Pre-Show
The Season’s Screaming’s Scarolers
Nathania Miranda
James Stevens
Angelica Muñoz

Act 1                                                                                                    
1)    Holiday Movie                                             Carl Christman
2)    10 Lords A-Leaping                                     Bobby Watson & Carlos Chavez
3)    Balloonacy                                                  Dennis Forel
4)    A Christmas Town                                       Tricia Minty & Michael Guthrie
5)    Baton Twirl O’Fun                                       Meghan Lewis
6)    The First Maid A-Milking                            Heidi Appe & Susan D. Marlowe
7)    Chris Herren as Faust (SAT)                        Chris Herren
       Holiglo (SUN)                                               Jim Martyka

Intermission – 15min
 
 Act 2                                                                                                    
 1)    Carlos Chavez Sings                                     Carlos Chavez & Bobby Watson
 2)    Micah Cover’s Magic                                    Micah Cover
 3)    To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug                    Jennifer Novak Chun, Richard Large,  Kevin Dulude, Meghan Lewis                                                                                                                                      Eric Deloretta, LeeAnne Rowe, Graydon  Schlichter, 
 4)    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas    Corey Chappell                
    

Approx. running time 90 min. plus 1 intermission)

at Generation DCD in Burbank, CA

Who’s Who?

HEIDI APPE (“The First Maid-a-Milking” - Montana)
Heidi is happy to be here! Favorite FON roles include Anjenai in Flash Gordon: The Musical-the Play, Sara in No Problem, and Elizabeth in Fallen Saints: Salem. Theatre favorites include Gymnasia in ‘Forum, Veronica, God of Carnage and Mrs. Meers, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Recent film projects: Debt of a Salesman (winner, Portland Comedy Film Festival), Extreme Measures, and Channel Surfing. Heidi is honored that her strange/fun solo filmwork has been garnering awards on the festival circuit. You can find her on yt: youtube.com/c/heidiappe. Thank you all for a night of laughter and celebration. 

COREY CHAPPELL (Scaroler / ”Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” - Singer)
Corey became a proud member of FON back in January 2017 when she directed “That Voodoo You Do”.  Since then, she has directed for nearly every FON production, including our award nominated full-length play, “Masters Of The Dark Realm”.  While you will most often find her credited as Director, you may have caught a glimpse of her her running around our stage like a chicken with her head cut off setting up/picking up after every Lip Sync Battle contestant we’ve ever had.   She is honored to be stepping onto the stage as a performer to help raise money so that FON may bring you new works.  She’d like to thank her extraordinary husband, Jerry & her adorable 3-year old, Collin, for filling her world with adventure.  She’d also like to thank you, the audience for all of your support. 

JERRY CHAPPELL (“The First Maid-a-Milking” - Director / Set Design)
Jerry Chappell is a long time actor and director who loves the stage and happily calls Force of Nature his theatre family. He sends a warm thank you to his amazing cast and to the production team for working to bring this show to a live audience. He sends a special thanks to his wife Corey for her incredible support (and talent) as well our little one Collin for the constant stream of laughs and inspiration. This one’s for you, kid! Happy holidays to you and yours. 

CARLOS R. CHAVEZ (“10 Lords A-Leaping” - Twizzlesticks / Singer)
Born in Peru, Carlos R Chavez started acting at a young age. After performing Hamlet in the biggest theater of his city Carlos traveled to LA where Carlos has been part of many award-winning plays. Being a huge fan of comedy improv he believes comedy can be found even in the darkest of places.

CARL CHRISTMAN (Mentalist)
Imagine hearing people's thoughts! Now you know what it's like to be Carl. Carl Christman is a mentalist from the Magic Castle who specializes in getting inside people’s minds.

JENNIFER NOVAK CHUN (Scaroler - Musical Director / “To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug” - Darley Chickens/Director)
Jennifer Novak Chun is a professional Cellist, Violinist, Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, and Composer - just about anything she can do to make the bucks these days. Her acting credits include the award winning film, “Cello,” alongside American Master Cellist, Lynn Harrell. Most recently, she appeared in two horror films, the wonderfully campy "New Hands" produced and directed by Pat Kusnadi and Brandon Scullion, and the bone chilling “Monstrous” starring Christina Ricci. She is grateful to be performing with Force of Nature.
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CHARLOTTE COCKER (Producer / Social Media Guru / “The First Maid-A-Milking” - Writer)
Charlotte Cocker is a writer, actor, producer, and board member of Force of Nature Productions. With two degrees in Creative Writing and a passion for the stage, theater is her passion and a healthy substitute for a real relationship. She is excited to see her short play come to life IN PERSON this year with such an amazing team and can’t wait to do more work with FON. 

MICAH COVER (Host / Magician)
Micah the Magician is a teacher, lecturer, producer, writer, consultant and performer – all in the Art of Magic.  He is a headliner and tour guide at the world-famous Magic Castle, who called him “an innovative performer with mind-boggling talent.”  While on Penn & Teller Fool Us, Penn referred to his magic as “a miracle.” www.micahthemagician.com

REDETHA DEASON (Scaroler)
Redetha Deason is excited to be back onstage performing live with the Scarolers! She is a founding member of Force of Nature Productions, and has enjoyed performing onstage as well as helping with set design for shows such as Grey People and several Fallen Saints installations. Among her favorite FON roles are a Demonic Housewife, a Hogwarts Professor and a Telenovela Matriarch.

ERIC DELORETTA (“To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug” - Horatio Crachit)
Eric DeLoretta (he/him) is a performing and visual artist based in Los Angeles, CA. After spending 25 years in theatre, film, and television, he recently shifted focus to fine art, completing the Self-Isolation Pandemic Artist’s Residency Program (SIPARP) with Samantha Fields and obtaining his BA in sculpture from CSUN in 2021. Eric’s sculptural work draws from his life in the performing arts, building small-scale theatrical stages that explore ideas of kitsch, queer culture, nostalgia, and the ephemeral. His work was most recently featured in the Common Ground response show by 11:11 A Creative Collective. More information at gaynerdpun.com. Love to his partner Matt, and cuddles to his feline studio assistants, Casper and Simba <3 

KEVIN DULUDE (“To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug” - Jacob Yorick)
Kevin has performed in four "Wicked Lit" shows produced by Unbound Productions and he has portrayed the late actor Vincent Price in a one-man-show written by Sharon L. Graine.

DENNIS FOREL (Balloonacy)
Dennis Forel is considered America's foremost single-balloon sculptor. Known not just for his repertoire of over 100 different designs he is also recognized for the stories he tells to go along with them.  Primarily found on county and state fairgrounds Dennis has also performed at night clubs, comedy houses and amusement parks. His travels have taken Dennis Forel through the Western U.S., Alaska, Mexico and Japan. Dennis is a member/performer at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He is also a member of the Western Fairs Association and is co-author of the book "Balloonacy- The Art of Air Sculpture."

RON GABALDON (Scaroler)
Ron Gabaldon has been working with Force of Nature since 2019 in productions like the Hogwarts Drama Professor in Harry Potter and the Forbidden Rush and as Mad King Lear in Romeo and Juliet In Hell. During the pandemic he's appeared in FON's regular Zoom Theater productions and helped out on their Children's Theater Camp. He's extremely grateful to be onstage again and would like to thank you for helping FON move forward into 2022!

MICHAEL GUTHRIE (Scaroler / “A Christmas Town” - Singer)
Michael Guthrie has been performing semi-professionally since he became a cast member of Kansas City Comedy Sportz in 1992 doing comedy improvisation.  In the meantime he has performed multiple hundreds of shows spanning many theater genres; full length plays, experimental theater pieces, variety and vaudeville, burlesque, sketch comedy,short and long-form improvisation. In addition, he has produced two short films. Most recently he returned to Force Of Nature's RUSH series in the Zoom production of Music RUSH. He's excited to be performing Variety again in support of Force Of Nature!

CHRIS HERREN AS FAUST (Pantomimist and Magician)
Chris Herren as Faust is an award winning pantomimist and magician. He represented the United States of America at the 2021 FISM North American Championships, competing as one of the top 6 Parlor Magicians on the continent. Faust has made acclaimed performances on the World Famous Magic Castle Hollywood Virtual Show, Jeff Mcbride's Las Vegas Wonderground, and is a regular performer on Asian Culture Television. 

RICHARD LARGE (“To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug” - Ebenezer Scrogelet)
Richard Large  is a veteran over 100 productions in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned a M.A. degree from San Francisco State Univ. Favorite Roles include Joe in  “All My Sons’, John Cleary in “The Subject Was Roses”, Tobey in “The Chimes” and Shotover in “Heartbreak House”. He won a Dramalogue Award for his direction of “The Cave.” In recent years he has worked extensively with Wicked Lit, FON and GCT.

MEGHAN LEWIS (“To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug” - Rosa/Ophelia)
Meghan is a USC graduate and return performer with FON (Telenovela 2019 and 80's Mixtape Rush). She is most frequently a voice actor, and can be heard worldwide as the English voice of telenovelas, movies, and documentaries, and even as the voice of Jean Luc Picard's personal computer on Picard. Favorite theatre roles: Wicked Lit 2016/2017/2018, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll (Boston Court), Blithe Spirit (Ruth, GCT), Delusion 2014/2015, Replica (UTM). See Meghan fight, befriend, and date the supernatural in the webseries Halloweeners. www.meghanlewis.info

SUSAN D. MARLOWE (“The First Maid-a-Milking” - Bailey)
Susan D. Marlowe, aka T-Bone, is thrilled to be a maid-a-milking again—but live this time!!  She hails from the sunny and always warm state of Ohio and enjoys long walks on the beach while blasting Bohemian Rhapsody.  She loves to exercise and can actually get others to writhe in pain—while they are paying her!!  It would be egregious at this point to not mention BROCCOLI, so eat your vegetables—you’re welcome.  Wow!  This bio really went off the tracks, but hey—a sincere Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season to you all.  Let’s make each other smile.

LILIA MARQUIS (Tech Elf)
Lilia joined the FON family as a writer in 2018 at the age of 11, authoring several, original Christmas tales she shared on stage as part of "RUSHing Around the Christmas Tree." She's gone on to write multiple short plays and co-directed a piece for the "Wee Leprechaun" play festival. She now attends Burbank High School, where she's a part of the drama program and worked with the tech crew in their fall production of "The Wizard of Oz." She's also been dancing with Teri and Generation DCD since she was a "tiny tot."

RANDY MARQUIS (Producer / Marketing and Social Media Guru)
Randy has been part of the FON family since 2017. He is grateful to be acting, directing and producing shows with some of the kindest and most talented people he's ever shared the stage and screen with. He'd like to thank his wife, Samantha, and three amazing kids for sharing him with, and not being too jealous of, his first love: live theatre. He'd also like to thank Sebastian and the rest of the FON board for their tireless work creating opportunities to create and entertain.

JIM MARTYKA (“Holiglo” - Singer)
Jim Martyka is thrilled to be back playing with Force of Nature Productions! He was last seen with them as Edward Scissorhands in their “A Christmas Rush at the Movies.” Jim is a L.A. theatre regular, having spent years performing with Theatre Unleashed, which he co-founded. He is also the Executive Producer of Hold For Plane Pictures and a multi-published author and editor. His true love of the holidays is perhaps best reflected in his stage adaptation “It’s a Wonderful Life: A KAWL Radio Play,” which performs around the country. Best wishes to you and yours this season!
 
TRICIA MINTY (Music Composer / “A Christmas Town” - Musician)
Tricia Minty is an award winning Music Composer and Sound Designer for media and  has worked on numerous projects that have been featured in film festivals worldwide. She is also the Resident Composer and Sound Designer for Force of Nature Productions. In 2015, she won the Daisy Rock Guitar Award at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema for her score for “John Neptune and the Siren’s Vengeance” produced by Neptune Cinema. In 2019, Tricia was nominated for Best Music and Sound Design for Broadway World Los Angeles Regional Awards for the theater production Fallen Saints: Salem produced by Force of Nature Productions. Most recently, Tricia’s score for “Above Snakes” produced by Jefybal Productions was nominated for Best Score for a Western Feature Film at the 2021 Wild Bunch Film Festival. Tricia also earned her first producer credit with Force of Nature Production’s Music Rush Play Festival which premiered online in May, 2021.

MELISSA MUÑOZ (Tech Elf/House Manager)
Melissa is excited to have her home here at Force of Nature.  
A jack-of-all trades; she enjoys her time both on stage and behind the scenes. An animal trainer by profession, she has provided animal actors for many projects. She also dabbles in make-up, costuming, props, sound and lighting and mixology.  Every journey is exciting, and with every project a new opportunity to expand and create as an artist. Melissa is grateful for them all!

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ (Artistic Director / Producer)
Sebastian has been a staple of the North Hollywood Arts District where he's directed and performed in dozens of shows to acclaimed reviews. Several of the short films he’s directed have toured film festivals across the U.S. He’s a proud Magician member at the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle where he is part of the outreach team. Sebastian's passion stems from working with artists from all walks of life and sharing their love for their craft to create original works while giving back to the community in a variety of ways. Thank you all! I Love You!

ADAM NEUBAUER (“10 Lords A-Leaping” - Writer)
Adam Neubauer is a writer. He has never won any awards for writing, but has been nominated for his acting and has won for his stage managing. He is not bitter about this. At all. 

LEEANNE ROWE (“To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug” - Gilda/Gertrude)
LeeAnne Rowe is thrilled to be working with and part of the FON family.  A veteran of the stage, she is just so stinking  excited to be here and hopes to spread the Christmas Spirit with all (especially the occasional Bah Humbuggers out there.) A world of thanks and holly to Jenny and Sebastian!  Ho! Ho! Ho! 

GRAYDON SCHLICHTER (“To Bah or Not to Bah Humbug” - Young Ebenezer Scroogelet/“Tiny” Tim)
Graydon Schlichter couldn’t be more tickled than to join Force of Nature’s 1st Annual “731st Annual Force of Nature Holiday Spectacular!” FoN is a wonderful theatre family here in LA and Graydon is blessed to be a part of it.  Performing here now is a teeny-tiny way of giving back, and he hopes you all enjoy the show!  Many thanks to Jenny, and the rest of Too Bah’s cast and crew as well as Sebastian and his cohorts for all things FoNesque!  

KYLE SCHRIVER (Lighting Designer)
Kyle Schriver has always loved it theater ever since he was young and especially technically theater. He started out as a set design in middle school and school and later lights and sound in college. He has worked in New York as a intern for a theater workshop for off and on Broadway. He also works currently at Disneyland as a dresser. He is happy to be back working in theater and hopes everyone enjoys the show. 


ROBERT J. WATSON (“10 Lords A-Leaping” - Ketchum)
Robert J. Watson has been a member of Force of Nature Productions since 2016 and has written and performed in several Rushes, and wrote Ain’t All So Grimm, his first full length theatrical play produced by FON. Currently he is expanding his creative talents by learning how to animate and edit videos. This year he released his first cartoon series on his YouTube channel: Professor W’s Game Lab. He’s also a board member for The Collaboratory, a children’s theater company, as well as the Camp Bravo Alumni Network, a summer theater camp.​

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Martha Olympia Lopez Muñoz
Luciana Lopez Muñoz
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