Happy to be back at Left Edge, David was last seen here in The Nether. Other favorite roles include Ed Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Spreckels Theatre Company), Scott Bader in Faceless (6th Street Playhouse), and Stanhope in Journey’s End (Ross Valley Players). He has won the BATCC award for excellence several times for his work as an actor, and is also a critically acclaimed director—his last work on the other side of the stage was the sold-out Drumming With Anubis (Left Edge). Next up will be Fagin in Oliver! Follow him at www.DavidLYen.com

Denise Elia-Yen (Logan) - Denise is an award-winning actress and director with 30+ years of experience including performances on stage and screen on both coasts and in theatre festivals abroad. She received back-to-back Principal Actress in a Musical awards from the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle for her portrayals of Annie Oakley in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and Elizabeth Benning in MEL BROOKS' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL, among several nominations over years. Her productions have also received SFBATCC and Theatre Bay Area awards and nominations for their set, lighting, and sound designs. Denise most recently portrayed Little Sally in URINETOWN at Spreckels Theatre Company, and she is delighted to make her debut with Left Edge. She received her B.F.A. in Theatre Performance and B.A. in Italian at the Center for the Arts, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, New York.

Grace Kent resides on the land of the Me-Wuk and Southern Pomo. This is her first appearance with Left Edge Theatre and she is thrilled to be a part of this particular production featuring the visionary Larissa Fasthorse’s work. She has appeared in live productions since the 1st grade and has yet to outgrow her love of the theater. Grace spent her older years acting at Santa Rosa Junior College and later on transferred to Southern Oregon University receiving a Bachelors in Theater Arts and a minor in Gender Studies. She was first immersed in Native American studies at University where she participated in an Indigenous Queer Studies class and social gathering, she learned about decolonization and surivance of the Native communities in the Americas. She has dabbled in many other roles of the stage including director, producer, choreographer, aerial silks coordinator, and burlesque artist. Some of her favorite acting credits include: Woman 2 in Every Concentrated Fragment (Sixth Street Women Playwrights Festival), Camille in Horse Girls (Southern Oregon University), Thea in Spring Awakening (Southern Oregon University), Chava in Cherry Orchard (Santa Rosa Junior College) and Natalie in Distracted (Santa Rosa Junior College).

Jeanie K. Smith has been active in the Bay Area theatre community for over 30 years, as director, dramaturg, acting coach, designer, performer, and reviewer, and is a member of San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Marquee Theatre Journalists Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers, and American Theatre Critics Association. Jeanie holds a Ph.D. in Drama from University of Washington and has trained with Paul Richards, Gerald Hiken, Corey Fischer, Jay Manley, and Ed Hooks, among others. Her scholarly writing appears in numerous journals and anthologies (as Jeanie Forte) and her directing has garnered the Dean Goodman Choice Award, several South Bay Small Theatre awards and Theatre Bay Area Award nominations. Jeanie currently resides in Sonoma County with her husband and their adorable rescue Chihuahuas.

MIKE SCHAEFFER earned a B.F.A. in acting from Carnegie-Mellon University, studying with Mel Shapiro, Elizabeth Orion, Lee Sankowich and Billy Porter. Most recently, he played Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks in Lucky Penny’s production of ANNIE. North Bay audiences may remember Mike as “ Denny” in Left Edge Theaters critically acclaimed A STEADY RAIN (Winner, Best Drama Production, Marquee Theater Journalists), directed by Argo Thompson. Previously, he was seen in "Beyond Therapy" (Stuart), "Bonnie & Clyde" (Frank Hamer) and "Funny Girl" (Ziegfeld) at Lucky Penny Productions and Sixth Street Playhouse. Local audiences may also remember Mike from his critically acclaimed performance as Edward IV, and the murderer Tyrell in Richard III, at Marin Shakespeare. Off-Broadway credits include THEATREWORKS USA PRESENTS TREASURE ISLAND as Long John Silver. OFF-OFF BROADWAY includes "The Boys from Syracuse", "Witness for the Prosecution", "Bliss", "The Blackbird" and "The Diviners". Regional credits include Virginia Stage Company, Virginia Opera, Marin Shakespeare Company, Virginia Musical Theater, La Comedia, Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theater, Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival and The New Group Theater. Film and TV includes, "The Silence of the Lambs", "Friday the 13th, Part 3","Collisions" "Love Kills", "Wicked Attractions", "FBI: Criminal Pursuit", "Christine at the Crossroads", "The Last Hit", "Criminal Justice" & "Battlestar Galactica". He co-wrote the award-winning screenplay for "The Audition" and an original screenplay, "Psychotronic FM", to be directed by Scott Hansen. Mike was an acting instructor at Marin Shakespeare, Point Park College and the prestigious Governors School for the Arts in Virginia and has a BFA in theater studies from Carnegie-Mellon University. Love to Holly.