Winter Colors by Amy Merrill (online reading) Cast

Elliott Bales works as a film and theater actor based out of Washington DC and is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actor’s Equity, and Veterans in Media and Entertainment. His regional theater credits include work with Round House Theater, Arena Stage, Studio Theater, Riverside Theater, Folger Theater, Theater Alliance, 1st Stage, The Welders, and Spooky Action Theater. Film credits include the feature films Remote, Harmony, The Saint and the Sultan, and the award-winning short film Wireless. He served as a US Army Officer, retiring after 26 years of service.

Amanda Jones (Genevieve) New York: Walking Down Broadway at the Mint Theatre; Anaïs Nin Goes to Hell at the 14th St Y; Cymbeline and Love’s Labour’s Lost with Boomerang Theatre Company; Alison’s House, The House of Mirth, Nowadays, Under the Gaslight and The Contrast with Metropolitan Playhouse; And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little with Retro Productions; five seasons with Jean Cocteau Repertory including Candida, The Maids, and Uncle Vanya. Regional credits include: Engaged and Arsenic and Old Lace at the Depot Theatre, and Bell, Book and Candle and Picnic at Sierra Repertory. Amanda has also participated in multiple international theatre festivals as part of the cast of The Baby Monitor with Different Translation. www.amandajones.biz

Eiko Moon-Yamamoto is a multi-hyphenate performing artist and hails from Tokyo, Seoul and Honolulu. Regional credits: CYMBELINE at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival; FOLLIES, CLUE and TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at San Francisco Playhouse; M’Lynn Eatenton in STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Sierra Repertory Theatre; DISENCHANTED! at San Jose Playhouse, SLEEPING BEAUTY PANTO, world premiere at Presidio Theatre. Favorite roles include playing Afong Moy in THE CHINESE LADY and Melissa in LOVE LETTERS. Eiko is committed to championing historically excluded voices, having developed new works with Playwrights Foundation, PlayOn Shakespeare, Company One, Crowded Fire, Z Space, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Company One. Upcoming: THE TRUER HISTORY OF THE CHAN FAMILY, a musical vaudeville film (released 2024) by Eugenie Chan, directing SPOILED by Ken Narasaki (reading) at the Magic Theatre, and A NOH CHRISMAS with Theatre of Yugen. Graduate of UCLA and California College of Arts. Member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA-e. www.eikoyamamoto.com | @eikoyh