Carter has been active in theater as an actor and director for the past twenty years. In that time, he has acted in dozens of productions with The Warehouse Repertory Theatre, MTC, Ukiah Players Theatre, and other companies. Roles include Oberon “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Cortez (the bilingual production), “Mascara Entre Sombras”, Man “A Perfect Ganesh”, Picasso “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”, Emil “Three Viewings from the Frolic”, Multiple Roles “The Grapes of Wrath”, Queensberry/Gill/Lockwood “Goss Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde”. He is stoked to be working to produce quality theater for the Mendocino coast with the cast and crew of “Uncle Vanya”. Carter thanks Hugh Dignon for making this production possible, and Jonathan Haugen for his vibrant staging and astute direction. He is also grateful for the physician and master playwright, Anton Chekhov, for creating such multi-dimensional characters and transcendent themes. Carter is also known as the after of Ivy, twelve; and maintains a law practice in Mendocino.

Hugh has performed on the stages of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Foothill Theater Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Festival in Orinda, PCP Theaterfest in Santa Maria, Kern Shakespeare Festival in Bakersfield, San Jose Stage Company, Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company, Central Works in Berkeley, the Wichita Center for the Arts, The Alliance Francais and Target Margin Theatre in New York City. Locally, he has performed at the Mendocino Theatre Company and the Warehouse Repertory Theater. He is a graduate of the American Conservatory Theater Advance Training Program and Vassar College. Roles he has played include: Benedick in “Much Ado About Nothing”, Johnny Pateen in “The Cripple of Inishman”, Valere in “La Bete”, “Tamberlaine”, Chandel and Poche in “A Flea In Her Ear”, Mercrucio in “Romeo and Juliet”, Mellersh in “Enchanted April”, and “Richard II”. Most recently he played the Lord of the Underworld in “Euridice” directed by Steve Siler at MTC. For Rock the Ground’s first season, last year he directed both the “Rocky Horror Show” and “Hamlet” – in which he played the title role for the fourth (and final) time.

Cindy has been involved in theatre on the coast since the early nineties. Her favorite roles at MTC include: Izzy in “The Rabbit Hole” , Lisa Morrison in “Collected Stories”, Anne Sullivan in “The Miracle Worker” and Carol in “Oleanna”. At the Warehouse Repertory Theatre, she enjoyed playing Viola in “Twelfth Night”, Margaret in “Much Ado About Nothing”, Emily in “Our Town” (directed by Hugh Dignon), and Chris in “Dancing at Lughnasa”. In musical theatre, she performed in Gloriana Opera Company’s “Little Shop of Horrors”, as Ronnette, and “The Mikado” as Pitty-Sing. Cindy wants to thank Hugh for this opportunity, Jonathan for all his guidance, and Anton Chekhov for Sonya. Working on “Uncle Vanya” has renewed her love of the truth of theater.

Dan was invited to Mendocino in 1984 to teach an acting workshop for MTC and has lived in the area ever since, continuing to teach acting (as well as playwriting) and perform in local theatre. He is the director of the TeenScenes wing of the Jumpstart! Young People’s theatre, for which he writes an original full-length play every year. Recent acting roles for MtC include Wilde in “Gross Indecency” and Clive in “The Circle”. He played Claudius in last year’s Rock the Ground production of “Hamlet”.

Christopher Yeiser is a recent transplant from Baltimore, Maryland, where he performed with Fablevision, The Living Room Company, Maryland Stage Company, Performance Workshop Theatre, and Shakespeare On Wheels. Most recently, Chris played Big Stone in Mendocino Theatre Company’s production of “Eurydice”. He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Lorry has been privileged to have worked with both the Mendocino Theatre Company and Gloriana Musical Theater. Among the MTC shows, she has acted in Steve Siler’s “Laramie Project” and “Enchanted April”, Ken Whit’e “Rabbit Hole”, and most recently Bob Cohen’s “Picnic”. She was a member of MTC’s Artistic Committee, and directed “The Vagina Monalogues” as a joint production for Kathy O’Grady’s “Jumpstart”; these are MTC’s productions for young people. She has directed “Aristocats”, “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory”, and will be directing the present production of “Alice In Wonderland” for the Gloriana Musical Theater Company. This is the first time she is working with Rock the Ground Theater Company, and is delighted to be working with such a wonderful cast and director.

Felicia has over the years been involved as an actor, stage manager, designer, and director in Mendocino and Ashland, Oregon. After working primarily at Oregon Stage Works in Ashland’s historic railroad district, Felicia returned home to Mendocino in 2008. She most recently directed “Dog See God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead”, and ‘unauthorized parody’ of Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” for the Mendocino Theatre Company. At MTC, Felicia was last seen in William Inge’s “Picnic” ad Madge Owens, “’59 Pink Thunderbird” as Amy Lee Fullernoy, and Neil LaBute’s “Autobahn” as the drug addicted ‘young woman’ in “Funny”. She is currently a member of the Mendocino Theatre Company Artistic Committee, and most enjoys her time coordinating the Reading Series for the company. Through her work in the Reading Series, she has had the privilege of working as an actor or director with such challenging plays as “Blood Moon”, “The Mai”, “Equus”, “Mr. Marmalade”, “Closer”, and others. Favorite roles include Sandy in the “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (MTC Reading Series), Jacking O in “The House of Yes” (MTC Reading Series), Mayella Ewell in “To Kill A Mockingbird” (Oregon Stage Works), Gloria Pellatori in “Duke” (Ashland Community Theatre), and the Madame de Merteuil in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” (MTC Reading Series).