Professionals | San Diego Performing Arts Directory

James Saba

Performing Professional: Actor; Production Professional: Board Member, Director, Executive Director

James Saba spent 20 seasons at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (HSRT) in Holland, Michigan, where he was a member of the acting company and also Artistic Director of HSRT’s Children’s Stage. As a director, he has worked at Webster University, Diversionary Theatre, Lamb’s Players Theatre, and was Craig Noel’s assistant on four productions at the Old Globe Theatre. As an actor in regional theatre, he has worked at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, San Jose Repertory Theatre, and Cleveland Playhouse and on many San Diego stages. Most recently, he has been seen in Travels With My Aunt (North Coast Rep) Spamalot, Hay Fever/The Vortex (Cygnet Theatre) and His Girl Friday (La Jolla Playhouse). He has been the Executive Director of San Diego Junior Theatre since 2013 and is the current Vice President of SDPAL.

Carly Salway

Performing Professional: Actor, Dancer, Model, Singer; Production Professional: Choreographer

My name is Carly Salway and I am a musical theatre actress, Jazz singer, and model based in San Diego. I grew up performing in community theatres and restaurant venues all over Las Vegas. I graduated college From Southern Utah University in 2019 with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with an emphasis in Dance. I moved to New York after college in 2019 when I peaked interest from an Agent from my senior showcase. When the pandemic hit I had to leave New York to Quarantine with my family. I moved to San Diego to live with my identical twin sister Cambry who has a bachelors of fine arts in Classical Acting emphasis in Directing. I work in fine wine, she works in craft beer, and in our spare time we perform Jazz and Broadway sets at San Diego Wineries. I also work as Dance and theatre instructor at a performing arts preschool. I am a freelance model working for local boutiques and small business film companies. I am always looking for new ways to integrate into the San Diego performing arts community.

Jupityr Shaw

Performing Professional: Actor, Dancer, Singer

James Shelledy

Performing Professional: Actor; Production Professional: Writer/Screenwriter

I'm a actor-writer from San Diego, CA. After many years away from acting, I rekindled a passion for it. Since then, I've graduated from the Meisner Chekhov Integrated Studio and have had the pleasure of working with Asian Story Theater and the SD REP. I am particularly interested in giving voice to marginalized people.

ALYX SHEPHERD

Performing Professional: Actor, Voice Artist

Alyx is a Southern California desert town gal who first discovered her love for acting while putting on the performances of her life for her siblings during Charades and her elementary friends as the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz plays. Alyx also enjoys surfing, cowboy camping, pottery, travel, and foreign language study. She works full-time in neuroscience research and uses acting as another creative outlet. She'd like to thank her dog Scout for keeping her humble during her in-house reenactments of all major films, cooking shows, and books.

Nick Siljander

Performing Professional: Actor, Musician, Singer

Nick Siljander is a performer born and raised in San Diego. Throughout his life, he has pursued many things, from athletics, to speech and debate, to creative writing, but nothing with the fervor and unbridled joy with which he pursues theatre, and all its constituent parts. Since performing in his first show at age 7, he has been hooked. Some of Nick's favorite roles have been Nick Bottom (Something Rotten!), Jack Kelly (Newsies), and Claudio (Much Ado About Nothing). What he finds most powerful about theatre is its ability to bring together a group of complete strangers to experience something wondrous, if only for a few hours. Nick would love nothing more than to look back on his life, and say he added to the wonder.

DeNae Steele

Performing Professional: Actor

A character actor who can take the lead, I'm very expressive. Types include: wounded, fragile, manic, edgy, absurd, farcical, quirky, sexual, uptight and southern. Strengths lie in plays, both dramatic and comedic, with experience in period and contemporary, as well as musicals. Comparisons: Melanie Lynskey, Kathy Bates, Sandy Dennis Favorite past roles include: Lala (Last Night of Ballyhoo), Shelby (Steel Magnolias), Mary Warren (The Crucible), Susie (Parasite Drag), Isabel/Sabine (The Liar) Supporting Actress Award--Roz, Moon Over Buffalo Outstanding Theatre Graduate Award, BFA, Rhodes College

Floyd Strayer

Performing Professional: Actor; Production Professional: Director, Producer

Floyd is a retired Marine, having spent 21 years on active duty and the past 22 years supporting Sailors and Marines around the world with Engineering Technical Services as a Navy Civilian. This support took him to Iraq three times and once to Afghanistan to train Marines. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Management from University of Maryland and a Master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from Naval War College. Floyd volunteered as a mentor for National Alliance Mental Illness (NAMI) and taught interview skills through presentations and mock interviews. He is a speaker on Suicide Prevention and supporter of Survivor of Suicide Loss – Sand Diego. (SOSL-SD) Floyd lost his brother to suicide in 1999, and niece in 2006. He now promotes the prevention of suicide, for the strength of those left behind, and to eradicate the cloud of stigma attached to suicide, depression and mental health illnesses. His passion today is supporting suicide prevention and assisting Survivors of Suicide Loss. He truly wishes he had the benefit of the services SOSL-SD provides earlier in his postvention care. His public speaking spawned him to try standup comedy and Theater. This experience created a burning desire to be on stage and screen. He hopes to one day be able to use this acquired medium of communication to further his passion to reach as many as he can about suicide prevention.

Scott Striegel

Performing Professional: Actor, Singer

San Diego based actor.

Teresa Suárez Grosso

Performing Professional: Actor, Dancer, Voice Artist

Professional bilingual Character Actor known for broad comedic & dramatic work in Film, Theatre & Voiceover. Fluent Spanish & English, Intermediate French. Dual-National USA/SPAIN, valid passports, can work in USA & European Union. Currently Non-Union & Self-represented. (open to discussion). Other Details: Former Dancer ...(Yes, I can also sing), Educator & Clinician. Upper Extremity Disability - sometimes use a brace and/or eyeglasses; Celiac (no-gluten). Have a service animal who has also acted in film & theatre but is not needed on-set. See samples of my work on my YouTube Channel & via these links: https://linktr.ee/teresasuarezgrosso