Haley Johnson - Madame de Merteuil
Special Talent: A spot-on impersonation of The Crypt-Keeper from HBO’s Tales From The Crypt. And mad movie-trivia skills.
Favorite Role Ever Played: Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire; Lottie Wilton in Enchanted April; Harper Pitt in Angels in America
Favorite Cartoon: As a child, Jem and the Holograms and The Thundercats. As an adult, Family Guy and Aeon Flux.
Guilty Pleasure: Gerard Butler, Edward Cullen and York Peppermint Patties.
When I’m not onstage, I’m: Sleeping. Seeing, collecting, obsessing over movies.
Nils Swanson - Vicomte Valmont
Home town: Born in Seattle,WA . But have lived in Colorado since I was 8. So Colorado is more like my home town.
Special Talents: I am a wicked cook, and sing a good Niel Diamond Impersonation.
Favorite Role ever played: Lucifer in Don Becker’s “Lucifer Tonite”, and Lee in Sam Shepard’s “True West”.
Dream Role: Hamlet, I mean come on I am Danish. Or Eddie in “Fool for Love”.
Guilty Pleasure: Chef boy r dee
Personal theme song: “Have a little faith in me” by John Hiatt
Kelly Reeves - La Presidente De Tourvel
Hometown: Dallas, Texas and New York, New York
Childhood Nickname: well… my brother called me Beast, but I don’t acknowledge that.
Secret/Special Talents: I can always find a bargain on clothes. Also, I know more about the history of Tudor England than most people.
Dream Role: Any of the women in Dancing at Lughnasa, or Jessie in Night Mother
When I’m not onstage, I’m: Hanging out with my favorite people in the world, my husband and my dog
Brian Kusic - Chevalier Danceny
Childhood Nickname: Q
Favorite Role Ever Played: Einstein
Most Embarassing Moment on stage: Missing props, had to walk off stage in the scene and yell my lines backstage.
Dream Role: Bobby from “American Buffalo” by David Mamet
Guilty Pleasure: Reality TV, and if we all don’t stop watching it they won’t stop making it.
Personal Theme Song: Indiana Jones Theme
When I’m not onstage, I’m: Trying to find a way back onstage.
Mollie Adams-Denner - Cecile de Volange
Hometown: Exeter, CA
Childhood Nickname: Schmuck
Favorite Cartoon: Darkwing Duck
Dream Role: Glinda in Wicked
Guilty Pleasure: video games… People say I should, but i honestly don’t feel that guilty about them. ;p
Personal Theme Song: Got Rhythm (Take the Lead Remix)
When I’m not onstage, I’m: working on getting married, teaching preschool and dance, finishing school, attempting to keep a social life, going to church, and sometimes taking a moment to remember how to breathe in between all of this… The life of most actors who love what they do!
Boni McIntyre - Madame de Volanges
Hometown: Longmont. Proud to be a Colorado native.
Childhood Nickname: My sister still calls me Bonbon. No one else who wants to live calls me that.
Favorite Cartoon: So hard to narrow it down. TV - Courage the Cowardly Dog and movie, Triplets of Bellview or Nightmare before Christmas or maybe Chicken Run…arugh I can’t decide!
Personal Theme Song: “You Can Always Count on Me” from City of Angels.
Dream Role: Got to play one of them this year, The Witch in Into the Woods. Would love to add Aldonza in Man of La Mancha and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing.
Most Embarassing Moment on Stage: Lost my skirt and a contact singing My Mother’s Wedding Day in Brigadoon
Guilty Pleasure: White chocolate macadamia nut cookie dough.
Special Talent: Dead on impersonation of Snow White singing Some Day My Prince Will Come.
Cathy Washburn - Madame de Rosemonde
Hometown: Lakewood, Colorado (No, I haven’t lived here my whole life…..just the bookends, and yes, I AM a native!!!)
Childhood Nickname: Catrina to my mom, Chatty Cathy to friends, Ant Caffy to my nephews
Secret/Special Talents: Super Grandma — don’t mess with me!
Favorite Cartoon: ScoobyDoobyDo
Most Embarrassing Moment on stage: forgot my line — only once — in Lend me a Tenor. He had to lend me a line!
Dream Role: Madame de Rosemond, n’est pas?
Guilty Pleasure: Tres Leches — oh yeah!!!
Personal Theme Song: I’ve Gotta Be Me
Brian Brooks - Azolan
Hometown: Denver, CO
Childhood Nickname: Brooksie
Secret/Special Talents: By looking at the year of any coin, I’ll name what movie won best picture.
Favorite Role Ever Played: Austin in True West
Dream Role: Katurian in The Pillowman
Guilty Pleasure: Hot Pockets
When I’m not onstage, I’m: In my fortress of solitude, watching Family Guy..gigidy!
Emily March - Emilie
Hometown: Wheat Ridge, CO
Childhood Nickname: Still to this day most call me Em, my mom calls me Precious, my dad calls me Junior or J for short and my brother calls me Son. Yes, I come from a fantastic family.
Favorite Cartoon: G.I. Joe, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was I a tomboy? Yes, yes I was.
Guilty Pleasure: Watching ABC Family’s made for tv movies.
Personal Theme Song: Come Undone - Duran Duran
Gary Webster - Major Domo
Hometown: Gordon, Nebraska
Childhood Nickname: Nothing nice, I’m afraid. I sort of grew into “Web” in college.
Special Talents: Bar games, such as darts, table shuffleboard, pool…
Favorite Role Ever Played: Without a doubt, Norman Thayer, Jr., On Golden Pond.
Most Embarassing Moment on stage: In Lend me a Tenor: I was “in a stupor” in bed onstage and John Greene jumped on top of me to “wake me up,” and … the bed broke. I managed to stay dead.
Chris Coughlin - Footman
Childhood Nickname: Leonardo
Special Talents: I’m a ninja. No, really.
Favorite Cartoon: X-Men
Most Embarassing Moment on stage: Completely forgetting my lines…and laughing about it for over 30 seconds until someone picked it up for me.
Dream Role: A lead on heroes, or any of the Marvel movies.
Guilty Pleasure: Starcraft 2
When I’m not onstage, I’m: rock climbing, gaming, snowboarding, getting my business up and running.
Julie Michalak - Julie
Childhood Nickname: Jules
Special Talents: Can do a shockingly accurate impression of the aliens from Toy Story
Dream Role: Little Sally - “Urinetown”
Guilty Pleasure: Singing Fergie songs for karaoke
Personal Theme Song: (I Ain’t) “Settlin” - Sugarland
When I’m not onstage, I’m: Trying to get onstage…. but also making coffee.
Melinda Gross - Adele
Hometown: Short Hills, New Jersey
Childhood Nickname: Debbie
Special Talent: I can recite the entire Lord of the Rings movie trilogy by heart. Also the South Park Movie.
Favorite Role Ever Played: Ophelia in “Hamlet”
Dream Role: Wonder Woman. I don’t care in what capacity. I just want to be her.
Guilty Pleasure: World of Warcraft
Michael Emmitt - Director
Hometown: Newburgh, NY
Childhood Nickname: Buggie, Bugaboo
Favorite Roll: Cinnamon
Favorite Cartoon: Captain Planet, he’s a hero
Most Embarassing Moment on stage: The entire back of my costume snapped open in the middle of an opera scene. I had to perform the rest of the scene faced straight ahead so no one would see my back.
Guilty Pleasure:Chocolate in all it’s glorious shapes and forms.
Personal Theme Song: The Girl from Ipanema
Janessa Stevinson-Assistant Director
Hometown:Golden
Childhood Nickname:Nessie, like the loch ness monster
Favorite Role Ever Played:Millie from Picnic
Favorite Cartoon:Care bears
Most Embarassing Moment on stage:Happened during rehersal for Picnic, I was suppose to say “The Ballad of the sad cafe” but it came out as “the salad at the bad cafe” and I din’t realize I had said that until everybody started laughing.
Personal Theme Song: Welcome to the Jungle by Guns ‘n Roses
When I’m not onstage, I’m: Curled up in a chair with my cat near by read a book.
