2008-2009 Season: A Picasso
A Picasso Cast (In alphabetical order) |
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| James Carpenter | Pablo Picasso |
| Carrie Paff | Miss Fischer |
James Carpenter (Picasso) appeared last year at San
Jose Rep as Logan in Tranced--his other credits at San
Jose Rep include: Wintertime; By The Bog of The
Cats...; Cntrl, Alt, Delete; Sideman; and The
Matchmaker (as Ms. Flora Van Huysen). His Bay Area
credits include Scrooge at American Conservatory
Theatre, The Aurora Theatre, Marin Theatre Company,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and TheaterWorks. Mr.
Carpenter was an Associate Artist for 14 years with
Berkeley Repertory Theatre appearing in over 30
productions and is now an Associate Artist with the
California Shakespeare Theatre. Out of town credits
include The Old Globe Theatre, The Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, The Intiman, Arizona Theatre
Company, Dallas Theatre Center, and the Huntington.
Screen credits include the feature films “The
Rainmaker” and “Metro” and the independent films “Singing” and “The Sunflower Boy,” “Presque Isle,” and the series “Nash Bridges.”
Carrie Paff (Miss Fisher) has performed at San
Jose Rep in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (a co-production with
Arizona Theatre Company) and The Haunting of
Winchester. Ms. Paff recently returned from playing
London’s West End in Joan Rivers:A Work In Progress
by a Life In Progress. Bay Area credits include A
Streetcar Named Desire at Marin Theatre Company,
After the War at American Conservatory Theater,
Small Tragedy and Betrayal at Aurora Theatre
Company, The Mousetrap, How the Other Half Loves
(Shellie Award—Best Actress), Picasso at the Lapin
Agile at Center REPertory Theatre, and The Right Kind
of People at Magic Theatre. Film credits include
Presque Isle (Rob Nilsson) and Opal's Diary (Dina Ciraulo). She holds a master's degree in educational theater from New York University and is the cofounder of StageWrite, Building Literacy through Theatre.

