Shows & Events

Madeleine George’s (Playwright) plays include Hurricane Diane (Obie Award); The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist; Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award); Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Susan Smith Blackburn finalist); Precious Little, and The Zero Hour (Jane Chambers Award; Lambda Literary Award finalist). Honors include a Whiting Award, the Princess Grace Award, a Lilly Award, and most recently the 2021 Hermitage Award, a national jury-selected prize that offers one of the largest non-profit theatre commissions in the country.

George’s translation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters premiered at Two River Theater in 2022, and her audio adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For is forthcoming from Audible Originals. George is a founding member of the Obie Award-winning playwrights' collective 13P, the Mellon Playwright in Residence at Two River Theater, and a writer on the Hulu mystery-comedy Only Murders in the Building. Since 2006, she has worked with the Bard Prison Initiative at Bard College, where she currently serves as Director of Admissions.

Jennifer King (Director) has directed productions for various theater companies locally and abroad, including Aurora Theatre Company, where she directed Dry Powder in 2018. Other credits include work for the Prague Shakespeare Company (associate artist), Capital Stage, Shakespeare Napa Valley (founder and artistic director), SF PlayGround (company member), Berkeley Playhouse, Sonoma County Repertory Theater, Cinnabar Theater, Symmetry Theater, and Actors' Reading Collective. She is also an award-winning theater professor at Napa Valley College and executive communication coach. Jennifer dedicates this production to her pandemic pod.

Leontyne Mbele-Mbong (Renee) was last seen at the Aurora as Roxane in Cyrano, and before that in Bull in a China Shop, Temple, and Breakfast with Mugabe. Recent shows: Fefu and her Friends at A.C.T., Lear at CalShakes. Some favorites: title role in Medea (TBA Award), and Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (TBA Award Finalist) with African-American Shakespeare Company; The Half-Life of Marie Curie (TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, AK); Watch on the Rhine (Berkeley Rep/Guthrie Theatre), Top Girls, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Fences; Andromache, Candide, Richard III (3 times), Twelfth Night, and Intimate Apparel (Mayme; ARTY Award, best supporting actress).  www.leontynembele-mbong.com

Gianna DiGregorio Rivera (Beth) is a Bay Area-born actor and musician last seen at the Aurora in The Importance of Being Earnest (2019). Recent credits include Romeo y Juliet (California Shakespeare Theater), Quixote Nuevo tour (Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, and Alley Theatre), Arcadia (Shotgun Players), and Ageless (Quantum Dragon Theatre). Gianna just received their M.A. in Sexuality Studies from San Francisco State University, where they examined the intersections of queer, BIPOC identities, and intimacy choreography.

Stacy Ross (Diane) The last full play Stacy was in before the spring of 2020, the play that was allowed to open, run its course and peacefully close, was here at the Aurora in the late autumn of 2019 (Bull In A China Shop, directed by Dawn Monique Williams). So it seems fitting (and fortunate) to be back here to celebrate with you all. Since you're reading this it’s probable that you’re a fan of theatre and the Aurora. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. Stacy lives and works in the Bay Area, has done lots of plays, also frames pictures and likes to swim occasionally in the Bay despite an unreasonable fear of sharks. She credits her happiness and stability to the piano-playing Rand Craig. Most recent credits include Clue (SF Playhouse), Fefu and Her Friends (A.C.T. Strand), Communion (A.C.T. Stream), They Promised Her the Moon (Theatreworks, opening, 3 performances and a very abrupt closing).

Rebecca Schweitzer (Carol) is delighted to back at Aurora where she was last seen in Wives.  Favorite Aurora roles include, Bull In A China Shop; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Small Tragedy; as well as the world premiere of The First Grade.  Rebecca has also appeared at Marin Theatre Company, Center Rep, SF Playhouse, PCPA.  Sometimes her voice can be heard on tv and the radio, as well as a whole bunch of different video games, (The Walking Dead, Back to the Future, World of Warcraft: Legion, League of Legends).  This, along with all endeavors, is dedicated to her mother and grandfather whose love and support have been the foundation for her success. She would also like to thank her husband for his unwavering support.

Luisa Sermol (Pam) is thrilled to be making her debut at Aurora! Recent Bay Area credits include Theatreworks (In Every Generation, It’s a Wonderful Life, Archduke, They Promised Her the Moon), City Lights (The Siegel), Hillbarn Theatre (Noises Off, It’s Only a Play). NY and regional credits include Broadway (Roundabout-Hamlet), Lincoln Center (Tennessee and His Women), Classic Stage Company (Macbeth), Portland Center Stage (Midsummer Night’s Dream), Williamstown Theatre Festival (Romeo and Juliet, A Little Night Music, The Maids), Artists Repertory Theatre (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, The Humans, Cuba Libre, The Goat, Sideman, Three Sisters, Master Class, Night of the Iguana), Miracle (Boleros for the Disenchanted), Badass Theater (San Merci), Broadway Rose (No Way to Treat a Lady, Company) and most recently, Myra’s Story for Corrib Theatre. Film/television appearances include Grimm, Leverage, Zero Effect and Insect Poetry. Luisa is a graduate of The Juilliard School and founding member of The Actors’ Reading Collective (ARC). Luisasermol.com