Victoria Lavan is an accomplished singer, actor, award-winning director, and teacher. Her performance career spans 30 years and includes opera, symphony, concert, music theatre, cabaret, and theatre credits. Directing credits at Theatre West include Love, Actually, Winter Wishes, the award-winning So Many Stars, and The Age of Aquarius 1967–1972. Her solo show, Dance Me to the End of Love: My Love Affair with Music, was performed at Theatre West in April 2024. Victoria is an Estill Master Trainer and Director of Vocal Health at AMDA College of the Performing Arts, and she proudly serves Theatre West as moderator for the Betty Garrett Musical Theatre Workshop.

John A. Goux is a ninth-generation Southern Californian but spent most of his growing-up years in Seattle, Washington. After earning a master’s degree in music and media, he began his career as a professional musician and full professor of music at Seattle Pacific University, where he performed and taught music and mathematics for 39 years. John is a published writer for the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. California Soul: A Descendant’s Story, his debut novel, is historical fiction based on his own family history. John Goux is a direct descendant of 10 of the 44 settlers who founded Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A staged reading of scenes from California Soul was produced at Theatre West in October 2024. In September, John co-created and served as music supervisor for the sold-out musical event The Age of Aquarius 1967–1972.

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Scottie Nevil recently returned from New York City, making her Off-Broadway debut in Sally Spectre: The Musical. After graduating from UCLA, she performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Concert Hall and trained in cabaret performance under Lainie Kazan. Scottie was part of the original production team for Heathers: The Musical (2013 Los Angeles workshop production and 2014 Off-Broadway production). She is also a founding member of the theatre ensemble Devised Puppetry Project, where actors use recycled materials and shadow play to explore the creation and destruction of life onstage. She thanks her parents for their ever-loving support.

Constance Mellors is thrilled to be part of another musical event at Theatre West. A longtime Theatre West member, she most recently co-starred in Moose on the Loose. She studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner and has appeared in many Off-Broadway productions and episodic television roles. Thank you for coming and supporting live theatre.

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Michael Gabiano has performed on stages in 46 U.S. states and has premiered multiple new works in New York City, Los Angeles, and regional theatres. He has also appeared in television, film, and commercials. He last appeared at Theatre West in Mark Wilding’s The Loan for WestFest and in the 2005 production of Saturday Night at Grossinger’s.

Recent Los Angeles stage performances include the world premieres of Clara Rodriguez’s Normal Noises (GRT) and Listing (Theatre Forty). He is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

David Mingrino has appeared in more than 100 stage productions, including the world premieres of Walking in Space, The Man Who Saved Everything, and Verdigris at Theatre West. Other credits include Room Service, which received six Ovation nominations, including Best Ensemble. Musical roles in summer stock and dinner theatre include Motel in Fiddler on the Roof, the Emcee in Cabaret, and “Steam Heat” in The Pajama Game. He thanks Victoria Lavan for helping him find his voice again and his husband Michael for riding this roller coaster with him for the past 29 years.

A proud Theatre West member, Meg Lin’s stage work at Theatre West includes Moose on the Loose, Love Stinks, We’re Not Your Cup of Tea, multiple staged table readings, and Storybook Theatre’s Aladdin, the Princess, and the Magic Lamp. Other favorite performances include playing Polonius in Hamlet with Hyperactive Studios and performing her award-winning autobiographical solo show, What Am I, Chopped Suey?, at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival. As an Aquarius, Meg is honored to perform in this special show with so many talented artists.

Vertreace Sanders is a singer, recording artist, actress, model, writer, and performer from Flora, Mississippi. She studied musical theatre at the American Musical & Dramatic Academy, graduating from the conservatory program in New York in 2021 and earning her BFA from AMDA College of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles in 2024. In 2020 she was featured on the BET Soul Train Awards after being handpicked by Jazmine Sullivan following a viral TikTok video. She was later mentored by Grammy-winning producer Zaytoven, known for working with Usher and Nicki Minaj. She continues to grow her audience of more than 60,000 followers online while building a career in music and performance.

Harleigh Ford discovered her love of performing at a young age and went on to earn a BFA in Musical Theatre from AMDA. Since then she has performed internationally in musicals, concerts, and cabarets, appearing both on land and at sea as a lead production singer with Princess Cruises. Highlights include Stephen Schwartz’s Magic to Do, Rent (Maureen), Les Misérables (Éponine), and performances at New York’s iconic 54 Below. Theatre West audiences may also remember her from So Many Stars and Winter Wishes. Love and thanks to Victoria!

Anibal Silveyra is an award-winning performer who received the ACE Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Kiss of the Spider Woman (directed by Harold Prince), Best Actor in a Musical for Closer Than Ever at the Knightsbridge Theatre, and the Stage Raw Theatre Award for Best Musical Ensemble for Sweeney Todd. His film, television, and theatre credits include Evita, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Blood Brothers, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Pointy Scissors.

Michael Van Duzer has directed numerous Los Angeles productions, including As You Like It, Edward II, The Lisbon Traviata, and In On It. He also directed his plays Hopeful Romantic, Recalled to Life, and Tawdry Tales. At Theatre West he directed The Man Who Saved Everything and many WestFest productions. His play Incitation to the Dance opened at Theatre West in 2026. As a performer he appeared in Sons of God, Winter Wishes, So Many Stars, Clive and Cecily, and both the Theatre West and Off-Broadway productions of Our Man in Santiago, winning a Robby Award for his portrayal of Henry Kissinger.