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is a dedicated elementary and middle school teacher hailing from sunny Southern California. With a lifelong passion for acting and theater, Rachael has spent years honing her craft through classes and workshops, embracing the art of storytelling both on and off the stage. As a child, she delighted in performing under the spotlight, a joy…
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Jake Mouchawar is an award-winning performer, director, puppeteer, and theater educator from Thousand Oaks, CA. He has performed at the Santa Barbara Zoo, The Burren in Cambridge, The Pantages in Hollywood, and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. He graduated magna cum laude with a BFA in Theatre Education & Performance from Emerson College, where…
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Shinshin Yuder Tsai is the Producing Associate at Chance Theater, where he also serves as the Resident Intimacy and Casting Director. He is a Board Member-Council for OCTG and the Founding Artistic Director of the AAPI Sketch Comedy Troupe, No MSG Added. As a director, Shinshin’s credits include The Chinese Lady at Chance Theater, starring…
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Shai Culver is an Asian American actress best known for her work in television and film. She holds a BFA in Musical Theater and is thrilled to be celebrating her 6th year with Chance Theater. When not performing, Shai works in a TK/K Special Needs classroom and is currently pursuing a masters in speech therapy.…
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Amanda Zarr is a professional actor, director, and adjunct theatre professor She earned her BFA from Chapman University, and her MFA from the prestigious PATP program at the University of Washington. She currently directs and teaches at Chapman University. She was a member of Shakespeare Orange County for over 10 years and served as associate…
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Nicholas Thurkettle is an actor, filmmaker, and writer based in Orange County. He majored in Theatre Performance and Music at Bradley University and is a proud member of both SAG-AFTRA and the WGA. As a performer he’s best known for his voice acting in videogames such as Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and Zenless Zone Zero, as well as…
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Karen has served as Chance Theater’s Community Outreach and Education Director since 2015. As an educator, she is deeply committed to using theater as a tool to build empathy, confidence, and meaningful skills in her students. Through programs like Speak Up, she empowers local youth, veterans, and teens on the autism spectrum to find their…
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Robyn Manion is a proud Resident Artist here at Chance Theater. Past productions with this company include West Side Story, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, In The Heights, Hairspray, Fancy Nancy, Parade (Ovation nominated), Violet (LA Times Critic’s Pick), Big Fish, Lizzie (Ovation winner, Best Musical-Intimate Theater), Ragtime, and Edges (OCTG Award nomination: Outstanding Music Direction).…
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Darryl B. Hovis is a director, designer, and actor from Southern California. He earned his M.A. in Theatre Production at Central Washington University and studied acting at the Professional Conservatory at UCSD as well as South Coast Repertory. As a Resident Artist with Chance Theater, he serves as Director of Teens Speak-Up and TYA Producing…
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James recently directed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Chance Theater (Orange Curtain Review Award for Best Musical). Other Chance directing credits include American Idiot (Winner of 6 Orange County Theater Guild Awards including Outstanding Direction of a Musical), Edges, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Wrinkle In Time, and The Eight: Reindeer…