THE PRINCE OF LIGHTNING: THE STORY OF YOUNG NIKOLA TESLA, BOY GENIUS

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.

PAPI, ME AND CESAR CHAVEZ is Camila’s first production with B Street! A Colombian-born- LA-based actor with a soft spot for new works, Camila originated the role of Magda in Ghost Road Theater Company’s The Dry Years and the role of Sabina in Las Mujeres Del Mar directed by Diane Rodriguez. During her time at UCLA, Camila played Fabiola in the West Coast premier of Tanya Saracho’s Mala Hierba and Lydia in Octavio Solis’ Lydia. Camila is grateful to celebrate a dire and impactful labor movement.

Elyse Sharp (she/her) is thrilled to be working with B Street Theatre again. B Street Mainstage: Dance Nation (U/S Maeve/Ashley/The Moms). B Street Family Series: Winnie the Pooh (U/S Winnifre/Kanga/Roo, Anne/Rabbit). B Street School Tours: Mind-Boggling Mysteries of the World, Fantasy Festival 32, Fantasy Festival 33. She’s also been seen Upstairs at the B in several New Play Brunches and New Comedies Festival readings. Elsewhere: Capital Stage (Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, The Real Thing, Macbeth), Pacific Repertory Theatre (Tom Jones, Coriolanus), and Shakespeare on the Vine (Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, The Tempest). She co-hosts and co-produces the podcast Shakespeare Anyone?. BA Theatre Performance, Whittier College. For more, visit www.elysesharp.com or follow @elysesharp

Tim Stewart is the Kelly Bar Manager here at the Sofia and recently was seen on B Street's Family Series Stage as Nikola Tesla in THE PRINCE OF LIGHTING as well as in ‘TIS THE SEASON. He also appeared on the Mainstage in a week-long stint as The Inspector/Chris in THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG and Inspector Lestade/Moriarty in MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON - APT 2B. He just finished back-to-back runs at San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre as Frank Hart Jr. in 9 TO 5, and in THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL). He has been seen locally here in Sacramento in Clue, A Christmas Carol, and Disaster! (Sacramento Theatre Company) and as Grandpa and Mother Ginger in Sacramento Ballet's The Nutcracker. He has performed at theatres around the country such as Sacramento Theatre Company, Sierra Repertory Theatre, PCPA, Utah Festival Opera, SLO Repertory Theatre, and The Great American Melodrama, to name a few. Some of his favorite roles include Bert in Mary Poppins, Davey in Newsies, Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps, Robert in The Drowsy Chaperone and many more! @mrTimStewart

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/).