A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

MICHAEL CAVINDER* (Inspector Pinckney & Ensemble) is an actor, producer, director, writer and half-Filipino giant. He is the creator and Artistic Director of Ambush Cabaret. Regional credits: CCAE Theatricals’ Bottle Shock! The Musical (Mike Grgich), 9 to 5: The Musical (Tinsworthy) at Musical Theatre West, Mamma Mia! (Bill) and Clue (Mr. Body) at La Mirada Theater. International Tours: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan. Michael originated the role of King Agnarr in Disney’s Frozen, directed by Liesl Tommy, and appeared as Drake in Annie alongside an all-star cast at the Hollywood Bowl. TV Credits: “Law & Order.” He is forever grateful for his lovely wife Libby, his family and friends, Lindsay Brooks and the rest of the team at ATB Talent Agency. www.ambushcabaret.com

ANDREW HEY* (Tom Copley/Magistrate & Ensemble/U/S Monty*) is thrilled to make his debut with Laguna Playhouse. Andrew, along with his wife, Shinah, are recent transplants to Southern California and spent the past 12 years performing in the Twin Cities of Minnesota at theatres such as Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Ordway Center, Theater Latté Da, and others. Theatre highlights include: Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli), Grease (Doody), Joseph…(Joseph), Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka), Little Women (Laurie), Disney’s Newsies (Finch, U/S Jack), The World Over (Adam), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (U/S Prince Eric), Pirates of Penzance (U/S Frederic), and the Minneapolis cast and international touring cast of All Is Calm (Littlefair) among others. TV: BroadwayHD/ PBS recording of “All Is Calm” (Littlefair). Andrew also holds a MA in Counseling and works as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. IG:@heyandrewhey “Love to Shinah, Jane and Charlie.”

SHINAH HEY* (Miss Barley, Lady Eugenia & Ensemble/U/S Sibella/Dance Captain) is elated to be making her Laguna Playhouse debut. Regional credits include Arena Stage, Ride The Cyclone (Ocean); Guthrie Theater, The Music Man (Zaneeta Shinn); Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Cynthia Weil), Footloose (Rusty), Grease (Frenchy, Sandy U/S); Theater Latté Da, Assassins (Squeaky Fromme), Gypsy (Dainty June and Agnes), Into The Woods (Little Red and Lucinda); Artistry, Sweet Charity (Charity), Little Women (Amy/ Jo U/S); The Hive, Matt & Ben (Ben); The Jungle, Ride The Cyclone (Ocean). National Tours include The Kennedy Center, Me… Jane (Jane Goodall), Sending all of her love to Andy, Jane and Charlie. Instagram: @ShinahHey

JEAN KAUFFMAN* (Miss Shingle & Ensemble) This is Jean’s second expedition to Edwardian England with the D’Ysquiths; at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in 2019, she played Lady Eugenia. She was Grandma Tzeitel in the recent Jason Alexander led production of Fiddler On The Roof in La Mirada. At Hartford Stage she was in the premiere production of the new musical, The Flamingo Kid. Other SoCal credits include Emma Goldman in Ragtime, Mrs. Brice in Funny Girl, Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown, and Sara Jane Moore in Assassins. She was in National Tours of Cats, Beauty and The Beast, A Chorus Line, and On The Twentieth Century. Regionally, Jean appeared as Gertrude in Hamlet, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Carmen Bernstein in Curtains, and Lucy Schmeeler in On The Town. Her Film and TV credits include “Poker Face,” “Gangsterland,” “Shut Eye,” “What Love Sees,” “Bitter Blood,” and “Angels On Tap.”

NICHOLAS‑MONGIARDO-COOPER*‑(D’Ysquith Family) Off-Broadway: Rothschild & Sons, Lonesome Traveler, Julius Caesar. Regional: Fiddler On The Roof (La Mirada), A Wicked Soul In Cherry Hill (Geffen), Waitress (Moonlight),The Tempest (ASF), The Play That Goes Wrong, Sherlock Holmes’ Last Adventure (Portland Stage) Once (Geva), Rounding Third (FST), House of Dreams (SDRep), Oliver!, Matilda (5Star) Sweeney Todd, Once, Shakespeare In Love (SCR) King Lear (Rubicon), Holmes and Watson, Harvey, (Laguna), Side Show (La Jolla), Of Mice And Men, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sherlock Holmes, Side By Side By Sondheim, Words By (North Coast Rep). TV: “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC), “Dying For Sex” (F/X), “Ghosts” (CBS), “The Connors” (ABC), “Fairly Oddparents” (Paramount+), “Danger Force” (Nickelodeon), “Fuller House”(Netflix), “Superstore” (NBC), “Casual” (Hulu).

ANDREW POLEC*‑(Monty) Laguna Playhouse debut! West End: Strat in Bat Out of Hell (London Coliseum, Dominion Theatre; Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award) Off-Broadway: The Beautiful Lady (La MaMa), The Fantasticks (Theatre Center) Regional: The Grinch in How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Berger in Hair, Crime and Punishment, A Comedy (Old Globe), Escape to Margaritaville (Moonlight Stage), Legacy of Love (Bucks County Playhouse), The General from America (Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Ivanov, A Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory), Where the Wild Things Are (Providence Fringe). Film/television: “Katy Keene,” “Prodigal Son,” “Wheel of Fortune.” Music: “Disillusioned Funk.” Other: 2021 First Prize Winner of the Lotte Lenya Competition. Education: B.A.s in English, Music from University of Rochester, M.F.A. in Theatre from Brown University. Socials: @andrewpolec

KATY TANG* (Phoebe D’Ysquith) previously seen at Laguna Playhouse: Don’t Dress for Dinner. North Coast Repertory: Don’t Dress for Dinner, Pippin, The Cherry Orchard, The Remarkable Mister Holmes. Regional credits: Sweeney Todd, She Loves Me (South Coast Repertory), Marry Me A Little (International City Theatre), Candide (San Bernardino Symphony), A Little Night Music (EastWest Players), Spring Awakening (Cygnet Theatre), Turn of the Screw, The Mikado (Pacific Opera Project), Denver Center, Syracuse Stage, La Mirada Theatre, Independent Shakespeare Company, Laguna Playhouse, The LATC, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Sacred Fools, Chalk Rep and LA Opera. International credits: “Le Nozze di Figaro” (Mediterranean Opera Festival, Italy), “Werther,” “Orphée et Eurydice” (La Péniche Opera, France). Tang trained at UCLA & the Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris. For you, Janet.

LAUREN WEINBERG* (Sibella) is so thrilled to return to Laguna Playhouse after performing as Guenevere in Camelot. Nat’l Tour: Guys & Dolls (Adelaide). Off-Broadway: Smile (Brenda) with J2 Spotlight, AMT Theater. Regional favorites: Guys & Dolls (Adelaide) at Olney Theatre Center — Helen Hayes Nomination, Beauty and the Beast (Belle) at Theatre By The Sea, Brigadoon (Fiona) & Damn Yankees (Lola) at The Wick Theatre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Christine) at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Clue (Miss Scarlet) at the John W. Engeman Theater. Other New York: International Fringe Festival, The Jewish Museum, NYTF winner. Episodic: “Hustling, The Series.” Lauren appears in national and regional commercial & voiceover spots for brands such as BudLight, Zicam, & JBL. BFA Penn State, New York based. A huge thank you to David & the creative team, and love to Dru & the THPs! www.laurenweinbergofficial.com. Insta: @ellemdoubleu.

SITTICHAI CHAIYAHAT is ecstatic to be making his Laguna Playhouse debut in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder! He is a Thai-American Actor, Singer, Teacher, and Theater Artist. Sittichai is a native of Portland, OR, and was primarily raised in Oceanside, CA. Growing up his father owned a Thai restaurant so he has very high standards for good Thai food. You can find him playing video games, shooting hoops, working out, or ingesting anything related to manga and One Piece. He is a proud Alumni of Mira Costa College and UC Irvine’s MFA in Acting program. Favorite theater credits include: Anastasia (Moonlight), Pacific Overtures (East West Players), Pericles (New Swan Shakespeare), The Brothers Paranormal (UC Irvine), Little Shop of Horrors (New Village Arts), The Pirates of Penzance (Mira Costa College), and An Iliad (UC Irvine). IG: @sittichai_thai

MADISON MIYUKI SPRAGUE is an actress and singer originally from Virginia, and based in Los Angeles. She earned her B.A. in Musical Theatre from Pepperdine University, where she also trained in opera. Recent credits include: McCoy Rigby Ent.’s regional tour of The Little Mermaid, with notable stops at La Mirada Theatre and The Ordway (US Ariel); the LA premiere workshop of Pump Up the Volume (Tracie); Cabaret at 5-Star Theatricals (US Sally); Desperate Measures at ICT Long Beach (Bella Rose); Footloose at The Colony Theatre (US Ariel/Rusty); Disney’s Rogers: The Musical at The Hyperion Theatre (Ruby Starkette); and the west-coast premiere staged concert of Noble Family at La Mirada Theatre (Mali).