ALLAN L. RICKMAN (David O. Selznick) ALLEN is making his SRT debut. His New York City credits include Schnitzler’s Far and Wide (Mint), The Lady Next Door (Folksbiene), and Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi (JRT and York). Regional credits include Room Service (Cleveland Playhouse), Waiting For Godot (Two River), The Foreigner (Virginia Stage), Victor/Victoria (Paper Mill), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Charlotte Rep), Peter Pan (Dorset), Born Yesterday (Forestburgh), and two productions of his co-authored farce Off The Hook (Forum and Oldcastle theaters), which has also been produced in Barcelona, Copenhagen, and Paris. Television credits: Michael Moore’s The Awful Truth, Buck Henry’s Are We On, Quick Wits with Wayne Brady, Law & Order: SVU, and the original Law & Order. Thanks, Yelena.
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DARAJ MAXFIELD (Victor Fleming) Daraj most recently completed the role of Victor Fleming in SRT’s Moonlight and Magnolias. Other recent SRT credits include Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!, Daddy Warbucks in Annie, Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger in CATS, Athos in the world premier of The Three Musketeers and as the Father in Violet. Other favorite roles include Jesus in both Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell, Arthur in Camelot, Che in Evita, The Detective in Gunmetal Blues and Captain Tempest in Return to the Forbidden Planet. Daraj is Founder/Artistic Director of Theatre of All Possibilities, where he both writes and directs plays that tour Central California. He is a proud member of Actors Equity.
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KELLI JOAN BENNETT (Miss Poppenghul) Kelli Joan comes from Los Angeles to make her debut at SRT. Originally from Missouri, she studied theatre at the University of Missouri, Columbia and California State University, Fullerton. She went on to act in and write countless theatre and film productions. Her favorite role was Olive in the female version of The Odd Couple. She founded Scriptapalooza and recently acted in the films Gettin’ Lucky and Love Thy Neighbor. She is set to star in her latest screenplay, The Member and Me, with John David Hartfield and Patti LaBelle. Thanks to her fiancé, Tim Warren, for his continued love and support.
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MATT THOMPSON (Ben Hecht) Matt is the artistic director of The Plutonium Theatre in San Diego, which is dedicated to the production of new works. His most recent productions include: Leading Ladies and A Thousand Clowns at North Coast Rep; Cold Comfort Farm at Lamb’s Players; Shear Madness at The Theatre in Old Town; The Abyss, So, Two Guys Walk Into a Bar at the Old Globe; The Tempest at Kingsmen Shakespeare; Rapunzal at Falcon Theatre; Hitler’s Head and Apemantus at the Road Theatre. Television credits include: CSI, Veronica Mars, Fashion House, Watch Over Me, The Invisible Man, Baywatch, The Expendables, Days of Our Lives, Cover Me, and 18 Wheels of Justice. Matt’s published plays are: If the Shoe Fits (Dramatic Publishing) and Nobody’s Perfect (Brooklyn Publishing).
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