meet the team!!

Director/Lead Vocals

Kimo Camat is thrilled you can make it the remount of one of our favorite shows! Kimo is a Portland born performer who studied Drama & Theatre at University of Portland. Drawing inspiration from genres ranging from classic soul, neo funk, and a dash of musical theatre, Kimo credits his love of music to Sam Cooke and Roberta Flack.

Having performed on stages all across the west coast for the past 16 years, Kimo has developed a true love of story telling through various mediums - his favorite being through song. Along with Mak Kastelic, Kimo hosts a monthly coffehouse cabaret, Kiki’s Cafe, at local PDX cafes. Their goal is to create and provide a safe space for a rotating crew of musicians. Their hope is to introduce audiences to new local talent.

Kimo is the recipient of the 2023 Regional Arts and Culture Council ArtsC3 Grant* for Kiki’s Delivery Service of Love Songs and Heartbreak. His KIKI Series are passion projects about finding love, loving our little meat fleshes, and about understanding what self love is.

He urges you to sing along, to laugh, to cry, to cheer just whatever it is, do it in kindness and with love. And lets get f***ing sweaty!!

Music Director / Piano / Tambourine Man

While in the city, Mak plays a keyboardist, teacher, and music director with a lengthy career bringing live musical productions to Portland stages. A devoted follower of inspiration and inner essence, Mak has wandered through a variety of genres and collaborative settings in the search of musical truths.

Whether it’s hard psych rock or golden-age musical theater, Mak will likely be interested in your project. Outside of the city, Mak enjoys forest getaways where he plays and sings to passing elk herds in an effort to expose them the delights of human music. So far, they don’t like it. Enjoy this fabulous evening of pie and sex! 

Electric Guitar

Guitarist Joseph Mammarella's music is heavily influenced by fusion greats like the Tony Williams Lifetime, Chick Corea, and Steps Ahead. He pays homage to the past legends while creating music for the future with captivating grooves and powerful solos. His debut album "Unleashed" features five of his original compositions.

Joseph was born in Ontario, Canada, and grew up just outside of Portland, Oregon. The son of a classical pianist, he was introduced to music at a young age and quickly took to the guitar.

At Portland State University, Joseph studied under jazz greats George Colligan and Darrell Grant. He learned advanced techniques for composition and improvisation, and earned a Bachelor of Music in 2019.

Joseph has played with groups in all genres, from funk to metal to straight-ahead jazz. During the pandemic, Joseph refined his unique and eclectic sound through livestream and outdoor concerts.

Electric Bass

Matt Cherub (he/they) is a musician, sound designer, and registered nurse from SE Portland. Matt seeks to channel the dynamic, strange and beautiful into new artistic statements. As a musician, Matt is a session guitar and bass player, half of art rock band CHERA CHERA, and leads a solo project under the moniker Cherub Face. @chaereb

Saxophone

Owen Evans is a dynamic saxophonist and composer based in Portland, Oregon. He holds degrees in music education and jazz studies, and recently earned a Master’s Degree from Portland State University where he studied improvisation and composition with George Colligan, Darrell Grant, and Tim Willcox.

Evans’s roots are in the Seattle music scene. He has performed and recorded across a wide swath of genres with Seattle mainstays, including Battlestar Kalakala, the Jazz Police, the Braxmatics, and Tinkham Road. After moving to Portland in 2022, Evans began focusing on composition and working as a band-leader. His debut album, One-Way Passage: Live at Blue Butler Studios, will be released next year. The album features Evans’ original music performed alongside former teacher Colligan and contemporaries Matt Sazima, Dae Bryant, and Marshall Peterson. Evans’ compositions reflect the full breadth of his wide-ranging experience and influences. Evans has performed all along the West Coast, and looks forward to sharing his music with as many new audiences as possible in 2025. He plans to continue collaborating with Portland’s finest musicians.

Percussion

Paul started hitting pots and pans with wooden spoons at age 2 and never looked back, playing in various bands and for studio sessions since he was a teenager. He was a 2023 BroadwayWorld Award nominee, along with Mak Kastelic, for Best Orchestra Performance for the original musical The Pursuit of Happiness with Fuse Theatre. He enjoys collaborating on various music projects with his wife, Kristin Van Sickle, most recently for the February 2023 production of Songs for a New World. Paul has enjoyed drumming for other musicals over the last several years at The Northwest Academy including 13, The Addams Family, Newsies, Seussical, and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. 

When not playing drums Paul is an audio engineer, social media marketer and DJ for weddings and events through VanS Entertainment. He and Kristin have 2 children, Emery and Cohen, and two cats, Kiani and Ana.

Backing Vocals Soprano

Madeleine is a Vietnamese-American soprano, actor, fight choreographer, and occasional street and festival performer. She was born in Tacoma, WA but studied classical voice at the University of Portland under Dr. Nicole Hanig. Madeleine also studies and teaches stage combat under the mentorship of Kristen Mun. She has performed locally with many companies, including Artist's Repertory Theater, Third Rail Repertory, Portland Center Stage, Shaking The Tree, Portland Opera, and Renegade Opera.

Backing Vocals Mezzo-Soprano

Christina Avellán Mantilla hails from New Jersey, where she started her singing career on children’s musical theater stages as a way to overcome her shyness. She went on to train classically, receiving instruction from Amy Shoremont-Obra before attending Yale University. As an undergraduate, Christina studied vocal performance at the Yale School of Music while double majoring in Sociology and Psychology. She sang in the New Blue a cappella group and traveled the world with the Yale Glee Club. She performed in a range of musical theater and operatic productions, most notably as a lead soprano for the Yale Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

 While pursuing different professional passions, Christina has continued to perform in a range of ways, from singing with an Brooklyn-based electro-jazz band to doing stand up comedy. Since moving to Portland in 2016, she joined B-Side Book Club, a PDX a cappella group, where she met and fell in love with Kimo. While the group did not survive COVID19 pandemic, she is excited to be on stage singing again.

Backing Vocals Tenor

Eddie May was cast in his first musical at the age of 5 and became deeply involved in the Tacoma Musical theatre scene for many years. He starred in productions at Tacoma Little Theatre, Missoula Children’s Theatre, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Encore Theatre Company, and Paradise Theatre. As a true Gemini with many passions, Eddie turned his focus from theatre to mental health, earning his Bachelor’s in Family and Human Services and Women and Gender Studies from the University of Oregon while singing with the University of Oregon Singers and the UO Gospel Choir. After attaining his Master’s in Social Work from Tulane University, he moved back to Oregon in 2010 and quickly found himself joining the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus. PGMC and its incredible community has offered Eddie reconnection with his love of music, dance, and theatre while advancing his activism for social justice and equity. He has been a singing member, dancer and soloist with PGMC since 2010, has performed locally for corporate and non-profit benefits, as well as with Cabaret White. Outside of performing, he is an LCSW and Associate Professor of Practice in the Masters of Social Work program at Portland State University.

Stage Manager / Production

Joey moved to Oregon in 2021 after getting out of the military, mainly to see what Oregon has to offer, but also to find out who he was as a gay man. Being in Portland made him feel a bit happier about who he was. Joey enjoys making friends almost just as much as he enjoys the Oregon nature walks. Joey love animals and nature and always have, and being in Oregon brings him closer to who he wants to be. The Portland Queer Arts Foundation also helped Joey in his journey to embrace his queerness. Being able to help out wherever he is needed gives him that sense of purpose and acceptance. He can’t thank the organization enough for that, or the people that come and support our queerness. Thank you to all. Enjoy the show!