Andréa Agosto they/she (Aziza Houston) 

La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Mud Row (Cygnet); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (FUSION); We Tell the Story (Quality Hill); A Christmas Carol (Kansas City Rep); Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Coterie). Education: M.A. from University of New Mexico. Thankful and excited to be here! Follow @andreariquena or visit www.andreaagosto.com to learn more. 

Martha Boles she/her (Understudy: Aziza Houston, Morgan Jasper, Claudine Jasper)

La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Witness Uganda, All the Way (A.R.T.); Elemeno Pea (A.R.T. Institute); American Sojourns  (MXAT Moscow). TV: Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Shameless, Leverage, Brothers & Sisters, Better Off Ted. Education: M.F.A. in Acting, American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. She’s a seasoned improviser, stand-up comic, and dueling pianist. Catch her in action at The Shout! House in the Gaslamp District. Learn more about her work at marthaboles.com. To K.R.: Thank you, my love!  

Stephanie Berry (Claudine Jasper)

is the recipient of the 2026 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in Performance, The Gospel at Colonus. She just appeared in a co-production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone as Bertha Holly at Indiana Repertory Company and Syracuse Stage. She appeared as Oedipus in The Gospel at Colonus at Little Island, Gem of the Ocean at Two River Theatre, Staff Meal at Playwrights Horizons, and as Olivia in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s production of Malvolio. She appeared in The Garden at La Jolla Playhouse. She is the 2023 recipient of an Obie Award for Performance, for her role in On Sugarland at New York Theatre Workshop, and an Obie Award for her solo show, The Shaneequa Chronicles: The Making of a Black Woman. Selected film and TV credits include Fantasy Island, O.G., The Last O.G., Bull, Blue Bloods, Blacklist and all the Law & Order shows. She is the recipient of the 2022 New Professional Theatre’s Award for Activism, and the 2021 League of Professional Theatre Women’s Lee Reynolds Award. She has a one-person play on the life of Claudette Colvin.

Crystal Dickinson (Morgan Jasper)  

La Jolla Playhouse: Debut! Broadway: Clybourne Park, You Can't Take It with You. Off-Broadway: Blood Quilt (Lincoln Center); Covenant (Roundabout); The White Chip (MCC); The Trees (Playwrights Horizons); Lessons in Survival:1971 (The Vineyard Theater); Cullud Wattah (The Public Theater). Film & TV credits: The CHI and For Life. 

Sean Boyce Johnson he/him (Solomon “Junior” Jasper)

La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Off-Broadway: Black Odyssey (Classic Stage Company). Regional: Man in the Ring (Huntington); Almost, Maine (Lake Placid Center for the Arts); To Kill a Mockingbird (Pendragon). Overseas: Amiri Baraka’s SlaveShip (Liverpool, UK). Television: The Night Agent (Netflix), Elsbeth, The Code (CBS), For Life (ABC), The Endgame (NBC), Prodigal Son (FOX). Narration: Shark Below Zero, National Parks: Hidden Gems (National Geographic), 4th and Forever (HBO/Curiosity Stream). Education: M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.

Derrick Parker (Understudy: Solomon “Sonny” Jasper)

This is Derrick’s first assignment at La Jolla Playhouse. He brings with him stage work that includes, Othello (Othello and Roderigo), Hamlet (Claudius); Topdog/Underdog (Lincoln), The Cherry Orchard (Lopakin), Miss Evers’ Boys (Caleb Humphries), The Boys Next Door (Lucien P. Smith). Some of his on-camera credits include Law & Order, Unsolved Mysteries and General Hospital. Growing up in Greenville, NC, Derrick studied acting at East Carolina University; then later at the University of San Diego/The Old Globe (MFA Acting); and Mount St. Mary’s University – LA (MFA Film Production). Derrick was writer/director/producer for the feature film From Faith to Freedom and has had several short films in film festivals.

Vandous Stripling II (Understudy: Solomon “Junior” Jasper, Nazareth “Naz“ Jasper) 

La Jolla Playhouse: Jaja's African Hair Braiding u/s. Regional: Henry 6 Part 1, Henry 6 Part 2, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Old Globe); Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Center Theater Group); Trouble in Mind (Pittsburgh Public Theater); FLY!, Court Martial at Fort Devens (African American Repertory Theater). Education: M.F.A., The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. @vandousstriplingii on Instagram.

Matthew Elijah Webb (Nazareth “Naz“ Jasper) 

La Jolla Playhouse: Debut! Broadway: Fat Ham, Our Town. Off-Broadway: Fat Ham. Regional Theatre: Spunk (Yale Rep), Fat Ham (Geffen Playhouse), The Colored Museum, Fat Ham (Studio Theatre). Education: M.F.A., Yale School of Drama.  

Cornell Womack (Solomon “Sonny“ Jasper) 

La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: On Golden Pond, Talk Radio. Off-Broadway: Yellowman, Thunder Knocking on the Door, The Odyssey. Regional: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Twelfth Night (The Old Globe). Film: Transformers, State of Play, The Happening. TV: The Shrink Next Door, Barry, Flaked, Rescue Me, Better Call Saul, Criminal Minds, Suits, The Newsroom, Boston Legal, Criminal Minds. Voiceover: voice of HGTV, promo voice for FX, ABC, voice of The Fan 101.5 FM. Narration: Gangsters: America's Most Wanted, Corrupt Crimes, Hangar 1 UFO Files. Alum: Julliard.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Playwright)

is a writer and theatre artist whose plays include Purpose, Appropriate, The Comeuppance, Girls, Everybody, War, Gloria, Appropriate, An Octoroon and Neighbors. He is a Professor in the Practice at Yale University and serves as Vice President of the Dramatists Guild council. He has been the recipient of two Tony awards, a Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur fellowship, the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams Award.

Delicia Turner Sonnenberg (Director)

is a San Diego-based director whose work has been celebrated for its boldness, creativity, and commitment to diverse storytelling. Delicia has directed Derecho, The Garden, Hoopla! (POP Tour), and #Super Shiny Sara (POP Tour) for La Jolla Playhouse. Other credits include The Old Globe, Denver Center, Alley Theatre, South Coast Rep, New Jersey Rep, Utah Shakespeare, Theatre Squared, Island City Stage, Two River Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatre Calgary, Round House Theatre, Center Rep, Cygnet, Diversionary, New Village Arts, Playwrights Project and San Diego REP, among others. 

Lawrence E. Moten III he/him/his (Scenic Designer)

Broadway: Chicken & Biscuits (Circle in the Square). NYC: Heaux Church (Ars Nova); Guide for the Homesick (LDK Productions); Reconstructing (BAM and UTR); Ghost of John McCain (SoHo Playhouse); The White Chip (MCC); Covenant (Roundabout); Patience (2ST Uptown); Stargazers, STEW (Page 73). Regional: Merry Wives and Kunene and the King (STC); Paradise Blue (Studio); Little Miss Perfect, Senior Class (Olney); Native Gardens, Two Trains Running (Hartford Stage); Fences, All’s Well…, Henry 6: One & Two, Twelfth Night, Trouble in Mind (Old Globe); ¡VOS!, Gem of the Ocean (Two River); Cosí Fan Tutte and Faust (Wolf Trap Opera). Member: USA 829. 
www.motendesigns.com; IG: @motendesigns  

Samantha C. Jones she/her (Costume Designer) 

La Jolla Playhouse: Indian Princesses. Previous design credits include: Off-Broadway: The Lonely Few (MCC), King James (Manhattan Theatre Club). Regional Theatre credits include work at: Center Theatre Group, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Huntington Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company,  Jackalope Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, First Stage Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Peninsula Players Theater, and others. Her work can be viewed at samanthacjones.com.

Sherrice Mojgani (Lighting Designer) 

recently designed Derecho and The Garden (La Jolla Playhouse); Fences, The Comedy of Errors and All’s Well That Ends Well (The Old Globe); Bulrusher and Blues for an Alabama Sky (McCarter Theatre Center); The Mountaintop and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Round House Theater); Tiny Beautiful Things and The Folks at Home (Baltimore Center Stage); The High Ground, The Heiress and Two Trains Running (Arena Stage). Sherrice is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She holds a B.A. in Theater Arts from UC Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. in Lighting Design from UC San Diego. smojgani.com. 

Lindsay Jones (Original Music and Sound Design) 

La Jolla Playhouse: The Tallest Tree in the Forest. Broadway: Slave Play, The Nap, A Time to Kill, Bronx Bombers. Off-Broadway: Bootycandy, Wild with Happy, The Brother/Sister Plays, Top Secret. Regional: Guthrie, South Coast Repertory, McCarter, Arena Stage, The Old Globe, Hartford Stage. International: Noel Coward Theatre (West End), Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Festival. Film: A Note of Triumph (HBO Films, 2006 Academy Award winner). Podcasts: Audible, Disney, Marvel, DC Comics, Next Chapter Podcasts. Awards: two Tony Award nominations, Webby Award, seven Jeff Awards, two Ovation Awards, three Signal Awards, Ambie Award. Co-chair of Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA). lindsayjones.com 

Alberto “Albee” Alvarado he/him (Wig, Hair and Makeup Design)

La Jolla Playhouse: The Heart, Derecho, The Ballad of Johnny & June, SUMO, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, Bhangin’ It, to the yellow house. Broadway: Rocky Horror Show, The Outsiders (Tony Award for Best Musical). Tours: The Outsiders (US Tour); The Ballad of Johnny & June (UK & Ireland Tour) Off-Broadway: SUMO (The Public; Drama Desk nominee). Regional: A Wrinkle in Time (Arena Stage), La Cage Aux Folles (Pasadena Playhouse), A Transparent Musical (CTG LA: Makeup), San Diego Opera, Seagle Music Colony. Education: B.A. Theatre, SDSU. Love to familia, amigos, Daniel & Yeobo. I’m here to amplify underrepresented voices. YOUR story matters. IG: @saboralbee 

tbd Casting, Stephanie Yankwitt (Casting) 

La Jolla Playhouse: All the Men Who’ve Frightened Me, Primary Trust, Velour: A Drag Spectacular, Derecho, Babbitt, to the yellow house, Here There Are Blueberries and The Coast Starlight, as well as many readings and workshops. Select credits, theater: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Broadway), Fairview (2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Soho Rep, TFANA, Berkeley Rep), Here There Are Blueberries (Shakespeare Theatre Company, NYTW and the upcoming National Tour) and Public Obscenities (Soho Rep, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, TFANA). tbd casting co. cast the award-winning film In the Summers, written/directed by Alessandra Lacorazza, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival and was an official selection of Tribeca, Cartagena, LA Liff Film Festivals. @tbdcastingco 

Heather M. Brose she/her (Stage Manager) 

Recent SM credits include: All The Men Who've Frightened Me, Jin vs the Beach, Alice Chan (La Jolla Playhouse); Sister Act, Water by the Spoonful and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); DRACULA: A Comedy of Terrors, Globe For All – Shakespeare Call & Response (The Old Globe – ASM); The Little Prince (European Tour); Once on This Island (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); 13 seasons at SD Rep, including In the Heights; Million Dollar Quartet, Noises Off, West Side Story (Lamb’s Players Theatre); Somewhere Over the Border, The Little Fellow, The Great Leap, Pageant, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret (Cygnet Theatre); Salome and The Father, directed by Estelle Parsons for The Actors Studio starring Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest; and Stephen Sondheim’s 70th Birthday Bash at the Hollywood Bowl. Proud member of Actors' Equity Association where she serves members as a Western At Large Councilor.  

Alexa Burn she/her (Assistant Stage Manager)

La Jolla Playhouse: The Recipe, Working Girl, The Heart, Indian Princesses, Your Local Theater Presents..., Derecho, Primary Trust, 3 Summers of Lincoln. Select credits include Clyde’s (ASM) at the Denver Center, The Royale (SM) at American Players Theatre, Bald Sisters (SM) at San Jose Stage, Intimate Apparel (ASM), The Three Musketeers (ASM), Chicken & Biscuits (ASM), The Great Leap (ASM), Grand Horizons (ASM), Hood (ASM) at the Asolo Repertory Theatre, and The Code (SM) at American Conservatory Theatre SF. Alexa was also a stage manager at the Disneyland Resort for many years, working with the Disneyland Band, Dapper Dans, and many more.