Hal Erickson

SummerStage: 3rd season. The Merry Wives of Windsor (Host), Unnecessary Farce (Mayor Meekly), The Liar (Geronte). Other: You Can’t Take It With You, And Then There Were None, Phantasies Such as These, Room Service, Any Number Can Die, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Run for Your Wife, Something Rotten,The Spider’s Web, Arsenic and Old Lace (Sunset Playhouse); An Enemy of the People (Company of Strangers); It’s a Wonderful Life, Six interactive faith-based presentations (Morning Star Productions); On Golden Pond (Village Players, Mukwonago); Deathtrap (Memories Dinner Theater); 1776 (West Allis Players); 12 Angry Men, Newsies:The Musical (Waukesha Civic Theater). Training: BFA, U.W.-Milwaukee; MA  U.N.C.-Chapel Hill, Professional Outdoor Drama and Children’s Theater. Etc: Thrilled to return to SummerStage, make new theater friends, speak some Shakespeare and even sing in Wisconsin-ese. Love and kisses once more to my wife, my sons, my grandkids and my lifelong pals.

Paula Garcia

SummerStage: 2nd season. Love, Loss and What I Wore. Other: To Catch a Thief, Oliver!, The Sound of Music and others (Skylight Music Theatre); Young Playwright’s Festival (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre); Brink Briefs (Renaissance Theatreworks); The Cake, Torch Song (Theatrical tendencies); Dear World (Boulevard Theatre); Nuncrackers, Cemetery Club, Barefoot in the Park, Curious Savage (Sunset Playhouse); Bridges of Madison County, Sister Act, 33 Variations, Diary of Anne Frank (Waukesha Civic Theatre); Little Women, Assassins (Lake Country Playhouse); Church Basement Ladies (Falls Patio Players); A Red Plaid Shirt (Kettle Moraine Playhouse). Etc: Thanks Michael and Terry for this wonderful new musical! Much love to Doc. It’s a joy sharing the stage with you.

Ralph Garcia

SummerStage: 5th season. The Foreigner, Murder in the Cathedral, Don’t Drink the Water, Present Laughter. Other: The Cake (Theatrical tendencies); Unnecessary Farce, Cemetery Club, The Graduate, The Mousetrap, Inherit the Wind, Murder on the Nile (Sunset Playhouse); Bridges of Madison County, Greetings from Green Lake, Sister Act, Diary of Anne Frank, An Inspector Calls, Sylvia, Baby (Waukesha Civic Theatre); The Fantasticks, Zombies from the Beyond, A Christmas Story, Incorruptible, Witness for the Prosecution (Lake Country Playhouse); Girard’s Nude, A Red Plaid Shirt (Kettle Moraine Playhouse). Etc: Many thanks Michael and Tracy! Love to CP.  Let’s go drifting through the trees. Let’s go sailing on the seas…

Jacob Martin

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: The Wizard of Oz (Oconomowoc Community Theater) Training: Bachelor of Music: Education with a certification in Vocal Music from UW-Madison Etc: Thank you to Michael & Tracy for inviting me to be a part of this production. A big thanks to my castmates for being welcoming and supportive throughout the rehearsal and production process. Love to my family and especially my wife Allison for helping me prepare for this show and for supporting me in this adventure.

V. Beth Reichart

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: Greetings from Green Lake, Mamma Mia!, Sister Act (Waukesha Civic Theatre). Calendar Girls, Flanagan's Wake, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, The Importance of Being Earnest (West Bend Theatre Compan). The Fox on the Fairway,  In the Time of Old Age, The Dixie Swim Club (Kettle Moraine Playhouse). Hulas and Homicide (Cedarburg Players). An L.M. Montgomery Christmas  (Memories Ballroom). Training: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Etc.: Thank you to Michael and SummerStage for the opportunity to be part of this world premiere production! Thank you to friends and family for supporting the arts. Love to my husband, Pete and my best canine companion, Jax.

Jaime Nyland

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: Jekyll and Hyde the Musical, Urinetown, Shrek the Musical, Bonnie and Clyde the Musical, A Christmas Carol, Legally Blonde (Lake Country Playhouse); Sister Act! (Sunset Playhouse); Addams Family (Theatre Unchained); Cabaret (Theatre on Main); Wizard of Oz, Jr, Young Frankenstein, Into the Woods, Jr., Peter Pan, Jr. (Music Director, Lake Country Playhouse) Training: Bachelor of Music from Drake University; Estill Figure Proficient; 19 years teaching private voice. Etc: When not onstage, Jaime is lucky to be with her wonderful family doing adventure hikes, playing cars, creating chalk murals, and so much more. She sends all of her love and gratitude to Paul, Norah, and Neal. Thank you to Doors Open! and SummerStage for the opportunity to be a part of this exciting world premiere!

Jessica Schulz

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella (Hartford Players); The Secret Garden, The Clockmaker’s Daughter, The Outsider (Lake Country Playhouse); A Christmas Carol (West Bend Theatre Company); The Diary of Anne Frank (Kettle Moraine Playhouse); The Beast of Bray Road (Old World Wisconsin); The Bookcase Ghost, Sophia’s Room, The Midnight Intruder (Dodge County Historical Society Ghost Story Festival) Training: B.A. in Theatre from Wisconsin Lutheran College Etc: Enjoy your time under the stars with this story! I feel extremely honored to be involved in this production’s journey. The setting is one of my favorite places in the whole wide world! Love and thanks to my family and friends for their constant support and encouragement! James 1:17

Frances Wagner

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Urinetown, It’s Not You, Cinderella, Fiddler on the Roof, The Skin of Our Teeth, Little Shop of Horrors, 42nd Street (Shorewood High School); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone–Costumes (UW Madison); Waiting for the “P” to Fall (Intermission Theatre); A Nearer Mother (Lawrence University Opera). Etc: Frances is thrilled to make her SummerStage debut! Offstage, Frances is a senior at Lawrence University pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. She would like to thank Michael and Terry for this exciting opportunity, the hardworking cast, pit, and crew, and her mother and boyfriend for their unwavering support. 

Michael Duncan

Terry Dillon

Terry Dillon has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Music education from UW-Platteville. After teaching in Dubuque, Iowa and Lancaster, Wisconsin, Terry traveled to California to attend the Dick Grove School of Music receiving a Certificate of Completion of the Composing Arranging program. He then spent the next several years traveling throughout the Midwest performing as a keyboardist with a variety of musical groups. During this time, he spent 2-1/2 months in the Mediterranean on a USO tour. As a composer/arranger, his musical arrangements have been performed by many area schools as well as the University of Iowa Marching Band and the Dubuque Symphony in Dubuque, Iowa. Terry has been involved in over 175 musical
theatre productions in the tri-state area as music director, rehearsal pianist and pit musician. These include public school, college, and community theater venues. He also serves as a Collaborative Pianist for public school choral programs in the tri-state area. Terry recently collaborated with Michael Duncan as music arranger for I Can Go On Singing, a new musical that premiered last Fall. Terry Dillon lives in Platteville, Wisconsin with his wife, Melody.

Tracy Garon

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: Music Direction Highlights - Anastasia, Jekyll & Hyde the Musical, The Clockmaker’s Daughter, 33 Variations (Lake Country Playhouse); Into the Woods, Sunset Boulevard, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Bombshell Theatre Company), and Artistic Director for the Oconomowoc Community Choir - headed to Carnegie Hall this winter for Jubileaum, a world premiere performance; Pianist - Fiddler on the Roof, The Addams Family, West Side Story (Oconomowoc High School) Training: BA from Wisconsin Lutheran College in Choral/General Music Education & Athletic Coaching; MS from Carroll University in Education - Curriculum & Instruction + Adaptive Education Etc: Thank you to Michael,Terry, Dustin and SummerStage for the opportunity to be part of this fun world premiere, and so much appreciation to the cast, pit, and crew for your trust on the keys and music! Love to my mom, and my dad watching from above.

John Cramer

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: John has been involved in the entertainment industry for over 50 years. He is a producer, director, choreographer, designer, actor, singer, dancer, administrator, and teacher. He is currently the Director of the Oconomowoc Arts Center, the owner of his own production company, Alleycat Enterprises, Inc., a member of the Actors’ Equity Association, and lives in Waukesha.  Previously he was the Managing Artistic Director of the Waukesha Civic Theatre. John has presented, produced, directed, choreographed, and/or appeared in more than 800 professional, educational, corporate, and community theatre shows, events, multimedia, and industrial films throughout the United States. He has appeared at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, the Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis, the Chimera Theatre, the Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, the Guthrie Theatre, the Red Barn Dinner Theatre, Next Act Theatre, the Wagon Wheel Theatre, and the Waukesha Civic Theatre.  Favorite roles include Matthew in Cotton Patch Gospel, Harold Hill in The Music Man, George in George M!, and Michael in I Do! I Do!  He is married to the amazing Kelli Cramer, and they have two exceptional children, Elena and Jude.

Danielle Dillon

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: Come From Away, Clockmaker’s Daughter, Into the Woods, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Once, Bright Star (Platteville Summer Arts Festival); Prom, Assassins, Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1776, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (UW-Platteville Pioneer Players); & Juliet High School Version, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Wizard of Oz (Parker Performing Arts High School); Cabaret (Janesville Community Theater); Rock of Ages, Mama Mia, Gypsy, Shrek the Musical, La Cage Aux Folles, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (The Grand Opera House Dubuque, IA); A Chorus Line, Lucky Stiff, Mama Mia (Lancaster Community Players); Big Fish, Into the Woods (Mineral Point High School); The Boyfriend, Tarzan, Working, Aida (Platteville High School) Training: Bachelor of Science in Education, UW-Platteville. Etc: Out of the pit, Danielle is an Elementary Educator in the Whitewater Unified School District and assistant teacher for the district’s Orchestra program. She is so honored to be a part of this world premiere production, playing the music written by her father! She would like to thank her family for all of their support over the years, and she hopes you will enjoy the show!

Claire Michels

SummerStage: 2nd season.  Other: Lighting Designer: Calendar Girls (Waukesha Civic Theatre); The Play That Goes Wrong, As You Like It (DSHA); Cowboy vs. Samurai (Lotus Theatre); Miss Holmes (Sunset Playhouse), Assistant Lighting Designer: A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); I am my own Wife (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre) Training: BFA Lighting Design and Technology from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Etc: Claire is so excited for her second season at SummerStage. She would like to thank her family and friends as well as her colleagues for an amazing opportunity!

Lynne Miner

SummerStage: 1st season. Other: 17 years as Costume Director for Kettle Moraine High School for numerous productions including: Les Miserables,The Girls of the Garden Club, Pirates of Penzance, Seussical, The Music Man, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Big Fish, South Pacific, Anything Goes, and The Wizard of Oz. Training: BS Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout. Etc: Lynne is excited to be working with this talented group of directors, cast, and crew. Her degree in Family and Consumer Science plus thirty years of teaching at the middle and high school levels has given her the skill set for theater costuming. She credits her oldest son, Jacob, with getting her started in costuming. As a freshman in high school, working on the backstage crew, he mentioned to the director “Oh, my mom sews and would be happy to help”. Hundreds of student actors later, she continues to costume for KMHS. Thank you to the entire troupe for their help and support in this production. Being asked to costume for community theater has opened new doors.

Maya Springob

SummerStage: 1st season. The Sweet Delilah Swim Club. Other: The Prom, Scrooge’s Christmas: A Christmas Carol, No Exit, Maid Turned Mistress, Dido and Aeneas, Lady Windermere's Fan, Dancescapes ‘24, Pal Joey, Much Ado About Nothing, Pirates of Penzance (UW-Whitewater); Oliver!, Wizard of Oz (Oconomowoc Community Theatre); Mamma Mia!, White Christmas, Days of Wine and Roses, This is Not a Musical: The Musical, West Side Story, Footloose (Oconomowoc High School). Training: BFA (Stage Management) UW-Whitewater. Etc: I want to thank my Mom and family for supporting my passion, dog for pretending to like me, and Dad for the neurotic personality that made me who I am.

David A. Robins

SummerStage: 4th season. The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, The Liar, An Inspector Calls, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Steel Magnolias, Unnecessary Farce, Hamlet, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Miracle Worker. Other: Enchanted April, 12 Angry Men, Murder on the Orient Express, Silent Sky, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Underpants, But Why Bump Off Barnaby?, A Little Night Music (Waukesha Civic Theatre); Blithe Spirit, Spider’s Web, Clue (Sunset Playhouse); The Addams Family, The Fantasticks, Company, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Sondheim on Sondheim (Broccoli Theatricals); Coraline (Bad Example Productions); Sweeney Todd, Legally Blonde (Lake Country Playhouse); Kiss Me, Kate (UW Waukesha). Training: BFA, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Etc: When I’m not in the booth or backstage, you can usually find me attending a pop culture or gaming convention, or playing an RPG or (some would say overly-complicated) board game. As always, all my love to Steph for her continued support and understanding. And thank you to Corey and Sam for taking the time to see why I’m too busy to hang out. Carpe noctem!