RICHARD BAIRD (Eddie Carbone) is an award winning actor, director and producer.  Laguna Playhouse: Noah Curry in The Rainmaker, Watson in Holmes and Watson and director of Tartuffe. Select credits include: 35 productions at North Coast Repertory including An Iliad which he also performed internationally at the KotorArt Festival in Montenegro; The Old Globe; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Arizona Theatre Company; Portland Center Stage; San Diego Repertory Theatre; Kingsmen Shakespeare Theatre; Backyard Renaissance; Southwest Shakespeare Company; Diversionary Theatre; Santa Barbara Theatre Ensemble and many more. Richard is the founding Artistic Director of New Fortune Theatre Company.

ANDREW BARNICLE (Sherriff Thomas/Director) was the artistic director of Laguna Playhouse from 1991 to 2010, where he produced 150 shows, directed more than 40, and acted in nine. Some of his recent directing projects at Laguna are Harvey, starring French Stewart, King of the Road: The Roger Miller Story, and Lisa Levin’s Sex and Education, starring Julia Duffy. Recent acting projects at Laguna include Twelve Angry Men and Fallen Angels. Andy has also acted Off-Broadway and in regional theatres around the country, including Michigan’s Meadow Brook Theatre, San Diego Rep, North Coast Rep, Alaska Rep, and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He has directed thirteen plays at North Coast Rep, five plays at Burbank’s Colony Theatre, five plays at the Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara, and two plays at Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theatre in Burbank. Andy has also directed at San Jose Rep, LA’s Odyssey Theatre, Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre, and Michigan’s Meadow Brook Theatre.

ANDY HOFF (File) Film and TV credits include: King Richard, Birds of Prey, Criminal Minds, American Crime Story: Impeachment, NCIS, NCIS:LA, Justified, Mad Men, Lethal Weapon and many more. Favorite theatre credits: Father Flynn in Doubt and Joey in A Steady Rain.

JEFFREY MARKLE (H.C. Curry) has enjoyed a long career in theatre, television and film and is delighted to return to Laguna Playhouse. Most recently, Jeffrey guest starred on NCIS, Curb Your Enthusiasm and starred in the short film Control which was featured on Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween. “It is an honor and a thrill to work in such a beautiful Playhouse. My thanks to the Crew, Production Staff, my Director and my fellow Cast Members.” www.JeffreyMarkle.com 

JAMES TAYLOR ODOM (Bill Starbuck) National Tours: The D’Ysquith Family in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and Von Trapp U/S in The Sound of Music. Regional: Wadsworth in Clue with Sally Struthers (Gateway Playhouse); The 39 Steps (Virginia Stage Company); Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (TheatreSquared); It Came From Outer Space-the musical (World Premiere, TheatreSquared/Chicago Shakespeare); Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes The Final Adventure (West Virginia Public Theatre); D’Ysquith in GGLAM (Gateway Playhouse & Tuacahn); Grumpy Old Men (Ogunquit Playhouse); The Suspects in Murder For Two (TheatreSquared); God of Carnage (Shadowland Stages); George Banks in Mary Poppins (Tuacahn). MFA: University of Arkansas; BA: Brenau University. Avalon Artists Group. 

NICK TAG (Jimmy Curry) is honored to be returning to the stage here at Laguna Playhouse for his fourth production and to be surrounded by such a talented cast and crew. You may have seen Nick on stage here starring in The Graduate, Sex and Education or most recently in Barefoot in the Park. Outside of the theatre, Nick is an award winning filmmaker most notably for his work on the short film, Other Side of the Box, which won at the esteemed SXSW festival in 2019. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area where he studied with A.C.T (American Conservatory Theatre), he now hails from Los Angeles where he attended the BFA program at USC for Acting. He would like to thank the entire Laguna Playhouse family for their endless support. 

LIZZIE ZEREBKO (Lizzie Curry) is delighted to make her Laguna Playhouse debut in The Rainmaker. Past roles include: Laura in The Glass Menagerie (International City Theatre), Alice in You Can’t Take It With You (Antaeus Theatre Company) and Mabel in An Ideal Husband (Sierra Madre Playhouse). TV/Film: Endangered, Impeachment: American Crime Story, For The People, Disjointed, Dear White People, Casual, and Grand Hotel.  Education: USC School of Dramatic Arts and British Academy of Dramatic Arts.