Kyle Angel

Kyle is ecstatic to debut with TCT! Kyle has appeared several times at Kincaid’s Regional Theatre – including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Simeon), Fiddler on the Roof (Fiddler), and Footloose (Ensemble). Kyle performed in Anonymous at Cincinnati’s Fringe Festival and T[HERE] in Rochester’s Fringe Festival. Kyle also appeared in The Devil Made Me Do It at Contemporary Dance Theater and T[HERE] at Art Academy of Cincinnati.

Andrew Blake

Andrew recently made his debut with The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati as Slightly in Peter Pan JR. this season. He is a recent graduate from Northern Kentucky University where he received a B.F.A. in musical theatre. His recent/favorite credits include: All Shook Up (Ensemble), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ensemble), and Seussical (Wickersham Brother) at NKU, and A. Lincoln: A Pioneer Tale (Willie Lincoln) with the Lincoln Boyhood Drama Association.

Maddie Burgoon-Jones

Maddie is a recent graduate of Northern Kentucky University with a B.F.A. in musical theatre. She has been performing with TCT for 12 years. Some of her favorite productions include Peter Pan JR. (Tiger Lily), Santa’s Toy Factory, The Day Before Christmas, Snow White and the Dancing Dwarfs, and Seussical JR. She has choreographed for TCT (The Wizard of Oz). Other favorite choreography credits include Spamalot, 25th Annual... Spelling Bee and Beauty and the Beast. She teaches dance, with her work receiving national awards in tap, musical theatre, hip hop and contemporary. Maddie is a member of TCT’s Resident Artist Company.

Chris Logan Carter

(us: Alex, Marty) Chris appeared in Cinderella (Pearl) and Elf The Musical JR. (Chadwick/Buddy u/s) with TCT. Other notable performances include The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster), Damn Yankees (Vernon), Equus (Alan), The Rocky Horror Show (Riff Raff), Chicago (Jury/Dance Ensemble), Anything Goes (Bishop/Dance Ensemble), Rent (Angel), Man of La Mancha (Sancho), Legally Blonde: The Musical (Emmett), and Into the Woods (Lucinda/Milky White).

Lisa DeRoberts

Lisa is excited to play with The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati once again! Some past credits with TCT include: Annie JR. (Miss Hannigan), the world premiere of The Snow Queen (Winifred), and Disney’s Cinderella KIDS (Anastasia). Other credits include: Toni in the feature film, My Days of Mercy; Helen in the feature film, Old Man and the Gun; the world premiere of The Darkest Night at the Gnarly Stump (Jocasta), and Hearts Like Fists (Nurse) at Know Theatre Cincinnati; Cinderella (Plato the Toad and Coo the Pigeon) in the world premiere of Snow White at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.

Eileen Earnest

(us: Zelda) Previous TCT credits: Willy Wonka JR. (Mrs. Tee Vee), Rapunzel, Rapunzel (Lady ZaZa) and Holiday Follies 2011 (Mrs. Claus). Other regional credits: Drowning Girls (Alice) at CPT, Extremities (Marjorie), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Noises Off (Brooke), Unnecessary Farce (Billie Dwyer) at CLP, Xanadu (Calliope) at Carnegie, Fisherman’s Wife (Squid), Beertown (Joann) at Know. Eileen is Co-Manager of ComedySportz Cincinnati and an Executive Member of OTRimprov.

Caleb Farley

(us: Melman, Mason) Caleb is excited to return to The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati! Some of his favorite roles include The Grapes of Wrath (Tom Joad) at Northern Kentucky University, Oklahoma! (Will Parker) with the Kincaid Regional Theatre, and The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s production of A Charlie Brown Christmas (Schroeder).

A. James Jones

James is a Cincinnati native with a B.F.A. in musical theatre from Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts (SOTA). Some favorite credits include: Snow White and the Dancing Dwarfs (Prince Thomas), A. Lincoln a Pioneer Tale (Aaron Grigsby), The Snow Queen (Prince Kai), Heart Attack with a Knife (Thomas Aykle), Spamalot (Lancelot), Rock of Ages (Lonny), Alice in Wonderland (The Cheshire Cat), and Elf the Musical JR. (Buddy).

Kristi Rose Mills

(us: Gloria) Kristi is so excited to be part of the Resident Artist Company at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. She graduated from The University of Central Florida with a B.F.A in musical theatre. Her favorite UCF credits include: Hair (Jeanie), Nine (Heidi), Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty U/S), and performing in NYC at Feinstein’s/54 Below in the ReuKnighted Cabaret. She has also performed regionally all over the US. Her professional credits include: Rock of Ages (Sherrie), Joseph... Dream Coat (Reuben’s Wife), Sining’ in The Rain (Ensemble), Dancing Princesses (Sabrina), Tick... Tick... Boom! (Susan), Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), and Hershey Parks Character Quiz Show.

Rachel Perin

(us: Candy, Maurice) Rachel was featured in TCT’s Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. (Babette), Annie JR. (Lily St. Regis), and loved serving as Dance Captain for Disney’s Tarzan. Regional credits include: 42nd Street, Damn Yankees, Steel Magnolias, Awaited, A Chorus Line, Anything Goes, Fiddler on the Roof, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, How to Succeed..., Best Little..., The Will Roger’s Follies, Spamalot, Meet Me In St. Louis, Home For The Holidays, I Love a Piano, Bedroom Farce, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, Jack!, Dora’s Pirate Adventure, Cabaret, High School Musical, Snow White, Once Upon a Mattress, The Pinocchio Show, Sweet Charity, Les Misérables, First Date, Godspell, Bells Are Ringing, and Young Frankenstein.

Joy Rolland-Oba

Joy Rolland-Oba aka “Lady Lox” (in lieu of her thick, black dread-locs) is returning to The Children’s Theatre Cincinnati after appearing as Deb in last season’s Elf The Musical JR. She was last seen as Trix in The Drowsy Chaperone with Cincinnati Landmark Productions & Sylvia in All Shook Up with the Footlighters. She performs at several other venues, doing everything from show tunes, to soul music, to grass roots street theatre—which works to bring change through art.

Spenser Smith

Spenser is excited to be spending another season with TCT! His past TCT favorites include Annie JR. (Rooster), Snow White and the Dancing Dwarfs (Magic Mirror) and Shrek The Musical JR. (Lord Farquaad). This past summer, Spenser appeared in The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay) at Commonwealth Theatre and The Full Monty (Teddy) at The Carnegie. Spenser graduated with a B.F.A. in acting from NKU where his favorite roles include Inspector Truscott in Loot, for which he won an Acclaim Award. During normal business hours, Spenser is the Development Director at Madcap Puppets.

Kelcey Steele

Kelcey is excited to be back on stage with TCT again this season after playing the title role in TCT’s production of Peter Pan JR., and as part of the Ensemble in Cinderella. A Cincinnati theatre veteran, favorite shows include: Rock of Ages (Drew) at The Carnegie; RENT (Mark Cohen), Anything Goes (Billy Crocker) at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre; and Brigadoon (Charlie Dalrymple) at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts. Kelcey is also a retired Irish dancer, placing as high as third in the world.

Kyle Taylor

(us: King Julien, Penguins) Kyle, a graduate of Northern Kentucky University with a B.F.A. in musical theater, Kyle is very happy to return to the stage with The Children’s Theater of Cincinnati. His first show with the company was TCT on Tour’s A Christmas Carol. He also performed on TCT’s Showtime Stage last summer in Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat (Thing 1/Kitten 1). Other credits in the area include The Road Through Damascus at Clifton Performance Theater. He also appeared in The Drowsy Chaperone at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater. He’d like to thank TCT for the opportunity to perform and his friends and family for their unconditional support.