Honey Lea Smith (Elizabeth Bennet) could last be seen as The Bogle and others in the Colony Theater’s staging of Jacob Marley’s
Christmas Carol. Prior to that she was part of the ensemble for Squiggllydickler; Claire Clairemont, Bloody Poetry; Betty, Sure Thing;
and participates frequently in Lunchbox Theatre. Honey was also part of numerous productions in high school at High Street Christian
Academy, Tree of Life Christian School, Thomas Worthington High School and Westerville South High School. She is a full time student
at SSCC and will be transferring in the fall for American Sign Language Interpretation. She is a member of Good News Gathering for
which she plays the keyboards and occasionally sings in the Praise and Worship Band.
Benjamin Gullett (Mr. Darcy) just recently ended his three-week run in Mariemont Players’ production of Stalag 17 as James
Schuyler Dunbar. His extensive list of previous roles also include: Jacob Marley, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (also served as
director); Stephen Girard, The Insanity of Mary Girard; Dr. Edward Squiggllydickler, Squiggllydickler (also playwright and director);
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Bloody Poetry; part of the three-man team in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); co-
directed and performed in An Evening with David Ives; Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof; John Proctor, The Crucible; ensemble actor, I Love
You, You're Perfect, Now Change; Rick Steadman, The Nerd; ensemble actor, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten;
Pseudolus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; El Gallo, The Fantasticks; Dr. Spivey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest; Max Prince and director of Laughter on the 23rd Floor; and many more! He has also designed and created the publicity materials
for: The Whole Shebang, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, The Insanity of Mary Girard, Lone Star & Laundry, The Curious Savage,
Squiggllydickler, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Bloody Poetry, Shakespeare (Abridged), An Evening with David Ives, Theatre ASAP,
Fiddler on the Roof and The Crucible.
Mark Holmes (Mr. Bennet) is no stranger to the SSCC Theatre stage; he’s just been on sabbatical. Mark’s previous credits include:
Sir Marcus Burg Lord of Fairfield, Brothers in Arms Joust Troupe; Player, Shoestring Players NYC; Intern, Marvin’s Room; Mr. Gibbs,
Our Town; Adam, The Diaries of Adam and Eve; Elwood, Harvey; George Gibb, Our Town; Dancer, Oklahoma; President, The Mouse
That Roared; Jimmy Curry, Rain Maker; Dancer, Mame; Alfred, My Three Angles; Teddy, Arsenic and Old Lace; Parnell Spokefinder,
Silent Pictures; Extra, Rainman; and Marcellus Washburn, The Music Man.
Leslie Holmes (Mrs. Bennet) is also no stranger to the SSCC Theatre stage. Leslie could previously be seen as Ruth, Marvin’s Room;
Jeanie, Silent Pictures; Eve, The Diaries of Adam and Eve; Mrs. Webb, Our Town; Luisa, The Fantasticks; Natalie, Natalie Needs a
Nightie; Julie, Showboat; Essie, You Can’t Take it with You; and Elsa Schraeder, The Sound of Music.
Heather Storer (Jane Bennet) is making her SSCCTHEATRE mainstage debut with this production. Heather’s past roles include
Eve and Mary, Faust for the Cincinnati Opera; The Ghost of Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol; Lady Beatrice, Once Upon a Mattress;
Frances Carlton, Murder in the House of Horrors; and Sunny in The Mouse That Roared.
Jessica Chamblin (Mary Bennet) has previously portrayed the role of the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella. Jessica is a full time
student at SSCC is planning to major in Spanish in the future. This is Jessica’s SSCCTHEATRE mainstage debut.
Ashley Kearney (Kitty Bennet) has played the Magic Mirror in Snow White. Ashley has also participated in talent shows on stage and
off. She is a former student of Sheri’s Dance Art & Gymnastics Centre in Maysville, Kentucky. This is Ashley’s SSCCTHEATRE
mainstage debut.
Amy Petzold (Lydia Bennet) could last be seen on the SSCC Theatre stage as Polly Kenton in The Insanity of Mary Girard. Her past
roles also include Kafka in Words, Words, Words; Grandma Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof; Mercy Lewis, The Crucible; Clairee Belcher,
Steel Magnolias; Wife and Dancer, The King & I; Martha Brewster, Arsenic and Old Lace; Beatrice, When God Comes for Breakfast,
Don't Burn the Toast; Frau Schmidt, The Sound of Music; Mrs. Squires, The Music Man; Girl #5, I Know I Saw Gypsies; Mrs. Eynsford-
Hill, My Fair Lady; Old Elf, It's Sad, So Sad When an Elf Goes Bad; and Perkins Girl, The Miracle Worker. Amy has also worked on the
crews for Lone Star & Laundry, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
and John Lennon and Me.
Justin Stich (Mr. Bingley) was last seen in SSCC Theatre’s production of The Curious Savage as Jeffrey. Previous roles include:
Ensemble, Wrong Place, Wrong Time; Dr. Polidori, Bloody Poetry; Todd, Hush Little Celia, Don’t Say a Word; Kenjie, The 1,000
Cranes; Kenickie, Grease; Antonie Benito, The Phantom of the County Opera; Senator Jack S. Phogbound, Li’l Abner; The Wizard,
Once Upon a Mattress and as Grandpa and Santa Clause in Cocoa & Carols.
Bob Brown (Mr. Collins) previously played, to great reviews, The Narrator in Squiggllydickler. Other roles
Bob has brought a dramatic flair to include: Avram, Fiddler on the Roof. Reverend Parris, The Crucible; Waldgrave, The Nerd;
Ensemble, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten; Ensemble, Working; O'Neill, The Moon is Blue; Jules, My Three
Angels; Mayor, Never Too Late; Sanderson, Harvey; Chuck, Dear Ruth; Hornbeck, Inherit the Wind; Mr. Zero, The Adding Machine;
George, Chapter Two; Lawrence, Loose Ends; Cletus, Lone Star; Dick Dead-Eye, H.M.S. Pinafore; Teddy Roosevelt, Bully and Baby
Jane in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? He also directed productions of The Insanity of Mary Girard, Drop Dead!, and A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at SSCC. Bob is Southern State Community College's Director of the Center for Business and
Industry.
A.J. Yourkvitch (Mr. Wickham) could last been be seen as Professor A in The Whole Shebang. Previously, A.J. could be seen as Mr.
Phillips in The Insanity of Mary Girard; Executioner and Joe Whistler; Wrong Place, Wrong Time. He’s also worked backstage on the
crews for Squiggllydickler, Lone Star & Laundry, The Curious Savage and Bloody Poetry.
Veronica Carpenter (Miss Bingley) makes her SSCCTHEATRE stage debut tonight. Veronica has participated in Wilmington’s
Murphy Theatre Christmas Show the past three years and was part of the chorus for her high school’s productions of Grease and The
King and I. She’s also associated with her drama team at church and was part of Youth with a Mission for two years.
Bronwyn Jones-Van Frank (Lady Catherine de Bourgh) was previously seen as Mrs. Lum in The Insanity of Mary Girard. She
could also have been seen in The Curious Savage as Dr. Emmett or as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof. She teaches pre-K at Fayetteville,
teaching the crowd how to add drama and music to their lives.
Bill Lange (Mr. Gardiner) is a long-time veteran of the SSCC stage, was last seen here as Lord Byron in Bloody Poetry. A 1993
graduate of SSCC, Bill has appeared in numerous plays including Drop Dead!, The Fantasticks, Harvey, Our Town, and Twelve Angry
Men. Bill is publisher/editor of The People’s Defender in West Union.
Becky Storer (Mrs. Gardiner) has performed in over thirty college and community theatre productions. A few of her favorite roles
include: Sophie, The Star-Spangled Girl; Cherie, Bus Stop and Laura, The Glass Menagerie. Becky is also a faculty member at SSCC.
Reid Lyle (Colonel Fitzwilliam) was last seen as the Dean in The Whole Shebang. This is Reid’s SSCCTHEATRE mainstage debut.
Katie Cavendish (Charlotte Lucas) last portrayed Edna Doe in The Whole Shebang. Other prior roles include: Hattie Dealing, Lone
Star and Laundry; Mrs. Paddy, The Curious Savage; Meg and Gloria, Wrong Place, Wrong Time. She’s also worked on the crews for
numerous productions including Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, The Insanity of Mary Girard, Squiggllydickler and Bloody Poetry.
Don Storer (Sir William Lucas) makes his SSCCTHEATRE mainstage debut this evening. In high school Don played Ambrose in
Desperate Ambrose. Don has been a chemistry professor at SSCC for eighteen years and enjoys playing volleyball in his free time. He is
married to Becky (Mrs. Gardiner) and has one daughter, Heather (Jane Bennet).
Hannah Braden (Georgiana Darcy) was previously seen as a member of the Ensemble for By Your Side; Mary Philips, Season of
Change; Miss Willie, The Curious Savage; Ensemble, Squiggllydickler; and as Sarah Siddons and The Woman in Wrong Place, Wrong
Time. Hannah has also worked on crews for The Insanity of Mary Girard and Bloody Poetry.
Kyle Baker (Ensemble) has previously played such roles as: Sasha, Fiddler on the Roof; Radio Show Host, Annie and Scrooge’s
Nephew in A Christmas Carol. This is Kyle’s SSCCTHEATRE mainstage debut.
Tate Reed (Ensemble) makes his SSCCTHEATRE mainstage debut with Pride & Prejudice. Tate has previously portrayed: Will
Parker, Oklahoma; Professor Marvel / Emerald City Guard / Voice of Oz, Wizard of Oz; Maude, Bye Bye Birdie; Ticket Taker, Good
News and Harold I, Cinderella.
Jason Sharrett (Ensemble) could last be seen as Fury #1 in The Insanity of Mary Girard or as Titus Savage in The Curious Savage.
He also worked on crew for Bloody Poetry.
Ayla Stirnaman (Ensemble) was last seen in SSCC Theatre’s production of The Insanity of Mary Girard as Fury #2. She could also
be seen as Elizabeth in Lone Star & Laundry and as She and Nurse Boodie in Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Ayla has also worked on the
crews for The Whole Shebang, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, The Curious Savage, Squiggllydickler and Bloody Poetry. In high
school, Ayla could be seen as Gladys Glump, Foibles & Folly; Fiona Starkweather, Murders in the Heir; Dottie, Salem’s Daughter and
as Stanley in Nothing but the Truth.
Jane Austen (Author) is the English novelist generally credited with first giving the novel its modern character through her treatment
of the details of everyday life in provincial English middle-class society. She was born on December 16, 1775 at the parsonage of
Steventon, in Hampshire, a village of which her father was rector. Jane lived a remarkably quiet life. She did not marry, nor did she
allow her literary work to interfere with her domestic duties. She seldom left home, except on short visits to Bath or London, and
although she restricted her dramatic and humorous capabilities to her pointed observation of the manners of provincial English society,
she is considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. She died on July 18, 1817, at the age of 41, and was buried in Winchester
Cathedral. At the time of her death, she was working on an unfinished novel, Sanditon, a version of which was published in 1925.
Jon Jory (Adaptor) As the Producing Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Jon Jory directed over 125 plays and produced over
1,000 during his 32-year tenure. He conceived the internationally lauded Humana Festival of New American Plays, the SHORTS Festival,
and the Brown-Forman Classics-in-Context Festival. He was also the Artistic Founding Director of Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven,
Connecticut, and he has been inducted in New York's Theatre Hall of Fame.
Rainee Angles (Director) is an Assistant Professor of Speech and Theatre at SSCC. She directs three mainstage plays and a one-act
each season, although she took a break from directing this past fall to return to the stage as Mary Girard in The Insanity of Mary Girard.
Rainee has directed approximately fifteen shows in her five years at SSCC including such favorites as Howard Brenton’s Bloody Poetry,
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Larry Shue’s The Nerd. Previous to SSCC, Rainee taught and directed theatre at Hillsboro High School.
She has an MA in Theatre, with an emphasis in directing from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.
Sarah Williams (Stage Manager) has worked as stage manager on such SSCC Theatre productions as The Insanity of Mary Girard,
Lone Star & Laundry, The Curious Savage, Squiggllydickler, Bloody Poetry, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),
Theatre ASAP and Fiddler on the Roof. At Hillsboro High School she worked as stage manager on productions of The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever; The King & I and Juvie. She is a SSCC student pursuing a double associate’s degree in Law Enforcement and
Corrections.
Amanda Ray (Stage Manager) was last part of the Lunchbox Theatre performance in the winter quarter. For SSCC Theatre she has
acted as stage manager for The Whole Shebang and The Insanity of Mary Girard. In high school she was stage manager for The Diary
of Anne Frank and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. She also worked on crews during this time for productions of Steel Magnolias,
Cinderella and numerous one acts.
Brent Angles (Set Design) has worked with Angles Mobile Home Service for 18 years. He started designing sets with his wife nine
years ago at Hillsboro High School. He has also served as the Master Carpenter for many productions, including: The Insanity of Mary
Girard, The Curious Savage, Squiggllydickler, Bloody Poetry, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Crucible,
The Nerd, The Miracle Worker, John Lennon and Me, The Music Man, My Fair Lady, and The Wizard of Oz. In his free time, Brent
competes in amateur drag racing events and enjoys time with his wife and four-year old son.
Will Klotz (Light Design) has a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts from Ithaca College in New York. He was lighting designer for
SSCC Theatre’s productions of Bloody Poetry, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and Fiddler on the Roof. He
has designed light and sound for many other productions, including The Bald Soprano. He has directed and designed a production of
Godspell, and has spent three years in summer stock. He has also produced several short plays and has had one of his original 10 minute
plays adapted into a film by a Florida film company.
Peter Ekstrom (Sound Design) wrote the music for Arizona Theatre Company’s production of The Underpants. For Actors Theatre
of Louisville, he wrote the music and lyrics for Louisville Zoo, Matrimonium, and Doctors and Diseases, all in the Humana Festival. His
Gift of the Magi, (published by Samuel French), also written for Actors Theatre of Louisville, was presented there for 17 consecutive
years, as well as at scores of other theatres nationwide. He worked with Jon Jory at ATL on musical scores for The Misanthrope, The
Mystery of Irma Vep, The Tempest, As You Like It, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra and The Comedy of Errors.
Peter is a member of ASCAP and a recipient of their Popular Music Award.
Ashley Singleton (Costume Design) has no previous theatre experience, but is happy to start here. She is currently majoring in art
education.
Holly Braden (Hair Design) also worked on hair for The Curious Savage. She currently works for the Colonial Animal Clinic and the
Highland County Humane Society. Holly is a volunteer for Society with Petfinder.com, Angel Food Ministries and the Neuter Scoter. She
is a member of the Hillsboro Southern Baptist Church.