspecting Carol, The Good­bye Girl, Are We Almost There?, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Forever Plaid, The World Goes 'Round, Young Billy, Aida, John& Jen, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, the real thing, the importance of being earnest, breaking up is hard to do, season’s greetings and has designed a multitude of costumes, sets, and props.

Valerie Clear (Lighting Designer) though making her design debut at Bus Barn, Valerie's history with Barbara goes back before 1991 when Barbara directed her in her first appearance on stage in Rose Jewel and Harmony at Hillbarn Theatre. Since then she has designed lights and sound around the bay. She recently designed sound for Nickel and Dimed (Pear Avenue) and the Little Foxes (Hillbarn Theatre). Valerie designed lights for Coastal Rep. for 3 seasons. Favorites include; The Secret Garden, Approaching Zanzibar, Nickel and Dimed and the Mystery of Edwin Drood. Despite Valerie’s recent back surgery she is determined that it will not stop her lighting. This one’s for her theatre mommy Barbara, its about time we worked together again!

Ron Gasparinetti (Scenic Designer) Ron has designed hundreds of shows over the past 25 years and has been a member of the Bay Area theatre community for a little over a decade. In January 2007, he and good friend Charles McKeithan joined forces to start their own company “THRUST Scenic Design & Construction”. Together they look forward to bringing you many more years of theatrical enjoyment. Ron is a proud member of Theater Bay Area. To see more of his work, please visit www.rgaspar.com.

Emily Greene (Costume Designer) was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. In June 2007 she received a Masters of Fine Arts in Set and Costume Design from Ohio University, after which she spent a brief stint in New York City assisting the Broadway set designer David Gallo, before moving to the Bay Area in February 2008 to pursue a career as a freelance set and costume designer, and scenic artist. She lives in Oakland with her boyfriend Dave, and is working hard to build her reputation as a designer and achieve her dreams. Local credits include: BBSC's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, associate set design for the California Shakespeare Theatre production of Pericles, and scenery and costumes for the Bentley School production of Metamorphoses.

Charles McKeithan (Master Carpenter) has been a handyman by day and an actor by night in the local Bay Area for the past ten years. Last year he joined forces with Ron Gasparinetti to form THRUST Scenic Design and Construction. He now has the pleasure of earning a living working in theater full time to help bring Ron's creative visions to life. For more on Charles visit www.charlesmck.com.

Rich Miller (Sound Designer) is very happy to be returning to the Bus Barn sound department. Previous sound designs by Rich include The Importance of Being Earnest, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Enchanted April at Bus Barn; Noises Off at Palo Alto Players; and Prelude to a Kiss at Northside Theatre Company. His favorite roles on stage include Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew (Shady Shakespeare), Frank the Bellhop in Lend Me a Tenor (Santa Clara Players), and Ezra Chater in Arcadia (Pear Avenue Theater). By day, Rich is a voice actor and web application developer.

Ruth E. Stein (Properties Designer) Ruth E. made her Bus Barn debut as Boo Levy in last winter’s production of The Last Night of Ballyhoo. This award-winning actor/singer has worked extensively in the Bay Area for the past 35 years both onstage and off, in radio voiceovers, as a back-up recording vocalist, and in several industrial films. Following her passion of antiques, theatre and the “thrill-of-the-hunt,” she started “propEARLYdone,” providing the props design for Breaking Up is Hard to Do and SEASON'S GREETINGS. Look for RuthE in Foothill Music Theatre's production of Bat Boy in Feb/March.