Beside Myself

ERIN NOEL GRENNAN (Gemma) happily returns to Laguna Playhouse, where she previously appeared as Olga in the world premiere of The Angel Next Door. Regional credits include: Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (North Coast Rep); Theatre People (Westport Playhouse - Connecticut Critics Circle award); The Outsider (Paper Mill Playhouse - Broadway World award); Reckless (Cincinnati Playhouse); Unnecessary Farce, Wit (Boarshead Theatre); Timon of Athens (Chicago Shakespeare); A Moon for the Misbegotten (Jeff award nom), Blithe Spirit, The Taming of the Shrew (First Folio Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Geva); A Flea in Her Ear, The Foreigner, The Man Who Came To Dinner (Drury Lane); Noises Of (Totem Playhouse); Making God Laugh, Miracle On South Division (TATC); King O’ The Moon (Mercury); eight seasons with Peninsula Players Theatre, two seasons with Gaiety Theatre, Ireland. TV/Film: “The Other Two”, “Dr. Death”, “Bull”, “Law & Order, “SVU”, “Blue Bloods”, “FBI”; “Chicago Med”, “Chicago Fire”, the upcoming film, “Thoughts & Prayers”, and umpteen commercials. For the tall guy, always. erinnoelgrennan.com

MATTHEW HENERSON (Karl) At Laguna Playhouse: Twelve Angry Men. In OC: Hamlet, Shakespeare In Love, She Loves Me, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown for South Coast Repertory.  Regional work includes the Ahmanson, ACT, American Shakespeare Center, Deaf West, Denver Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, North Coast Repertory, Northern Stage, San Diego Repertory, and Shakespeare Festivals in Arizona, Colorado, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Utah.  Film: “A Christmas Carol”, “Mars Needs Moms” and “Jungle Book” for Disney.  Television: “The Bernie Mac Show”, “Hung”, “The Fosters”, “One Day at a Time”, and recurring as SA Carl Laughlin on “NCIS: Origins”.

JACQUELYN RITZ (Dr. Thatcher et al) Laguna Playhouse debut. Regional theatre highlights include the Kennedy Center in Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce (directed by Harold Prince), the Goodman Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory (Lovers and Executioners, Marvellous Wonderettes – originating the role of Cindy Lou), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Hamlet with Val Kilmer), Northlight Theatre and the Baroness in La Jolla Playhouse’s Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin. Very active in San Diego, she is a founding member of the newly formed Poway Shakespeare.  She is proud to have appeared in numerous shows at North Coast Repertory (title character in Annabella in July, Bloomsday, How the Other Half Loves, Chapter Two, and Fallen Angels, etc.). She is the voice of Madame Blueberry (and others) in “VeggieTales”. AEA and SAG/AFTRA.  More info at www.JacquelynRitz.com

ALANNA J. SMITH (Sylvie and others) is delighted to make her Laguna Playhouse debut with Beside Myself after a successful run at North Coast Rep. She was last seen in Southern California as Hodel opposite Jason Alexander in Fiddler on the Roof (La Mirada). On screen, Alanna has appeared in “Love Afloat” (Amazon), “Chang Can Dunk” (Disney+), “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS), and “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz). Select theatre credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Young Frankenstein, Noises Off, The Importance of Being Earnest (Walnut Street Theatre), A Comedy of Tenors, Smoke & Mirrors (Florida Studio Theatre), The Wanderers (Lantern Theatre), Pride & Prejudice (Peterborough Players). Follow along @alannajsmith

CHRISTOPHER M. WILLIAMS (Jerry et all)  is excited to return to Laguna after performing in Tartuffe, Holmes & Watson, Peril In the Alps and directing Don't Dress For Dinner. He is a union actor and stage manager, as well as a director, producer, fight choreographer, designer, and instructor. Some of his credits include playing Nathan Rothschild in the original cast of the Off-Broadway production of Rothschild & Sons; Hamlet On Trial with comedy legend Billy Connolly (Theatre League); The Drawer Boy and A Moon for the Misbegotten (AZ Theatre Company); Noises Off (Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Phoenix Theatre); Angels In America: Part I & II, and Lobby Hero (Actors Theatre); Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, Midsummer, Oliver!, West Side Story, A Funny Thing…Forum (Southwest Shakespeare Company). Over the past 20 years, he has directed, stage managed or performed in almost 40 productions at North Coast Repertory Theatre. He became Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director of NCRT following his duties as founding Artistic Director of Oceanside Theatre Company. He was producer, casting director, and on-set acting coach for the WWII feature “Walking With the Enemy,” starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Jonas Armstrong.