Ron Evans – Vladimir

Ron was seen most recently as Big Daddy in the Calaveras Rep production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as Baptista in the Center Repertory Theatre's Taming of the Shrew and as Pa Joad in the TheatreWorks production of Grapes of Wrath. Ron has performed in many other Bay Area theatres including the California Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, Willows Theatre Company, AmeRican CitiZens TheatRE, Pacific Rep, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival at Lake Tahoe, and the Aurora Theatre Company.

Melbourne Fauvor – Boy

Melbourne is proud to be making his debut with Calaveras Rep. Melbourne was most recently seen as The Cockroach in Wendy Hunter's production of The Bug Hunter. He also played the title role in Gwendolyn Skeens' operetta, Tom Sawyer, and played Kermit the Frog in Jim Henson's The Muppet Show. When Melbourne is not acting, he enjoys baseball, skateboarding, and snowboarding.

Bill Olson – Lucky

Bill Olson is pleased to return to CRT after playing Launcelot Gobbo "Merchant of Venice." Bill has performed with TheatreWorks, City Lights Theatre Company and the Bus Barn Stage Company. He also recently started collaborating with the award winning puppetry company Lunatique Fantastique, working as a lead puppeteer in "Brace Yourself" (Winner Best of Fringe, 2001) and "The Wrapping Paper Caper." Bill is also a professional juggler and a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.

Peter Schmuckal – Estragon

Peter is delighted to be making his first appearance with Calaveras Repertory Theatre. He was seen most recently as Papa in Santa Cruz Shakespeare's Gretel and Hansel. Prior tothis, he spent three seasons with Marin Shakespeare where has played numerous featured roles including Touchstone, Gratiano, and Pistol in Henry V for which he won a Dean Goodman Choice award. Other favorite roles include Polixenes in The Winter's Tale, Guildenstern in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sam Byck in Assassins, and Rudolph Kammerling in TheatreWorks' award winning production of Once in a Lifetime.

Mark Rafael Truitt – Pozzo

Mark was last seen at the Magic Theatre, playing Erwin Schrodinger in Schrodinger's Girlfriend. Prior to that, he appeared at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in Venus Opal Williams' Redemption. He was seen as a Yaley in James Cameron's "Titanic", and among his Television credits are "The Practice", "Star Trek: Voyager", and "Babylon 5". His stage roles have ranged from Dorian Gray at Chicago's Wisdom Bridge Theatre to Betram in All's Well That Ends Well at American Stage, Florida. He is a graduate from the Yale School of Drama.

John Ribovich – Director and Artistic Director

John Ribovich is the Founding Director of Calaveras Repertory Theatre. He has directed over 50 productions in the Bay Area, including the Bay Area stage premiere of E/R (Emergency Room). He is a playwright (his Christmas with the Brothers Grimm was staged for two straight years at Calaveras Rep), poet (his work has appeared in dozens of journals here and abroad) and journalist (recent articles have appeared in American Bungalow and Style 1900). He has also taught Drama and English to students of all ages for the last 20 years.

Garrett Johnson – Stage Manager

Garrett is happy to be working for Calaveras Rep in this, his first, production with the company. Garrett was most recently seen in the Bay Area as Quince in the California Theatre Center's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and as Sebastian in their production of Twelfth Night. Mr. Johnson has also appeared as Pale in Burn This, Henry in The Real Thing, Moss in Glengarry Glen Ross, and Eddie in A Fool for Love. He is a graduate from Oklahoma State University.

Nam Nguyen – Lighting Designer

Nam studied theatrical design at Santa Clara University and has created theatre/industrial lighting and set concepts in the Milpitas community for the past eight years. Since 1996, Nam has been the resident lighting designer for Calaveras Rep, where he recently designed the lights for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. He has also designed for the BusBarn Theatre in Los Altos and served as the designer for the Milpitas Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony for the past two holiday seasons.

Rebecca Eagleson – Costume Designer

Rebecca recently received a B.A. - Theatre Arts from Rockford College (IL) after studying theatre in London, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Costume Design credits include Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Waukesha Civic Theatre), The Boys Next Door (Lunt-Fontanne Ensemble), and several student projects. Also skilled as a Costume Technician, she is currently a Costume Shop Lead at a local theme park. A native Californian, Rebecca is proud to make her West Coast "debut" in the Bay Area.

Greg Hubbard – Associate Director

Greg has worked in various capacities for a variety of theatres in the Bay Area, including TheatreWorks, California Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Marin Theatre Company and Los Altos Youth Theatre. Previously, Greg spent several years in New York City as an actor and director before attending Ohio University, where he received his MFA in Directing. As an actor, Greg has worked at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, PCPA TheatreFest, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Porthouse Theatre, Theatre at Monmouth, Summer Repertory Theatre and Mill Mountain Theatre, among others. Greg is also the Education Director at Marin Shakespeare Company.