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WHO’S WHO

RYAN SCHABACH (Buttons) returns GENEVIEVE ALLENBURY (The Queen) is
to Stages after performing the role of honored to be part of this COVID-Defiant
BUTTONS in Panto Hansel & Gretel last Team that was determined to bring you the
December. In addition he has had the 13th Season of this very British art form
honor of directing Panto Mother Goose, - in a very different way! She previously
playing Hamlet in Wittenberg directed appeared in Pantos Cinderella (2008 &
by Josh Morrison and co-writing, along 2017), Sleeping Beauty, Mother Goose,
with Houston’s very own Elizabeth Keel Rapunzel, Snow Queen, Wonderful Wizard,
on Panto Star Force. Past acting credits Star Force, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red
include: the King in Underpants at Riding Hood & Goldilocks (the last two
Milwaukee Rep, three seasons at The Utah of which she was also wrote for Stages)
Shakespearean Festival playing Costard Genevieve appeared in 2 seasons of
in Love’s Labour’s Lost; Guildenstern in ABC TV’s critically acclaimed Medieval
Hamlet; and Sebastian in 12th Night; Musical Comedy Series, GALAVANT as The
Sylvia and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at Queen of Valencia. Her 1st professional
Next Act; Almost, Maine and Visiting Mr. role was with the Royal Shakespeare
Green with Unity Theatre in Brenham and Company and she has gone on to enjoy
Robert in Boeing Boeing for MKE Chamber an expansive career across all media.
Theatre. Ryan recently directed Beast on Theatre: Midsummer Night’s Dream
the Moon at Unity Theatre, Unnecessary (Titania), Thor, With Angels (Clodesuida),
Farce for MKE Chamber Theatre and Privates on Parade (Sylvia Morgan), Twelfth
Videographer/editor on Rosalind for Door Night (Olivia), The Price (Esther), What
Shakespeare. The Butler Saw (Mrs. Prentice),Table
Manners (Sarah), acclaimed one-woman
show A Mother - Questions of Terrorism
& Repression, Steel Magnolias (Clairee)
(also for Stages), Mrs. Slifer in the World
Premiere of John Osborne’s, Personal
Enemy which she performed both in
London & New York & Othello (Emilia) at
the Wallis Annenberg Centre in L.A. TV
appearances include Quiet Conspiracy,
Healing Nightmare, Birds Fall Down,
Coronation Street, Doctors,Emmerdale, Ant
& Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway,