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Creative
Lyndsay Burch (Executive Artistic Director & CEO)
Lyndsay Burch is the Executive Artistic Director and CEO of The Sofia: Home of B Street Theatre. For B Street, Lyndsay has directed more than twenty productions across the Mainstage and Family Series, written for multiple touring shows and produced hundreds of professional productions. As a director and assistant director, Lyndsay has developed new plays with Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, the National Showcase of New Plays, Sacramento Theatre Company, the Dramatist Guild Footlight Series, Hangar Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group, American Conservatory Theater and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, among others. Lyndsay has written two full-length plays for the B Street’s Family Series: GANDHI! (2018) and an adaption of THE WIZARD OF OZ (2019). She was honored as one of Sacramento Business Journal’s “40 under 40” in 2017 and as one of Sacramento Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” in 2021. She is an alum of Elon University’s BFA Acting Program, the National Theater Institute, Yale University’s Directing Intensive, SDC’s Observership Class of 2017 and Theatre Bay Area’s ATLAS Program for Directors. Lyndsay serves as the President of the National New Play Network (NNPN), the Vice President of the National Theatre Conference (NTC) and on the board of Celebration Arts. Locally, Lyndsay is a proud member of Point West Rotary (PWR) and she is a graduate of Leadership Sacramento, Class of 2020. Lyndsay lives in Sacramento with her dog Manny and her partner Tommy. She would like to extend her thanks to the B Street board, staff, company and audiences for their endless support.
Jerry Montoya (Executive Producer)
Jerry Montoya has worked in professional theater as a playwright, director and producer for the past 30 years. During the pandemic a play about his multi-generational family, Nosotros La Gente, was commissioned and produced by American Stage in St. Petersburg, Florida as part of their re-imagine series and his play Love And Baseball is now a feature film streaming on HBO/Max. For B Street he recently directed Byhalia, Mississippi, which closed prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the new theater he has helmed Holmes and Watson and The Legend of Georgia McBride, as well as many others at the old B Street including: A Skull in Connemara, Red, The Seafarer and he has written 13 plays for the Family Series including Martin Luther King and the Sound of Freedom, Treasure Island, The Flying Machine, Frankenstein and his original play about Harriet Tubman, The Conductor, has seen two productions at B Street.
Sean Patrick Nill (Artistic & General Manager)
Sean Patrick Nill is Artistic and General Manager at the B Street Theatre. B Street Writing Credits include: Tiny Trailblazers: Kids Who Changed the World, Winnie-the-Pooh, ‘Tis the Season, Fantasy Festival XXXI-XXXVI, Mind Boggling Mysteries of the World, and Mathematical Madness. Directing Credits include: Tiny Trailblazers: Kids Who Changed the World, Cosmo St. Charles is Dead and Someone in This Room Killed Him, The Prince of Lightning, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Last Wide Open, A Year with Frog & Toad, Proclivity for Kiting, and Fantasy Festival XXXI-XXXVI. His plays have been produced by the Sacramento Theatre Company, B Street Theatre, Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine, Rover Dramawerks, Theatre InspiraTO festival, Watermelon One Act Festival, M.T. Pockets Theatre, Torent Theatre, and the Manhattan Repertory Theatre. His play Kings of America was a finalist for the Davey Foundation Theatre Grant given by the Salt Lake Acting Company, his play An Ordinary Woman was published in Stage It! Ten Minute Plays: 2017 Edition, and his play Brynlee & the Bull won the Audience Choice Award at the InspiroTO 10 Minute Play Festival in Canada. His adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh, which premiered here at the B Street Theatre, is now published and can be purchased through Theatrical Rights Worldwide (https://www.theatricalrights.com/).
Buck Busfield (CO-FOUNDER, B Street Theatre; FOUNDER, The Sofia; Artistic Director (retired))
Buck has been involved with B Street since its 1986 founding by younger brother Timothy. During his tenure at B Street Theatre, Buck served as director, composer, playwright and artistic director overseeing the production and presentation of over 500 works of live theater, music, comedy and dance. In 2018, Buck’s long-held vision of a small, Midtown performing arts center was realized with the opening of the beautiful Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts. Buck holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston. He makes his home in Sacramento with his wife, Mehera.
Acting Company
Greg Alexander (Company Member & Director of Outreach & Education)
Greg serves as B Street Theatre’s Director of Education and member of the Core Acting Company. Recent Mainstage credits include: PICKLEBALL, SNOW FEVER: A KARAOKE CHRISTMAS, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, and THE LOST CLAUS. Recent Family Series credits include: THE FLYING MACHINE: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, THE WIZARD OF OZ, and TREASURE ISLAND. Along with writing partners Clifford Lee Johnson III and Jane Kelley, Greg is currently working a TYA musical, GRACE & THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, which was selected for development by the Johnny Mercer Foundation’s New American Musical Writers Grove at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam CT. As Director of Education he oversees workshops in schools, hospitals, community centers, and correctional facilities, as well as class offerings with B Street’s Conservatory and Studio for Young Actors. Greg lives in Sacramento with his wife Sean and their Westies, Quincy Magoo & Finnegan Hooligan.
Stephanie Altholz (Company Member)
Stephanie is a B Street Theatre Core Company Member. Recent Mainstage credits include: Charade, Dance Nation, One Man, Two Guvnors, Airness, We’re Gonna Be Okay and The Last Match. She co-starred in and co-wrote Treatment with company members Tara Sissom and Amy Kelly. Upstairs at the B credits include: Maximum Occupancy and Seekers of the Strange. Other Mainstage credits include: Hand to God, Speed-the-Plow, Handle with Care, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche and The Explorers Club, and many more. Family Series credits include: Tis the Season, Charlotte’s Web, Alice In Wonderland, Robin Hood, Frankenstein, and others. Regional Theater credits include: Alabaster, Slowgirl, reasons to be pretty, and Clybourne Park (Capital Stage).
Brittni Barger (Company Member)
Brittni studied Acting at CSU Sacramento and NYU’s Collaborative Arts Project. She is a Company Member at B Street Theatre, last seen on the Mainstage as Michele in Jerry Montoya’s Love and Baseball and before that as Sally Ride in Ride, Sally Ride on the Family Series stage. Currently living in San Diego, she’s had the opportunity to film commercials and mixed media with a wide variety of fun clients and products like The New Yorker, Manscaped, Bloomsybox, Crossrope, Lume, Glamnetic, Flo and more. Some favorite regional credits include Nora in A Doll’s House and Elizabeth Bennet in The Wickhams and Christmas at Pemberley at Capital Stage, as well as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker and her most recent role as Suzy in Wait Until Dark at Sacramento Theatre Company. She is a host on the Amazon Prime show Beyond Geek. She’s delighted to return to B Street where she started as an acting intern because she fell in love with their work after seeing The Clean House starring Insertion’s very own Jamie Jones.
Dana Brooke (Company Member)
DANA BROOKE is an actor and playwright based in NYC. She is a Core Company Member at B Street Theatre, where she has appeared in CONSTELLATIONS, IRONBOUND, VENUS IN FUR, OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE REALISTIC JONESES, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR, among others. For B Street’s Family Series she has written the plays EXTRAORDINARY THINGS: THROUGH THE EYES OF ANNE FRANK, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and THE SWORD IN THE STONE. Premiered as staged readings at B Street, Dana’s original plays IN BETWEEN THE HOURS and WILL received workshop productions in NYC. She has worked in new play development at Cincinnati Playhouse, New Jersey Rep, NNPN’s National Showcase of New Plays, Valdez Theatre Conference, as well as in NYC with New Dramatists, Cardinal Group, The NOW Collective, The Journey Company, and The Lark. As an actor, she has worked opposite Chita Rivera, Mike Birbiglia, Reed Birney, Arthur Laurents; performed at Cherry Lane, 59E59, Theatre Row, New Light Theatre Project (Company Member), Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, George Street Playhouse, New Jersey Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Florida Rep, Playhouse on Park. Film/TV: “Laura Gets A Cat” (Amazon; Best Actress - Reno Tahoe Film Festival), “Not Your Year” (Amazon), “Damages” (FX), “Ed” (NBC), “Canterbury's Law” (FOX). www.danabrooke.com
Julia Brothers (Company Member)
Tate Hanyok (Company Member)
Born and raised in Virginia, Tate's acting career began at B Street Theatre where she was so lucky to share the stage with its fantastically talented company members in shows like The Ladies Foursome, The Underpants, Boston Marriage, Sylvia, and the first CTC show, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. She later transitioned to on-camera work with guest roles on shows such as The Office, Superstore, Shameless, The Mentalist, NCIS, Community, and the film Burt Wonderstone with Steve Carell. She's appeared in more than 75 commercials and is an alum of UCB. She's written, produced, and directed multiple webseries and shorts and recently sold her first feature screenplay.
Hunter Hoffman (Company Member)
Hunter is ecstatic to be the newest addition to the incredibly talented Core Company of B Street Theatre. Other B Street credits include Insertion, Jump, Wipeout, The Last Match, On An Open Fire, The Last Wide Open. Hunter also was a fight choreographer for the B Street productions of The Play That Goes Wrong, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, and Charade. Broadway: Sweat. National Tour: Oklahoma! (Broadway National Tour), Sweat (Public Theater Mobile Unit National). Off-Broadway: Troilus & Cressida (NYSF). Regional Theatre: Love, Love, Love (Studio Theatre - DC), Now Circa Then (Capital Stage) Clarkston (Boise Contemporary Theatre), Shakespeare in Love (New Stage Theater), Merchant of Venice (Gallery Players), Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (South Brooklyn Shakespeare). Hunter is also a singer/songwriter who performs and records under the alias, The Lost Wayne. His latest EP “Tangerine” is out now wherever you listen to music. Thank you, as always, to Mom, Dad, Paige, and my forever Squeak. IG: @thelostwayne
Kurt Johnson (Company Member)
Kurt is a member of the B Street Theatre Core Acting Company and the director of the B Street Summer Acting Program. Recent Mainstage credits include: One Man, Two Guvnors, A Moving Day, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Recent Family Series credits include: Treasure Island. He has also worked at the Capital Stage, Sacramento Theatre Company, and the Sacramento Music Circus. Kurt was a member of the first ever B Street Theatre Intern Company in 1993. He’d love to thank his wife Hilary and Jake, Kate, and Cameron for all of their love and support.
Jamie Jones (Company Member)
Jamie is thrilled to return to B Street Theatre where she was last seen in The B Street Theatre 2022 New Comedies Festival winner Insertion by Sarah Groustra. Regional: American Conservatory Theatre, American Stage, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, B Street Theatre, California Musical Theatre, Capital Stage, Center Repertory Theatre, Davis Shakespeare Festival, Encore Theatre Company, Marin Theatre Company, Sacramento Theatre Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Z Space. New York: The Connelly Theatre, Theatre at St. Clements and the Lincoln Center Director's Lab at HERE. Television: Law and Order and the mini-series Gone but Not Forgotten. Jamie is a B Street Company Member and an Associate Artist at Capital Stage. She is a graduate from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, C.S.U.S.(stingers up!) and holds an M.F.A. from American Conservatory Theatre. Thanks again, as always, to Tamara Walters. And thank you all for supporting live theatre in Sacramento.
Jahi Kearse (Company Member)
A NY based Atlanta GA native, is thrilled to be returning to The B Street stage, a proud company member. He was last seen here in: Dry Powder, One Man, Two Guvnors, Lungs, Satchmo at the Waldorf, and Bars & Measures. Broadway credits include Holler If Ya Hear Me and Baby It’s You! Off Broadway credits include: The Total Bent; The Fortress of Solitude Select Regional Credits: Ain’t Too Proud A Christmas Carol, Indian Joe; Maurice Hines’ Yo Alice; Debbie Allen’s Souls Possessed; Seussical; Passing Strange; Motherf**ker with the Hat; Topdog/Underdog.
Amy Kelly (Company Member)
Amy is a member of the B Street Theatre Core Acting Company. Recent Mainstage credits include: Pickleball, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Lost Claus, Lovers & Executioners, Dance Nation, The House on Haunted Hill, The Ladies Foursome, One Man, Two Guvnors, and Treatment. Recent Family Series credits include: A Christmas Carol, Charlotte’s Web, The Sword in the Stone, The Wizard of Oz, and A Year with Frog and Toad, The Flying Machine and Winnie the Pooh. Writing credits include:Treatment and Surprise Party at the End of the World (New Play Brunch - October 2018). Amy is also a teaching artist with the B Street Theatre Conservatory. You can see her sing with her band Mustache and Cleavage at Upstairs @ the B. Her film credits includeNick and Tristan Go Mega Dega (2010), West Hollywood Motel (2013), Honest Abe the Backstory(2020) and many others. She was featured in one of LA’s longest running comedy shows All About Walken: The Impersonators of Christopher Walken. TV credits include Free Radio, New York Goes to Hollywoodand Netflix's Thirteen Reasons Why. Special thanks to all who run the Sofia, the incredible cast and crew, Sean Nill, Amy’s family, her spouse, their three children and her dear sister Emily.
Rick Kleber (Company Member)
Jason Kuykendall (Company Member)
Jason Kuykendall has been a proud member of the B Street Theatre’s Acting Company for over 20 years. He has performed in over 60 productions here, including, The Nibroc Trilogy, The Big Bang, The 39 Steps, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, The Explorers Club, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, The House On Haunted Hill, The Last Match, Proclivity for Kiting, and most recently PICKLEBALL, WINNIE-THE-POOH and THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. Favorite regional credits include A Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Edmund) and the world premiere of Lanford Wilson’s translation of Henrick Ibsen’s Ghosts (Oswald) with Arizona Theatre Company; Of Mice And Men (Lenny) and The Importance Of Being Earnest (Ernest) with Sacramento Theatre Company; The Elephant Man (Treves), The Country House (Michael), and Around The World In 80 Days(Phileas Fogg) with TheatreWorks; Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Brick) with St. Louis Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, and Phoenix Theatre; and Les Liaisons Dangerous (Valmont), Ideation (Brock), and Stupid F#%*ing Bird at Capitol Stage. Mr. Kuykendall also produces, directs, and edits for the camera with his wife Elisabeth Nunziato. Visit NKMedia.biz for their feature film, documentary, commercial work and more.
John Lamb (Company Member)
John is a proud B Street Theatre Core Company Member. Mainstage credits include Pickleball, Cosmo St. Charles is Dead and Someone in this Room Killed Him, Snow Fever: A Karaoke Christmas, The Play That Goes Wrong, Proclivity for Kiting, The Lost Claus, Lovers & Executioners, A Child’s Christmas in Reno, The House On Haunted Hill, Airness, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Book of Liz, Jack Goes Boating, The Seafarer, The Realistic Joneses, and The Explorer’s Club. Family Series credits include: The Flying Machine: The Story of the Wright Brothers, Ride Sally Ride, The Wizard of Oz, Charlotte’s Web, and The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe. B Street Theatre directing credits include: Winnie-The-Pooh, Hand to God, Women who Steal, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Earshot, The Maintenance Man, Beauty and the Beast, and The Big Bang. John is the creator of Seekers of the Strange.
Stephanie McVay (Company Member)
Stephanie is an original B Street company member and is thrilled to be making her debut at The Sofia. Stephanie was last seen in Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and Spike. Other main stage shows include: Other Desert Cities, Sexy Laundry, Mending Fences, A Skull in Connemara, The Book of Liz, Juno and the Paycock, and The Underpants. Stephanie has also had the pleasure of acting in several of Buck Busfield's original works for the main stage. TV credits: MOM, The Romanoffs, Super Store, Baskets, The Great Indoors, The People vs OJ Simpson, The Office, Big Love, True Blood and Parks and Recreation, to name a few. Film: Gemini, I do...Until I Don't , Another Gay Movie, Gypsy '83, Edge of Seventeen, and a new Independent film coming up this spring, Swan Song, filmed in Sandusky Ohio.
Meher Mistry (Company Member)
Meher is a member of the B Street Theatre Core Acting Company. She is originally from Mumbai, India. Her credits at B Street include Cosmo St. Charles is Dead and Someone In This Room Killed Him, Insertion, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson: APT 2B, Lovers and Executioners, Dance Nation, The Conference of The Birds, Tiny Trailblazers- Kids who Changed the World, ‘Tis the Season and Junie B Jones is not a Crook. Regional credits include Come Fall in Love at The Old Globe, San Diego. She has performed in several productions in Mumbai and other Indian cities, including Disney India’s Beauty and the Beast, Monsoon Wedding, The Truth, Uncle Vanya, The Sound of Music, Lucrece, Jesus Christ Superstar. Television credits include The Week That Wasn’t, Made in Heaven, Good Karma Hospital. Film credits include Silvat, Bansuri, Do Cup Chai. Instagram handle - @mehermistry. Represented by CLA Partners.
Danielle Moné Truitt (Company Member)
Danielle Moné Truitt stars as Sergeant Ayanna Bell in “Law & Order: Organized Crime” the latest installment of Dick Wolf’s successful “Law & Order” franchise on NBC. Truitt was hand-picked by the late John Singleton for the BET series, “Rebel,” in the title role of Rebecca 'Rebel' Knight, and starred in Fox's drama series "Deputy" alongside Stephen Dorff. Truitt hails from Sacramento, California, where she studied theatre and dance at Sacramento State University before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in television and film. Truitt has been nominated for two Ovation Awards for "Dreamgirls" and "The Mountaintop," for which she was also nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award. She created a dynamic one-woman play called“3: Black Girl Blues” that she produced and performed in to sold out audiences in Los Angeles, New York and most recently Sacramento. Other stage credits include: “In The Heights,” “The Legend Of Georgia McBride,” “Aida,” “A Raisin in the Sun” and“Hair.” Truitt has guest starred in television series including "Snowfall," "Super Fun Night" and"Mulaney." On the film side, she performed the body movements and facial expressions for Princess Tiana, as well as voicing Georgia, in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog." Off screen, Truitt started the Be. Eternal: The Thriving Artist Series that serves the artistic community by providing emotional and spiritual support. Truitt is the proud mother of two sons and splits her time between New York City and Los Angeles.
Elisabeth Nunziato (Company Member)
Elisabeth Nunziato has just returned from a critically acclaimed run in Australia and Scotland of BLOOD OF THE LAMB coming to B Street July 26. Recent B Street credits include SNOW FEVER, A GREAT MIGRATION and the role of Amelia Earhart in RIDE, SALLY, RIDE! By Tara Sissom and Katerina Pruitt. Ms. Nunziato is a passionate acting coach continuing a 30 year tradition of actor training with Ed Claudio’s Actor’s Workshop. Complimenting a life in the theater, Elisabeth directs and produces film and commercial projects for NK Media with her husband, Jason Kuykendall. Her latest project is The Wisdom Studio with Professor Hakan Ozcelik creating research-based materials to enhance leadership in organizations. Ms. Nunziato is a proud founding company member of the B Street Theater and is privileged to make her home in our great city.
Melinda Parrett (Company Member)
Melinda, a member of the B Street Acting Company, is chuffed to bits to return to the Sofia to spend some time on Baker Street! Her Mainstage appearances include ELEMENO PEA, ROBYN IS HAPPY, THE LADIES FOURSOME, DRY POWDER, and A DOLL'S HOUSE: PART II. She has performed with theatres all over the country, including Denver Center, Goodspeed Opera House, Geva Theatre, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, PCPA Theaterfest, StageWorks Fresno, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus, Odyssey Theatre LA, and Utah Shakespeare Festival, where she has spent 8 seasons. Locally, she has been seen in THE OTHER PLACE and THE HOMECOMING (Capital Stage), ORLANDO (SacImpulse), NEXT TO NORMAL(New Helvetia Theatre), and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (STC). Proud parent to ginger cat, Burton. Thank you for supporting live theatre! Instagram handle: @melinder
Dave Pierini (Company Member)
Dave is the former Artistic Producer of the B Street Theatre and a proud member of the Acting Company. Dave has directed many productions for the B Street Theatre including KIMBERLY AKIMBO, OTHER DESERT CITIES, ELEMENO PEA, BUYER & CELLAR, THE CHRISTIANS, CLEVER LITTLE LIES, TREATMENT, THE LADIES FOURSOME, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, AIRNESS, A DOLL’S HOUSE PT. 2 and most recently THE LOST CLAUS. As a playwright, Dave’s work has been featured on the Family Series Stage and the Mainstage, most recently with his adaptation of CHARADE.
Amy Resnick (Company Member)
Robert Karma Robinson (Company Member)
Robert Karma Robinson (actor, singer, ex-dancer, man in the street, Johnny on the spot, self-proclaimed Batman) is a Brooklyn/Houston native. Most might remember his B Street debut in the short-lived run of Byhalia, MS in 2020. When the pandemic shuttered the Sofia, he became a consistent fixture in the B Social online offerings. When the Sofia re-opened he returned as a full-fledged B Street Company Member in Dance Nation. YAY HEY! Some of his most notable credits include Driving Miss Daisy at The Vineyard Playhouse on Martha's Vineyard, as well as the world premiere of Expedition Six (written/dir. Bill Pullman) at the Kennedy Center. He originated roles in Ricardo Khan's Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing and Fly at Saint Louis Rep. and Cincinnati Playhouse In the Park, respectively. One of his favorite roles was Tom Robinson in Montana Repertory Theater's national tour of To Kill A Mockingbird for the 50th anniversary of the book. Rob received his BFA from the University of Evansville and then MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory. He is glad to be working to live rather than living to work as so many are in these trying days! One love.
Tara Sissom Pittaro (Company Member & Theatre for Young Audiences Manager)
Tara is thrilled to be directing again! She previously directed the 2022 New Comedies Festival winner, Insertion, for the Mainstage last summer. She serves in administration as the Theatre for Young Audiences Manager and is a member of the B Street Theatre Acting Company. Recent Mainstage credits include: The Play That Goes Wrong, Proclivity for Kiting, Byhalia, Mississippi, The Ladies Foursome, Airness, A Doll’s House, Part 2, The House On Haunted Hill and One Man, Two Guvnors. Recent Playwriting credits include: Rescue Me, Ride Sally, Ride and Treatment. Tara is a member of the Upstairs at the B improv group Maximum Occupancy and Seekers of the Strange. A founding member of The New Colony in Chicago, Tara also performed in The Goodman Theatre’s production of The Iceman Cometh at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tara holds a BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University.
Peter Story (Company Member)
Peter Story is a proud B Street Theatre Core Company Member. You may have seen him recently in Cosmo St. Charles is Dead and Someone in this Room Killed Him, Rescue Me (which he also co-wrote with Tara Sissom-Pittaro), Love & Baseball, or Lovers & Executioners. Some of his favorite B Street credits include One Man, Two Guvnors; Byhalia, Mississippi; The Forever Question and Ironbound. Local credits include Luna Gale (Capital Stage) & Five Course Love (Sacramento Theatre Company). Other regional credits include Surviving Sex (Garry Marshall Theatre) & the national tour of the one-man Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Some on-camera favorites are CSI, Without a Trace, Days of Our Lives & Ugly Betty. @thepeterstory
Administration
Greg Alexander (Company Member & Director of Outreach & Education)
Greg serves as B Street Theatre’s Director of Education and member of the Core Acting Company. Recent Mainstage credits include: PICKLEBALL, SNOW FEVER: A KARAOKE CHRISTMAS, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, and THE LOST CLAUS. Recent Family Series credits include: THE FLYING MACHINE: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, THE WIZARD OF OZ, and TREASURE ISLAND. Along with writing partners Clifford Lee Johnson III and Jane Kelley, Greg is currently working a TYA musical, GRACE & THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, which was selected for development by the Johnny Mercer Foundation’s New American Musical Writers Grove at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam CT. As Director of Education he oversees workshops in schools, hospitals, community centers, and correctional facilities, as well as class offerings with B Street’s Conservatory and Studio for Young Actors. Greg lives in Sacramento with his wife Sean and their Westies, Quincy Magoo & Finnegan Hooligan.
Liz Baidoo (Associate Executive Director)
Meet Liz Baidoo—the Associate Executive Director at The Sofia, with a knack for making things happen. With over 20 years of experience, Liz is a GSD maven for strategic planning, marketing community engagement, and administration. Before joining B Street Theatre, Liz worked her magic as the Marketing & Community Development Director at Celebration Arts, Sacramento's premier Black theatre (now rocking the old B Street space). She's also been the mastermind behind communications at the Museum Education Roundtable and a sought-after freelance marketing consultant. Her client list included the Crocker Art Museum, Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, and the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. She's the current facilitator of the Professional Arts Leaders of Sacramento (PALS), where Liz rallies the top arts leaders in the region for monthly discussions about advancing support for arts organizations in Sacramento. Words cannot express how excited Liz is to join the wildly talented team at B Street Theatre to bring smiles and joy to children, patrons, and the community through our programming and workshops.
Chelsea Grogan (Communications & Subscriptions Manager)
Chelsea is the Communications and Subscriptions Manager at B Street Theatre. She grew up on a ranch with goats and horses in the garlic capital of the world (Gilroy, CA) and spent her early twenties working behind the scenes in the LA film industry after receiving a BA in Film Production from USC. In 2016, she escaped the SoCal traffic by moving to Sacramento and by 2018 she began her career at B Street as a volunteer. Chelsea is an enrolled citizen of the Comanche Nation and a proud graduate of the Creative Writing MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She lives in a lovely little 1940s cottage in Oak Park with her rescue terrier Poppy.
Jacob Gutierrez-Montoya (Director of Development and Community Partnerships)
Jacob Gutierrez-Montoya is thrilled to be back at B Street. Recent B Street credits include, The Legend of Georgia McBride, The Wizard of Oz, and Dance Nation. Jacob has been a member of the vibrant theatre scene in Sacramento for over two decades. He's choreographed productions for B Street Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, 6th Street Playhouse, Green Valley Theatre, Big Idea Theatre, Woodland Opera House and The New York Musical Festival to name a few. Jacob is an internationally awarded choreographer having won three Grand Prize titles from the International Choreographers Festival. His work has been featured at Dîner en Blanc, Sanremo Young (Italian National Television), Habitat for Humanity Gala, Party for Change, and Broadway Sacramento. Most recently, his work was featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the 78th Choreographers Showcase. Jacob has worked as a dance educator for over ten years at several organizations in Sacramento, including the Sacramento Ballet, Northern California Dance Conservatory, STC, and Broadway Sacramento. Jacob is the Artistic Director of Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre and co-owner of Hawkins School of Performing Arts in Folsom. He received his dance education at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and recently finished an Artist-in-Residency at UC Davis. Jacob is also excited to be the new Director of Development and Community Partnerships right here at B Street Theatre. Special thanks to this incredible cast and crew and his husband Elio for being simply the best. Merde!
Kelsey Hammontree (Stage Manager)
Nick Heacock (Stage Manager)
Nick has worked backstage and on-stage with ARC and FLC Colleges, Fair Oaks Theatre Festival, and other Sac regional arts organizations. His work with B Street includes SM for TINY TRAILBLAZERS: KIDS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD, ROBIN HOOD, THE PRINCE OF LIGHTNING: THE STORY OF YOUNG NIKOLA TESLA, and backstage for the B St Mainstage Productions of THE NEWLYWED GAME, and THE LAST WIDE OPEN. Special thanks go to his ever-supportive spouse, Nicole.
Leah Ladd (Business Manager)
Respectfully dedicating more than 30 years expierence in Theatre Arts Performance and Education, Leah is grateful to currently serve you in our Business Office.
Christine Pierson (Front of House & Operations Manager)
Tara Sissom Pittaro (Company Member & Theatre for Young Audiences Manager)
Tara is thrilled to be directing again! She previously directed the 2022 New Comedies Festival winner, Insertion, for the Mainstage last summer. She serves in administration as the Theatre for Young Audiences Manager and is a member of the B Street Theatre Acting Company. Recent Mainstage credits include: The Play That Goes Wrong, Proclivity for Kiting, Byhalia, Mississippi, The Ladies Foursome, Airness, A Doll’s House, Part 2, The House On Haunted Hill and One Man, Two Guvnors. Recent Playwriting credits include: Rescue Me, Ride Sally, Ride and Treatment. Tara is a member of the Upstairs at the B improv group Maximum Occupancy and Seekers of the Strange. A founding member of The New Colony in Chicago, Tara also performed in The Goodman Theatre’s production of The Iceman Cometh at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tara holds a BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University.
Kiki Romo-Tapia (Box Office Manager)
The Board
Erin Moos-Rallens (Board President)
Erin Moos is the Core Programs Leader for Corporate Responsibility at Intuit – makers of QuickBooks, TurboTax, Mint, CreditKarma, MailChimp, and more – where she creates and directs programs that help to power prosperity for those who need it most. Over the last twelve years, she has managed Intuit’s product donation programs to nonprofits, small business success programs, and corporate charitable giving. Prior to joining Intuit, Moos was a Senior Associate with Dewey Square Group, a public affairs practice in Sacramento, serving as Deputy Program Director for the “WE Programs”, women’s empowerment programs created and championed by former California First Lady, Maria Shriver. Previous to her work in philanthropy and social works programs, Moos worked in advertising sales at NBC’s owned-and-operated station in San Diego and KRON 4 in San Francisco. Moos is a graduate of San Diego State University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Business, Marketing with a specialization in Integrated Marketing Communications. She loves to travel, eat amazing food in the company of equally amazing friends and family, and is always the first to laugh at her own jokes. She lives in East Sacramento with her husband (Matt), two stepchildren (Kyah and Noah), and their dog (Cooper).
Marisa Kolokotronis (Board Vice President)
Marisa Kolokotronis is the Director of Operations for SKK Developments managing overall operations and project development strategy. She is responsible for executing as the liaison between project stakeholders including ownership, general contractors, architects, and design consultants, and City officials and staff. Prior to joining the family business, Marisa worked for our partners, The Grupe Company, as Project Manager to three of our joint ventures; Q19 Midtown, H16 Apartments, and Eleanor Apartments. She received her BA in Urban Studies from Brown University.
Mark Mapes (Board Treasurer)
A Sacramento native, Mark is the son of a psychology professor at American River College and an elementary school teacher-turned-psychotherapist. He graduated from Jesuit High School and CSU Sacramento (B.S. in History, summa cum laude). He was awarded a Hagley Graduate Fellowship at the University of Delaware, where he earned a Ph.D. in the History of Technology and a Museum Studies Certificate. While completing his postgraduate studies, Mark lucked into a career in high tech, eventually landing at Adobe as a quality engineer, where he’s climbed to the top of the QE ladder over twenty years working on Premiere Pro and a series of video editing apps for mobile devices. In his free time, Mark’s passions include photography, turning wooden bowls and other fine woodworking, and enjoying B St plays as well as concerts at the Sofia.
Lori Bluett (Immediate Past Board President)
Lori has worked and lived in the Sacramento area for over 30 years. While most of her career centered around commercial real estate, owning several successful real estate and banking advisory companies, she has developed and owns several of her own projects throughout the United States and abroad. Lori has a deep love and background in the arts. She built and operates the premier jazz club in the Caribbean, based in Puerto Rico and is working to bring live theatre to underserved communities on both sides of the US. Additionally, she has built, designed, and operates several award-winning restaurants in the culinary arts field, is a sommelier and owns several hospitality projects which merge music, theatre, culinary arts, and construction design. All of Lori’s physical projects are known for incorporating the industry from murals, to statues, to music, theater and other sensory art forms. She is proud to be a philanthropist and creator in the field of theater, entertainment and creating joy to be shared with all communities.
Buck Busfield (CO-FOUNDER, B Street Theatre; FOUNDER, The Sofia; Artistic Director (retired))
Buck has been involved with B Street since its 1986 founding by younger brother Timothy. During his tenure at B Street Theatre, Buck served as director, composer, playwright and artistic director overseeing the production and presentation of over 500 works of live theater, music, comedy and dance. In 2018, Buck’s long-held vision of a small, Midtown performing arts center was realized with the opening of the beautiful Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts. Buck holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston. He makes his home in Sacramento with his wife, Mehera.
Timothy Busfield (Board Member Emeritus; FOUNDER, Theatre for Children, Inc.; CO-FOUNDER, B Street Theatre; Artistic Director (retired))
Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director. He has played Elliot Weston on the television series thirtysomething; Mark, the brother-in-law of Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) in Field of Dreams; and Danny Concannon on the television series The West Wing. In 1991 he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for thirtysomething. He is also the founder of the 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, Theatre for Children, Inc.
Terri Nikole Baca (Board Member)
As Assistant Vice President for legislative affairs, Terri Nikole Baca represents AT&T before the California State Legislature. Her work includes analyzing and advancing legislation that supports AT&T policy priorities in California, working with coalitions and stakeholders, negotiating policy objectives, building bi-partisan relationships, and developing legislative strategy. Previously Terri Nikole served as State President for AT&T New Mexico and Wyoming. In this role, she oversaw AT&T government and public affairs in both states, successfully advancing major network and policy initiatives. Prior to joining AT&T, Terri Nikole was Policy Director for a national education nonprofit, where she led projects to support youth education and workforce skills training. Before her work in the nonprofit sector, Terri Nikole spent several years on Capitol Hill serving as legislative counsel to a Member of Congress. Terri Nikole holds a BBA in Finance and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico.
Rachael Brown (Board Member)
Rachael, the Executive Director of the Power Inn Alliance and a fellow in the Nehemiah Emerging Leaders Program, is a prominent figure in Sacramento's community development landscape. In her role, she is also a valuable Board member for Sacramento Steps Forward, actively addressing homelessness in the region. With a solid two-year leadership at the Power Inn Alliance, Rachael strategically elevated the district's profile, emphasizing its economic strength and successfully integrating the growing cannabis industry. Drawing from a 17-year career in commercial development, including roles at the Elk Grove Economic Development Department, she demonstrates a commitment to strategic partnerships and utilizes her visionary talents to energize business communities and attract investments.
A Sacramento native and California State University, Sacramento alumna, Rachael holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design and a Master of Science in Urban Land Development. Known for her unwavering drive and astute problem-solving, she collaborates seamlessly with community leaders to address critical issues, particularly in her role with Sacramento Steps Forward, contributing to the overall prosperity and well-being of businesses and residents in the Sacramento area.
Stacey Brown (Board Member)
Stacey is a Senior Litigation Attorney with The Schlehr Law Firm, where she represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated. Stacey’s practice focuses representing women have been terminated because of pregnancy or for having taken a maternity leave. Stacey attended her first B Street performance in 1997 and has long been a supporter of the B Street and its mission. Stacey also loves traveling with her husband and friends, scuba diving, and exploring local wine regions and wine tasting.
Patrick Harbison (Board Member)
Prior to joining Lighthouse, Patrick owned Patrick Harbison Public Relations, a full-service public relations firm which enjoyed a diverse range of client work, including: communications strategy and implementation for local and state corporate clients, statewide legislative campaigns, marquee city-wide events, and politically-minded organizations, as well as the occasional daytime television actor. With more than 20 years of experience as a publicist and media consultant, Patrick leverages his extensive statewide contacts within broadcast and print media to yield exposure for clients. Patrick is a three-time Hermes award winner, has been voted “Best of Sacramento” in various categories by both the Sacramento News and Review and the KCRA A-List, and has been selected as one of the Sacramento Business Journal’s top “40 Under 40” professionals. In 2022, Sacramento Magazine named him one of Sacramento’s Top 100 Professionals. Patrick is a dedicated advocate for Sacramento non-profits and regularly donates his time and PR expertise to area organizations including WEAVE, the Make a Wish Foundation, the Sacramento Theater Company, and the Sacramento LGBT Community Center. A lifelong Sacramento resident, Patrick lives in midtown with his husband Charles.
William Hodges (Board Member)
Suzanne Houlton (Board Member)
Suzanne is a long-time B Street supporter and relishes the opportunity to serve as a board member. Recently retired from Sutter Health Information Systems, she continues to nurture her passion for theatre, education, servitude leadership and joy as a community non-profit volunteer. Children's programming and all aspects of performance education is our cornerstone, and it is her belief, this is how we will sustain the future of live-performance art.
Mandy Lee (Board Member)
Mandy Lee is a distinguished public affairs professional and brings nearly 15 years of government relations, political strategy and public service experience to her clients. She serves as a trusted advisor to prominent Fortune 10, global companies, helping them navigate through the complex world of politics and policy in one of the world’s most challenging political landscapes - the California Legislature. Prior to founding her firm, Mandy served in prominent leadership roles having served as President of one of Sacramento’s largest advocacy firms as well as Vice President of Government Affairs at a premier trade association, successfully representing the interests of her diverse client portfolio. In 2016, Mandy was nationally recognized as one of the top Asian American Pacific Islander political operatives by the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics and Public Affairs. Mandy started her career in the public service, having served in a number of capacities in both houses of the California Legislature. Omni’s approach is built on the philosophy that you must master the institution that you seek to influence. Mandy dedicates her spare time to giving back to the community. She is an Executive Committee Board Member of Equality California, helping the organization with its political and advocacy activities. Mandy is a graduate of California State University Hayward, where she studied political science with an emphasis on law.
Lloyd Levine (Board Member)
I am a former member of the California State Legislature, and now President of Filament Strategies, LLC, a Sacramento based consulting firm. I have extensive experience in public affairs, communications, public policy and politics. I focus on green issues and technology. While in the Legislature, I served as Chair of the Committee on Utilities and Commerce where I developed significant policy expertise in energy, telecommunications, technology and environmental issues. I am skilled at crafting messages and devising strategic communications campaigns. I understand the impact public affairs and communications can have on perceptions and use my expertise to create effective public affairs campaigns. I am also an author and frequently asked to write articles on a variety of topics for publications ranging from local newspapers and magazines to international law journals. I have spoken at conferences and events around the world and been frequently interviewed as a subject matter expert by state, national, and international news institutions, including the BBC, 60 Minutes, and the New York Times.
Shirley Liu (Board Member)
I’m a native of San Francisco and grew up in Sacramento, I attended San Francisco state university and majored in kinesiology. I returned to Sacramento after the birth of my first child, I’m the mother of four, and have settled here in East Sacramento. I currently take care of the family and work with the Sacramento children’s home crisis nursery and B Street Theatre.
John McNaught (Board Member)
John McNaught is a consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA), a global leadership advisory and executive recruitment firm. John is a member of RRA’s Social Impact Sector, where he works closely with a range of nonprofits, and the Corporate Officers Sector, where he primarily focuses on government affairs and public policy leadership roles across multiple industries. Prior to RRA, John spent seven years as a political appointee in the Obama Administration, most recently as the Deputy White House Liaison at the US Department of the Treasury. In this role, he worked closely with senior officials to develop and manage the cohort of political appointees. Earlier, John served at the White House in the Presidential Personnel Office, where he worked to recruit more than 1,000 political appointments at economically focused agencies. He also worked in the Administration at the Department of Homeland Security. Earlier in his career, John founded a small data startup and worked on the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. He earned his BS in business from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business. John moved to Sacramento in 2018 with his wife, Becky. They live in Land Park with their son, Sebastian, and daughter, Colette.
Eva Nybo (Board Member)
Kevin Peterson (Board Member)
Kevin Peterson is a Senior Director at Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente in 2015, he was the Vice President of Human Resources for Americas for Treasury Wine Estates, where he was responsible for all aspects of human resources for the U. S. and Canadian businesses of the global organization based in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Kevin has held Human Resources leadership positions with other organizations, including Jamba Juice, Chiquita Brands International/Fresh Express, OrganicGirl, and Arthur Andersen. He served on the selection committee for the David Lawrence Community Service Award 2016 and is a member of the Board of Directors for Saint John’s Program for Real Change in Sacramento. He previously served on the Board of Directors for the California Growers Association in St. Helena, Calif. and as a volunteer for the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Sacramento. A Georgia native, Peterson and his wife have lived in Sacramento since 2007, when he relocated from the Chicago area. He holds a degree in international studies from Emory University and a master’s degree from Georgetown University, with an emphasis on Spanish linguistics and applied learning theory.