A fifth generation Californian, Dr. Haehl is a proud graduate of the San Francisco Public Unified School District. He studied for five years at American Conservatory Theatre's Young Conservatory. As an undergraduate at U.C. Berkeley, he participated in numerous productions as a designer and performer. During his junior year, he studied theatre at the Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Oxford, England.

As a graduate student at UCD, Dr. Haehl received numerous awards, including the Professors for the Future Honors fellowship and the prestiegeous Academic Senates Outstanding Teaching Award. As a free lance artist he recently received both an Elly and an Arty and an Elly award for his designs for Solano College Theatre.

BAs in English & Theatre, U.C. Berkeley, 1983.

Ph.D Theatre, U.C. Davis, 2000

For more information please contact John Lawton Haehl at 408.848.4860 or email him at jlawtonhaehl@gavilan.edu

Marilyn Abad-Cardinalli is the Executive Producer of the Gavilan College Educational Channel-GavTV 18 in Gilroy, California. 

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master of Arts in Theatre Arts and related technologies from San Jose State University.  She also has an Video Art Certificate from UC Santa Cruz.

Marilyn has an extensive career in directing and producing theatre and television production for over 30 years.  She is a professor of theatre and television at Gavilan College in Gilroy, California.  During her thirty years at Gavilan College, she directed and produced over 100 plays and founded the Summer Theatre Arts Repertory "STAR" program which has been introducing young people to the performing arts for over 21 years. 

For the past four years she has been creating and producing programs for the Gavilan Educational Channel-GavTV Cable channel 18.  In addition to producing and directing, Marilyn has written plays and television scripts which have been produced by the college and El Teatro Campesino (ETC). 

She has also developed online classes in theatre appreciation, El Teatro Campesino- ETC and scriptwriting.  Marilyn has been a member of the board of directors for ETC in San Juan Bautista for over 15 years.

C. William (Bill) Klipstine is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Theatre Department teaching Stage Production and working with the Rustics and choreographing the stage combat in Midsummer Night’s Dream. He is retired from teaching high school after 32 years. His dramatic accomplishments include directing over 90 plays and musicals in educational and community theatre venues. In addition he has several television and film productions that he has acted, directed or produced.

Education wise he earned an MA from San Jose State University in television and a BS degree from Ohio State University in theatre and fine arts. He has been very active in the Educational Theatre Association and was inducted into the California State Thespian Hall of Fame.

Additional honors include best Scenic Design for Fiddler on the Roof, 1995; Best Show and best Special Design for the puppets in Little Shop of Horrors, 1988 and 1996; Best Orchestra for several musicals, 1999, 2002, 2006;  Best Lighting Design for Fiddler on the Roof , 2002 all from American Music Theatre’s “Honors” program.

His hobby is the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), a world wide medieval educational organization where he participates in as a medieval marshal artist. He has published a book loosely based on his experiences in Viet Nam entitled Gladiators Playing To The Six O’Clock News.