Monica Ho (Evie) is elated to be working with Custom Made Theatre Company for In Love and Warcraft! She was last seen performing as Sadako in Crane with Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company. Other roles include Bianca in Taming of the Shrew with SF Shakes, Antonia in Don Quixote with Marin Shakespeare Company, and Margot in SHINER with FaultLine Theater Company, for which she is TBA Awards Finalist. Monica is a graduate of the Foothill Theatre Conservatory and a member of the 2014 TBA ATLAS program.

Ed Berkeley (Raul) is all the way from the East Coast (New England) trying to make a splash in the Bay Area. He is young, passionate, hard working and eager to get his hands on any and every opportunity the Bay has to offer. This will be the sixth production that Ed has had the pleasure to be apart of, and he is ready to get this one of it’s feet and into the hearts and minds of the Bay Area Audience Laura Espino (Kitty) is a San Francisco native attending preschool through college in the city. She lived in the United Kingdom for 2 years to further her legal education (in Criminology), and life experiences in travel. Laura has been performing since childhood, starting out as a company member of the San Francisco Young People’s Musical Theatre Company in the 1990s. She is excited to work on In Love & Warcraft, which marks her first Custom Made production. This past year Laura appeared in various South Bay, East Bay, and North Bay productions including: Exit, Pursued By A Bear (Sweetheart); M. Butterfly (Renee/Girl); Panhandle (Clara); Leading Ladies (Audrey). Other recent credits include A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella), Spring Awakening and City of Angels. She is a YouthAware Actor at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco. Laura lives in San Francisco with her partner in crime: 4 yr. old daughter, Eva. Amanda Farbstein (Woman) is a Bay Area native, and is thrilled to now work in the vibrant Bay Area theatre community. She has performed with FaultLine Theater, SF Playwright’s Center, Broadway by the Bay, PCPA Theatrefest, Summer Repertory Theatre, Notre Dame de Namur University and Hillbarn Theatre. Some favorite roles include Judy Haynes (White Christmas), Ilse (Spring Awakening), Persephone (Trailer Park Gods), Joanna (Noel Coward’s Present Laughter), and Gower (Pericles). She teaches tap dancing at both Dance Arts Center and the Musical Theatre Conservatory, and she choreographs for young adult musicals. She holds an English degree from Westmont College and is a proud graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Her experience with video games extends to Super Mario and King Kong in elementary school. Sal Mattos (Man) is an San Francisco born and raised actor and writer. He most recently appeared in New Conservatory Theatre Center’s production of From White Plains, and before that Custom Made Theatre Co.’s production of Slaughterhouse Five. Other credits include Why Torture is Wrong… (Custom Made), The Laramie Project (NCTC), Country Club Catastrophe (Back Alley), Dracula (SHCPTC), and Hideo: A Theatrical Concert (Four Lights). When not acting he is an aspiring stage, film, television, games, and comics writer, as well as a freelance blogger having written for Theatre Bay Area, Team Backpack, Gamezone, Kinky, andGayGamer.net which he also manages. Follow him on twitter @salmattos and say hello. Drew Reitz (Ryan) is excited for his Custom Made debut! He was recently seen as Halberstam in The Columnist with Dragon Productions. Bay Area credits include Take Me Out (Jason), Harvey (Wilson), Wonder of the World (Kip), The Unmentionables (Don), and Avenue Q (Brian). He holds B.A. in Drama from San Francisco State University. Drew is a proud alum and counselor of the Young Actors’ Theatre Camp. Before IL&W, you can see him as Peter in the world premiere of The Walls of Jericho at The Pear Theater.