ON-STAGE LYING
Never presuppose.
A trained improviser and stage performer, my passion for acting has lasted as long as my time in the theatre.
Shows
Peter and the Starcatcher
Teacher/Ensemble
Production Team/Designers
| Director/Choreographer: | Sheldon Mba |
| Music Director: | Linda Starkey |
| Technical Director: | Ed Baker |
| Assistant Technical Director: | Will Smith |
| Voice & Dialects Coach/Fight Choreographer: | Joseph Urick |
| Production Aide/Intimacy Choreographer: | Erin Urick |
| Stage Manager: | Jesse Stephenson |
| Assistant Stage Manager: | Abby Epstein |
| Costumes: | Jade Almsberger |
| Hair & Makeup: | Sarah Bussard |
| Assistant Hair & Makeup: | Brittani Richardson & Renae Richmond |
| Scenic: | Robin Vest |
| Assistant Scenic: | Damien Page |
| Lighting: | Nick Roux |
| Sound: | Denise Ussery & Wesley Henderson |
| Props: | Molly Bazar |
Peter and the Starcatcher let me be a pirate on stage, which was on my bucket list. I also played an androgynous mermaid named Teacher, whose grotto enchanted Peter Pan with magic. That's how he flies. Cause of me. Produced by Wichita State University. Here are the photographs, credit to Bartlett Photo Art:
Teacher (me) lectures Peter Pan (Gavin Tanner).
Left to right: Lynnaya McClure, me!, Ian Moore, Morgan Holcomb (behind Ian), Renae Richmond, Cat Kee. I can't tell who else is back there, sadly.
Backstage
Renae Richmond is Black Stache downstage. Behind them, left to right: Matthew Gwinner, Seferino Ramirez Jr., Jo Smith, Jonathan Banks, me!, Ella Kempker, Morgan Holcomb, Austin Hancock.
Downstage left to right: Matthew Gwinner, Jonathan Banks, me!, Seferino Ramirez Jr, Ella Kempker, Jo Smith.
Upstage left to right: Ian Moore, Cat Kee, Ashley Grega, Emily Redfield (behind Seferino), Maëliss Larcher, Mia Dennet (stairs), Aubrey Johnson (stairs), Steven Soetjoadi.
Renae Richmond and Ashley Grega are DS. Behind them, left to right: me!, Carson Ediger (door above), Austin Hancock, Morgan Holcomb, Aubrey Johnson, Seferino Ramirez Jr., Cat Kee, Steven Soetjoadi, Jonathan Banks (stairs), Mia Dennet, Ella Kempker, Ian Moore (stairs), Maëliss Larcher, Lynnaya McClure, Israel Carreno, Jo Smith.
Left to right: Matthew Gwinner, Austin Hancock, Morgan Holcomb, Jo Smith, Renae Richmond, Jonathan Banks (behind Renae), Seferino Ramirez Jr., me!, Ella Kempker.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bottom
Production Team/Designers
| Director: | Ian Moore |
| Assistant Director: | James Earlywine |
| Production Stage Manager: | Alexys Porter |
| Stage Manager: | Renae Richmond |
| Assistant Stage Manager: | Wes Henderson |
| Technical Director/Scenic: | Scott Cockrill |
| Assistant Technical Director/Scenic: | Will Smith |
| Costumes: | Adia Tolbert & Jade Almsberger |
| Lighting & Sound: | Denise Ussery |
| Makeup: | Jessica Hudson |
| Hair: | Dylan Bray |
| Props Coordinator: | Alexys Porter |
| Props Designer: | Scott Cockrill |
| Literary Consultant: | Emma Lewis |
| Dramaturg: | Madeline Biever |
Produced by Empty Space Theatre, A Midsummer Night's Dream was a great experience. Bottom was an interesting guy, some would say, including me. We can all be as vain as him sometimes. I mean imagine having images of yourself absolutely everywhere that sounds fucking narcissistic.
Photo credit: Dylan Bray & Jade Almsberger
Left to right: Alyssa Watson, me!, Matthew Gwinner, Alec Moore, McKenna Lewis
Left to right: Lynnaya McClure, Ella Kempker, me!, Leo Porcaro
Film
Relapse (short film)
Jack
Directed by Mason Love
The friend of a protagonist struggling with drug addiction and a relationship on thin ice. Jack sure tries his best to be there for him at the request of the girlfriend, but it's pretty clear he is there cause he was asked to.
To my left is Lynnaya McClure