Creative Team
Alexander Lee (he/they)
Composer/Pianist
An LA-based artist who has studied music from early age with wide-eyed wonder. His experience performing with marching bands, wind ensembles, jazz combos, and various chamber ensembles (in addition to performing solo piano repertoire), has inspired and enabled his obsession with details hidden in the music. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music in 2016 studying composition with Dr. Alan Shockley, Dr. Raymond Torres-Santos, and Dr. Alexander Miller. He completed his Master’s Degree at the same institution in 2019 studying piano performance with Craig Richey. He has composed works for a variety of non-traditional and experimental chamber ensembles, with an intent driven by spatial awareness, fractal recursion, and cyclical narratives. In addition to composing some of his own solo repertoire, he chooses to program solo works that are lesser known and often not performed. This is exemplary of his commitment to sharing hidden gems from lesser known composers and widening the palette of all lovers of music. His ultimate goal as an artist is to share the knowledge that all is an illusion.
David GarcĂa Saldaña (he/him)
Book + Lyrics/Music Director
A Southern-California Chican@ composer, writer, and singer from the San Gabriel Valley (ASCAP, NACUSA-LA, ACF-LA, DG). He collaborates frequently with artists in both dance and theater, creating content ranging from incidental music to new musical theater works. You can find him performing throughout the Los Angeles area with different vocal groups and, at times, on electronics using one of his several new instruments. He teaches ranging from college to middle school. A graduate of CSU Long Beach’s Bob Cole Conservatory of Music (M.M. Music Composition) and UC Santa Barbara’s College of Creative Studies (B.A. Literature).
William Hickman (he/him)
Director
William Hickman is a director, fight director, and actor. He received his BFA in acting and directing from the University of Montevallo in 2004 and his MFA in acting from UCLA in 2013 and taught Acting 1 and 2, and Voice and Movement for the Performer at PCC. He previously taught stage combat at AMDA Los Angeles, Star Prep Academy, and The Angeles Workshop School. William has directed 16 plays at PCC over the past seven years. His productions include Metamorphoses, Middletown, Shh…it’s Library (workshop), Cabaret, Macbeth, Dorkface Rules the World, and She Kills Monsters. William has also choreographed fights for numerous college and professional productions including The Hamlet Project with Loose Cannon, The Armadillo Necktie with The Group Rep, Henry VI with NAU, and Midsummer, Romeo and Juliet, She Kills Monsters, and others at PCC. William is a member of Actors Equity Association as well as an Advanced Actor Combatant with The Society of American Fight Directors. William will be moving to the University of Northern Iowa as chair of theatre in fall of 2023, and he would like to thank his amazing spouse, Shannon, for her constant love and support.
MARK MILLER (he/him)
Band Director
Mark Miller has a Doctorate and Masters in Trombone Performance from the USC Thornton School of Music. Mark has performed with orchestras all over California, including the San Bernardino Symphony, Monterey Symphony, and San Diego Symphony. In addition to teaching at PCC, he is on faculty at CSU San Bernardino and taught Low Brass and chambers ensembles at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Eric Larson (he/him)
Technical Director/Set Designer
Eric Larson (Technical Director and Set Designer) Currently is a member of the faculty at Pasadena City College in the Theatre Department, where he has taught full time for the last 17 years. Eric has designed extensively in Theatre, Film and Television, from Broadway to major awards shows and motion pictures. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as The Art Director’s Guild (IATSE Local 800) and formerly of United Scenic Artists (IATSE Local 829). Eric is a life-long resident of Southern California with over 400 plus productions to his credit in the Americas and Europe. He received His M.F.A in Theatrical Set Design, in 1995 from UCLA, his B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in set design, from San Francisco State University in 1991 and his A.A. in Liberal Arts from Santa Ana College in 1988.
James Gingold (he/him)
Carpenter
Aylah Robinson (she/her)
Assistant Director
Aylah Robinson has been at PCC for 3 years, 2 of those years in the theater department. She has a major in theater and a minor in fashion design. This is her last show at PCC and her first time behind the table as an assistant director and not as an actor. She has had so much fun working on this show and is sad that this is her last show, but all good things must come to an end.Â
Daniel Grimaldi (he/him)
Assistant Director
Daniel M. Grimaldi is a longtime student and fan of PCC theatre. After seeing multiple plays and musicals including Project MacBeth and Cabaret (Dir. William R. Hickman) he decided this was the place for him. Entering into the PCC theatre scene with a bang in 2019’s Metamorphoses, he has gone onto work on 13 shows including The Mousetrap (Dir. Deborah Taylor), Pirates of Pasadena (Dir. William R. Hickman), and Hamlet (Dir. Deborah Taylor). Daniel has had the absolute pleasure of working with this beautifully diverse cast filled with faces old and new. Daniel plans on pursuing a long career in the performance arts filled with acting, singing and lots of fights. Choreographed ones that is. Daniel would like to extend a final thanks to his wonderful mentors and professors here at PCC with the utmost gratitude to Will Hickman, who saw Orpheus in a scruffy 18 year old and Deborah Taylor, for getting to be her Hammy.
Xol Gonzalez (he/him)
Assistant Director
Xol Gonzalez is grateful to be apart of PCC’s Production of SHH! He is a second-generation Los Angeles native, born in Inglewood and raised in East LA. He also has a career in film and television that spans across 18 years. When he is not in front of the camera, he is working diligently behind the scenes as a Director, cinematographer, and writer for his film company “Chicanos with A Camera” with works ranging from documentary, dance videos, educational content and more. Previous collaborations/credits include Grammy Award winning band Quetzal, Door to America (The Colony Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (Trofimov), Angel City (Lanx), The Odd Couple (Speed) CALMATIC, Lena Waithe produced short, “Salao” (Writer), Smithsonian Folkways, Southern California Children’s Museum’s Walk The Walk series (Producer/Director), La Plaza de Cultura y Artes (Producer/Director/AC), Robert Yeoman, Roman Coppola, American Idol, and The Gonzalez Brothers produced short “Tienda”. He is also excited to make his theatrical debut this summer in DC’s Blue Beetle. Xol would like to thank his family for nurturing his career over the years.
Bryan Tiglio (he/him)
Production Stage Manager
Bryan Tiglio is going into his third and final year as a Theatre Arts major at PCC. He has been a part of 10 productions at PCC, mainly as Prop Master, Assistant Stage Manager, and Production Stage Manager. He is also currently working at A Noise Within, he has been a part of Stage Crew for Much Ado About Nothing and The Book of Will. Bryan was a part of the original production crew for the workshop of SHH!…(The Library Musical) as Assistant Stage Manager and Prop Master. He is very excited to be the Production Stage Manager on a mainstage musical for the first time! He is very grateful for this cast and crew and can’t wait to put on this wonderful production.
Alastair Moore (he/him)
Assistant Stage Manager
This is Alastair’s first year going into his second as a Technical Theatre major at PCC. This will be his third production in stage management and fifth show overall. He is very excited to be working on his first musical at PCC and to be doing it with such an amazing cast, crew, and production team!
Chéri McKenzie (she/her)
Choreographer
ChĂ©ri McKenzie began dancing at three and discovered musical theatre not long after. A member of the community, ChĂ©ri lives in Altadena and studied Theatre at L.A. County High School for the Arts. Before graduating with a BA in Theatre and a Minor in Dance from the University of Southern California she attended PCC for a year. During her time at PCC, she performed in and helped choreograph Cabaret directed by Will Hickman as well as many dance performances under Cheryl Banks-Smith and Robbie Shaw. While working on this show ChĂ©ri has been acting, dancing, and singing every weekend at the Biltmore Hotel in an immersive show The Hotel Who: A Love Story. While ChĂ©ri has choreographed many pieces, this is her first time choreographing an original musical. In September, ChĂ©ri will move to London to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts for an MFA in Musical Theatre. She would like to thank everyone who helped make this experience possible, it was nice to be back.Â
Tessa Speck (she/her)
Assistant Choreographer
This is Tessa’s first time behind the scenes. She was so ecstatic to work with the cast, crew and the dance troupe. This has been a wonderful experience for her and she thanks you to coming to see everyones hard work!
Angela Eads (she/her)
Costume Designer
Angela M. Eads is a graduate of FIDM with degrees in Fashion Design and Costume Design. Plays include My Three Angels, Boeing Boeing, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, That Lovin Feelin, Witness For The Prosecution, Dial M For Murder, Lost In Yonkers, The Chinese Wall, Death Trap, Night of The Living Dead, Les Miserable, She Kills Monsters, Peter and the Starcatcher, Grease & Cinderella. Winner of 2021-2022 Scenie Awards OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNER MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS.
Wes Chew (he/him)
Lighting Designer
Wesley Charles Siu Muen Chew is a Southern California based theatrical lighting designer. He has designed throughout the United States. Select regional credits include:  The Great Jheri Curl Debate at East West Players, Kim’s Convenience at Laguna Playhouse, All the Town’s a Stage at Great River Shakespeare Festival, Grease, the Musical at Musical Theatre West, Assassins at East West Players, and Ragtime at the Chance Theater. Other Credits include Senor Plummer’s Final Fiesta with the Rogue Artist Ensemble, The Tragadie of Macbeth with Shakespeare Center Los Angeles, and The Chinese Lady with Artists at Play. His current design interests lie with community based, site specific work. He is an Associate Artist with the Rogue Artist Ensemble and he graduated with his Master’s of Fine Arts in lighting design from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine in the Spring of 2017. He currently teaches lighting design at Loyola Marymount University.
Steve Deatrick (he/him)
Audio Design and Engineer