TYLER JAQUES (Demetrius / Others) (he/they) is a singing actor who trained in the music conservatory of Lawrence University, receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in vocal studies. His hobbies include drinking green tea, reading philosophy, preparing for his next Dungeons and Dragons game, and taking any opportunity he can to hug a tree. He performs in a lot of capacities. You can see him in the Scooby Gang at Universal Studios Hollywood for his day job portraying Shaggy Rogers as well as Gru from Despicable Me. @tylerjaques.actor on Instagram.
JALEY HOYT (Titania / Hippolyta) is very excited to do her third show with Foster Cat Productions. She has been in many an improv show, and has done a myriad of stage shows in the past before her move to Hollywood in 2022. (Urinetown, The Addams Family, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Cabaret, Gypsy, Xanadu, etc). She is currently a voice actor for video games and animation, and a character performer for Universal Studios. She loves laughing loudly and eating breakfast and going to the beach and playing Dungeons and Dragons and hanging out with her two cats. (She’s also seeking a manager or representation for TV/Film… ya know, if you know someone).
WILL FULGINITI (Puck) Usually actor bios are full of previous works done by the artist. Not here and not I. You missed out those creative endeavors but you won’t miss this one- because you are here…now. Pay close attention and you just might find yourself ‘in the moment’. 1, two, 3, four. I declare that I am an actor. One that prefers to have the depths of humanity’s deepest and darkest secrets revealed. Let the magic begin.
RAPHAEL BERGLAS (Francis Flute / Others) is a 2022 BFA in Acting graduate from SUNY Purchase. Some past roles include Mercutio/Bottom in Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s LIVE Tour and Bigfoot in Foster Cat’s Desire Caught by the Tail. Currently, he’s collaborating with Dr. Seuss Enterprises on an exciting new live-action project…
The Cast
COOPER MCADOO (Peter Quince / Others) started studying ballet at the age of 6, but transitioned to ice-skating after a harsh comment from a top performer in an unrelated field. Meet him after the show for a tarot reading!
JULIA MCCAMMON (Hermia / Others) is a god, stud, and a legend. She is also an actor, comedian, and a fraud. Julia is in the show and happy you are too. Well, you’re not in the show. Julia is. And Julia is happy about that.
TREY NICHOLS (Egeus / Others) is an actor, playwright, director, and longtime member of Moving Arts, a Los Angeles theatre company dedicated to developing and producing new plays. He has been a part of LA’s vibrant theatre scene for over 30 years, and has performed in many productions at theatres throughout Southern California. His original solo show A Lesson in Proper Bow-Fluffing Technique (Storey Productions/Moving Arts) was nominated for an LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Best Solo Performance. He most recently appeared in the West Coast premiere of Convention, an immersive play by Danny Rocco. Trey is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, the Dramatists Guild, and is the Board President of The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. He received a B.S. in Theatre from Northwestern University. Trey also moderates a popular playwriting workshop on Zoom. Trey is thrilled to be part of Foster Cat’s A Midsummer Night’s Musical Comedy!
NATHAN TURNER (Oberon / Theseus) is a higher order primate living in the North Hollywood Arts District of the city of Los Angeles. He went to college, and after a magical time of essay writing, he graduated from UCSD’s Theatre and Philosophy departments, having studied in the US, Russia, and Britain. Since then, he has been privileged to teach movement and stage combat for La Jolla Playhouse, and conduct Shakespeare workshops for the San Diego Shakespeare Society.
He has performed in stage plays, operas, fringe festivals, theme parks, commercials, voice-overs, short films, and longer short films. His comedic influences include Derridean Deconstruction and Žižekian cinema-critique. He is excited to work with such a creative and inviting team of performers. Every minute of this process has been a joy, and he hopes your experience is valuable and light of heart.
HARRY WHITE (Nick Bottom / Others) herniated 3 discs at the age of 20, underwent successful back surgery, and is now living what some would call a successful life. Go birds!
ELLIOT WHITE (Lysander / Others) is co-Artistic Director of Foster Cat Productions. Recent successes include a perfect soft scramble, a really nice penne alla vodka with an alright side salad, and he once even used an entire bag of avocados before they went bad! Training: Atlantic Theater Company and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. @elliotwhite_k
JENA ZIOMEK (Helena / Others) is thrilled to be making her return to musical theater after rumors of her being trapped in a well for the past seven years. You can find more of her work on the show “Manhunt” on AppleTV+, specifically the third episode. She’s done other stuff too, but she has recently found out she gets royalty checks from that one so she’s pushing it hard. Anyways, Jena is currently seeking representation, and she hopes you enjoy the show.
JOHNNY ELKINS (Book, Music, and Lyrics by) Johnny Elkins is a composer, lyricist and writer. He has had over 300 of his songs in film, tv, video, and on streaming platforms and CDs, by a variety of artists including Vanessa Williams, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ben Vereen.
Johnny’s first stage musical, Watch Your Mouth, was written for the American Dental Association and performed in schools. Next, he was commissioned to co-write Leap for the Access theater in Santa Barbara. He then sold an animated musical for which he wrote the screenplay, music and lyrics.
Some of the films his songs have appeared in include Passengers (Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt), 21 Jump Street (Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum) and Begin Again (Keira Knightly & Mark Ruffalo). Among his TV song placements: CSI, Ray Donovan, Criminal Minds, Shameless, The Unit, Sons of Anarchy, and King of the Hill.
Johnny is currently working on two animated projects and just finished a music video he directed for one of them: an animated musical-comedy-sci-fi tv series he’s developing.
After having 4 readings of Midsummer, (2 with the Los Angeles Musical Theater Guild, 1 at Coachella Valley Rep. and 1 at Jason Graae’s house), Johnny is thrilled to be having the World Premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Musical Comedy with Foster Cat Productions!
creative team
HARRY WHITE (Director)
KIM IOSUE (Stage Manager / Tech)
MYCKYNNON FORSYTH (Lighting Design)
CRAIG SHARMAT (Arranger / Orchestrations)
(Adapted from the Shakespeare play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”)
FOSTER CAT PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is a Los Angeles based theatre company, founded by alumni of Atlantic Theater Company's conservatory program. Our mission is to shine a light on lesser known works from great artists. FCP is dedicated to exploring pieces of theatre that join the actors and audience together, striving to challenge the status quo.
The name Foster Cat Productions is inspired by the artistic team's love for fostering sick and stray cats and finding them forever homes (~30 so far)!
The Foster Cats have enjoyed a diverse slate of productions from a sold-out run of Power Plays by Elaine May and Alan Arkin at the iconic Groundlings theatre, to Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It Together which was staged as a benefit for Best Friends Animal Society. Most recently, they brought back the forgotten Superman musical written by the Academy Award-winning writers of the 1978 film starring Christopher Reeve.
Other notable works include An Evening of One-Acts by Ethan Coen which was mentioned in the LA Times, the world premiere of a new translation of Pablo Picasso’s Desire Caught by the Tail, and a successful 6-week run of their Festival of Jewish Playwrights, where they spotlighted more work by Shel Silverstein, Wendy Wasserstein and Ethan Coen.
Upcoming: It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman! returns to the Long Beach Playhouse. In October, catch the horrifying musical penned by the one and only Stephen King, with music by John Mellencamp. Stay up to date by following us on Instagram! @fostercatproductions
EMILY JONES (Social Marketing)
Jonathan and Carla Sanger, MacPac Entertainment Productions, Joseph Markovitz, Rachel Kramer, Nancy Kramer, and Gordon Pogoda!
