JOB

Caroline Gottlie is originally from the Jersey Shore, where she began dancing and performing in community theatre and high school productions. She went on to earn her BFA in Theatre from Pace University in New York City. After graduating, Caroline moved to Los Angeles, where she became an active member of the theatre community, working both as an actor and producer. She has trained at some of the country’s most respected studios, including the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Howard Deutch and Allen Barton, Berg Studios with Gregory Berger-Sobek, and The Freeman Studio in New York City with Scott Freeman. Some of her theatre credits include Sit For Me (SoHo Playhouse, Off-Broadway), Cock (Beverly Hills Playhouse), Brilliant Traces (Beverly Hills Playhouse), Oleanna, Othello, The Seagull, as well as multiple one-act plays with the Public Assembly theatre company which she is proud to be a part of.

Jacob Bruce is an actor, director, educator, and builder, having appeared onstage at The La Jolla Playhouse (Hollywood), Mo’olelo (Yellowface; Mivotchkee Viskonsin) , Backyard Renaissance (August: Osage County), San Diego Rep (Honky)., Knightsbridge Theatre (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest), North Coast Rep (The Underpants; Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde), and Intrepid Theatre (Art), among many others. He cocreated the $5 Only Show and Minor Suspension: A Musical Improv, and has directed for Bodhi Tree Concerts/SD Opera, USD, and Finest City Improv, and has also served as a violence/staging choreographer and consultant for LJP, UCSD, Diversionary, SD Opera, The Julian Theatre Company, and USD. Jacob is currently the Operations Manager for the USD Department of Theatre Arts and the narrator for the KATRINA & GOODE audiobooks. Film and TV credits are available on IMDB.

Max Wolf Friedlich is a writer from New York City. His play JOB (Outer Critics Circle Award nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominee) after two sold-out runs off-Broadway, opened at the Hayes Theater on Broadway in July 2024. He has been in residence/developed work with Berkeley Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, IAMA Theater, Huron Station, Powerhouse at Vassar College, The Silver Sun Foundation, Less Than Rent, NY International Fringe Festival and IRT. In TV/Film, he is currently developing new work with Jesse Eisenberg, Crunchyroll/SONY Animation, Harris Dickson’s Devisio Pictures, Scott Free, 2am and Marc Platt Productions.

Audrey Casteris is a San Diego based scenic designer and fabricator. Recent design credits include The Hot Wing King (Cygnet Theatre), Airness (Loud Fridge Theatre Group), Julius Caesar (The Old Globe’s Globe for All Tour 2025), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Theatre UCF), and The Interference (Theatre UCF). She is also the Resident Set Design Assistant at The Old Globe. @audreycasterisdesign

Steven Leffue is a sound designer, composer, and computer musician.  He is a co-founder of the OBIE award winning performance venue JACK (jackny.org), and a resident member of experimental Hoi Polloi Theatre Company (hoipolloiworld.com). He has designed and/or composed music for original work by an extensive list of critical contemporary voices including Zora Howard, Celine Song, Toshiki Okada, Lily Padilla, Keiko Green, Kate Hamill, Anna Moench, Nathan Davis, and Charles Smith. Steven is a member of the International Computer Music Association and serves as its Director for the Americas Region (computermusic.org). Notable festival appearances include the NYC Under the Radar Festival, Vienna Festwoche, Washington DC Fringe Fest, Brooklyn International Performance Arts Festival.  Cygnet credits include: Every Brilliant Thing, Sharon, The Little Fellow, Life Sucks, The Wind and The Breeze, and Angels in America parts I & II.  More info at www.stevenleffue.com.

Caleb Cook is a freelance stage manager based in San Diego. He is very excited to be making his debut at Cygnet Theatre on Job! Recent credits include Twelfth Night, See How They Run, Antony and Cleopatra, Dear Jack Dear Louise, Henry VIII, Richard III, Hamlet, The Price, The Foreigner, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, God of Carnage (South Coast Repertory), Cabaret,Dial M for Murder (The Old Globe), A Christmas Carol, Blithe Spirit, Detroit ‘67, The Santaland Diaries(Clarence Brown Theatre). Education: MFA in Stage Management from UC San Diego.

Angel Page Smigielski is an actor, poet, stage manager and Cartoon Network junkie from Chicago, IL, residing in sunny San Diego. They received their Bachelors degree in Theatre from Columbia College Chicago. Angel has been seen on and behind grand stages such as Steppenwolf, Chicago Danz, The Old Globe, MOXIE and more. In their free time, you can find Angel reading, writing poems, dancing on platforms or calling their momma. This is Angel’s first production at Cygnet Theatre and is so ecstatic to be here.

Sashank is a Theatre artist, originally from India, who is excited to be working with Cygnet for the first time! Primarily a playwright, Sashank also dabbles into acting, stage management, and is a house manager (For a living). He will do anything the theatre asks of him. Sashank’s plays have been a part of Blindspot Collective’s WOW festival shows and Trinity Theatre’s new works festivals. His play, Eight-Years, was a semi-finalist at Ojai Playwright’s Conference and Terrance McNally Incubator.