How I Learned to Drive
Meet the Cast
Shelly Day (Female Greek Chorus)
Shelly Day is delighted to return to Costa Mesa Playhouse. She was last seen here in Buried Child (Halie) and The Whale (Mary). Recently, she performed in The Children (Hazel) at the Wayward Artist Theatre. Some of her favorite roles in recent years include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Big Mama) and Pack of Lies (Barbara) at Long Beach Playhouse, Steel Magnolias (M’Lynn) at P3 Theatre, God of Carnage (Annette) at Newport Theatre Arts Center, The Miracle Worker (Kate Keller) at Attic Theatre, and a reading of Such Small Hands at the Chance Theatre. Shelly holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Southern California. She extends heartfelt thanks to her other half, Ed, and all her fur babies for their unwavering support.
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Mia Josimovic (Li’l Bit)
Mia Josimovic (she/her) is excited to be back on the CMP stage. Her most recent roles include Veronica in God of Carnage, Stage Manager in Our Town, Bev/Kathy in Clybourne Park (2023 Orange Curtin Best Supporting Actor), Liz in The Whale (2022 OCTG Award Best Supporting Actor). She is also the Managing Director of Costa Mesa Playhouse.
Maxfield Lund (Uncle Peck)
Maxfield is excited to be part of his first production at the Costa Mesa Playhouse. Max has been a student of acting for years and has played all kinds of roles from John Proctor in The Crucible to Kippy Sunderstrom in Take Me Out and Marty Pascal in The House of Yes. Maxfield recently moved to Costa Mesa and is proud to call himself a resident of this wonderful community in Orange County. Maxfield would like to thank his actor friends and family for their support and encouragement over the many years.
Eric Parmer (Male Greek Chorus)
Eric is thrilled to be making his Costa Mesa Playhouse debut! Eric graduated from UC Irvine in 2013 with a BA in theatre, completed improvisation training at iO Chicago, and has performed with various theatres in San Diego and Chicago. Previous acting credits include: Speech and Debate, Arcadia, Body Awareness, Charley's Aunt, The Miser, The Gift Teller, Hamlet, and Macbeth. Enjoy the show!
Shelby Perlis (Teenage Greek Chorus)
Shelby Perlis is so honored to be making her Costa Mesa Playhouse debut. Some of her favorite past credits include working with the Gaslight Melodrama Theater in Bakersfield CA, as well as roles such as Nikki Crandall in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 and Ruth in It’s A Wonderful Life. She would like to thank her husband, her family, and her friends for their love—and you, the audience, for helping theatre thrive.