Joanna Jerome-Performer/Associate Director/Assistant Director/Stage Manager- made her stage debut in Maskrafters Community Theatre's production of Oklahoma! Since then she has appeared in My Fair Lady, Miracle on 34th Street, Quilters, The Philadelphia Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Virginia Jones and the Curse the of the Nergal. She has served as assistant director for Agnes of God and The Wizard of Oz. Most recently she was a dresser for A Tuna Christmas and hair stylist for The Last of Mrs. Lincoln at Studio Players, Lexington and was Assistant Director and Dresser for the Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare, Abridged. She in Georgetown Community Theatre's production of Greater Tuna and was the co-director for the upcoming production of Excalibur. She is currently the assistant director and stage manager for Bluegrass Theatre Guild's production of Snoopy!!!
Alyssa Shelton Curry (Performer/Board Member) - A Tuna Christmas is Alyssa's first production with RSTS. A graduate of Cumberland College, she studied theatre and vocal music before working professionally at Horse Cave Theatre (KY) and later Mystery Cafe Dinner Theatre (San Diego, CA). She holds an MA in Education from Bellarmine University and performs daily as a third grader teacher in Scott County where she also directs youngsters in drama and choral music. She has both directed and performed for Georgetown Community Theatre (formerly Maskrafters). Shows include Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Little Women, Celebrate Life, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Wizard of Oz. She is also the founding director of Project Encore, a performing arts day camp for youth and is a member of the Board of Directors of RSTS. Her favorite role is that of mother to her daughter, Amelia.
Randy Hall- Producer/Scenic Design/Performer-made his stage debut and served as choreographer in Oklahoma! and has appeared in Babes in Arms, Miracle on 34th Street, My Fair Lady (also choreographer), the Wizard of Oz, Arsenic and Old Lace, and The Long Christmas Dinner. He produced You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Agnes of God, for which he also composed incidental music, and has appeared in Studio Players productions of Shakespeare in Hollywood, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Don't Dress for Dinner, most recently in The Unexpected Guest. He has also appeared in the Bluegrass Mystery Theatre productions of Murder on the Rebound and Onstage for Murder. He recently appeared in Georgetown Community Theatre's production of Greater Tuna and in Balagula Theatre's production of Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad as Rosalinda, the piranha.
Sasha Halvorsen- Performer/Dresser-is an English and Theater major at Eastern Kentucky University appeared in Moliere's The Learned Ladies. She made her stage debut as Beth in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and recently completed the multi-city run of RSTS's production of Tea at Five as Katharine Hepburn. She has appeared in several EKU productions including The Taming of the Shrew, Beauty and the Beast, The Learned Ladies and Cabaret, and in the region in Oklahoma! and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She is currently portraying Sally Brown in the Bluegrass Theatre Guild's production of Snoopy.
Scott H. Turner- Performer/Artistic Director-has appeared in productions at Studio Players, Bluegrass Theatre Guild, Agency Entertainment, Fantastical Theatricals and Georgetown Community Theatre, where he served on the Board of Directors from 2005-2008. He has directed Snoopy!!!, Greater Tuna, Hill Cattle, The Practics Princess, Tea at Five, A Tuna Christimas, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, The Lesson, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Agnes of God. Performance credits include Deathtrap, The Philadelphia Story, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, God's Favorite, Arsenic and Old Lace, Indians, Bent, The Unexpected Guest, and 110 in the Shade. He has also designs scenery, costumes, and makeup. He is currently a member of the Board at Studio Players, Lexington. He is currently in pre-production for Snoopy!!!- The Musical for Bluegrass Theatre Guild (June 2010.) He recently portrayed Leonard Woolf in Robert Palumbo's Life in the Country at the 20th Annual Virginia Woolf Conference held at Georgetown College.
Cheryl Connelly-Costumer/Performer- Cheryl Connelly’s mother sewed many costumes for Cheryl’s junior high school plays. Cheryl and her mom together made costumes for opera scenes at the University of Alabama. Now Cheryl is pleased to continue this sewing tradition by costuming The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged. But don’t let this mild-mannered seamstress fool you. Cheryl loves to be on stage as well. She has appeared as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, Mother Superior in Agnes of God, Ida in Honk!, and Vera Sanders in Smoke on the Mountain, and many other roles. Cheryl has even had roles in local, independent horror films. She recently portrayed Virginia Woolf in Roberta Palumbo's Life in the Country. Additionally, Cheryl is a storyteller. Check out her web page at http://professionalstoryteller.ning.com/profile/CherylConnelly
Hilary Halvorsen- Stage Crew-has appeared in Guys and Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II puppeteer), A Christmas Carol, and Miracle on 34th Street. She stage managed The Phantom of the Opry for Agency Entertainment, as well as productions of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Agnes of God. She is also the manager of The Rising Sons.
