Cast & Crew

Writer, Producer, Director, Performer - Sharon Knorr -

Starting at age 10 as the street sweeper in The Clown That Ran Away at Portland Civic Theatre School, Sharon Knorr by now has performed for many years in Los Angeles and Portland as an on-stage actress, on-camera talent and behind-the-camera producer.

She has worked for many Portland theatre companies … New Rose, Readers Theatre Rep., Triangle Productions, Cynget Productions, Portland Civic Theatre, Lakewood Theatre Company and at Storefront as an original Portland cast member of the cult hit Angry Housewives. Sharon was a cast member of another cult hit Hot Flashes the Musical that played to sold out houses for the last 5 years in Portland and toured Oregon and the west coast.

As a director, she has guided Scott Parker in two one man shows, directed Portland’s beloved Female Impersonator Darcelle in a one man show based on the movie actor Divine. This fall Sharon directed The Mousetrap for Skamania Performing Arts Foundation in Stevenson, Washington.

As a producer, Sharon Knorr Productions serves clients that have included Nike, Gard Communications, Special Olympics and Vogel Communications.

Music Design - Kurt Misar -

A member of ASCAP and LA’s Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, Kurt is a Northwest Playwright’s Guild and Drammy award-winning composer, arranger, producer and musical director with over 30 years of regional and national production credits. Produced original musicals include: I Lost me at the Movies, Clowns - Clowns - Clowns, All’s Fair and Claus, and children’s theater productions include the musicals: James and the Giant Peach for OCTC and The Wind in The Willows for NWCT as well as specialty music for various McDonalds® in-school shows. With dozens of completed projects, theatrical underscores include The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Velveteen Rabbit, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Charlotte's Web, and The Boxcar Children for OCTC as well as Alice in Wonderland for Tears of Joy Puppet Theater Co. He has composed numerous industrial holiday shows, many featuring Portland’s own Cinnamon Bear, produced in more than a dozen states for Bambergers, Robinsons, Lipman-Wolfe and Frederick & Nelson Department Stores and has just finished a first draft of the musical: Wild Space a Go Go. He is currently developing two new, full-length musicals and is owner of MUSICWoRKS - a custom music composition and production house. For more information, find him on the web at www.soundfactory.com.

Stage Manager - Colleen Sunset

Lighting Design / Tech Operator - Gail Hoffnagle

Tech Advisor - Greg Tamblyn