Unnecessary Farce

by Paul Slade Smith
directed by Robert May

May 23-June 15, 2025
Preview Night: May 23
Opening Night: May 24

Run time: This production runs about 2 hours, with one 15-minute intermission.

Danny Campbell (Mayor Meekly)

Previously for SRT: Maraczek in She Loves Me, Adolf in Last Night of Ballyhoo. Recently: Torvald in A Doll’s House, Pt. 2 (Vista’s Broadway Theatre), Sir Toby in Twelfth Night of the Living Dead (Loud Fridge), Public Enemy and As You Like It (New Fortune), Fiddler on the Roof (SDMT). Other credits include: The Norman Conquests (Cygnet); Hamlet, All My Sons, Richard II, Macbeth (Intrepid); Sweeney Todd, 1776, West Side Story (Moonlight); and shows at Lamb’s, Long Beach Playhouse, Diversionary, Octad-One, Onstage, Actors Asylum, La Jolla Stage Company, and more.

Brittany Adriana Carrillo (Billie)

Brittany is ecstatic to be making her debut at SRT with Unnecessary Farce. Past roles include Mary in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Cygnet Theatre); Amy in Company (Coronado Playhouse); Belen in La Lucha (Optika Moderna/La Jolla Playhouse); Woman One in Songs For A New World (Oceanside Theatre Company/Teatro San Diego); Rapunzel/StepMother in Into the Woods, and Adrie in Beehive (New Village Arts). She’s also a teaching artist in SD (North Coast Repertory School, ECHS) and an Instructor at Project Performer! A huge thanks to her family, twin sister Brianna, and partner Nevada for their support.

Kat Fitzpatrick (Mary Meekly)

Kat is excited to be making her debut with SRT. Favorite roles include Grandma in Addams Family (Lawrence Welk Theater); Sister Mary Theresa in Sister Act (SDMT); Prudy Pingelton in Hairspray (San Diego Rep); and Jeannette Burmeister in The Full Monty (10th Avenue Arts). Other roles include Hannah Ferguson in Spitfire Grill, Roz Keith in 9 to 5, Yente in Fiddler on the Roof, Granny in Pippin, Lita Encore in Ruthless, and Marian Ames in Swingtime Canteen. She thanks the entire team for this farcical adventure.

Danny Lovelle (Eric)

Danny is grateful for working with Scripps Ranch Theatre for the first time. He has performed across theatres in the DFW metroplex, including Francis in Poor Clare (Stage West), Touchstone in As You Like It (Fair Assembly), Elmar in The 22+ Weddings of Hugo Multiple, Raymond in The Merit System (Teatro Dallas), Justice in The Persians (Undermain Theatre), Diego in […] Juan Garcia (Amphibian Stage), and Marcus in Feeding the Cat […] (Echo Theatre Dallas). He graduated from SMU in 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a specialization in Acting.
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Melanie Mino (Karen)

Melanie is thrilled to be back at SRT with this hilarious production. Previous SRT credits include The 39 Steps and Lost in Yonkers. Other favorites: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Lamplighters); A 1940’s Radio Christmas Carol and Same Time, Next Year at PowPAC. By day, she works in education for a national housing company and volunteers with a local Bichon Frise organization.
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Nick Siljander (Todd)

Nick is thrilled to be making his SRT debut! Regional credits include: Singin’ in the Rain (New Village Arts), The Addams Family (SDMT), Curtains (Coronado Playhouse), and The Phantom of the Opera (Ovation Theatre). He also performs in shows at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park. Thanks to his friends and family for their endless support.

Robin Thompson (Agent Frank)

Robin has appeared at SRT as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play, Oliver in Return Engagements, and Sherlock Holmes in Baskerville. Other favorites include the Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance (Star Theatre); Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre (413 Project); Antipholus in Comedy of Errors (Coronado Playhouse); and Freddy in Noises Off (Star Theatre) from which he has valuable experience taking his pants off onstage. Thanks to his wife and children for their love and support.

Robert May (Director)

Select directing credits: Flemming – An American Thriller, The Heir Apparent, The Liar, Almost, Maine, Rounding Third, Painting Churches, I’m Not Rappaport, the Patté Award-winning A Prayer For My Daughter, the Billie Award-winning Pinter duo Ashes to Ashes and The Lover, the critically acclaimed An Experiment with an Air Pump, The Misanthrope, and multiple shows in the Fritz Blitz festivals. Robert founded two programs at Scripps Ranch Theatre that focused on new plays: Out on a Limb: New Plays from America’s Finest City, and New Works Studio. He is also an actor and sound designer. 
IG: @robertmay747

Charmaine Reed (Stage Manager)

Charmaine loves working with the SRT family. Credits: SM for Hadestown (Luminary Arts), Stew, Lost in Yonkers, Lucky Stiff, I Hate Hamlet (SRT/OTC); PSM for Welcome to Sleepy Hollow (OTC); and the Young Playwrights Festival (The Old Globe). She holds a Technical Theatre degree from Palomar College and a BA from CSUSM.

Ruth Russell (Producer) 

Ruth sincerely thanks you for supporting our theatre! Producing credits at SRT: Mary’s Wedding, White, Tiny Beautiful Things, Fully Committed, Vanity Fair, Stew, Chapatti, The 39 Steps, Lost in Yonkers, Neat, Extreme Home Makeover, The Outsider, The Taming, The Dining Room. Recent acting credits: Exit, Pursued by a Bear; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Coronado Playhouse); Twelfth Night of the Living Dead (Loud Fridge); I Hate Hamlet (Broadway Vista). Up next: The Jury Experience (feverup.com). 
IG: @theruthrussell @citydoggossd

Cynthia Bloodbood (Lighting Designer)

Cynthia is an educator, technical director, scenic and lighting designer, and arts advocate. She teaches at SDSU, where she earned an MFA in Technical Direction. Cynthia works with local youth theatre programs and schools, regional theaters, IATSE 122, and production companies. Technical direction credits include shows at Moxie Theatre, SDSU, and SDJT. Design work includes scenic design for The SpongeBob Musical (Coronado Playhouse), and lighting design for The Niceties (Moxie) and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and Silent Sky (Lamplighters). She is pleased to be working with such a dedicated and creative team.

Marcene Drysdale (Costume Designer) 

Marcene has been designing costumes for theatre for over 16 years. Shows include Dido and Aeneas for Bodhi Tree Concerts, Lucky Stiff at Scripps Ranch Theatre, Good People at Oceanside Theatre, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seussical the Musical, Sugar, The 39 Steps, The Addams Family, A Man of No Importance, Guys and Dolls, The Winters’ Tale, and Mamma Mia at the Coronado Playhouse. She has also costumed several shows throughout San Diego, such as West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Anything Goes, The Drowsy Chaperone and Spring Awakening.

Dennis Floyd (Set Designer) 

has been designing for the stage since his now very adult daughters caught the theatre bug as kids. Recent work includes Vanity Fair (SRT), Sense of Love (Common Ground/La Jolla Playhouse), Day of Absence (Common Ground/Old Globe), Matilda, Legally Blonde, Willy Wonka (Trinity Theater), Treasure Island  (Pickwick Players), God of Carnage, Cocktail Hour, Brighton Beach Memoirs (Lamplighters), Air Turbulence, Alone Together (PowPAC), Comedy of Errors, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Murder on the Orient Express (Coronado Playhouse). “Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; and being done, thus Wall away doth go.”

Duane McGregor (Props, Set Dressing & Scenic Painting) 

Duane is delighted to return to SRT. SRT credits: Mary’s Wedding, Stew, Vanity Fair, Fully Committed, Tiny Beautiful Things, White. Other: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Carrie, Sheepdog, A People’s Cuban Christmas, Blue Period, Lonely Planet, Mugre (OnStage). Craig Noel nominee for The Other Place. With a background in architecture and exhibit design, Duane focuses on how audiences interact with space. Gratitude to the SRT creative team.

D. Candis Paule (Intimacy Director) 

Candis has worked throughout San Diego as an advocate for actors, and a liaison between actors and production for stage or on-camera scenes that involve simulated sex acts, nudity/hyper-exposed work, and/or intimate physical contact. She offers expertise in order to support the director’s vision while working within the performer’s personal boundaries. In addition, she works to create a safe space for sensitive subject matter when the material presents content that is possibly triggering. 
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John Spafford (Lead Carpenter) 

John and his son-in-law Ben Stallman have joined several Scripps Ranch Theatre design-build projects, along with other San Diego theatrical events. John’s workshop is designed for off-site theatrical construction. John and Ben work to make each theatre space better than they found it. John’s theatre skills were developed during a 34-year career writing, producing, and directing entertainment at SeaWorld, and dozens of community theatre shows. 

Hayden St. Clair (Sound Designer) 

Hayden makes their San Diego sound design debut. Previous designs: Every Brilliant Thing, This Side of
Heaven, Perspective, Antigone (Concordia). SRT: White (SM), Tiny Beautiful Things (ASM). Local acting: Joseph…Dreamcoat (Vanguard), Twelfth Night of the Living Dead (Loud Fridge), Xanadu and Company
(Coronado). Education: Concordia University Irvine, Theatre BA – acting, directing, design, and technical production. They would like to thank the cast, crew, and creative team for all their efforts putting on this zany production. Many thanks to those that support live theatre, like you! 
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Christopher Williams (Fight Director)

Christopher has had the opportunity to work in almost every aspect of the theatre during his 30 years in the industry. He’s a union actor and stage manager, as well as a director, producer, fight director, designer, and instructor. He has instructed and choreographed fights/combat for multiple theatres and colleges in California and Arizona including: North Coast Rep, Laguna Playhouse, Moonlight Stages, Scripps Ranch Theatre, New Fortune, Backyard Renaissance, MiraCosta College, Glendale College, Southwest Shakespeare Company, and others. Performance credits include Off-Broadway, North Coast Rep, Laguna Playhouse, AZ Theatre Co, Theatre League, Phoenix Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Southwest Shakespeare Co.