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If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise
Here's the low down on our all-star cast for this great
production. All bios represent the most recent production
experience with DTC for each cast member.
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Joel Brewer as Leo Jenkins in the 2006
production of If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise--Joel is
a home-schooled sophomore in high school and this will be his first
performance with Destination Theater Company. Joel has played roles in
several performances through Dayspring School of the Arts, including his
most recent as a Prince in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Dayspring threw a twist on this play and set it in the groovy 60's,
complete with a full rainbow tie-dye set. Other roles Joel has played
include an English butler in the musical/comedy And Then There Was One
and a Jewish father during the Holocaust in I Never Saw Another
Butterfly. |
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Grace Brookman as Mandy Pemberton in the 2006
production of If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise--Grace
is a home educated high school junior.
For the past several years, she has enjoyed being involved in a local
theater group. Among other things Grace likes spending my time reading,
singing, sewing, sketching, and making candles. She also enjoy spending time
with family and friends. Grace
does ministry work in a nursing home, spending time with the residents and
helping with the church services. In the future, she would possibly like to
get a nursing degree and be a nurse/missionary. Grace would like to thank
Jesus Christ for his abounding love and faithfulness. |
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Janet Brookman as Charlotte Dinsel in the 2006
production of If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise--Janet is thrilled to be joining Destination Theater Company this season.
For eight years, Janet has been involved in the local theater group
Broadway on the Driveway in their annual musicals, including- Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of
Music, and The Education of Hyman Kaplan. She enjoys acting, singing, and dancing. Other hobbies include: writing fiction and poetry, cooking, hanging
out with her parents and five sisters, and being involved in the Christian
band "Remnant". She'd like to personally thank her Savior, Jesus Christ, for being so incredible
and her family for always supporting her. |
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Virginia Conley as Elizabeth Claybourne in the
2006 production of If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't
Rise--Virginia is a wife, mother, writer, and former acrobat.
She would like to give a shout out to her husband and thank him
for his support in her theatrical pursuits. By
day Virginia is an executive assistant for a local healthcare organization. By night, she studies screen writing and is
currently working on several screen plays and short stories. Her Thespian background includes The
Girls’ Room (short film featured in the 2002 St. Louis Film
Festival); stage plays From
Generation to Generation and The
Odd Couple (female version). When
not working and studying, Virginia likes to sing and spend time encouraging her son
in his music production career. She is
currently a member of "2nd Coming", an a cappella gospel
quintet which, in addition to her, includes her biological brothers and
sisters. Ultimately, however, acting is her greatest passion outside of her
family and church. She loves it whether she gets paid or not! "Oh yes, I can still turn a mean cartwheel." |
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Tom Grady as Gerald Firestone in the 2006 production of
If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise--Tom is one of five partners at Trinity
Wealth Advisors in Kirkwood. Trinity
is a family wealth management firm. It’s
marketing statement “Cultivating family wealth for generations” says
it all. He speaks on
topics of generational wealth, family wealth in the year 2035 and beyond,
and how to avoid Social Security’s upcoming generational warfare.
Tom has an MS and an MBA. Aside from public speaking, where he brings to life such
historical characters as Cornelius Vanderbilt, he has had no stage
experience. What you are about to see is a first.
Tom likes to read and write and has yet to find the TV remote. He's also written two books and numerous articles for national
magazines. In addition, he's a guest
columnist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch Business Section.
Tom has been married to Charlotte since 1970, and
together we have two kids: Brian and Rehanna Leigh, both gone and starting
their own nests. |
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Andrew Lafferty
as the stage manager for the 2009 Dinner Theatre production of
J.B.--Andrew is a
19-year-old from St. Charles County, Missouri. He is currently a junior at
Missouri Baptist University and plans to get his Bachelor's degree in Christian
Ministry followed by a Master's degree from Baptist Bible College in
Springfield, MO. Andrew has been called by God to the ministry as either a
local pastor or an abroad missionary. In his free time he helps our at his
church, Grace Baptist Church in St. Charles, every chance he gets and spends
time with his friends. Theatre-wise, he has either been in, worked
backstage on or directed over 30 plays and 15 musicals and has been involved in
theater since he was 5. Andrew has also worked backstage for our
productions of If the Good
Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise,
Charlotte's Web-The Musical, Tilly
and last summer's A Christmas
Carol. He also
directed shows in both the 2007 and
2008 One Act Play Competition. |
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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. |
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Jenna Lafferty in the 2009 One Act Competition--Jenna,
who won Best Actress honors in the 2009 One Act Competition, is a 15-year-old sophomore in high
school this year, and is taking some classes at Missouri Baptist
University. She has been studying Musical Theatre and dance
for over 10 years. She has been involved with DTC for over
three-and-a-half years now. Her first show with DTC was
If
the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise. She
has also choreographed
Charlotte's Web-The Musical and
Tilly, in which she was also the
featured dance, with DTC so far. Her
favorite roles have been Doreen in ...Good Lord's Willing...
with DTC, Lucy in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown with
Dayspring School of the Arts, Chave in Fiddler on the Roof
and the Cuban dancer in Guys and Dolls with Alton Little
Theatre to name a few. Her dream is to grow up and act and
dance on Broadway and teach performing arts classes. She
loves being with her friends, family and Mike, shopping and
spending time on the computer. She loes singing and is now
in Encounter in Alton, Illinois. She thanks God for
her talents and for many opportunities to use them. |
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Allen
Moore as the director for the 2009 Dinner Theatre production of
J.B.--Allen
is the founder and
president of Destination Theatre Company. J.B. represents his 10
production for DTC in which he has had directorial duties. Allen is a graduate
of Evangel University (class of 1999) with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and
Drama Education and of Lindenwood University (class of 2007) with a Master’s
degree in Theatre Management. Other, non-DTC credits include Production
Assistant for Missouri Baptist University’s production of Oklahoma!,
Lighting Assistant for the Tin Ceiling’s production of Rosencrantz and
Guidenstern are Dead, and Dramaturg for Broadway on the Driveway’s premier
production of The Four Freedoms. Allen has also directed or co-directed
productions, in a teaching capacity, for Riverview Gardens Central Middle School
(Mame, The Fantasticks, Why Do We Laugh, This is a Test,
and Neil Simon’s Rumors), Francis Howell School District’s Saeger Middle
School (Happy Daze) and St. Louis Public School’s Carr Lane Middle School
(The Music Man Jr., Four Parodies on a Christmas Carol, and Neil
Simon’s Fools). Allen currently works as the Tech Liaison for Carr Lane
Visual and Performing Arts Middle School. Allen is married to Kristy and has
three kids; Isaac, Rebekah and Rachel.
Allen's DTC directorial credits
include The Diary of Anne Frank,
If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek
Don't Rise, the 2007 One Act Competition,
Charlotte's Web-The Musical,
Tilly, the 2008 One Act Competition
and A Christmas Carol. |
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Kristy Moore as
Lesure, Costume Mistress and Kitchen Coordinator for the 2009 Dinner Theatre production of
J.B.--Kristy is married to Allen and a home-schooling
mother of three: Isaac, 10 1/2; Rebekah, 7 1/2; and Rachel, 5.
Growing up in Springfield IL, she was involved in several productions at
school and church in elementary and high school, including The Music
Man, where she was a gymnast and dancer. Since college at Evangel
University, she has been in a lot of productions at church including Bethlehem Inn,
A Christmas Carol, Putting the Christ Back in Easter, The Sounds of Christmas,
the premier production of What's Your Favorite Part... and the direction of Sure Foundations, The Joy Story, The
Tale of Three Trees, Kid's Praise: An Explosion of Happiness
and Kid's Praise 2: The Joyfulliest Noise.
Kristy's DTC experience includes the inaugural production of
The Diary of Anne Frank in the role of Mr.
Otto Frank, If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise
as Maxine McAllister directorial and acting roles in the
2007 and
2008 One-Act
Competitions, Sadie in
Charlotte's Web, director of
Winnie
the Pooh, and Kathy in
Tilly. |
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David
Moreshead as the Pianist for the 2008 Dinner Theatre production of
A Christmas Carol--David is a 17-year-old college sophomore. He attends
Lindenwood University where he just finished his first year toward his
triple major in Theatre, Accounting and Arts Administration. He works during the
summer with his family company, GoodHeart Lawn and Land, mowing lawns
and sending invoices. The last several years he has been in
DaySpring’s productions of Only an Orphan Girl as Dick, Seussical
as a Wickersham Brother and Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick.
David's other DTC credits include Steve Renfro in
If the Good
Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise, Best Director honors
in the 2007 One Act Competition for his direction of Chew the Fat
With Matt and he was also the pianist for last year's musical
production of Charlotte's Web. |
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Dale Puls
as the Technical Director for the 2007 production of
Tilly--Dale is a husband, father of 2 and
grandfather of 3. He works for Cynergetics and also does some IT work
for Missouri Baptist University where his wife, Janet, works. In
his "spare time," he also is the technical director at West
County Assembly...a volunteer position which has earned him the title
"Almighty Dale." In addition to Tilly,
Dale also served as technical director for our production of
If the Good Lord's Willing and
the Creek Don't Rise. |
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