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Tilly
We assembled a great group of people for our
production of Tilly. Here's all the information about them!
All bios reflect the cast members' most recent production experience
with DTC.
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John Christian in the 2009 Dinner theatre production of
J.B.--John is retired. Previous careers (in reverse
order): Database administrator, computer programmer, social
worker, carpenter. He leads a nursing home worship service
every Sunday and preaches there twice a month. Acting experience includes
hgh school plays his junior and senior years (many years ago) and a couple plays
at West County Assembly of God. He sang a solo as Marcus in Who Will
Call Him King of Kings at WCAG three different times.
With DTC, John has been in Tilly,
the 2008 One Act Competition,
A
Christmas Carol and the 2009 One Act Competition. He has a special
fondness for Tilly because it was during that production that he met
Janet, who became his wife in October, 2008. He is using his carpentry
skills to build some of the set pieces for J.B.
John has 9-year-old twin grandsons who live with his older son and
daughter-in-law in the Seattle area. His younger son works for Google but
is soon moving to Colorado Springs to develop robot designs. His marriage
to Janet has brought him a step-daughter, a step-son and three more
grandchildren; Isaac, Rebekah and Rachel. |
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Elliott
Gathman as the Caroler and William in the 2008 Dinner Theatre production
of A Christmas Carol--Eliott is nine and in the 3rd grade. He likes
cats, and baseball. His last plays were Broadway on the Driveway's The
Four Freedoms and The Sound of Music and DTC's production of
Charlotte's
Web last summer, the 2008
One Act Competition and Tilly. |
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Jonathan
Gathman as the Music Director for the 2008 Dinner Theatre production
of A Christmas Carol--Jonathan earned a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance
from Wheaton Conservatory where he won several competitions and
scholarships. Jonathan prefers to give his talents to sacred and
Christian affiliated efforts. Most recently, he has performed
for Broadway on the Driveway in Fiddler on the Roof and started
building an orchestra for The Sound of Music. Since then
he has conducted and been orchestra director for The Education of
H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, The Four Freedoms and Singing in
the Rain. For The Four Freedoms, an original musical
by Emily and Lacy Miller, Jonathan played a large role in
orchestrating as well as including original material.
Jonathan's
other credits with DTC include Music Direction for last summer's
Charlotte's
Web and composing the wonderful original score for last winter's
production of Tilly. |
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Lauren
Gathman as the Teacher and Martha Cratchit in the 2008 Dinner Theatre
production of A Christmas Carol--Lauren is 13 years old. She enjoys cats, riding her scooter and
reading. She has been in Broadway on the Driveway's productions of Fiddler
on the Roof, The Sound of Music and The Four Freedoms.
She has also appeared previously in DTC's productions of
Charlotte's
Web, Tilly
and the 2008 One Act Competition. |
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Bev Gregory as Mrs. Cratchit and the Laundress in the 2008 Dinner Theatre production of
A
Christmas Carol--Bev is a
stay at home mother of three. She is a Girl Scout leader for
both of her daughter's troops. Her first experience with DTC
was working backstage on
Winnie the Pooh followed by on
stage work as the Caretaker in
Tilly. Bev has
performed as Bunny in The Desk Set, Agatha in Goodbye,
My Fancy, and Raja in I Never Saw Another Butterfly.
She has also appeared in David and Lisa, Here and Now,
and J.B. She has enjoyed working with her brother,
Charles, again, on this production, and with
her daughter, Haley, and niece, Lauren. Bev received a 2008
Arts for Life nomination for her role of Ms. Cratchit in DTC's A Christmas
Carol. |
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Haley Gregory in the 2009 One Act Play Competition--Haley is in the 4th grade at
Truman Elementary School. She has one brother and one
sister. She was proud be a part of the
Winnie the Pooh cast,
her first stage experience, last season, a child in
the cast of Tilly and the Spirit of Christmas Past in the 2008 production of
A Christmas Carol. Haley enjoys doing gymnastics and she
also loves to draw. |
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Charles
Harris in the 2009 Dinner Theatre production of
J.B.--Charles is happy to be
back on the stage and in another production with DTC. He has previously
appeared in Opal's Husband, The Last Supper, David and Lisa,
Arsenic and Old Lace, Goodbye My Fancy, Harvey, J.B.
and many other productions. By day, Charles works on computers and is
always developing new technologies. When he is not working or onstage, he
enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters. Charles'
previous DTC experience includes
Charlotte's Web-The Musical and
Tilly. |
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Lauren
Harris in the 2009 Dinner Theatre production of
J.B.--Lauren is a 9th grader
at Ladue High School. She has been in several productions. Some of
her favorite roles were the title character in DTC's
Tilly, Spenalzo in Act II's Arsenic and Old Lace, Raggedy Ann in West County Assembly's Joy Story, Wilbur in DTC's
Charlotte's
Web, and Young Adult Belle in last summer's
A Christmas Carol. Other DTC credits include Owl in Winnie the Pooh, roles in the
2008 One Act Competition where she received best child
actress honors and several roles in the
2009 One Act Competition. |
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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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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. |
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Audrey Lipsmire in the
2009 One Act Competition--Audrey
is in her fourth DTC production having also appeared in
Charlotte's Web the
Musical, Winnie the Pooh and
Tilly. She's very excited to be with them
again. She was
also in a few school plays and have been an extra in two movies.
She is 12 years old and in the 7th grade in the Northwest R-1 school
district. In her free time, Audrey enjoys playing the drums,
soccer and hanging out with her friends. |
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Ray
Martin as the second Soldier, Reporter, Police Officer and Civil
Defense Officer and Zophar in the 2009 Dinner Theatre Production of
J.B.--Ray has been doing dinner theatre and other plays
at his church for many years. The last 10 years, he has also
been doing community theatre, mainly in Crestwood. He has
been in over a dozen shows, many performing beside his son or
daughter and occasionally his wife. Each part has been great
but some of his favorites were Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jerry in George M! and the
mysterious man in Into the Woods. He has enjoyed
working with DTC because of the spiritual bond between them. In real life
he has his own actuarial consulting practice. His hobbies include scuba
diving and raising seahorses. He gives thanks to the Lord for "I can do
all things through Him." He want to especially thank his wife, Leah, for
putting up with the crazy rehearsal schedules. Ray's DTC experience
includes Mr. Bendix in Tilly, performed in the 2008 One Act Competition,
and as Bob Cratchit in the 2008 Dinner Theatre production of
A Christmas Carol.. |
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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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Rachel Moore as
the girl in the street scene in the 2009 Dinner Theatre production of
J.B.--Rachel is the 5-year-old daughter of Allen and Kristy
Moore. She is excited to be in another production and is
starting to build quite a long list of past productions including
her role as the rotten egg in the 2007 production of
Charlotte's
Web-The Musical, one of the children in our production of
Tilly, the
2008 One Act Competition and a child in the 2008 Dinner Theatre production of
A Christmas
Carol |
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Rebekah
Moore
as Rebecca in the 2009 Dinner Theatre production of
J.B.--Rebekah is the 7-year-old
daughter of Allen and Kristy Moore. She is home-schooled in the
third grade and is thrilled to be in another DTC production having
been in Charlotte's
Web, Winnie the Pooh,
Tilly, the
2008 One Act
Competition and Debra in the last summer's production of
A Christmas Carol. She has also been in church
children's choir productions 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. |
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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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Addie
Trippeer as a child in the 2008 production of
Tilly--Addie is 9 years old and learns at home with her
sister and mom where her favorite subject is spelling. Last
summer's Charlotte's
Web was her DTC debut but she has already had one year of
experience singing with the St. Louis Children's Choir. Addie is
a Brownie Girl Scout, attends Bible Study Fellowship with her daddy
and swims for the Hazelwood Sharks. She loves horses, High
School Musical, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, hanging out
with girlfriends and all things blue and sparkly! However, her
greatest passion is for art. She spends 2-3 hours a day using
her God-given talent making all kinds of creations. She will
even have some of her art displayed at the Artist's Guild this
summer. When she grows up, Addie hopes to be an artist and a
babysitter. |
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Emma Trippeer as a child in the 2007 production of
Tilly--Emma is 6
years old and learns at home with her sister and mom where she says
every subject is her favorite (even math...even when it's a whole page
of subtraction!). Emma is very excited to be a part of Tilly, her
third DTC performance having appeared in
Charlotte's
Web last summer and
Winnie the Pooh in October! She loves to dance and sing and even makes up her
own songs. Emma is a Brownie Girl Scout and attends Bible Study
Fellowship with her daddy. Emma is rarely seen sitting still but, when
she is, it's with a book in her lap. She spends lots of time creating
imaginary stories and acting them out with her sister and cousins. She
loves all kinds of animals, especially lions, horses and sharks. Her
favorite animal, of course, is her new dog, Sadie. Emma has a passion
for Jesus Christ; she loves to memorize scripture, sing hymns and create
religious art. Her depiction of Good Friday was displayed at the
Artist's Guild last summer. When she grows up, Emma plans to be a baker
and a professional dancer. |
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Rich
Trippeer as John Arable in the 2007 Dinner Theatre production of
Charlotte's Web-The Musical--Rich is no stranger to the theatre. He starred in
many church plays as a young boy and was in the cast of The Shadow
Box, Dreamgirls and Uptown, Downtown at University
City High School. In fact, it was during a Maundy Thursday play,
while playing Jesus, that he understood the truth of the Gospel and
received Christ as his Savior. He has also had a variety of
singing experiences from praise bands to the St. Louis Symphony
Chorus. Though school, work and fatherhood have kept him quite
busy in recent years, Rich is glad to be back on the stage, taking
part in his daughters' debut show. Rich's day job is in
Information Services at Stephen Ministries. He also does
computer repair and web design on the side. In his free time,
Rich enjoys archery, hunting, bow-making and spending time with his
family. Rich also helped us backstage for our production of
Tilly. |
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John Wilson as
Pastor Taylor in the 2008 production of
Tilly--is the founding pastor of West County Assembly of
God where he served as senior pastor for 38 years prior to retiring
last year. Despite his 38 years as senior pastor, this is his first
stage experience. Tilly is John's only DTC
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