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Kyra Koelling
Trix – The Drowsy Chaperone Bess – Harry the Great Kyra is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful theatre company in beautiful Creede, Colorado. Coming from Denver, Kyra has recently worked with Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Town Hall Arts Center and at the Lone Tree Arts Center in plays such as Annie Warbucks (Grace), Unsinkable Molly Brown, and White Christmas. The past few summers, Kyra has spent time performing on the Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre stage as well as New Mexico’s Shuler Theatre. Kyra is excited to be a part of this beautiful community this summer and appreciates the lovely people who support live theatre. Especially those people in her life that have always been so wonderfully encouraging; “Much love to Brad!”
Brian Kusic
Gangster #2 – The Drowsy Chaperone Erik Weisz – Harry the Great Brian is thrilled to be a part of such an amazing company for the summer. Brian is a native of Denver and studied acting at Metro State College of Denver. He would like to thank his friends and family for their love and support, he would also like to thank CRT and Larry for such a fantastic summer.
Trary Maddalone
Vivian Woolsey – Ghost-Writer This is Trary’s 15th season, and she has appeared in more than 30 CRT productions. Among her favorites have been roles in Hamlet, Quilters, Hayfever, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, Urinetown, Everything in the Garden, Kimberly Akimbo, and Noises Off. A Colorado native and a graduate of the National Theatre Conservatory, she has worked in theatres across the state including The Denver Center, Theatre Aspen, and The Arvada Center. Trary also adapted Northanger Abbey, and co-adapted A Christmas Carol for CRT productions. She is married to Artistic Director Mo LaMee and they live in Creede yearround with their twins Kieran and Genevieve.
Tosin Morohunfola
Gangster #1 – The Drowsy Chaperone Smith – The Presidents! Chicago – Is He Dead? Bert Williams – Harry the Great Performer - Boomtown Tosin is a writer, director, actor and founder of the Multicultural Theatre Initiative, where he served as Artistic Director for two years. His stage credits include the Off-Broadway production of Lucky Duck at the New Victory Theatre, the Coterie’s Seussical, The Wrestling Season, The Outsiders, The Wiz, and Maul of the Dead, the Unicorn’s Ruined and Speech & Debate, and The Living Room’s This is How it Goes. He is a member of “Those People” Comedy and “Stitch Tactics” Improv. He has starred in the award-winning short films Rook, As a Puzzle and Alpha Bravo Charlie and just wrapped filming the feature-length sci-fi comedy, Destination Planet Negro. www.TosinMorohunfola.webs.com
Lisa-Marie Newton
The Drowsy Chaperone – The Drowsy Chaperone Lisa-Marie is beyond thrilled to be making her debut at CRT. A native of Minnesota, she currently lives and performs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lisa-Marie has received 2 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nomina-
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tions for Meredith in Bat Boy (2009) and Sara Jane Moore in Assassins (2011). Other favorite roles include Velma von Tussle in Hairspray (2012), The Homeless Woman in A New Brain (2008), and Rebecca in Pinter’s Ashes to Ashes (2010). She has written and produced a one-woman-show, Befriending Shirley, or The Voice in My Head is a B*tch!, and is in the process of revising it for a 2013 remount. On screen, Lisa-Marie can be seen in the indie feature Weekend King. She holds degrees from Eastman School of Music and University of Arizona, and she currently studies acting with Richard Seyd. www.LMNewton.com
Emily Van Fle et*
Janet Van De Graaff – The Drowsy Chaperone Fifi – Harry the Great Emily is thrilled to be joining the CRT family this season! A native of Colorado, she appeared at the Arvada Center as Mary Jane Wilkes in Big River, Jennifer Yeager in Do I Hear A Waltz? and Darcy Green in The Second Tosca (regional premier). She also appeared as Louisa in The Fantasticks, Mariana in Measure for Measure, and Clarice in The Servant of Two Masters at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. New York credits include Rachel inWarsaw (NY Musical Theater Festival) and Narrator in Alice, the Musical (NY Musical Development Series). Regional favorites: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero); As You Like It (Phebe); The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy). TV/Film: Clear Blue Tuesday; MTV’s Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods (semi-finalist). Emily received her Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre at the University of Northern Colorado. Special thanks to Boo for marrying me last summer! Happy Anniversary love!
Caitlin Wise*
Marie Leroux – Is He Dead? Samantha Robenstein – Harry the Great Performer - Boomtown Caitlin is thrilled to join CRT for her third season. Caitlin appeared in I Capture the Castle, How To Succeed in Business, Unnecessary Farce, Fools, Life is a Dream, and Boomtown at Creede Repertory Theatre. With the Denver Center Theatre Company Caitlin appeared in Tom Sawyer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, and Othello. At the Arvada Center Caitlin played Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest. At The Colorado Shakespeare Festival she played Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and various roles in To Kill A Mockingbird. Caitlin Received the 2012 Best of Denver Westword Award: Best Comic Triple Threat as well as the 2011 Denver Ovation Award: Best Supporting Actress, Comic Role. She was an Irene Ryan winner in 2005. Caitlin received her MFA in acting from The National Theatre Conservatory in 2011.
Graham Ward
Jeffrey – Mrs. Mannerly Basil Thorpe/Claude Rivière/Charlie/King – Is He Dead? Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. – Harry the Great From Boston, Massachusetts, Graham is a recent graduate of Brigham Young University, where he has just finished a BFA in Acting. This is his debut season at Creede and he’s honored to be a part of the company. Graham’s BYU credits include Touchstone in As You Like It, Victor Frankenstein in The Monster of Dr. Frankenstein, Peter Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, and most recently John Merrick in The Elephant Man, a role for which Graham received the Distinguished Performance award at the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival in Washington D.C.
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