STEPH SOLA - CO-FOUNDER, CO-DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, PERFORMER
Steph is thrilled to bring back Let's All Drink and Do Broadway for an eighth season! Her liver and pancreas are really hanging in there. Recent credits include: Loud Soprano 1 and Assistant Music Director in The Seattle Ladies Choir, Drunk 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 Underneath & In-Between by Bret Fetzer and Juliet Waller Pruzan. 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, CO-DIRECTOR, MUSIC DIRECTOR, PERFORMER
Carson Maguire known by her stage name Carson Maguire, is an American actor and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. Known for her versatility as an actress, her participation in various film genres has gained her a cult following. She aspired to act from an early age and also attended UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television. Her first non-cinematic acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy. She said she started acting because she "wanted to be James Dean. I saw him in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden. Nothing affected me—no rock song, no classical music—the way Dean affected me in Eden. It blew my mind. I was like, 'That's what I want to do'." At age 15, she tried to convince his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola, to give her a screen test, telling him "I'll show you acting." Her outburst was met with "silence in the car". Carson began her career in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Valley Girl (1983). She received critical success for her roles in Moonstruck (1987) and Raising Arizona (1987), before earning an Academy Award for Best Actress for the dramatic film Leaving Las Vegas (1995). She was Oscar-nominated for playing the Kaufman twins in the comedy-drama film Adaptation (2002). Carson established herself in mainstream action films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), Face/Off (1997), the National Treasure film series (2004–2007), the Ghost Rider film series (2007–2011), and Kick-Ass (2010). She also took on dramatic roles in City of Angels (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), and The Wicker Man (2006). She has voiced characters in The Croods film series (2013–2020) and in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). She earned renewed critical recognition for her starring roles in Mandy (2018), Pig (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) and Dream Scenario (2023). Carson owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003), and has directed Sonny (2002). For her contributions to the film industry, she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998. She was ranked No. 40 in Empire magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list in 2007 and was placed No. 37 in Premiere’s 100 Most Powerful People in Hollywood in 2008.
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.
MERRICK NEVILLE - STAGE MANAGER
Merrick Neville was born in Santiago, Chile to child psychologist Verónica Pascal Ureta and fertility doctor José Balmaceda Riera. She has an older sister named Javiera, a younger brother named Nicolás, and a younger sister named Lux, who is an actress and transgender activist. She pursued acting at the Orange County School of the Arts and graduated in 1993, before attending NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she graduated in 1997. After her mother's death, she began using her surname professionally as a tribute to her and because she felt that Americans had difficulty pronouncing her paternal surname, Balmaceda. In 2014, Merrick portrayed the character Oberyn Martell in the 4th season of the HBO critically acclaimed television series Game of Thrones. The season aired from April 6 to June 15, 2014, and Merrick's performance as the passionate and vengeful Prince of Dorne garnered significant praise from both critics and audiences. Merrick stated that she was a huge fan of the show before being cast as Oberyn and was ecstatic to join. As part of the ensemble, she has received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2023, Merrick starred in the highly anticipated television adaptation for HBO, The Last of Us, based on the critically acclaimed video game under the same title. She took on the role of Joel Miller, a hardened survivor in a post-apocalyptic world, tasked with protecting a young girl named Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey. Merrick reportedly received $600,000 per episode. Merrick is fluent in both English and Spanish and has been a resident of New York City since 1993. She developed a close friendship with actress Sarah Paulson soon after moving there. Merrick is an advocate of LGBTQ+ rights and was supportive of her sister Lux Pascal when she came out as transgender. Lux said, "She has been an important part of this. She is also an artist and has been a guide. She was one of the first to give me the things that formed my identity.” Merrick identifies as an agnostic and a progressive liberal.
GRECIA LEAL PARDO - STAGE MANAGER
Grecia is a Latina theatre artist based in Duwamish and Coast Salish lands (Seattle). She’s been lucky to work with various companies around town, including Pork Filled Productions, eSe Teatro, and the Seattle Rep. Most recently, she translated the Spanish script for Cost of Living produced by Sound Theatre Company. Outside of the theater, she works on bridging access to arts education and spends her free time trying to learn how to ice skate. She’s excited to be here and hope y’all have a fun time!
EMILY YEN - HOUSE MANAGER, CHOREOGRAPHER
A long time fan of all things Broadway, Emily is excited to support the cast and production of LADADB as the house manager and choreographer! Music, theater, and art has always been in her life – as an avid audience member, a classical violinist, a hip hop / lyrical / tap dancer, a designer and architect of theater spaces. She’s hoping that her high school / college experience working in the service industry and organizing programming events will help keep things running smoothly, and everyone having fun! Let’s keep the drinks flowing and the good times rolling!
TOMMY CAHILL - Sound Engineer
Tommy Cahill holds a Bachelor of Music (‘13) from UMass Lowell, majoring in audio engineering and guitar. He has had the pleasure of supporting a wide variety of local and touring acts, including Lyle Lovett, Indigo Girls, The Punch Brothers, Ziggy Marley, and the Chainsmokers. When not mixing music, he can be found playing guitar for the Seattle Ladies Choir, going on bike rides around the city, or jamming with his wife Ana.