at Playhouse Square
home for his fourth season with Great Lakes Theater! Previous credits include Eddie (Mamma Mia!) Francis (Forever Plaid), Huck Finn (Big River), Mike (Theory of Relativity), Cain/Japeth (Children of Eden), Chad (All Shook Up), Bobby C (Saturday Night Fever) and George (Spring Awakening). While offstage, he puts his eye for design to work building web sites and editing video for local businesses through his creative studio, Big Stache Design (www.bigstachedesign.com). He sends his love to Mom, Dad, Kristin, Jillian, his friends and everyone at Abrams Artists Agency for their never-ending love and support. @mackshirillla David Anthony Smith* Mayor Shinn/Traveling Salesman/Quartet/Chorus Seventeen seasons with Great Lakes Theater GLT: Prospero (The Tempest), Iago (Othello), Jaques (As You Like It), Duke of Buckingham (Richard III), Viscount Goring (An Ideal Husband), Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Malvolio (Twelfth Night), Macduff (Macbeth), Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Sergius (Arms and the Man) and Algernon (The Importance of Being Earnest). David recently completed his nineteenth consecutive season with The Idaho Shakespeare festival. He has performed at the Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theater in San Diego, South Coast Repertory, Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Rep, Madison Rep and Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Garden Grove, Rhode Island, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. Forever and a day — Natalia. Sun-Hee Smith Gracie Shinn Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater
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Sun-Hee was previously in A Christmas Carol with GLT. Recently, she performed in South Pacific at Blossom Music Center with the Cleveland Orchestra. Her other credits include A Christmas Story at Cleveland Play House, Snow White’s Adventures and Hillbilly Holiday at The Beck Center, The Music Man
at Cain Park, La Bohème with Cleveland Opera Theater and Mary Poppins and Newsies at Near West Theater. As a winning author in the 10-10 Festival of New Plays, her play, The Heart of a Princess, was produced by Chagrin Valley Little Theater. She plays piano and flute and enjoys singing, volleyball and softball. Claire Soulier Chorus Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater Past shows include Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdalene), Cinderella British Pantomime (Cinderella), Hair (Tribe Member) and Tick, Tick... Boom! (Susan understudy). Claire is currently studying musical theater at Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. She would like to thank her mentor, Victoria Bussert, for the wonderful opportunities and support. She sends much love to BWMT’21 and her family. @clairesoulier August Sumlin River City Kid Great Lakes Theater debut season Favorite roles include Helen in A Christmas Story (Cleveland Play House), Mary in Minton’s Place (Cleveland Play House), Storyteller in Children of Eden (French Creek), Reporter in James and the Giant Peach (Heights Youth Theatre), Lillian in The Music Man (Cain Park), Child in I Spy (Dobama Theatre), Lead Spy Carrot in Veggie Mayhem (Dobama Theatre) and Mally in Trouble for Four (Dobama Theatre). August has been taking ballet for seven years. She loves to write songs for the piano, sing and read. August loves spending time with babies and wants to be an obstetrician when she’s older. Alex Syiek* Harold Hill ✶ Five seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previous GLT credits: Bill in Mamma Mia!, Fitzwilliam in