DYAN McBRIDE (Director) has worked with 42nd Street Moon, Marin Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Napa Rep, Broadway by the Bay, Willows Theatre, New Conservatory, CTA Crossroads, Mondavi Center, Solano College Theatre, Pacific Alliance Stage Company and Performance Riverside. She’ll be seen as Patsy Cline in Always, Patsy Cline at Sacramento Theatre Company this spring. She is on the Acting faculty of New Conservatory, UC Davis and Solano College. Bachelor’s: Cal State Fullerton (Musical Theatre); Master’s: UC Davis (Acting). Dyan is a proud member of Screen Actors’ Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Actors’ Equity Association.

SHANE RAY (Founding Artistic Director/Production Design) has been involved with theatre for the past 30 years. On-stage credits include New York: Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson), Grease (Doody), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Esteban) and Joseph... (Simeon); San Francisco: Godspell (Jeffrey), Annie (Bert Healy) and Joseph... (Pharaoh). Directing credits include over forty shows. Favorites include Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, Into the Woods, The Who's Tommy and Anything Goes. He has a degree in education with a concentration in theatre. By day, Shane works for Yahoo! and is most proud of his biggest production, his son Hayden. He founded Ray of Light Theatre in 2001.

TANYA TELSON (Stage Manager) is a Bay Area Native and has been an enthusiastic Stage Manager for over a decade. This is her second show with Ray of Light. Previously, she was an Audio Visual technician for a cruise line, and a Stage Manager for ACT’s Young Conservatory program and foolsFURY’s production of Monster in the Dark, which was featured at both The Ashby Stage and Counterpulse Theaters. Other recent shows include a position as an ASM for the ACT productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, Middle Class, Luminescence Dating, Red Scare on Sunset and Cider House Rules. Other Stage Management credits include Theater District, The Shooting Stage, Breakfast with Scot and Southern Baptist Sissies at the New Conservatory Theater Center. She received her B.F.A. in Technical Theater and Design from Emerson College in Boston.

KEVIN PONG (Props Master) is excited to be joining Ray of Light! Past scenic design credits include Call Me Madam with 42nd Street Moon, Jericho and Use Both Hands at Sleepwalkers Theatre, The Redwood Book of Luke and Sondheim's Company at BareStage, as well as design partnerships for events with the Mill Valley Film Festival and Pixar Studios. Beyond the stage, Kevin is a furniture buyer for corporate retail.

JOE D’EMILIO (Lighting Design) is a freelance Lighting Designer and technician in San Francisco. Currently a junior studying Technical Theatre and Design at SF State, he recently worked as the Musical Director for a production of High Fidelity: The Musical, (SF State Player’s Club). His design work includes Shades of Gray (Theatre Shark), Putting it Together (Custom Made Theatre) and An Inspector Calls (SF Stageworks). He is pleased to be working with Ray of Light again after Tommy last fall, and would like to thank the talented cast and crew of Baby for the opportunity, as well as his very supportive family and friends.