Roger Holzberg spent the majority of his career as a VP / Creative Director at Walt Disney Imagineering “making magic” at Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, The Disney Studios, Disneyland and Hong Kong. Four years after a cancer diagnosis, in 2008, he left Disney to start the healthcare company Reimagine Well and become the first creative director at the National Cancer Institute. As a professor at the California Institute of the Arts he teaches “Healthcare by Design”, training the patient experience designers of tomorrow. Representative film experience includes writing The Living Sea (narrated by Merryl Streep, music by Sting, Academy Award nomination), Midnight Crossing, which he also directed (starring Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Daniel Travati), and Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair (with Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Jennifer Anniston and Penn & Teller). In theater his writing includes Desert Fire (co-written with Martin Casella), The Quest for Viracocha and Under the Rainbow. When asked what put the fire in his belly to write The Trial of Mother Jones he answers, “In the aftermath of January 6th, amid the ongoing labor unrest in America, the lessons of Mother Jones to ‘pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living’ are more urgent than ever, serving as a rallying cry for those advocating for workers' rights, social justice, and the preservation of democracy.” Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Holzberg

Kimberly Prendergast (Producer) is proud to bring such an important and relevant production to the stage at the Elite Theatre Company. Kimberly has appeared on stage at The Elite off and on for over a decade and served behind the scenes on the board, writing grants and producing live theatre since 2021.

Bill Walthall (sound and projection design; tech programming) is thrilled to take on technical directorship of The Elite. While also known as an actor, Bill has designed sound for multiple shows including Becky’s New Car, Red, and Rope (Ojai); Rabbit Hole (Santa Paula); As You Like It (Camarillo Skyway); as well as Andronicus, Lobby Hero, Laundry & Bourbon/Lone Star, and Yankee Dawg You Die (here at The Elite).