JOHN HARNAGEL (Actor)

John has appeared in the Parson’s Nose productions of Rose of the Rancho, Pied Piper, Servant of Two Masters, The Miser, Comedy of Errors, School for Wives, Rip Van Winkle, The Imaginary Invalid, and their inaugural production of 12th Night. He has appeared at the Pasadena Playhouse, The Carmel Performing Arts Festival, Mark Taper Forum, Shakespeare Festival/LA, Syracuse Stage Company, New York Shakespeare Festival, Negro Ensemble Company, The Seattle Rep, The Group Theater of Seattle, and the Yale Repertory Theater. T.V. credits include Big Love, Medium, Lyon’s Den, Miracles, Malcolm in the Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, X-Files, etc. John is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

IVAR BROGGER (Director)

Ivar has directed Servant of Two Masters, A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, The Family Scapin, Rip Van Winkle and The Family Miser for Parson’s Nose. As an actor he has appeared in over 40 guest-starring roles on TV, and was recently seen as Father Scanlon on ABC’s Invasion. Other recent TV credits include Bones, Jake in Progress, NC15, The Closer, and Without a Trace. He has recurred on The Agency, Jamie Kennedy Experiment and Andromeda. Film: Currently, Fun with Dick and Jane and Dreamgirls. On Broadway he appeared in Blood Brothers, The Father (also at the Geffen Playhouse), The Devil’s Disciple, Pygmalion, and Arsenic and Old Lace. Off –Broadway: six shows at the Hudson Guild Theatre, three at the Mirror Rep, Richard III for the New York Shakespeare Festival, and Cloud Nine at the Lucille Lortel. Regional theatres include the Guthrie (four seasons), Williamstown, Goodman, Yale Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Old Globe and others. He is married to the actress Jane Fleiss and they are proud parents of Isabelle Brogger.

AMANDA PAJER (Actor)

Amanda has performed in PNP's School for Wives, The Pied Piper Of Hamlin and Comedy Of Errors. From Chicago, some of her theater credits included Arms And The Man (Raina Petkoff) at the ShawChicago, Bedroom Farce (Kate) at the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Waiting For Lefty (Florrie) at the Artistic Home Ensemble as well as work at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Porthouse Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Bailiwick Repertory and Organic Theatre Company. In L.A., Amanda has perfomed at the Grove Theater Center and the Will Geer Theatricum. Some Film and TV credits include Girls Behaving Badly, Infamous and the The A-List.

MICHAEL FAULKNER (Actor / Director)

Michael Faulkner tours worldwide as a member of the famed Reduced Shakespeare Company, and also produces and performs in the podcast-award-nominated Hawke and Dove Political Punditry Program. He has appeared in over 8 PNP productions and directed A Comedy of Errors and the 2005 and 2005 productions of The Pied Piper of Hamlin – A Musical. In addition to a multitude of national television commercials, Michael has performed at South Coast Repertory, Shakespeare Santa Cruz (8 Seasons), and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Angel, among others.

MICHAEL MANUEL (Actor)

Michael has been a member of Parson’s Nose since its inception. He was last seen as Tetshaw in The Perilous Streets of South Pasadena. With PNP: Scapin, Don Luis in Rose of the Rancho (also directed), Sir Toby in Twelfth Night, Anselme in Family Miser, Florindo in Servant of Two Masters, Klaus Van Beekman in Rip Van Winkle, Antipholus in Comedy of Errors, Wicked Witch and Big Bad Wolf in Classic Fairy Tales, Cloten in King Cymbeline and Ugly Duckling in Grimm’s fairy Tales. In LA: A Noise Within, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, A.S.K., About Productions, Cornerstone, Geffen, Shakespeare Festival/LA and the Interact Theatre Company. Regional: Empty Space, Seattle Rep, and Group theaters in Seattle, Yale Rep, MTC, NJ Shakespeare Festival, NY Stage and Film, Williamstown, and Theatre For a New Audience. Michael is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

ALAN BROOKS (Actor / Director)

For PNP, Alan most recently directed The Perilous Streets of South Pasadena, and before that directed Our Town at Life Pacific College. He also directed their productions of The Trial, A Charley Brown Christmas and It’s A Wonderful Life. Alan directed recent productions of The Foreigner and Whose Life Is It, Anyway? At Mt. San Antonio College. He has directed at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood (including, most recently, 2 casts in Feydeau's Hotel Paradiso). He directed Charley's Aunt and She Stoops To Conquer for Occidental College's Hillside Rep. Co. He directed the World Premieres of two plays for L.A. City College: The Size Of The Cell and Ballycastle (1996 - '97 A.C.T.F. Finalist production). Alan directed the West Coast Premiere of The Second Story Man for Interact Theatre Co. He also directed their production of And A Nightingale Sang (winner of five DRAMALOGUE awards -- including Direction and Production). While teaching at California Institute of The Arts, Alan directed student productions of The Dining Room and Hayfever.

MARGIE SIMMONS (Actor)

Margi has performed in PNP’s productions of Fairy Tales, The Family Mi$er, The Pied Piper of Hamlin, The Imaginary Invalid, A Comedy of Errors, and Rip Van Winkle. She hails from the Midwest and is a University of Minnesota graduate with a degree in Theater Arts. While living in Minnesota she performed with the Minnesota Shakespeare Company, and was a resident company member and sketch writer at The Brave New Workshop. Before relocating to L.A., Margi was an improviser/performer with the Disney Cruise Line in the Bahamas. Her television credits include performances on Lifetime, NBC and HBO. She is a company member currently performing with the L.A. improvisation group, AB3. She has also worked in several independent films, including Whatever Happened to Gavin Buckmaster? And Broken, an official selection of the Florida, Phoenix, and NY Latino Film Festivals.

KURT ANDERSON (Actor)

Kurt is a member of two acclaimed Los Angeles theatre companies, Parson’s Nose Productions and Theatre Neo, for which he also sits on the board of directors. He is the founder and Executive Producer for SHOULD ENTERTAINMENT, a film and television production company. Look for their film, Should, at festivals this summer. A talented vocalist, Kurt helped found the professional a cappella group CANTUS. Partial Credits;THEATRE: Spinning into Butter, The Fantastiks, As You Like It, Little Shop of Horrors TV: Ugly Betty, Veronica Mars, RENO 911, Gilmore Girls FILM: Live Free or Die Hard, Disturbia, Joe Somebody, Should, Hot Java and multiple national commercials.

KATHLEEN JOHNSTON (Actor)

Kathleen is originally from Manhasset, New York. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Jacksonville University with a BA in Theatre Arts. During her time at JU, Kathleen was an involved and recognized member of the school's theatre department, earning awards for her performances as Mrs. Webbin Our Town, and as Cassie in A Chorus Line. She was also the sole recipient of “The Dean's Award for Excellence in Theatre” her senior year. In addition, Kathleen was an active member of Improv Jacksonville. She was also seen in several different professional shows throughout the area, including a touring production of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Other favorite roles include Carolin Oleanna, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, and Estelle in No Exit. Recently Kathleen was seen at the Norris Theatre playing Catherine in The Foreigner, and Maggiein Lend Me a Tenor. She also had privilege of performing at The Odyssey Theatre as the understudy for Gerta in A Splintered Soul. Look for her as Vickiin the upcoming independent feature, Call Back.

JILL ROGOSHESKE (Actor)

Jill has enjoyed a career which has included Broadway and Regional theatres, television and movies. She has played a variety of roles from Pippi Longstockings to Marian the Librarian to Trudi the Icelandic singing waitress. From Polly Peachum to Guinevere to Maria. From singing a Torch Song Trilogy to Tonka, the singing dump truck. From New York to Los Angeles, from Phoenix to Florida, from Minneapolis to Chicago. She has happily appeared in the PNP productions The Imaginary Invalid, Fairy Tales, School for Wives, The Perilous Streets of South Pasadena! and as The Pied Piper of Hamlin – A Musical! She married well and is the proud mother of two fine sons.

Tina Haatainen Jones (Costume Designer)

Sandy Huse (Set and Prop Designer)

Holly Victoria (Costume Designer)