Bridgette Loriaux (she/her)
Adaptor, Director, Choreographer

Credits include Movement Direction for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, SF Playhouse; Beatrice, Gertrude & Choreographer for Much Ado About Nothing & Hamlet; Adapted, Directed & Choreographed Twelfth Night for Marin Shakespeare Company’s 2023-2024 Summer Seasons. 2 ½ Breaths, a play she wrote, directed, and choreographed made its World Premiere off-Broadway debut May 19, 2022. Aerialist: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games; cast member NYC off-Broadway/International Tour: De La Guarda; Cast Member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival 1997-2000. Collaborations with TheatreFIRST, Anton’s Well Theatre Company, UCSC, San Jose State University, African American Shakespeare Company and Darb1718 in Cairo, Egypt.

Adrian Deane (she/her)
Lysandra / Snout

Adrian Deane has performed in over 30 full-length stage productions, receiving two local nominations for a principal role, four for best ensemble work, and one international festival recommendation for best duo. Appearances include The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2019), the world premier of 2^1/2 Breaths (off-Broadway, 2022), and the Eugene O’Neill Festival in Danville and Ireland (Welded 2022, Anna Christie 2023, and Mourning Becomes Electra 2024). Films include One Long Day (2021), nominated for best lead and ensemble. Dance includes Blues-Fusion, Ballroom, and traditional Japanese. Whatever you receive well from this production, she owes to Christalyn, Edward, and Bridgette.  www.AdrianDeane.com.

Ixtlan*
Demetrius / Flute

Ixtlan is a practicing artist, poet, clown, and acting coach. A NorCal Native, they’ve explored multiple artistic crafts and studies dedicated to truthful discovery from different regions of North and South America. They’ve appeared on TV, Independent Films, and different stages from LA to New York. Notable titles: “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, “Manahatta” and “Pose”. This production is Ixtlan’s debut with Marin Shakespeare Company. See the journey on IG: @flowersfromouterspace

Carla Gallardo (she/ella)
Peaseblossom / Philostrate

Carla Gallardo is a Bay Area actor. Previous credits include: Romeo/Juliet (Marin Shakespeare Company), Arsenic & Old Lace (Center Rep), Doméstica Realidad, Las Azurduy (La Lengua Teatro), Cost of Living, Exodus to Eden, Book of Sand (a fairytale) (Oakland Theater Project). Through acting, she has worked with many programs surrounding education & awareness on a myriad of topics with students all over Northern California with NCTC’s YouthAware, Word 4 Word’s Youth Program, the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Youth Theater Project & Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theater.

Charisse Loriaux*
Titania / Hippolyta

Charisse Loriaux is delighted to return to MSC for her third season. She previously played Antipholus of Syracuse in Comedy of Errors and Olivia in Twelfth Night. Most recently, she embodied the fierce and dynamic professional wrestler, Aurora, in Work/Shoot, at Playground SF. This fall, she will take the stage at Marin Theatre Company in the Bay Area revival of Eureka Day. Charisse has collaborated with esteemed theatre companies across the Bay Area, performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and modeled for the visionary figurative artist Richard MacDonald for the Grand Coda. Charisse is a proud graduate of SJSU.

Johnny Moreno* (he/him)
Oberon

Johnny is excited to be back at the Marin Shakespeare Company where he was last seen in Much Ado About Nothing. He has appeared throughout the Bay Area including A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, SF Playhouse, San Jose Stage Company, Marin Shakespeare Company, Center Rep, Marin Theatre Company, Crowded Fire, Thick Description and Pacific Repertory Theater. Film and television credits include Betas, Callback (winner of the Chicago Indie Fest for Best Film), Upside Out (with Olympia Dukakis), Paradise Club, and I’m Still Here (with Joaquin Phoenix). He is a graduate of the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts program.

Richard Pallaziol (he/him)
Egeus / Quince

Now in his ninth season with MSC, Richard Pallaziol is honored to work alongside such remarkable artists. With over 400 productions to his credit, he has worn many hats over the years—actor, director, dancer, and longtime stage fight choreographer. Richard currently directs and performs with Valley Players in Napa and serves as lead Scenario Patient and SP trainer for Napa Valley College’s Paramedic Program.

Steve Price (he/him)
Bottom

Steve recently appeared in the role of The King in The Untime by Jon Tracy and Nick Musleh with MSC; as Dan and Bill in Jonathan Spector’s Best Available with Shotgun Players; as Charles Webb in Our Town with Ross Valley Players; and as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night with MSC, for which he received a San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle nomination for Featured Performance in a Comedy. Steve has played many roles at Ross Valley Players including Howard Bevins in Picnic (SFBATCC nomination), The Government Inspector (SFBATCC award Best Principal Performance) and Native Gardens (SFBATCC nomination).

Rob Seitelman
Puck

Rob is thrilled to debut at Marin Shakes with Midsummer.  Previously, he was seen at Berkeley Rep, ACT, and Berkeley Playhouse, among others. Currently, he serves on the board of Town Hall Theatre. Rob has written and directed several plays and musicals, including Paradise Lost/Sophia’s Fall (NYMF) and Only A Lad, the Oingo Boingo Musical (NY Fringe). He also performed across NYC. This Puck is for my family, especially my darling daughters. Abby, thank you for making this possible.  Friends and family, I’m deeply grateful for your love and support! Xoxo Benedick, Olivia, Tybalt, Juliet, and Sir Toby.

Storm White (she/her)
Hermia / Snug

Storm is a performance artist, director, and educator rooted in the Bay Area’s vibrant arts community. An alumna of the Oakland School for the Arts, she earned her BA in Theatre Arts (Acting/Directing focus) with a Race and Resistance Studies minor from San Francisco State University in 2023. Her portfolio includes work with African-American Shakespeare Company, Aurora Theatre, Shotgun Players, TheatreWorks, and various Bay Area theaters and collectives. In Fall 2026, Storm will begin an MFA program in the United Kingdom, further enriching her passion for community and the performing arts.

Elena Wright* (she/they)
Helena / Starveling

Elena is a Bay Area actor, educator, director, and fight/intimacy director. They have appeared at Marin Shakes in Pericles, Shakespeare’s Will, Much Ado About Nothing, Three Musketeers, Othello (BATCC award), Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, The Liar, The Spanish Tragedy, Richard III and The Liar. Other credits include: Silent Sky and Twelfth Night (SPARC), August: Osage County (San Jose Stage) The Language Archive, Frost/Nixon, and Silent Sky (TheatreWorks), Red Velvet (SF Playhouse), The Verona Project (California Shakespeare Theatre). She is an artistic associate at Marin Shakes. MFA University of Washington and BS Northeastern University.