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Carroll "Chip" Johnson* (Reverend Roy Ledbetter) Triad Stage: Beautiful Star (’06,’07,‘08), A Lesson Before Dying, The Rainmaker, North Star. Local: Dearly Beloved, Moon Over The Brewery, American Buffalo, True West, A Poster of the Cosmos, Dearly Departed, The Magic City (Broach Theatre); Wait Until Dark, The Norman Conquests, The Mousetrap, Catch Me If You Can (Barn Dinner Theatre). Education: MFA, UNCG. Other: adjunct professor in the Department of Performing Arts at Elon University. |
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Cinny Strickland* (Vestina Ledbetter) Triad Stage: Beautiful Star (2006, 2007, and 2008).Other NC credits: NC Shakespeare Festival, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Blowing Rock Stage Company, The Actors’ Ensemble, The Broach Theatre, Wilmington’s Dog Eat Dog Theatre. Regional: Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Cape Cod’s Monomoy Theatre, Pennsylvania’s Bristol Riverside Theatre. Education: BFA-Drama, NC School of the Arts; AB-Political Science, Princeton University. Other: guest artist, NCSA School of Music; guest artist, Princeton University’s Theatre Intime. |
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James Tunstall* (Tidence Letbetter) Triad Stage: Beautiful Star (2006 and 2007), Das Barbecü. Off-Broadway: Don’t Remind Me, Walking Behind (La Mama Experimental Theatre Club); The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore (Light Opera of Manhattan). Regional/Local: Olympus on My Mind, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Royal Palm Theatre); Gypsy (East Carolina Theatre); Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Elephant Sighs, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, The Boys Next Door, Big Bang (Broach Theatre). TV: Guiding Light, As the World Turns. Education: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts; studies with Uta Hagen and Stella Adler. |
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Christina Beasley (Shelly Ledbetter) “Grace” in Annie Jr., “Dorothy” in Dorothy Meets Alice, “Pocahontas” in Pocahontas, “Lucinda” in Into the Woods Jr., “Peggy” in Recess, “Mrs. Mayor” in The Wizard of Oz, (Community Theatre of Greensboro), “Young Cain” in Children of Eden (Sanctuary). Education: 7th grade, an honor roll student at Southeast Middle School. Other: NC Honors Chorus, NC All State Chorus. |
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Elizabeth Beasley (Myrtle Ledbetter) “Pepper” in Annie Jr., “White Rabbit” in Dorothy Meets Alice, “Patsy” in Recess, “Brian” in There’s a Monster in My Closet, “Little Running Rabbit” in Pocahontas, “City Mother” in The Wizard of Oz, (Community Theatre of Greensboro). Education: 5th grade, an honor roll student at Alamance Elementary. Other: Student council representative. |
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Junious Leak (Vernon Sparks) Triad Stage: Beautiful Star (2006, 2007, 2008), The Matchmaker, “Master Harold”…and the boys, North Star. Regional/Local: Paul Robeson (National Black Theatre Festival); Tuesdays with Morrie, The Fantasticks (Open Space Café Theater); Fences, Zooman and the Sign (Kennedy Center); The Piano Lesson (Troy State University); And Still I Rise (Maya Angelou Productions); Poetry Alive! (Iambic Productions National Touring Co.); You Can’t Take It with You (UNCG, guest artist) Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer, Piece Work (Touring Theater of North Carolina). Film/TV: The Color Purple, The Patron Saint of Liars (CBS), Shift (PBS). Education: BA, NC A&T State University. |
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Justin Emmanuel Harrington (Paul Sparks) is a sixth-grader at Kernodle Middle School. He officially fell in love with theater in his first role as Paul Sparks in Beautiful Star (2007, 2008) and is excited to reprise that role in 2009. Justin has continued to explore his love for the stage with recent roles as the “White Rabbit” in Greensboro Children Theatre’s production of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, the Musical and “Abel” in the Sanctuary’s 2009 production of Children of Eden. |
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Michael Tourek* (Franklin Duncan) Triad Stage: Bloody Blackbeard, Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star (06’-08’). New York: Romeo’s Dream (One Arm Red), Calthropia (West End), On The Open Road (Boulevard Arts). Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Lincoln Amphitheatre, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), Over the River and Through the Woods (Cumberland County Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mill Mountain Theater). Film/TV: Citizen Ruth, The Producers, John Adams, One Tree Hill. |
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Terra Mackintosh* (Ethel Green) is thrilled to be returning to Triad Stage after touring with the recent production of Blackbeard. Terra holds a BA in Musical Theatre from Ball State University. New York credits include The New Hopeville Comics (directed by Jim Wren). Favorite credits include: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues, and Lobby Hero. She would like to thank Preston and Laurelyn for this wonderful opportunity, Jim Wren for introducing her to this amazing NC community, and her phenomenal family and friends, without whom none of this would be possible. |
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Bailey Weikel-Feekes (Linda Green) is a fifth-grader at Brooks Global Elementary. Bailey is very excited to make her Triad Stage debut in Beautiful Star. She performed in her first show this past summer in Community Theater of Greensboro’s production of Dorothy Meets Alice. |
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Joshua Yoder (Ricky Eggers) Triad Stage: Tartuffe, Beautiful Star (2008), The Night of the Iguana, Bloody Blackbeard. Regional/Local: Mere Mortals, Redbeard’s Revenge (Triad Stage/UNCG THTR 232); Ruth (Blue Shift Theatre Ensemble); Here There Be Dragons (Man-In-The-Moon Theatre); Angels in America, Lysistrata, Holiday, Love’s Fire, The Taste of Sunrise (UNCG). Education: MFA Candidate, UNCG; B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College. |
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Andrew Eversol (Musician) Andrew “Never” Eversole was born in Harlan, KY and raised there in the Appalachians, but it wasn’t until his family relocated to NC that he fell in love with the banjo. Since then he has played music professionally all across the globe, including recent tours of China and New York City. His debut album Creature has garnered rave reviews and national radio play. His most recent projects include the experimental roots sound of The Family Eversole, and the dynamic duet of The Bad Raccoons. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys exploratory trips through inner and outer space. |
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Griffith Martin (Musician) is a proud Carolina native. He grew up in Winston-Salem and then moved to Wilmington where he attended UNCW and received a degree in Mathematics. After college he made his way to the mountains and currently resides in Asheville. Griff is recognized as one of the hottest young bluegrass guitar players in the region, singing lead and even that high lonesome tenor. His fluid and inventive style has been sharply honed from his beginnings as a classical pianist to his current accomplishments as a Bluegrass flat picker. His musical talent has taken him nationwide as well as overseas in a tour to Spain. In addition to his accomplished guitar playing, he may be heard playing Bluegrass Banjo, Mandolin and even Electric Guitar. |
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Faye Petree (Musician) Raised on the family farm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Faye Petree (Fidaelia Flame) was steeped in campfire jams of traditional Bluegrass as well as a small dose of classical training from the North Carolina School of the Arts. All of which has made for a unique mash. Faye has made appearances at The Barn Dinner Theatre and with bands around the Southeast such as Kill-Basa Bill’s Road Show, Sourwood Sweet, The Family Eversole, Junior League Band, and most recently, The Bad Raccoons. In her down time, she enjoys yodeling and aeronautical pyrotechnics. |
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Preston Lane (Artistic Director/Co-Founder, Playwright & Director) is in his 9th season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 30 productions. Preston is the recipient of the 2008 Betty Cone Medal of the Arts and is in his third year as the Artistic Partner for Theatre for An Appalachian Summer Festival. He was formerly Artistic Associate at the Dallas Theater Center, where his productions included the US premiere of Inexpressible Island (Dallas Observer Best of Dallas Awards: Best Director, Best Production) and The Night of the Iguana (Dallas Morning News: 2002 Top Ten Theatre List). Other productions include work Off Broadway, Regional and the National Black Theatre Festival. As a playwright, his adaptations and original works include: Tartuffe, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, Dracula, Mirandolina, and Julie’s Dance (Triad Stage); A Christmas Carol (Dallas Theater Center, Sonoma County Rep, Kids Who Care), Three Weeks After Marriage and Helen! (Summer Cabaret) and with Laurelyn Dossett: Brother Wolf (Triad Stage, An Appalachian Summer Festival, The Human Race Theatre Company and upcoming at St. Olaf College), Beautiful Star (Triad Stage and WaterTower Theatre), Bloody Blackbeard and the upcoming Providence Gap. Both Brother Wolf and Beautiful Star are soon to be published by Playscripts Inc. He has taught at UNCG, NC A&T, NCSA, Greensboro College, SMU, and the Professional Actors Workshop at the Dallas Theater Center. He is an alumnus of the Drama League of New York’s Director’s Project. A native of Boone, NC, Preston received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. |
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Laurelyn Dossett (Composer/Music Director) Singer/songwriter Laurelyn Dossett was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Her other collaborations with Preston Lane include the summer 2008 hit Bloody Blackbeard, Triad Stage’s 2006 world premiere production of Brother Wolf and the upcoming Providence Gap. One of the songs from Brother Wolf, “Anna Lee” appears on Levon Helm’s Grammy-winning 2007 release Dirt Farmer. She is the 2004 winner of Merlefest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Contest for her gospel song, “Come by Here,” and has taught songwriting at the Augusta Heritage Center. In 1997 she founded the band Polecat Creek with singing partner Kari Sickenberger; they have three CDs: Ordinary Seasons, Salt Sea Bound and Leaving Eden. Leaving Eden’s title track, about the loss of textile jobs in Eden, NC, has been featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and on the BBC. She lives in Greensboro with her husband and three daughters. |
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Branden Tucker (Scenic Designer) returns to Triad Stage where he served as Properties Master and Scenic Charge for several years. He previously designed the set for The Santaland Diaries. Other designs include The Piano Lesson and Vanities at North Carolina School of the Arts. Branden holds a BFA in Scenic Design from the North Carolina School of the Arts. |
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Kelsey Hunt (Costume Designer) is Resident Designer at Triad Stage. Favorite past productions include: Ghosts; Black Pearl Sings!; The Night of the Iguana; Bloody Blackbeard; Mrs. Warren’s Profession; The Little Foxes; Tobacco Road; The Diary of Anne Frank; Brother Wolf; On Golden Pond; A Streetcar Named Desire (honorable mention, best production design, Independent Weekly); A Moon for the Misbegotten and Bus Stop. Kelsey has worked with UNCG Theater, Peace College, New York’s Glimmerglass Opera House, Firebrand Theory Theater Company, The Lortel Theater and Lisa Zinni of Broadway’s Rent). |
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John Wolf (Lighting Designer) Triad Stage: 27 productions including the world premieres of Bloody Blackbeard, Brother Wolf, Debunked and Beautiful Star. Regional: North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Mill Mountain Theatre. University Theatre: UNCG, University of Florida, University of Tennessee, University of Nebraska Opera, plus designs at Lion Theatre, Center Stage, Trinity Theatre, Symphony Space and Lincoln Center in New York. John is a Professor of Theatre at UNCG. Education: MFA, University of Alabama; The Julliard School of Music. |
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David E. Smith (Sound Designer) is director of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts theatre sound design program. David spent eight years with the Royal National Theatre in London, England. Triad Stage: Picnic, Oleanna, Tartuffe, Ghosts, The Night of the Iguana, Bloody Blackbeard, The Little Foxes, Tobacco Road, Beautiful Star, The Diary of Anne Frank, A Streetcar Named Desire and Dracula. Regional: Arena Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre. Local: Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. |
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Ruthie Tutterow (Assistant Director & Choreographer) is chair of the Drama Department at Greensboro Day School, where she teaches, directs and choreographs in the Upper School. The GDS Drama Program was named as one of five Outstanding Schools in the nation by the Educational Theatre Association this year. Ruthie has acted, directed and choreographed professionally across the state, and has appeared in Triad Stage’s productions of North Star and Our Town. |
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Molly McGinn (Assistant Musical Director) Regional/Local: Amelia’s Mechanics (Singer, Songwriter, lap steel and rhythm guitar); Molly McGinn & the Buster Dillys; Thacker Dairy Road; Jostle Lee; Alan Smithee Band. Film/TV: 48 Hour Film Festival Audience Choice Winner (Soundtrack Producer); Amie Street Top 50 Albums of the Year, “Girl with Slingshot” (Songwriter). BA, Elon University. |
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Drew Barker (Dramaturg) is Triad Stage’s Artistic Associate and Resident Dramaturg, and a former Theater and Advanced Placement English teacher. Regional: Assistant to the Director of five shows at Triad Stage, Assistant Director of Oleanna at An Appalachian Summer Festival. Education: UNCG, BFA Theater Education & English, Study Abroad at the University of Hull, and Undergraduate Research Assistantship in Greensboro Theater History. |
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Eric Tysinger* (Stage Manager) Triad Stage: Angel Street; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Old Wicked Songs; North Star; Bloody Blackbeard; The Night of the Iguana; Bell, Book and Candle; Beautiful Star; Black Pearl Sings!; Ghosts; The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead; Tartuffe and Picnic. Off-Broadway: Elvis People. Regional: Tonight At 8pm, Light Up The Sky, Hedda Gabler starring Kate Burton (Williamstown); Dreamgirls, Annie Get Your Gun, Peter Pan, The Sound Of Music, West Side Story (North Carolina Theatre); A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, As You Like It (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival); Elvis People, Great Expectations (both world premieres, Mill Mountain Theatre). Proud member of Actors Equity. |
