Jessica Bernard (Sarah Brown) returns to the Cabrillo stage, having just been seen as Jellylorum/Griddlebone in Cats. LA/Regional Credits: Guys and Dolls (“Sarah Brown,” Performance Riverside & Candlelight Pavilion), My Fair Lady (“Eliza,” Candlelight Pav), The Music Man (“Marian Paroo,” California Theater.), Pirates of Penzance (“Edith,” California/Pechanga Theaters), Oklahoma (“Laurey,” Marmac Repertory), Showgirl of 52nd Street (The Colony), The Secret Garden (Lewis Family Playhouse) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (“Marguerite”). Jessica also recently returned from singing in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Barry Pearl (Nathan Detroit) reprises the role he first played on the CMT stage fourteen years ago, in Cabrillo’s previous production of Guys and Dolls. This is a first for the 48-year stage, TV and film veteran. Audiences may remember him from two other CMT productions: Bye Bye Birdie ("Harry MacAfee") and Anything Goes ("Moonface Martin"), as well as the characters he's most recognized for, "Doody" from Paramount Pictures’ Grease and "Professor Tinkerputt" from Imagination Island and Barney’s Big Surprise. With a Drama-Logue Award ("Dirk Nob", That Other Woman’s Child), Santa Barbara Independent Press Award ("Fagin" in the 2000 production of Oliver! for SBCLO), San Diego Playbill Award ("Ali Hakim" in the Welk's Oklahoma) and a 2008 Ovation Nomination (MTW's All Shook Up), this Carnegie-Mellon University grad recently came off the road from playing "Arnold Delvecchio" in Garry Marshall's Happy Days: A New Musical. Broadway: Bye Bye Birdie and Oliver! (original productions); TV: "House MD" (second week of this season), "ER", "Criminal Minds”, "Days of Our Lives", "Baywatch Hawaii", "Growing Pains", "Even Stevens" etc; Film: "My Favorite Martian", "Avenging Angel"; Regional and Tour: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ("Hysterium" in Utah); and last month as "Senex" for The Norris Theatre. Grease (First National as "Sonny"), Crazy for You, ("Bela"), Chapter Two ("Leo"), The Immigrant ("Haskell"), and many, many more.
Alet Taylor (Miss Adelaide) makes her Cabrillo Music Theatre debut with Guys and Dolls. She was last seen in the First Ever Nudie Musical at Noho Arts Center, as well the musical Respect at the El Portal. Alet has spent the last 5 years either pregnant or performing in various productions of Mel Brooks' The Producers, including the First National Tour (Leo Co.) as Lick-Me/Bite-Me, and the Vegas production at the Paris Hotel as Hold-Me/Touch-Me. New York: NYMF's The Brain From Planet X (Yoni), The Boys From Syracuse, Sweet Adeline, L'il Abner, One Touch of Venus (City Center Encores!), Tip Toes and Louisiana Purchase (Carnegie Hall). Regional: Passion (Fosca), A Funny Thing...Forum (Philia), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Drood). Recordings: “Sondheim at the Movies”, “Lost in Boston IV”, “Unsung Musicals”, “Cinderella”, “Peter Pan” (Varese Sarabande). Alet has a B.A. in Psychology and is a Montessori Teacher in Early Education.
Guys and Dolls will open on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and run through Sunday, October 25th. Performances are Thursdays thru Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00pm. A post-show discussion with cast, staff and audience will follow the Saturday, October 17th, 2:00pm performance. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Box Office located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks or through any Ticketmaster location or by phone (805) 583-8700. For groups of 12 or more, please call Group Sales, Cabrillo Music Theatre at (805) 497-8615. Ticket prices range from $25-$55. For ticket and theatre information, call (805) 449-ARTS (2787).
Cabrillo Music Theatre’s 2009-2010 season continues with a special, added production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas (December, 2009), The Andrews Brothers (February 2010), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (April 2010), and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (July 2010).
Cabrillo Music Theatre performs exclusively at the Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Bank of America Performing Arts Center, at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks.
Cabrillo Music Theatre is the Ovation Award-winning Resident Musical Theatre Production Company at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, and a non-profit theatre organization. For over three decades, Cabrillo has been enriching the cultural life of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties and the surrounding areas by providing an extraordinary performing arts experience through live, Broadway-quality productions of musical theatre. It is Cabrillo’s mission to provide the highest quality musical experience, to foster educational opportunities, and to promote cultural and artistic enrichment to enhance the quality of life in Southern California. To this end, Cabrillo Music Theatre has established the Adopt-A-School, Adopt-A-Senior, PET (Project Entertainment Troops) OUTREACH programs. Since the inceptions of these programs in 2005, over 22,000 underserved children, in-need seniors, and active military have enjoyed Cabrillo Music Theatre’s productions at no charge. With the Adopt-A-School, Adopt-A-Senior, and PET programs, Cabrillo makes live theatre accessible to children, seniors, and active military members who otherwise may never have the opportunity to experience a live musical theatre performance. Cabrillo’s Animal rescue OUTREACH program, instituted during this summer’s production of Cats, facilitates the placement of homeless dogs and Cats. For more information about Cabrillo Music Theatre’s OUTREACH programs, contact Carole W. Nussbaum, President/Chief Executive Officer at (805) 497-8613.
