Modjeska Playhouse

Joe Alanes: Joe is currently a director and program coordinator for Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Programs, where theatre is used to explore many of the health issues that challenge the youth and adults of today. With ETP, he manages and directs the Drummin’ Up Peace program and is currently directing the middle school program Someone Like Me.

At South Coast Repertory, Joe is the director for the Junior Players, where he has directed shows including The Jungle Book, Riding the Wind: Story Plays from Old China, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. As an actor, he has appeared in several SCR Educational Touring Shows, including My Mom’s Dad, Badwater Blues, and Power Play, as well as in the SCR TYA Series inaugural production of The Emperor’s New Clothes, on SCR’s Argyros Stage.

Joe has toured the country with children’s theatre as an actor with Magic School Bus Live, as a stage manager and company manager for Wimzie’s House Live, and has appeared in several productions with companies from San Diego to New York City. As far as Shakespeare goes, Joe had the most fun playing Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, where he got to be stabbed to death. Joe graduated from UCLA with a BA in Theatre.

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Joshua Stecker: Joshua is an actor, journalist, editor and entrepreneur. He was born and raised in San Pedro, Calif., moving to Rancho Santa Margarita in 1987. After graduating from Trabuco Hills High School in 1992, Joshua worked as a waiter/actor in Los Angeles and New York City for too many years to count. Thinking his acting days were behind him, he moved back to Southern California to pursue a career in journalism after experiencing the events of 9/11 firsthand while living in New York City. Joshua was the former Manager of Magazine Publications for the Press-Telegram in Long Beach and editor of San Pedro Magazine, CLOUT Magazine, Seal Beach Magazine, Downey Magazine and Coastal Scene Magazine. After leaving the Press-Telegram, Joshua founded Empire22 Media, LLC, and is currently the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of San Pedro Today. He is also the West Coast Editor of Script magazine, the number one magazine for screenwriters.

Joshua’s theatre credits include, Jack in Into The Woods, Tim in Angry Housewives, Richard Miller in Ah, Wilderness!, James Anderson in Shenandoah, Floyd in Dark of the Moon, and Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He has appeared in various films and TV shows, such as “The Sopranos,” “Riding in Cars with Boys,” “Changing Lanes,” and “Angel Falls.”

Joshua trained at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Al Mancini and Milton Katselas, the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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Christopher Sullivan: Christopher is an actor, improv/acting teacher, entrepreneur, and a Tall Ship Captain. He currently teaches improvisational theater and acting at South Coast Repertory Adult & Youth Conservatory in Costa Mesa, Calif.

In the last 15 years, Christopher has performed in various theatrical forms including street performance, Clown Theatre, improvisational theatre, and traditional stage work. Some of his favorite roles include, Daisy in Baby With the Bathwater, Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew, Duddard in Rhinoceros, and George in The Actor’s Nightmare. He also wrote, directed, and performed his own one-man clown show, A Fool for You.

Christopher made a brief foray into film with a very small role in “Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl,” which not only paid off his debt, but paid for a very expensive bicycle and a lift for his beloved Jeep (R.I.P. Molly). Working in film reaffirmed his love for live theatre.

Mr. Sullivan graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and South Coast Repertory’s Professional Conservatory. He studied clown at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts and improvisational theatre with Los Angeles TheaterSports.