Bruce Baker lives in Grand Haven, but enjoys the Howmet immensely. His previous plays include Inherit The Wind, The Crucible, Odd Couple, Leading Ladies, and Greater Tuna, all with the Central Park Players, and Forever Yours with the White Lake Dramatic Club. He would like to especially thank his wife, Christine, for all her support and for putting up with the characters he "brings home."

Kat Barrett is a junior at Kalamazoo College majoring in Theater Arts and Human Relations. Kat will be studying abroad in the fall in India, but is excited to spend the summer at the Playhouse as production manager. When Kat is not working at a theater she dances, spends time with family and friends, and sings in the K-Zoo College a cappella group Premium Orange. Thanks to the summer staff and everyone who supports the Playhouse throughout the year!

Joe Carmolli is thrilled to be reunited with last season’s cast mates Mike and John from Moonlight and Magnolias. Additional Howmet credits include Star Spangled Girl (2008), and Educating Rita (2009). Most recently, he was seen as Henry Higgins in Pygmalion for Grand Haven's Central Park Players. Other notable roles include Howie in Rabbit Hole, Charles Condomine in Blithe Spirit at Muskegon Civic Theatre, and Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret. Joe has a B.A. in Theatre from University of Vermont and spends the school year as chef/instructor of Culinary Arts at Careerline Tech Center in Holland, MI. Love and thanks to my beautiful and talented wife Natalie, and daughters Anna Jane and Eileen Diane.

Mitch Coleman’s performance in Jake’s Women marks his first time on stage in over 12 years. Most of Mitch’s theatrical experience has been as a playwright. His award-winning plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Midland, Texas, and Great Neck, Long Island. Last summer, his comedy Forever Yours, was produced here, at the Howmet Playhouse. When he is not writing, Mitch teaches yoga at his studio, White River Yoga, in Montague.

Cindy Beth Davis-Dykema is returning to direct her third installment of the White Lake Youth Theatre program, Alice in Wonderland. After several years of working with the Howmet Playhouse full-time, Cindy Beth has settled into her position as Executive Director of the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association, managing three lighthouses along Lake Michigan’s western shoreline. Cindy Beth has worked in performing arts education in a multitude of capacities—from directing to choreographing to producing—enjoying one-on-one work with new and long-term program participants for ten years. It’s an honor and a pleasure to be given another summer to spend working with the youth of White Lake!

Debra Freeberg teaches acting, directing, and playwriting and communication courses at Calvin College. She has lectured and conducted workshops on communication, leadership, and theatre across the U.S. and Sweden. Professor Freeberg has directed over 30 plays and musicals; favorite productions include The Syringa Tree, The Ghost Sonata, She Stoops to Conquer, A Dream Play, 1940s Radio Hour, Joan of Lorraine, Peer Gynt, and Tiger at the Gates, including a lauded staging of Mendelssohn's Elijah for the Calvin's Oratorio Society. Her research includes Scandinavian theatre, children's theatre, playwriting, and directing. Debra is a Board Member of Christians in Theatre Arts, a former member of the Governing Board of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education, and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Debra joins the Howmet as a Guest Director of Dearly Departed. This will be Debra’s second show at the Playhouse after directing last season’s Dearly Departed.

Tom Harryman is a Muskegon native graduating from Muskegon High School in 1971. He holds a B.A. in theatre from Grand Valley State College's Thomas Jefferson College (1976), a Master of Arts degree in Acting from the McGregor School at Antioch University (2005) and currently teaches, designs, and directs theatre at MCC. Tom has been a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1978, managed the Frauenthal Center in Muskegon from 1984 through 1999 and managed the Playhouse from 2007 to 2008. He has performed in many professional productions all over the U. S. and is known locally for his performances as Edgar Allan Poe and his solo A Christmas Carol. His work on the playhouse stage includes Escanaba in da Moonlight, The Foreigner, The Fantasticks, and The Woman in Black; and directing credits include The Mystery of Irma Vep, Moonlight and Magnolias, and this season’s ‘Art’.

Andrea Mathews is excited to be returning to the Howmet Playhouse for another summer. She appeared in last season’s Dearly Departed as well as Star Spangled Girl (2008) and Lend Me a Tenor (2007). She recently portrayed the Narrator in Muskegon Civic Theatre’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other MCT credits include Millie, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy/Louise, Gypsy; Tuptim, King and I; Dorothy in Wizard of Oz. Some of her other roles include Ado Annie, Oklahoma for Grand Rapids Civic Theatre; Percy, Spitfire Grill, Mary, Jesus Christ Superstar for Central Park Players; Audrey, Little Shop of Horrors for Dogwood Center. Andrea is an Interior Designer/Wedding Planner and teaches dance. Andrea writes “I love you to my amazing daughter Madalynn Star and trio.”

WILLIAM S. RAFAILL has been the webmaster for the Howmet Playhouse since the spring of 2007. He and his wife, Barbara, have a cottage in Stony Lake and have been enjoying the western shore of Michigan and all that it offers, including the Playhouse, since the mid 1980s. Bill is CEO, CFO, COO, and all those other "O's" for his own company, Rafaill & Associates, LLC. He specializes in website development, graphic design, and technology training. He is pleased to do all that he can to promote the Grand Old Lady, the Howmet Playhouse.

Regina Schlaff is delighted to be a part of the Boeing-Boeing cast. Regina is the Choir Director at Reeths-Puffer High School, and has enjoyed directing diverse choir concerts which have included groups such as: The MSU Spartan Dischords, Good Clean Fun, West Shore Symphony Orchestra, The Montague UMC Bell Ringers, and Camerata Singers. She was the Vocal Coach for the R-PHS Musicals, including Grease, South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, Once Upon a Mattress, and Little Shop of Horrors, to name a few. Regina has performed in several Muskegon Civic Theatre productions, including Side By Side by Sondheim, Damn Yankees, and Jesus Christ Superstar. On other stages she has had roles in Guys and Dolls, Quilters, Cotton Patch Gospel, and Working. In 2000 she produced and performed her own Cabaret show with pianist Ellen Cutting. Regina is the proud mother of two sons, Brett (8) and Kyle (6), and husband to Paul (39), and enjoys going to the beach, reading, and snuggling with her boys.

Michael Sommers is thrilled to be back for his second season at the Howmet Playhouse. Mike lives in San Francisco where he has been developing his plays and theater company, Uncle Buzzy’s Hometown Theater Show!! Recent credits include the World Premieres of Hanging Georgia (O’Keeffe) and El Gundi’s The Marriage Proposal (Chekhov adaptation) and Tell It Slant-Emily Dickinson. Mike is the “Gmail Motion Guy” and voices in the games “Back To The Future”, “Star Wars” and “Monopoly”. He has appeared in over 40 Films such as Bandits, Mousehunt, and The Californians, television episodics like Trauma (NBC), The Evidence (CBS), and Nash Bridges (ABC) alongside stars such as Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Landau and Robin Williams among others. Rentable recommendations include Me and Mrs. Jones, Haiku Tunnel, and The Boogerman. Be sure to visit his website!

Katie Trzaska took over management of the Playhouse in November 2010. Katie has a B.A. from St. Norbert College in Political Science, Communications, and Theatre Arts, and has been involved in West Michigan theatre for over ten years. She would like to give her deepest gratitude to her mom, dad, brother, boyfriend, friends and family for all their support and understanding of her hectic life, to Cindy Beth for her friendship and guidance, and to the City of Whitehall and White Lake area residents for their unending support of the Playhouse.

Diane Van Wesep is so grateful for the performing opportunities she has had. She has enjoyed performing dramatic roles such as Eleanor in The Lion in Winter, Helga in Deathtrap, and Thelma Cates in Night, Mother with Muskegon Civic Theatre (MCT), Central Park Players, and at Muskegon Community College respectively. Performing in musicals such as Anna in The King and I and as multiple roles in A, My Name Is Alice has allowed Diane to be a singing actress. She has also enjoyed comedic roles such as Zorah Bloch in Inspecting Carol, Charlotte in Moon Over Buffalo, and Kate in Sylvia. She is thrilled to be returning to the Howmet Playhouse for a third season, this time in two plays, Anybody for Murder? and Boeing-Boeing. She thanks the City of Whitehall, the Playhouse and her wonderful husband Ed De Jong for making this “two-fer” opportunity possible.

Mike Vogas has too many credits to list them all. He has performed with Muskegon Civic Theater in The Lion in Winter, Professor Marvel/the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz, Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the Kralahome in The King and I, Owen Musser in The Foreigner, Bill Sykes in Oliver!, and R.P McMurphy in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Mike’s recent directing credits for MCT are Thoroughly Modern Millie, Brigadoon, Art, Angel Street, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Annie Get Your Gun. For Central Park Players, he appeared in The Crucible and directed both Of Mice and Men and The Fantasticks. Mike studied at the Yale School of Drama and also does sound and lighting design. Mike is happily married to Lorie and owns Benchmark Productions; he teaches oral communication and multimedia at Baker College. Mike directed Educating Rita at the Playhouse in 2009 and Always…Patsy Cline for MCT in January.

Carrie Wildfong is a Whitehall native who made her performance debut on the Howmet Playhouse stage in the fifth grade. Throughout junior high and high school Carrie appeared in several Whitehall School productions including: The Music Man, Charlotte's Web, Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and L'il Abner. Carrie spends her days working as a paralegal at a Muskegon area law firm and during her free time enjoys camping, hiking, spending time with family and friends, and engaging in ill-conceived home improvement projects. Carrie is very excited to be a part of the White Lake Dramatic Club and is looking forward to future opportunities to lend her support to the continued growth and longevity of the Howmet Playhouse.