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Playhouse and the cast for being  Monica  Playhouse,  Graham  is               holiday  musical  All  About  C H R I S   D e C A R L O   ( c o -
          so  wonderful  and  welcoming!  currently  coordinating  the                   Santa.                             author/director) & EVELYN RUDIE
          Charlotte  joined  Actors’  Playhouse  Theatre  Field  Trip                                                       (book,  words,  music)  have
          Repertory  Theatre  in  2024  for  program and leads the All The                               MEGAN WRIGHT       collaborated on over 650 plays
          the Annual One-Time Only All- Queen's  Men  troupe  who                                        (swing  for  all  and  musicals,  including  the
          New  New  Year’s  Eve  Musical  present an All-Male retelling of a                             roles)  is  an  LA  internationally  acclaimed
          Revue.                             classic  fairy  tale  every  summer                         based  actor  productions  of  Mezzanine,
                                             for  LA  PRIDE.  During  the                                living  in  North  2004-a  telling  of  tomorrow,
                            G R A H A M   pandemic, he directed and was                                  H o l l y w o o d .   Dear Gabby-the Confessions of
                            S I L B E R T  featured  in  a  special  filmed                              Originally from  an  Over-Achiever,  15  Family
                            (Consulting  version  of  Cinderella  2021,  as                              West  Virginia,  Theatre  Musicals,  the  Sholom
                            D i r e c t o r )   well as the on-demand musical            she  graduated  from  West  A l e i c h e m   q u i n t i l o g y
                            b e g a n   h i s   All Join In - Safer At Home.             Virginia University with a BFA  encompassing  the  World
                            career  at  the                                              in  Acting  and  has  worked  premiere  musicals  The  Clown
                            a g e   o f   9 ,                 F R A N C E S C A          throughout  the  state  with  Prince, The Great Fair, Because
                            participating                     W H I T S E L L            companies such as WV Public  of  You,  Aleichem  Sholom  and
          in  Playhouse  Education                            (Dorie) is a 21-           Theatre, the WV Shakespeare  Author! Author! - an evening with
          Conservatory Workshops. Since                       year-old  actor            Festival, & the Charleston Light  Sholom  Aleichem,  which  will
          then, he has performed in more                      and  student               Opera  Guild.  Megan  is  also  have a limited 50th anniversary
          than 50 productions, including                      passionate  in             the  assistant  director  and  a  run in May of 2026 in honor of
          Author!  Author!  -  an  evening                    pursuing  her              guest artist of WV Summer Arts  the  beloved  Yiddish  author’s
          with  Sholom  Aleichem  (1998,                      two  degrees  in           Camp. Playhouse productions  110th yahrzeit. They have over
          2004, 2010, 2014 and 2016- both Theater Arts and English at                    include Beauty and the Beast,  10,000 on-stage performances
          2017 revival productions), Dear  Loyola  Marymount  University.                Snowhite,  Ever  After  Take  2,  to their credit.
          Gabby  (English-  and  Spanish- Growing  up  in  North  Carolina               Alice  and  the  Wonderful  Tea           Evelyn  has  been  working
          l an guage   produc ti on s ) ,  she  starred  in  various  roles              Party,  Absolutely  Halloween,     in theatre non-stop since the age
          Cinderella  (including  the  All- including  Charity  in  Sweet                Barnyard  Madness  with  the       of 3, when she made her stage
          Male  Production  for  PRIDE  Charity.  Upon  moving  to  Los                  Three Little Pigs and Cinderella   debut  as  Macduff’s  son  in  the
          2015,) Dorothy's Adventures in  Angles  she  has  established                  a s   w e l l   a s   o v e r   2 0 0    “M”  play.  She  won  an  Emmy
          Oz, and Absolutely Halloween.  herself  as  an  accomplished                   performances    for  the           nomination  at  age  6  for  her
          Other  credits  include  two  actor  with  her  work  at  the                  Playhouse  Schools  Field  Trip    portrayal  of  Eloise  on  TV’S
          seasons with The Burbank Civic  Haunting of Hannon (an annual                  Program. You can see her as        Playhouse  90,  and  is  the
          Light Opera, the staged reading  interactive,  scene  based,                   Cookie    Claus  in  this          youngest performer ever to have
          of  Genga  Productions'  Tight  haunted house) and in works like               December’s production of All       received  a  star  on  Hollywood
          Quarters and a commercial for  The Red Demon by Hideki Noda                    About Santa.  She thanks SMP       Boulevard’s Walk of Fame. She
          Doritos  that  aired  on  two  and The Aliens by Annie Baker.                  for  their  warm  welcome  into    has appeared in more than 70
          Superbowls.  Celebrating  over  Audience  will  remember                       the company.                       films  and  television  shows,
          30  years  (gasp)  with  Santa  Francesca as “Tad” in last year’s                                                 including  Wagon  Train,  Alfred
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