The Dos Pueblos Theatre Company consistently employs industry professionals for all of its productions. From Santa Barbara to New York and everywhere in between, our team works with and mentors our students to prepare them for a continued education and career in theatre arts. While many of our staff serve as consultants or designers on a show-to-show basis, we have a handful of professionals whom we have come to rely on and are truly a part of the DPTC family. Get to know them below!
Clark Sayre, Director
Director Clark Sayre has performed on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince's Merrily We Roll Along and played the role of Anthony in the 2nd National Tour of Sweeney Todd. He also appeared on Broadway in Oliver! with Patti Lupone and Ron Moody as well as several readings, concerts and workshops in New York for writers Robert Freedman (Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder), Winnie Holtzman (Wicked), and David Evans (Birds of Paradise). He has appeared in From Hollywood To Deadwood, It's The Garry Shandling Show, and The Education of Max Bickford, among others. His many produced stage plays include: Looking For The Good Old Days, Let's Take A Walk Around The Block, and Grownups and Other Complications. He worked with Delia Ephron and John Forster on the West Coast Premiere of How To Eat Like A Child and with John Forster on Tom Chapin's Family Tree. His screenplays include The Art of Deception, Lead, Santa Boy, and So Far From The Tree. He has enjoyed teaching at Dos Pueblos for the past thirteen years and was Goleta Educator of the Year in 2011. He is married to athlete/teacher Sharon and is thrilled that both his children Blaine and Kailey are part of DP's Theater Department.
Noel Greer, Theater Coordinator / Producer / Technical Director
Noel Greer is entering his second season with Dos Pueblos Theatre Company. Before working with DPTC, Noel spent 5 years as the production manager and technical director for the Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, DC, where he also taught classes in stagecraft and dance in production in the academy’s pre-professional post-secondary education program. Additionally, Noel has worked as a scenic and lighting designer in theatres throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Favorites include: Crimes of the Heart, Hamlet (Firebelly Productions), Visit to a Small Planet (American Century Theater), Precedence (Virginia Ballet Company), and Dancing at Lughnasa (Holton Arms School). He has worked as a technical director, carpenter, electrician, and stage hand for theatre, television, dance, opera, and numerous special events. Through work in commercial scene shops, his craftsmanship has been on display in such venues as The Kennedy Center, The White House, BET, ESPN, CBS, and more. He holds a BA in Theatre from George Mason University in Fairfax,VA.
Gioia Marchese, Co-Director / Choreographer
After graduating from The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Gioia acted, directed, and produced Theater and film in New York. She co-founded The Bridge Theatre and ran the actors collective RSD Talent where she directed Portland by Ruben Carbajal and produced several shows and readings. Gioia acted as manager and performer in the critically acclaimed dance/theater company, Company XIV where she performed in The Judgment of Paris, Le Serpent Rouge, and Le Cirque Feerique in New York, The Puebla International Arts Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Most recently she produced and cast the feature film Escape from Tomorrow, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and released nationwide last Fall. She also cast a sci-fi radio show and choreographed a music video for Indie Rock princess Carina Round. She directed DPTC's production of The Spoon River Project, a collaboration with student actors and musicians.
John Douglas, Musical Director
In recent years, John has served as musical director and/or pianist for scores of Broadway musicals and revues at Santa Barbara and Ventura area schools, and youth, community and professional theatre companies, including Circle Bar Dinner Theater, Rubicon Theater, and Out of the Box Theater Company. He has been accompanying Clark Sayre's musical theater classes and has served as musical director and/or rehearsal pianist for all of DP's musicals since 2005, including Moby Dick the Musical, Kiss Me Kate, Beauty & the Beast, Annie, Curtains, Hello Dolly, Like You Like It, Tarzan, and In the Heights. John's credits as a songwriter/composer include shows at Santa Barbara High School (Village Fable, 2008; Pinocchio, 2009), six original shows with City at Peace at Center Stage Theater (2007-2012), and a show at PVAC summer camp (2005). He is in his eighth year as adjunct music instructor at Westmont College, and is in his ninth year as director of the Goleta Valley Junior High School jazz bands. John is on adjunct faculty in the Santa Barbara City College music department and SBCC continuing ed. He has an extensive discography stretching back to the 1970s. Performing credits include tours with the Pointer Sisters, Donald O'Connor and Eddie Fisher, and shows with Aretha Franklin and Dizzy Gillespie, among others.
Leigh Allen, Lighting Designer
Leigh is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Design. Accolades include: a recent Ovation nomination for her work on Dying City, the Garland Award for Cousin Bette, LA Weekly Award for Treefall, Ovation / Production of the Year for Killer Joe, GLAAD Award for Like a Dog on Linoleum, Macy Award for The Secret Garden, and LADCC and LA Weekly Awards for Johnny Got His Gun. She has also toured with Master of Illusion, Live! and designed for cruise lines, musical theater companies, regional theaters, universities, and many more. In her spare time, she teaches at Santa Monica College.