bucket list theatre

Merlin returns to Lecter after rotating five roles as male swing in the original LA Production of Silence! in 2012. He plays Elric in Jackson Stewart's "Beyond the Gates” which won the Nightfall Jury Prize at the LA Film Festival (2016, available on Netflix). He appears in the upcoming feature "All The Creatures Were Stirring" and acts in two episodes of "12 Deadly Days." He sang Dr. Hill in Stuart Gordon's "Re-Animator: The Musical" 200 times in Las Vegas, Edinburgh, New York and Los Angeles, and on the forthcoming original cast album. The role earned him an Ovation Award nomination (2011) and a rave review in the New York Times (2012). He voices F.A.N.G in "Street Fighter V" and acts in Ross Patterson films "Range 15," "Helen Keller vs Nightwolves" and "FDR: American Badass!" Other voice work includes “Dream Corp LLC” and “Hellsing Ultimate.” He recently played Salo in Stuart Gordon's adaptation of Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan," directed by Ben Rock at Sacred Fools Theater. Merlin created the role of The President in "The Beastly Bombing" at the Steve Allen Theater, NYMF, and Opera aan het IJ (Amsterdam). As principal bass with touring repertory Opera A La Carte for 7 seasons, he sang a variety of roles in The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, and The Gondoliers. His classical career included 50 roles in regional opera, a world premiere in Paris, and four years as Resident Artist with Opera San Jose. Merlin was profiled by NPR in a national story about his niche career as "Mr. Horror Musicals" (2013).

FILM/TV: “Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday” (Netflix), “Shameless” (Showtime), “Famous in Love” (FreeForm), “Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything” (Disney XD) and “Here and Now” (HBO). THEATER: Little Mermaid and Legally Blonde (Cupcake Studios), Seussical (Arizona Theater Company) among others. FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: The Outsiders and Red Badge of Courage (La Mirada Theater) as well as short films “Waitlisted” and “Awful Pretty.” DIRECTING: Orange Is The New Musical (World Premiere, LATC). EDUCATION: American Musical & Dramatic Academy, BFA Musical Theater. Julie works in marketing for Pasadena Playhouse. Online: officialjulieo.com

Kevin's last performance was at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in an autobiographical play entitled Because of You. Prior to that he was seen at the Actors Co-op in The Man Who Came to Dinner. Other productions include, First Vows (Public Theatre), The Doctor of in Spite of Himself (Apple Corps Theatre), Snake Can with Gregory Harrison and Jane Kazcemerk (Odyssey Theatre), Spinning into Butter (Long Beach Studio Theatre), A Little Night Music (Westchester Playhouse), Jekyll & Hyde (Met Theatre), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Burbank Grove Theatre), A Christmas Memory (Sierra Madre Playhouse) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (National Tour). His credits also include All My Children, Spirit Town, Unforeseen and the Pasadena and NoHo Film Festival award-winning short, Have a Little Faith. Kevin currently takes classes at the The Antaeus Theatre as well as with Gary Imhoff. He has studied with Sandy Dennis and Uta Hagen at The Herbert Berghof Studio in NY. Kevin is an avid believer in acting classes and says “There is always something to learn; one must constantly be honing their skills no matter what level they are at." 

Jesse hails from Upstate New York where he attended SUNY Geneseo. Theater credits include Henry IV: Part One (Antaeus), Macbeth (Loft Theater Ensemble), Twelfth Night (Southstreet Seaport), As You Like It (Actors Theatre of NJ) and Lend Me a Tenor (Shadowland Theater Co). TV credits include Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Me and Hope & Faith. Regular improv performer at UCB with Mess Hall team Dino Mite, indie team BROseGold, and musical teams Now 165 and Hot Lake. Two live albums on Spotify and regular content on YouTube channel TheJesseGavinShow. Trained at William Esper Studio.

Tyler is super pumped to put the lotion all over his skin before he gets the hose again. A Florida State University graduate and recent NYC transplant, Tyler has appeared in Altar Boyz (tour), All Shook Up (Virginia Musical Theatre), The Full Monty (Arts Center of Carolina), and Violet (The Gallery Players). Film and TV includes SNL Digital Shorts with Nicki Minaj, promo spots for Logo TV, and debuted his apartment design skills on HGTV's "Small Space, Big Style". 

Michael is an actor, improviser and voice over artist. Currently improvising with Captains of Industry every 2nd Friday of the month at the Acme NOHO Theater. Recent Stage: Ronny in Hopping on Down the Bunny Trail at the Eclectic Theater, Harold Gorringe in Morgan Wixson's production of Black Comedy, as well as John Smith in Morgan Wixson's Run For Your Wife, and the follow up sequel Caught in the Net. Performed Off-Broadway with Emerging Artists and TOSOS. Moving Arts Theater Car Plays and One Act festivals. Multiple years in multiple roles in multiple noir inspired plays of Punk Monkey's Play Noir annual one act festival. Recent filmography: Like Company, The Lost One, Tender, At the Maple Grove, Speak No Evil. TV: Pre-Production: The Web Series, CONAN, Carbon Dating, CHUCK, Monk, Mind of Mencia, Chappelle's Show and Late Night with Conan O' Brien. 

Bucket List Theatre: Missmatch, Pageant Play, All in the Timing. Film: The Last Cyclist. Off-Broadway: Wait Until Dark and Talk Radio (Chain Theatre); The Last Cyclist (West End Theatre); Romeo And Juliet and Macbeth (American Globe); Madame Tellier's Establishment (Theater for the New City); Welcome to Eternity (NY Fringe 2011); Getting Even with Shakespeare (Player’s Theater). 

Originally from Portugal, Edgar has trained classically in Aveiro (Portugal), Stuttgart (Germany) and London (UK). As musical director and band pianist, he has helped develop new musical works in London including No One in the World, Spend Spend Spend, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Scale of Half a Mile, and Peter Pan Pantomime. He composed the musical Spectrum which had a successful run at the 2016 Camden Fringe. Since moving to the US, Edgar has performed in Bye Bye Birdie, Footloose, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Glendale Centre Theatre), The Music Man (Palos Verdes Norris Theatre) and musical directed Sex Anyone (2017 Hollywood Fringe), Two Gentlemen of Verona (ArTES Magnet) and an epic run of [title of show] with Bucket List Theatre. He has performed in 20 countries over 4 continents as a concert pianist and has won over 50 international competitions. He released a solo album in 2015 with works by Claude Debussy, under Spanish recording label KNS Classical. Edgar worked at Azusa Pacific University in Music and Theatre for two years and is now ending a national tour of shows including Million Dollar Quartet (NC), Sweeney Todd (HI), Hair (PA) and Chicago (Moonlight Vista, CA).

Originally from Australia, Nick is an actor, comedian, musician and the resident theater designer at the Stella Adler school; his list of production designs is ever growing, having most recently directed the lighting for acclaimed magician Justin Willman's sold out run at The Roosevelt Hotel. He works around LA as a stage manager and designer, working with directors such as Broadway legend Robert Allan Ackerman as well as touring with the Second City company. This is his third show he has designed for Bucket List Theater after All In The Timing in 2016 and [title of show] in 2017.