HIR

Jake Montgomery

Jake Montgomery (He/They) most recently performed as Wayne Hopkins in Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic. Select regional credits include Treplev in The Nina Variations, Alan Strang in Equus, Otto in Spring Awakening, Sam in Shakespeare in Love, and Satan in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. He earned his B.F.A. in Acting and Playwriting from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Avis Judd

Avis Judd, she/her, is thrilled to be back performing at Live Theatre Workshop! Avis earned her theatre degree from Northwestern University, but gets paid as a middle school math teacher.  Favorite LTW roles include Rose (Enchanted April), Bananas (House of Blue Leaves), Dr. Lorna James (The Effect), and Olive (The Norwegians). Some other favorite Tucson roles are Desdemona (Othello), Hermione (The Winter’s Tale), Kate (Old Times), Karen (August: Osage County) as well as work as costume designer and director.  Avis is grateful for her wonderful family – Michael, Sophia, and Jay – to whom she dedicates this performance.

Olive Adams

Olive Adams, they/he, has done theater for the past 4 years at University High School, where they are a senior. Some of their favorite shows were Clue (Wadsworth) and Trap (Norma . They want to thank their theater teacher Julian Cardenas and their parents for always supporting them.

Michael Woodson

Michael F. Woodson is pleased as punch to return to LTW as he has been appearing on LTW stages since 2006. His most recent appearance at LTW was in Stage Kiss in 2019. He spent the summer of 1975 performing in summer stock with The Southbury Playhouse in Connecticut and The Top of the Court Dinner Theatre on Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, Mass. Favorite roles include Will Hewitt in Sanctuary at Borderlands Theater Company, George Hay in Moon Over Buffalo at LTW, Ira in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife at the Wilde Playhouse, Milton Perry in The Immigrant at The Invisible Theatre, Snug/The Lion in A Midsummer Nights Dream at Arizona Theatre Company, Dr. Sanderson in Harvey at Saguaro Dinner Theatre, Alan Felix in Play It Again, Sam at Broadway Dinner Theatre.

A member of the Screen Actors Guild, he was seen in the television series Legend and The Young Riders as well as the television movies Gunsmoke III, To the Last Man, and Geronimo. Commercial work includes Rawlings Radar Ball, The Arizona Lottery, and Bulls Eye BBQ Sauce.

Michael spends his hours away from the Theater with his lovely wife, Kitty, gardening and taking care of their 2 dogs, 2 black cats and other assorted wildlife that happen by their house.

Maryann Green

Maryann Green is honored to be a part of the LTW family, since they gave her her first ever paid acting gig over 20 years ago. She has a BFA in Theatre Education and a Master’s Degree in Directing from Roosevelt University – Chicago College of Performing Arts. Favorite LTW credits include SIC (director) and RADIANT VERMIN (Director). When she’s not at LTW, she’s molding the theatre artists of tomorrow at Pima Community College. She would like to thank her parents for their support, her husband and son for being such wonderful humans, and you for attending this show.

Alex Totillo

Alex Totillo – (they//she) was born in Tucson and is a University of Arizona graduate. They are a lifelong theater nerd who’s first show stage managing was aptly titled THE NERD. They have since stage managed at various theaters around Tucson including for Live Theater Workshop’s productions of BODY AWARENESS and LUNGS. Alex is also the resident dramaturg for Winding Road Theater Ensemble. They have most recently served as dramaturg for Winding Road’s production of TICK, TICK … BOOM! and for Next Stage Theater Southwest’s reading of A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE. Alex would like to express gratitude that gender is, in fact, a construct.

Janet Salese

After years of casually talking about this, and doing a few Children’s Theatre productions, Janet has finally made it to the Mainstage! Janet has been involved in various aspects of theater, with her last role being in charge of costumes for Tucson Shakespeare in the Park for several years. Some of the costumes she’s most proud of designing were oversized Moscovite hats in Love’s Labours Lost, a donkey head for Midsummer’s Night Dream and a Herne stag headpiece for Merry Wives of Windsor, all with Tucson Shakespeare in the Park. She thanks her partner Mike for letting her pursue her passions and being a patient model.

Richard Gremel

Richard Gremel (Lighting Designer) has been lighting up the LTW stage for the past 15 years. His lighting designs have also been seen on other Tucson stages in the past. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona where he received a B.F.A. in Theatre Education. Richard is the acting and technical theatre teacher at Empire High School. He is the recipient of the 2017-2018 Arizona Thespians Teacher of the Year and the 2018-2019 OnMedia Tucson Arts Hero Award. Aside from tech and teaching, Richard acts, directs, and writes plays for the LTW stage. He currently has ten published plays which have been seen all over the United States, Canada, India, Hong Kong, England and Australia. www.richardgremelplaywright.com

Taryn Wintersteen

Taryn Wintersteen she/her (Technical Director/Scenic Designer) has been enjoying her involvement with the LTW mainstage shows. She graduated with a BFA in Theater Production with an Emphasis in Scenic Design from the University of Arizona in 2013 where she was the Properties Master for NINE and Scenic Designer for BOEING BOEING. She then explored the world of museum fabrication and motherhood for a few years before jumping back into theater with LTW. You can see some of her museum work in the Witte museum in San Antonio, TX and various other museums across the country. You also may have seen some of her scenic work in recent LTW mainstage productions. She would like to thank her husband for wrangling kiddos to allow her get work done and to the amazing staff here at LTW that offer so much support and talent.

Brian McElroy

Brian McElroy (Sound Designer) was, essentially, raised on the LTW stage, with his first play at the age of 6. While you may have recently seen him on the LTW stage in PUFFS, ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE, or HAUNTINGS ANONYMOUS, he has also been on the production team for over fifty LTW productions, and dozens of other amateur and professional productions in Southern Arizona and off-Broadway. Recent favorite sound designs at LTW include A LIFE IN THE THEATRE, AN ALMOST HOLY PICTURE, and BODY AWARENESS. Favorite recent non-LTW productions include Arizona Onstage’s HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH and Saguaro City’s SEUSSICAL. Thanks as always to family and friends who support his drive for theatre.

Karin Hupp