Boni B. Alvarez’s (Playwright) plays include Bloodletting; America Adjacent; Apartment Living; Fixed; Nicky; Dallas Non-Stop; Driven; Ruby, Tragically Rotund; and Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy.  His plays have been produced at Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre, Echo Theater Company, Coeurage Theatre, Skylight Theatre, Pork Filled Productions, Theatre Rhinoceros, Latino Theatre Company, and Playwrights’ Arena. 

His plays have been developed at Geffen Playhouse; Chalk Rep; Moving Arts; Artists At Play; The Vagrancy; Miami New Drama; San Diego Rep; InterAct Theatre (Philadelphia); Playwrights Foundation (San Francisco); and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  He is a Resident Playwright of New Dramatists.  

Michael Matthews (Director) recently directed the World Premiere of June Carryl’s BLUE (Rogue Machine, Edinburgh Theatre Festival, West End). Selected credits: Matilda (La Mirada), Failure: A Love Story (CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre). Laguna Playhouse: The Seafarer, 12 Angry Men, The Graduate (w/ Melanie Griffith), Billy & Ray, and End of the Rainbow. Funny Girl (3D Theatricals). Celebration Theatre: Cabaret, Bootycandy (LA Premiere), The Color Purple, Take Me Out!, The Women of Brewster Place, The Musical (West Coast Premiere), Porcelain. International: Sleeping Giant and The Bacchae (Edinburgh). Michael is the recipient of the 2015 LADCC Award for Career Achievement in Direction.

Alexis Camins (he/him) Alexis Camins (SAMPSON) was recently seen as Zar in the world premier of Boni B. Alvarez’s Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy, produced by Playwrights’ Arena and Latino Theater Company. A NYC transplant, he has also done readings with Company of Angels, Skylight Theater, Moving Arts MADLab and the Echo Writer’s Lab. New York: Manhattan Theatre Club, La Mama, New York Classical Theater, National Asian American Theater Company. Regional: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Folger Shakespeare Library and Portland Stage Company.. Select film and TV credits include The Lost Valentine (CBS/Hallmark), One Life to Live (ABC).  Alexis has written four plays and the short film, red wine and rain (Best Drama/Dreamachine International Film Festival, Platinum Award-Drama/Focus International Film Festival). MFA at NYU Grad Acting.

Daniel Chung (he/him) is a Bay Area native that currently resides in Los Angeles. He is grateful to be a part of Sticky Rice once again, and to reinforce self-love for Asian Americans. He is a UCLA graduate with a BA in Psychology. Theater: Office Hour (Long Wharf Theatre/Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The Canadians (South Coast Repertory), Ripped (Z Space). TV: Lovecraft Country, Little America. Training: The Last Acting Studio w/ Desean Terry.

Richardson Cisneros-Jones (he/him)

Richardson Cisneros-Jones was last seen as Dr. John Howard in THE RABBIT QUEEN in this summer’s Fringe Festival.  Past Celebration credits include A NEW BRAIN (Mr. Bungee) and THE PRODUCERS (Max).  Film and TV credits include Kevin Hart: What Now?, Masters of Sex, The Affair, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Fresh Off the Boat, SEAL Team, and Hacks.

Tom DeTrinis (he/him)

THEATRE: Lottie Plachett Took a Hachett (LGBT Center/Ed Fringe Assembly), The 39 Steps (Drury Lane Theatre), Found (IAMA Theatre Company), I HATE NEW YORK (IAMA Theatre Company/Ed Fringe), Die, Mommie, Die! (CTG/Celebration), The SantaLand Diaries (Virginia Stage Company), 30 Minute Musicals (16+ titles), Bright Colors and Bold Patterns (Off Broadway); TV: Grey’s Anatomy, That 90’s Show, Rutherford Falls, 90210, Community; FILM: Squirrel, Pretty Problems (SXSW – Audience Award), 12 Hour Shift, Wedding Dance, Adjust-a-Dream; WEB: Finding the Asshole Series (Slamdance), Edgar Allen Poe’s Murder Mystery Party, Fig and Ford, Headless. Detrinis.com IG: detrinis

Reggie Lee (he/him)

REGGIE LEE is best known for starring as ‘Sgt. Wu’ on NBC’s hit sci-fi police drama “Grimm.” Most recently, he starred as Head Deputy District Attorney Thomas Choi on CBS’s “All Rise” and as Angelo Soto on Netflix’s “Lincoln Lawyer”. He also recurred as Undersheriff Bobby Zhao on CBS’ CSI: Vegas. Prior to “Grimm”, he was best known for his role as Secret Service Agent

Bill Kim on the popular FOX show “Prison Break.” Since having starred as ‘Lance Nguyen, in Universal’s “The Fast and the Furious” in 2001, Lee has had numerous memorable roles in film and has also guest starred in countless television shows. He has also performed on Broadway, National Tours, and Regional productions.

Chris Pearson (he/him)

Christopher Grant Pearson is always delighted to join a Celebration reading. He’s been a company member for 17 years. You may have seen him onstage in A Christmas Carol, F*cking Men, or The Homosexuals. On TV in Ghosted, or the queer holiday movie Shared Rooms. The proud new father of months-old twin girls, he is exhausted and thrilled to be here reading something other than a “See, Touch, Feel” book. More info at: www.christophergrantpearson.com

David Tran (he/him)

David is a graduate of Orange County School of the Arts’ Drama conservatory. He has worked on various projects for CBS, CW, MTV and Nickelodeon. Stage highlights: Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Dandy Minion), Martin Sherman’s “Bent” (Rudy), Bert V. Royal’s “Dog Sees God” (Beethoven) and Terrance McNally’s “Corpus Christi” (Thomas). When he’s not at home watching reruns of “Golden Girls” and other 90s sitcoms with his Labrabull, he’s flexing his other creative muscle in the fashion industry as a Visual Merchandiser, or helping out Celebration Theatre, where he has been an active company member for ten years.

Lucy MSP Burns (they/she/siya) (Moderator)

Lucy MSP Burns is an associate professor in the Asian American Studies Department at UCLA, the author of Puro Arte: Filipinos on the Stages of U.S. Empire, and the co-editor of California Dreaming: Movement and Place in Asian America Imaginaries. Burns is among the co-designers and co-authors of Impact of COVID-19 Closures on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Theatre Practitioners (BIPOC) and Black, Indigenous, and Theatres of Color (BITOC). Recent dramaturgical projects include 10 minute plays by R. Zamora Linmark, Lee Tonouchi, and Lee Cataluna (2024 CAATA Con/Fest) and Examination, a new work in progress by Jennifer Chang.

Rich Wong (he/him) (Stage Manager)

Rich is a graduate of UCLA where he earned a BA in film and television. His theatre credits include Company of Wayward Saints, Reservations For Two, Gruesome Hotel, Measure For Measure, Come Get Maggie, Blue, The Shadow, Lines in the Dust, H*tler’s Tasters, Psycho Beach Party, and A Good Guy. When he’s not stage managing, you may find him forcing blood from a stone (or what he likes to call writing).

Petey Gibson (he/him) (Producer)

Petey’s multi-hyphenate work spans over 20 years, where he cut his teeth as an actor/producer/writer in Boston’s underground variety scene. Deeply passionate about supporting queer work in all mediums, Petey proudly co-produces THEM FATALE – LA’s longest-running drag king show – and has produced live theater, shorts, a webseries, an award-winning feature length film, and has recently entered the doc space as Co-Producer on upcoming drag king documentary THE OTHER DRAG. He’s thrilled to be working this season with Celebration Theatre for a few upcoming productions, including the incredible TALES OF THE TRANSCESTORS: THE DIVINE, coming Dec 12-14. (Mark your calendars!) (I’m serious!)

Otherwise, as an actor Petey recurs as Head Forensic Anthropologist C Hemingway on FOX’s ALERT and recently had the honor of returning to the stage to star in the World Premiere of BECOMING A MAN at American Repertory Theater. Other favorite credits include BROAD CITY, GRACE & FRANKIE, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS.

Chris Maikish (he/him) (Executive Director)

Chris is a theatremaker and nonprofit arts professional who has worked with Celebration Theatre since 2010 as a performer, director, designer, and development manager before joining leadership in 2019. As Executive Director, Chris has stepped away from the stage to facilitate major initiatives to reform organizational culture, brand, governance, and operations for long-term sustainability and creative innovation—with the collaboration and support of the volunteer company, operating staff, and board. Chris holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University. Member: AEA, SAG-AFTRA, SDC. A kid from the NY suburbs, Chris arrived here by way of San Francisco and Chicago, where he met his long-time partner, Paul. His most important role to date is as co-parent to his child, Olivia. He thanks you for supporting theatre in Los Angeles and LGBTQIA+ visibility.