Escape From Godot Digital Program
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The Cast
Gigi
Justin Okin
Justin is thrilled to be rejoining Mister and Mischief for his second run of Escape From Godot. In addition to being an actor and producer, he is the Executive Director at Rogue Machine where he has performed in Pocatello, Stop Kiss, and MilkMilkLemonade and produced On the Other Hand, We're Happy and Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Roles at Theatre of NOTE include Entropy, Eat the Runt, Hot Cat, and Cleo, Theo & Wu, which he also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With The Road Theatre Company he co-produced 4 seasons of the Summer Playwrights Festival and performed in At the Table. Other acting credits include The Elephant Room (Center Theatre Group), Khmer Amerika (Lincoln Center’s Directors Lab), and Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365Plays/365Days (The Public). His proudest production is his very modern family, filled with voracious children which he and brilliant co-producer/wife Jenny Flack feed constantly.
Gigi
Matt Harris
Matthew Harris is an actor and comedian who’s appeared in numerous commercials, TV shows and currently starring in the award winning Independent rom-com film “Future Date”. As it is his first time to be a part of this production, Matthew is incredibly delighted to be a part of this cast and incredibly thankful to the audience for their attendance. However, due to the possible legal ramifications surrounding this production, HE WAS NEVER HERE!
Dodo
Pablo Marz
Pablo Marz is an actor, storyteller, improviser, director, and teacher. He’s worked in every genre of the performing arts except for the opera, ballet, and stripping. In 2011, he created the popular storytelling show, Tell It! True Stories and Personal Essays. He’s performed his autobiographical stories at Tell It! and at numerous other storytelling shows throughout Southern California.
Pablo is excited to play the role of DoDo once again in the current production of Escape From Godot, but he also feels like it’s time to leave this project: "I'm going to quit and do something else!" (He doesn't move).
Dodo
William Salyers
Bill is perhaps best known for his voice acting and performance-capture work in animated series such as CN's "Regular Show" as the voice of Rigby, Adult Swim's "Moral Orel," as Reverend Putty, and WB's animated Batman '66 feature films, in which he voiced the Penguin. His work also appears in popular video games such as "Marvel's Spider-Man" for Insomniac/Sony in the role of Otto Octavius/Doc Ock, Mordin Solus in “Mass Effect 3,” for Bioware, and multiple characters in both “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” and the “Fallout” franchise for Bethesda. He loves working on new and unusual material and is thrilled to be making his 2nd outing as Dodo for the illustrious Mister and Mischief. Bill is a former 20+ year member of Actors Equity.
Pizza
Phil Daddario
Phil is ecstatic about the return of Escape From Godot and is ALL IN. Phil is a Los Angeles native who splits his time between acting, immersive clowning, and pwning noobs on his twitch channel as PhilsGoneWild. A graduate of the UCLA school of Theatre, Film,and Television, Phil has used the skills honed there to effortlessly wait tables all over LA! Notable credits include Hannah Montana, God of Work, Dorm Life, The Ho Bag 3, as well as performances at Dirtybird Campout and Desert Hearts. Phil would like to dedicate this and every performance to his parents Angelo, Joann, and Renee. Instagram: @FelixFaust
Pizza
Mark Gagliardi
Mark Gagliardi is best known for his narrations on the Comedy Central series Drunk History, for playing Father Chuck on the CBS series Blood & Treasure (which earned him a 2023 Movieguide Award nomination opposite Dolly Parton), and for his many roles in the legendary live show & podcast The Thrilling Adventure Hour. He has voiced Batman and various other characters for cartoons & video games, worked for Disney and Universal Studios developing & performing in shows in the parks, and had guest roles on several TV shows. He holds a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul and prefers the stage to all other media. He sends love to his partner Annie and to his family both bio and logical.
Fortune
Mason Conrad
Mason Conrad likes to make silly stuff all around town. He has made immersive projects with JFI Productions, Metaforyou, Mister and Mischief, After Hours Theatre Company, CAGES, The Queen's Fools (co-creator) and more. He is also a Shakespeare nerd and has made plays The Shakespeare Center Los Angeles, The Old Globe, Shakespeare by the Sea, and more. You may have seen his face on the React Channel on Youtube, or driving a jet-ski through a drive-thru for Habit Burger. As a writer he has written plays and nature documentaries for Bewilder and plays for The Queen's Fools. You can also hire him to run a game of D&D for you @gamemastersforhire. He graduated with an MFA from The Old Globe. Insta: @masonxconrad
Fortune
Alan Corvaia
Imported all the way from Venezuela, Alan Corvaia got his BA at LMU (2021) and went from training with theater masters in Europe to deep acting intensives at a Farm in Maine. Following his passion for art, Alan runs an organization called “98% Original” where artists from different disciplines can collaborate together as well as help others channel their creativity. Most recently Alan attended the Final Callbacks at The Yale School of Drama, and starred in an independent film by two up-and-coming directors. You can most likely find him meditating or practicing yoga at the Last Acting Studio.
CREDITS INCLUDE: Reckoning: Short-Play Festival (The Wallis Annenberg Center for the
Performing Arts), Romeo & Juliet (the Santa Monica Playhouse), Super Duper (the Los Angeles
Theatre Center), Spring Awakening (Werkstatt Theater-Germany)
Messenger
Tiffany Ogburn
Tiffany Ogburn grew up in Washington State and received her BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has danced for Andrea Miller’s Gallim Dance and Stephen Petronio Company, as well as performed in many immersive theater productions with Sleep No More NYC, Oddknock
Productions, Japanese Arts Network, Casa Bonita Denver, and Mister & Mischief. She loves sitting under trees, cuddling her French Bulldog, and creating her own clown and physical theater works.
Messenger
Sarah Martellaro
At a young age, Sarah Martellaro discovered her love of forcing people to watch her do things, so naturally, she turned to theater. Sarah is a graduate of Occidental College (BA English & Theater), where she was traumatized by the school’s acapella group. She also graduated UCLA's Professional Program for TV Writing, where she was not traumatized by the school’s acapella group. Her original comedic writing has been featured on the UCB and Second City mainstages, the HBO Women in Comedy Festival, and in the LA Times.
Pizza (Swing)
Rama Vallury
Rama Vallury is an award winning actor, writer, musician, and voice actor. Notably, he starred as Tahir Khan in Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (Showtime) and as Viraj in Little America (AppleTV+). As a voice actor, his notable credits are: The Twisted Timelines of Sammy & Raj, Big Nate, Baby Shark's Big Show, Mira Royal Detective, X-Com: Chimera Squad, Saints Row, "Ali" in the English dub of Squid Game, and "Caillou the Grownup & Adult Arthur" for Fox's AOK Digital. He also hosted the Nickelodeon game show Tooned In, playing Nicky the Robot. Rama is one half of the bands King Oaf & the Quarantines and Vallury & Butler, with Maxwell Butler, and one half of the comedy duo, George & Vallury with Sean George. He is represented by Innovative Artists (VoiceOver), Stewart Talent (On Camera), and managed by Venture Entertainment.
The Crew
Created by Jeff and Andy Crocker
When it premiered in 2018 at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Escape From Godot wasthe first show from married creators, Jeff and Andy Crocker. They have since produced a myriad of unique interactive and fun-forward theatrical experiences including Objectivity for the Warehouse Theater, Builder and the Dove forNoah's Ark at the Skirball, 40 Watts From Nowhere and The Apple Avenue Detective Agency for the La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls festival.
You can learn more about these projects and Andy and Jeff's other work as you explore this site, and feel free to reach out to strike up a conversation.
Lead Creative Associate
Ellie Kuhlke
Ellie Kuhlke and her BFA in acting can be found everywhere in the theatre except on stage. Turns out she prefers to do the storytelling from the wings, in a rehearsal room and behind a camera. She joined the fam at Mister & Mischief as the company’s Creative Associate working on 40 Watts from Nowhere, Apple Avenue and now Escape from Godot (which works out really well because the only thing she loves more than theatre is an escape room). Ellie is delighted to have found a place that utilizes all the left and right brain skills she has honed over the years to collaborate in crafting immersive stories that make the audience's hearts a bit lighter.
Stage Manager
Risa Kurosaki
Risa Kurosaki (She/Her/Hers) is an Asian American theatre artist and professional based out of Los Angeles and is honored to be working with such an incredible team (once again!) for the return of Escape from Godot. She has stage managed now 3 iterations of Escape from Godot including its time at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it's 2019 run at the Yard Theatre, and now here at the Moving Arts Theatre. Some of her recent credits include Our So Called Loved Ones (World Premiere), Seamless (USC Vision + Voices), Question 27, Question 28 (Artists At Play), The Apple Avenue Detective Agency(Mister & Mischief), 40 Watts from Nowhere (Mister & Mischief), The Nest (Scout Expeditions), and The Great Leap (Perseverance Theater).
Graphic Design - Props
Regan Chagal
Publicity
Sami Lien, Roger Charlie
Sami loves teaming up with creative minds to make magic happen. She revels in sharing stories with the world through thoughtfully-crafted imagery, wording and placement.
Most importantly - she believes work is so much better when you have a little fun! After 15 years in promotions, marketing and business management in a variety of industries, Sami entered into the world of publicity in 2011 and has found tremendous joy in helping all types of creative souls step into the limelight. She's booked national tours for authors and musicians, and has worked hand-in-hand with media outlets, organizations and influencers all over to help build her client's community.
You can see stories about Mister & Mischief and more on her website.