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The Company

In Good Company

Meet the people on stage and behind the curtain!

Creative

Lyndsay Burch (Artistic Director)

Lyndsay Burch is the Artistic Director 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 and 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). Locally, Lyndsay is a proud member of Point West Rotary (PWR) and she is a recent 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.

Buck Busfield (Founder & Music Curation)

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.

Jerry Montoya (Executive Producer)

Jerry has been with the B Street Theatre for 17 years and is currently the Executive Producer. He has been a director, writer, actor, designer and stage manager in professional theatre for 30 years. For B Street he recently directed The Legend of Georgia McBride, as well as many others including: A Skull in Connemara, Red, The Seafarer and What the Butler Saw. He has written over 10 plays for the Family Series including Treasure Island, The Flying Machine and Frankenstein. His play Love And Baseball received its world premiere at B Street in 2016.

Sean Patrick Nill (Artistic Associate)

Sean is an Artistic Associate at the B Street Theatre. Recent Family Series credits include: Gandhi and Robin Hood. Recent directing credits include: Small Steps (New Comedies Festival-2018), Fantasy Festival XXXII, and History Extravaganza IV. Writing credits include: Mathematical Madness, Fantasy Festival XXXII, Fantasy Festival XXXI, History Extravaganza IV, History Extravaganza III, A Yippie’s Day in Disneyland (2018 Intern Showcase) and Tiny Resurrections (2017 Intern Showcase). Recent Regional Theatre credits include: The Behavior Of Broadus (Capital Stage), The Whipping Man (Sacramento Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (Pacific Repertory Theatre), and Sense & Sensibility (Livermore Shakespeare Company). As a playwright, his plays have been produced by the Sacramento Theatre Company (Kings of America), Watermelon Theatre Festival (Prayer), Rover Dramawerks (Brynlee & the Bull), and Torrent Theatre (An Ordinary Woman), among others. His play, An Ordinary Woman, is published in the 2017 edition of Stage It! Ten Minute Plays.

Acting Company

Greg Alexander (Company Member & Director of Outreach & Education)

Greg is the Director of Education as well as a member of the B Street Theatre Core Acting Company. Recent Mainstage credits include: The Lost Claus, A Child’s Christmas in Reno, Popcorn Falls, Holmes and Watson, The House On Haunted Hill, and One Man, Two Guvnors. Recent Family Series credits include: The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol and Treasure Island. His directing credits include History Extravaganza IV, Every Brilliant Thing and Alice in Wonderland. Writing credits include Going West: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad, Alice in Wonderland, and The Golden Harp. 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 as Sally Ride in Ride, Sally Ride on the Family Series stage. She is a regular guest artist at Capital Stage and will be reprising her role as Lizzy Darcy this winter. 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. She is also 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 Jamie Jones. She wants to thank you for showing up and loving this place as much as she does.

Dana Brooke (Company Member)

DANA BROOKE is an actor and playwright based in NYC. She starred in the award-winning feature film “Laura Gets A Cat” (streamable on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Tubi), for which she won Best Actress at the 2017 Reno Tahoe International Film Festival. Dana is a company member at B Street Theatre, where she has appeared in CONSTELLATIONS, IRONBOUND, VENUS IN FUR, OTHER DESERT CITIES, LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC (TRILOGY), THE REALISTIC JONESES, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR, among others. In New York, she has been featured in productions opposite Chita Rivera, Mike Birbiglia, Reed Birney, has worked multiple times with Arthur Laurents, and has performed with The Journey Company, Cardinal Group, The Lark, New Circle Theatre Company, and NYCFringe. Additional regional credits include George Street Playhouse, New Jersey Repertory Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Florida Repertory Theatre, Playhouse on Park, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, and NNPN’s National Showcase of New Plays. Her television credits include FX's “Damages”, NBC's “Ed”, and Fox's “Canterbury's Law”.

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.

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)

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: Lovers & Executioners, Dance Nation, The House on Haunted Hill, The Ladies Foursome, One Man, Two Guvnors, Treatment. Recent Family Series credits include: A Christmas Carol, Charlotte’s Web, The Sword in the Stone and The Wizard of Oz. 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 upstairs @the B. Her film credits include Nick 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 Hollywood and Netflix's Thirteen Reasons Why. Special thanks to all at the Sofia, the incredible cast of Frog and Toad, her family, her spouse and their three children.

Rick Kleber (Company Member)

Jason Kuykendall (Company Member)

Jason Kuykendall is a proud member of the B Street Theatre’s Acting Company. He has performed in over 50 productions here, including The Big Bang, The 39 Steps, The Nibroc Trilogy, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, The Explorers Club, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, House On Haunted Hill, and many more. Favorite regional credits include A Long Days 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 Theatre works, 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. Visit NKMedia.biz for his feature film, documentary, commercial work and more.

John Lamb (Company Member)

John is a proud member of the B Street Theatre Core Acting Company. Mainstage credits include Airness, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Book of Liz, Juno and the Paycock, Jack Goes Boating, the Seafarer, and The Explorer’s Club. Family Series credits include: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook, Going West: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad and The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi. B Street Theatre directing credits include: 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.

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 originally from Mumbai, India. She is a B Street Theatre Acting Company member. Her credits at B Street include LOVERS AND EXECUTIONERS, DANCE NATION, THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, '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.

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)

Founding B Street Company Member Elisabeth Nunziato starred in THE LOST CLAUS with her husband Jason Kuykendall before they both caught a slight case of Covid and were replaced by the brilliant John Lamb and Dave Pierini. B Street shows include A GREAT MIGRATION; RIDE, SALLY RIDE as Amelia Earhardt; THE LAST MATCH about love and tennis; WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF; AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS and a gazillion more. Ms. Nunziato is a commercial producer with NK Media, member of Paul Kinney’s Radio Films Ensemble, co-founder with Dr. Hakan Ozcelik of The Wisdom Studio (an on-going series of talks with internationally recognized scholars, artists and business leaders exploring new thinking in leadership and organizational wisdom), and Executive Director of Ed Claudio’s Actor’s Workshop, where she is a dedicated acting teacher and public speaking coach for professionals. She would like to thank her husband, Jason, for being an amazing partner. Jason and Elisabeth recently welcomed a new puppy to the family. Her name, of course, is Sofia.

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 a member of the Core Acting Company at B Street Theatre. Mainstage Credits include: THE LOST CLAUS, DANCE NATION, POPCORN FALLS, HOLMES AND WATSON, THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, and THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE. Directing credits include: THE SWORD IN THE STONE, TREASURE ISLAND, THE LADIES FOURSOME, and AIRNESS. Writing credits include: CHARADE, A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN RENO, THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, A MOVING DAY, and SNOW WHITE & ROSE RED. Dave is a member of the Maximum Occupancy improv trio with Tara Sissom and Stephanie Altholz.

Amy Resnick (Company Member)

Rob Karma Robinson (Company Member)

Robert Karma Robinson a Brooklyn/Houston native. Some might remember his B Street debut last year in the short-lived run of Byhalia, Mississippi. Since the pandemic shuttered the Sofia he has been a consistent participant in the B Social online offerings. He returned to The Sofia as a full-fledged B Street Company Member in Dance Nation. YAY HEY! Some of his most notable credits include The Blowin of Baile Gall by Boston playwright Ronan Noone at The Vineyard Playhouse on Martha's Vineyard, as well as the world premiere Expedition Six (written/dir. Bill Pullman) at the Kennedy Center. Last year he was seen in Ricardo Khan's Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing at Saint Louis Rep. and Cincinnati Playhouse In the Park, respectively. He also played 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 a member of the B Street Theatre Core Acting Company. Recent Mainstage credits include: The Ladies Foursome, Airness, One Man, Two Guvnors, The House On Haunted Hill, and A Doll’s House, Part 2. Recent Family Series credits include: Cinderella. Writing credits include: Treatment and Brother Sister (New Play Brunch - August 2018). Directing credits include: Baby Cakes (2018 New Comedies Festival). Tara is a member of the Upstairs at the B improv trio Maximum Occupancy alongside Dave Pierini and Stephanie Altholz 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, and teaches in the B Street Theatre Conservatory. Learn more at tarasissom.com

Peter Story (Company Member)

A former intern, Peter has acted on the B Street stages for over 20 years and is a proud B Street Core Company Member. This year you may have seen him in Lovers & Executioners or A Great Migration. 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 Co.) 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, and Days of Our Lives. @thepeterstory

Administration

Greg Alexander (Company Member & Director of Outreach & Education)

Aimi Duval (Marketing & PR Executive)

Aimi has been in marketing and PR for over 12 years. She moved to Sacramento from London in 2019, where she managed marketing and PR for some of the biggest music festivals and venues in the UK and Europe, as well as working with well-known brands such as Dr Martens, Jack Daniels, Red Bull and more! Aimi joined B Street in 2019 as Marketing and PR Executive and loves to annoy the staff with her endless requests to feature them on the B Street TikTok account!

Chelsea Grogan (Administration, Marketing & Subscriptions Manager)

Chelsea is the Administration, Marketing, 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 member 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 beautiful 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)

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.

Vernon Lewis (Associate Director of Outreach & Education)

Vernon is very excited to be working with B Street Theatre. For the past 15 years, Vernon has been able to be a part of many thrilling productions such as a list of British Pantos, multiple Shakespeare Festivals at Sacramento City Theatre, and an assortment of supporting and lead roles in BOOTYCANDY, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and CANNERY ROW. Recently, Vernon has been gaining experience Directing and Assistant Directing with shows such as THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED, THE MAGIC LAMP, and PASS OVER. Now as an Associate Director of Outreach & Education, Vernon looks forward to working with the youth of tomorrow and introducing them to the magic that is theatre, while also getting them interested in becoming the next B Street Theatre hopefuls.