CUCKOO EDIBLE MAGIC

Are you a Sailor Venus or a Sailor Mars? You repping Naruto or Dragon Ball Z? Dress up as your favorite anime character at this special cosplay night. Everyone in costume will get a free drink.

Are you ready to RUUUUUUUMBLE? Join us after the show for a Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament hosted by the comedy group Super Trashed Bros. No need to sign up ahead of time, just stay after the performance, ready to smash some buttons and have some fun!

Join us for a champagne toast after the show!

Do those vocal warm-ups because we’re hosting karaoke at the theater after the performance! Whether you belt a song or two or just listen, stick around for these post-show festivities! We’ll keep the bar open for some liquid courage.

Reed Flores is a playwright and director based in the East Bay, gi Kañada giya Guåhan, familian ChiChi/Kueru. He's worked around the country at cool places like Seattle Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Breaking Wave Theatre Company, and works locally at Hillbarn Theatre (Casting Director), and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (Line Producer). He's written for Bindlestiff Studio, PlayGroundSF, Contemporary Asian Theatre Scene, and SFBATCO (Creator's Lab; New Roots Theatre Festival). He's hella Queer, hella Brown, and hella silly -- so is his work. Stalk him on IG (@reed.flores), or at www.reedflores.com.

Ray Oppenheimer is a San Francisco Bay Area based lighting designer, educator, and creator who has been bringing his boundless curiosity, chimerical aesthetic, and Sisyphean perseverance to lighting design and education since 2005. Ray is an active company member with Shotgun Players. This is Ray's first show with SFBATCO he's honored to have been invited to work on Cuckoo Edible Magic

Aidaa Peerzada is the Literary & Outreach Manager at SFBATCO. She is an actor and writer who grew up between the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland and Lahore, Pakistan. She is currently a recipient of the Theatre Bay Area’s Director’s Residency and is SFBATCO’s Artistic Development Director. Aidaa studied at the Baltimore School for the Arts and went on to receive her BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.She debuted her voice as a writer in CMU’s "Playground" Festival with her play “Scheherazade” which went on to the NYC Fringe Festival. Workshops of her original plays include: One Googol and One (SFBATCO), Grandma Science,(The Greenhouse Theatre Solo Lab), Shining, (The Ground and Field Theatre Festival at UC: Davis.) She is currently co-writing the book of an original musical Sunflowered, in development with Northern Sky Theatre. Regional performance credits include: The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf Theatre Co, American Players Theatre, Theatre Lila and Quantum Theatre. Her on-camera credits include the HBO series Girls, the web series Blank My Life, as well as the independent films Gorenos, and Stay Home.

Michelle Talgarow is a Kalmyk/Filipina performance maker in the Bay Area for over 25 years. She is beyond excited to be directing this full production of Cuckoo and so grateful to be collaborating with so many fine artists. Michelle most recent directing credits are THIRTY-SIX by Leah Nanako Winkler with Shotgun Players in Berkeley, the immersive rock play, DARKHEART by Golda Sargento with Bindlestiff Studios in SF. Michelle is a proud member of Shotgun Players’ artistic company and a proud member of the all AAPI Bay Area theatre collective, Ferocious Lotus. Michelle is currently an adjunct professor at University of San Francisco.

Joan Osato is an awardee of the MAP Fund, Creative Capital and the Creative Work Fund. She was inaugural recipient of SFAC’s Artist and Communities Grant, Theater Bay Area Award in Video Design and Surdna's Artists Engaged in Social Change Award. Recent work includes Larry: The Musical, Richard II, Garuda’s Wing, DARKHEART, DUGO, Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad, The Travelers and Josephine’s Feast. She is producer for the acclaimed theater ensemble Campo Santo.

Tyler Miller can’t believe this is his first production with SFBATCO - he’s been missing out! Since graduating with an acting degree from Stanford in 2019, he has worked as a stage manager, production manager, technician, and theater carpenter in many theaters around the Bay Area, including Golden Thread, Berkeley Rep, ACT, and Cal Shakes. He currently calls Cal Scenic his theatrical home, where he helps build sets as a Lead Carpenter.

James Ard is a noisemaker specializing in new works and live experiences. His recent work includes collaborations with Under the Radar at The Public Theater, American Conservatory Theater, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, San Francisco Playhouse, Summerhall at the Edinburgh Fringe, Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, American Repertory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, CenterREP, Ensemble Theatre Company, Shotgun Players, Golden Thread Productions, Cutting Ball Theater, Crowded Fire Theater, Joe Goode Performance Group, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and Atlantic Theater Company.

Enkidu Khan is a multi-disciplined theatre artist who has worked in a variety of positions. This is their third production with SFBATCO and they are excited to be back! They studied theatre and performance with an emphasis in new works and devised theatre at Oklahoma City University. Some of their favorite credits include stage managing The Poes, a devised live cinema experience, and writing and directing Learning to Forget.

Heidi Button recently received her BA from SF State, also serving as Interim Props Department Coordinator for spring 2024. Recent credits include designing props for Nollywood Dreams at San Francisco Playhouse, and In The Evening By The Moonlight for the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Company. In a former life, Heidi lived in France 8 years as an aerialist, and spent 9 years at SF Circus Center doing circus production. Spring 2020 she co-directed Circus Center's Youth Program.

Lauren Quan is excited to make her debut with SFBATCO. She has previously worked as an assistant stage manager at Aurora Theatre and Berkeley Playhouse. Lauren has also stage managed Magic Theatre's 2023 season which included the world premiere of The Travelers by Luis Alfaro, as well as it's Los Angeles tour with the Latino Theatre Company. Lauren has most recently completed Magic Theatre's 2024 season which included the world premiere of Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad by Ashley Smiley and Naomi Iizuka's translation of Richard II.

Madeline Berger is thrilled to be joining the SFBATCO family and designing with such incredible artists and collaborators! Madeline is a multifaceted costume designer and wardrobe stylist based in the East Bay. Her work can be seen throughout the greater Bay Area. Madeline currently runs the first full-service costume design house and collective, located in Berkeley to provide support and community for all. For more visit: madelinebergerdesign.com

Mikiko Uesugi has designed Sign My Name for Freedom for SFBACO. Recent theater credits include The Strange Library for Word for Word, Fallen Angels for Aurora Theater Company. She has also designed for Magic Theater, Golden Thread Productions, Shotgun Players, Theater Works, ACT M.F.A, Berkeley Repertory Theater, among others. She is a resident artist at Golden Thread Productions, a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers and The Isadora Duncan Dance Award.

Landyn Hikaru Endo is a queer, transmasculine-of-center actor, martial artist, dance/fight choreographer and acrobat. He has performed in Europe with DTM2 Ensemble, Off-Broadway in NYC, and in Japan in “Dreaming Forward,” an artistic collaboration with choreographer Motoko Hirayama. Landyn is a member of Bow and Arrow Circus, and teaches at the SF Circus Center. He has a deep passion for encouraging queer and trans youth to find their voice through movement and art. @smooth_Landyn

Colm is the Master Carpenter for Cuckoo Edible Magic. He serves as the Technical Director at Z Space.

Sam Hannum is so excited to join SFBATCO for the first time. She is a lifelong performer, producer and theatre artist, having spent nearly 6 years in the Bay Area. Sam is signed with MDT Agency in the city, and has worked with Bay Area staples such as The San Francisco Opera, Great American Music Hall and Pianofight. 

In dark rooms Michael synchronizes flat PVC discs in support of spontaneous choreography, and has conjured soundscapes to accompany tales of magical realist Chilean family saga, tarot in the circus, time traveling lesbian cinephiles, Weimar Republic hedonism, injured garden fairies, bronies fighting fascism, Neo-Victorian cyberpunk avatars, familial Russian sorority, drug fueled Millennial anxiety, automaton construction consequences, reverse chronology relationship sabotage, self-mocking racial identity struggles, shepherd princesses in exile… and Andre isn’t here.

Lilly Armstrong is thrilled to be working on her first production with SFBATCO. With UC Berkeley's BareStage Productions, her Sound Designer/Technician credits include Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Into the Woods, Spring Awakening, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. By day, she is an undergrad at UC Berkeley studying English.

Tajianna Okechukwu is a Bay Area actor, filmmaker, and stage manager with a BFA in Theatre Arts and a BA in Film & TV Studies from Azusa Pacific University. Her credits as a Stage Manager include: EDIT ANNIE (Crowded Fire Theater), HALIE! The Mahalia Jackson Musical (Lorraine Hansberry Theatre), and CROWNS (Contra Costa Civic Theatre). Tajianna was recently the Video Projections Designer for Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body at the Magic Theatre. She is excited about theatre that moves people!

Kia Linton is thrilled to return to SFBATCO. Kia Linton worked with SFBATCO for last year’s New Roots festival! She graduated from Portland State University with a BFA in Theatre Arts. Since then, she has spent the last several years working her way up in the Entertainment Industry behind the scenes of film/tv production in the greater Los Angeles area. Kia has worked with a local Bay Area Theater tech company where she has done audio and lighting for theaters. She is also a self-taught visual artist who was recently became a gallery accredited artist. She strives to combine her love and passion for the stage, film, and visual arts in every opportunity!

Camryn Daniels is thrilled to be working with SFBATCO for the second time. She thanks her family, fiancé, and friends for their constant support.

Krys Swan in addition to being a lead electrician, he is a house technician at several theaters in the Bay Area. Swan is thrilled to be working with Crowded Fire with this production. He is a passionate activist for BLM and the LGBTQ+ community believing that the cathartic release the performing arts provide can be a window into positive change. Change starts with one person at a time.

Brian Goggin is a San Francisco based artist and scenic designer known for his innovative approach to immersive environments. His work, merges sculpture, storytelling and theatrical design, creating dynamic spaces that enhance the narrative experience. Brian has contributed his talents to production at the renowned venues such as Z Space, Z Below and the Lucie Stern Theater. For Cuckoo at the Magic Theater, he brings his signature creativity to life, painting the set and stage that complement the bold vision of SF Baco’s production.