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 The Rocky Horror Show Cast
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Bret Beaudry, Frank-N-Furter
We welcome Bret in his harlequin debut! He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan Flint; various university theater credits include: Henry V in Henry V, J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business..., John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, Cook in Mother Courage and her Children, Jerry in Zoo Story, Jack Kerouac in the orginal musical Howl:The Life of Allen Ginsberg and many others. Chicago theater credits include: Dentist and Everyone Else in Little Shop of Horrors and Art. Special thanks to Scot and everyone at Harlequin Productions for believing in me and giving me this incredible opportunity! Love to Melissa, Mom, Dad, Carl, Chris, and Robin for rooting me on!
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Russ Holm, Riff Raff
This show marks Russ’s 29th production with Harlequin, which includes four Stardust shows, all three renditions of A Rock’n’Roll Twelfth Night and both productions of Dracula. Russ is excited to reprise his role of Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show. Other productions include Cymbeline, Arcadia, She Stoops to Conquer, Cyrano de Bergerac, Murder in the Cathedral, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, The Misanthrope, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, The Ladies of the Camellias and as the Doctor in Enrico IV. Favorite roles elsewhere include Edmund in King Lear, Charlie in The Foreigner, Kenickie in Grease, Jesus in Godspell and Shylock in Theater Artist Olympia’s production of The Merchant of Venice. |
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Jason Haws, The Narrator
Jason is a Harlequin veteran. Favorite roles include Mr Marks in Intimate Apparel, Ivan in The Ladies of the Camellias, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Prince in Romeo and Juliet, Andie Ryan in And a Nightingale Sang, Sam in Phantom of the Stardust, Mortimer in The Constant Wife, Brendan in The Weir, Time in The Winter's Tale, Turai in Rough Crossing, Maggs in Hapgood, Adrian and the Boatswain in The Tempest and a priest in Murder in the Cathedral. Other local roles include Richard in Fuddy Meers, Adam in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Finch in How to Succeed in Business..., Captain Hook in Peter Pan, The Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance, and Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast. Jason has directed numerous shows for children and is going into his sixth season as director of Creative Theatre Experience's Showcase program. Cheers to magical Emma and beautiful Liz. You are my shining stars. |
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Sara Flotree, Magenta
Ms. Flotree, blessed over the years to have portrayed a diverse collection of characters, makes her Harlequin debut with her most unusual role -- Magenta. How appropriate it seems! Other favorite roles include the Fortune Teller in the recent Capital Playhouse production Side Show as well as the Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd. Her other musical theatre credits include; Sheila in A Chorus Line, Josephine Strong in Urinetown, Alaura/Carla in City of Angels, Godspell, Silvia in Two Gentlemen of Verona -- the Musical and Eliza in My Fair Lady. She has also performed the roles of Melissa in Love Letters, Bobbi Michelle in Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and Judge Murdoch in Nuts as well as roles in children's theatre productions of Robin Hood, The Boy Who Rescued the Sun, Charlotte's Web, and Brave Little Taylor. Other credits include principal on-camera and voice-over work for corporate videos as well as radio spots. She is currently working on the second draft of her first young adult novel. Many thanks to those who continue to follow my theatrical work! |
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Casey Raiha, Brad Majors
Casey is thrilled to return to the Harlequin stage after making his debut as Chuck O'Dell in A Stardust Christmas Carol. Audiences might remember him from plyaing The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Officer Lockstock in Urinetown (Capital Playhouse), The Leading Player in Pippin and J. Pierreport Finch in How to Succeed in Business... (Centralia College). An Olympia native, Casey is a graduate of Centralia College and the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles. He would like to thank the Whitneys for the chance to do such a great show as well as his parents and Christyn for their love and support. |
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Melissa Fleming, Janet Weiss
Melissa is originally from Lacey and graduated from River Ridge High in 2000. Since graduating from Washington State University in 2004, she has performed on Norwegian Cruise Lines, Majestic America Lines, and with Village Theatre. Favorite roles include Tracy Lord in High Society, Luisa in The Fantasticks and Gigi in Miss Saigon. Melissa has musical directed and piano accompanied for Olympia Family Theatre (A Year with Frog and Toad), Tacoma Musical Playhouse (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown and Little Shop of Horrors), and Studio East in Kirkland. Special thanks to Scot and Bruce for making a ten-year dream come true, Jessie and Keith for getting me rock hard for Rocky, and Scott, my sweetheart. |
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Megan Carver, Columbia
Megan is positively stoked for her Harlequin debut, and thanks those responsible for letting her loose on the stage. A recent college graduate, Megan is delighted to be living her dream of being a working actor. Favored past shows include The Wild Party (Nadine - LiveOnstage), Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel - Seattle Musical Theatre Co.), Rocky Horror Show (Janet - Portland State University) 42nd Street (Gladys - Broadway Rose Theatre), and Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon - On The Spot Productions) to name a few. Rose-tints: ma/pa/j-bird, stumptown pals, Gloria and Skip and DMJr. Hang on to your knickers, it's gonna be a hot night! (myspace.com/meganhcarver ) |
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Aaron Jacobs, Eddie, Dr. Scott
Aaron lives in Tacoma with his beautiful wife Jenny. He holds an MA in Acting, Directing, and Vocal Performance from LIPA (UK), and has trained at the Moscow Art Theatre. His favorite roles include Red in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (West End, London), The Captain in Widows (Unity Theatre,UK), Bursey in The Wild Party (Edinburgh Festival, Scotland), Trigorin in The Seagull (PMA Theatre, UK), Caleb in The Spitfire Grill (Taproot Theatre), Conrade in Much Ado About Nothing (Tacoma Actors Guild). He has also worked on various television and film projects with The History Channel, Universal Pictures, HBO, and FOX. |
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Adrian David Robinson, Rocky
Adrian is happy to be making his Harlequin debut. An active member of theatre since the age of six, he has performed at multiple community theatres around the Seattle/Tacoma area. His favorite roles include Daniel Beauxhomme in Once on This Island, PonyBoy Curtis in The Outsiders, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Dodger in Oliver, Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace , and Peter VanDann/Fritz Pfeffer in The Diary of Anne Frank and Ryan Evans in High School Musical . Adrian is also an active hip hop/pop dance choreographer at multiple schools as well as a sprouting digital photographer. Adrian attends Pierce College working towards a Bachelors in Arts and Sciences, focusing on Theatre/Vocal Music as well as a certificate in personal training. Adrian would like to thank his mother and Isaac for always being there to support him, his twin sister Antonia for helping him find his way back to the stage and being his secret idol "If only you knew how much I look up to you" and Tara for being such a great big sister all his life. But most of all he would like to thank Scott Whitney for allowing him to be a part of such an amazing production; to Darren for designing such an amazing costume, and to the cast for making this an experience he will never forget. |
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Jenny Shotwell, Transylvanian
Jenny is excited be making her debut with Harlequin! Having grown up in Olympia, Jenny is glad to be back doing theater here! Jenny received her Bachelor’s of Music in Vocal Performance from PLU in 2004 and has performed with many companies throughout the Puget Sound including; Tacoma and Bellevue Opera, Seattle Musical Theater, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Capital Playhouse, Northwest Savoyards, Lakewood Playhouse and the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Most recently Jenny played the role of Winnie Tate in Seattle Musical Theater’s production of Annie Get Your Gun. Some favorite past roles include Cupid (Orpheus in the Underworld), Papagena ( The Magic Flute ), Rosemary (How to Succeed in Business…), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Yum-Yum (The Mikado), Hodel (Fiddler on the Roof), Little Red (Into the Woods) and The Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute). She is also proud to say she was a big winner on Wheel of Fortune last fall! Jenny teaches private voice and piano out of her home in Federal Way. |
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Daniel Stoltenberg, Transylvanian
Daniel is brand new to both Harlequin Productions and The Rocky Horror Show, so he's psyched for this fantastic opportunity. Hailing from the Seattle area, Daniel has appeared with Taproot Theatre's road company, Seattle Musical Theatre presented by Civic Light Opera and Annex Theatre, among others. His favorite past role in a musical is Officer Lockstock in Urinetown: the Musical, which he performed at Whitman College, where he graduated in 2006 with a degree in English and Theatre. Later this summer, you can catch him as Oberon in Arne Zaslove's 1950s Rock & Roll A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Kitsap Forest Theatre. Special thanks to Melissa for being his carpool buddy again, and to any and all Seattleites who drove down to see this show. |
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Jason Thompson, Transylvanian
Jason is excited to be making his Harlequin stage debut in The Rocky Horror Show. As a teenager, Jason began performing in our Olympia theatre community with The Abbey Players. He has performed with the Walt Disney World Company in Florida for seven years in various entertainment roles from Aladdin to Cinderella’s “ugly” stepsisters to dancing, float driving, puppetry, etc., all throughout the Walt Disney World Resort and even on “The Big Red Boat” ships of Premier Cruise Lines. After returning to Olympia, he began performing with Capital Playhouse and Garage Theatre. Some of Jason’s favorite roles include Brad in The Rocky Horror Show, Paul in Company, Claude in HAIR, and everything with Garage Theatre. Thank you to Harlequin Productions for this fun opportunity. |
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Emilie Rommel, Transylvanian
We welcome Emilie back to Harlequin's stage! She was last seen as Nora Lynn in Operation Stardust. A Puget Sound native and Pacific Lutheran University graduate, she loves working on both sides of the theater curtain and has directed, costumed and choreographed several shows, most recently Godspell with the Messiah Players in Auburn. Recent credits include The Girl in The Seven Year Itch, What Is This Thing Called Love, Martha Jefferson in 1776 (Tacoma Little Theater), Midge Harvey in The Hollow and Lucia Amory in Black Coffee (Lakewood Playhouse). Emilie is also an accomplished vocalist, lead vocalist for Igneous Rocks (igrocks.com) and has done film and voiceover work. Love always to Mom, Dad, and Matt, her wonderful husband-to-be!
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Hanna Buschor, Transylvanian
Hanna is delighted to be making her Harlequin debut. A resident of Olympia since 1991 and a graduate of North Thurston High School, she spent most afternoons in her school’s auditorium designing, stage managing and performing in productions. Her proudest theater achievement was directing and designing a full-length, student directed version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in her junior year at Thurston. Her love of theater has only grown and we find her now at Harlequin, not only on stage, but as our Front of House Manager and Volunteer Coordinator. Hanna would like to thank her friends and family, especially her partner in crime Curtie Bird, her muse Amy Belle and her little show stealer Cap’n Jack for all their dedication and love! |
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Anya Johnson, Transylvanian
Anya's previous roles at Harlequin include Momo in Enrico IV and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The past thirteen years have seen her in various productions at Olympia High School, Harlequin's Shakespeare Experience, KAP, CTE, and the Washington Shakespeare Festival. Most recently, she co-directed The Crucible at Olympia High School. Anya has completed a RADA Summer School program and will pursue a B.F.A. in Acting at Syracuse University in the Fall. She would like to thank Scot and her incredible family. |
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Stephanie Ronge, Transylvanian
Most recently seen as Corie in Barefoot in the Park, this is Stephanie's first appearance on the Harlequin stage. Other recent stage credits include The Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical, Mollie in The Mousetrap and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Stephanie has a Bachelor's of Arts in Theater from the University of New York at Geneseo. |
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