Arden’s feature documentary film, Leveling Lincoln won a 2024 Daytime Emmy Award and is available on the PBS APP - distributed by NETA for one hour TV broadcast and streaming. www.levelinglincoln.com Her feature script, Gravel Road, was a 2022 semi-finalist at the Ojai Film Festival, Big Apple Film Fest, Manhattan Film Fest, Lady Filmmakers Fest, among others. Her new film, The Last Reunion, is in development for a 2027 release. She is thrilled her newest play, Cassatt, about the American yet Parisian Impressionist artist, opens at Theatre West in Hollywood, May 29, 2026 www.theatrewest.com - Arden directed the critically acclaimed Walking in Space and Thorn in the Family Paw, at Theatre West in Hollywood. She directed The Night Forlorn, or Waitin’ on Godsford, - Best Production of a Play at the 2018 Valley Theatre Awards. She recently co-directed David Johnson’s Sally Spectre Off Off Broadway. She has acted at Primary Stages, The Bouerie Lane Theatre, Soho Playhouse, the Paper Mill Playhouse and the La Mirada Civic Theatre. She received the Lilian Nesburn Award from the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild for, Grandma Good and was a semi-finalist for the Jane Chambers Award with her play, Baby Dreams. Her play, Little Rhonda, was produced at Theatre Geo and is in the Audrey Skirbal Kenis Theatre Archives at the Los Angeles Central Library. Published in two anthologies: Scenes For Women By Women and Even More Monologues For Women By Women. She holds a BA in theatre from UCLA. FB or IG-ATLewisFilms or YouTube – Lewis-Films Website: www.ardenteresalewis.com

Garry Kluger (writer/Producer) is an author and award-winning playwright with three books, nineteen plays, two TV pilots, and twelve documentaries to his credit. Garry’s plays, A Thorn In The Family Paw and Walking In Space which premiered at Theatre West, both won Best New Play from the Stage Scene L.A. Awards and the former winning Best Writer from the Valley Theatre Awards. He won the DFAP International One Act Festival for The Other Half, the Gold Award for Office Hours, the Silver Award for In A Yellow Wood from the World Series Of Screenwriting, won Highly Recommended from the Segora Playwrights Festival in France for Prodigal Returns, and twice a finalist from the Sterts Theatre in London for The Other Half and Brotherhood. Garry has produced Theatre Rocks, Turkey Tales, Love Is A Journey, Family Only, The Man Who Saved Everything, WestFest, Walking In Space, Sally Spectre, The Goddamn Couple Down The Hall, Cassatt, Twisted and several other shows.

Elise Walters is a Buffalo native and Los Angeles–based soprano, actor, choreographer, writer, and arts educator whose work spans opera, musical theatre, cabaret, film, and live theatrical spectacle. Known for her expressive storytelling and versatility, Elise has collaborated with companies including Opera Modesto, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Italia, Independent Opera Company, and Theatre West. Favorite roles include Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz with Opera San Luis Obispo, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel with Opera Modesto, and her ongoing performance as Puck in Storybook Theatre’s Jack and the Beanstalk at Theatre West. Recent completed credits include Director and Choreographer for Willy Wonka Kids at San Rafael Elementary School and a featured role in Die Kluge with Independent Opera Company. Elise continues to balance performance and creative leadership, with a strong commitment to youth theatre and arts education. In 2025, Elise made her New York City debut as writer, producer, and star of her original cabaret Twice Upon a Time at Green Room 42. Created in collaboration with friends, the show offered a reimagining of musical theatre favorites through humor, vulnerability, and reinvention, marking a significant step in Elise’s work as a creator of original, narrative-driven performance. Upcoming engagements include appearances at the Utah Musical Festival, covering Ginsburg in the new opera Scalia/Ginsburg and performing in multiple Gilbert and Sullivan productions. In October 2026, Elise joins Opera San Luis Obispo as Yum Yum in The Mikado. She holds a degree in Vocal Performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, with a minor in theatre and dance.

Sam Gregory is one half of Sam Hill Productions, an independent production company that creates absurd comedy shorts. She has appeared in stage productions of Forum, Top Girls, Rocky Horror, Mark Wilding's Goddamn Couple, various Shakespeare adaptations, etc. Notable TV credits include a recurring role on NBC's "Good Girls" as a fun junkie, or "funkie," as no one is calling it. She sincerely thanks Arden Lewis for introducing her to Mary Cassatt.

Walter Rodriguez is a Southern California born actor who journeyed east to practice law in Boston for a decade. He left the law to court his lifelong love of acting, with theatre credits that include Eastern Standard, Mary Stuart, Mercury Fur, Fuddy Meers, Come Sundown, and In Whose Eyes?

Cecil Jennings’ previous stage credits include Danny in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (River City Productions), Chad in The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Theatre West) Claudius in Hamlet (Rotation Theatre Company), Henry in Another Revolution (Heart of Heart Theatre Company), Kirby in Walking in Space (Theatre West), Darryl in Moose on the Loose (Theatre West), The Evil Magician in Aladdin (Storybook Theatre), The Big Bad Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood (Storybook Theatre), Romeo in Classic Couples Counseling (Theatre West), and Paul in To Grandmothers House We Go (Group Repertory). Film credits include James in Tossers (Chase Block/Bryce Van Leuven - SXSW Premiere), Dave in Red Line (Jake Bistrong - Tallgrass Film Festival Premiere), Emmet in Night Owls (Gabe Cruz), Steve in Turkey Medicine (Josh Mesnik), Miles in Blu Flu (Tyler Haneda Okkonen/Joe LaGuidice), and Ralph in Destination Unknown (Crawford Banks). Follow @thisorthatsketchcomedy on Instagram for sketch comedy show details. Many thanks to all involved in putting up this play. Enjoy the show!

Lily Cadot is a French-born actress and singer based in Los Angeles. She has appeared in feature, independent, and short films, and has been cast in a variety of musical theatre productions. Lily is also a writer and producer, having created both a musical and an original cabaret show. She is deeply grateful to be part of Mary Cassatt and to collaborate with such an inspiring group of artists. Lily would like to thank her husband, family, friends, and artistic coaches for their unwavering support. Merci beaucoup for being here tonight—enjoy the show! IG: @lily_cadot

is the current Secretary of Theatre West’s Artistic Board. She is a California native and a graduate of the Los Angeles Film School, with 13 years of experience as a Script Supervisor, mostly in feature films, and she is a member of IATSE Local 871. In television, she worked on Danger Force, S3 (Nickelodeon). Theatre credits include Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor, Magenta in Rocky Horror Picture Show shadowcast at Nuart, The Friction, and Stepping Down at WestFest, and featured on the History Channel’s World’s Greatest Heists. In January, she co-produced Millennium Magic 2026. And, this year she will be directing Joe Praml’s The Trick at Hollywood Fringe 2026.

Saratoga Ballantine- earned her SAG card at 9 and has remained enamored of all the performing arts ever since. Current credits, The Cowboy Killer, Dorothea, and Clipped. Loved voicing “Mary Jane” from the Spider-man animated series, and she would love it if you watched her documentary film TROUPERS - a valentine to show biz veterans who never stopped doing what they love.

Kathie Barnes works in TV, Film and Theater and was a series regular in the Warner Brothers online series Deception. Blessed with some terrific roles, she has garnered three Best Actress nominations and a win for Walking In Space. Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker, her solo show, written and directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz, continues to be performed in Los Angeles and around the country. She thrilled to be part of Cassatt and working with such talented people!

Caroline is delighted to make her debut at Theatre West as Lydia Cassatt. A graduate of Boston University, where she received her Acting BFA, Caroline's theatre credits include Nina in The Seagull at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Tyler in Some Girl(s) at The Victory Theatre Center and Mary in The Pilot Who Crashed The Party at The Odyssey Theatre. She also played Kate in A Going Away Party Play in The New Play Festival at Boston Court and worked with John Patrick-Shanley at his Actor Workshop in Paris. On screen, Caroline made her debut at Cannes last year with What It Means (Roku) and earned a Best Actress nomination at The Romford Film Festival for her work in, The Red Hourglass. She also stars in the #4 most-watched horror, Beezel (Apple TV+), Brian Hooks's Second Time Around (Tubi) and will next appear in the upcoming romantic comedy, Bedrooms, premiering later this year.

Briana Burnside is a Meisner trained actor. Most recently seen on HBO MAX’S The Pitt as Jackie CK. LA Theatre credits include: Lungs, Goddess, Storybook Theatre, Almost Maine, watermarks, Wanda’s visit, and for colored girls. NYC Theatre credits: Avenue Q, Carrie the Musical, Thank you notes, Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.

Daniel Korth is thrilled to be performing here at Theatre West. He holds his B.A in Drama from San Francisco State University and studied at the Meisner Technique Studio under Jim Jarrett. He is an accomplished actor, director, writer, and producer, working on stage and screen throughout California for the last 20 years. Theatre Credits include: Acting -Angels in America (The Empty Space), Three Days of Rain (Epsilon Theatre), Water by the Spoonful (BCT). Directing – Reefer Madness: The Musical (The Empty Space), The Gypsy Machine (Pop Theatre LA), Caligari (HurlyBurly). He has written two episodes for the new children's animated series Mr. Crocodile, now on Nick Jr. Keep an eye out for the short film The Children, on which he is a Producer, hitting film festivals in 2026.

Jeff has worked in many different areas of the film and entertainment industry over the last forty years, including as an Art Director for films and commercials, working on ride show vehicles for Universal and Disney and as an EFX artist on major films. Probably best known to Los Angeles theater patrons for his award-winning set designs, Jeff has designed and built over 400 productions from Santa Barbara to Edinburgh, Scotland and New York. Jeff was one of the founders of Unbound Productions and its very successful flagship production, Wicked Lit, which took classic horror literature and presented it theatrically in alternative venues. His adaptations, many of which he also directed, are available through Dramatist Play Services. Some of his recent directing credits include the world premieres of Power and Light, Death, with Benefits and Villainy, about serial killer H.H.Holmes. Under his own theater company, Arcane Theatreworks, he directed two other world premiere plays, Stories from the Zone and MARTIANS an Evening with Ray Bradbury, which, with Ray’s blessing, he co-wrote and co-produced with his partner Charlie Mount. Some other shows Jeff has directed are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, PEN, The Mystery Plays and The Birds.

Gabrieal Griego is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in directing, writing, producing, projection design, and puppetry. Gabrieal’s work spans stage, screen, and immersive experiences on both the east and west coasts. Most recent projection designs include the workshop production of Three Months Later, starring Kristen Bell, Lea Thompson & Josh Malina w/directors David Wain, Jessica McKenna & Zach Reino, which was the inaugural live theatre show at Chaplin Studios (formally Jim Henson Studios.) Big thanks to Arden for bringing her into this amazing project. And to her twin flame, Joseph ‘Sloe’ Slawinski, all the love for all the things.

Elyse Ashton is an actress, historical dancer, & co-host of "The Anglophile Channel" for which she writes the "Bats In My Bonnet" blog. She studied French literature, is mad for costumes, books, history, & design. Her last film role was a vampire.

Los Angeles -Based Michelle Afradi Costume-Designs for Marry Cassat. A decade -spanning career in stage, film and television features. Costume design credit for There Are No Children and costumer for Perry Mason, Mandalorian And Clemency. Her signature is blending period aesthetics with function and modernity.

PHILIP SOKOLOFF has been Theatre West's resident publicist for 25 seasons. Also an actor, his Theatre West credits include Falling Upward, The Petrified Forest, It's a Wonderful Life, Four Pilots, and Drunk and in Charge of a Bicycle. He won the Best Actor Award at the 2025 Cannes Independent Shorts festival for his role in the short horror film Fritchi Manor.

When Briana Burnside is not on stage, she works in Social media and Marketing at Theatre West. Combining her love for Theatre and her background in acting, directing and writing ensures engaging content to bring the art community together. Be sure to follow @theatrewest on all social media platforms!