Production Staff

Keith A. Anderson (Director) has been employed in professional theatre as an actor, director, & producer for over thirty-five years. This is his tenth production at the Playhouse; others include: The Mousetrap (twice), The Hollow, 1997 & 1998- A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Hamlet, I Hate Hamlet, & Social Security (he received the Playhouse Best Direction award & an Aubrey nomination for the latter three). He was Artistic Director of the Southwest Ensemble Theater in Phoenix, a professional, resident theatre for three & a half years. For seven & a half years, he was Drama Director for the City of Phoenix. While working in Los Angeles, he was Associate Director & board member of Hollywood Actor's Theatre & was involved with TV & film. He received his M.A. in theatre from Cal State LA. Of his many productions, the most notable was his direction of the World Premiere in 1973 of William Inge's The Last Pad which starred then unknown actor Nick Nolte & won nominations from the LA Drama Critics' Circle. While serving as Drama Director for the City of Phoenix, Anderson started the Phoenix Free Shakespeare Festival, supervised over 80 citywide drama classes, & sponsored a New Playwright's Festival. His book, An Essay on the Meaning of Hamlet: A Director's Approach was published in 1979. An updated version with his adapted acting script is due to be published later this year.

Mary Anderson (Producer/Assistant Director) earned her BA in speech, English & drama at the University of Minnesota, her MA at SDSU in Educational Curriculum & has taught for 27 years. Both an actress & technician, Mary has also worked in all aspects of theatre, co-producing numerous professional productions with the actor/director husband, Keith. She has worked at Santa Barbara Repertory Company as a costume designer & has taught theatre classes at Grossmont & Santa Barbara City College. She currently works full-time as the library media teacher at Bonita Vista High, serves as a Mentor Teacher for technology, & works part-time as a library substitute at the Central division of San Diego Public Library. A Playhouse Board Member, this is her tenth production at the Playhouse; she won Best Costume Design for 1998 A Midsummer Night's Dream & Hamlet at the Playhouse & received an Aubrey nomination for costume design for The Tempest & Hamlet.

Marcus & Teena Correia (Assistant Stage Managers) are Imperial Beach residents who started working backstage at the Coronado Playhouse in 1997 for The Tempest. They shared stage managing duties for The Uninvited, Rumors, & Murder at the Vicarage. Marcus, who retired from the U.S. Naval Air Force in 1992, made his acting debut last February in Murder at the Vicarage and since then has performed in M*A*S*H and The Gospel at Colonus. Teena contributes valuable technical help backstage.

Andre Duane Doucette (set crew) started his acting career at Kellogg Elementary School with his first director Bonnie Johnson. He has appeared in The Giving Tree, The Wolf Dance, The Nightingale, Angels Among Us, Pump Boys and Dinettes, & M*A*S*H. He would like to thank his voice and acting coach Leigh Scarritt and his mom for all their support & Bonnie Johnston for starting him off.

Dale Hudson (stage manager/servant) This is Dale's third show with the Coronado Playhouse--all three productions with Keith and Mary Anderson. Dale first became involved with the CPH as house manager for Mousetrap. Last summer he was stage manager for Hamlet. This summer he is involved again as stage manager, and getting "stage time" as one of the servants and the assistant to the tailor. Dale works at Point Loma Nazarene University in the Admissions Office.

Sharon Boskovich (servant/stage manager), a graduate of SDSU with an M.A. in speech pathology. She is pleased to be making her San Diego theatre debut at the Coronado Playhouse. She took an acting class last spring and decided to try the real thing.

Fran Palmer (Production Stage Manager), a Coronado resident, is a board member of the Playhouse, producer for numerous shows for the Murder Mystery Players production company and a real estate agent in Coronado. She recently served as the production manager for Teatro Mascara Magica's The Gospel at Colonus at St. Paul's Cathedral and produced La Jolla DNA in 2000. At CPH she worked on Kiss and Wish Them Goodbye, co-directed Mister Roberts, and served as production stage manager for Social Security, both productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, & Hamlet.

Thom Jason Waldman (scenic designer) recently appeared in M*A*S*H as Father Mucahy and in Angels Among Us as Carmichael. He has designed sets for Angels Among Us, Murder at the Vicarage, Pumpboys & Dinettes, and M*A*S*H at CPH and has worked throughout the San Diego area at numerous other theatres.

David Waldman (sound/lighting designer) has designed sound and lights for Rumors, Angels Among Us, Murder at the Vicarage, Pumpboy & Dinettes, and M*A*S*H at CPH and has performed his technical magic for many other area theatres over the years.

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