Brad Lafferty in the 2009 Dinner Theatre Production of J.B.--Brad is from Saint Louis, Missouri, and now lives in Saint Charles with his wife and two children.  He works for General Motors where he is a Chaplain for UAW Local 2250.  He is also a member of Grace Baptist Church where he sings in the choir and speaks in the Nursing Home Ministry and is currently seeking a Master's degree in Church Ministry from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO.

Brad would love to tell you that he has had a lifelong passion for the theatre (because that would make for riveting reading), but, truth be told, prior to his DTC experience, he's been in three plays and, at best, a half-dozen youth group skits in his whole life.  In fact, if his daughter wasn't studying theatre, he probably wouldn't go to too many plays, either.  He's not here to be a part of the sales department.  What he is here for is this...anytime anyone is willing to commit themselves to engaging our culture in the name of Christ, he's behind them.  He says, for too long we Christians have sat idly by while others have taken the arts away from their original purpose...to praise and glorify God.  He believes this world needs, more than ever, people willing to step out, in faith, and proclaim the goodness and majesty of God to a lost and dying world, and that the theatre is a very good place to start.  Our God is a creator...let us also be creative as we worship Him.  His DTC production experience consists of playing Doc  in If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise, directing The Conference in the 2007 One-Act Competition, playing the doctor in Samuel and Dinah also in the 2007 One-Act Competition, playing the doctor in our production of Charlotte's Web and directorial and (non-speaking) acting roles in the 2009 One Act Competition where his play The Challenge won best original play.  Brad also worked backstage for our productions of Tilly and A Christmas Carol.

Stacey Lafferty in the 2009 One Act Play Competition--Stacey participated in a few high school and college skits but has been involved in theater mostly as a "mom" helping out backstage, props, costumes and scenery. She has just recently been bitten by the acting bug. She played Anita in DTC's production of Tilly, "Janet"-the crazy lady with the rake, in Autumn Leaves for Destination’s 2007 One Act Play Competition (for which she won best actress) and several roles in the 2008 One Act Competition where she also won best actress honors. She worked behind the scenes at Alton Little Theater last summer where she learned a lot about what to do, and not to do in the theater world.

She is a graduate of UM-St. Louis, with a degree in Elementary Education. Her family lives in St. Charles where they attend Grace Baptist Church. She and her husband home-school their two wonderful children, Andrew, 17 and Jenna, 15. She also teaches enrichment classes to groups of home-school students. Much of her time is spent just being a mom, something she enjoys immeasurably.

The arts are one of the ways she sees God's creativity, and that is why she wants to be involved with this group of talented people and their pursuit to place God back where He belongs...in the middle of the theatre as well as all areas of life.