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THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

Due to the intimate and immersive nature of our performance, we kindly ask that all audience members please remain seated for the duration of the performance. Late seating will be addressed at the discretion of the production staff.

This show contains foul language, gun violence, adult themes, and worst of all- actors who sing AND dance. Viewer discretion is advised.

Song List

Act 1

"The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals" - Company

"La Dee Dah Dah Day" - Company

"What Do You Want, Paul?" - Mr. Davidson

"Cup of Roasted Coffee" - Nora, Zoey, Emma

"Show Me Your Hands" - Sam, Cops

"You Tied up My Heart" - Sam

"Join Us (And Die)" - Charlotte, Sam

Act 2

"Not Your Seed" - Alice, Deb, Molly

"Show Stoppin' Number" - Professor Hidgens

"America Is Great Again" - General MacNamara, Soldiers

"Let Him Come" - Company

"Let It Out" - Company

"Inevitable" - Company

Cast

Creative Team

Meet the Company

Lex Bentley

Emma and others

Lex Bentley cannot contain their excitement to be playing a role they have dreamed about since first seeing the YouTube proshot back in 2017! Recent theatrical credits include: Cult Classic (Charlie), Pride Prejudice and Promposals (Lydia), and they’ll be performing as themselves in Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some) later this year. They can mainly be found performing at Universal Orlando Resort. Lex would like to thank friends, family, Lauren Lopez, and the Lords in Black for their love and support in making this all possible. Also if you would like to info-dump about Hatchetfield lore after the show, Lex will be waiting outside, thank you.

Vicente Bouza

Sam and others

Vicente Bouza is thrilled and honored to be a part of this amazing cast and crew and hopes you enjoy the show. A versatile performer with a background in musical theatre, show choir, orchestra, and military drill and ceremony, his past lead roles include Michael (Tick Tick Boom) Usnavi (In the Heights), Danny Zuko (Grease), Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance), and Friedrich von Trapp (The Sound of Music). He has also appeared in ensemble roles for Waitress and The Wedding Singer here at Theatre Winter Haven. Vicente would like to thank his amazing wife Marie, and his friends and family for always supporting him in every endeavor.

Jacob Herring

Mr. Davidson and others

Jacob Herring is super excited to share this fantastic show with you all! In his spare time, he loves to go out and do karaoke, does voice acting, and is also the pilot for the Yellow Lion for Team Voltron. He is incredibly thankful for his friend, Kat, for giving him the opportunity to be in this show. He would also like to thank his friends and family for their support and encouragement. The apotheosis is upon us!

Molly Jarvis

Greenpeace Girl and others

Molly Jarvis is flabbergasted to be performing in another internet famous musical with a cult following. Her favorite show credits include Ride the Cyclone (Jane Doe), Great Comet (Ens/Guitar), A Little Night Music (Anne), Urinetown (Hope), Sweeney Todd (Johanna), Into the Woods (Rapunzel), and Titanic (Kate Mullens). Molly has a Bachelors in Vocal Performance from William Carey University and is a Vocal Coach at Sing Orlando. Molly would like to thank her cat Ophelia for running lines with her and always having insightful feedback. Enjoy the show!

Kadesh Lewis

Professor Hidgens and others

Kadesh Lewis is excited to be joining this production alongside this talented cast and crew. Kadesh Lewis is an actor local to Orlando, Fresh off the tour of The Lightning Thief as Grover and DogMan: The Musical as George Beard. On the musical theatre stage Kadesh has been seen as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime, James Thunder Early in Dreamgirls, Willard in Footloose, The Beast in Beauty and the Beast, and The Escapologist in Matilda: The Musical. Kadesh was also excited to join the field and dance alongside The Weeknd in the PEPSI Super Bowl LV Halftime Show. Offstage you can find Kadesh at his local theater where he resides, Theatre Winter Haven, building the sets and also as a scenic carpenter for entertainment complexes across the country building many creative things for laser tags all the way to mini golf.

Matthew Meador

Paul

Matthew Meador is so excited to be performing with this cast of incredibly talented individuals. Other shows and roles he has under his belt are Vince Fontaine in Grease, Tweedledee in Wonderland Asylum, Ben in Descendants, and ensemble in The Wedding Singer. He fell in love with theatre since he started utilizing it for community service hours in the 9th grade. Since then, his love for performing has only grown, and he hopes to be in many more shows- whether that be through Theatre Winter Haven, Kat's Meow Productions, or any other performative outlet!

McKenzie Pollock

Charlotte and others

McKenzie Pollock is thrilled to debut at Kat’s Meow Productions as Charlotte. She has previously been seen in A Little Night Music(Petra) and Dracula the Musical (Lucy/Mina/Vamp Bride Swing as well as Assistant Director for Scalia/Ginsburg and Choreographer for Pirates of Penzance. With a dynamic career as a casting director, entertainment coordinator, and music director for various projects, she's also showcased her talents as a singer, actor, and dancer at Legoland Florida Resort, Busch Gardens Entertainment Co., and Universal Orlando Resort. McKenzie holds a BA in Music - Voice from the University of Southern Mississippi and has trained in musical theatre at the International Performing Arts Institute in Germany. When not performing, she enjoys kayaking and reading, though rarely at the same time.

Ben Santos

Ted and others

Ben Santos is a performer from the Central Florida area. He doesn’t have much to say so here are his top 5 favorite Basketball players! Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Gilbert Arenas, LeBron James, and Shaquille O’Neal! Thank you for coming to see the show and enjoy!

Dion Spires

Bill and others

Dion Spires is a Lakeland native and works at a local marketing agency by-day. He’s appeared onstage in a number of stage reads and MainStage shows in Lakeland and Winter Haven over the years. Some of his favorite roles performed so far include Mark Cohen in RENT, Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors, Melvin/Toxie in The Toxic Avenger and Scott in Evil Dead: The Musical. Always a fan of a campy rock musical, and after a few years out of the community theatre scene, he is excited to be back onstage in this wacky show and to have the opportunity to work with a fabulous cast and Kat’s Meow Productions. Special shoutout to his wonderful wife Morgan for supporting him and pulling extra parenting duties along the way!

Logan Stevens

Male Swing

Logan Stevens is blessed to be a part of this production. Past credits include Miss Trunchbull in Matilda: The Musical, Actor #1 in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, and Andy in "Dinner Date," a short play featured in Playwrights Round Table's production of Summer Shorts 2022.

Bri Stuart

Alice and others

Bri Stuart is beyond excited to be a part of this dream production! She was last seen in Haines City Theatre’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as Marcy Park. Her other favorite theatre credits include Wednesday in The Addams Family and Molly in Peter in the Starcatcher. Previously, she was seen in various roles at Legoland Florida Resort and Seaworld Orlando. She hopes that in some strange way that this show can remind everyone how important entertainment is. Except when in an apocalypse…She wants to thank her family and friends for their support!

Steffi Young

Female Swing

Steffi Young is delighted to be part of one of her all-time favorite shows! This marks her first production since playing the Baroness in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Lakeland Community Theatre in 2023. Favorite past roles include Mrs. Puff in The SpongeBob Musical, Sister Mary Theresa in Sister Act, Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and the Queen in Once Upon a Mattress. She’s also a proud Starkid superfan and may or may not have cried happy tears at the first read-through. Go Nighthawks!

Katherine Riley

Director and Producer

Katherine Riley is very proud to be sharing this production with the Central Florida community. Kat is the Artistic Director of Kat's Meow Productions, which formerly produced the Patron's Pick winning show An Audience of Amoebas at the Orlando Fringe Festival in 2023. She is also the President of Playwrights Round Table, the oldest Orlando theatre company dedicated to producing new plays year-round. During the day, she works as a theatre educator with Orlando Family Stage, CFCArts, and UCP of Central Florida. She dedicates this production to her father, Ward James Riley. Follow @katsmeowproductions on Instagram for the latest news on our future performances!

Chad Sell

Music Director

Chad Sell is originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but is now living in Lakeland, Florida and has been involved in local theater for the past four years. He is a Southeastern University graduate and currently works as an elementary school music teacher at McKeel Academy Central. He has performed in and directed a variety of music, theater, and educational productions. Previous notable roles include Beauty and the Beast (LeFou), SpongeBob the Musical (Larry the Lobster), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hero), Between the Lines (Prince Oliver), and Tuck Everlasting (Miles Tuck). He has been the recipient of a Broadway World Orlando Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for his role as Tripp in LCT's production of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. He has previously music directed I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Harry Connick Jr.'s The Happy Elf, Big the Musical, and Newsies Jr. He’s thrilled to be part of The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals with his fiance Preston, and thanks Kat's Meow Productions and Theatre Winter Haven for their support!

Preston Pujol

Choreographer

Preston Pujol is a Lakeland, FL native. After graduating from Harrison school of the Arts’ musical theatre program, he pursued theatre in New York for several years. Upon returning to Florida he worked as a performer at Disney, Legoland, and Universal resorts. He is currently based in Lakeland with his loving partner and Music Director, Chad Sell, & their precious fur baby, Twyla; where he continues to choreograph, direct, and perform in a plethora of theatre projects. You may also catch Preston as Prestiq De La Puff with periodic performances at The Parrot, and other Central Florida queer spaces. Credits include… Lakeland Community Theatre: Newsies (Director), TickTick…BOOM!(Jon), Mean Girls (Choreographer). Theatre Winter Haven: Clue the Musical (Director), Waitress (Dr. Pomatter), Disney’s Descendants (Choreographer), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour). Instagram: @Prestiq_De_La_Puff TikTok: @Prestarcatcher

Shane Grizzard

Stage Manager

Shane Grizzard is thrilled to be joining Kat’s Meow Productions behind the scenes for this cult classic Starkid show! If you’re local to the community, you may have recently seen Shane onstage as the grumpy Santa Claus in Theatre Winter Haven’s A Christmas Story the Musical, or the equally grumpy William Barfeé in Haines City Theatre’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Shane’s next project will be Encore Performing Arts’ Hunchback of Notre Dame at the end of July, both offstage as the organization’s social media coordinator AND onstage in the choir! Shane would like to thank everyone at Theatre Winter Haven for helping make this production a reality, along with the love and support from his found Florida family: Cathy, Lena, Victoria, Celeste, the Van Dalens, Bri, Mack and Lex. Social Media: @Shane.Griz

Miles Joyner

Costume and Special Effects Designer

Miles Joyner is making their first ever costuming debut in their favorite musical! They are so incredibly excited to be coming back to the theater world after five long years. They are so excited to be combining their love of theater, costuming and Starkid in this fantastic production! Miles has a bachelor's in theater from the University of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Miles would love to thank their partner for all their amazing help (and listening to their Hatchetfield rants), their friends they made through this production, and their two cats Muffin and Veggie.

Faith Brown

Lighting Designer

Faith Brown is currently learning the ropes— one cue at a time. She is excited to throw a little light on this wild and wonderful production. She’s grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow, and sends a big thank you to her incredible mentors!

Kenny Robinson

Fight Director

Kenny Robinson is glad to be working with some good friends on one of his favorite cult classic musicals. Kenny is a Stage Combat Trainer for LANCE Orlando and has previously put his fight knowledge to use fight directing Out & Proud's production of The Lightning Thief and fighting in shows for the Orlando Renaissance Festival, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jesus Christ Superstar and most recently Get a Clue: A Murder Mystery Whodunit Stage Combat Extravaganza at Orlando Fringe. Break legs everyone! (But for legal purposes, not really)

Kadesh Lewis

Technical Director

Haleigh Vignetti

Sound Operator

Georgia O'Leary

Set Construction

Tessa O'Leary

Set Construction

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Theatre Winter Haven

Dan Chesnicka

Caedmon Palau

Tim Stevens

Chuck Dent

Christopher Eubanks

Max Grizzard

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