Meet the cast and crew of Inn-Cognito! Please click by each person for their full biography.
Cast Members
Tara
Tara is thrilled to be working with Orrville Community Theater again. This is her fifth show with the company. Besides acting, Tara is a writer, hoping to get her fantasy novels published one day, and keeps her fingers crossed that a play of hers might be produced. With OCT, she has acted in “The Crucible” (Ann Putnam), “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Lucy/the White Witch), “A Midsummer Night's Dream” (Peter Quince) and “It's A Wonderful Life”, with The Kidron Historical Society. Also with the Kidron Historical Society, she was Katherine Sommer in their 2019 heritage play. Thanks for keeping live theater going! Enjoy the show.
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Tara as Hollie Berry
Kayla
Kayla loves listening to pop music and cats. She also does taekwondo. She is in 8th grade and her favorite subject is language arts. She has done several productions with OCT and is excited for you all to see the show!
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Kayla as Annabelle Berry
Kendra
Kendra is a freshman. This is her 14th stage production. Her favorite role to date is Belinda in “Noises Off”. She says “Inn-Cognito!” is a chill production, and she hopes that you enjoy it as much as she has.
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Kendra as Emma Berry
Riley
Riley is 11 and is in 5th grade. She has been in 4 previous production: “The Lion King Jr.”, “The King and I”, “Laughing School”, and “Enchanted Bookshop: Christmas Edition”. This is her second production with the Orrville Community Theater. In her free time, she enjoys doing Girl Scouts and hanging out with her friends.
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Riley as Sissy Berry
Wyatt
Wyatt is 10 years old. This is his second show with the OCT. His first show was Enchanted Bookshop: Christmas Edition as Tom Sawyer. He’s looking forward to working with the theater in the future. He has a dog named Gracie, and he loves playing video games and legos. He loves his dad most of all.
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Wyatt as Hugo Berry
Aiden
Aiden is a passionate thespian who has performed in the production "Our Town" at Massillon Museum, Gessner Hall. That same year he worked as a stage crew member for the production of "A Christmas Carol” at Massillon Lincoln Theatre. He will be graduating this spring and is looking forward to continuing his acting career in Community Theater.
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Aiden as Dil Pickle
Jana
Jana is a 23 year old powerhouse. She has been a part of several plays with Orrville Community Theater in the past, both as a cast member and helping with behind the scenes elements like costuming, props, and show posters. She is a hobbyist artist who works in several mediums, primarily digital graphic arts, but also in textiles, mainly in the form of plush toys, but sometimes in the form of costuming and cosplay items.
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Jana as Lil Pickle
Anna
Anna is a 5th grader. This is her first show. Anna has a dog named Sugar. In her free time, Anna likes to read detective stories like “Sherlock Holmes” and “Spy School”. She has had a lot of fun working on Inn-Cognito!, and hopes you enjoy the show.
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Anna as Patty Partridge
Abby
Abby is in 6th grade. She enjoys dabbling in the theater. She has been in two other plays with Orrville Community Theater, including The Enchanted Bookshop Christmas Edition!
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Abby as Pearl Partridge
Ed
Ed is a local cartoonish with a long history of involvement in Community Theater, starting in high school and proceeding through college, and the military. He has played heroes, villians, and a variety of memorable characters. Now with the full support of his lovely wife Aleta, he has been bringing his talents to the stage of the Orrville Community Theater. He has performed in “The Odd Couple”, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “The Diary of Anne Frank”, and “Babes in Toyland”. He hopes you enjoy “Inn-Cognito”.
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Ed as The Count of Monte Sisco
Charli
Charli is a Native Texan and has been performing since 7 years old. Charli has been performing various theatres and shows within the Cleveland/Akron area; her notable roles were; Lt. Commander Jo(Anne) Galloway, “A Few Good Men”, Kate Barlow, “Holes”, Edith Frank, “Diary of Anne Frank”, Gerda Cristow, “The Hollow”, Brooke/Vicki, “Noises Off!” She has also done modeling and film projects. She performed as one of the main performers for Cleveland’s Pickwick and Frolic tavern last year in show, “Serial Bachelorette Killer” as Belynda Bean. She was recently, ‘Becky Quinn’ in Cassidy Theatre production of “Matt’s First Real Thanksgiving!” She graduated from BGSU with a BAC in Acting/Directing and BFA in Creative Writing and Film/Performance. Outside of acting, she loves to read, write southern gothic literature, sing, and travel. She would love to thank her mom, dad, friends and all the children she watched for always loving and believing in her.
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Charlie as The Countess of Monte Sisco
Lucas
Lucas is a 6th grader. This is his second role on stage; he previously appeared as the King in A Hairy Tale through a summer theater camp. He is currently also acting in his school's production of Story Stew where he will be playing Papa Bear. In addition to acting, Lucas loves learning about history and science. Lucas really has enjoyed getting to know all the cast & crew members and is really looking forward to performing this fun play.
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Lucas as Officer Binky
Anna
Anna loves to sew, act, and read. She has performed in “Little Women”, “Guys & Dolls, Jr.”, “Once Upon This Island, Jr.”, and has taken various acting classes. This is her third performance with Orrville Community Theater. She recently was in “Midsummer’s Night Dream” as Tom Snout. She was also various characters in “It’s A Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play”. Anna would like to thank all who came to watch.
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Anna as Kiki Klumstead
Drazen
Drazen is a dramatically fabulous young actor. He's been in several plays with Orrville Community Theater and hopes to be in more in the future. On top of his acting talent, he's friendly, genuine, and honestly hilarious to be around.
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Drazen as Kermit Klumstead
Peyton
Peyton is playing the role of Elliot. This is her second play with the Orville Community Theater. She enjoys meeting new people and can’t wait to continue her acting next year in Jr. High. When she isn’t on stage she enjoys playing softball and the piano. Break a leg everyone!
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Peyton as Eliot Swann
Crew Members
Chelsea
Chelsea wishes to thank everyone for coming to her directorial debut, Inn-Cognito! Her previous experiences include being an assistant director for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and a stage manager for Enchanted Bookshop: Christmas Edition. She is also the secretary/treasurer for the Orrville Community Theater Board of Directors. She is honored to be able to work with this amazing cast and crew. She has had a fantastic time working on this project and hopes that you enjoy the finished product as much as she does!
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Chelsea – Director
Holly
Holly is a first year board member of Orrville Community Theater serving as their website developer and blogger. She has a lifetime membership for Girl Scouts with 10 years as a troop leader and volunteer. She homeschools her kids, works a part time retail job, models on occasion for a local college, and in the past has helped her husband run a photography business for a number of years. This is her first time co-directing a play.
She enjoys learning about archaeology, anthropology, geology, and astronomy. She visits museums whenever she can and has planned family vacations around museum exhibits and space shuttle launches.
In her spare time she inconsistently blogs, plays chicken mom to her small flock, binge watches TV shows, and helps her husband study to get his private pilot's license. One day she may even finish writing one of the many books she has outlined over the years...
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Holly – Co-Director
Spencer
This is Spencer’s third show with OCT, but first as a stage manager. Their first was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and second was “It’s a Wonderful Life”. They love cats and coffee. They look forward to the show and can’t wait to meet all of you!
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Spencer – Stage Manager
Kourtney
Kourtney is 10 years old. This is her third show with Orrville Community Theater but her first time as a Junior Director. Kourtney enjoys playing volleyball, going camping, and attending church. Kourtney hopes you enjoy this amazing show!
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Kourtney – Junior Director & Junior Stage Manager
Henna
Henna is a 10 year old homeschooler working as a part of the stage crew. This is her first theater production.
She is currently a 2nd year Junior in her 6th year of Girl Scouts and holds a Purple Belt in Kenpo Karate from Tracy's Karate Studio.
In her free time, she enjoys playing Puyo Puyo Tetris, Minecraft, Among Us, and Roblox. She also enjoys going on vacation.
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Henna – Stage Crew
Avery
Avery is a 12 year old homeschooler working as part of the stage crew. This is her first theater production.
She is currently a 2nd year Cadette in her 8th year of Girl Scouts and holds a Purple Belt in Kenpo Karate from Tracy's Karate Studio.
In her free time, she enjoys playing Puyo Puyo Tetris, reading Manga, drawing Legamünt from Puyo Puyo, and thinking about her favorite characters.
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Avery – Stage Crew
Lillian
Lillian is a 14 year old homeschooler working as part of the stage crew. This is her first theater production.
She is currently a 1st year Senior in her 10th year of Girl Scouts and holds a 3rd Degree Brown Belt in Kenpo Karate from Tracy's Karate Studio.
She enjoys drawing, listening to music, and playing video games.
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Lillian – Stage Crew
Alexis
Alexis is a 16 year old homeschooler working as part of the stage crew. This is her first theater production.
She is currently a 1st year Senior in her 10th year of Girl Scouts and holds a 3rd Degree Brown Belt in Kenpo Karate from Tracy's Karate Studio.
When she was a young boy, her father took her into the city, to see a marching band....not really though...
In her free time, she enjoys playing Puyo Puyo Tetris, drawing the character Ex, being an IRS agent (pretend), and reading. She'd also like to mention she likes eating rocks because she thinks that it's funny. Ha ha. Someone’s a comedian in training…
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Alexis – Stage Crew
Lucas
Lucas is currently studying for his private pilot's license and plans to build an airplane in the near future.