Driving Miss Daisy

has won a record four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for “The Waltons” (1973, 1974, 1976), and one for “Nurse” (1982). She was also nominated for four Golden Globe awards for her work on The Waltons, and one People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a Television Program. Her work on stage has earned her multiple Drama-Logue Critic Awards and a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement for her work in Hapsgood. She’s appeared on Broadway in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Three Sisters and in the national tours of On Golden Pond, Three Tall Women and Love Letters. Regionally, she’s performed across the country at theatres including a five-year stint with A.C.T. Ms. Learned has also made a number of television guest appearances, including recurring roles for “General Hospital,” “Scrubs,” “One Life to Live,” and “Profiler.”

This veteran character actor is best remembered in his starring role as dentist Larry Williams in four seasons of HBO’s critically acclaimed “TREME”. The series chronicled the lives of post Hurricane Katrina natives during the rebuild. His memorable performance as the “faith healing” preacher in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, garnered high praise. He recurs as The River King in AMC’s series “Into The Badlands” and recently appeared on the new SyFy/USA series “The Purge” as the villainous Otos under the direction of the Emmy Winning Anthony Hemingway. Mr. Nichols and his wife Zardis co-own Lanzardis Productions. They recently produced the television pilot “Shepherd” which won Best Drama and Best Actor in Drama, at the prestigious 2017 ITV Fest. Their win garnered a development meeting with HBO. Lanzardis also specializes in the training of young professionals in the entertainment industry.

is thrilled to be returning to Laguna Playhouse, having previously appeared in Twelve Angry Men and The Odd Couple. Other credits include: Shakespeare in Love, Peter and the Starcatcher, Arms and the Man (South Coast Rep); A Walk in the Woods, God of Carnage (International City Theatre); Twelfth Night (New Swan Shakespeare); The Morini Strad (The Colony); Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles); Crazy for You, On Borrowed Time, My Fair Lady (La Mirada Theatre). Regional: The Scene (Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara); Amphitryon (Huntington Theatre Company); The Crucible (Pittsburgh Public); Henry VIII, The Tempest (Utah Shakespeare Festival); The Game of Love and Chance (San Jose Rep); Light Up the Sky, The Winter’s Tale, Arcadia, among many productions while a Resident Artist at PCPA/Theaterfest. Film/TV: Submerged and Americana. MFA: UC Irvine; BA: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 
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