Brittany Pirozzoli-ALICE

WITH THE PORTERS: Countess in Edward III, Cranmer in All is True or Henry VIII.

Brittany relishes this opportunity to work with the Porters again! Other theatrical credits: Sense & Sensibility (Elinor), Hamlet (Ophelia), A Christmas Carol (Past), Urinetown (Hope), Candide, etc. Vertical Drama credits: Runaway Princess Bride, The Breakup Bet, Confessions of a Vegas Showgirl, To Be By My Side, Why Women Cheat, etc. Thank you Gus and Will for having me back! Instagram: @britzoli

Other recent credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream at A Noise Within. @BrendanMulligan on Instagram

Julia is thrilled to work with the Porters again! Her last Porters of Hellsgate production was last summer’s Edward III, in which she played the very sassy and very French Lorrain. Recent credits include anthropology (Rogue Machine Theatre), Here Comes the Night (Moving Arts Theatre), Jane Eyre (A Noise Within), and Natural Selection (Zephyr Theatre). Other credits: According to the Chorus (The Road), Unt. Baby Play (U/S IAMA), Cowboy Mouth (Hollywood Fringe 2018), and At The Table (The Road). Training: Nancy Banks Studios, Antaeus, USC BFA program. She thanks Gus Krieger, the Porters team, this extraordinary cast, and her lovely family and community for their endless support.

Dana is thrilled to be onstage with PHG for the first time since 2019’s Romeo and Juliet. Credits include The Taming (Little Fish Theatre), A Gulag Mouse (Sacred Fools Theater Co.), Sisters Three (Inkwell Theatre), Bigfoot! The Musical (Unknown Artists), Richard III (Shakespeare by the Sea), and Stoneface: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Buster Keaton (The Big Bear Theatre Project). TV/Film: St. Denis Medical (NBC), V/H/S/85, Shoulder Dance. @dana_what

Anusha is an award-winning actor and producer who currently spends her time between sunny Los Angeles and sunnier Singapore. Since graduating UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film, and Television, she has championed the stories of underrepresented voices, both on screen and behind the camera.

Anusha recently starred in Legends, a proof of concept produced by The Black List, which has been an official selection of festivals like Hollyshorts, Michaux, CAAMFest, and Barcliff Barcelona. Her work has also been seen at the Twin Cities Film Fest, Silicon Beach Film Fest, Horror Haus Film fest. She also appeared in She Keeps Me Warm, which was an official selection at Newfest and a part of the inaugural class of films at Flicker Film Fest. Anusha originated the lead role of Nisha in the world premiere of The Night Diary, a co-production between the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and EnActe Arts, and is a recurring guest in the Porters multiverse.

She is represented by Peter McGrath at Echo Lake Entertainment. @heyitsnusha on Instagram.

Mara Klein: played Marina in the Porters’ Pericles and is excited to join their merry band again. You can also catch her recurring on S2 of HBOMax’s The Pitt. Notable stage work: starring in An Octoroon at the Fountain Theatre, the World Premiere of Measure Still For Measure an immersive play and the West-Coast premiere of The Judas Kiss at Boston Court Pasadena. And productions at: A Noise Within, IAMA, Coeurage, The Road & The Echo Theatre Companies. TV: 9-1-1, Suits LA, The Upshaws, Casual, Start Up, Fresh Off The Boat, and more! Originally from the suburbs of Washington DC, Mara holds a BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. When she’s not acting herself, she coaches other actors through her biz Your Audition Friend.

Charley, Death of a Salesman; Selig, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; John/Colonel, Jane Eyre; Cratchit, A Christmas Carol; Jones/Sheep, Animal Farm; White Knight, Alice in Wonderland; Selig, Gem of the Ocean; Lindner, A Raisin in the Sun(A Noise Within); Howard Beale, Network; Colonel Armadillo, The Armadillo Necktie; Lombardi, Lombardi; Edward, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me; Watson, Sherlock’s Last Case; Ty, Cobb; Mortimer, Baskerville; Prospero, The Tempest

Olivia is pleased as punch to be performing again with the Porters, having previously played Mopsa in Winter’s Tale ages ago. She is a company member of Little Fish Theatre (select favorites: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Emilia in Othello, Katherine in Henry V, Joan La Pucelle in Henry 6.1, Cindy in Domestic Tranquility). Past Hollywood Fringe favorites: Nina in The Nina Variations, Stagehand in With My Eyes Shut. For more, please visit www.oliviaschluetercorey.

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WITH THE PORTERS: Richard in Richard III, Henry VI trilogy, The Porter in Macbeth, Benedick in Much Ado About the Nothing, Guildenstern in Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Shylock inThe Merchant of Venice (Scenie Award – Best Performance by a Lead Actor), Edgar in King Lear, Sir Walter of Albuquerque in Breaking Bard (also wrote – “Spirit of the Fringe” Award for Best Writing, Valley Theatre Award for Best Play), King John in King John, Theseus in The Two Noble Kinsmen, Lafeu in All’s Well that Ends Well.

As Director: Macbeth, Deity Clutch, Romeo and Juliet, Edward III

Regional: Mr. Marmalade with Theatricians, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, and A Christmas Carol: the One Man Play at Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre.

As Playwright: Night of the Living Dead, The Armadillo Necktie at The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre (Scenie Awards for Best World Premiere Play and Outstanding Production).

BFA, Actors Training, The Hartt School.

Amanda Noriko Newman is excited to be back with The Porters, previously fight directing Edward III and appearing as Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet. Other fight choreography credits include East West Players' Pacific Overtures and Revelry Theatre Group’s Hamlet and Julius Caesar! As an actor, you can currently see them in A Revenge on Reality or hear them in several indie podcasts, including The Storm Runner and Apollyon. She also streams D&D with Legacy of Fools on Twitch!

Thomas Bigley-LIGHTING DESIGNER

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. FOR THE PORTERS: Menenius in Coriolanus, Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Lavatch in All’s Well that Ends Well, Wolsey in All is True or Henry VIII, Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Decius Brutus in Julius Caesar, Sir Andrew in Twelfth Night, Clarence/Richmond in Richard III, Proteus in Two Gents, Don John in Much Ado, Macduff in Macbeth, Boyet in Loves Labour’s Lost, title role in Richard II, Rosencrantz in Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Raamah in Deity Clutch, Angelo in Comedy of Errors, Creon in Oedipus, Ulysses in Troilus and Cressida, the Duke in Measure for Measure, title role in Timon of Athens, Pistol in Henry V, Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Hank in Breaking Bard (Valley Theatre Award nomination – Best Ensemble), ensemble in the Henry VI trilogy and Pericles, Chatillon in King John, Stephano in The Tempest, the Queen in Cymbeline.

As a director with the Porters: Hamlet, Oedipus the Tyrant, The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, King Lear (starring Larry Cedar), Orwellian (starring Larry Cedar), Othello (Valley Theatre Award nomination), the Henry VI trilogy (Valley Theatre Award), King John, and Double Falsehood (co-directed with Alex Parker).

Regional Credits include roles with Santa Cruz Shakespeare and Sierra Repertory Theatre.

Nick Neidorf officially joined the Porters in the fall of 2010, after a long informal association with the company. Since then, he has worked primarily behind the scenes as the Porters’ resident composer & sound designer. He has been responsible for the sound design of nearly every Porters production since 2010. Original scores include Troilus and Cressida, King Lear, The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, Henry VIII, and, hopefully, many more to come.