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Caiti McCallister (Director) is a newcomer to The Village Players. She has been involved in many productions in high school and in local theatre, including co-directing Our Town, Damn Yankees and Couch Potatoes of the 21st Century. She is working on a double major in Art History and Fine Arts at The University of Toledo. Caiti would like to thank the cast and crew for all their hard work, and looks forward to having more fantastic experiences with all of you in the future! |
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Elizabeth R. Piel (Musical Director) is no stranger to The Village stage - or, more appropriately, backstage. This is the second show that she has helped direct; after last year’s Third, she just couldn’t get enough! She has helped produce and stage manage for many shows, including The Real Inspector Hound, My Three Angels, and Murder Among Friends. Elizabeth has worked recently with the Toledo Repertoire Theatre as well, where she costumed both Auntie Mame and Light Up the Sky. While born and raised in Toledo, Elizabeth went to Indiana for college, and she received a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University in 2006. Elizabeth is very proud of her double music and theatre degree! Many thanks to her awesome director Caiti for helping with such a great show! Last but most certainly not least, she would like to shout out to her wonderful fiancé, Andrew (who puts up with her and her craziness), and her bird Mercutio, who helps by singing to her and just being cute! |
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Renee Niese (Lureena) is another newcomer to The Village. While she hasn’t been on the stage in seven years, Renee has previously held roles in school productions of Little Orphan Annie (Annie), Grease (Rizzo), Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Winnie the Pooh (Piglet) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Snow White). When she’s not belting out songs onstage, she enjoys spending time with her family, especially her nephew Colin and niece Avery, and her horses Denzur and Timber. Renee is a pharmacist for Meijer in Rossford, OH. She would like to thank her parents, her roommate Jocelyn and her boyfriend Thomas for all of their support. |
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Bill Perry (Rick Shaw) is performing in his third
production with The Village Players. He has previously appeared in the
Village productions of The Underpants
(Klinkehoff) and Play On (Henry
Benish/Lord Dudley). His most recent role was in the Oregon Community
Theatre production Of Mice and Men (Candy). He has appeared with
the Toledo Rep as Sheriff Earl in All Shook Up and as Mr. Babcock
in Auntie Mame and in Victor/Victoria. Also a recent role
was with the Black Swamp Players production of Earnest in Love
(Dr. Chasuble) and in the Croswell Opera House production of Damn
Yankees (the Commissioner). He has been performing in community and
regional theatre for over 30 years. Bill’s background includes comedy, drama and musical theatre. Some of his many roles have been the Stage Manager for Our Town, Lycus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Snoopy in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Hannibal in The Curious Savage and a host of Broadway and Musical reviews. Bill has also sung with the Toledo Opera Chorus. When “not on the boards,” he and his incredibly supportive wife Liz reside in Holland, Ohio. |
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Jeffrey King (Mitch) is pleased to return to The Village. Jeffrey fills his time between his last Village show, A Year with Frog and Toad; he is now married and has two children. When not spending time with Korinne, Jeffrey II and Jerold James, Jeffrey works at Kroger and teaches Lego Engineering classes at Owens Community College. Jeffrey is eagerly awaiting the return of Evil Dead: the Musical in October at the Valentine Theatre, and would like to thank the audience for their thunderous applause and hilarious laughter. |
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Laura “LC” Crawford (Tempura) is making her first onstage appearance with The Village Players in Adrift in Macao. Roles with other local companies have included The Captain in Travis Cook’s Minotaur, the Porter in Macbeth (Lionface Productions), Herod/Bart in Cottonpatch Gospel, Naphtali/Batler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (ToDAY Productions) and Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing (Beautiful Kids Independent Shakespeare Company). She sees her role as Tempura as another step on her quest of becoming Toledo area theatre’s foremost male impersonator (kidding, Mom and Dad!) Laura dedicates her performance to Jean, Nicholas and Leah Barnocki with dearest love, and sincerest apologies. |
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Angelina Palumbo (Corinna) is another one of the fabulous newbies to The Village. She has past experience performing onstage while in high school, and is a recent graduate of Arizona State University with a degree in Music Education. In her free time, Angelina enjoys singing, playing guitar and piano, hiking, dancing, eating and of course, laughing! She would like to thank her parents, Catie, Stefania and her friends! |
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Thomas Moore (Joe the Bartender; Trenchcoat Chorus) is excited to be on The Village Players’ stage for the first time, as Adrift in Macao is his first staged production. Tom is active in his church, and has performed in a few plays there, including roles as an Innkeeper and “Bobby Joe Debonair” in a children’s play. He is looking forward to being a part of future productions at The Village. He would like to thank his wife Michelle for putting up with all the practice time, and says ‘I love you!’ |
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Diane Ley (Daisy; Trenchcoat Chorus) is taking the stage in her first Village Players production. She has been involved in previous plays and musicals at Start High School, The University of Toledo, and Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Her most recent theatrical experience was on Halloween 2009, when she was in Death of a Vampire at her workplace. She sends thanks and love to her husband Ron, and her two sons Adam and Matt, for their support. |
Last Modified: 05/16/11