Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin rose to national prominence in 1969 on the television series, Laugh-In, with her characterizations of Ernestine, the irascible telephone operator, and Edith Ann, the devilish six year old. After Laugh-In, Tomlin went on to star in six comedy television specials. In 1977, Tomlin made her Broadway debut in Appearing Nitely, written and directed by Jane Wagner. Tomlin next appeared on Broadway in 1985 in Wagner’s critically-acclaimed play, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. On film, Tomlin’s 1975 debut in Robert Altman’s Nashville was nominated for an Oscar. Over the next forty years, she has starred in over 25 movies, including Jane Wagner’s The Incredible Shrinking Woman, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, 9 to 5, All of Me, Big Business, The Late Show, I Heart Huckabees, Tea With Mussolini, Flirting with Disaster, A Prairie Home Companion, and the critically-acclaimed Grandma. On television, Tomlin has been seen in many series, including The West Wing, Damages, Web Therapy, and the hit Netflix series with Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie. In 2022, Fonda and Tomlin starred in two films 80 for Brady and in the Paul Weitz mystery film, Moving On. Throughout her career, Tomlin has received nine Emmys, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, two Peabody Awards, the Mark Twain Prize, the Kennedy Center Honor and SAG Lifetime Achievement honor.

CREATIVE AND CREW

Steven Klein (Founding Producing Director) is the producing director of Lobby Theatre @ AGBO, and his non-Lobby producing is focused through Firefly Theater & Films, a company he founded more than 25 years ago. Firefly’s theater productions, including Off-Broadway and Off-West End London, have won more than two-dozen awards. Firefly’s films – including notable documentaries MAKE BELIEVE, PRINT THE LEGEND, FINDERS KEEPERS, OUT OF OMAHA, and multi Emmy-nominated WRESTLE – have been distributed worldwide after playing and winning prizes at dozens of festivals, including SXSW, Sundance, TIFF, and LAFF. On stage, Firefly is now developing a new stage musical for Broadway based on its documentary MAKE BELIEVE, directed by Neil Patrick Harris and produced by Steven Klein, Oscar-winner Bruce Cohen, and multi-Tony winner Daryl Roth. On screen, Firefly will next premiere IN OUR BLOOD, a thriller starring Brittany O’Grady that is the fiction directorial debut of Oscar-nominated director Pedro Kos. IN OUR BLOOD will be released by Utopia later this year.

Robin Larsen (Director, Founding Artistic Director) For Lobby: Enhanced readings of Aleshea Harris’s Is God Is, starring Merle Dandrige and Regina Taylor, and Clare Barron’s Dance Nation starring Justin Kirk and Marin Hinkle. Robin is a Los Angeles-based theatre director known for “so many superlative productions” (Hollywood Reporter) at leading venues, including South Coast Rep, The Wallis Annenberg Center, Disney Hall with the LA Phil, Antaeus Company, The Odyssey, The Fountain, and Rogue Machine, where she was a founding member. Robin is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Career Achievement in Directing, and her productions have garnered numerous Ovation Awards, Critics’ Picks, and the LA Times “Best of the Decade” designation for David Harrower’s Blackbird. Robin is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker for her UCLA grad school film, Sombra. Her film work has screened internationally at Cannes and Berlinale and stateside at Austin and Tribeca.

Bridget Peterson (Associate Producer) is a Casting Coordinator at Amazon MGM Studios, contributing to projects across TV and Film. Previously, she was a Talent Coordinator at LINK Entertainment. Bridget earned her BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon and remains involved with her alma mater by mentoring the graduating seniors and teaching an annual 'Business of Acting' seminar, equipping them with vital industry knowledge. She joined Lobby Theatre’s producing team in 2025 and couldn’t be more thrilled to collaborate and bring Annie Baker’s compelling story to the stage. 

Deborah Puette (Producer) is a creator whose work crosses theater, film, and television. A founding member of Lobby Theatre and an Ovation Award-winning producer, she is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Solo Performance, the L.A. Weekly Award for Lead Performance, and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress. Television work includes guest and recurring roles across the networks and streamers. Her first feature as a screenwriter, Cash for Gold, was recently produced with Puette co-directing and starring and is available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and other VOD outlets. Her most recent project as writer-director, the short film Such A Pretty Girl, is in festivals now and serves as proof of concept for her next feature, currently in development.

Chris Redondo (Casting Director) was the Vice President of Casting for Paramount Television Studios, where he helped assemble the casts for series including THE OFFER (Paramount+), STATION ELEVEN (Max), DEFENDING JACOB (Apple TV+), JACK RYAN (Amazon Prime Video), CATCH-22 (Hulu) and THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Netflix). Prior to joining PTVS, Chris was co-casting director (with Richard Hicks) on Ryan Murphy’s SCREAM QUEENS and associate casting director on the Academy Award-nominated film HELL OR HIGH WATER. He is thrilled to be collaborating with Lobby Theatre again after casting last year's reading of DANCE NATION by Clare Barron.