2009 RED CARPET INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS (Ovation Awards) - CLICK HERE

PROFILE WITH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AUGUST VIVERITO - CLICK HERE

2008 OVATION INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS - CLICK HERE

Our Membership

          AUGUST VIVERITO (Founder, Artistic Director)

Prior to forming 'The Production Company', Mr. Viverito served as the Artistic Director for the long-lived Attic Theatre Ensemble creating a renaissance within that company after a period of struggle. He has also served on the Executive Board of The Knightsbridge Theatre and was founder of The McCormick House Theatre back on the East Coast. He is currently serving as Communications Manager for the venerable West Coast Ensemble. For the Attic, Mr. Vivirito directed hit productions of the World Premiere of Richard Hirsch’s Peripheral Vision, Backstage West "Critic's Pick" The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, and Studz Terkel/Stephen Schwartz/Nina Faso’s Musical Masterpiece Working. He has directed for other stages productions of The Rainmaker, Beautiful Bodies, Little Women, Godspell, Our Town, Jesus Christ, Superstar and many others including numerous original works. As a stage performer, he has appeared in leading roles in many acclaimed productions including Assassins, Blood Brothers, Pippin, Merrily We Roll Along and Sweet Charity.

       T L KOLMAN (Founder, Artistic Director)

T L Kolman is a critically acclaimed actor, director and award winning producer. Directing credits for The Production Company include The Diviners, The Twilight of the Golds (StageSceneLA’s Outstanding Direction of a Play), Clear As Day, True Blue, and Scrub My Tub. Other directing credits include The Shadow Box (One of the Top Ten Plays of 2004), Agnes of God, and Ordinary People. His producing credits include the world premiere of Nicholas Nickleby, Equus (LADCC & LA Weekly Awards for Best Revival and Ovation Nomination, Best Play), Sweeney Todd, Amadeus, Copenhagen, How I Learned to Drive, Breaking the Code, M. Butterfly, Wit (Ovation Nomination, Best Play), Spring Awakening, In On It, A Good Smoke, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Working. As an actor his recent stage appearances include Mrs. Warren's Profession, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, the world premiere of Buddies at Celebration Theatre, Sunday in the Park with George at West Coast Ensemble (Ovation Nomination, Best Musical), Insurrection: Holding History, Medea, The Elephant Man, Love! Valour! Compassion! and Nicholas Nickleby. Film and television roles include A Day of Rest, Temptation, Contact, and Mixed Nuts. He is probably best known for his role as the Xyrillian Engineer on Star Trek: Enterprise. Mr. Kolman can be heard as the singing vocals of Ratha Sam on the CD recording of Cambodia: The Musical. He is a proud member of AEA and SAG.

       SKIP PIPO   (Associate Artistic Director - Membership)

Skip has had the good fortune to work with an earlier iteration of The Production Company in the critically acclaimed Nicholas Nickleby and is privileged to have been asked to be a part of its now official creation. He has appeared on stage in LA at The Attic Theater ( The Chalk Circle), Stella Adler (Queen of Sheba and A Credit to His Race, both for Unity Players Ensemble), The Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry West ( Party of 13, the theater's inaugural production), Hollywood Rep. (GB Shaw's St. Joan), and various other locales. Skip also appears in film, television, and commercial projects including the recently wrapped Poker Run, which might, just might, get distribution of some kind.

JENNIFER SORENSON   (Second Season / Members' Forum Director)

DAVID ROBERT MAY  (Workshops & Readings Director)

KELLY GRAHAM   (Costume Coordinator)

ANDREA BIKLIAN  (Grant Writer)

Abby Wilde

Alex Egan

Christopher Carver

Courtney Kocak

Dan Alemshah

David Lombard

David Stifel

David Youse

Dawn Meyer

Dennis Baker

Ferrell Marshall

Jen Albert

Jim Hanna

Joanna Strapp

Josh Cruze

Judy Nazemetz

Lane Allison

Margaret Dwyer

Rainy Fields

Renee Scott

Rob Herring

Roz Cohn

Tiffany Cole