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Winnie the Pooh
Here's the low down on our all-star cast for this great
production. All bios reflect the cast members' most recent
production experience with DTC.
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Beau Bommarito as Rabbit in the 2007 Children's
production of Winnie the Pooh--Beau is in the 6th grade at Ascension Catholic School in Chesterfield. He has
appeared in print and film commercials, school plays and as a credited extra in Alice and Bill, two feature films
yet to be released. He has enjoyed taking numerous acting classes and aspires to become an actor. His hobbies include sports, computer, games
and watching movies. He also thoroughly enjoyed being involved in last summer's DTC production of
Charlotte's Web the Musical. |
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Rayleigh Deaton as Piglet in the 2007 Children's
production of Winnie the Pooh--Rayleighis the 6-year-old
daughter of Tim and Becky Deaton. She is a home-schooled first
grader this year. She enjoys playing the piano and harp.
Rayleigh's previous theatrical performances have included a Spiderling
in DTC's Charlotte's Web the Musical, Mary in A Christmas
Pageant and Cinderella in The Cinderella Story.
Rayleigh would like to give the honor to her awesome Lord Jesus. |
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Emily Gordon as Kanga in our 2007 Children's production of
Winnie the
Pooh--Emily is a 7th grader at Oakville
Middle School. While this is her first DTC production, she has
been in community theatre plays including Little Red Riding Hood
and Peter Pan in addition to school and church plays.
Emily's hobbies include acting, soccer, writing and reading. She
says that everyone should know that she has two little sisters, Anna and
Ellie. |
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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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Sophia Griep in the 2009 dinner theatre production of J.B.--Sophia is
11-years-old entering the 6th grade. Her interests include reading,
acting, dancing, singing and writing songs. In her spare time she enjoys
hanging out with friends. Sophia's theatre experience includes
Winnie the Pooh,
A Christmas Carol,
HONK!, Big, and the 2009 One Act
Competition. Sophia's favorite think about DTC (besides being on
stage, of course) are the many friendships she makes during the productions. |
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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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Brendon Jette as Eeyore in the 2007 Children's
production of Winnie the Pooh--is home-schooled in the 3rd grade. His
parents, Michael and Lori, and sister, Megan are very proud of him.
Brendon loves to act, sing and give hugs. He has been in other
theatrical productions through Broadway on the Driveway and Stages St.
Louis. His most recent performance was in DTC’s summer production of
Charlotte’s Web the
Musical. He is also a
part of the kid’s praise team at his church. |
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Lori
Jette as Edith Zuckerman in the 2007 Dinner Theatre production of
Charlotte's Web-The Musical--Lori is the loving
wife of Michael. She home-schools their two kids, Brendon (almost 8)
and Megan (4). In high school, she was captain of the 28-member
dance team, appeared in her senior production of Funny Girl and was
stage manager for See How They Run. She enjoys hiking,
gardening, dancing and kayaking. |
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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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Suzanne
McGinnis as Production Assistant in the 2007 Children's production of
Winnie the Pooh--Suzanne has the official title of
"CEO and CFO of the McGinnis Family" as she and her husband Dave
raise their two kids, Sydney, 14 and Samantha, 10. Previously, she has
participated in church dramas, her high school production of The
Miracle Worker in the role of Helen Keller, an extra on the set of the
TV mini-series A Will of Their Own staring Lea Thompson and as the
Queen Fairy in the children's show Dragon Scales and Fairy Tales in
the Wentzville Renaissance Festival. Suzanne's previous DTC experience
includes the role of Mrs. Edith Frank in
The Diary of Anne Frank
and Templeton in Charlotte‘s Web-The Musical. Her hobbies include
singing, photography and theatre. She says a very special thanks to her
husband Dave, who without his support, none of her dreams would be
possible. |
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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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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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Emily Oelger as Animal 4 in the 2007 Children's
production of Winnie the Pooh--Emily is a nine-year-old
third grader who is home schooled. Although Winnie the Pooh is
her first production, she has been performing at family gatherings since
she could stand. Emily loves to read, play the piano and
swim. She is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this Winnie
the Pooh production. |
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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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David Weber as the Voice in the 2007 Children's
production of Winnie the Pooh--David is happy to be
involved in Winnie the Pooh after his DTC debut over the summer
in Charlotte's Web the Musical. David has enjoyed reading
books to his children Megan and Whitney for years so playing the part of
a story-teller was enticing. His favorite thing to read or recite
is the Bible--to try to step back into history and speak as the original
writer did to convey the truth accurately. Long before Charlotte's
Web, he acted in a handful of musicals. David still performs
vocally in church to bring praise to his Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. He works as a structural design engineer and likes to run
and play disc golf. He might also be found playing trumpet or
juggling a soccer ball. |
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Whitney Weber as Roo in the 2007 Children's
production of Winnie the Pooh--Whitney is a 7-year-old 2nd-grader who is homeschooled along with her older
sister. Her favorite free time activities include art, writing
stories, composing songs, and ribbon-dancing. Whitney performed
original solos in three homeschool talent shows and directed nine
worship dancers in her original choreography for the H.E.L.P.S. talent
show. She loves drama and has acted in several plays, plus two
musicals: Whitney was the baby elephant in Dayspring's production
of The Jungle Book and was a baby spider in DTC's production of
Charlotte's
Web the Musical. |
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Kelley Williams as Animal 4 in the 2007 Children's
production of Winnie the Pooh--is the daughter
of Kenny and Dana Wiliams. The is the next to the youngest of
seven kids. Kelley is ten-years old and is home-schooled in the
fifth grade where her favorite subject is math. Kelley likes to
spend her time doing crafts and watching movies. She has taken
three years of tap and ballet. This is Kelley's first on-stage
experience. Winnie the Pooh is Kelley's only DTC
experience. |
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Natalie Williams as Animal 1 in the 2007
Children's production of
Winnie the Pooh--is the
daughter of Kenny and Dana Williams. She has one brother and five
sisters. She is the youngest of the family. Natalie is eight
years old and homeschooled in the third grade where her favorite subject
is reading. Natalie likes to play with her dogs and swim.
She has taken tap and ballet for two years. She likes to spend her
time putting on plays for her family and friends. This is her
first on-stage experience. Winnid the Pooh is Natalie's
only DTC experience. |
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