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Eric Curtis Johnson

 ERIC JOHNSON* (Henry) - Eric is from Chicago. Stage credits include THE DUEL at Steppenwolf; LEBENSRAUM at Trap Door (winner, Joseph Jefferson award, best supporting actor); THE SLEEPER at Laguna Playhouse; GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (as Roma) at the Egyptian Arena; Many episodes of SERIAL KILLERS and MAGNUM OPUS THEATER at Sacred Fools. At SkyPilot, acted in DEATH & THE MAIDEN and TAKING SIDES, directed HELLCAB and REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT. Member of SkyPilot and Sacred Fools. Recently played accordion for ST. JOAN AND THE DANCING SICKNESS at Open Fistís First Look Festival. FILM/TV: DIRTY SEXY MONEY; CUPID; KWIK STOP; SAN SABA. http://nowcasting.com/ericjohnson.
Jaime Andrews JAIME ANDREWS* (Lily) - Jaime last appeared as Dorine in TARTUFFE at Boston Court, but she can usually be found at Sacred Fools Theater, where she is Managing Director and can been seen in the late night hits SERIAL KILLERS and MAGNUM OPUS THEATRE. She does lots of commercials (current: Sprint/NFL, Totinos, McDonalds, Jared) and appears sporadically on PENN & TELLER: BS! and SMOKING GUN PRESENTS: WORLD'S DUMBEST... series. Jaime is so pleased to fly with SkyPilot, and thanks Eric for the introduction. There's more dirt on her at jaimeandrews.com.
Bob Rusch BOB RUSCH (Danny) - Bob is thrilled to be back on stage with SkyPilot and to be working with his friends James Sharpe and Eric Curtis Johnson, and the rest of this amazing cast and crew, after a 27 month layoff where he focused on Artistic Director and Producer duties. Past SkyPilot credits are REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT, HELLCAB, SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO and JERRY AND TOM. Professional credits include SONS OF ANARCHY, GHOST WHISPERER, ITíS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. For a complete list, or to learn more interesting things about Bob, you can search for him on www.IMDB.com or www.Facebook.com. Bob is managed by Albert Giannelli at Omnium Entertainment and would like to thank you for your support of SkyPilot Theatre Company, which he co-founded back in 2004.
Phillipe Simon PHILLIPE SIMON* (Max) - Raised in France by Spanish parents, Phillipe is thrilled to be working in Hollywood. Phillipe is very grateful that the SkyPilot company gave him the opportunity to play on Stage again. Phillipe recent films are Iron Man 2 (coming out 05-2010), The Funeral Director and Bottle Shock. You may also have seen him on TV recently in The Unit, or Chuck, or Guest Starring in My name is Earl, or on Eleventh Hour. Find out more about Phillipe Simon at www.imdb.com
Gemma Massot GEMMA MASSOT (Sandy) - Gemma is very excited to be part of her first SkyPilot production. Originally from England Gemma trained at RADA and has performed at the Royal National Theatre in London and The Royal Shakespeare Company. Gemma credits at the RSC include: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, Desdemona in Othello,and Portia in Merchant of Venice. In Los Angeles, Gemma has worked at The Pasadena Playhouse. In Film, Gemma has had the privilege of working with Gabriel Byrne and Richard Harris In Smilla's Sense of Snow and Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet in A LOT Like Love. She also just wrapped an indy short film called Elegy.
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James Sharpe (Director) - Mr. Sharpe is a member of the SkyPilot Theatre Company for which he previously directed SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO by David Mamet and performed the lead role in TAKING SIDES. Recent acting credits include DARK BLUE, CRIMINAL MINDS, COLD CASE and the feature film YOUNG AMERICANS. Additional directorial credits include A STROLL IN THE AIR by Eugene Ionesco and CLOUD NINE by Caryl Churchill. He studied directing at Smith College in Northampton, MA.

Llyr Heller (Stage Manager) - is proud to be collaborating with SkyPilot for the first time. Having studied Film and Theater at both UCSB and UBC, her previous plays include EROS AND THE GUILLOTINE, CLOSER, SAVAGE IN LIMBO, THE DINING ROOM and LOS DESAPARECIDOS. You can reach her at llyrrhia@yahoo.com

Danuta Tomzynski (Set Designer) - is a Los Angeles native and has designed sets in the LA area since 1999 with various theater groups. Her design training includes fashion design, textile design, graphic design, interior and retail design, scenic and fine art painting. Danuta has worked as co-producer for theater and film. She has been the production designer for a feature length thriller, KILLING ARIEL. Danuta is grateful to have found production design as a way to combine all her design sensibilities. This is her fifth collaboration with SkyPilot Theatre Co. Past credits include REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT, TAKING SIDES, PETER COTTONTAIL JR. and DEATH AND THE MAIDEN. She is grateful to have met and worked with SkyPilot Theatre Co. and director James Sharpe and thanks them for their spirit of collaboration.

Constanza Bade (Sound Designer) - With a theatre performance background, Constanza has designed sound for 12 years in theatre, animation, film, tv, radio, and other media installation projects. Theatre sound design credits include: THE OLD MAID ANS THE THIEF, THE MADWOMAN OF CHALLIOT, and many others she can't remember right now...

Michael Brainard (Set Builder) - Michael is thrilled to be working with his friends at SkyPilot once again. Past projects include DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT and TAKING SIDES which he also directed.

Heatherlynn Gonzalez (Light Designer) - is pleased to be working for the first time with SkyPilot Theatre Company. She has designed in several venues throughout Los Angeles and San Diego. She's currently a Company Member with Sacred Fools Theater Company and works as a stage manager and lighting designer there. Lighting Design: LOUIS AND KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA (Sacred Fools), DON JUAN IN CHICAGO (Sacred Fools), PEER GYNT (Sacred Fools), UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL (Sacred Fools), SEVEN DEADLY SINS (Sacred Fools), LIMONCELLO (Ten West/ArtWorks), BIG BANG THEORY (Mitchel Evans's Mime Project/ArtWorks). Stage Management: Sacred Fools: MACBETH, DRACULA, HEAVEN, THE MECHANICAL RABBIT, STRANGE BELIEFS, CIRQUE PICNIQUE; Theatre 40: TURN A BLIND EYE, MODERN ORTHODOX; North Coast Rep: AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENT RICHARD III, AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN; Lamb's Players: AMERICAN RHYTHM, AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS.
* Members of Actors Equity Association