The Thanksgiving Play

Brittni is overjoyed to make her first appearance at Sierra Repertory Theatre. She is a long time Company Member at B Street Theatre and a regular guest artist at Capital Stage in Sacramento. Some of her favorite past roles include Nora in A Doll’s House (CapStage), Sylvia in Tribes (CapStage), Sally Ride in Ride, Sally Ride (B Street), Michele in Love and Baseball (B Street Theatre, Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Minnesota), Maisie in Insertion (winner of the 2024 New Comedies Festival, B Street) and playing Elizabeth Bennet eight times over the span of ten years (CapStage). She studied theatre at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts CAP21 program as well as at CSU Sacramento. She currently lives in San Diego and does fun commercials for companies like Lume, Glamnetic, Fairytales Hair Care, Lomi, DudeWipes, and many, many more. Thank you to Jerry and Scott for this exciting opportunity!

Dane is a Los Angeles based actor and fight choreographer. He most recently directed the combat for Sierra Rep’s The Shawshank Redemption and The Three Musketeers. Previous favorites include She Kills Monsters, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and anytime he can get his hands on a shakespearean duel. His background is in competitive fencing, martial arts, and parkour, but the best training came from falling out of trees as a child. The concussions don’t seem to have affected him all that badly.

Joelle Ziebell (Alicia) is an NYC based actor who is BEYOND excited to make her Sierra Rep debut!  Off-Broadway: Medea: A Musical Comedy. Regional: The Glass Menagerie, Henry V (Murphys Creek Theatre), Jersey Boys (Short North Stage, The Milton Theatre), The Addams Family, Saturday Night Fever, The Rocky Horror Show, Quarantine With the Clauses (Short North Stage), Boeing Boeing (Chenango River Theatre), The Bikinis (Circa ‘21 Playhouse), The Patient (Live Business UK). Commercial (select): Microsoft, Windows, Kate Spade, Pace Salsa. Other: The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon’s Tonightmares, Nina West’s Heels of Horror, 54 Below: Return to Woodstock Concert, SAGA Luxury Cruises, West End Does: Christmas, Bliss: The Musical Workshop (ATG), The Devil’s Advocate Workshop (ATG). Education: MFA Musical Theatre (Guildford School of Acting), BS Psychology (The Ohio State University). Love to her family, friends, and Ben!

Brendan is absolutely thrilled to be making his Sierra Rep Debut in these two hysterical productions! The son of two Air Force Colonels, Brendan received his BFA in Acting from Oklahoma City University, and is currently living as an actor and voice actor in Los Angeles. He was recently seen as Ariel in The Tempest with Chanticleer Shakespeare, and Brutus in Julius Caesar with Shakespeare by the Sea. Other stage credits include: Almost, Maine (Rubicon Theatre); Boeing Boeing (Village Barn Playhouse); Much Ado About Nothing (Oklahoma City Rep); Macbeth (The Classical Theatre of Maryland); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Colorado Springs FAC); Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Classical Tahoe). Brendan has also recorded several national radio commercials and audiobooks, including his recent narration of the finale of the Side Quest Row Trilogy, A Draught for a Dragon (now on Audible). He gives thanks and love to the cast and crew, his beautiful friends and family, and to Zach, of course. For Dad.