The Great Comet Returns

He was previously seen at Cygnet in Spamalot (Craig Noel Winner), Rock of Ages, Animal Crackers, On the 20th Century, My Fair Lady, Assassins, & Man of La Mancha. Other select credits include – Old Globe: The Heart of Rock and Roll (pre-Broadway) & Camp David; Diversionary Theatre: Midnight at the Never Get (Craig Noel Nominee), Irma Vep, and Significant Others; Moonlight Stage Productions: Waitress, Beautiful, Memphis, Something Rotten, & Titanic; Backyard Renaissance: Tarrytown (Craig Noel Nominee); SDMT: The Producers & Ragtime; Welk Resorts: Elf & Plaid Tidings. Love to Katie, Juni, and Sulley.

Previously at Cygnet: Cabaret, A Christmas Carol, Life Sucks, Rock of Ages, A Little Night Music. She is a recipient of The San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Actor of the Year in 2022. Select theatre credits include: Backyard Renaissance: How I Learned to Drive, August: Osage County (award-winner); Moonlight: The Wedding Singer; The Welk Resort Theatre: The Marvelous Wonderettes; Lamb’s Players Theatre: Alice!, Persuasion, Big Fish, OZ (world premiere), You Can’t Take it With You, Quilters, Fiddler on the Roof; Diversionary Theatre: Significant Other, A New Brain, Pippin; New Village Arts: Into the Woods, Beehive: The 60’s Musical; The Old Globe: The Last Goodbye (world premiere), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; La Jolla Playhouse: Weatherman (reading), Without Walls Festival. She attended San Francisco State University where she studied vocal performance and theatre. She is a founding member of Chalk Circle Collective, an artist-led theatre production company.

Brittany (she/her) is ecstatic to be returning to Cygnet Theatre. Her memorable past roles include Peral in in The SpongeBob Musical and Mary in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Cygnet Theatre), Billie in Unnecessary Farce (Scripps Ranch Theatre), Rachel in Karaoke Dreams (Blindspot Co.), Amy in Company (Coronado Playhouse), Belen in La Lucha (Optika Moderna/La Jolla Playhouse), Woman One in Songs For A New World (Oceanside Theatre Company/Teatro San Diego), Rapunzel/StepMother in Into the Woods, Adrie in Beehive (New Village Arts), Claire in Ordinary Days (SDSU Capstone), Kelly Manning in The Mad Ones and Hermione/ Mopsa/Time in The Winter’s Tale (Grossmont College). She is also a teaching artist in SD (North Coast Repertory School, ECHS) and a Musical Theatre/Acting Instructor at Project Performer (@projectperformer), having just earned her teaching credential to teach Theatre at SDSU! A huge thanks to all her friends, students, family, and her partner Nevada for all of their never-ending support.

Lena is ecstatic to be making her returning to Cygnet Theatre in one of her absolute dream roles and favorite shows. Credits include: Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), The Addams Family (Wednesday), Rent (Mimi), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), In The Heights (SDMT, Daniela), West Side Story (Maria), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), and In The Heights (California Theater of the Performing Arts, Nina Rosario). Having dealt with some hearing loss over the past few years, she wants to remind others to do what makes them happy and fuels them with love and creativity. She is deeply grateful to all her loved ones from all walks of her life for their continued support and encouragement.

Michael Louis Cusimano (Curly) is delighted to return to Cygnet, where he was last seen as Curly in last year’s Oklahoma! Select credits: Natasha, Pierre…, The Last 5 Years, On the Twentieth Century, Rocky Horror (Cygnet); Lempicka, The Ballad of Johnny & June (La Jolla Playhouse); The Tale of Despereaux (Old Globe); Once, Million Dollar Quartet, Big Fish, Baskerville (Lamb’s); Metamorphoses (Santa Barbara Ens.); The Cherry Orchard (North Coast Rep); and the West Coast premieres of Desperate Measures (North Coast) and Homos, or Everyone in America (Diversionary). Michael is a cofounder of theatre production company Chalk Circle Collective. Michael received a Craig Noel Award for Featured Actor for Cygnet’s Natasha Pierre … and another one for “Actor of the Year” for his body of work in 2019. Education: B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon. @koozimano

Onstage at Cygnet: Max in Cabaret (2022), the Conductor in On the 20th Century (2017), Miss West Coast in Pageant (2014); Choreography for La Cage… (2021) and The Legend of Georgia McBride (2017). Recent onstage credits: Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (2023), Lady Enid/Nicodemus in The Mystery of Irma Vep (2022), both at Diversionary. Luke has been seen all over San Diego including The Old Globe, Moonlight, SDMT, Lamb’s, NCRT, and the Welk. Luke firmly holds his BFA in Musical Theatre from CSU, Fullerton. Love to David. @thenameisdiane on IG

Jasmine is so excited to be a part of this incredible production! This show is always a comfort for her and she is so grateful to be telling this story again with her friends on this beautiful new stage. Some of Jasmine’s most recent regional credits include A Christmas Carol, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet The Rocky Horror Show (Cygnet), Noises Off (The Old Globe), Grease (Moonlight), Once on This Island (OTC), The Color Purple (NVA), Jesus Christ Superstar (Moonlight), and many more! Jasmine’s Motto: “Live in your truth, be grateful, and expect divine favor.”

Linda is proud to have been in Cygnet’s first production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and to wrap up the company’s tenure in Old Town with Oklahoma. A regular on San Diego stages, Linda was the first woman to receive the Craig Noel San Diego Critics Circle Actor of the Year Award. Film: Box of Moonlight. TV: Terriers. Linda is a founding member of the San Diego Actors Alliance and a member of Actors Equity Association. For Jewell Libby

(he/him) World Premieres: Allegiance (Old Globe); The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, Miss You Like Hell, Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, Zhivago (La Jolla Playhouse); Everybody’s Talkin: The Music of Harry Nilsson (San Diego Rep). Regional: The SpongeBob Musical, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (San Diego Critics Circle Award Winner), Company, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre); Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Old Globe); The Prom, Cats (SDMT), www.kurtnorby.com

Tanner, an SD local, is proud to help present this rare experience to the San Diego community. He is delighted to return to Cygnet in the new space at Liberty Station. CREDITS: Arcadia, Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 (Cygnet Theatre); Jekyll & Hyde (San Diego Musical Theatre); Fiddler in the Roof (Moonlight Stage Pro.); Wait Until Dark (Lamplighters Theatre); Little Women (Moxie Theatre).