Cry It Out at Chance Theater

Aubrey Saverino is a professional actor, director and theater professor with an MFA in Acting from The Old Globe/USD and a BA in Theater from Occidental College. Aubrey has performed on screen (including Adam Sandler’s “The Week of” on Netflix), and in classical, contemporary and world premiere productions in New York, Los Angeles, and around the country. Highlights include Twelfth Night and King Lear at The Old Globe (SDCC Award Nomination); In the Next Room or the vibrator play at The San Diego Repertory Theatre (SDCC Award Nomination), An Impending Rupture of the Belly with Furious Theatre Company (LA Weekly Nomination), and Inventing Van Gogh at the Chance Theater, among others. She currently teaches theater at Fullerton, Moorpark and Ventura Colleges. She is thrilled to return to the Chance to do a play about motherhood, especially since she became a mother herself just three years ago.

Amanda Zarr – professional actor, director and adjunct theatre professor. She earned her BFA from Chapman University, her MFA from the prestigious PATP program at the University of Washington. She currently directs and teaches at Chapman University and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Notable directing work includes She Kills Monsters, Elephant’s Graveyard, Hamlet (Chapman/Associate), Merchant of Venice (Chapman/Associate) and 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress and Men in Boats. She was a member of Shakespeare Orange County for over 10 years. Some notable roles include Juliet, Lady Anne, Helena, and Titania. She has been a guest artist with Ophelia’s Jump play Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet at Goldenwest and Natalia in the Electric Baby, Pensacola Shakespeare Company, ACTC, Need Theater of Los Angeles and Santa Fe University of Art and Design where she worked with Jon Jory and Robert Benedetti. At the Chance theater, Amanda has appeared in In a Word, Good People and Vandal. She was proud to work with Santa Fe playwright Joanna Garner on her new work Gutting as a part of the OTR series in 2018.

Seyto James is an actor, writer, and photographer from Panama City, Panama. His credits include commercials, stage productions, internet and film. His favorite credits include Dinner with Friends (Chicago, Illinois), Miss You (Chicago, Illinois), Second Chances and the short film Breaking All The Rules. Seyto is delighted to join the cast of They Could Give No Name at Chance Theater. In advance, he would like to thank everyone connected to this project and is thrilled to share a creative space with such talented artists. Seyto is married to his college sweetheart, Christina and they parent three lovely children: Olivia, Harrison, and Elliott. Lastly, he’s a fourth grade teacher serving children in the Inland Empire.