Bill is currently an instructor in the theatre department at UNR and was very recently the Interim Producing Artistic Director at Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company. Reno directing credits include The Laramie Project, Something Rotten, Misery, Die Difficult, The House of Yes, Shiner, Last Call at the Old Southwest, Silence! The Musical, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shakespeare In Love, Equus, and Victor/Victoria. New Orleans directing credits include Emperor Jones, Romeo and Juliet, and Fully Committed. He has also worked in the Czech Republic with the Prague Shakespeare Company as a set and lighting designer as well as stage manager. Shows he’s worked on internationally include Man of La Mancha, Amadeus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo & Juliet, Death of Kings, Richard II, After the End and A Play About a Dick.

Keely is a Los Angeles-based choreographer and producer currently pursuing her MFA in Producing at CalArts, which makes choreographing a show about producers even more fun! Recent choreographic credits include Xanadu (Reno Little Theater), Something Rotten and Evil Dead the Musical (Good Luck Macbeth), and The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sierra School of Performing Arts). Cobb has danced professionally with BLV Productions, Rosie Trump | Future Moves, Collateral and Co., and Karen Burns Productions. Cobb serves as the Creative Producer for MashUp Contemporary Dance Company in LA and the Production & Company Coordinator for the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s 2025 season. She is also the founder and Artistic Director of Around the Stage | Theatrical Dance Company here in Reno, NV.

This is Vance's 19th full length musical he has worked on in the Reno community. His recent credits include vocal director for “Xanadu” and vocal/music director of “Hadestown Teen Edition” at Reno Little Theater; Hug High School’s "Carrie," pianist in Good Luck Macbeth’s "Something Rotten" and SSPA’s "Bye Bye Birdie.” He would like to thank his mom and brother for always having been there for every show and a special thanks to Melina, who he hopes will be involved in every show he does in the future.

Branden has been playing in and leading bands for musical theatres in and around the Reno-Sparks area since 2010. He grew up surrounded by music his entire life. His mother was a woodwind player in various orchestras and jazz bands across Reno and introduced him to the saxophone at a very young age, which would begin a lifelong journey full of enjoyment. Branden now plays in various groups around the area as a multi-instrumentalist spanning many genres, such as jazz, funk, pop, classical, Broadway, and even some heavy rock. His absolute favorite, however, is musical theatre. Some of Branden’s musical theatre credits include the following. Wild Party (Bruka 2012 – Woodwinds) Guys and Dolls (TMCC 2012 – Woodwinds) Full Monty (Bruka 2015 – Director, Bass) Next to Normal (Bruka 2016 - Bass) Young Frankenstein (GLM 2018 – Director, Bass) Fun Home (GLM 2019 – Director, Bass) Urinetown (UNR 2019 – Woodwinds) The Evil Dead (GLM 2022 – Director, Bass) The Addams Family (SSPA 2023 – Director, Bass) Something Rottin (GLM 2024 – Director, Bass) Xanadu (RLT 2025 – Director, Bass) as well as many others.

Chad worked professionally as an actor, director, and designer in theaters across the country and in Mexico for a decade before moving to Reno in 2004. After taking a hiatus to start a business and paint full time, he returned to theater in 2010 first acting, then making the leap to Producing Artistic Director of Good Luck Macbeth for three years until landing at RLT in 2014. Some highlights of his career include FOLLIES at Paper Mill Playhouse (1998) working with Stephen Sondheim, Ann Miller, Jerry Mitchell, Donna McKechnie, and Tony Roberts among others; touring the U.S. with educational theater shows for over two years; and spending many beautiful summers at Cortland Repertory Theatre, The New London Barn Playhouse, and The New Harmony Playhouse. His life includes four children, three animals, and his adorable, much-smarter-than-him wife.

Nikki McCarroll is a member of IATSE local 363 Reno / Lake Tahoe, starting as a registrant in 2018. She is the local wardrobe lead for the Pioneer Center’s Broadway Comes to Reno series, working the local performances of visiting national tours of Hamilton, The Lion King, Dear Evan Hansen, and Beetlejuice, amongst many others. She also works wardrobe at various other local venues. Recent concert highlights include Rod Stewart, Wynton Marsalis, Diana Ross, and Reba McEntire. Nikki has been the costume shop manager in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UNR since 2020. In addition to other department productions, she had the pleasure of costuming The Laramie Project directed by Bill Ware in November 2024, and is thrilled to be working with Bill again on this show! She sends much love and appreciation to her bff and partner in crime, Divinia Saylor.

Macyn is very excited to be stage managing yet another summer show! She is the theatre teacher and co-director at Hug High School, making theatre both her day job and her hobby. When not in a rehearsal or production meeting, Macyn loves to read, crochet, and hang out at home with her husband, Jacob, and their dog and cat - Winston and Cooper. Some of Macyn’s past stage managing credits include Something Rotten and Evil Dead: the Musical at GLM, and her favorite directing credits include Little Women, and Carrie: the Musical. Macyn hopes you enjoy this production of The Producers!

Tom has taught theater and directed shows at CSU Chico, Lassen Community College, Lassen High School and California Correctional Center. He received a Christa McAuliffe Fellowship for Educational Restructuring and Instructional Methodology, served as a consultant for the California Arts Project and the California Reading and Literature project. He has published two reader’s theater adaptations and two instructional methods books with Meriwether Publishers. Now retired, he enjoys life as a grandfather and appreciates the opportunity to work with Sierra School of Performing Arts.

Melina is excited to be working with Sierra School again. She has been running lights for their summer musical since their 2019 production of "Guys and Dolls". She also designs their youth productions, including "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Peter Pan", and "A Year With Frog and Toad". Her most recent credit is light designer for Good Luck Macbeth's "Something Rotten". When she's not doing lights, she's directing or stage managing.

Maggie has been involved with Sierra School of Performing Arts since she was 15 years old. She has performed in many different musicals including her favorite, The Sound of Music, but most recently has been working back stage as stage manager and assistant stage manager. She is delighted to work with such an amazing group of people.

Danny Sturtevant has been involved in theater both on and off the stage for 29 years. He hopes you enjoy the show and have a wonderful evening!

Janet hails from New York, where she caught the Broadway bug, and has since been performing, teaching, and directing. She holds an M.F.A. in acting from UCLA, has performed professionally in New York, L.A., and Rome (Italy), and has been the founding artistic director of SSPA for twenty years. Nearly thirty five years ago while living in L.A., she co-wrote, produced and co-starred in a long-running, two-women comedy that received rave reviews and was a Critic’s Choice pick in the L.A. Times. Janet is passionate about acting and occasionally appears in local productions, such as her recent turn as General Cartwright in UNR's production of "Guys and Dolls," directed by Adam Cates. She is also a very proud mama of two sons.

Jon's amateur theater career came alive in 2021 with his role as Bert Healy in SSPA's Annie. He then joined the SSPA Board, where he serves as President. He has worked in stage and production management and been in the cast on several SSPA productions. He is also a member and the Treasurer of Firebird Light Opera, recently playing Alfred in Die Fledermaus. He loves making music with his wife, four children, daughter-in-law, and grandson. A retired insurance actuary, he now makes a living through math tutoring, college teaching, and helping to produce local theater.