The Cast for "The Woman in the Wall"
Peter Cook - Joseph
Peter is absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to work on this premier with such a talented cast and crew. Most recently he has performed with the Valley Center Stage in North Bend, as George, in Moon over Buffalo and Charlie, in The Foreigner. Prior to that his favorite roles include Hank (et al) in Accomplice, Richard, in Opening Night and Baptista, in Taming of the Shrew. Peter is originally from Mississauga, Ont. and currently lives (across the big water) in Issaquah. He would like to thank Dan for such a great character, Morgan for all his help, and the rest of the cast for their generosity and support. As always, he is nothing without the love and support from Carolynn, and his three children John, Dylan, and Samantha.
Read an interview with Peter on our Production Blog.
Read an interview with Peter on our Production Blog.
Elinor Gunn - Stephanie
Elinor is very glad to be working with Seattle Playwright's Collective again, this time in a full production. She has done readings for them in the past and loves working with Dan on new work. Most recently, she played Melibea/Isabelle/Hippolyta in Sound Theatre Company's production of The Illusion by Tony Kushner. In January she will be acting in Centerstage's production of Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig, and applying for NYU and
Yale in February. So many thanks to her family and friends for their love and support. She hopes you enjoy the show!
Read an interview with Elinor on our Production Blog.
Erin Ison - Sylvia
Born in Iowa, raised in Arizona, Erin studied theater at St. Olaf College and finished her B.A. at A.S.U. before relocating to Seattle in 2009. When she isn't slaving away over a hot theater, she can be found at karaoke establishments or at home watching Chopped with her talented husband Justin and ever loving puppy Cricket. See her next in Pacific Play Company's Spring production, Madrid's Bow. This is her 12th Seattle production.
Read an interview with Erin on our Production Blog.
Read an interview with Erin on our Production Blog.
Qadriyyah Shabazz - Angela
Qadriyyah is an actress/poet/writer pleased to perform with Pacific Play Company as Angela. She holds a BFA in Original Works Theater from Cornish College of the Arts. Her recent work includes writing Combing Through My Kitchens, a solo show utilizing Spoken Word poetry. A reading of scenes from Combing Through My Kitchens was performed this October at Northwest African American Museum with the Mahogany Project. Qadriyyah is writing poetry compositions for the DE Cajon Project’s De Inga Y Mandinga An Afro- Peruvian Multimedia Tribute to Mixed Heritage premiering at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center this winter.
Acting credits include Her in Far But Close A Spoken Word Ballet performed with The Dance Theatre of Harlem, written and performed with Daniel Beaty (The Moore Theatre), Oprah and variety of TV characters in Jessica Hatlo’s Gregory Award nominated play Stuck (WET Theatre), Hippolyta A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Tierra The Young Playwrights Festival/Colors of Our Lives(ACT Theatre), Ensemble Callejon (Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center), Yevette Little Bee touring reading (Book-It Theatre). With the direction of Valerie Curtis-Newton (Director/Educator) Qadriyyah performed in a workshop reading of The Ashes Under Gait City by Christina Anderson during One Coast Collaboration 2012. Film credits include: A Bit Of Bad Luck set to debut 2013 starring Cary Elwes and Teri Polo. This winter catch Qadriyyah performing with Living Voices as Ruby Hollis in the one woman show The Right to Dream. "For my family"
Acting credits include Her in Far But Close A Spoken Word Ballet performed with The Dance Theatre of Harlem, written and performed with Daniel Beaty (The Moore Theatre), Oprah and variety of TV characters in Jessica Hatlo’s Gregory Award nominated play Stuck (WET Theatre), Hippolyta A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Tierra The Young Playwrights Festival/Colors of Our Lives(ACT Theatre), Ensemble Callejon (Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center), Yevette Little Bee touring reading (Book-It Theatre). With the direction of Valerie Curtis-Newton (Director/Educator) Qadriyyah performed in a workshop reading of The Ashes Under Gait City by Christina Anderson during One Coast Collaboration 2012. Film credits include: A Bit Of Bad Luck set to debut 2013 starring Cary Elwes and Teri Polo. This winter catch Qadriyyah performing with Living Voices as Ruby Hollis in the one woman show The Right to Dream. "For my family"
Daniel Wood - Jake
Daniel is thrilled to be making his debut with Pacific Play Company. His most recent credits include Kiril Ivakin in Superior Donuts (Seattle Public Theater), Buckingham in HenryVIII (GreenStage) and Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret (The Schoolyard at Re-bar). He has also had the great pleasure to perform with Book-It Rep, Wooden O, Theater Schmeater, Balagan Theatre, Centerstage, Annex, Sound Theatre Company, SecondStory Rep, Harlequin Productions and the Seattle Opera. Much love to his beautiful and gifted wife, Julia Evanovich. Watch for him next May as Harry Hay in The Temperamentals, produced by Arouet at the Ballard Underground.
Read an interview with Daniel on our Production Blog.
Read an interview with Daniel on our Production Blog.
Jake Ynzunza - Adam
Jake Ynzunza is thrilled to be working with The Pacific Play Company on the world debut of The Woman in the Wall. Mostly recently, you saw him as Charles the Wrestler in As You Like It (directed by George Mount) at the Seattle Shakespeare Company.Before that, as the Second Citizen in Coriolanus (directed by David Quicksall), also at the Seattle Shakespeare Company. He is currently adapting a solo show based on true stories from his life as a professional wrestler. Jake
holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts and is a certified Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.
Read an interview with Jake on our Production Blog.
holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts and is a certified Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.
Read an interview with Jake on our Production Blog.
Crew
Morgan Ludlow - Director
Caste Foster - Syage Manager
Cate discovered stage management through a happy accident and has been working as a stage manager since 1998. She has worked with numerous theatre companies in Denver and Seattle.
Read an interview with Cate on our Production Blog.
Read an interview with Cate on our Production Blog.
Tamara Hawkins Clarke - Assistant Stage Manager
Tamara has been involved in theatre her entire life either onstage or backstage. Some of her favorite productions have been working as; the assistant director for Portland Community College’s Children of a Lesser God, assistant director for Lakewood Theatre’s A Company of Wayward Saints, stage manager for University Alaska Anchorage’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, artistic director/director of Odeon Youth Theatre’s Cinderella, stage manager for Pocket Sandwich Theatre’s A Werewolf in London in Dallas, Texas and director of PCC’s Second Stage production of The Shadowbox. Tamara lives in Seattle with her husband and her three dogs.
Read an interview with Tamara on our Production Blog.
Read an interview with Tamara on our Production Blog.
Anastasia Armes - Costumes
Kim Roslin - Sets
Kim’s path to set design has meandered through several creative jobs in the architecture and interior design fields, with a start in her working life at Sotheby’s in London, all of which provided valuable influenced to her work. She has also designed her own fabrics and line of products, manufactured locally under the label: kimthings. She has a degree in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and studied Textile Design at Central St Martin’s College of Art in London.
This year she designed and painted the sets for Timepieces and The House of Bernarda Alba. She has also designed sets for Seattle productions of Snakes and Ladders, The Torch Bearers, Once in a Lifetime and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.
This year she designed and painted the sets for Timepieces and The House of Bernarda Alba. She has also designed sets for Seattle productions of Snakes and Ladders, The Torch Bearers, Once in a Lifetime and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.
Teddy Dolas - Lights
Daniel Tarker - Playwright
Daniel Tarker is a playwright, director and producer whose previous credits include “Four Strange Loves”, “Mr. Angelo”, and “Snakes & Ladders” –all produced at various fringe venues in Seattle. His work has appeared at Actors’ Theatre Santa Cruz, 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theatre Festival, The Western Stage, Portland Theatre Works, the Greenhouse Play Festival in San Francisco, the Seattle Playwrights’ Collective, Spokane Radio Theatre, and AD Charade in Bristol, England. He is the founding artistic director of the Seattle Playwrights’ Collective and Pacific Play Company and
works as the director of the Loft Writing Center at North Seattle Community
College. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from San Francisco State University.
works as the director of the Loft Writing Center at North Seattle Community
College. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from San Francisco State University.