The Play That Goes Wrong

ARIANNA HARDAWAY (she/her) You may have seen her in Zombie Prom as Coco (Marietta Theatre Co.) or as Melpomene in Xanadu (Out Front Theatre), but she is thrilled to be making her Aurora debut! Check out her YouTube page or Instagram @notesfromash to see what she has going on next. She would like to thank all of her friends & family for their support, and for you to enjoy the show.

CALEB CLARK (he/him)- I am a working actor and fight choreographer. I toured nationally for 3 consecutive years with a nationally renowned classical theatre company (performing 4 shows in repertory + A Christmas Carol).

In 3 years of living in Atlanta: I’ve booked 1 short film, 1 commercial, and 7 theatrical gigs that include a recurring role as Young Scrooge in Alliance’s A Christmas Carol (I’m also the youngest person to U/S and perform the role of Scrooge on the Alliance stage), a Suzi Nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Actor 5 in Bootycandy), and a BroadwayWorld Award for Best Play (Bootycandy)

I have fight choreographed and fight captained across the country, including three productions in Atlanta. I have worked on multiple Shakespeares, new plays, new adaptations of old plays, old plays, contemporary plays, stylized plays, farces, musicals, commedia dell’arte productions, and most things in-between. I’ve played Romeo, Cloton, Hamlet, Edmund, Richard III, Antipholus of Ephesus, Haemon - as well as Chris Keller (All My Sons), Max (The Play That Goes Wrong), Max (The Play That Goes Wrong), Mr. Marks (Intimate Apparel), Billy (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Padraic (The Lieutenant of Inishmore), and Walker/Ned (Three Days of Rain).

I’ve written multiple songs for multiple Original and New Adaption professional productions. I specialize in hip-hop theatre, and I’ve been a rapper/musician since I was 13. During my MFA training I taught/coached those in my program as well as the undergrads at the university. In doing so, I found my true passion, which is working with actors; helping them find ways into the work, make breakthroughs in their connections, develop growth-oriented habits, and to lay the best ground plan for keeping their focus, determination, and positivity in such a rejection heavy, fast-paced career. I hold an MFA from the University of Houston’s PATP, a BFA from the University of Michigan-Flint, and am currently represented by East Coast Talent.

Follow me @vertigoflint. I’ll be posting helpful tips, pointers, and previews of things that are going to be covered in the intensive and workshops.

SKYLER BROWN (he/him) credits include Atlanta: Once the Musical (Horizon Theatre), Pretty Pants Bandit(Georgia Ensemble Theatre), Assassins (Jennie T Anderson Theatre), Urinetown (Actor’s Express). Music: Tours the southeast with his band My Brother Skyler as singer and guitarist. All love goes to his parents for their relentless support. @skyler_is_brown

MARCELLO AUDINO* (he/him) is thrilled to be returning to Aurora this season! You may remember him as Jean Michel in Cinderella, Davey in Newsies, or Max in Men with Money. Other credits include; Darlin' Corey (World Premiere) at Alliance Theatre, In the Heights at City Springs Theatre, Guys and Dolls at Atlanta Lyric Theatre, In the Heights at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Many thanks to AC, the whole Aurora fam, Chelsea, and my family for their constant support. IG: @marcello_audino

CHRIS HECKE (he/they) is elated to be back at the Aurora Theatre, at the new Lawrenceville Arts Center. Atlanta credits include: Aurora Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Remedy Theatre, The Atlanta Shakespeare Company, and Stage Door Theatre. Regional credits include: Theatre Squared (AR), The Hippodrome (FL), & The Warehouse Theatre (SC). Chris shares a passion for devised work, long-form improv, multiculturalism/language, teaching & cross-disciplinary collaboration. @heckegram #TamoJunto #TamoJuntoThatGoesWrong

ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ (he/him) a career non-profit leader, is proud to be the first Executive Director of the Hub404 Conservancy. HUB404 is an innovative 9-acre “cap park” that will soar above GA 400 and provide a direct connection to MARTA’s Buckhead rail station. HUB404 will create a dynamic, active, gathering place for the Metro-Atlanta region and transform the core of Buckhead. Prior to joining HUB404, Anthony was President and CEO of Aurora Theatre, a professional theatre he co-founded 26 years ago. He currently serves on various boards, both nationally and locally, including Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, National Alliance for Musical Theatre (Vice President), Theatre Communications Group, the Citizens Advisory Board for Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, and the Advisory Board for Public Broadcasting Atlanta which includes the NPR station WABE and PBS station PBA30. Anthony is a past Chair of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, the first Latino and first Arts Leader to hold that position. He served as Vice Chair of Arts for the Chamber and Chair of Partnership Gwinnett and serves on the National Steering Committee for the Latinx Theatre Commons. Anthony is a graduate of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Institute, Leadership Atlanta (#2classes) and the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures’ Leadership Institute and Advocacy Institute. Anthony, born in New York, and raised in Atlanta, graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre. He resides in Duluth with his partner in life, Ann-Carol Pence, and their dog Bella.

JEFF MCKERLEY* (he/him) has made Atlanta his artistic home for over three decades as an actor, singer, dancer, director, choreographer, playwright, composer/lyricist, and educator. He is so excited to be back at Aurora Theatre! Among several nominations, he has received 3 Atlanta-based theatre awards: Lead Actor-Musical, Choreography, and Featured Actor-Play. Most recently, he could be seen as Charles in Pippin with The Atlanta Lyric Theatre. Currently, he is the Artistic Director of The Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival (showcasing new musicals); and, along with his wife, serves as Producing Co-Artistic Director of Soul-stice Repertory Ensemble 2.0, embracing classical theatre within this digital world. Love to Heidi...you make me better! xoxo

SYDNEY MICHELLE (she/her) is excited to be a part of the Aurora family. She started as a box office associate at the Aurora in February of 2022. She is now happy to be a part of Appco23. Sydney has had the privilege of understudying Ms. Andrew and being an ensemble member in Mary Poppins (Aurora Theatre, 2022). She was an Ensemble Member in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Aurora Theatre, 2023) Sydney graduated from The Theatre School at Depaul University (2020) and received a BFA in Theatre Arts. Sydney starred in a short film called A Divas A Bedroom. Sydney also is a content creator and her brand Black.Funny.Diva. She enjoys entertaining her audience by having a comedic diva lifestyle. Sydney is ecstatic to be back at home on stage and ready to work with incredible people.

KENDALL BERRY (she/her) Kendall is thrilled to be back on the Aurora Theatre stage after completing her Apprenticeship here last year. She recently graduated from LSU with a BA in Theatre Performance and a minor in Social Work before moving to Atlanta. You may remember seeing her as part of the "Crew" for The Play That Goes Wrong or as Baby Bear in Aurora's TYA production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. She has spent the last few months on tour with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company doing Romeo and Juliet 60 and Midsummer 60 at schools all over the Southeast; she is happy to be in one place for a little while. She would like to thank her family for always supporting her dream to go into theatre professionally. I'm doing it y'all!

JAHI BOGARD (he/him) is an actor from Atlanta, GA through way of Little Rock, AR! Jahi has received his BA in Musical Theatre from Greensboro College and his MFA in Performance from the University of Louisville. Some of Jahi’s favorite roles he’s portrayed are Lank from Detroit ’67, Sam Carmichael from Mamma Mia!, and Sir Toby Belch from Twelfth Night. Jahi is dedicated to discovering and testing new ways to push the boundaries of African American and Queer theatre.

GREG HUNTER (he/him) Greg Hunter is a Georgia native, growing up in Buford where his family has been planted for generations. as a 2014-2015 Aurora Theatre Apprentice member, Greg Is honored to return to his home theatre at the resident Company Manager. After graduating in 2018 from Michigan State University with a MFA in theatre, Greg returned to Atlanta and hit the ground running, working as an artist with Stage Door Players, Synchronicity Theatre, Found Stages, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, and the Center for Puppetry Arts, to name a few. He has also worked as an educator at the Center for Puppetry Arts, University of North Georgia, and Buford High School. Greg is excited to work with Aurora to continue growing the local arts community. www.greg-hunter.com

DAVID STERRITT (he/him) is an Actor and Fight Choreographer based in Atlanta, GA. He received his MFA in Acting from Wayne State University through the Hilberry Repertory Theatre. He also received his Advanced Theatre Training Certificate while training in Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre School and has a BFA in performing arts from Savannah College of Art and Design. David is a Certified Teacher through the Society of American Fight Directors and founded and coordinates the A-Town Throw Down.  He is a proud SDC Member. Selected fight credits: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Urinetown (Actor's Express), Edward Foote, Hand to God (Alliance Theatre), Romeo and Juliet(Shakespeare Tavern), As You Like It (Georgia Shakespeare), King Hedley (True Colors).

ANN-CAROL PENCE (Co-Founder/Producing Artistic Director) arranged the music for Aurora’s first Christmas Canteen in 1996 and was hired full-time in September of 1998 as Resident Musical Director. An education major at James Madison University, she used her background to develop Learning Library (or L2). As a musician, she created Aurora’s Musicals by Moonlight, and Aurora’s New Musical Initiative. She has performed as pianist and music director both nationally (Goodspeed Opera House, Pasadena Playhouse, The Cleveland Playhouse, The Kennedy Center) and locally (The Alliance, Theatrical Outfit, The Horizon, Georgia Ensemble Theatre,). As a proud citizen of Gwinnett, Ann-Carol is most proud of Aurora Theatre winning the first ever Pinnacle Award for Large Non-Profit, and the first ever Moxie Award (for woman-led businesses) for Aurora Theatre. These distinctions go well with her 5 Suzi Awards for Outstanding Music Direction. She was a participant in the 2016 Atlanta Regional Leadership Institute and member of the “Best Class Ever!”

HEIDI CLINE MCKERLEY (she/her) has been fortunate to work with most professional theatres in Atlanta during her thirty-four years of living here; including the Alliance, Horizon, City Springs, the Jennie T. Anderson Concert Series, Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Shakespeare, Aurora Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble, Actor's Express, Atlanta Lyric, Theatre Emory, Dad’s Garage, Fabrefaction, Jewish Theatre of the South, Theatre in the Square, Push Push Theatre, and has been a guest artist for the Gainesville Theatre Alliance, Berry College, Kennesaw State University, the Lagrange Lyric, and the University of Georgia. Heidi has been nominated for fourteen Suzi Bass Awards and won for Best Director of a Musical in 2011 for Avenue Q. Love to Jeffrey & Arden.

ISABEL & MORIAH CURLEY-CLAY (she/her) their theatrical work can be seen on regional stages across the U.S. Recent credits include: Phenomenal Woman (North Carolina Black Rep, Ensemble Theatre Houston) Network (Florida Studio Theatre), Kim’s Convenience(Aurora Theatre, Horizon Theatre) Hands Up (Alliance Theatre); Two Trains Running (Triad Stage); Fannie (True Colors, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Pittsburgh City Theatre), Reparations *2020 AUDELCO award best set design (Billie Holiday Theatre, NYC). The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and Ruby (Alabama Shakespeare); Isabel and Moriah’s designs were featured in American Theatre Magazine’s Inaugural Roll Call, 7 Theatrical People To Watch, and are both members of USA 829. Axisstudiosdesign.com

MIKAELA FRASER (she/her) Atlanta credits include Atlanta Lyric Theatre: Drowsy Chaperone, Addams Family, and Beehive. Actor’s Express: Red Speedo and Sunset Baby. Horizon Theatre: Once. Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company: Marie & Rosetta and Good Bad People. Synchronicity Theatre: Ella Enchanted and The Bluest Eye. Theatrical Outfit: Fires in the Mirror, Stew, and An Iliad. Educational: Kennesaw State University: Thumbelina, Grace, Water by the Spoonful, and Bring it On: The Musical. Regional: Factotum (Lyric Opera), Shutter Sister (The Old Globe), and Wrong River (Flint Repertory Theatre). Education: BA from Kennesaw State University Others: Co-founder and Branding Director of Multiband Studios. https://www.multibandstudios.com

Dr. L. NYROBI N. MOSS (she/her) is an award-winning costume designer with more than 30 years of experience in theatre and entertainment. The Play That Goes Wrong marks Nyrobi’s third engagement with Aurora Theatre. Nyrobi’s previously designed Feeding Beatrice in 2022, and Aurora’s virtual remount of 2 The Left: A Tribute to the Life of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in 2020. Nyrobi’s work appears across Atlanta and theatres regionally and nationally across Orlando, New York, Virginia, Las Vegas, and Dallas, as well as, internationally in Holland, West Africa, South Africa, and Dubai. Follow her pages on Instagram at: @drnyrobi and @goddesscomplexcostumes

ALICE NEFF (she/her) joined the resident staff at the Aurora in 2022. Previously, she was the shop manager for Cinderella, Swindlers, and Christmas Canteen 2021, and was a draper for On Your Feet, Men with Money, and Mamma Mia, and designed Mary Poppins, Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a co-production with Horizon Theatre. She was the shop manager for the Theatre & Dance Department at Appalachian State for many years, and was a draper at Glimmerglass Opera and a stitcher for the Hallmark mini-series True Women. She has designed for Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers, and for Lees McRae Summer Theatre, Blowing Rock Stage Company, and Horn in the West in NC, along with numerous schools in the southeast.

Kristin Talley is currently a working dance teacher, actor, singer, dancer and props designer. In 2019, she graduated from Young Harris College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre and a minor in history. After graduating, she became a member of the Aurora Theatre’s AppCo’20. A few of her recent shows with the Aurora Theatre include Sister Act (ens/dance captain), Mary Poppins (ens/asst dance captain), Cinderella (swing), On Your Feet (ens), and Christmas Canteen 2019 (featured ens). She is also a principal dancer in the 2-time Emmy award winning Netflix movie, Dolly Parton’s: Christmas on the Square. Kristin currently works as a dance teacher and the dance company director at Lilburn Dance Academy in Lilburn, GA where she teaches students 6-18 jazz, lyrical, and tap.

LEXI MCKAY (she/her) is a biracial woman whose main focus is as a stage manager around Atlanta. She also loves to teach technical theater to kids whenever she can. She is an administrator for Atlanta Theatre Artists for Justice, and on the board of SheNYC Arts. She is currently back in graduate school at The University of Alabama working on her MFA in Stage Management. When she’s not working, she is finding a quiet corner to curl up with her dogs and try to get her next play written.

JACKIE LENZ (she/her) is so happy to be returning to Aurora for her 4th show here! Jackie has been working as a Stage Manager in Atlanta since 2018 on productions such as Newsies, Jekyll and Hyde, and The Addams Family (The Atlanta Lyric Theatre), Vibrant Voices and The Pretty Pants Bandit (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), The Last 5 Years, The Secret Garden, Assassins, and Next to Normal (The Jennie T. Anderson Theatre) and Swindlers, Mary Poppins and Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Aurora Theatre). She wants to thank her parents for their unending support in all she does, Mary Nye Bennett and Stephanie Polhemus for showing her how theaters can become a home and her Grandma and Pop Pop for inspiring her every day. El amor todo lo puede. IG: @jackielenz16

KATIE PELKEY (Managing Director)

KATIE ERIN CHAMBERS* (Director of Production and Resident Stage Manager) is excited to be starting her 8th season with Aurora Theatre and stepping into a new role as Director of Production. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia, a member of Actor’s Equity, and a proud alumna of Aurora's 2013-14 Apprentice Company. She has previously stage managed in Atlanta for Horizon Theatre Company, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre and Habima Theatre. She has also served as coordinator for the New South Young Playwrights’ Festival, production manager for the Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival, and coordinator for the Atlanta Unified Auditions.

*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the US.

DANIEL POPE (Production Manager) is proud to be joining the great team at Aurora Theatre as Production Manager. Daniel has been a sound designer and engineer in the Atlanta area for the past seven years. He’s had the pleasure of designing sound for the Aurora Theatre on many occasions on shows such as: Into the Woods, Christmas Canteen, Sweep, and most recently The Bridges of Madison County. Additionally, he’s worked on countless other productions in the Atlanta theatre community including: Evita and A Streetcar Named Desire as Sound Designer and Production Manager at Serenbe Playhouse. Daniel received a Bachelors in Marketing with a specialization in sales and a minor in Music from The University of West Georgia in 2010.

Taylor is so excited to be joining the staff at Aurora Theatre! Worked at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (2015-2022) starting out as a carpenter moving into the Technical Director (2018-2022). A few favorite credits include: Cinderella, Macbeth, Little Shop of Horror’s, All is Calm, Pipeline, Romeo and Juliet, Sound of Music, Steel Magnolias, Into the Breeches, Buzz, The Agitators, Every Brilliant Thing, Annie, Twelfth Night, and Miracle Worker. I wouldn’t be able to do any of this with out the support of my wife, Tory, and son, Jack.

ISAAC BURRIER (he/him) is excited to have joined Aurora Theatre as their Head of Lighting. Isaac has worked on numerous shows with Aurora including Christmas Canteen, Mary Poppins (2022), Swindlers, and several others as the Master Electrician. Before working with Aurora, Isaac worked in Nashville, TN as a lighting and scenic designer as well as a lighting tech in Raleigh, NC. Some of his professional credits include: Ordinary Days (Georgia Gwinnett College), Giant Squid (Woven Theatre Company), Lungs (Woven Theatre Company), The Whale (Verge Theater Company), Beneatha’s Place (Verge Theater Company) and several dance recitals with Rejoice School of Ballet. Isaac is also a graduate of Belmont University with a BFA in Production Design in Theatre.

DIANE CAMACHO^* (she/her) is a recent graduate from Georgia Gwinnett College with a love of the Arts, ready to take on the vast world of Theatre and learn every aspect that goes into production. Past works include: Aurora Theatre’s Christmas Canteen 2021, Mary Poppins, Goldilocks & the Three Bears and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Stage Door Theatre’s Completeness, GGC’s Ordinary Days, Romeo & Juliet, Black Nerd. She thanks her family, friends, and all who have supported her along the way.