Miguel Reyna has been acting in and directing theater for the past 40 years and will likely never stop. His past 20 years have happened here in Santa Cruz County. Most recently, he's directed Misery for Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre. Prior, he's directed The Thin Place for Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre, The Humans for Mountain Community Theater. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Mystery Plays, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The House Of Yes - all for MCT. He has also co-produced, directed and adapted to stage multiple episodes of The Twilight Zone for DNA Presents and MCT. Co-produced Evil Dead The Musical at MCT. He has recently played the role of Kevin Rosario in In The Heights for Cabrillo Stage. He is honored to be directing his first show for his friends at Renegade Theater.

Kyle is the proud founder and Artistic Director of Renegade Theater Co.! Kyle has been performing theater since the age of three, directing since age 16 and has worked extensively in many theater realms including costume design, stage makeup, stage managing, prop fabrication and more. She is deeply passionate about the performing arts and is specifically dedicated to building systems that prioritize mental health within the often stressful art form that is theater. Kyle has been working with children for over twenty years in a wide variety of formats including: Art teacher, nature educator, dance instructor and mindfulness instructor. She has an Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education with specialization certificates in Anti-Bias Education, Literacy Development, Working with Children with Special Needs & Curriculum Development. Kyle is also the Owner/Director of Seven Directions Creative Learning Center which regularly partners with Renegade, offering acting classes and artistic collaboration on many levels.

Izzy holds an MA in Theater Arts with emphases in Directing and Theater Management from UC Santa Cruz. Previous credits include various productions with Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Pacific Repertory Theatre, The Western Stage, Jewel Theatre Company, and UC Santa Cruz. More information at izzypedego.com!

Woman about town, Babe Payne is a visual artist, choreographer, and burlesque performer and educator based in Santa Cruz, CA. She has performed for over a decade across the US and abroad, and is the Co Founder of the Santa Cruz School of Burlesque and Best Coast Burlesque. Choreography credits include Cabaret, Reefer Madness, Addams Family and Sister Act. As a painter and textile worker, she has shown in bay area galleries such as 1st Amendment in San Francisco and Felix Kulpa in Santa Cruz and helped found Little Giant Collective, a printmaking based educational and work space.

Laney is so grateful to Renegade for the opportunity to join the brilliant creative team, cast, and crew bringing Reefer Madness to life. She has cobbled together an informal education in music, mostly through a lifetime of singing in choirs, and she recently dove into the world of musical theater, where she had always yearned to be. This is her second foray into vocal direction, having previously co-vocal directed American Idiot (Cabrillo PAC). This project is proving to be a welcome stretch of her music and leadership abilities!

Shimona Miller is an interdisciplinary costume creator working with live performances and film. She believes the strength of costume design lies in the depth of its research; therefore, every design is deliberate, authentic, and rooted in its narrative purpose. Currently, Shimona is finishing her BA in Theater Arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz with an emphasis in costume design, costume construction, critical theory, and dramaturgical studies in costume and performance. Recent credits include Mojada (UC Santa Cruz), The Panza Monologues (UC Santa Cruz), Them Cowboys (UC Santa Cruz), Sweeney Todd (Cabrillo Stage), and Cabaret (Renegade Theater Co.) More info at shimonamiller.com

Sue Ann Guildermann is originally from Queens, NY, but traveled west and graduated from San Jose State University with an M.A. in Theatre Arts. After suffering through many Minnesota winters, she returned to the Bay area six years ago to be closer to her grandson and became involved with the local theater community. She has directed or designed costumes and/or props for many shows at Mountain Community Theater, Santa Cruz Actors Theatre as well as performing with Next Stage reader’s theater. She has loved becoming part of the Renegade Theater company.

Kevin was a producer of the original LA and NY productions of Heathers (Drama Desk nom for music). He also provided lyrics and co-wrote the book for the stage musical Reefer Madness and was a producer on both the original Los Angeles and Off-Broadway productions. Reefer swept the three major Los Angeles theatre awards which included triple wins for Best Musical and Best Score. In New York, Kevin’s lyrics were nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Kevin co-adapted Reefer into a Showtime Original movie which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and screened in competition at the 2005 Deauville Film Festival, winning the Premiere Audience Award. The movie received three Emmy noms, winning for Outstanding Music & Lyrics. Kevin is currently showrunner for the AMC historical drama series The Son starring Pierce Brosnan. Other TV credits include Desperate Housewives (Golden Globe winner, two-time WGA Award nom, Emmy nom), Defiance, Ed, Reaper, Caprica and Hellcats. Kevin has co-written many songs for these shows, most recently “Across the Storm Divide” (recorded by Trace Adkins) and “Teach This Boy to Fly” (co-written with Laurence O’Keefe), both of which were featured on Defiance.

As composer, Dan Studney won an Emmy Award for the movie version of Reefer Madness. For the original stage show, he received multiple Ovation, Garland and L.A. Drama Critics Circle awards as writer, producer and composer. He works primarily in film and television, where his writing credits include Jack the Giant Slayer, Weird Science (TV), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (TV), Sabrina: The Animated Series, Disney Channel movies Genius and 'Twas the Night, and comic books for The Simpsons.