Harrison David Rivers (Playwright). Plays include when last we flew; Lydie, or (S)he Who Looks Inside, Awakes; The Bandaged Place, And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes, Fell, Misquoted Texts, Jack Perry is Alive (And Dating), a musical co-written with Daniella Shoshan  and composer Julia Meinwald; and Look Upon Our Lowliness. Rivers is the recipient of the 2011 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Off-Off Broadway Play, a 2010 FringeNYC Excellence in Playwriting Award, Sundance, Van Lier (New Dramatists) and Emerging Artist of Color (New York Theatre Workshop) Fellowships and the John Golden Playwriting Award. He is a member of the Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater. B.A., Kenyon College. M.F.A., Columbia University School of the Arts.

Colette Robert (Director) is overjoyed to be working in her home state for the west coast premiere of when last we flew! Diversionary Theatre debut.  New York: Barriers (HERE), Pluck & Tenacity (Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Winner), when last we flew (FringeNYC, Fringe Excellence Awards in Playwriting and Performance, GLAAD Media Award: Outstanding Off-Off-Broadway Play), and Stockton (EST/Youngblood).  Colette is a member of the Old Vic/New Voices Network, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, and was the Public Theater’s 2009 Van Lier Directing Fellow. She has developed new work with EST, New Georges, The Old Vic, Ma-Yi, Second Generation (2g), Rising Circle, New York Theatre Workshop, NYU, Columbia University, Vineyard Arts Project, Space on Ryder Farm, and the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab. M.A., RADA and King’s College, London. B.A., Yale University. Thank you to Diversionary Theatre, Harrison, Eric, Anthony, Seena, the cast, the crew, friends, and family. www.coletterobert.com

Faeren Adams (Priscilla) is excited to be returning to Diversionary Theatre. Recent credits include Daisy in The Man Who Came to Dinner (The Coronoado Playhouse), Mary/Calcetina in Learn to Be Latina (Diversionary Theatre). Favorite roles over the years include Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Miracosta College), Candy in Unidentified Human Remains... (Garr Productions, NYC), Esperanza in If the Shoe Fits (Coronado Playhouse), Juanita (u/s, performed) in Come Back to the Five & Dime...(6th@Penn), Gianna in A Roman Holiday (Coronado Playhouse).

Marshall Anderson (Fresh/Ford/Man) is delighted to make his professional debut inWhen Last We Flew. Marshall recently graduated from Pitzer Collegewhere he minored in theatre. He played leading roles inOthello, The 25^thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Colored Museum, Marat Sade,andRichard II.Marshall is a featured character in the web-series Life@Large, and hopes to continue acting in San Diego and beyond.

Lynaé DePriest (Marian) is excited to make her Diversionary Theatre debut with When Last We Flew. Elsewhere:For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf (Common Ground);The Crucible (MOXIE); BFE (San Diego Asian American Repertory Theatre);The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Triad Productions);No ChildandThe Vagina Monologues (InnerMission Productions); Free Gift (Community Actor’s Theatre).

DeAnna Driscoll (The Angel) is honored to be returning to Diversionary Theater with When Last We Flew. Previously for Diversionary: Cloud 9 and Lot's Daughters. New York: King Lear (The Cockpit Theater);Lady Windemere's Fan (Natl. Shakespeare Co.);Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (Cockpit Theatre); Elsewhere:In The Wake, Superior Donuts, The Good Body, Miss Witherspoon, Bad Dates (San Diego Repertory Theater);Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, The Chairs (Ion Theater); The Butcher of Baraboo (MOXIE Theater);Bus Stop (The Old Globe Theater). Movies: Decaf, Clipping Adam, Nixon Baby. Television:Veronica Mars, Point Pleasant, Lincoln Heights. Commercial:Pepsi, At&T, Sharp Healthcare, Union Bank.

Rory Lipede (Natalie) is so honored to be working with Diversionary Theatre. New York Theatre: And She Said He Said I Said Yes (The Public); Baptism (Samuel French Festival); When Last We Flew (Lucille Lortel/Sundance); Dream Acts (HERE); Tunde’s Trumpet (SummerStage); STEP: The Musical (NYMF); FELL (NY Fringe Festival); Christmas Rappings (Judson); Bender (ArsNova); Pound Cake (Negro Ensemble Company). Elsewhere: Raisin’, Othello and A Song For Coretta (St Louis Black Rep.); Troilus and Cressida (St Louis Shakespeare Co.); Laughing Wild (Vanity); Noises Off (Act Inc.); Fires in The Mirror (Mustard Seed Theatre). Awards: NYFringe: Best Actor, Kennedy Centre Irene Ryan National Winner, Mark Twain Comedy Award, Comedia Dell’ Arte Award, Kevin Kline: Most Outstanding Performance.

Noah Longton (Ian) Diversionary credits include: Edward II, Dooley, New Century, and Sextet. Other Credits include: Heddatron (Ion Theatre), Ronnie Larsen Present’s Making Porn, Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and To Kill A Mockingbird. Recently, Noah produced and directed a successful run of Altar Boyz. Noah is a proud graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, where he received his B.A. in Theatre.

Matt Scott (Scenic Design and Construction). Diversionary credits include The Pride, Next Fall, Poster Boys, Dooley, Fair Use and [title of show]. Other San Diego credits include The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Wonder Wounded Heroes, Back of the Throat, Jekyll & Hyde, Hurly Burly, Speed the Plow, Frozen, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Pillowman, The Glass Menagerie (ion Theatre); The Man Who Came to Dinner (Coronado Playhouse); Zombie Prom, Metamorphosis (Coronado School of the Arts).

Shirley Pierson (Costume Design) For Diversionary Theatre: Pippin, Harmony Kansas, Next Fall.  Selected San Diego Theatre: Parade, Glass Menagerie, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Private Lives, It’s a Wonderful Life (09, 10, 11), History Boys, A Christmas Carol, Cygnet Theatre; Into the Woods, New Village Arts; Holiday Memories, Scripps Ranch Theatre; Richard III, Old Globe/University of San Diego. Elsewhere: The Amazing Food Detective, Drumming up Peace, Zip’s Great Day, Someone Like Me, Jay and E on the Zig Zag Sea, Kaiser Foundation Educational Theatre Program.  Awards include a KPBS Patte Award for Theater Excellence, Outstanding Costume Design; The Irving Parker Award for Excellence in Theatre Arts; and The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, Region VIII, Costume Design in Production Award.  Shirley is a faculty member of the Performing Arts Department at Palomar College.  She received her MFA in Theatrical Design from San Diego State University.

Luke Olson (Lighting Design) is very excited to be back at Diversionary forPippin! Previous work at Diversionary Theatre includesthe lighting for Pippin, You Gotta Get a GimmickandDance/Theatre, and the projection designs for Learn To Be Latina and Poster Boys. Other local lighting credits include A Raisin In The Sun(MOXIE Theatre), Malashock RAW/2 (Malashock Dance), Peace Of Courage (TranscenDANCE); YuleTubeandOle! Ole! Ole! (San Diego Gay Men's Chorus); HallowedandAmerican Idyll (Playwrights Project); Faces of Love (Opera Neo); Hunters Trilogy and When Strangers Meet (San Diego Dance Theatre). He has an MFA from San Diego State University.

David J. Medina (Prop Master) is proud to be an Associate Artist at Diversionary: Harmony, Kansas, The Pride,  Speech & Debate, The Marriage Bed, Twist, The Little Dog Laughed, Facing East, Scrooge In Rouge, Corpus Christi, The Daddy Machine. Other Diversionary credits include: When Pigs Fly (Asst. Scenic), Busy World Is Hushed ( Asst. Scenic) BlueBonnet Court (set construction); ion Theatre: Cripple of Inishman ( prop Asst.) Bang productions: Sideman; USD: Cabaret, The Saints Plays. David has worked for the Old Globe Theatre on over 80 shows as a Properties Buyer, Craftsperson & Artisan.

Blair Robert Nelson(Composer/Sound Designer). Original score commissioned by Diversionary Theatre for Dooley.Other theatre credits include:The New Century (Diversionary), The Dybbuk,and Joe Turner's Come and Gone (UC San Diego). Sound Art DJ music and dance collaborations:Who's Here, What Are We Doing?, Pause (for world creation) (Space 4 Art), Space Between, Aqueous Luna (UC San Diego), and In Vein (The Center for Integrative Psychology). Blair was commended by The Kennedy Center for orchestral conductingWonderful Town and has assisted composer/sound designer John Gromada atThe Old Globe and La Jolla Playhouse.He holds a MFA in Sound Design from the University of California, San Diego and a Bachelor of Music in Theory/Composition from Concordia College - Moorhead, Minnesota.blairrobertnelson.com

DeAnna Driscoll (The Angel), Lynaé DePriest (Marian), Noah Longton (Ian), Cordell Mosteller (Paul), Marshall Anderson (Fresh), Rory Lipede (Natalie) and Faeren Adams (Priscilla) in Diversionary's production of When Last We Flew
Photo: Ken Jacques

Noah Longton (Ian), DeAnna Driscoll (The Angel), Cordell Mosteller (Paul), Rory Lipede (Natalie), Faeren Adams (Priscilla), Lynaé DePriest (Marian) and Marshall Anderson (Fresh) in Diversionary's production of WHEN LAST WE FLEW
Photo: Kim Rescate