The Book of Will Players and Staff
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Chris Beaman (Director) Christopher has been performing on this stage for over 40 years and is thrilled to be here this summer as a director. His first show was The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, he was the town’s undertaker. |
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TJ Bell (ADSM) TJ is a founding member and social media manager for The Actors’ Workshop of West Michigan. After growing up in a theatrical family, and joining performances on both sides of the curtain, they are excited to make their debut as an assistant director. |
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Adam Bell (John Heminges) Adam is the founder and facilitator of The Actors' Workshop of West Michigan. He has been a performer in West Michigan for over 25 years and The Book of Will is Adam's debut performance at the Playhouse. He would like to thank his wife, Anne Meilof, for her love and support. |
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Joe Carmolli (Henry Condell) Joe has been acting at The Playhouse for over 10 seasons. He is always excited to perform with his wife, Natalie. |
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David Riegler (Richard Burbage) David has been performing at the Playhouse for three decades, his first role on the stage as Lieutenant Schrank in West Side Story for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Dave is a familiar face to area theatergoers, having performed in, directed, or designed musicals, dramas, and comedies for virtually every community theatre company in West Michigan. He also has several Shakespeare credits, playing Benedick and Dogberry in separate productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Petruchio in Taming Of The Shrew, and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
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Natalie Carmolli (Elizabeth Condell) After several seasons directing, Natalie is pleased to join The Playhouse as a cast member. It’s especially nice when she can share the stage with husband, Joe. Thanks to Beth, Cindy Beth, and the crew for all you do to bring wonderful live entertainment, like our summer season, to our community. |
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Julie Bratton (Rebecca Heminges) Julie previously appeared at the Playhouse as Betty Ford in 2021's First Lady monologue trio Tea for Three, as well as in Summer Shorts 2021 and Winter Shorts 2019. She's also worked locally at Central Park Players, Muskegon Civic Theater, and Jewish Theater Grand Rapids, and further away in Baltimore, Des Moines, Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Washington DC, and New York City before her move to the Mitten. She's now been a Michigander for almost a decade and is a member of The Actors' Workshop of West Michigan. |
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Emily Kindervater (Alice Heminges) Emily is excited to be acting at The Playhouse for the first time this summer. She has enjoyed acting in shows with Muskegon Civic Theatre and Central Park Players over the last few years such as The 39 Steps (MCT), Clue (CPP), and A Piece of My Heart (CPP). She is honored to be a part of The Actors’ Workshop of West Michigan’s first production and to bring Alice to the stage. "What’s past is prologue." |
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Scott Murphy (Ralph Crane) Scott is excited to return to The Playhouse, having been involved in both WLYT and previous Summer Seasons. This time in a show with his amazingly talented fiancé Emily Kindervater, and others from The Actors' Workshop of West Michigan who he used to only know from their powerful on-stage performances. |
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Ray Brazaski (Ben Johnson) Ray was last seen on stage for MCT's Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some...). He graduated from Reeths-Puffer many moons ago and has studied theater and improvisation in Chicago. |
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Kristopher Arnold (Ed Knight) Kristopher always enjoys their time at The Playhouse, and endeavors to be involved whenever possible. Previous performances here include: Deathtrap, Fox on the Fairway, Yankee Tavern, Escanaba in Da Moonlight, The Outsider, and Moon Over Buffalo. They hope you enjoy the show and continue supporting the local arts. |
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David Cato (Boy Hamlet) David is a Muskegon native. Known internationally as the "Tiger of Mosul" or the "Volcano Tornado", he is currently just happy to be here. |
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Monica Felan (Fruit Seller) Monica is making her Playhouse debut in her very first play. She wants to dedicate this play to the memory of her Mom and significant other Dan. She is writing a romance novel and autobiography, collects dolls, likes to read, and has a cat named Cleopatra. |
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