Harriet Beaman (Lady Bracknell) has been with Reno Little Theater for seven years and has become the resident "crazy lady". She was last season's Gestapo Granny in Lost in Yonkers. This season she directed Death in England. She is thrilled to be playing in this production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Mari-Kristin Cetovick (Gwendolen) would like to thank the cast of The Importance of Being Earnest for their support as she embarks on her first of twelve steps, and would like to thank Director Michael Peters, in particular, for his efforts in obtaining her parole officer's permission to attend rehearsals after dark. Of her theatrical experience, nothing is known.
Sam Coleman (Merriman) helped build sets and worked backstage for Reno Little Theater's Lion in Winter, Crossing Delancy, and All My Sons. Discounting his one-line character named "voice" in Crossing Delancy, this is Sam's first speaking role. Previously, he was a computer scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 25 years before retiring to the beautiful Reno area. When there's nothing to do for the theater, Sam enjoys snowboarding and hiking.
Cory Forson (Algernon) has appeared in many high school plays, including See How They Run, Camelot, and Wait Until Dark. This is his first Reno Little Theater performance and he's very excited. He loves to act and hopes that, even though he's the youngest on the set, he will still give a great show.
Kirk Gardner (Jack) is pleased to be sharing the stage with so many old and new friends. Being a CPA who just survived tax season, he is pleased to be anywhere. Last seen in the Riverfront Theater's It's a Wonderful Life, he also appeared earlier this season in Reno Little Theater's Death in England, not realizing that he had a round-trip ticket to that scepter'd isle. JT, Julie.
Phil Harriman (Dr. Chasuble) makes his Reno Little Theater debut in The Importance of Being Earnest after having appeared in such Gothic North productions as Picnic, Whodunnit, and Bus Stop. This year Phil has acted with TMCC as King in Big River and as a puppet-wielding escaped convict in Fuddy Meers. By day, Phil teaches English at Sparks High School.
Bergen Kanoff (Cecily) is making her debut with Reno Little Theater, but she is a veteran performer at Hug High School, having appeared in such productions as Rumors, California Suite, and Mary, Mary. She plans to attend UNR this fall as a theater major.
Julie Robertson (Miss Prism) wears many hats: wife, mother, executive, actress, director, and stage hand. Occasionally, she rests. Active in local theater for the past decade, she appeared most recently in 6 Women with Brain Death at Gothic North Theater and Reno Little Theater's Strange Snow. She dedicates this performance to her extensive and delightfully eccentric family.
David Zybert (Lane) has been annoying audiences, since the age of six, as an actor, director, singer, and writer, but not, thank goodness, as a dancer. His credits are many and varied—he has done television, film, and his first love, theater. Born with a twisted outlook on life and a bizarre talent for free association and bad puns, David has finally found peace, home, and family in Reno.
Director
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Michael Peters, in his seventh season with the Reno theater community, was last seen as Henry II in Reno Little Theater's production of Lion in Winter. He has appeared in over a dozen productions at Reno Little Theater, Brüka, Gothic North, and a mystery dinner theater. Michael's favorite role, besides Henry II, was as the lovable curmudgeon Weller Martin in Gothic North's production of The Gin Game last year. By day, James, Sean, and Katie's dad is an administrator in the Graduate School at UNR.
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