Arturo Montes (He/Him) is excited to be back for the 2024-2025 Season. He made his directorial debut last year with Theatre in the Mountains’ production of Roald Dahl's Matilda! He is a San Jose native and currently an actor in training at San Jose State university, pursuing a B.A. in Theater Arts. He has been focused on acting for the last few years, with some of his credits including Fun Home, The River Bride, Kinky Boots, and Toxic at City Lights Theater Company, Into the Woods at Foothill Musical Theater, and Beauty and the Beast at Palo Alto Players. He is excited to get this opportunity to step off the stage and get to be on the other side of the curtain. A proud first-generation university student, he is grateful to be given the opportunity to pursue his dreams and take advantage of the opportunities in the Bay Area theater scene. He hopes to help pave a larger path for young Chicano & Latinx/Hispanic actors throughout his career.

Mylissa is choreographing at Theatre in the Mountains for her second season and is really enjoying the community here! Other choreography credits include 25th Annual...Spelling Bee (Los Altos Youth Theatre), Wizard of Oz (LyricTheatre), Joseph...Technicolor Dreamcoat (Starting Arts), and Little Shop of Horrors (Los Altos Youth Theatre), which she also directed. Her choreography has been seen on the indie film circuit, and in various summer camps and school districts around the Bay Area. When not choreographing, she is also a performer herself, and runs a murder mystery dinner theatre company - The Clue Collective. For more information see mylissamalley.com.

Evandra Aurelia is proud to be the Musical Director for TIM's productions of Finding Nemo Jr. and The Little Mermaid. Evandra, AMDA graduate, is a professional Actress, Singer, Voice Teacher, and was previously the Musical Director for Urinetown: The Musical at SVHS. This summer Evandra had the honor of portraying Miss Honey with SVCT, and received their Member's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress. Evandra would like to thank her mother for singing to her every night, being the inspiration for her love of music and theatre, and for always being her most vocal supporter. For more information on Evandra's lessons and credits, visit evandraaurelia.com.

Kyle has been working with Theatre in the Mountains off and on since he was 12. He has been onstage, backstage, offstage, and spot-op. Some of his favorite roles have been Tybalt, Aramis, the Red knight, and most recently Robert Cratchit. He is really excited to be back in the Director's chair, and overjoyed to be working with such a great team.