Theater 186: The Cloud
Synopsis:
An elderly, grieving widower, with the help of a friend, searches for an image of his late wife in The Cloud so he can sing his beloved a Heavenly Merry Christmas greeting.
Writer
S.J. Roth
SJ Roth's screenplay for the family comedy, The Chaperone, starring WWE superstar Triple H and Ariel Winter from the TV comedy hit, Modern Family, was produced by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and is now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi TV.
August 2019, his screenplay ROCKETGIRL was selected for a live table read by the SAG/AFTRA Table Read Series.
In January 2020, his play Blind Kisses was presented as a staged reading as part of The Ensemble
Studio Theater's Winterfest.
His plays have been produced and workshopped in:
Los Angeles at The Ensemble Studio Theater, The Zephyr Theater, The Matrix Theater, The Moving Arts Theater, The Stella Adler Theater, and the Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theater;
New York City at the Belmont Playhouse, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Ensemble Studio Theater, The Manhattan Class Company, The New York Shakespeare Festival, New Voice, Primary Stages, The Thirteenth Street Theater, The World Trade Center Connecticut at the Maxwell Anderson Playwrights Theater.
He holds an MFA in Playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University.
sj.roth@yahoo.com
S.J. Roth
Director
Bernadette Armstrong
Bernadette Armstrong moved to Los Angeles to work in film in the late 1990’s and after her first two films went to festivals she took a short hiatus from writing until she fell in love with small theater. Since 2008 she has had several successful theater projects produced in No Hollywood. Her play The Reading Group was named Pick of the Week by LA Weekly Magazine and in 2017 her play Simple Lives was nominated for Outstanding Writing of an Original Play or Musical by the Valley Theater Awards (the only woman nominated).
Bernadette Armstrong
Cast:
Christine Uhebe as Sandra
Christine Uhebe was born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil and started her acting career when she lived in Florence, Italy. Since moving to Los Angeles, Christine has been working tirelessly to further her career, beginning her journey studying at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Upon graduating she was cast in Distant Vision, directed by the visionary Francis Ford Coppola.
On stage, Christine has appeared as Cecilia in the sold out performance of María Irene Fornés' Fefu and her Friends, at the historic Hollyhock House. She also played Beth in Berndatte Armstrong's Simple Lives, as well as Inez in the World Premiere of Affluence at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills.
She appeared in The Rookie opposite Eric Winter, Lazareth opposite Ashley Judd, and the final season of Seal Team opposite David Boreanaz. Christine's voice career has taken off since appearing as the Brazilian “La Portia” opposite Wil Wheaton in the Facebook Watch Original Rival Speak. Her most prized credit to date has been voicing Nina Da Costa in Marvel's X-Men '97.
Christine Uhebe
Daamen Krall as Harry
Daamen has worked as a professional actor/voice-over artist in films and television for the past 38 years. Some of the recent film credits include THE POST, CARS III, AMERICAN PASTORAL, UNBROKEN 2, and, for television, SLEEPY HOLLOW and MADMEN. One of his favorite projects was starring in the title role of the award-winning remake of THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI. He also produced the award-winning short film HIDE. Under the banner of MIDNIGHT SCREAM PRODUCTIONS with partner Robert Shelby, he is currently in post-production for the web series THE LISTENER. Daamen is also the host and sometimes cast member of the return of radio’s theatre of thrills, SUSPENSE, which is ha gained fans around the world and was nominated twice for a Peabody Award.
Daamen Krall
Sound Production:
Recorded at Oak House Recording Studio in Pasadena, CA with Sound Engineer David Peters.
Sound Editor: David Peters
