Theater 192: The Marshmallow Connection
Synopsis:
A yearslong battle that involved a notorious baseball manager, a marshmallow salesman, and a few swinging punches comes to a resolution at a dive bar in Pennsylvania.
Writer
Judith Isacoff
Judith Isacoff is the playwright. She is the author of the books Adventures in Tuscany and Working Girl’s Guide to Hong Kong, as well as several short plays, including Vietnam Wives. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Judith Isacoff
Director
Mimi Kmet
Mimi Kmet has directed several short plays, including Matriarch, an Open-Door Playhouse production that she wrote. She also wrote and directed Leap and Fence, which were produced at Theatre West, where she is a company member. In addition, she has performed in a variety of original plays, short films, and cabarets and has written and performed stand-up comedy. Besides Theatre West, Mimi is also a member of The Group Rep.
Mimi Kmet
Cast:
Kenajuan Bentley as Pete
Kenajuan Bentley: In four seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Wolf in Two Trains Running; Iachimo in Cymbeline; Oliver de Boys in As You Like It; Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in All The Way; and The Great Society, Lucio in Measure for Measure; Mark Antony in Julius Caesar; Osembenga in Ruined; Orsino in Twelfth Night.
Other theatres: Red Bull, Theatre for a New Audience,The Public Theater. Florida Studio Theatre, Shakespeare & Company; Philadelphia Theatre Company; Long Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company DC.
Film/TV: Babylon, Law and Order, NCIS, All American, Scandal, How To Get Away With Murder, 911, Station 19, The Young and The Restless, Grimm, All the Queens Men.
Training: MFA, University of Connecticut; BA, Western Michigan University
Kenajuan Bentley
Matt Foyer as Daniel
Selected acting credits include The Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland), Unseen Shepherd (Edinburgh Fringe Festival - The Space on the Mile), Tir Na nOg (The Magic Theatre, San Francisco), Unfinished American Highwayscape’s, 9 and 32, Mother Courage and Her Children, and Tartuffe (theatre@Boston Court, Pasadena), Oscar (The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.), and most recently, Once (Rubicon Theatre, Ventura), among others. He is a member of Theatre Banshee in Burbank. Recent films include Mistake (currently making the rounds at a film festival near you), The Whisperer in Darkness and Something Strange.
Matt received his education and training from The California Institute of the Arts. And, when not acting, Matt can be heard playing flute, Irish penny whistle, harmonica, and mandolin for the bands Slugger O Toole and The Johnny Come Latelys. Matt is a member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA.
www.mattfoyeractor.com
Matt Foyer
Goreti da Silva as Barb
Since moving to Los Angeles from Canada, Goreti da Silva has worked in many films, tv programs, theatre, and improv shows. Most recently, you may have seen her on Big Little Lies, a Toyota commercial, or heard her voice in one of many radio plays on Opendoorplayhouse.org.
Goreti was awarded The Michael Grossman Most Inspirational Award for her body of theatre work in the Desert, and she won the Valley Theatre Award for her work in “Park Plays: Portland”.
When not performing, Goreti fills her "well" by teaching Improv, Theatre Arts, Playwriting, and Acting to underserved youth who write plays in which they later perform. Though Goreti has produced and directed dozens of plays, she continues to be surprised, delighted and inspired by our next generation of leaders.
Goreti da Silva
Gary B. Lamb as the Cop
Gary B. Lamb trained at L.A. City College Theatre Academy, University of California at Irvine, and Carnegie Mellon University. He wrote the book and lyrics for a musical version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the book for the musical Fion the Fair, the lyrics for Chicago Christmas Carol, and an adaptation of I’m Just Wild About Harry. Additionally, Gary assisted Barry Gordon and his partner with additional book and lyrics for a new musical based on Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Gary has acted in and directed many plays for Open-Door Playhouse.
Gary B. Lamb
Sound Production:
Recorded at Oak House Recording Studio in Pasadena, CA with Sound Engineer David Peters.
Sound Editor: David Peters
