Carina Morales

Artistic Director/Show Director

Klarissa Mesee

Assistant Director

Is a native of Southern California and a proud OCSA Alumni.  She studied Theater, Film and Television at UCLA where she earned her BA in Musical Theater.  Since then she has been working professionally as an Equity member, regionally, all over California. Credits include South Coast Repertory, East West Players, The Chance, McCoy/Rigby Ent. and the Disneyland Resort to name a few.  During her 8 years  performing for Disney, she was selected to join the Entertainment Leadership program where she learned the skills and techniques to become a leader in the industry.  She is happy to be implementing those valuable lessons here at Jstage as she steps into her most exciting role to date: Assistant Director.  She is thrilled to be on the other side of the table guiding young artists and sharing the joys of theater.  Although her experience has mainly been on the stage, she is heavily involved working in all parts of the theater.  Her background includes: Costumes, Make up, Props and Choreography.

Haven Hanson

Production Designer

Haven is a multi-hyphenate production designer whose scenic, costume, hair, and makeup designs have graced stages all over Southern California. He was trained in the Production and Design Conservatory at the prestigious Orange County High School of the Arts, and is currently pursuing a theatre degree as a presidential scholar at CSU Fullerton's College of the Arts. He served as the sole costume design adjudicator for aspiring artists from across the United States while working with Musical Theatre Competitions of America, and was named Musical Theatre West's Costume Design Scholar of 2022. Highlights of Haven's professional costume and scenic design experience include theatrical productions for Laguna Playhouse (The Winter of Oz, A Cinderella Christmas), Tustin's Broadway in the Park (The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella), The Music Room, and, of course, JStage (The Music Man, Into The Woods, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Shop of Horrors, Shrek Jr., Matilda Jr., Newsies Jr., Fiddler on the Roof Jr.).