Green Day's American Idiot at Chance Theater

Jared Machado

After two years in Arizona, playing roles in Shakespeare and Chekov, Jared is excited to be back home in Southern California and making his Chance Theater debut. His previous credits include The Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, Trofímov in The Cherry Orchard, Georg in Spring Awakening, and Ernie in Sister Act. Jared started his training at the Orange County School of the Arts (Class of ‘17), training under professionals such as Krysta Rodriguez, Susan Egan, Ali Stroker, and more! When he’s not acting, Jared spends his time composing cinematic themes and creating new worlds as a Dungeon Master in his D&D group.

Eric Dobson

Christopher Diem

Christopher is so excited to be returning to Chance Theater for the holiday season with this wonderful cast and crew! Past Chance credits include Dickon (The Secret Garden), James (James and the Giant Peach), Charles Wallace (A Wrinkle in Time), Brian (Goosebumps), and most recently Jason in the OTR staged reading of The Queer Couch. He was also onstage this year in Shakespeare by the Sea’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Christopher would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support. Happy holidays and enjoy the show!

Erika Mireya Cruz

Erika Cruz (Whatsername) is excited to be making her Chance debut! A Musical Theater graduate from AMDA College and Conservatory Los Angeles, favorite credits include: Legally Blonde (Serena), Sister Act (Sister Mary Robert), Heathers (Heather Duke/Chandler us), The Wild Party (Dolores), and Evita (Eva Peron). Much love to Vivi and family, Azeem, Joslynn, Laura and Kong. Erika hopes you enjoy the amazing production of Green Day’s American Idiot! @erikamireyacruz ~ erikacruzactor.com

Angie Chavez

Angie Chavez couldn’t be more thrilled to be performing at the Chance again! Her previous acting credits include Crimson Lit- Scarlet Letter Setlist: OTR Reading (Winnie/Hester), Next to Normal (Natalie Goodman), Emma: A Pop Musical! (Emma Woodhouse), and Edges: A Song Cycle. Angie continuously travels to New York for one on one training with the industry’s top casting directors such as John Mara and Tony Award Nominees Taylor Louderman (Mean Girls the Musical), Lilli Cooper (Spring Awakening), and Drama Desk Nominee Leslie Kritzer (Beetlejuice the Musical). She is currently studying musical theater performance as well as training in the Applied Music Program at Cypress College. Lastly, Angie would love to thank the entire cast and creative team of Green Day’s American Idiot, her family, and voice coaches for making this possible!

Dagmar Marshall-Michelson

Kristin O'Connell

Kristin O’Connell is thrilled to be back at the Chance after appearing in The Secret Garden in 2017. International credits include “Slue Foot Sue” at The Diamond Horseshoe at Tokyo Disneyland and a featured singer in Broadway Christmas Wonderland at Theatre Orb, also in Japan. Favorite credits include Fantine in Les Miserables (Rocky Mountain Repertory), Emily in Menken’s A Christmas Carol (Theatre at the Center), Missy in The Marvelous Wonderettes (Glendale Centre Theatre) and Thea in Spring Awakening (Phoenix Theatre). She holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Roosevelt University. Love to Sean, Sammy and the fam!

Jack Aitken

Sophia Barajas

Wyatt Hatfield

Wyatt Hatfield is honored to be debuting at Chance Theatre for the first time ever! He is currently obtaining a B.F.A in Musical Theatre from California State University, Fullerton. Most recently, you may have seen him in CSUF’s productions of Spongebob Squarepants the Musical as Spongebob or Cabaret as Bobby. Other favorite credits include Jack Kelly (Newsies) and Anthony (Sweeney Todd). Wyatt grew up as a hardcore Green Day fan so this production holds a special place in his heart. He wants to thank the stellar cast and production staff for this amazing opportunity, as well as his mom and friends at Cal State Fullerton. Enjoy the show!