KCRep: Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods. Local:Nine, Violet,A Little Night Music(Spinning Tree Theatre); First Date, Cinderella,Sound of Music(Starlight); Wherethe Wild Things Are,Shrek(The Coterie); Grey Gardens(UnicornTheatre); Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, She Loves Me(Musical Theatre Heritage); Life Could Be A Dream, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, No Way to Treat a Lady,It's A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play(American HeartlandTheatre); Judy Barbra Liza,Blues in the Night(Quality HillPlayhouse); A Man of No Importance(Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre); Passionand Everlasting Universe: World Premiere (Civic Opera Kansas City).Regional:Into the Woods, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,Sugar(Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre);Seagle Music Colony,New York). Upcoming:Old Black Magic(Quality Hill Playhouse).AEA Memberwww.laurenbraton.com

KC Rep: Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol, Carter’s Way, The Gospel at Colonus, To Kill a Mockingbird, Antigone. Regional: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Steppenwolf Theatre); Radio Golf (Studio Theatre DC). Local: Hamlet, A Lesson from Aloes (Kansas City Actors Theatre);The Mountaintop, How To Steal A Picasso, Water by the Spoonful, The Clean House, Ruined, How I Learned to Drive, Quills (Unicorn Theatre); Our Town, The Miracle Worker, My Children My Africa, The Giver, Frankenstein, Valley Song (The Coterie); Amadeus (Spinning Tree Theatre). TV & Film: “Chicago Med”(NBC), “Detroiters”(Comedy Central), Gone in the Night (CBS), A Deadly Vision (ABC), The Only Witness (Lifetime), All Roads Lead Home (Showtime), Truman (HBO), All Creatures Here Below, In the Wake of Ire, 12 Days of Giving, The Profit, Jayhawkers, Goodland, Destination: Planet Negro, James Ellroy’s Stay Clean, The Only Good Indian. Upcoming: The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time (KCRep). AEA Member.

Sam Cordes was "born in a trunk" in Kansas City, Missouri and has been doing professional theatre since the age of five. Raised by actors, Cordes made quite thename for himself as an upcoming talent in the thriving theatre community of his hometown and has gone on to receive his B.F.A. in Theatre from Stephens College for Women in Columbia, MO and his M.F.A. in Theatre from The University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Trained in many techniques from Uta Hagen to Michael Luggering's Expresive Actor and proficient in a multitude of styles from Shakespeare to Musical Theatre, Cordes is both an accomplished actor and teacher.

KC Rep: A Christmas Carol (2ndseason), Constellations, and Fire in Dreamland, Roof of theWorld (World Premieres). Local: A Streetcar Named Desire (Kansas City Actors Theatre);Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival).Off-Broadway:My Name is Rachel Corrie (directed by Alan Rickman, Minetta Lane Theatre); Jump! Realism (The Kirk Theatre). Regional:The School For Wives (Two River Theatre); Rock ‘n Roll (Huntington Theatre, Boston/ACT San Francisco); Angels in America(Boston TheatreWorks); Candida(Malibu Theatre); The Two Noble Kinsmen, Antony and Cleopatra (Old Globe Theatre); Our Town, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Southwest Shakespeare); The Marriage of Bette and Boo, A Lie of the Mind, Measure for Measure, Ah Wilderness! (New York University). Awards:Eliott Norton Award Nominee; IRNE Award Nominee; San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award Winner for Best Actress. Film:Shutter Island (dir. Martin Scorsese). Ms. Elrod has appeared in several productions with New York City’s 52ndStreet Project, and is a member of the Actors Center in NYC. Education: MFA,New York UniversityGraduate Acting. AEA Member

KC Rep:The Fantasticks, The Diary of Anne Frank, Angels in America, Our Town, The Syringa Tree, Man and Superman, Indian Ink, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, M. Butterfly, The House of Blue Leaves. Local:Shearwater(The Living Room). Steel Magnolias (Metropolitan
Ensemble Theatre), The Year of Magical Thinking(Spinning TreeTheatre/The Living Room); King Lear, The Mousetrap, A Lesson from Aloes, The Cripple of Inishmaan(Kansas City Actors Theatre); 101 Dalmatians, Frindle (The Coterie); Stories My Grandmother Told Me, Little Foxes, The Dinner Party (American Heartland Theatre); The Clean House, Spinning into Butter, Frozen, Wit (Unicorn Theatre). Regional:Ghosts(Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever (Okoboji Summer Theatre); The Tempest(Prospero, Guest Artist, Stephens College). Film:Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil, Robert Altman’s Kansas City, Stephen Soderbergh’s King of the Hill, The Big Brass Ringwith William Hurt, “Truman,” “My Antonia,” “Sarah, Plain and Tall.” Upcoming:The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (KCRep).AEA Member

KCRep (Associate Artist):Death of a Salesman (Willy Loman), Little Shop of Horrors (Mushnik), August: Osage County (Charlie), Cabaret (Herr Schultz), Bus Stop (Virgil Blessing),The Drawer Boy (Morgan), Oleanna (John), M. Butterfly (Gallimard), King Lear (Gloucester), Give ‘EmHell, Harry (Harry Truman), Royal Hunt of the Sun (Pizarro), Treasure Island (Long John Silver), A Delicate Balance (Harry), The Foreigner (Owen Musser), Julius Caesar (Caesar), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Nicholas Nickleby (Squeers), Of Mice and Men (George), among others. KC area: King Lear (Lear),Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); A Lie of the Mind, A Number,The Mousetrap, The Real Inspector Hound, A Lesson from Aloes(KansasCity Actors Theatre);Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye, Spinning TreeTheatre); Hello, Dolly (Music Theatre Heritage),among others. Regional: Goodman Theatre(Chicago), American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco), Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Utah Shakespeare Festival, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. Awards:Dean Goodman Award for best supporting actor (San Francisco). AEA Member

KCRep:Between the Lines, Side by Side by Sondheim, The Diary of Anne Frank, Sunday in the Park with George, Stillwater, Hair: Retrospection, The Santaland Diaries (2013, 2014, 2016). New York: Undone, Decline and Fall (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: Tug of War, Foreign Fire & Civil Strife (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Next to Normal (Kansas Repertory Theatre); Les Misérables (Pioneer Theatre Company); Romeo and Juliet (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Saturday’s Voyeur, Cabaret (Salt Lake Acting Company).Education:BFA University of Utah. AEA Membershannajonesmusic.com

KCRep: Antony and Cleopatra (Co-Production, UMKC Theatre). Local: King Lear (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Neighborhood Goons (KC Fringe Festival, Crumblecake Productions); Way of the World, O Beautiful, Desire: An Evening of Plays Based on Six Stories by Tennessee Williams (UMKC Theatre); Coriolanus(Great River Shakespeare Festival). Education: BA in Acting, California State University Long Beach; 3rd year MFA candidate, UMKC.

KCRep: debut. Regional: multiple woodwinds as a pit musician (The Rose Theater, Omaha; various Kansas City and Omaha venues).Education: Master’s Degree and Artist’s Certificate in woodwind performance, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. At UMKC Mr. Prucha studied oboe, clarinet, saxophone, flute, and bassoon and performed in the UMKC bands and chamber ensembles.

KCRep:To Kill A Mockingbird, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Dracula, Gross Indecency, Royal Hunt of the Sun, King Lear (twice!).Local: You Can’t Take It With You (New Theatre); God of Carnage, Inspecting Carol (Kansas City Actors Theatre/UnicornTheatre); King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Love’s Labor’sLost(Heart of America ShakespeareFestival); The Sound of Music (Starlight); The Importance of Being Earnest (American HeartlandTheatre); Casa Valentina (Spinning TreeTheatre). National Tours: The Lion King (Scar), Noises Off (Garry). Regional: The Rehearsal, The Cure at Troy, Romeo and Juliet(Oregon Shakespeare Festival); As You Like It (Arena Stage, D.C.); The Mystery Plays (Hartford Stage); Coriolanus (McCarter Theatre); Saint Joan, Clean House, A Christmas Carol, Taming of the Shrew (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing (Cincinnati Playhouse). Education: BA Grinnell College; MFA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professional Theatre Training Program.AEA Member

KCRep:Roof of the World, Sticky Traps, Angels in America (Parts I and II), Death of a Salesman, The Mystery ofIrma Vep, A Christmas Carol (23seasons),Oedipus the King (title role), Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (title role),Circle Mirror Transformation, Bus Stop, The Voysey Inheritance (co-productionwith ACT), Man and Superman, The Front Page, Guys and Dolls, Saint Joan, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, Major Barbara, The Sea Gull, Inherit the Wind, The Deputy, Crown of Thorn, Taming of the Shrew, Nicholas Nickleby, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Loose Ends.Local acting:Several roles for Kansas City Actors Theatre, The Living Room, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, New Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, American Heartland Theatre, The Coterie. Local directing: Unicorn Theatre, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Founding member of Kansas City Actors Theatre: directed several productions.Education:BA, Webster College Conservatory; MFA, Wayne State University. AEA Member

KCRep: Antony and Cleopatra (Co-Production, UMKC Theatre). Local: King Lear (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Way of the World, Desire: An Evening of Plays Based on Six Stories by Tennessee Williams, O Beautiful, Immeasurable Heaven, Timon of Athens(UMKC Theatre); Twelfth Night (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); The Fall of the House of Usher (KC Fringe Festival).Regional: Twelfth Night, The Heart of Robin Hood (Door Shakespeare); The Three Musketeers, The Venetian Twins, Don Juan (Quintessence Theatre Group); Aspects of Love, Dog Sees God, The Shape of Things (Plays and Players Theater of Philadelphia); The Rocky Horror Show (Brainspunk Theater).Education: BA, Temple University Philadelphia;3rdyear MFA candidate, UMKC.

KCRep:A Christmas Carol,Evita, Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret.Local:Violinist with Stevie Wonder (Sprint Center);Hands on a Hardbody, Everyday Rapture(Unicorn Theatre);Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Hello Again(Spinning Tree Theatre);The Butcher’s Son(Buffalo Room);Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(New Theatre);Les Misérables, Company, Chicago, The Producers, Peter Pan(Jewish Community Center, Shirley White Theatre); Legend of Zelda Symphony (KC Music Hall). Regional:Fiddler on the Roof(Fireside Theatre Company);A Catered Affair(Porchlight Theatre);Fiddler on the Roof, Hank Williams’ Lost Highway, Always Patsy Cline(Lyceum Theatre);Bus Stop(Sapulpa Theatre);Cheaper by the Dozen(Owasso Theatre);I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Fiddler on the Roof(Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre);The Importance of Being Ernest(Kechi Playhouse);Killer Joe(Theatre on Consignment); Ohio Lite Opera, Light Opera of Oklahoma, Wichita Symphony.International:Recitals in Austria, Germany, France.Upcoming: Tuck Everlasting(The Coterie)

KCRep:Antony and Cleopatra(Co-Production, UMKC).Local: Men on Boats(Unicorn Theatre);The Way of the World, Desire: An Evening of Plays Based on Six Stories by Tennessee Williams, O Beautiful, Timon of Athens(UMKC Theatre). Regional: Coriolanus, Julius Caesar (Great River Shakespeare Festival); Education: Apprentice Training Program, The Great River Shakespeare Festival; 3rdyear MFA candidate in Acting and Directing, UMKC.

KC Rep: Roof of the World, A Christmas Carol, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, August: Osage County, Cabaret, Lot’s Wife, A Christmas Story, The Musical! Local:Gypsy (Musical Theatre Heritage);Men onBoats, Venusin Fur, The Motherf***er with the Hat, Green Whales, The Clean House, Bright Ideas(Unicorn Theatre); Frida...a self portrait,Annapurna, Master of the Universe, Black Bird, Burn This, The Death of Cupid(The Living Room); The Wiz(choreographer), The Miracle Worker, 2005-06 Artist In Residence (The Coterie); Black Pearl Sings, West Side Story(Spinning Tree Theatre); Much Ado about Nothing, Twelfth Night (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet, Rosencrantz andGuildenstern Are Dead, Absurd Person Singular, Taking Sides, Desdemona(Kansas City Actors Theatre); I’ll Be Back Before Midnight(American Heartland Theatre); Rumors(New Theatre); Hedwig and the Angry Inch(EGADS! Theatre); Motherfreaking Hood(Moonshine Variety). Ms. Severo is the recipient of the 11th Round of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships, 2017. AEA Member

KCRep: Between the Lines,Man in Love, A Christmas Carol, Evita, The Fantasticks, Stillwater, Hair: Retrospection, The Foreigner, Cabaret.Off Broadway:Lucky Duck (New Victory Theatre).Regional:Nunsense II, Quality Street, Secret Garden(Okoboji Summer Theatre). Local:By the Way Meet Vera Stark(Unicorn Theatre);A Yearwith Frog and Toad, Afflicted: Daughters of Salem, School House Rock Live, Seussical, Spring Awakening, The Wiz(The Coterie);Kiss Me Kate, 1776(Musical Theater Heritage); Aladdin(Starlight at the Kauffman Center);Bingo! The Winning Musical(American Heartland Theatre);Pride and Prejudice(Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre);Death of Cupid(The Living Room Theatre)Education:BFA in Theatre Arts, Stephens College. AEA Member Instagram: @emilyareti

KCRep: Lot’s Wife, Roof of the World, A Christmas Carol, The Who & The What, Romeo and Juliet, The Foreigner, Death of a Salesman, August: Osage County, A Christmas Carol, Liliom, The Living RoomTheatre’s Carousel. Local:Bastard,Bank Job, Equus, On An Average Day, Love Song, Master of the Universe, Burn This, Hurlyburly, Carousel, This Is How It Goes(The Living Room); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Hamlet, The Mousetrap, The Real Inspector Hound(Kansas City Actors Theatre);Sci-Fi Triple Feature—Flowers for Algernon(The Coterie);Venus in Fur, The Pillowman, Frozen, Take Me Out, The Exonerated, Omnium Gatherum, Distracted, Next Fall(Unicorn Theatre);Out of Order(New Theatre);Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V(Heart of America Shakespeare Festival);The Importance of Being Earnest(American Heartland Theatre).TV/Film:Canterbury’s Law,Raising Jeffrey Dahmer, The Virgin Mattress, Suspension, Psychic Detectives, Charlie 13.Education:BFA in Theatre Performance, Missouri State University. Mr. Sneary is co-owner and serves as Artistic Director of The Living Room Theatre. AEA Member.www.thelivingroomkc.com

KCRep: Antony and Cleopatra (Co-Production, UMKC). Local: King Lear (Kansas City Actors Theatre);The Way of the World, Desire: An Evening of Plays Based on Six Stories by Tennessee Williams, O Beautiful, Immeasurable Heaven, Timon of Athens (UMKC Theatre). Regional: All My Sons, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest, The Altruists.Upcoming: Skylight (Kansas City Actors Theatre) and Imaginary Friends (The Coterie).Education: BA in theatre, Florida State University; 3rdyear MFA candidate, UMKC.

KC Rep: A Christmas Carol, The Living Room’s Production of Carousel. International: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ragtime (Germany). Regional: Longview Stageworks, Lakewood Center, Portland Center Stage, Sylvia’s Theatre, Cloud Productions, Embers Stages, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Masque. Local: Chainsaw: The Musical, Titus Andronicus, Carousel, The Death of Cupid (The Living Room); The Fishtank, Theatre for Young America, Unicorn, Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, Shirley White Theatre, River City Community Players, Musical Theatre Heritage, Thin Aire Theatrics, Project Playwrite, Lot in Life, UPstage Initiative. Education: BA, Theatre Performance and Marketing/Public Relations (Portland State University).

KC Rep: Sunday in the Park with George, A Christmas Carol.Local: Tribes, Other Desert Cities, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Santaland Diaries, Fuddy Meers (Unicorn Theatre); Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Richard III, Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Cat in the Hat, Rudolph, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Red Badge Variations, Playing for Time (The Coterie); A Lie of the Mind, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Kansas City Actors Theatre). Regional: Denver Center Theatre Company, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Arvada Center, Curious Theatre, Creede Repertory Theatre, Aurora Fox Theatre, Paragon Theatre, Indiana State Fair. Awards: Buddy Award, Best Supporting Actor 2000; Pitch Weekly “Best Of” Actor in a Musical 2002; Colorado Theatre Guild Best Actor in a Drama 2011, Marlowe Award Best Actor in a Comedy 2012. Upcoming:Jack and the Beanstalk Magico (The Coterie). AEA Member

This marks Cheryl's 7th year as a cast member of A Christmas Carol. Other KC Rep:Romeo and Juliet, Death of a Salesman, August: Osage County, A Trip to Bountiful, Living Out, The Voysey Inheritance and A Christmas Carol. Local: New Theatre: Dixie Swim Club, Over the Moon, Rumors. Unicorn Theater:Nine Parts of Desire, A Memory of Water, Sideman. MET:Mary Stuart, The Seagull, and Heart of America Shakespeare:Loves Labors Lost, Measure for Measure. Regional theaters include: Stage West, Dallas Shakespeare Fest, Purple Rose Theater Co, and American Conservatory Theater. She has a show based on the life of Annie Oakley called Performing Annie Oakley: Shooting is a Gentle Thing which is available for booking. Cheryl lives in Lawrence with director Doug Weaver, where she practices her Rock Chalk Chant. Upcoming:The one woman show, Full Gallop,at Spinning Tree Theatre, January 2018.

KCRep: Between the Lines, A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol(3rdseason). Local: Garfield, A Musical with Cattitude (The Coterie); Big River (Musical Theatre Heritage). Regional: Harvey, Angel Street(Kansas Classical Rep). Awards: Recipient of the Jon T. Eicholtzand Barbara Eden Full-Ride Performance Scholarship. Additional: Performer at KCRep’s annual Gala with Nathan Tysen and Joe’s Pet Project. Education: University of Kansas, Theatre and Voice.

KCRep: Between the Lines. Local: Marty the Zebra in Madagascar The Musical, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Snoopy), and Boy in The Cat in the Hat(The Coterie); The Brothers Size(Unicorn Theatre); West Side Story(Spinning Tree Theatre). Regional: Hairspray and Leap of Faith(Tent Theatre); Footloose, Shrek the Musical, and Almost, Maine(Crane River Theatre). AEA Member

John-Michael Zuerlein is happy to be returning to the KCRep, having last been seen here as the Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George and previously in Eric Rosen’s Winesburg, Ohio. Other credits include the National Tour of Mamma Mia!,the recent Off-Broadway Production of Plaid Tidings, and regional productions of Forbidden Broadway, Falsettos, Candide, Tick, Tick...Boom!, A Dog’s Life, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and A Tuna Christmas, among others. “The best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear.” Proud member of AEA. www.jmznyc.com

Lucy is thrilled to be a part of A Christmas Carol this year. She is looking forward to being part of this great cast and the experiences she will take with her! Lucy has a great love of singing and would like to thank her voice teacher Kourtney Black for all the help she has given to her over the years. All the voice lessons, practicing, camps and shows she has done with Theatre in the Park, Musical Theatre Heritage, Barn Players, Coterie and many others have prepared her for this fun and demanding production. Lucy will continue to work on her singing, dancing and keeping up with her school work while continuing to hang with friends and family, who are so important to her! She would especially like to thank The KC Rep, teachers, family and friends for all the support and guidance they have given to her over the year

KC Rep:A Christmas Carol (2nd Season) Local:Snoopy(Sally Brown), Aladdin,Jr. (Abu),Hairspray, Jr. (Featured soloist), Mulan, Jr. (Matchmaker’s assistant),Dr. Dolittle, Jr.(Polynesia), Seussical the Musical(ensemble) Christian Youth Theater;School of Rock(class ensemble, Musical Theatre Kansas City); Oliver!(Orphan, Musical Theatre Heritage). Film:Belong to Us (extra, dir. by Patrick Rea).Education: 5thgrade at English Landing Elementary; acting classes at Christian Youth Theater and The Coterie; voice with Melinda MacDonald; dance at Empire Dance and Jennifer’s Rising Dance Stars.Offstage Emma enjoys reading, swim team, and hanging out with friends.

KCRep: A Christmas Carol (2nd season). Local: 13 The Musical (The Barn Players). Shreveport LA: Mary Poppins (Michael Banks, Emmett Hook Center Theatre); Night at the Museum (Norton Art Gallery). Education: Lincoln College Preparatory Academy(Chamber Choir), GATEWAY (gifted and talented program in Shreveport LA). Ellison enjoys playing bass and acoustic guitar, soccer, hockey, and baseball, as well as singing, tap and jazz dance.

This show is a dream come true for Ashley. Many of her best memories & best friends have come through her passion for performance & musical theatre. Last summer, Ashley played Sharpay in High School Musical (Stage Right Performing Arts), A Boylan Sister in Annie (Leawood Stage Company) & was honored to participate in The Rep’s first SYTE program. She has also performed as Gertrude McFuzz Seussical (Jewish Community Center), Rapunzel in Rapunzel, A Very Hairy Fairytale, in the Children’s Chorus of Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TTIP)&other shows around K.C. She would like to thank the KC Rep for including her in this cast. She would also like to thank some special teachers: Ms. Powell, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Freeman & Mr. Huggard for their belief & encouragement. She would like to thank for her family & friends for their eternal support & a special thanks to Vigthor for always believing in her & guiding her to her fullest potential.

Estelle is so excited to be a part of A Christmas Carol. She is thrilled for this experience and grateful to all the wonderful people she has met and worked with. Estelle loves to sing and perform and has performed in several musicals. Her theater highlight has been playing Ariel in The Little Mermaid with Stage Right Performing Arts. Estelle loves costume and make up design and anything Broadway. She would like to thank KC Rep for the experience of A Christmas Carol and Summer Youth Teen Ensemble. Estelle would like to thank her school teachers for all their help. She would like to especially thank Alyssa Toepfer, Donna West and Megan Case for all their support and guidance and for developing her love for the arts. Estelle would like to thank her mom, dad, sister, dog Oliver and her awesome friends for supporting her.

Marshall is excited to work with the KC Rep in A Christmas Carol. From his first roles with Dance Limited (Abilene, Texas) in The Nutcracker and The Wizard of Oz, Marshall has loved to entertain. His roles with ActONE KC in Charlie &the Chocolate Factory, Peter Pan, and Shrek Jr, were key in his deciding to focus on the theater. Marshall was thrilled for the opportunity to perform in NINE and Assassins with Spinning Tree Theatre. He was recently selected to join the Master Acting Class with The Coterie, where he plans to continue to improve his acting talents. Marshall is grateful to his parents for encouraging him to pursue his love of performing, and Michael, Andy, and Gary from Spinning Tree Theatre for giving him his first chance to work with professional actors.

Anna is very grateful and excited to be a part of A Christmas Carol.She has been in several productions at her high school where she fell in love with theatre, but this is her first show outside of school. Anna hopes to be in many more shows as she pursues theatre in the following years. She would like to thank her family and her loved ones for supporting and encouraging her, especially Samantha Peters, Camryn Sanchez, and Samuel Perez. Anna would also like to thank the KC Rep for this opportunity. She loves flowers, rain and music. She hopes you enjoy the show!

KC Rep: A Christmas Carol (3rd season). Local:Annie Jr.(Hooverville Man, 2013), Beauty & The Beast Jr.(Maurice, 2014), Once On This Island Jr.(Storyteller, 2016) (StageRight Performing Arts). TV: KC Live, vocal performance, 2016. Education: 6th grade at Cure’ of Ars Catholic School. Benjamin loves to sing, act, play lots of seasonal sports, and year-round competitive soccer.

KCRep: debut. Local: Les Misérables, Miracle on 34th Street (Shawnee Mission South High School); Jungle Book (Barstow Lower School). Education: Lauren is 10 years old, and a student at The Barstow School and has studied acting at the Summer Intensive camps at Barstow. She studies voice with Catherine Gamble and dance at Denise’s Dance Academy. Lauren is an Equestrian, and enjoys playing piano and guitar. She would like to thank her mentors and teachers: Kristi Mitchell, Mark Swezey, Bob Kohler, Julie Byrne, Cathy Gamble, Sean Martinez, Eric Rosen and Jason Chanos. She is grateful to her parents, brother, and grandparents for their endless encouragement and love. Being in this show is a dream come true!

Aria is over the moon to make her debut at the KC Rep and to be performing as part of A Christmas Carol. She has performed numerous roles with the Blue Springs City Theatre, Raytown Arts Counsel, and Immeasurable Productions. Aria has attended acting camps through the Coterie, Music Theatre Heritage and Monarch Conservatory. She is currently in the 2nd grade in the Blue Springs School District. She loves the Christmas season, and message of love, peace and understanding, presented as part of this production. She also loves her Mom, Dad, Sister, Brothers and all of the people who share in the spirit of Christmas. Aria would like to specially thank Lena Andrews, the KC Rep, and all of her family for their support and encouragement.

Drew is so excited to be part of A Christmas Carol.Drew loves his extended musical theatre family! Drew was in Little Mermaid Jr.(Flotsam) Honk Jr (Beaky)and The Addams Family (Pugsley) with Stage RightPerforming Arts. He also was in Seussical and Shrek with Immeasurable Productions. He would like to thank the KCRep, his school teachers, Donna West, Mindy Moritz, Chris Zimmerman, Lynette Pfingsten and all the wonderful adults that have encouraged him and believed in him. Drew is thankful for the support of his family and friends.

KC Rep:A Christmas Carol(4th Season).Local:The Who's Tommy (Middle Tommy, Musical Theater Heritage); Mary Poppins(Michael Banks, Starlight Theatre);Camelot(Sir Tom of Warwick, Starlight Theatre);Tosca(Children’s Chorus, LyricOpera of Kansas City);School of Rock(Billy, Musical Theatre Kansas City); Suessical the Musical(Jojo, Immeasurable Productions and Knox);Shrek the Musical(Baby Bear, Gladstone Theatre in thePark AND Peter Pan, IP); Jane Eyre (John Reed, The Barn); Wonka Jr (Willy Wonka, MTKC); Alice in Zombiel and (Madhatter, CMS); Into the Woods, Jr (Jack, RCCPT); First Kisses (age 11 John, Summit Theatre Group.) Film:Gordon& Grace Social Media Ad campaign(Gordon, The Coterie).Education:CongressMiddle School in Park Hill where he's student directing his first play "Parents just don't understand," is a student council member and is in Honor Choir, studies acting at Coterie and Starlight Theatres and dance at Empire Studio. Off stage Maddox is just a typical 14-year-old who watches/makes YouTube videos, loves the show “Stranger Things”, roller coasters/water slides and Starbucks! @maddoxbane on Instagram

Siena is super excited to be part of A Christmas Carol. This is a dream come true ever since she watched her first play with her mom. The day she found out that she was cast she cried of joy and jumped up and down. Siena's acting debut was this summer when she played Ursula in Bye Bye Birdie at Camelot Academy. She also was a singer and a drummer in Spikey Shades at the Overland Park School of Rock. Siena loves to play Piano. She would like to thank her dad for cutting the family vacation short and flying back to Kansas City for Siena to audition. Siena would like to thank Miss Andi Fredrickson, the vocal teacher at Holy Trinity, for teaching her how to do a British accent and to sing Silent Night for her audition. Siena is grateful to her family, including her brother Nicolas, her sisters Paulina, Bela, and Savannah for encouraging her to follow her dreams.

KC Rep: debut. Local: The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker(Kansas City Ballet). Elliott is a 6th grader at Prairie Elementary, where he sings in the choir and puts his improv skills to good use in the morning video announcements. He loves expressing himself through dance and trains at KC Ballet. Elliott studies voice with Ashley Beth Burnett, and he has participated in performing arts camps at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Crescendo Conservatory, and The Coterie. The theatre world fascinates him, and he’s thrilled to be a part of it!

Ella is so excited to be part of A Christmas Carol. It is truly a childhood dream come true to make her KC Rep debut. Ella has performed at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, The White Theatre, Theatre in the Park, The Barn Players and Stage Right Performing Arts. Favorite roles include:Third Spirit in the Magic Flute, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Molly in Peter and Starcatcher, and Lucy in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. She is a Junior at The Barstow School and has attended Interlochen Arts Camp, High School Musical Theatre Program in 2016 and 2017. Ella sends love to her family, friends and Gary Green. Merry Christmas!

Sarah is enjoying being a part of the KC Rep’s A Christmas Carol cast. She loves meeting others that love theater as much as she does. Sarah has been in several Christian Youth Theater shows since the age of 8, from her start in School House Rock Live Jr to High School Musical. Her favorite roles include playing Grace in Annie Warbucks, Mrs. Darbus in High School Musical and Isabel/Helen in Scrooge the Musical.Sarah would like to thank her parents, brother Alex, sister Abby, best friend Sophia, her fellow theater friends and most importantly God. She is grateful for everyone’s support.

KCRep: A Christmas Carol (3rd season). Local: Aristocrats (Roquefort, Theatre in the Park Academy); Jane Eyre (Adele, The Barn Players); School of Rock, Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Theatre Heritage); Mary Poppins (Fannie), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Annie, Alice in Wonderland, Willy Wonka (Camellot Academy); Beauty and the Beast, How to Eat Like a Child (Theatre at Visitation). Education: 6th grade at Visitation School. Ellie also dances, trains and competes with Eagle Gymnastics.

Ava is excited to be a part of A Christmas Carol. Ava loves being involved in musical theatre productions whether it’s singing, acting, or dancing. She loves to share her musical talent with everyone around her. Ava has been in many local theatre productions through Christian Youth Theatre including herfavorites: Scrooge, Annie Warbucks,and Willy Wonka Jr. Along with a strong passion for theatre, Ava loves playing with her dog, writing songs with her ukulele, and cooking. Ava would like to thank the people who have supported and encouraged her including Grace Wallace, Cheryl Parisi, her family, and many friends. Ava is very grateful for this opportunity.

KC Rep: A Christmas Carol (3rd season). Local:Carmen (children’s chorus, Lyric Opera Kansas City); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Sonny, Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre); guest soloist, Kansas City Women’s Chorus (December 2016). Education: 6th grade at Border Star Montessori School. Sawyer has studied piano since the age of three.Sawyer is very excited to perform in A Christmas Carol for the third year! Some of his work includes The Secret Garden (T.T.I.P), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (The Met), and Carmen (Lyric Opera). Sawyer enjoys playing capoeira, an Afro Brazilian martial art, and has been playing piano for nine years.

KC REP: debut. Local: Fiddler on the Roof, Narnia, Annie Warbucks, and Wizard of Oz(Christian Youth Theatre);Magic Woods(Coterie Master ActingClass).Education: 8th Grade at St. Thomas More School. Cara’s hobbies include: the harp, piano, baritone saxophone, cooking/baking, musical theater, and watching Netflix. When Cara isn’t partaking in the preforming arts, she is hanging out with her friends either at the park or creating endless inside jokes. KC Repertory has given Cara a great place to explore her love of musical theater and fulfill God’s dream for her. Cara would like to thank her family, friends, theater peers,Grace Wallace, and God for this opportunity.