MAGGIE JAY (Peggy) is a freshman pursuing a theatre arts major at Parkside with a concentration in acting and sound design. She has won a Jerry award with Whitewater High School for outstanding musical in 2018-2019 as Olive’s Mom in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She is overwhelmingly happy you’re all here and she hopes you enjoy the show!

ISABELLA CERNUSKA (Debra) is very excited to be on stage again at UW-Parkside. Isabella is a graduating senior this year. Some of her favorite roles include Natasha in 3 Sisters here at UW-Parkside, Shirley Kaplan in Street Scene, Servant in Oedipus The King, and Grandma Addams in The Addams Family at The College of Lake County. She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless support! 

ALEX ORTIZ (Dmetri/the tourist) is a sophomore at Parkside. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is very excited to be part of his first production here, to be part of the theater major, and can’t wait to see the productions. 

CHALENA WILLIAMS (Narrator/ U/S Peggy & Debra)  is a senior with plans to graduate in Fall of 2022. She is majoring in theatre arts with a concentration in acting and has a minor in digital media and production. Her acting credits include: Love’s Labour’s Lost (Jacquenetta) and Pretty (Narrator). She has held multiple film internships with Fresh Films and Hello Sunshine Productions and also worked as an audio engineer on a feature film. She hopes you enjoy the show.

JOE SCHWALLER (U/S Dmetri & Narrator) is a senior at Parkside and is thrilled to be back after a three-year hiatus. He is a theatre arts major with a concentration in performance. Joe's past acting credits at Parkside include Domina in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Julius the Bailiff in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, the understudy for Roy Cohn in Angels in America, and Kev in the staged reading of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.

TOMER PROCTOR-ZENKER (Director) is a senior theatre arts major with a concentration in acting. His previous acting credits at Parkside include Lord Pinkleton in R&H’s Cinderella, Michael Black and Bernards 1 and 2 in A Number, and Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, among others. This is his first journey into the world of directing, and he couldn’t be more excited for you to see the results.

GARRETT ALLEN (Stage Manager) is a senior at Parkside with an acting concentration. His previous credits include Romeo and Juliet (Samson), Stupid F***king Bird (Dev), and The War of the Worlds (Ensemble).

RACHAEL SWARTZ (Directing Advisor) teaches Acting, Voice, Movement, and Musical Theatre at UW-Parkside and during the summer she serves on the Acting and Musical Theatre faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Rachael is a proud union member of both Actors' Equity Association and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Some of her recent Regional performance credits include: The 39 Steps (Annabella/Pamela/Margaret), The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess), and Romeo and Juliet (Nurse). Recent on-camera credits include work with the Travel Channel, ID, Oxygen and TV One. She proudly holds a BA in Theatre from Baldwin Wallace University and MFA in Theatre Performance from The University of Southern Mississippi.