Artslandia at the Performance: Portland Playhouse Nov/Dec 2014 | Page 53

- tHe Cast darius PierCe | CrumPet

doNNa sellmaN-PilorGet | luCy

Darius is thrilled to be spending his seventh holiday season with Portland
Center Stage after two years each of The Santaland Diaries, A Christmas
Story and A Christmas Carol. He’s also a co-founder of the Anonymous
Theatre Company, which produces an “anonymous theatre” show with
Theatre Vertigo. His TV credits include Leverage, Portlandia and Grimm,
where he played a wildly different Christmas character: Krampus, a
child-kidnapping demon of Austrian folklore.

Donna grew up an oddball in a family of five kids in West Linn, Oregon,
where she fell in love with theare in high school. She has since performed
in Davis, California and the Portland area, working primarily with New
Century Players and Stumptown Stages. Improv comedy is Donna’s true
calling, but she enjoys the wonder of musical theatre most. Donna also
enjoys riding her kick-ass hotrod lady bike, Betty.

The Santaland Diaries
Nov. 23-Dec. 28, 2014 at Portland Center Stage

aNsa deGuCHi | tHe suGar Plum Fairy
A native of Japan, Ansa studied at Chika Goto Step Works Ballet from
1989 to 2002 and with Damara Bennett at City Ballet School in San
Francisco. With Oregon Ballet Theatre since 2003, she was promoted to
soloist in ‘07. Her leading roles include the Sugar Plum Fairy in George
Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Princess Florine in Christopher Stowell’s The
Sleeping Beauty, and Juliet in James Canfield’s Romeo & Juliet.

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
Dec. 13-Dec. 27, 2014 at the Oregon Ballet Theatre

Gary stroNG | Kris KriNGle
Gary is one of the inaugural resident actors at Bag&Baggage and has been
in over seven shows with them since 2009, including Falstaff in The Merry
Wives of Windsor and Winston Whiteside in It’s a (Somewhat) Wonderful
Life. He’s also one of the core members of Original Practice Shakespeare,
performing Shakespeare outdoors around Portland.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Nov. 6-Dec.7, 2014 at Stumptown Stages

roGer welCH | CHarlie browN
Roger is pleased to be returning to Stumptown Stages, where
he serves as the resident director. At Stumptown, he’s directed Ain’t Misbehavin’, Once On This Island, 9-5 and
110 in the Shade. His other roles around the country
include: The Wizard of OZ (The Cowardly Lion), Tuesday’s with Morrie (Mitch), Les Miserables (Thenardier), Into the Woods (Baker), and Cats (Gus). He
also served as the producing artistic director for
the award-winning Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre
for 20 years directing, choreographing and producing over 100 Broadway Musicals. He is a proud member of The Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA and Actors Equity
Association.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Nov. 6-Dec.7, 2014 at Stumptown Stages

Miracle on 43rd Street: A 1940s Holiday Radio Massacre
Nov. 28-Dec. 23, 2014 at Bag&Baggage

drew HarPer | sCrooGe
Drew is honored to return to his role as Scrooge in Cristi Miles’ Drammy
Award-winning production of one of the greatest stories ever told, here at
his beloved Portland Playhouse. “This is for Mom, who taught me to love
this magical tale every perfect family Christmas, and for Dad, who always
taught us the beauty of redemption by grace.”

A Christmas Carol
Dec. 4-Dec. 28, 2014 at Portland Playhouse

JoHN saN NiColas | GeorGe bailey
John is proud to be returning to Portland Center Stage in Twist Your Dickens’ second run and had previously performed at Portland Center Stage
in Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline. Other recent credits include Exiles
and The Motherf**ker with the Hat at Artists Repertory Theatre, Three
Sisters with Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble, Invasion! with Badass Theatre Company. John is a proud member of Actors Equity Association whose TV credits include Leverage and Portlandia.

Twist Your Dickens
Nov. 22-Dec. 24, 2014 at Portland Center Stage

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