STEPH SOLA - CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, PERFORMER
Steph is thrilled to bring back Let's All Drink and Do Broadway for TENTH season! Her liver and pancreas are really hanging in there. Recent credits include: Slappin’ da bass for her garage cover band whose name no one can agree on so I’ll just call us Mouse Rat, Mildly Tipsy Girl You've Seen Singing Karaoke in Various Bars Around Seattle, Mom in My House, Wife to My Husband, and Smart Ass #1 in Your Life. When she is not busy making up "alternative credits", she is happily working as a Nurse Practitioner with a focus in Primary Care and Women's Health and sometimes doing other plays when people are kind enough to cast her, including her favorites: ReAct Theatre’s Perfect Arrangement, Annex’s Over and Under, and Midnight Rice's The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up by Carla Ching. Her next project is as the voice of a precocious 8 year old narrator in the serial fiction podcast Teeny Tiny by Bret Fetzer and Juliet Waller. Endless love and thanks her husband, her kiddo, her family and friends, the best cast in the world, and Carson for coming along for the ride even though I totally forced her into the car.
CARSON MAGUIRE - CO-FOUNDER, MUSIC DIRECTOR, PERFORMER
Carson is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She was born in Pennsylvania and has an older brother. She grew up watching Second City Television and cites Catherine O’Hara as a role model. She is known for her deadpan humor and delivery throughout her many comedic roles in sketch comedy, television, and film, Carson has received numerous accolades, including ten Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. She appeared on the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world both in 2007 and 2009 and was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010. Carson broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improv group The Second City. She appeared on SNL from 1997 to 2006 for which she served as a head writer, a performer, and a co-anchor of Weekend Update. She gained acclaim for creating and starring in the sitcom 30 Rock. She adapted the movie Mean Girls into a musical, or which she wrote the book and her husband wrote the music.
EMILY COWGILL - ACCOMPANIST
Emily has been playing the piano since age seven. She holds a bachelor of music degree in piano performance from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. She is the music director and pianist at Faith United Methodist Church in Issaquah and the pianist for Seattle Ladies Choir. Emily wants you to know how proud she is of all of you for NOT storming the Capitol! (If you did, please come talk to her after the show). Luna. Yes, the animals drink IPAs, too.
NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM - STAGE MANAGER
Neville is an American actor known for her role as Cousin Greg in the HBO series Succession for which she received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. She was born and raised on Long Island, New York. Her father is an actor and a former graphic designer, who co-designed the Rolling Stones’ tongue and lips logo. She is 6 foot 7 inches tall and has said that her height has cost her parts and that she occasionally tried to present herself as shorter early in her career. Neville has also invested in various bars and restaurants in New York City. In 2020, she released a music video for her single “Antibodies (Do You Have The)” which was made in partnership with Partners In Health and the COPE Program to encourage listeners to donate in support of those most at risk from the Covid pandemic.
SAFIYA JETHA - CREW MEMBER
Safiya is excited to be a part of the LADADB Crew for a second season! Previous credits include a Wild Thing in a modern dance production of “Where the Wild Things Are”, a dancing butterfly in an off brand musical she cannot remember the name of, and a college production of the Vagina Monologues. While not handing the actors props from behind the curtain and overthinking everything, she enjoys singing with the Seattle Ladies Choir, playing competitive badminton, pretending like she is a character on Gilmore Girls living in Stars Hollow, and expressing disdain for both cats and glitter.
REN LIS - HOUSE MANAGER
Having watched from the audience long enough to realize the only reasonable next step was to get backstage and never leave, Ren is thrilled to join for her first season as House Manager. Credits include singing "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup" (which she firmly believes is the downfall of society) in the cabaret production Nacht Nacht, and arranging the score for Nobody Gets Picked Last Twice, an entirely earnest musical about a dodgeball war on an elementary school playground. These days she sings with Seattle Ladies Choir and otherwise can be found wielding a classical clarinet or a jazz trombone, occasionally at the same party. She joined LADADB for the people, the community, and the simple, scientifically-proven fact that no one has more fun on a stage than this cast.
MICHAEL HAND - CREW MEMBER
Bio coming soon!