 Terri
Foley (Road Manager) is returning for the second year as the
road manager for the Troupe. She managed last year’s stage production
of The Adventures of Nate the Great as well as the Traveling
Troupe version of the same show. She is a member of the School of Theatre Arts, having completed the Adult
Acting Wheel and several performance classes. Her first show on the
Civic stage was Harriet
the Spy in 2005.
 Rebecca
Hansen (Nell/Edith) is a junior at West
Catholic High School.
Her first show at Civic was last year’s production of High School Musical. Rebecca
has also appeared in her high school production of The
Mouse That Roared and a production of A Christmas Carol at St.
Cecelia Music Society. Rebecca was a Michigan Interscholastic Forensic
Association Semifinalist in Sales at the State Finals in 2007. Rebecca
also plays clarinet and has danced with Linda Moon School of Dance.
 Bryce
Hutson (Parson/Prince) is in the 8th grade at East Rockford
Middle School.
This is his second time touring with the Traveling Troupe. Other theater
credits include Scrooge
at Rogue River where he played Young
Scrooge and Plain
Shawl as Jeremiah Jacobs. He has also appeared in shows at BHB Church
as Hot Rod in Race
to Win and as A Regular Boy in Worship Arts Camp. Bryce also
is in a Hospice commercial airing on television.
 Noah
King-Bates (Farmer Malloy/Prime Minister) was recently seen
on the Civic stage in the 2008 Summer Repertory production of Alice.
He is a junior at East
Kentwood High
School were he received his varsity letter
in drama. At school he has appeared in Anne
of a Thousand Days and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Noah plays
the violin and drums and also enjoys break dancing, basketball, track
and karate.
 Kelsey
May (Molly) is a freshman at Northview High
School. She is a member of the School
of Theatre Arts.
Kelsey has completed the Theatre Wheel and been in the performance
class production of Romeo
and Juliet at Verona High. Her first show at Civic was The
Moppet Show during Theatre Arts Day Camp. Other stage credits
include Cheaper
by the Dozen and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for school. Kelsey
plays the guitar and sings in the school choir.
 Anthony
Murphy (Parson/Prince) first appeared onstage at GRCT in the
2004 production Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.
Anthony is also a member of GRCT’s School of Theatre Arts
– finishing an Acting Theatre Wheel and appearing in two Phase II shows
– most recently as Pan in Pandora’s Box. He was last seen on stage in the SRT production
of Alice.
In addition, he’s been a member of the last three Traveling Troupes.
Other credits include Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
Peter in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
and Larry in Cheaper By The Dozen at
Northview
High School where
he is a freshman.
 Grace
Perkins (Molly) was in last summer’s production of Alice
as well as last year’s Traveling Troupe production of The Adventures of Nate the Great.
She’s also a member of GRCT’s School of Theatre Arts and has finished the High
School acting Theatre Wheel. Grace has appeared in several Master Arts
Theatre productions – Meet Me in St. Louis,
The Homecoming and as Raja in I
Never Saw Another Butterfly. Grace has participated in numerous
productions in the drama class for home-schoolers, including the Baby
Doll in The Velveteen Rabbit.
 Michael
Reese (Farmer Malloy / Prime Minister) appeared in his first
Civic show last year. He was in the past Traveling Troupe performance
of The Adventures of Nate the Great. He is a member of
the School of Theatre Arts and a freshman at Grandville High School.
Michael has completed the Theatre Wheel and appeared in several performance
classes.
 Natalie
Scalabrino (Nell/Edith) is appearing in her first Civic show
in this production of Tales
of Molly Malloy. She is a member of the School of Theatre Arts
and volunteers at the American Red Cross. Natalie is a freshman at West Catholic
High School.
 Kallen
Schwark (Ralph/Edgar) first performed on the Civic stage in
last year’s production of Miss
Nelson Is Missing. He is a member of the School of Theatre Arts.
He has appeared in the Phase II production of The Babysitter Diaries.
He appeared in the ensemble of Opera Grand Rapids’ production of Carmen
in 2007. Kallen is first chair clarinet in his seventh grade band at
Central
Middle School.
He is in his third and final year in the Academically Talented Youth
Program math series at GVSU.
 Katherine
Searcy (Pony/Peasant/Abigail/Hannah) is performing with the
Traveling Troupe for the second time. She was in last year’s show The Adventures of Nate the Great.
Katherine is a member of the School
of Theatre Arts.
Other credits include the Master Arts production of Cheaper by the Dozen as
well as Jenison Junior High’s production of A Nuther Thing.
 Mary
Searcy (Agnes / Mrs. Miller / Annie / Queen) is excited to
appear in her first show at Civic, appearing with her daughter makes
it that much more special! She is a dancer and plays the clarinet and
the guitar. Mary works for Kent District Library. In her spare time
she enjoys sewing.
 Rachel
Sironen (Pony / Abigail / Peasant / Hannah) is excited to be
performing in her first Civic show. She remembers seeing the 2005 Traveling
Troupe come to her school when she was little and she thought to herself
that she wanted to be in the Traveling Troupe herself someday and she
is living her dream! She has been a member of the School
of Theatre Arts
since 2001, participating in many classes and camps. Rachel has performed
in church productions of Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Rishalina and the River,
and Reformation.
 Hannah
Keirnan Skok (Agnes / Mrs. Miller / Annie / Queen) is excited
to be performing in her first Civic show. She is a member of the School
of Theatre Arts
and has completed the Theatre Wheel. A lifeguard at the East
Kentwood pool, Hannah learned to play the guitar just for
this show!
 Corey
Sorg (Ralph/Edgar) is a member of the School
of Theatre Arts
as well as an 8th grade Homeschooler. He has been in performance classes
at Civic in The
King’s Twinkies, The Timid Dragon, While Shakespeare Slept, and
the Phase II performance of The
Babysitter Diaries. Corey has performed with the Grand Rapids
Symphony Youth Choir and the Grand Rapids Ballet.
 Charles
R. Streidl (Squire/Miller/King) is a sophomore as East
Grand Rapids High
School as well as a member of the School of Theatre Arts.
His first show at GRCT was a summer camp production back in 2000! He
has completed the Theatre Wheel, appeared in a performance class production
of Romeo and Juliet
at Verona High. Charles has also taken the Broadway Bound class.
 Brian
VanVels (Squire/Miller/King) is in his first year of college
at Aquinas. He is a member of the School
of Theatre Arts and has appeared
on the Civic stage many times most recently in Alice
and Into the Woods
Jr. He is an active volunteer and was the 2008
recipient of the “Leon Award” from Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Beside
Civic, recent on-stage appearances include Oklahoma!,
The Sting, My Favorite Year, Harvey,
and Fright Night.
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