Gatsby Redux

Mixed eMotion Theatrix (MeMT) combines music, dance, theatre and multimedia to create hybrid performance experiences in live theatre. The company is dedicated to telling stories about the human condition through folk tales, myths, classic literature, new histories and biographies. These stories are presented through contemporary dance, opera, theatre, puppetry and film elements.

All productions strongly use music and storytelling to inform and enlighten our audience. Particularly with our live work, MeMT strives for the audience to share a collective sense of community through the experience. The company aims to create performances that generate thought, reflection, humour, musicality and wonderment.

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Janet Roston is an award-winning director and choreographer in theatre, concert dance and other media. She was the director/choreographer and co-creator of Anaïs Nin; Unbound, which tells the story of famed artist Anaïs Nin. Performances include the Greenway Court (Los Angeles), New Vic (Santa Barbara) and Musco Center for the Arts (Chapman University). International performances include the Avignon Festival, La Nouvelle Eve, Paris and the International Theatre Festival in Casablanca, Morocco.

Her work includes Midsummer Night (Tennessee Shakespeare Company), Striking 12 ( Laguna Playhouse), Tonya and Nancy, The Rock Opera (ART, Boston), shAme (King King Nightclub) and So Now You Know (California Tour). Her choreography for the hit production The Boy From Oz (Celebration Theatre) won her a second Ovation Award (LA’s top theatre award) and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (LADCC).

Roston created choreography for The Colour Purple (Celebration Theatre) for which she received the Ovation, NAACP and LADCC Awards. Additional choreography includes: Once On This Island (International City Theatre, NAACP Nomination); Avenue X (Odyssey Theatre, Ovation Nomination); and Failure, A Love Story (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Ovation Nomination). She co-directed and choreographed the video “You Can’t Stop The Beat” during the pandemic to raise money for The Actors Fund. It was named Best of 2020 by The Washington Post (with 3 million YouTube views). She also directed The Thomas John Experience, featuring the famed Psychic/Medium, at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Her choreography for media has garnered her two American Choreography Awards and wins at several national film festivals.

Ryan Bergmann is a Los Angeles-based theatrical director and producer. He has spent over a decade promoting and growing the arts community in and around Los Angeles. He specializes in new works and developing theatre arts that foster communication and acceptance of all communities. He earned his BA in Theatre and German at Truman State University and has continued his studies worldwide. In 2015, Bergmann and his partner in crime, Janet Roston, proudly established Mixed eMotion Theatrix with the dream of bringing the magic and joys of theatre, dance and multimedia to all communities worldwide to further acceptance and growth within us all. His most recent directorial work includes, Mutt House, The Musical (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Die Mommie Die (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Niagara Fall (Theatre of NOTE), Bronies the Musical (LA Fringe, Best Musical Winner), revolver (Celebration Theatre) and The Real Housekeepers of Studio City (LA Fringe, Best of Fringe Winner). His most recent producing work includes Anaïs, A Dance Opera (Greenway Court Theater), Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera (King King), The Next Fairy Tale (Celebration Theatre) and BASH’d: A Gay Rap Opera (Celebration Theatre).

Joe Larue is a stage/film director, video editor, photographer, graphic designer, dramaturg and projection designer. His projection design, story editing and research skills were pivotal in shaping MeMT’s Anaïs, A Dance Opera. He is the director of the web series Dog Days and Pet Peeves. His short films Adobo, Loaded and Thanksgiving have screened at festivals including the Boulder International Film Festival, D.C. Asian Pacific American Film Festival, Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Larue is the editor of the hit Nigerian feature films When Love Happens, Lunch Time Heroes and When Love Happens Again. Projection design credits include Gatsby Redux (Walt Disney Concert Hall), Striking 12 (Laguna Playhouse), four consecutive years of The 24hr Plays, Tonya & Nancy (Club Oberon, Boston), Serpentine Pink (Son of Semele) and CarnEvil (Sacred Fools).

Larue holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida.

Allison Dillard is an Ovation and LADCC award-winning costume designer based in Los Angeles. She received an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Missouri- Kansas City. Recent local design work includes Measure for Measure (Antaeus); Mutt House (Kirk Douglas Theatre); Born to Win, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Die, Mommie, Die!, BootyCandy (Celebration Theatre); Shine Darkly, Illyria, Antigone (Fugitive Kind); Gatsby Redux, The Shadow, Anaïs Nin: Unbound (Mixed eMotion Theatrix); Spies Are Forever (Tin Can Bros.); The Addams Family, Les Miserables, The Lion King Jr. (Milken Community Schools) and several more.