(CATHY) Emma is thrilled to be making her debut with Custom Made Theater and Those Women Productions in this witty show with this remarkable team. Credits include: Brooklyn Bridge (Sasha) at TownHall Theater; Watch on the Rhine (Babette) at Berkeley Repertory Theater; A Christmas Story (Schwartz), Ragtime (Little Girl), Billy Elliott (Debbie), Fiddler on the Roof (Bielke), Shrek the Musical (Young Fiona), and The Sound of Music (Gretl) with Berkeley Playhouse; Miracle Worker (Helen), Oklahoma! (featured dancer) and Our Town (Rebecca) at the Altarena; Wait Until Dark (Gloria) at Chanticleers; and Billy Elliott (Debbie) and Beauty & the Beast at Woodminster Summer Musicals. Emma attends Oakland School for the Arts (Vocal emphasis) and she studies ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and lyrical dance with Dance10. Following Lady Scribblers, Emma can be seen in Violet (Young Violet) at TownHall and Newsies (Elmer) at Berkeley Playhouse.

(ELIZABETH BARRY) Elizabeth is glad to return to CMTC, having played Mom/Aunt/Doo Wop chorus in ‘How I Learned To Drive’ (nominated TBA/Ensemble & BATCC/Female Supporting) in 2017. Seen last fall as Ellen in “There Is A Happiness That Morning Is”, opposite husband Scott Baker (directed by the marvelous Katja Rivera) at the Phoenix, with their company Performers Under Stress. She’s acted with the Exit, Shotgun, No Nude Men, Theatre Pub, Boxcar, Central Works, Playground, & many others here & in Chicago, where she lived over 10 years. Val does other stuff like sing with Conspiracy of Venus (a cappella woman’s chorus), write plays, poems & music (‘Failure 2 Communicate’, 2010, another in development), and draw (illustrator, “Kiss of Death Ditties”, published 2020). She does lots of yoga and sometimes teaches it. Val adores all the creatures (Peeps!) Love to Scott, Ella & Bela.

(LORD HAMMINGTON) Michael Houston is a Brooklyn, NY native who recently earning his BFA in acting from Academy of Art University. He credits his growing success to all of his teachers with whom he is grateful for. His production credits include, Six Degrees of Separation (Paul), In the Heights (Benny), Death &The Artist (St. Peter and others), SF Olympians and more. He is happy to be a part of this fantastic production and extremely grateful Tracy Ward, Those Woman Productions and The Custom Made Theater Co. for this opportunity. He especially thanks his parents Michael and Michelle Houston for always loving and supporting him.

(DELIA) Oluchi is excited to be making her Custom Made Theatre debut in The Lady Scribblers. Oluchi was last seen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Marin Shakespeare Company. Previous credits: Macbeth at African-American Shakespeare, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Sudewestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 at San Jose Stage, Clybourne Park at The Hippodrome Theatre, By the Way Meet Vera Stark at The University of Florida. Upcoming: The Claim at Shotgun Players. Oluchi holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida. Oluchi currently is a Lecturer at San Jose State University. Follow her on Instagram @loochluch.

(ANNE BRACEGIRDLE) Emily is pleased and grateful to be returning to Custom Made for the second time, having played Ella in Life Sucks last year. She holds a degree in Biology and is an alum of ACT’s Summer Training Congress. Recent credits include Cressida in Cabaret Cressida at Poltergeist, The Yellow Wallpaper at Cutting Ball, and understudy positions with Cal Shakes and SF Shakes. A local org that she cares deeply about is the Coalition to Close the Concentration Camps, which works to #DisarmICE of the tech that fuels its terror; you can help fund their all-volunteer work on CashApp: $ClosetheCampsBA Theater portfolio: www.emilystone.info

(MARY PIX  / Text Coach ) J.J. Van Name (Mary Pix)  seems destined to bake and kiss men of late (on stage only!) since landing in the Bay in 2018 from the other coast. LOCAL: Della/THE CAKE-NCTC ( 2020 BATCC  Best Principle Actress nominee), Alice/RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN-Lucky Penny Productions (TBA Best Ensemble nominee), Helen/SEEN/ BY EVERYONE-Theatre of Yugen.  Off-Broadway: Sinclaire/SEALED FOR FRESHNESS-New World Stages, Bertie/MOTHER TONGUE- Abingdon Theatre/GayFest NYC.  Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre and Delaware Shakespeare (Actress/Text Coach) and other NE coast classical theatres’ FAVS: Nurse/ROMEO & JULIET, Paulina/THE WINTER’S TALE, Goneril/KING LEAR, Maria/TWELFTH NIGHT, Cerimon & Bawd/PERICLES, Baptista/THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Emilia/OTHELLO, Witch/MACBETH. Next up: Nurse/ROMEO & JULIET-Marin Shakespeare Company where J.J. served as Text Coach for last Summer’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.  Much gratitude to the designers and production staff for all their talent and support.

(CHRISTOPHER RICH) Ted Zoldan is a company member at Custom Made and has appeared here as the Cop in Middletown, Viigand in Chess and Reverend Tollhouse in The Book of Liz. He’s recently been seen with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), 42nd Street Moon (Titanic, Scrooge in Love), Killing My Lobster (To Bard or Not To Bard) Berkeley Playhouse (Ragtime, Annie), Ubuntu Theatre Project (American Jornalero), Town Hall Theatre (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) & West Edge Opera (Threepenny Opera, The Return of Ulysses) among a lot of other companies he is very proud to have worked with. Also a writer and director, Ted’s work has been seen with San Francisco Pocket Opera, Waffle Opera and Florida State University. He is a proud graduate of San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Hilary Hesse (JANE) is excited to be performing again at Custom Made, where she played Stevie last season in Edward Albee’s “The Goat,” for which she won a BATCC Award. Previously she played Blanche in “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Shelton Theater, for which she received a nomination for a TBA Award. Hilary continues to do film, theater and the occasional musical. Favorite roles include Crystal in “The Women” and Serenity in “Lovesick: The Cat Allergy Musical.”

Celeste Kamiya (JENNA) is a theatre artist from San Francisco. She earned her degree in theater from The New School in New York City, and studied acting with Fiona Shaw, Derek Jacoby, and Pippa Nixon for a year at the British American Drama Academy in London. Her recent Bay Area credits include Macbeth on tour with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (Lady Macbeth/Witch 1), Allegiance at Contra Costa Civic Theatre, and Next to Normal with YMTC+ (Natalie). Also a stage manager and teaching artist, Celeste has worked with Ubuntu Theatre Project, West Edge Opera, and is the resident stage manager at Youth Musical Theater Company. Much love to her family, and gratitude that she’s never had to witness them partake in group sex!

Karen Offereins (GEORGE) is happy to be returning to CMTC after appearing in The Pain and the Itch and M. Butterfly.  She was last seen in Elevada at Shotgun Players, where she also performed in The Mousetrap, Top Girls, and Our Town.  Past credits include Two Mile Hollow (Ferocious Lotus), Phèdre (Cutting Ball Theater), The Potrero Nuevo Project (PlayGround), and The Rules (SF Playhouse).  A founding member and Artistic Director of AtmosTheatre, her credits there include Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Big Funk, and No Exit.  Additionally, she has performed with Word for Word, Playwrights Foundation, SF Theater Pub (where she also produced and directed new works), and Theatreworks.

Nick Trengove (DAVID) is a professional actor with strong artistic roots in the Bay Area. From 2006 – 2015, he lived, studied, and worked in the Bay Area, performing in a multitude of professional productions, workshops, and new works. In 2015, he relocated to Chicago to attend The Theatre School at DePaul University’s MFA program in Acting. He performed in mainstage productions, including Tarell Alvin McCraney’s drag extravaganza Wig Out!, and devised and performed a thesis production on the nonviolent movements of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. After graduating in 2018, he performed for a short time in Chicago’s incredible storefront theater scene. In 2019, he returned to the Bay Area and, bolstered by his training and experience, is thrilled to return to the Custom Made stage and to this incredible community of artists and storytellers.

Matt (PAUL) is delighted to return to The Custom Made Theatre Company, having previously appeared in their productions of The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? and Six Degrees of Separation. Performing in the Bay Area since 1991, his recent work has been with such companies as New Conservatory Theatre Center, Theatre Rhinoceros, Left Coast Theatre Co., Indra’s Net Theater, and Exit Theatre.   He has toured with children’s theater, performed improv and sketch comedy, appeared in independent films and video games, and written for the stage.  TBA Award finalist (featured actor) for his performance in The Homosexuals at NCTC.