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The works are presented by\u00a0Trial Run Productions.\u00a0Producers:\u00a0Brooke deRosa, Jim Dooley, Josia Elliott, Giorgia Renosto, Liza Barskaya, David P. Johnson, Kelsey Johnson.\u00a0Technical Director and Lighting Designer:\u00a0Patrick K Compton;\u00a0Costume Designer:\u00a0Marianne Parker;\u00a0Stage Manager:\u00a0Mara Aguilar;\u00a0Assistant Stage Manager:\u00a0Ben Cole;\u00a0Public Relations:\u00a0Paul Siebold\/Off Off PR.<\/p>\n
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Trial Run Productions\u00a0is an independent production company founded by composer and creator Brooke deRosa. Dedicated to developing original musicals that blend comedy, heart, and unexpected worlds, Trial Run Productions champions bold new voices and genre-crossing stories. With roots in classical music, opera, and musical theater, the company\u2019s mission is to spark joy, provoke thought, and celebrate the power of performance to bring people together.<\/p>\n
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Brooke deRosa\u00a0(book, music, lyricist, director, Hope & D.O.T-e) is a Los Angeles-based composer, vocalist, conductor and creator whose work lives at the crossroads of musical theatre, opera, and film. She composed\u00a0The Yellow Wallpaper, which premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2025, and\u00a0Alice in Wonderland, which debuted at the 1,300-seat Wilshire Ebell Theatre and is currently being developed for Broadway. Her musical comedy\u00a0Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon\u00a0earned multiple top honors at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, while her sci-fi musical\u00a0Does Not Compute\u00a0was commissioned in Canada and premiered in Los Angeles. Brooke has conducted for network TV (Scandal,\u00a0Luke Cage,\u00a0Queens) and scored the global #1 Netflix film\u00a0The Merry Gentlemen. She is the founder of Trial Run Productions, where storytelling always gets a second act.<\/p>\n
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Liza Barskaya\u00a0(director, choreographer) is a Los Angeles\u2013based stage director and choreographer, and dancer. She trained in Southern California and attended summer programs with American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, and Ballet Austin before joining Ballet Austin\u2019s Professional Division as a trainee in 2010. She later spent several years living and performing in New York City before returning to Los Angeles. As a performer, she has worked with companies including Benita Bike\u2019s DanceArt, American Swiss Ballet, Dances Patrelle, and Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers. Her background in dance strongly informs her work in opera and theater, shaping movement, storytelling, and visual rhythm on stage. She currently serves as Resident Stage Director and Choreographer of the Independent Opera Company in Los Angeles. This marks her second collaboration with Trial Run Productions, where she previously choreographed and co-directed Alice in Wonderland.<\/p>\n
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Kelsey Johnson\u00a0(lyricist for\u00a0Does Not Compute,\u00a0PIX-e) has been involved with music and performing since childhood. While in High School in San Francisco, she performed with Pocket Opera and The Lamplighters Music Theatre. Since graduating from Princeton University, Kelsey has performed with numerous opera and musical theatre companies and has also produced, directed, and written librettos and music for a variety of projects. She spends her time off-stage as an Asset Management Director at NYC Housing Development Corporation, which works to fund affordable housing throughout New York\u2019s five boroughs. Kelsey currently resides in Manhattan with her husband David, their two dogs, and one cat.<\/p>\n
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Judy Louise Johnson\u00a0(director for\u00a0Does Not Compute)\u00a0began her directing journey in 2016 as a teaching artist at\u00a0LA Opera, as the movement and acting coach and assistant director for\u00a0LA Opera Connects. Judy now, directs for the,\u00a0Heart of Heart Theatre Co., the\u00a0Temporal Refugee Foundation Theatre Company\u00a0and she is a Resident Stage Director at\u00a0The Wilshire Ebell Theatre of Los Angeles. Judy is the originating director of the first two installments of\u00a0The Living HerStory Student Matinee Series, at the Ebell,\u00a0The Everywhere of Her\u00a0and\u00a0We Can Do It.\u00a0Does Not Compute,\u00a0is Judy\u2019s directorial debut of an off-broadway show!!<\/p>\n
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Spencer Allen\u00a0(Gabe) is an award-winning Greek-American actor and director. He is a graduate of iO West, Second City Hollywood, UCB, and ComedySportz LA. Recent credits include: \u201cHacks\u201d (HBO Max),\u00a0\u201cThe Infinite Husk\u201d\u00a0(AppleTV+),\u00a0\u201cLate Night with Chucky\u201d\u00a0(Universal),\u00a0Blow the Man Down: A Sea Shanty Concert, and\u00a0Let’s Write a Musical!. He is also a board-certified music therapist and a tour guide on the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. He has an MFA in Film Production from Florida State University. He is the commissioner of some Fantasy Football leagues and hosts a theme park podcast called Theoretical Thrills. (IG\/TikTok: @spencer101f)<\/p>\n
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Christopher Anderson\u2013West\u00a0(Floyd) studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he majored in Voice and studied Composition with Eleanor Armer. Christopher has performed with the Los Angeles Opera as a member of the Chorus as well as performing operatic roles and recitals in Europe, China and around the United States. Favorite roles performed to date are:\u00a0Hoffmann\u00a0in Offenbach\u2019s \u201cLes Contes d\u2019Hoffmann,\u201d\u00a0Tamino\u00a0in Mozart\u2019s \u201cDie Zauberfl\u00f6te,\u201d\u00a0Pinkerton\u00a0in Puccini\u2019s \u201cMadama Butterfly,\u201d\u00a0Don Jose\u00a0in Bizet\u2019s \u201cCarmen,\u201d\u00a0Mario Cavaradossi\u00a0in Puccini\u2019s tragedy \u201cTosca,\u201d\u00a0Rodolfo\u00a0\u00a0in Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa Boheme,\u201d\u00a0Nemorino\u00a0in Donizetti\u2019s \u201cL\u2019elisir d\u2019amore,\u201d\u00a0Il Duca di Mantova,\u00a0from Verdi\u2019s \u201cRigoletto\u201d at the Tuscia Opera Festival in Italy,\u00a0Ferrando\u00a0in Mozart\u2019s \u201cCosi fan tutte\u201d for the Narni Music Festival in Italy and\u00a0Tsar Berendey\u00a0in the American debut of Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s \u201cSnegurochka,\u201d at Harvard University in Boston.<\/p>\n
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Patrick K Compton\u00a0(Hank, technical director, lighting & scenic designer) is a native of Frankfort, KY, where he performed as (The Phantom) and (Beetlejuice) for the 2023 Best of Broadway Showcase \u2013 FUMC Frankfort. Patrick has performed at Carnegie Hall (Tenor I) for the 2017 DCINY Dreamweaver Concert, and as (King George III) Hamilton, and (Gleb) Anastasia for other Broadway Showcases. He was Production Assistant to Brooke deRosa for the 2025 world premiere of\u00a0The Yellow Wall Paper\u00a0at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Compton is a Lighting Designer, Sound Engineer, Technical Director, designing for many schools, theatres, churches, concerts, and special events. He\u2019s a graduate of Murray State University, B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology. He served as a crew member with The MSU Department of Theatre. Follow him on YouTube: Patrick K Compton Instagram: @pkcompton<\/p>\n
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Skylar Gaines\u00a0(Abe, BYTE) is an LA based actor, author, and proud owner of 5 ukuleles. While not traversing the Great White Way, Skylar can be found performing in regional theatres, producing, writing, and directing original theatre in LA, or, more often than not, espousing the values of their debut novel\u00a0Spellweaver. If you\u2019d like to follow them on IG @SkylarCardigan or contact them via their website SkylarGaines.com, that\u2019d be super special.<\/p>\n
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Brooke Iva Lohman\u00a0(Lucille) “Hailed as witty, adorable, and one to watch, soprano Brooke Iva Lohman is gaining recognition for her clear, high range and compelling character portrayals. Recent roles include Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Gilda (Rigoletto), and Queen of the Night (Die Zauberfl\u00f6te). She has performed with LA Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Pacific Opera Project, and other companies across California. Most recently, she sang the soprano solo in Orff\u2019s\u00a0Carmina Burana\u00a0and was featured as the soprano soloist in the world premiere of\u00a0The Turning Point\u00a0by composer Sherry Blevins. Brooke lives in Altadena, California, with her husband and three cats.”<\/p>\n
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Jessie Massoudi\u00a0(Janine) is a Persian-American performer making her Off-Broadway debut in the role she originated at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (2019, 2023). Praised for her \u201cyoung, quirky Elizabeth McGovern quality,\u201d she brings sharp comedic timing and delightfully offbeat charm to every stage. Her credits span musical theater, operetta, and opera, including Musetta (La Boh\u00e8me), Gertrude McFuzz (Seussical), Jan (Grease), and Grittly in the West Coast premiere of Offenbach\u2019s\u00a0Le 66. Offstage, Jessie creates delightfully unhinged content for her popular \u201ctalking button cat,\u201d Roscoe Squeaks.<\/p>\n
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Jonathan\u00a0Matthews\u00a0(Chance, Frank) returns to the roles of Chance and Frank. Jonathan sings with Opera Santa Barbara Chorus, Arete Vocal Ensemble, and New West Symphony Chorus. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Utah and a Master of Music from Indiana University. Performed roles include Romeo, Ruggiero, Faust, Don Jos\u00e9, and Tamino.\u00a0As a studio singer and voice-over actor, he has recorded hundreds of songs, commercials, films, video games, and audiobooks.<\/p>\n
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Phil Meyer\u00a0(Sheriff Sunday, J.E.E.V.Z.) is hailed by some (his mom, mostly) for a singing voice that is \u201cnot half bad,\u201d Phil\u2019s opera repertory consists of Old Guys, Bad Guys and Funny Guys (and, in Brooke DeRosa\u2019s recent Alice in Wonderland, a spate of non-humans). Phil has sung major roles in many California companies, including Pacific Opera Project, Lyric Opera of Orange County, Opera Modesto, VOPA, Repertory Opera Company, Mission Opera, Independent Opera Company and the Mendocino Music Festival. Concert appearances include soloist in the Verdi, Mozart, and Faure\u00a0Requiems,\u00a0as well as Handel\u2019s\u00a0Messiah.\u00a0Phil most recently played Ea, God of Wisdom, in the world premiere of Diana Farrell and Derrick Skye\u2019s Gilgamesh, the Opera at the Cerritos Center for the Arts in California.<\/p>\n
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Nandani Sinha\u00a0(Netty, Jane)\u00a0is an American mezzo-soprano, educator, and arts advocate whose work bridges performance, education, and social impact. An\u00a0International Liszt Competition Winner, Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist, and\u00a0Opera Buff Competition Award Winner, she has performed with companies including the\u00a0South African National Opera, LA Opera, New York City Opera, Krefeld Opera, Op\u00e9ra-Comique (Paris), D\u00fcsseldorf Opera, Dublin Opera, Botswana National Opera, and the\u00a0No. 1 Ladies\u2019 Opera Festival, among others. She has also appeared at venues such as the\u00a0Pasadena Playhouse and\u00a0Walt Disney Concert Hall. Sinha founded\u00a0Music Heals Minds, advancing music\u2019s role in dementia care. For more information\u00a0www.mezzonani.com<\/a><\/p>\n
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Annalise Staudt\u00a0(Francine) is a Los Angeles\u2013based actor, singer, and visual artist with an MFA in Acting from UCLA and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Redlands. Recent credits include Micaela in\u00a0Carmen, Penny in\u00a0Hairspray, Despina in\u00a0Cos\u00ec fan tutte,\u00a0an original one-woman wrestling show\u00a0Wrestling with Tomorrow, and Anne Bonny in the new musical\u00a0The Great Age of Sail.\u00a0By day, she is a Warner Bros. Studio Tour guide, where she tells stories for a living and cannot confirm or deny anything. She is also a visual artist and illustrator, and a mother to her son, Jameson, who remains her most discerning critic.<\/p>\n
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Mark Angelo Thurner\u00a0(Wyatt) is a half-Cypriot actor, director, and singer born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He has a BS in theatre from Skidmore College and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre abroad. Lately he studies at the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles. He and his co-star recently won Best Actor Duo for their performances in the short film \u201cThe Self Starter\u201d (2024). Last summer he played a lead in\u00a0Pure Woman,\u00a0a new play performed at Hollywood Fringe which got brought back for a second run at ‘Beyond Fringe.’<\/p>\n
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Natalie Vatcher\u00a0(Annabelle, swing) – Favorite credits include Queen of the Night in\u00a0Magic Flute\u00a0(MassOpera, HPAF), Alice in Brooke deRosa\u2019s premiere of\u00a0Alice in Wonderland\u00a0(Trial Run Productions), Mabel in\u00a0Pirates of Penzance, Casilda in\u00a0Gondoliers\u00a0and\u00a0Patience\u00a0(VCGSRC), Little Red in\u00a0Little Red Riding Hood\u00a0(Guild Opera), Clara in\u00a0The Light in the Piazza\u00a0(Eastman Theatre), Morgana in\u00a0Alcina,\u00a0and\u00a0Cendrillon\u00a0(Longy Opera). Additional companies: Boston Baroque Chorus, Boston Opera Collaborative, and Pacific Opera Project. Alumna of Eastman School of Music (BM) and Longy School of Music of Bard College (MM).<\/p>\n
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New York, N.Y. (April 1, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Trial Run Productions\u00a0rides into New York City with a double bill of wild West hijinks and sci\u2011fi heart: the award\u2011winning musical comedy\u00a0Gunfight at the Not\u2011So\u2011OK Saloon\u00a0and the near\u2011future musical comedy\u00a0Does Not Compute.\u00a0Together, the two modern musicals mash up Gilbert & Sullivan\u2011style wit, classic musical\u2011theater melody, and contemporary questions about love, ego, and artificial intelligence. Four performances only will be staged May 15\u201317, 2026 at the John Cullum Theatre at The American Theater of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York City 10019. Suitable for audiences 12+.<\/p>\n