PERFORMER

Jessica has been involved with ROLT for 20 years and has performed in over 10 productions over the years including some favorites such as Bat Boy, Lizzie, Spring Awakening, Jerry Springer the Opera and Carrie. She’ll be appearing as Violet in this fall’s 9 to 5: The Musical. Jessica began her career as an Assistant Company Manager for Dodger Theatricals in NYC working on the broadway productions Urinetown and 42nd Street before joining the First National tour of Oklahoma. She spent 10 years with Theatreworks of Silicon Valley as Company and Business Manager. She still performs all over the Bay Area and currently works as a project manager in the financial tech industry. ROLT has always been a home away from home for her and she is thrilled to be a part of the team.

PERFORMER

Roeen was most recently a part of the company of Nobody Loves You at ACT. You may also recognize him from roles such as Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde (Ray of Light Theatre), Brad Majors in the 2023 production of The Rocky Horror Show (ROLT/Oasis) or ensemble/swing in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shotgun Players), (he/him) IG @roeennooran

PERFORMER

An East Coast transplant, Anne has been performing across the Bay Area, and teaching/producing educational theatre for nearly a decade. She currently serves as Theatre Director at SHC.

Some of her fave performances: Cecile in Cruel Intentions (Ray of Light), Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar (Alden), Piggie in Elephant & Piggie (Bay Area Children's Theatre), and Clarice in Silence! (ROLT), for which she won a Theatre Bay Area Award. Anne hopes you leave the theater ready to embrace the extraordinary in everyday life, and also vote.

PERFORMER

The Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy (J. Conrad Frank) has enthralled Bay Area audiences for over 17 years with her unique blend of opera, pop and booze.  With a career spanning a very … very long time … Katya claims to have invented Popera, romanced William Shatner, and lived across the hall from John Lennon at the Dakota during her infamous 1970’s stint in NYC. Once Eastern Europe’s most sought after Mezzo Soprano - understudy, the countess now spends her evenings crooning and drinking her way through the finer theaters, bars, and bathhouses of America.  Named “Best Drag Act 2008” By the San Francisco Bay Guardian and winner of the 2019 Bestie for Cabaret Performer. She has sold out runs at the Razz room, Feinstein’s, The New Conservatory Theater, Oasis, Don’t Tell Mama’s and Fifteen years of monthly shows at Martuni’s.  Katy’s Award winning “Holiday Spectacular” has been a San Francisco Tradition for the bast 14 years. Katya played Blanch Hudson in Billy Cliff’s film Baby Jane and Mildred in Hush Up Sweet Charlotte. @katyasmirnoff on TikTok, katyasmirnoffskyy on Instagram.

PERFORMER

Chanel (she/they) appeared most recently on the Ray of Light stage as Lauren in Kinky Boots. Bay Area born and raised, she graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016, where she studied Communication, Theatre, and Music Industry. Favorite theatre credits include: Dorothy in Wizard of Oz (ACT); Passing Strange (Shotgun Players); A Christmas Carol (Center REPertory Company); Little Shop of Horrors, Memphis, Mamma Mia!, Dreamgirls, and Ragtime (Berkeley Playhouse); The Little Mermaid (Lucky Penny Productions); Pride & Prejudice: A New Musical (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley); In the Heights (Plethos Productions, Contra Costa Civic Theatre); and Hairspray (Bay Area Musicals, Woodminster).

PERFORMER

Phil was last seen on the Ray of Light stage in Reefer Madness. His credits include work with American Conservatory Theater, California Shakespeare Theater, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Z Space & Word for Word, Shotgun Players, Bay Area Children’s Theater, The EXIT, Lamplighters Music Theater, Killing My Lobster, and Ray of Light. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and received his physical theatre training at the Accademia dell’ Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Phil is also a rapper, musician, and improvisor, recently seen as a guest artist with the Tony Award–winning National Tour of Freestyle Love Supreme. He is a member of the first Bay Area #BARS Cohort and the co-founder of Bay Area Theatre Cypher, a collective of hip-hop theatre artists that channel the power of the cypher as a conduit for inclusive storytelling that is conscious, empathetic, relevant, and revolutionary. @phillywongsteak @bayareatheatrecypher

DIRECTOR

CALEB DRAPER (Director) Caleb Haven Draper has been working with Ray of Light since 2018, performing as Brad in The Rocky Horror Show, performing in and directing the Spotlight Cabaret, and as Volunteer Coordinator on ROLT staff. Their alter ego, Joan, has performed in Cabarets, Friends Live! (Rachel Green), and Sqream (Drew/Courtney) at Oasis. Instagram: @calebbobayleb @25yearoldjoan. Love to Darla.

MUSIC DIRECTOR/PIANO

Nathan is a true San Francisco enthusiast, working harder to deeply connect to the city's vibrant queer and arts communities.  By day, he works full-time directly supporting queer mental health as a Peer Navigator at the Mental Health Association of San Francisco. By night, you can catch him performing gigs around town, occasionally subbing for open-mic nights at Martuni’s and accompanying for “Into the Joaniverse”, a monthly cabaret at Martuni's that is ending next month.

PERCUSSION

Steven Bolinger is a San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has contributed his talents to the musical productions of D’Arcy Drollinger/Oasis Nightclub Cabaret (“SQREAM", "Golden Girls Live", "Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra-Showgirls"), Ray of Light Theatre ("Rocky Horror", "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"), Peaches Christ Productions ("Showgirls: The Musical"). He composed original music for the film “Sh*t & Champagne” and Third Cloud from the Left stage productions "The Mariner" and "Putas Asesinas", co-wrote songs for the original stage musical "Dernier Cri”, and produced parody pop hits for web series "Hot Trash". Steve has released dozens of albums of original music, including his latest release, “Sabir”, which you can hear at stevenbolinger.com

BASS

Amanda plays double bass and electric bass in the Bay Area for various musical ensembles, including San Francisco Playhouse, Berkeley Playhouse, 42nd Street Moon, YMTC, Awesome Orchestra Collective, and others. Recently, she has played at San Francisco Playhouse’s Starting Here, Starting Now, Groundhog Day, YMTC’s A Light In the Piazza, and 42nd Moon’s CHESS! In Concert. Outside of music, Amanda works at Salesforce.org supporting nonprofit organizations and volunteers her time as a fundraiser and strategic consultant for performing arts organizations.