Dreaming of a Dark Christmas

Eric D. Westphal

Eric is a veteran performer who has been acting for over 40 years and has been seen on stage all over Wisconsin. He has called Green Bay home for the last decade and has worked with just about every theater group in the area. He was most recently seen as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Play-by-Play Theater's production of Twelfth Night. You can hear Eric doing his day job on your radio by tuning to 103.1 WOGB weekdays from 2-7pm. When not working or acting, Eric is spending time with his girlfriend Katie and their 3 cats. He also enjoys craft beers, good food, and the Packers. He hopes you are as excited for this world premiere event as much as he is excited to be a part of it!

Michelle Gauthier

Michelle has been involved in community theater for many years, but this is her first Christmas show since age 7 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Aniwa Wi, as 2nd angel from right. And though she will not be singing Little Drummer Boy tonight, she is honored to be part of the cast. She would like to thank friends and family who always encourage her and of course her dearest love Bryan who accepts her schedule changes with the grace of the 3rd angel from right.

Gus Kroenke

Gus is excited to be a part of this world premiere production of “Dreaming of a Dark Christmas”. Gus is a local actor who has been in shows with Birder Players, Green Bay Community Theater and Evergreen Theater. Previous roles include Brad Majors (The Rocky Horror Show), Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors), Lewis (Pippin) and John Proctor (The Crucible). Gus would like to thank his friends, family, and his cat Grumbella for their continued support in his theatrical pursuits!

Ali Weaver

Ali is honored to be a part of this cast. Ali has been in To Gillian on her 36th Birthday, All Together now, The Gentleman Clothier, Spreading It Around and Captain Wallaby’s Neighborhood. Ali would like to thank her family, fiancée and cat, Ellie, for being patient with her during this show.

Katie Schroeder

Katie Schroeder has performed with numerous theater groups from Door County to Manitowoc, and was most recently seen in The Black Cat radio play (PlaybyPlay Theatre) and Mr. Nibbles the Amazing Talking Cat (The Green Bay Fringe Festival). She would like to thank the talented cast and crew for all the laughs, the cats for all the snuggles, and you the audience, for supporting independent theater.

Maggie Monte-Knaapen

Maggie Monte-Knaapen is a frequent participant in multiple community theater programs throughout the area, including Play-by-Play, Abrams Spotlight Productions, and Comedycity's Cardboard Theater. A couple of her favorite roles have been a witch in Macbeth, and Gretchen in Boeing Boeing. She was a part of the initial staged reading of Dreaming of a Dark Christmas, and is very excited to be playing Suzy in the world premiere of the show. Maggie would like to thank her wonderful husband, Will, for always being supportive and encouraging in whatever she wants to do.

Mary Spencer

Mary is thrilled to help bring this darkly entertaining comedy to life, finding local theatre to be a festive part of her holiday season! Mary’s previous roles include Valentine/2nd Officer in PlaybyPlay Theatre’s Twelfth Night and Lisa in Population 485 with Evergreen Theater. Mary’s “2nd act” as a thespian began in 2022 with Evergreen’s “Fly Babies,” and includes recent roles in local films and dinner theatre. Mary thanks friends, family, and all of you for your support of original theatre, and hopes you enjoy the show!

Will Knappen

Will Knaapen has worked with local theater groups on such wonderful shows as A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Lincoln and Liberty, Too, and Spamalot. Most recently, he performed in Play-By-Play Theater’s production of Macbeth. And most recently was in Martin W. Prevost's last performance of Captain Wallaby's Neighborhood playing the role of Captain Wallaby.