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Presents deLEARious Book, Music and Lyrics by Phil Swann & Ron West Directed by Ron West Music Direction by Jan Roper Starring Rachel Addington • Lane Allison • George Pete Caleodis* • Kiley Eberhardt • Chris Farah • Ramón Garcia • Brendan Hunt* • Conor Lane • Gina Manziello* • Scott Mosenson* • Jason Paige • Jan Roper • Robyn Roth • Chase Studinski • Rama Vallury • Micah Watterson, Amanda Weier • Ron West* Scenic Design Lighting Design Assistant Producer James Spencer Ellen Monocroussos Lane Allison Properties Graphic Design Publicist Bruce Dickinson & LiamCarl.com Lucy Pollak Ina Shumaker Stage Manager Jennifer Palumbo* Produced by Martha Demson & Amanda Weier *Member, Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society , a national theatrical labor union. deLEARious is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the LA County Arts Commission. The Open Fist Theatre Company is a proud mermber of deLEARious London/Oxford, 1603 England, 60 A.D. Oce in Los Angeles, 2017 Queen Elizabeth I Kiley Eberhardt Kent Ramón Garcia Phyllis Jan Roper Lord Burleigh George Caleodis* Gloucester Scott Mosenson* Ron Ron West* / Francis Bacon Jason Paige Edmund Jason Paige Brendan Hunt* Rev. Lancelot Andrewes Rama Vallury / Lear Ron West*/Brendan Hunt* Carol Robyn Roth Conor Lane Goneril Robyn Roth Leslie Rachel Addington Shakespeare Scott Mosenson* Albany Rama Vallury / Miguel Ramón Garcia King James I Chase Studinski Conor Lane Chelsea Lane Allison King James’ Court Ensemble Regan Rachel Addington Jasmine Gina Manziello* Scholar #1 Ramón Garcia Cornwall George Caleodis* Scott Scott Mosenson* Scholar #2 Micah Watterson Cordelia Gina Manziello* Francine Chris Farah Scholar #3 Kiley Eberhardt Edgar Micah Watterson Scholar #4 George Caleodis* Lear’s Knights Ensemble Scribes Ensemble Oswald Chase Studinski Anne Hathaway Lane Allison Fool Chris Farah Burbage Ron West* / Sergeant Amanda Weier Brendan Hunt* King of France Micah Watterson Doctor Jan Roper Wounded Soldier Amanda Weier A Herald Kiley Eberhardt Jailer Amanda Weier THE ENSEMBLE She would like to thank Nick for running lines and always being there for the other stuff. She’d also like RACHEL ADDINGTON A native of to thank Ron for giving her a chance to play, again. the Pacific Northwest, Rachel www.KileyEberhardt.com has rocked the stage in theatrical productions up and CHRIS FARAH Chris is an actress down the west coast, as well as / comedian / writer and New York and England. Now a performs at the Cavern Club, regular in the City of Angels, UCB, and various stand-up / Rachel has had a steady string storytelling shows around LA. of performances on the stage She is also an expert and screen. She's been pop-culture writer and "talking described as the spiritual love head" on shows like Chelsea child of Julie Andrews and Kristen Wiig, a Lately and Hello Ross. Her comparison of which she approves wholeheartedly. cult-character @FancyTheShow That whimsical energy has afforded her a number won Best Cabaret/Variety at of opportunities, some favorites being Amy in the Hollywood Fringe Festival and just shot a full Company, which was heralded as a "bona fide length comedy special. Highlighted theatre credits show stopper," and Ulla in Plan B Entertainment's The include Women (Theatre Asylum), Circle Jerk Producers. Learn more at racheladdington.com! (REDCAT New Works Fest), and Desiree in Making Paradise: The West Hollywood Musical (Cornerstone Theatre). TV credits include Superstore, Modern LANE ALLISON (SAG-AFTRA) is Family and Married. Chris is rep'd by Jennie thrilled to be working with Ron Church-Cooper at Haven Entertainment, follow West again, having just had the @ChrisLFarah! pleasure of performing in Welcome to Your Alternative RAMÓN GARCIA a self Reality here at The Open Fist. proclaimed "Angelino" - born You can catch her in the pilot and raised in East Los Angeles - episode of After Pluto recently joined with the Open (Co-Creator / Writer / Producer Fist Theatre Company after / Director), and this fall she’s studying Acting and Musical delighted to direct Last Call by Theatre at the University of Anne Kenney for OFTC’s First Look Festival. Lane Northern Colorado. Some of his would like to thank her Mother for fostering her love notable on stage credits include of art (particularly musicals), her Sister for enduring Zoser in "AIDA" with the Little all the singing in their formative years, and her Theatre of the Rockies, a tribe Husband for being the reason she feels like singing member in HAIR and Baylor in every day. Visit LaneAllison.com and AfterPluto.com Sam Shepard’s "Lie of the Mind" with CSULA. Ramon for more. is excited to build his experience in the LA theatre community and is so thrilled to have landed with GEORGE PETE CALEODIS the Open Fist Theatre Company alongside some Just as the night doeth thank the very impressive artists ! sun upon it’s rise, for light and sweet relief BRENDAN HUNT is from from dark, Chicago. As a young street Or as the youngest grass upon urchin he would sneak into the morn Second City shows just to gives thanks for dew as though watch Ron West sing the theme the dew it lives, to Hogan’s Heroes. Brendan And as the throngs how have wrote a play called Absolutely attendance paid Filthy. His next play, The Art for dick jokes, Tyler Perry jests cry “thanks!”, Couple, opens in February at So thank thee, I, in ern’st, dear Open Fist, Sacred Fools. for this - my first affair with thee! (I’m not hard to find online, twitter/yt/ig/fb/imdb: caleodis). CONOR LANE is thrilled to be returning to DeLearious after KILEY EBERHARDT Is so horny to performing in the world be back with The Open Fist. premier of the show 9 years Ron’s words, not hers. Kiley has ago. BA Marquette University / worked in the theatre, film, and MFA LAMDA. Recent theatrical commercial industries starting excursions include "Einstein is a in her hometown of Chicago. Dummy" (Sierra Madre Recent theatrical credits Playhouse) and "The include the world premiere of Homosexuals" (Celebration Speak Now with the Pasadena Theatre). Occasionally you Arts Council, The Vagina can find him pitching you Monologues at The Cupcake goods in TV commercials and coming soon in the Theatre, The Dead, and Foote series "The GERLS" (if a network actually buys it). Notes: Two Plays from Harrison Texas (Young Lady of Thank you Ron West for being you! Property) at The Open Fist. A graduate of AMDA, Kiley is a former intern of Piven Theatre Workshop. GINA MANZIELLO (Cordelia / and Baker’s Wife. You can catch her as Queen Jasmine) LA credits include Iduna and Bulda in Frozen Live at the Hyperion or BOTH (Open Fist), What of the doing improv with her long time family at Comedy Night? (Ovation Nominated); Sportz. Love to you Mom, Dad, and Tiffany! (Evil Culture Clash’s The Birds; Small Love)@RadRobyn Craft Warnings and Exit the King (Classical Theater Lab); The CHASE STUDINSKI (King Wallowa Project (Son of Semele James/Oswald) is excited to Ensemble); The Caucasian be making his OFTC debut in Chalk Circle (David Bridel, Dir.); deLEARious. Theatre credits A Midsummer Night’s Dream include Home Free!, All My (Andy Robinson, Dir.) and The Sons, The Wedding Singer, and Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Andrei Belgrader, Dir.). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Other credits include Caviar on Credit (Guthrie Chase is in his final year of the Theater), Marie in Woyzeck (Ensemble Theater three-year Meisner Technique Company), and Frida Kahlo in Robert Xavier Mastery Program at the Rodridguez’s opera Frida. She recently returned Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio from NY where she co-created a devised piece for and will be graduating the This is Not Normal Festival. She is a graduate of February 2018. He has also studied improv. at the iO USC's MFA in Acting Program. West Theater and has trained with Jean-Louis Rodrigue and Kristof Konrad in Alexander SCOTT MOSENSON, one of the Technique. Chase is represented by Versa Manos at original open fist members Gorgeous Media Group. back in 1990 got his start on the stages of his hometown RAMA VALLURY (Lancelot Chicago. He has been Andrews/Albany) is an actor, fortunate to be in many Open writer, and voiceover artist Fist and other Los Angeles and hailing from Chicago. A regional productions through graduate of The Second City the years. Most recently in the Hollywood, he is a member of Ebony Repertoire theatre the musical improv troupe The company's and Center Sound of Musical, and one half theatre Group's production of of the comedy duo, George & Raisin In the Sun. For which he won an ovation Vallury. He has appeared in award and the production won best play of the musicals, plays, audiobooks, year in Los Angeles. Scott is currently recurring on video games, sketches, the ABC comedy Blackish. Scott wants to Thank W, national commercials, and can sometimes be E, and K, for encouraging him to do a musical. spotted at your local grocery store looking for Honey Roasted Peanuts. Rama is a proud member JASON PAIGE A third of SAG/AFTRA and is represented by Stewart Talent. generation moustache farmer, Mr. Paige has sung and MICAH WATTERSON Micah’s showered in at least six last musical theatre countries and two continents. performance was as Colonel Why, just last night he rang the Pickering in Northampton High widow Beasly and tole her he School’s production of MY FAIR found his moustache crop was LADY and has decided that 15 nearly shin-high this year.

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