The Playwright, Production Crew, and Playhouse Staff
Group photo by Doug Musolf
Director
 Bob Christiansen
Asst Director
 Daniel Zisko
Producer & Stage Manager
 Fran Palmer
Set Design
 Rosemary King
Set Contstruction
 Rosemary King, Dale Goodman
Bette Le Vine, Martin White
Terrence Tenley, Jane Russell
Sharon Bowen, Bob Christiansen
Tinkerbell
Sound Design
 Michael Shapiro
Lighting Design
 Daniel Zisko
Costumers
 Cornell Ellison
Carolyn Wheat Koenig
Photographer
 Tony Eisenhower
Additional Photographer
 Teena Correia
Tech Operation
 Dale Goodman
Set Construction
 Terrance Tenley
Backstage Asst.
Bette LeVine
Ken Ludwig (Playwright) was born in 1950 in York, PA, and was educated at Haverford College, Harvard Law School, and Trinity College, Cambridge University. His plays include: Divine Fire, Joy In Mudville, Post Mortem, Sullivan & Gilbert, and Moon Over Buffalo. Lend Me A Tenor was produced in London by Andrew Lloyd Weber's Really Useful Co., and was nominated for the Olivier Award. It opened on Broadway in March 1989 and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Play. In addition to winning two Tonys, it won four Drama Desk Awards and three Outer Critics Circle Awards and has been produced throughout the world in eight languages. Mr. Ludwig is married, and lives in Washington, D.C., where he divides his time between writing and practicing law with the firm of Steptoe & Johnson.
Production Crew
Bob Christiansen (Director). This is Bob's second directorial stint at Coronado Playhouse, after directing Biloxi Blues last year. Other shows he has directed in San Diego County are Barefoot in the Park at OnStage Playhouse and Odd Couple (Female Version) at Clairemont Community Players. Bob is also an actor, having appeared here in Catch Me If You Can, Solid Gold Cadillac, and most recently as the henpecked Baron Hardupp in Cinderella. In addition, he has appeared at OnStage Playhouse, Christian Community Theatre, Lamplighters, and Clairemont Community Players. He has also produced many plays at OnStage Playhouse, where he is on the Board of Directors.

Director's Notes - As someone who has studied humor all his life, I appreciate it when I find a really funny play. As someone who has attempted to write a play, I appreciate a well-constructed script. As an actor and director, I appreciate it when a playwright incorporates larger than life characters who interact in a natural, yet entertaining manner. My hats are off to Ken Ludwig, who has managed to accomplish all these things in Lend Me a Tenor. No wonder this play won a Tony when it was on Broadway in 1989. As we laugh at the non-stop zaniness of this delicious farce, we are really laughing at ourselves and the foolish things we often do in life. Yes, we humans do some really silly things sometimes, but all in all we are a loveable lot, just like the characters in Lend Me a Tenor. We had so much fun putting this play together--now it’s your turn. Have a good laugh. You deserve it!
Daniel Zisko (Asst. Director/Lighting Designer). While this is Daniel’s first show at Coronado Playhouse, he is no stranger to theatre. Including his dual role as Assistant Director and Light Designer for this production, he recently designed the lights for, Star Spangled Girl (PowPAC), The Colors of Christmas (San Diego MCC), and The Comet of St. Loomis (Onstage Playhouse). Prior to that he has acted as dramaturge for Lion in Winter (La Jolla Stage Company), and was seen in The Rocky Horror Show (Phantom), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), and Our Town (George Gibbs).
Fran Palmer (Producer), 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 served as the production manager for Teatro Mascara Magica's The Gospel at Colonus at St. Paul's Cathedral in 2001and produced La Jolla DNA in 2000. At Coronado Playhouse 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, and Hamlet. Fran received the SDPAL Star Award in 1999 for her volunteer work at Coronado Playhouse. Fran says, "It will be a sad day for all of Coronado when we lose this Playhouse."

Miquette R. Nemer, M.A. (Asst. Stage Manager), has been a part of Coronado since 1971 and became a permanent resident in January of 2002. She has been involved in the performing arts since childhood with piano recitals and ballet performances. She became more closely involved with theatre arts in high school and community college, both on stage and behind the scenes doing production assistance like set dressing, costumes, make-up, etc. Now a member of the Coronado Playhouse Board of Directors, she is looking forward to enjoying and contributing to many more of these hands-on opportunities

Michael Shapiro (Sound Designer). Michael, a retired Electrical Engineer, has had a life-long passion for theater and has designed sound for more than 100 productions in San Diego County, working from his home studio. Michael has designed for several other Coronado Playhouse shows.

Mary Anderson (Publicity) A drama major from the University of Minnesota, Mary has worked in all aspects of theatre for 35 years. She helped co-found the Free Outdoor Shakespeare Festival at CPH with her professional actor/director husband Keith. She works full-time as the librarian at Bonita Vista High & part-time as a library substitute at SDPL. A CPH Board Member, Mary has won numerous costuming & production awards.

Tony Eisenhower (Photographer). Tony has photographed the casts for most community theaters in San Diego, including work on Biloxi Blues at Coronado Playhouse last year. Tony is also an actor, having appeared at North Coast Rep, Poway Performing Arts Company, and OnStage Playhouse, among others. Most recently he was seen as the Captain in Anything Goes, a Limon Carr production at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts.

Teena Correia (Additional Photography) Just about every production in the past four years at the Playhouse has been mounted with the tender, loving care of this gentle, hard-working lady. Talented beyond belief, she fashioned the dozen exquisite ball masks for last summer's staging of Much Ado About Nothing and won best costume design with her husband Marcus for their work on Biloxi Blues. Every show, happy casts go away with her photos.

Cornell Ellison (Costumes) does tech work, performs, and directs at many theatres, primarily Coronado Playhouse and OnStage. She directed an Evening With Gershwin at Coronado Playhouse in 2000 and Bah Humbug at OnStage in 2001. A singer/choreographer, Cornell also enjoys costuming. Cornell and her husband Mike often do theatre together.

Dale Goodman (Light/Sound Operator) is the VP of Operations for San Diego Valet and Parking Service. He has been an active theatre technician since 1990. Dale’s credits include: extra work in local motion pictures, Fly Master for Kiss Them & Wish Them Goodbye, Assistant Stage Manager for Tea, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1998, Lights & Sound for Corpse, Lights & Set Design for The Mousetrap, MND, The Tempest, & Technical Direction for I Hate Hamlet for which he won an Aubrey in 1998. Dale has also volunteered at the Hahn, Sweetooth, & the Casa del Prado.

Rosemary King (Set Designer & Set Construction) Rosemary started painting scenery for On Stage Playhouse in 1978 for the production of All the Way Home. She has participated in the painting, construction, designing of sets for Scripps Ranch Community Theatre, Clairemont Players, OnStage, Poway & Coronado Playhouse for dozens of plays. Rosemary says… “This is a work of love and I will continue to do what I can for as long as I can.”

Bette LeVine (Backstage Assistant). Bette, a beautician in real life, has filled many tech positions at the theatre including: fog machine operator, lights and sound, and numerous other technical jobs that make her indispensable. She won the first ever Special Effects Playhouse award in 2000 for her eerie fog in Hamlet.

Carolyn Wheat Koenig (Costumes) Carolyn made her theatrical debut as Miss Casewell in CPH’s The Mousetrap. Since then, Carolyn has appeared in many shows here and at several other theatres.; she was most recently seen as Midge in The Hollow. She has also earned credits in two independent films and helped costume CPH’s Hamlet in which she played Ophelia. She wishes to thank her husband, Scott, for his continuing love and support.

Suzanne Sebenaler (Set Dressing) Suzanne developed a love for theatre while in high school. Favorite roles were in The Importance of Being Earnest, Shotgun Wedding, and Catherine in Wuthering Heights. The acting torch has since been passed to daughter, Hannah, while Suzanne have turned to dressing sets here at the Coronado Playhouse for over a dozen shows.

Martin M. White (Set Construction) Indigenous to San Diego's Community Theaters, this bird can be found changing his feathers to suit Shakespearean roles as well as clowns, cops, kings and a queen. Musical roles include Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the Roof, Spettigue in Charley's Aunt & featured singing roles in Camelot. Shakespearean roles include Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Claudius in Hamlet, Pistol in Henry V, Clarence in Richard III. His love for theater is surpassed only by his love for his wife. "To Claire, who carries my lantern with grace and love."

Terrance Tenley (Set Construction) Terry, a Navy Chief Petty Officer at North Island, often wondered what was going on at the Playhouse when he drove by. He stopped in one night and became an actor in last season’s British Panto, Cinderella for which he also helped build the set.
Crew Photos by Tony Eisenhower
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