Marc is a native San Diegan and theatre artist and educator. A graduate of Helix Charter High School, in La Mesa, Marc started performing on stage at the age of 10. He has worked with various theatres around San Diego including: The Old Globe, The La Jolla Playhouse/WOWfest, Cygnet Theatre, New Village Arts, Scripps Ranch Theatre, Oceanside Theatre Company, Blindspot Collective, Playwrights Project and others.

As an educator, Marc has directed, choreographed and worked as a teaching artist for San Diego Junior Theatre, Young Actors’ Theatre, Cygnet Theatre, Canyon Crest Academy and Helix Charter High School. He served as a teaching artist and choreographer for the New Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco. Marc is currently in his 5th year as choreographer for the award winning show choir program at Helix High as well as directing his 2nd main stage musical. He currently serves as the President of the Board of the Coronado Playhouse and is excited for the future of the playhouse as we enter our 80th season!

Erin is a San Diego–based actor, director, choreographer, and teaching artist with decades of experience in professional, community, and youth theatre. As an actor, she has performed with companies including Intrepid Theatre Company, Coronado Playhouse, and Moxie Theatre, with notable roles such as Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Viola, and Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Her work has been recognized by the San Diego Critics Circle and the National Youth Theatre Awards, and she is a finalist in the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition.

Erin is currently the Artistic Director of JCompany Youth Theatre and Vice President of the Board at Coronado Playhouse. A passionate arts educator, she has led theatre programs for students ages 5–18, mentored teaching artists, and developed initiatives like Shabbat Shakespeare. She is a graduate of the Coronado School of the Arts Musical Theatre Program.

Lenelle is a native San Diegan who grew up in La Mesa and now lives there with her husband and two daughters. She went to UC Davis where she studied Anthropology and played Division I collegiate water polo for her entire tenure. After college, she worked as an archaeologist before changing careers to become a science teacher and high school water polo/swim team coach. She has been coaching the water polo and swim teams since 2002 and teaching science since 2004 at her alma mater – Helix Charter High School! She was awarded the NFHS San Diego Section Coach of the Year in 2019 and was the National Biology Teacher Association’s selection for California’s Outstanding Biology Teacher Award (OBTA) in 2021. In May 2025, she completed her doctoral degree from San Diego State University in Science Educational Leadership.

In addition to her science and coaching career, Lenelle has a love of the arts and has found a home at the Coronado Playhouse both as an actor and as a board member since 2019. She has performed in four full length productions at Coronado Playhouse: Little Shop of Horrors (2017), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2019), Nunsense (2023) and Pippin (2025) and has served as a board liaison for four productions. In addition to her work at Coronado Playhouse she has also appeared in productions with other San Diego based theaters including San Diego Musical Theater (Sister Act), Onstage Playhouse (Carrie), and Patio Playhouse (Annie). She adores the Coronado playhouse and truly values the experience they provide for both patrons, actors and creatives.

Pam was born and raised in Imperial Beach. Her family moved to the area with the Navy. Pam attended Mar Vista High School where her love of the dramatic arts began. She was a charter member of Thespian Troop 3144. After attending college in Lubbock, Texas (BS in Accounting). Pam supported her husband in a long Navy career. Upon retiring from the Navy, the Everett’s returned to San Diego.

Professionally, Pam is an Accounting Trainer for a major funeral corporation, Service Corporation International. Pam began volunteering at the Coronado Community Theatre in 2007 when her daughter performed in her first show at CPH. She has assisted with Properties and Set Dressing for innumerable shows. Pam joined the Board of Directors in 2012 and served as the Board Treasurer since 2015. Pam also manages the Box Office and runs the Front of the House as House Manager.

Pam is passionate about supporting the Arts programs and continuing the legacy of the Coronado Community Theatre as the longest continually performing community theatre in San Diego County, having performed at least one show every season since 1946! CPH is a performance center enriching not only our many Coronado patrons and visitors to Coronado but also a well known center for all of the talented actors and technical crews around the county.

Stephanie is a former professional actor with an 18-year membership in Actors’ Equity Association and a two-decade career spanning regional theatre in Philadelphia, Off-Broadway productions in New York, independent film, and television. Notably, Stephanie was nominated in 2007 for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long-running daytime drama series Guiding Light. Having attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (Playwrights Horizons conservatory), Stephanie brings a deep appreciation for storytelling and the role of theatre in strengthening community.

After transitioning out of acting, Stephanie entered the world of entrepreneurship, including owning and operating a small business in San Diego, and has since built a career in B2B sales. She currently works in the health and wellness sector, and holds a Masters of Science in Integrative Clinical Nutrition.

A Coronado resident for over 10 years, Stephanie is raising her daughter here with her partner Willem, and is passionate about contributing to the cultural life of the island.

Cole is a musical theater sound designer and engineer. His credits range from community to professional, as well as helping in youth theatres such as Junior Theater. A San Diego native, Cole has been on the board of directors of Coronado Community Theatre Inc. for over two years. While there he has helped to redefine a high standard of sound in plays and musicals, big and small.

Before joining the world of tech, Cole started as an actor. He won Best Major Supporting Role for his portrayal of Squidward Tentacles in the Spongebob Squarepants Musical at Coronado Playhouse, and has also appeared onstage at Grossmont College and Helix Charter High School. When he is not in a theatre, he may be found in various music venues across San Diego playing bass and singing with friends.

A resident of Coronado for more than 15 years, Sheila joins the Coronado Community Theater’s Board of Directors deeply invested in the Coronado community and local arts and culture scene. Sheila brings valuable leadership experience from her previous service as a board member for the CoSA Foundation, supporting arts education in the community. She has also been a volunteer for both the Cultural Arts Commission and the Coronado Film Festival, further demonstrating her commitment to enriching Coronado’s vibrant cultural life.

Professionally, Sheila serves as Vice President & Legal Counsel for Qualcomm Incorporated, where her expertise as an attorney provides a strong business perspective and strategic insight to the Board. Her combination of community engagement and professional acumen makes her a valuable asset to the Coronado Community Theater.

Linda graduated from Coronado High School in 1967 and then attended UCLA, where she received a secondary teaching credential with a major in English and a minor in Theatre.

After a few years of teaching in Maryland, Texas, and the San Fernando Valley, Linda returned to Coronado and was hired by Coronado High School in 1980. Linda substituted for two years while completing a library credential then ran the high school library for twelve years before returning to the classroom full time.

Linda has taught middle school and high school English, middle school drama, high school theatre classes, and was one of the co-founders of the Coronado School of the Arts, where she taught several theatre classes from 1996 until retirement in 2010.

Community theatre and educational theatre have been a passion of hers since she first began performing as a young person. Linda performed in many productions at the “old” Coronado Playhouse, taught children’s theatre there, and served on the Board of Directors.

A Philadelphia native, Lu is an award-winning production designer and theater artist whose work bridges design, performance, and education. They are a member of the Old Globe’s Arts Engagement team and have served as a grant writer for the University of Pennsylvania and UC San Diego. Their practice includes directing, production, scenic, prop, and puppet design, carpentry, technical theater, and teaching.

Jared brings over 17 years of technical theatre and lighting design experience to the Coronado Playhouse Board of Directors. Originally from Maine, his passion for production began in high school and followed him to San Diego, where he was stationed with the United States Marine Corps. Since 2017, Jared has been a fixture in the local arts scene, with design and production credits at Diversionary Theatre, Compulsion Dance & Theatre, and numerous other venues across the county. As a member of the CPH Tech Committee, Jared plays a key role in maintaining the theatre’s equipment and inventory, ensuring that every production has the lighting and sound infrastructure needed to succeed. Professionally, he works as an IT Consultant, applying the same strategic problem-solving mindset to corporate systems that he brings to the stage. In his off-hours, Jared focuses on expanding his craft into live electronic music lighting design and enjoys surfing, rollerblading, and exploring the outdoors.

Steven grew up in Long Beach and studied chemistry and marine biology at Stanford University. He is now retired from a career teaching chemistry and other science classes in San Diego County at Chula Vista and Sweetwater High Schools.

As a teenager he became interested in Shakespeare’s plays, and that interest led him to get involved with theater companies after graduation from college, first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in San Diego County. He has been acting in plays, singing in choral groups, and volunteering with theaters for decades. He is the current president of The San Diego Shakespeare Society. For ten years he was a supernumerary in San Diego Opera productions.

Steven joined the CPH board in 2022. Since 2010 he has appeared in more than 24 play productions at Coronado Playhouse, in addition to concerts, cabarets, and other events. He has performed locally at many other theaters, including the Lamplighters, OnStage, Ocean Beach Playhouse, Vanguard, and Poway PAC community theaters; New Village Arts, Poor Players, Diversionary, Lyric Opera San Diego, 6th@ Penn, Octad-One, Bodhi Tree Concerts, Teatro Máscara Mágica, La Jolla Theatre Ensemble, and others. Theaters elsewhere include Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, ARTE, The Bureau of Western Mythology, Oakland Ensemble Theatre, Theatre of Yugen; and the Berkeley, Flagstaff, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals.

Blake is an artist and educator, whose work is “broadening the definition of theater” (New York Times) as he “pushes boundaries – both artistic and personal – and takes theater one step further in the process” (Time Out New York). His work has been developed or commissioned by organizations that include La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Cygnet Theatre, New Village Arts, California Center for the Arts, New York Theatre Barn, UC San Diego and New York University.

As an educator, Blake has designed educational programming for The New Victory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, New York University, New Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Tribeca Film Festival, and countless schools. He is the founder and Executive Artistic Director of Blindspot Collective, an award-winning theater company in San Diego. Previously, Blake was the Director of Education & Outreach for the San Diego Film Festival and held multiple positions in New York City. Blake is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts, and the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, both at New York University.

Sue Allen Villalva is a dance and cinema professional. Born and raised in Mexico City, Sue’s passion for dancing ignited at a young age. In her twenties, after years of honing her Jazz skills and performing with Ballet Kilauea, Sue discovered a new passion that would change her life forever: cinema. She graduated from Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City with a degree in Film and TV Production. Now with over 25 years of experience in the film industry, Sue has worked on various projects, including “The Mexican,” “Vantage Point”, The Matador,” “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” “Nacho Libre,” “Little Boy,” “Fast and Furious,” “Everything, Everything,” “Hands of Stone”, and most recently, “The Lost City”.

In addition to her passion for cinema, Sue is also a dedicated mother and wife. She and her husband, Ricardo Del Rio, residents of Coronado, founded Art in Motion International, an organization that supports artists and creatives. Sue’s passion for dance and cinema has led her to combine her passions and teach dance and Zumba classes in Coronado and the San Diego area. She is part of the L.A. Fitness San Diego team and has a streaming channel where she shares her love of dance, Zumba Fitness, and Energy Flow classes. She’s been featured at Univision’s “Despierta San Diego” morning show in fitness and dance clips.

Sue joined the Coronado Island Film Festival family in 2018 and has been a juror and part of the Latino Committee for seven years. For years, Sue and her friends and students have been performing at the Coronado Summer concerts in the park.

Sue is grateful to the CIFF, Coronado Community Theatre, and the city of Coronado for always supporting her art.