Cast Bios:

FIONA BYRNE (Sister Mary Cardelia/Understudy) is thrilled to be performing on the Coronado Playhouse stage for the first time! She will be beginning her senior year at Northwestern University this fall, where she has been in shows like Selkie: Between Land and Sea and Theory of Relativity. Selected youth theatre credits: Twelfth Night and Tuck Everlasting at San Diego Junior Theatre, 1776 at JCompany Youth Theatre.

AMELIA CAMPBELL (Sister Mary Amnesia) is excited to return to the Coronado Playhouse stage after appearing in Company earlier this season! Other credits include Salty Water (Blindspot Collective/La Jolla Playhouse), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hairspray, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Nathan Hale High School).

AMY OLIVERIO (Reverend Mother) is BEYOND excited to be wearing a habit as your Reverend Mother! Musical Theater has been her main focus since the 3rd grade and she can’t be more grateful to be sharing her passion for performing with all of you! Some of her past credits include Salty Water (puppeteer/mover), Christmas Time is Here” (Rachel/Beatz Model A), “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (Snappy the Elf), “Vanities” (Joanne), “Lucky Stiff” (Rita La Porta), and “James and the Giant Peach” (Ensemble). As her love for performing is ever growing and flowing, Amy is currently in the process of applying to Grad School to pursue her MFA in Acting! Amy is incredibly honored to be apart of her first full production at the Playhouse and would like to thank her family, friends, and past educators for ALWAYS supporting her! She would, also, like to thank Angie, Nina, Luis, Erin, and the rest of the Coronado Playhouse team for presenting her with this amazing opportunity! Enjoy the Nunsense!

JANA RUSSICK (Sister Mary Leo) is blessed beyond belief to be playing a dancing nun in her third show at Coronado Playhouse. She has previously performed on the CPH stage as Gary in The SpongeBob Musical, in The Full Monty and Evil Dead at 10th Avenue Theatre, and in the Pirate-themed show Boarded! at The Maritime Museum in Downtown San Diego. Aside from theatre, Jana’s other great love is fashion, and she has recently started working in the costume department at Palomar College Theatre. This sister hopes you have lots of fun with the nuns!

DENAE STEELE (Sister Robert Anne) has played Vicki in The Full Monty (10th Ave Arts Center), Back of The Throat (ion Theatre), Gillian in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (OnStage Playhouse), Georgie in Heisenberg, Isabel/Sabine in The Liar, Lala The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Scripps Ranch Theatre), Gail Escape From Happiness (Fritz Theatre); non-San Diego credits: Linda Blood Brothers, Mary Warren The Crucible, Shelby Steel Magnolias, Chick Crimes of the Heart, Roz Moon Over Buffalo.

LENELLE WYLIE (Sister Mary Hubert) is thrilled to return to the playhouse for this zany show! Credits include: u/s Mother Superior/Nun in Sister Act (SDMT), Miss Hannigan in Annie (Patio), Miss Gardner in Carrie (OnStage) and Mrs. Potiphar/Levi in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (CPH). As a teacher and coach she is excited to share this stage with these talented ladies. Much love to James, Lendia, Lillian and the rest of her family!

Production Bios:

EVANGELINE “ANGIE” BITSKO (Director) is the Producing Artistic Director of DelArte Theatre Company and returns to the Coronado Playhouse after previously appearing as Madge in Picnic and Jennet Jourdemayne in The Lady’s Not For Burning. Performance credits include: The Merchant of Venice, The Winter’s Tale, You Never Can Tell (Old Globe Theatre); Latins Anonymous (San Diego Repertory); Macbeth, Love’s Labor’s Lost (McCallum Theatre); Monday Mourning (Immaculata Pictures, Inc.). Over 70 directorial credits including: Newsies, King Lear, Barefoot In The Park, The Crucible, Addams Family the Musical, Twelfth Night, Shrek, and Fiddler On The Roof. Bitsko has a masters degree in English and Comparative Literature with an emphasis in British Literature, is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts and the Old Globe Theatre/University of San Diego Master of Fine Arts program.

NINA GILBERT (Music Director) has a background ranging from Kenya (Peace Corps), where she directed her students in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown​ and translated Schubert’s Mass in G into Swahili, to Carnegie Hall (Associate Conductor, NY Choral Society). In San Diego since 2016, Nina has music-directed Avenue Q​ and Singin’ in the Rain (New Village Arts), Cinderella (Center Stage Productions), The Fantasticks (Point Loma), Always… Patsy Cline (D&P, Point Loma), and Dogfight, Matilda, SpongeBob, and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (CPH). Nina has offered NPR music commentaries and lectured on the history and science of chocolate. She serves as music director for the Congregational Church of La Jolla.

MEGAN GEIER (Choreographer) is excited to see her work on the Coronado Playhouse stage for the first time. She is a choreographer and actor, and has had the pleasure of working with director Angie Bitsko for the last several years. Some of her recent choreography credits include Newsies, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, and (currently) the The Pirates of Penzance. She is grateful to continue choreographing shows of all kinds while simultaneously acting in various film productions. She wants to thank the cast and crew for allowing her to help put on this incredible show!