Cast

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  Denmo Ibrahim*

  Bella

  Denmo Ibrahim (she/her) is an American actor, playwright and author of Egyptian descent whom the San Francisco Chronicle called “a tower of strength in the Bay Area theatre scene.” Previous MTC productions include Brilliant Mind, Noura and The Who & The What. Regional acting credits include Berkeley Repertory, American Conservatory Theater, The Old Globe, Seattle Rep, and Cal Shakes. As a playwright, her work has toured international festivals in Egypt, France, and Germany. In the U.S., her plays have been supported by Playwrights’ Foundation, The Civilians, and New York Theatre Workshop. She is a resident artist with Golden Thread Productions. Denmo is a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle (SFBATCC) award recipient for her work on The Good Book (Berkeley Rep) and a Theatre Bay Area award recipient for I Call My Brothers (Crowded Fire) and BABA (Alter Theatre). She was recently nominated for an SFBATCC award for Principal Performance in a Drama for Noura and was one of 25 theatre artists nominated for the Rainin Fellowship in 2020. Denmo holds an MFA in Lecoq-based Actor Created Physical Theater from Naropa University and a BFA in Acting from Boston University. denmoibrahim.com

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  Tyler Miclean*

  Christopher

  Tyler Miclean (he/him) is making his MTC debut after the Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley workshop last year, and was born and raised in Belmont, CA. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. NY Regional: Legally Blonde (The Argyle Theatre). LA Regional: Parade, The Full Monty, Ragtime (3D Theatricals), Man of La Mancha, King Lear (A Noise Within), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Cabrillo Music Theatre). Touring: Holiday Wishes (Cirque Musica). Readings: Vera Laughed with Jo Beth Williams and Alfred Molina. BA: the University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts, and a screenwriting minor from the School of Cinematic Arts. Add’l Training: Music Theatre Conservatory at Notre Dame de Namur. Directing: R&H’s Cinderella, The Addams Family (Notre Dame High School). Playwriting: Quicksand, Honey Lemon, Bad Sister. www.tylermiclean.com

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Creative Team

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  Adam Rapp

  Playwright

  Adam Rapp is the author of numerous plays, which include The Sound Inside (WTF, Broadway), Nocturne (A.R.T., New York Theatre Workshop), Finer Noble Gases (Rattlestick, Edinburgh Fringe, Fringe First Award), Kindness (Playwrights Horizons), The Metal Children (The Vineyard), The Hallway Trilogy (Rattlestick), Blackbird (The Bush, Edge Theatre), Stone Cold Dead Serious (A.R.T., Edge Theatre), and Red Light Winter (Steppenwolf, Barrow Street Theatre), for which he won Chicago’s Jeff Award, an OBIE, and was named a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. His playwriting honors include The Helen Merrill Prize, The Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Award.

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  Jasson Minadakis

  Director

  Jasson Minadakis is in his 15th season as artistic director of Marin Theatre Company, where he has directed Mother of the Maid, Sovereignty, Oslo, Shakespeare In Love, Thomas and Sally, Guards at the Taj, August: Osage County, The Invisible Hand, Anne Boleyn, The Convert, The Whale, Failure: A Love Story, the world premiere of Lasso of Truth, The Whipping Man (San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Best Production and Best Acting Ensemble), Waiting for Godot, Othello: the Moor of Venice, The Glass Menagerie, Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice, the world premiere of Libby Appel’s adaptation of Chekhov’s Seagull, Happy Now?, Equivocation(SFBATCC Award, Best Director), the world premiere of Sunlight, Lydia, The Seafarer, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Streetcar Named Desire, said Saïd, Love Song, and The Subject Tonight is Love. As artistic director of Actor’s Express Theatre Company, he directed The Pillowman; Bug; The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Echoes of Another Man;Killer Joe; Burn This; The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?; Blue/Orange; and Bel Canto. As producing artistic director of Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, he directed Jesus Hopped the ’A’ Train, Chagrin Falls (2002 Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Production), and numerous others, including 19 productions of Shakespeare. Regional credits include The Whipping Man at Virginia Stage Company, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hamlet at Georgia Shakespeare, Copenhagen at Playhouse on the Square (2003 Ostrander Theatre Award for Best Dramatic Production), and Bedroom Farce at Wayside Theatre.

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• Edward Haynes

  Scenic Designer

  Excited to be retuning to Marin Theatre Company where he previously Designed Pass Over, Skeleton Crew, and How I Learned What I Learned. Regional Credits include: The Geffen Playhouse, The Mark Taper Forum, Ebony Repertory Theatre Co., South Coast Rep., The Kirk Douglas Theatre, East West Players, Pasadena Playhouse, The Hollywood Bowl, Antaeus Theatre, Berkeley Rep., The Intiman Theatre, City Theatre Pittsburgh, Gulfshores Playhouse, The Muny Theatre, The Alliance Theatre, Trinity Rep., The Two River Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and many he can no longer remember. Television Credits include MTVs Spring Break 2012 & 2011, Hip Hop Harry for the Discovery Kids/TLC Channel, and Culture Clash for Fox TV. Ed is the proud father of twins, Denis and Wesly, and husband to Director Elizabeth Bell-Haynes. edhaynes.carbonmade.com

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  Mike Post

  Lighting Designer

  Mike Post is thrilled to return to Marin as a designer for this show!  While he was serving as MTC's Director of Production he also worked as a lighting and projection designer for Guards at the Taj, for Oslo and Sovereignty.  He also has worked with lighting, sound and projection at New Conservatory Theatre Center with The View Upstairs, Cardboard Piano, and Avenue Q.  At Sonoma State University, Mike was brought in to light Sweeney Todd.  Prior to his time in the Bay Area, he lived and worked in Atlanta where he was the resident designer at Georgia Shakespeare as well as having designed many shows at other theatres in the area.  He served as Production Manager at the Center for Puppetry Arts and designed several shows there as well.  Currently, Mike holds the position of Associate Professor of Lighting, Sound and Projection at The University of Montana in Missoula. 

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  Fumiko Bielefeldt

  Costume Designer

  Fumiko Bielefeldt is happy to be back with MTC and resume her role as the costume designer for The Sound Inside. Her work has appeared in MTC productions for over 10 years, including Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, Oslo, Straight White Men, Guard at the Taj, The Oldest Boy, The Convert, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice, Equivocation, What the Butler Saw, Lovers & Executioners, Frozen, Displaced, Fugitive Kind, Indiscretions, and Candida. Her career as a costume designer for 40 years in the Bay Area and beyond has garnered her many awards, including the Barbara Bladen Porter, San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle, Dean Goodman Choice, Back Stage West Garland, and Drama-Logue Awards.

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• Daria Perkova

  Assistant Costume Designer/Wardrobe Crew

  Daria Perkova is a Bay Area native costume designer. She has designed, stitched and ran wardrobe for many theaters around the bay. Her most recent works include costume design for Anton Chekov’s Uncle Vanya at Chabot College, and How Black Mother’s Say I Love You at Theatre Rhinoceros. She is running the costume shop and wardrobe crew at Marin Theatre Company for the current season.

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  Implied Music/Chris Houston

  Composer

  Implied Music / Chris Houston is a pianist, composer, producer, and sound designer.  He performs and records as Implied Music.  He is the veteran of decades of solo and ensemble performances in jazz, rock, traditional, and classical styles.  He teaches piano and composition and has lectured on music at Boston Ballet and San Francisco State University. Chris has written and recorded music for picture and stage for almost fifty years.  He has numerous credits for theater composition and sound design in the Bay Area, New York, and nationally.  Chris has scored feature and documentary films.  He has developed library music for PBS television and NPR radio.  He is the recipient of seven ASCAP Plus awards, five Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Awards for composition and sound design, as well as the Arty award for sound design.

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• Brigid Ridge

  Rehearsal Stage Manager

  Brigid Ridge is a freelance stage manager who works up and down the West Coast.  She has previously been involved with Marin Theatre Company's productions of Hotter Than Egypt, Brilliant Mind, Noura, The Who and the What, and Skeleton Crew, among others.  She has also done work at Berkeley Playhouse and Central Works in the Bay Area and Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle.

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• Kevin Johnson

  Production Stage Manager

  Kevin Johnson returns for his fifth production at MTC, having previously stage-managed Noura, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Marjorie Prime, and the special performance of Lady of Largest Heart with Olympia Dukakis. Elsewhere in the Bay Area, he has stage-managed for Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, Magic Theatre, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, and many others. He also has stage-managed music and dance productions, including Oakland Symphony, Pacific Mozart Ensemble, San Francisco Jazz Festival (with Bobby McFerrin), International Russian Music Festival, and Dave Brubeck's final album of his choral music, Brubeck and American Poets.

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* Denotes member of Actors Equity Association
+ Member, United Scenic Artists
^ Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers