Cast of Camelot

MATT SKINNER (Reveler #1, Squire Dap, Mordred): Matt Skinner is ecstatic to be making his Mountain Play debut! This is his first live production in two years. Previous roles include Young Scrooge in SCROOGE IN LOVE! (42nd Street Moon), Matt in THE FANTASTICKS (TVRT), Tony in BILLY ELLIOT (Woodminster), Tim Price in AMERICAN PSYCHO (ROLT; West Coast premiere), Phoebus in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (TVRT), Sir Harry in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (DMT), and Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (TVRT). Matt couldn’t be more grateful to be performing live again!

ANNA VORPERIAN (Reveler #2, Dinadan): Anna Vorperian is excited to be back on stage, performing in Mountain Play’s production of CAMELOT! She has been performing throughout the north bay since the age of seven. Her very first show was GUYS & DOLLS with Marilyn Izdebski Productions, and she’s been hooked ever since. Her favorite roles include Diana Morales in A CHORUS LINE (NTC), Vanessa in IN THE HEIGHTS (Throckmorton), and Audrey in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Stapleton).

DAVID SCHILLER (Reveler #3, Sagramore): David Schiller has been seen in Marin County as Professor Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN and Tateh in RAGTIME (Throckmorton) and as Bill in MAMMA MIA! (The Mountain Play!). He is an artist and educator with an eye on encouraging all those he comes in contact with towards presence and equanimity. A world traveler, game designer, yoga/meditation teacher, and sacred clown, he has a fondness for laughter, community, and dark chocolate.

RACHEL MENENDEZ (Reveler #4, Lionel): Rachel Menendez is a Bay Area-based artist and educator. Recent theatre credits include Ophelia in HAMLET with Marin Shakespeare Company’s student matinee program and Blanche in …AND JESUS MOONWALKS THE MISSISSIPPI with African-American Shakespeare Company. She has also worked as a casting intern at Manhattan Theatre Club and as Production Manager for Throckmorton Theatre. She co-created TELEGRAPH AVE, an upcoming web series set in Oakland that follows the lives of three young women navigating modern intimacy. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre from UC Irvine. rachelmenendez.com

ALEXANDRA FRY (Reveler #5, Tom): Alexandra Fry has loved visiting CAMELOT this past month! She is a COM sophomore and secretary of the drama club. Previously Bess in HUNTING AND GATHERING (COM), TOMMY, A CHORUS LINE, and GYPSY (NTC), Rosalie Wells in THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (RVP), Hannah in NEWSIES (Katie and Co), and Audrey in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Rhythms). In 2020, she won the Judges choice musical theater solo at LENEA Theater Festival. When not on stage she is usually hiking, reading, and memorizing historical fun facts. Big thanks to the cast and crew and her childhood cat named…Lancelot.

PHILLIP HARRIS (Reveler #6, Arthur): Phillip Harris has sung as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and in Davies Hall with San Francisco Symphony. A winner of the Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he has sung over twenty roles in opera/operetta/musical theater and has a CD available on all major streaming platforms, Phillip Harris in Recital with Damien Sneed. He also released a book on composer and arranger Jacqueline Hairston entitled, Songs and Spirituals The Life and Music of Jacqueline Hairston. He has been the music director for three shows at MoonSchool and will music direct Camelot with Mountain Play this fall. Phillip has taught every level of music from elementary to graduate school.  He is vocal music director at Head-Royce School and an adjunct professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. An alumnus of UCLA, UCI, and the University of Michigan, he holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. More information is available at philliplnharris.com.

KRISTA JOY SERPA (Reveler #7, Guenevere): Krista Joy Serpa is overjoyed to be making her Mountain Play debut. A Central Valley native, she joined the Bay Area scene with 6th Street Playhouse & Lucky Penny’s BONNIE & CLYDE and has considered North Bay a second home ever since. Other favorite adventures include Little Red in INTO THE WOODS (NTC/Spreckels; SFBATCC Best Supporting Actress nominee,) Mallory/Avril in CITY OF ANGELS (Cinnabar,) Hope in URINETOWN (Los Altos Stage Company,) and Maria in THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Modesto Performing Arts.) This performance is dedicated to her Beppe, who first showed her CAMELOT, and in memory of Aaron, who helped her believe. For Adam, always.

IZAAK HEATH (Reveler #8, Lancelot): Izaak Heath is thrilled to play Lancelot with Mountain Play. A student of acting at College Of Marin and Voice Acting at Voicetrax, he’s had experience acting all around the bay. His favorite roles are Clifford Bradshaw in RVP’s CABARET, Tybalt in COM’s ROMEO AND JULIET, and D’Artagnan at Douglass Morris Theatre Company. He would like to thank his family and Lisa Morse for helping his pursuit in acting.

Directed by ZOË SWENSON GRAHAM

Zoë Swenson-Graham returned to the Bay Area in 2015 after living in London for nearly seven years, where she worked as an actor, dancer, and trained as a stage combat instructor and fight choreographer– working around the UK teaching in various drama schools, and working with organizations such as the Royal Opera House, The Globe, Southwark Playhouse and The Kings Head Theatre. Since returning to the Bay, Zoe has choreographed for and taught with the American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, Oakland School of the Arts, Sierra Repertory Theatre Company, Broadway By The Bay, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, YMTC, Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, Mountain Play Association and MoonSchool with 42nd Street Moon. At the Mountain Play, she has performed in Peter Pan and Grease, performed in and choreographed the fights for West Side Story, fight choreography for Beauty and the Beast, and co-choreographed Mamma Mia: she absolutely loves the mountain! Dance choreography credits include: Newsies (Hillbarn Theatre), Camelot (Sierra Rep Theatre), Mamma Mia (Mountain Play and Hillbarn Theatre), White Christmas (Sierra Rep Theatre Company), The Producers, A Chorus Line, Company (Mayhem Musical Theatre Company, London) and she worked as the Associate Choreographer on Music Man and Saturday Night Fever at Broadway By the Bay. Directing credits include: Bring it On (The Musical), She Kills Monsters, and A Chorus Line.  Zoe’s horror film Lasso features her acting and stunt work, which was released internationally last year, and her motion capture and voiceover work will be seen in an upcoming feature film. Zoe still loves to perform on stage, most recently appearing in Cabaret at the SF Playhouse and A Chorus Line at Sierra Repertory Theatre. She is also thrilled to be back on the mountain next summer choreographing Hello, Dolly! She would like to thank her partner David for his endless love and support, and dedicates this show to you, dear audience member, as we get to celebrate being together for live theatre once again.

Musical Direction by PHILLIP HARRIS

Phillip Harris has sung as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and in Davies Hall with San Francisco Symphony. A winner of the Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he has sung over twenty roles in opera/operetta/musical theater and has a CD available on all major streaming platforms, Phillip Harris in Recital with Damien Sneed. He also released a book on composer and arranger Jacqueline Hairston entitled Songs and Spirituals The Life and Music of Jacqueline Hairston. He has been the music director for three shows at MoonSchool and will music direct Camelot with Mountain Play this fall.
Phillip has taught every level of music from elementary to graduate school.  He is vocal music director at Head-Royce School and an adjunct professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. An alumnus of UCLA, UCI, and the University of Michigan, he holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. More information is available at philliplnharris.com.