July 11 - Aug 10
El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles
book by
Nick & Matt Lang
music and lyrics by
Jeff Blim
directed by
Lauren Lopez
Cast
*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Production Team
Alejandro Bermudez (Wig & Make Up Design) is a Salvadorian Wig designer and Make-Up artist based in Los Angeles. He is excited to be back for another show with Starkids! You might recognize his work from Cinderella’s Castle and he is now returning for TGWDLM. He discovered his interest for make-up and costumes at SMC, then developed a passion and love for wigs at CSUF from none other than Isabella Xochitl. Credits include: Disaster: The musical (Oregon Cabaret Theatre), Kinky Boots (Oregon Cabaret Theatre), I Don’t Have To Show You No Stinking Badges (Morgan Wixon Theatre) (. Andrew’s Lippa’s Wild Party (Morgan Wixon Theatre), The Drowsy Chaperone (Morgan Wixon Theatre), The Wedding Singer (Morgan Wixon Theatre) and for the record THEY WILL BE WIGGED! Also.. Thank you Paul, Jordan, Jasmine for all the support!!
Austin Farmer (Drums) is so excited to be back in Hatchetfield! In addition to one show on the original run of “The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals,” Austin has played drums for “Black Friday,” “Nerdy Prudes Must Die,” and “Cinderella’s Castle” for Team Starkid. Other recent credits include: Smosh Live, Mamma Mia But Different, Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today?, American Idiot, Almost Famous in Concert, and countless others. Austin also works full time as a voice over demo producer and director with Toonhouse Inc. To learn more, and to see pictures of his dog, please visit drumfarmer.com
Becky Clark (Associate Producer) graduated with a BFA in Producing from Columbia College Hollywood. She has worked on various projects, such as Buffering: The Series, Chaos Theory, Workin’ Boys, Cinderella's Castle, among others. She’s so excited to be back with the incredible StarKid team!
Brandon Baruch (Lighting Design) specializes in design for theater, opera, dance, and immersive performance. Recent musical theatre designs include: Bat Boy the Musical (Open Fist); Into the Woods (Musical Theatre West); Cabaret, Little Shop of Horrors, The Sound of Music, Million Dollar Quartet, Oliver!, Cinderella, and Ragtime (5 Star Theatricals). His design work has also been seen at Center Theatre Group (Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre), A Noise Within, The Wallis, REDCAT, The Ford Amphitheatre, Getty Villa, Long Beach Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Chicago Opera Theater, Apollo Theater Chicago, Aronoff Center Cincinnati, New York City Center, Jerry Orbach Theater, regionally, internationally, and off-Broadway. www.brandonbaruch.com
Bri Westad (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freelance Stage Manager originally from Upstate NY and is so excited to be working with StarKid. She has a BA in Theatre Studies from Ithaca College and a MFA in Stage Management from UC Irvine. Her favorite credits include The Last Five Years (Sierra Madre Playhouse), Airness (UCI), and Halloween Horror Nights (Universal Hollywood). Special thanks to all of her friends and family who made this possible, especially Pippa and Daisy May.
Carter Vickers (Assistant Scenic Design) is super excited to be working on The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals Reprised! Carter is Los Angeles-based scenic and props designer. He’s recently worked with multiple theaters such as Antaeus Theater, New Village Arts, IAMA Theatre, Chance Theater, Art of Acting Studio, Theatricum Botanicum, Pasadena Playhouse, Boston Court Pasadena, and The Muny. He holds a degree in Theatre Arts and Film, Television, and Media Studies from Loyola Marymount University. Many thanks to Colin Lawrence and the rest of the wonderful production team! @carter.vickers
Colin Lawrence (Scenic Design) is a scenic designer, set decorator, artist, and performer from Lake Tahoe, CA. He is thrilled to be working in Hatchetfield with Team StarKid for the first time. RECENT DESIGN CREDITS: These Shining Lives, Emilie La Marquise…(Curtis Theatre/‘Begins and Ends with A’ Productions), Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It (Art of Acting Studio), The AllStore, Kill Shelter (Theatre of Note), and Grief Box (Broadwater Hollywood Fringe). OTHER CREDITS: American Players Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, and Bootstrap Theatre Company. SET DEC CREDITS: Star Trek: Picard (Paramount), Rebel Moon (Netflix), Running Point (WB/Netflix), The Voice (Universal). IG: @thyr.design
Greville Kellett (Master Electrician) Born and brought up in and around London, have worked on Cats, Les Mis, off West End at the Tricycle, as a projectionist, at the Barbican Centre and before moving to the US at White Light. Lucky to have moved to, live and work in LA, since moving here as well as continuing to do theatre and corporate work have also moved into rock and roll, theme parks, exhibitions, fairgrounds and all sorts of different productions at all sorts of different venues, been MEing on and off since 2013 as well as stints at Dazian and GLP.
Ilana Elroi (Sound Engineer) is a Los Angeles based audio mixer specializing in musicals. She has mixed all of StarKid's musicals since they settled in Los Angeles, starting with the first iteration of TGWDLM! Recently, she has mixed Little Shop of Horrors at South Coast Rep and even traveled for the first time (for work) to mix Beautiful: The Carol King Musical and Jesus Christ Superstar at Asolo Repertory Theater in Florida. She does work at the Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, and La Mirada Theater, as well as several high schools in the South Bay to fill the time between StarKid shows! Much love to her partner, Zack, and their perfect kitty, Hazel.
Josh Fluery (Bass Guitar) is a comedy songwriter and musician best known for his work with Moon Goon, Smosh, Dropout’s "Thousandaires", and his unhinged TikTok songs. He’s thrilled to finally join Starkid's Five-Timers (pit band) Club! With Moon Goon, he co-wrote "CityWalk: The Musical" and "Prime! An Amazon Musical", dodging lawsuits both times. His band Jacob The Horse is prepping their third album release later this year— likely inviting lawsuits. Other recent highlights: co-writing the "How I Met Your Masi" musical number, composing/editing the "Havin' A Day with Patrick McDonald" podcast, and TikTok banning his viral song "Barstow Station" for promoting McDonald's bathrooms. He’s honored to rock the pit again with Matt, Sam & Austin revisiting "TGWDLM", reprising the iconic role he originated: Hatchetfield High School Band Member #3 or 4.
IG: @josh.fleury TikTok: @joshfleury
Juliet Park (Stage Manager) is a Los Angeles based stage manager and is delighted to be part of the return to this show and to Hatchetfield. Select credits include: Cinderella's Castle (StarKid); The Staircase (South Coast Repertory); Waiting for Godot, Fat Ham, The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse); Inherit the Wind, A Little Night Music (Pasadena Playhouse). She'd like to thank everyone at Team Starkid for their trust in her, and to her friends and family for their continued support.
Mari Carlson (Assistant Prop Master) is making her theatrical debut with “The Guy Who Didn’t like Musicals” as the Assistant Prop Master. Typically a designer for animation, she has a passion for playing with new mediums and building props on her bedroom floor. Mari is excited to finally put her talent for painting rocks to good use.
Mariah Harrison (Costume Coordinator & Additional Costume Designs) is an LA based costume designer with over 8 years of costume design experience in film, theater, and other theatrical productions. She has worked as a costumer on hit shows including The L Word: Generation Q and the Spike Jonze Apple commercial 'Someday' featuring Pedro Pascal. As a designer, her art is a mix of the traditional with a modern twist, utilizing bold shapes and colors to bring out the drama and create a unique atmosphere. She feels there is no better way to bring a story to life than through costume design and a passionate drive to create costumes that not only look beautiful but capture the spirit of the story and make a lasting impression on audiences
Matt Dahan (Music Director, Keyboard 1) is a multi-platform composer-lyricist. Besides his seven years working the piano for Team Starkid through apotheoses, nightmare times, and castle-on-a-hills, he’s contributed music for the stage musicals Starry (Los Angeles), One Up (Hollywood Fringe), and The Babies (Off Broadway). Favorite film credits: CODA (Academy Awards shortlist: Best Original Song, Hollywood Music in Media award winner), Break: The Musical (Indie Series Awards: Best Soundtrack). He currently writes and performs in the musical science-fiction radio-series Pulp Musicals. Proud Bostonian and Berklee College of Music alum. For my family. mattdahan.com
Megan Lloyd (Prop Master) is enjoying her own Starkid Reprise, returning as Props Master! She previously worked on Cinderella's Castle and crafted the Black Book featured in Nerdy Prudes Must Die. A long-time artist in the animation industry, she directed on seasons 4 and 5 of Star Trek: Lowers Decks. Past storyboard clients include DreamWorks TV, Marvel Animation, Netflix, Nickelodeon and more. She wishes to thank Nick and Matt Lang for rescuing her from her animation desk and bringing her into the company, and to thank Lauren and the Guy team for a chance to craft stage magic for her all-time favorite musical.
Nick Lang (Co-Writer, Exec. Producer) is a co-founder of StarKid Productions, co-creator of the Hatchetfield series, co-writer of 'The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals,' and co-producer of this remount production. Nick began his career with StarKid in 2009. He & his brother, Matt, created Hatchetfield in 2018 with the first production of 'The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals,' which Nick co-wrote and directed. Nick would like to thank Matt Lang & Jeff Blim for crafting this strange world with him, Lauren Lopez for leading the charge on this remount, Brian Holden, Paul Gabriel, Becky Clark, and the entire cast & crew for helping 'The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals' live again. Nick would especially like to thank Amy Arburn, who is the absolute best.
Paul Gabriel (Production Manager) is a Los Angeles-based creative - producing, management, and photography are his specialties! He first joined StarKid as a Stage Manager on the original production of The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, and is excited to bring the revival to everyone. This time, as Production Manager! With over a decade of work under his belt, Paul has worked in a multitude of venues in the Los Angeles area, in a variety of capacities. He is a lover of the arts and is always looking to connect with other creatives. Follow along at @paul.gvbriel
Sam Johnides (Guitar/Keyboard 2) is beyond excited to return to Hatchetfield with the HHS Band. And even better, to reprise the very first show he did with Starkid! Sam would like to thank his family and friends for always being there to support and cheer him on. He would also like to thank Team Starkid for bringing him onto the team to play this wonderful show again. And most importantly, he would like to thank you all for making these shows possible and giving us theatre kids a chance to put these shows together. Without you, none of this is possible.
Stephanie Yackovetsky (Sound Design/A2) is a sound designer, playwright, and performer originally from New England. She's overjoyed to be back with Team StarKid for THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS, Reprised! This is their 3rd StarKid show after CINDERELLA'S CASTLE and NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE. Other credits include: La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival, EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Geffen Playhouse), GROUP THERAPY (by Peter Lefcourt, directed by Terri Hanauer), TARTUFFE (CSUN), LAUGHS IN SPANISH, THE SMUGGLER, THE BOOK CLUB PLAY (Boston Playwrights Theater), WOLFPLAY (Company One). MFA Boston University. steph-yack.com @stephyack_
Yelena Babinskaya (Associate Lighting Design) is a scenographer who has been an active member of the entertainment community for the last twenty years. Originally from Odesa, Ukraine, she has worked as a lighting, scenic, costume, and educator throughout the country. She has taught classes on a wide range of topics, from introductions to design to advanced project management for opera, and has presented at various conferences. She is thrilled to be teaching at her alma mater. Yelena holds a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. She was the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion editor on the 9th Edition of Michael Gillete’s Theatrical Design and Production. In 2021, Yelena was part of a team awarded the winning grant from Opera America for their proposal to develop a new opera for Opera Hack 3.0. That project is still ongoing. To learn more about her and her upcoming projects, visit her social media and website at https://yelenababinskaya.com.
