ELEVATOR at The Coast Playhouse

David Abed (Business Man) In 2016, David played the lead in the Hollywood Fringe Festival show Sex.. His television credits include: FX’s “Feud,” “Game Shakers” on Nickelodeon, “True Nightmares,” “My Crazy Ex,” and “Days of Our Lives,” as well as numerous national commercials. David also went blue Off-Broadway in Blue Man Group. For the past thee years, he has also performed murder mystery dinner theater in Hollywood. His first job ever as a child was as a magician at Red Lobster, and he has a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan.

William Stanford Davis (The Maintenance Man) Born and raised in St. Louis, Davis is a veteran of both stage and screen, with over 70 television and film credits. Television work includes “Code Black” and “Chicago Med” and also recurs as Potato Pie on Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning series “Ray Donovan” and as Mr. Kym on OWN’s “If Loving You Is Wrong” from creator Tyler Perry. His upcoming films include Please Stand By starring Dakota Fanning and Toni Collette, Handsome starring and directed by Jeff Garlin and So B It starring Alfre Woodard. On stage, he appeared in Cages written by Leonard Manzella and directed by Jon Rivera at the Matrix, and is working with Manzella on a feature adaptation. He was honored in 2006 with an Ovation Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in August Wilson’s Fences, and in 2004 he performed in the musical North on South Central, which won five NAACP Theatre Awards. Also The Anteroom (the Actors Studio), the Circle West Production of Legacies at the Matrix, written and directed by the late John Bishop, and the world premiere of
Two Ships Passing at the Pan Andreas Theater. Directing credits include In addition to acting, Lawrence Fishburne’s play Riff Raff, Shame at the Elephant, and The Old Settler at the Pico Playhouse. In a career that had many outstanding highlights, Davis earned an Emmy Award in 2002 as part of the cast of Rasheen Crawley’s “The Movement.” He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.

Erica Katzin (The Temp) a Los Angeles native. Her favorite theater roles include: Sera in The Playground, a Rock-Drama inspired by the lives of teenage runaways and homeless kids, written and directed by Michael Leoni;
Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest and Puck in A Mid Summer Night’s Dream. Film credits include: Someplace in Between, Signed, Soulled and Delivered, Period Movie, Web Cam Murders, Baseball Girls and Deliver Us. As a singer she has been heard with various bands at clubs and bars throughout Hollywood, including performing with Bruce Langhorne (the original Tambourine Man), and as a featured vocalist on several different albums. She recently produced the feature documentary American Street Kid and is currently filming the feature #WhenTodayEnds

Karsen Rigby (Hot Girl) is returning to ELEVATOR to as Hot Girl, a role she originated six years ago. Karsen moved to Los Angeles at the age of 15 after being accepted into a performing arts high school for music and theater, followed by a fine arts degree from Loyola Marymount University. She also stays busy modeling and will be shooting a movie with director Michael Leoni later this year.

Kristina St. Peter (Goth Girl) makes her Los Angeles theater debut in An 11:11’s ELEVATOR. Kristina has focused on film and television since moving to Los Angeles five years ago and is currently studying in the Master Class at Anthony Meindl Studio. She will appear in Michael Leoni's feature length film #WhenTodayEnds coming to theaters later this year

Devon Werkheiser (Musician) found success with Nickelodeons Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide; and
ABC Familys "Greek"; Devon guest starring on "Criminal Minds", Major Crimes, Memphis beat, among many others. He starred in movies Sundown, Bad Sister, and Beneath The Darkness. As a musician, he has released the Prologue,Here and Now, and I Am EPs.

Deborah Vancelette (CEO Woman) is returns to ELEVATOR, playing the amazing role of CEO Woman, a role she originated in the premiere of the play which ran for 10 months in 2010 and 2011. Since arriving, she has appeared on FX’s “Terriers,” “Broken Toy,” Showtime’s “Sleeper Cell,” “Veronica Mars” and “Point Pleasant;” and independent films including In the Dark, Out of These Rooms and Career Suicide. She regularly appears in commercials including Lowes, US Bank, Verizon, AirTran Airway, IHOP and Petsmart.