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Tasi Alabastro

Performing Artist: Actor

Tasi Alabastro is an actor, online content creator, and photographer whose work focuses on reflecting his community and culture. He has had the honor of being published in Content Magazine, Tayo Magazine, and featured in various galleries in San Francisco. He is a proud member of the Red Ladder Theatre Company and is currently working with inmates in state prisons as part of Arts-in-Corrections, a program that re-engage participants with their creativity and imagination.

Aldo Billingslea

Educator; Performing Artist: Actor

As Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Aldo Billingslea heads Santa Clara University’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion. He also is Professor of Acting and Performance Studies in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Professor Billingslea joined Santa Clara University as a visiting guest lecturer in 1996 and became a tenured member of the faculty in 2005. He served as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance for three years and Vice Chair of the University’s Athletics Advisory Board. Professor Billingslea is a nationally known actor who also serves in professional leadership roles and provides service to the theatre community in a number of west-coast locations. He received bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and a master of fine arts degree from Southern Methodist University. As Associate Provost, his primary focus is to work closely with members of the University community to enhance the recruitment, retention and success of faculty from underrepresented groups. He collaborates with other University offices in promoting a student climate of inclusive excellence through curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular programs, and he coordinates with the Office of Enrollment Management, Multicultural Learning, Affirmative Action and Human Resources in efforts to recruit a more diverse student body and staff. He works closely with the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and reports directly to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Rodrigo García

Educator; Performing Artist: Actor

Rodrigo García is an accomplished actor, director, educator, and playwright originally from Mexico City. As the current Artistic Director of Teatro Visión, Rodrigo has driven the creation of a youth program to create a pipeline for young Latinx artists. In addition, he is leading the development of a new work through a binational collaboration between Teatro Visión, La Quinta Teatro ensemble from Mexico City, and music artist Guillermo Galindo. He is also a founding member of the theater ensemble Teatro Alebrijes. He has worked with other companies including Santa Clara University, Los Altos Stage, San Jose State University, Tabia Theater, and Opera Cultura among others. Rodrigo graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City and has trained with Double Edge Theater, De’ll arte International, Le Théâtre du Soleil, Sojourn Theater, and Julian Boal. He is a Theater Communications Group (TCG) fellow, and a graduate of the Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute (MALI) Class of 2009.

Lisa Mallette

Performing Artist: Actor, Stage Director

Now in her thirteenth season at City Lights, and her tenth as Executive Artistic Director, Lisa Mallette is also a member of the Theatre Bay Area Board of Directors, and chairs the TBA Theatre Services Committee. She is a graduate of both the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California, and of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City – where she studied under the late, great Sanford Meisner – and she is a proud member of Actors Equity Association, the Screen Actors’ Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. For the past twenty years, Lisa has performed and directed for countless theatres in the Bay Area and throughout the Western United States. For City Lights, she has directed acclaimed productions of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, A…My Name Is Alice, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Full Monty, Hair, First Person Shooter, Rent , Aphrodisiac, Spacebar: A Broadway Play by Kyle Sugarman and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. She is also currently directing Amadeus, opening in March. A San Francisco native, Lisa is a graduate of the prestigious Community Leadership San Jose, and she lives on the Peninsula with her husband, actor-director and City Lights Associate Artistic Director Kit Wilder, and their two beautiful daughters, ten year old Sophie and seven year old Olivia. http://cltc.org/

Leslie Martinson

Performing Artist: Actor, Stage Director

Leslie Martinson, previously Casting Director/Associate Artist and director of many hit TheatreWorks Productions, is the company’s Associate Artistic Director. Martinson has served as a director and administrator at TheatreWorks since 1984.

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