• Dave Bremer
• Tina Bremer
• Ed D'Orazio
• Larry Dusich
• Pauline Hume

• Floyd E. Riggle, Jr.
• Diane Harman Sheridan
• Lowell Szabo
• Bill Turner, in memoriam
• Dorothy Franklin
• Mandy Worley

Dave Bremer's Biography

Dave Bremer was born many years ago in a log cabin in the backwoods of Kentucky (Actually, Los Angeles). He had two parents, one of each. His parents said “We’re going to have babies until we get one that’s perfect” so Dave is an only child.

Dave began his infatuation with theater while sill in high school however the stone tablet scripts were as Dave says “Heavy, man. Heavy!” Dave did one production post high school at a brand new, un-named theater at Cerritos Junior College (as it was known in the dark ages) and toured the “Elves and the Shoemaker” production all over Los Angeles County. One of the schools the show played was Rio Hondo Elementary School in Downey. Dave marveled at the extensive lighting and stage equipment and could only wonder why they had such stuff.
 
The draft ended his college efforts and following his two years of active duty in the United States Army, Dave went to work for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (Yup! We still had telegraph lines in those days). He had given up the thought of returning to the theatre world having discovered girls, however a close friend persuaded Dave to go to an audition at a new theatre in Downey. Dave was never an actor but wanted to see the technical marvels of this “state of the art” facility. Dave began his training as “third assistant nail holder” and worked his way through the ranks to become proficient in all aspects of technical theatre, specializing in sound reinforcement.  Dave participated in Downey Children’s Theatre, Downey Teen Theatre, Downey Theatre Guild, and Downey Civic Light Opera productions. At various times he was even persuaded to get onstage in minor roles.
 
One such minor role became one of the most successful productions of the Downey Civic Light Opera. “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” played the usual three weeks at Downey then went on to another theatre for almost six months until exhaustion caused most of the original cast to “retire”.
 
Dave still works for AT&T and lives in Fontana with his wife Tina and two sons, Travis and Daniel.

Tina Bremer 's Biography

Tina Bremer was raised in Norwalk, California and graduated from Norwalk High School where she first discovered her love of the theater and the performing arts.  She appeared in numerous productions of musicals, comedies, dramas, and even a melodrama – “Deadwood Dick”.  She competed with her high school drama club at drama competitions at Hollywood High School where she received several awards.  She also performed in the choir and madrigals.  She was a member of the Thespians and traveled to New York City for two Broadway tours to attend several Broadway shows. 

The first show in which Tina performed at Downey Theater was in the Downey Teen Theater production of “Little Mary Sunshine” in the late 1970’s.  She went on to do many other productions with Downey Civic Light Opera both on stage and back stage, until the birth of her first son in 1987. 

Currently, Tina works for Progressive Insurance Company as a legal secretary in Irvine, California.  She and her husband Dave just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and they have two sons, Travis and Daniel.  They live in Fontana, California with their four cats. 

Lowell Szabo's Biography

I grew up in Downey attended OLPH Grammar School, graduated from Pius X High School and received a Bachelor’s Degree from CSULB. Worked nine years for DSI as a Test Engineer doing instrumentation, flight test, and wind tunnel work. Worked the next 20 years as a Systems Engineer at Rockwell’s Trisonic Wind Tunnel, designing, interfacing, and maintaining computer systems, data systems, tunnel control systems and model control systems.

I started out as an actor, at the age of nine, in the Downey Children’s Theater. Started running the light board on the stage crew in 7th grade and after high school worked part time for the City of Downey building sets for the shows, stage managing, and lighting design.

At the present time I hold the office of Treasurer for the John Hume Performing Arts Foundation and consult for Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, Trisonic Wind Tunnel in El Segundo, The Low Speed Wind Tunnel in San Diego, and Allied Aerospace.